Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was the longer of the two men's relays on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 20 teams, for a total of 80 athletes, from 20 nations entered, with 3 teams of 4 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October.[1]

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–21 October 1964
Competitors80 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ollan Cassell
Mike Larrabee
Ulis Williams
Henry Carr
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tim Graham
Adrian Metcalfe
John Cooper
Robbie Brightwell
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edwin Skinner
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Wendell Mottley
 Trinidad and Tobago
← 1960
1968 →

The final of the 4 × 400 relay was the last event on the athletics schedule to begin, though the marathon was still in progress when the 4 × 400 finished.

Results

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First round

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The top two teams in each of the 3 heats as well as the two fastest remaining teams advanced.

First round, heat 1

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Place Nation Athletes Time
1   United States Henry Carr
Ollan Cassell
Mike Larrabee
Ulis Williams
3:05.3
2   Soviet Union Hryhoriy Sverbetov
Viktor Bychkov
Vasyl Anisimov
Vadym Arkhypchuk
3:07.4
3   France Germain Nelzy
Michel Hiblot
Bernard Martin
Jean Pierre Boccardo
3:07.5
4   India Makhan Singh
Amrit Pal
Ajmer Singh
Milkha Singh
3:08.8
5   Japan Toru Honda
Hirotada Hayase
Yoshihiro Amano
Masami Yoshida
3:12.3
6   Senegal Daour M'baye Guèye
Daniel Thiaw
Mamadou N'Diaye
Papa M'Baye N'Diaye
3:12.5
  Uganda Unknown Did not start

First round, heat 2

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Place Nation Athletes Time
1   Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Skinner
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Wendell Mottley
3:05.0
2   Poland Marian Filipiuk
Ireneusz Kluczek
Stanisław Swatowski
Andrzej Badeński
3:07.2
3   Italy Bruno Bianchi
Salvatore Morale
Roberto Frinolli
Sergio Bello
3:07.6
4   Australia Peter Vassella
Gary Knoke
Gary Eddy
Ken Roche
3:08.2
  Hungary Unknown Did not start
  Iraq Unknown Did not start

First round, heat 3

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Place Nation Athletes Time
1   Great Britain Tim Graham
Adrian Metcalfe
John Cooper
Robbie Brightwell
3:04.7
2   United Team of Germany Jörg Jüttner
Hans-Ullrich Schulz
Johannes Schmitt
Manfred Kinder
3:04.9
3   Jamaica Laurie Khan
Malcolm Spence
Mel Spence
George E. Kerr
3:05.3
4   Switzerland Jean-Louis Descloux
Hansjörg Bosshard
Marius Theiler
Peter Laeng
3:09.3
5   Ghana James Addy
Brobbey Mensah
Samuel Zanya Bugri
Ebenezer Quartey
3:10.4
6   Malaysia Karu Selvaratnam
Kuda Ditta
Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman
Victor Asirvatham
3:17.6
7   Thailand Somsakdi Tongsuke
Nipon Pensuvapap
Adisorn Vitsudhamakul
Manun Bumroonspruek
3:18.4

Final

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Carr moved from initial position to anchor for the United States team as they set a new world record, followed closely by Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as Trinidad and Tobago. All three teams were under the old world record time.

France also shuffled their lineup, moving Nelzy to third from first.

Place Nation Athletes Time
1   United States Ollan Cassell
Mike Larrabee
Ulis Williams
Henry Carr
3:00.7 WR
2   Great Britain Tim Graham
Adrian Metcalfe
John Cooper
Robbie Brightwell
3:01.6
3   Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Skinner
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Wendell Mottley
3:01.7
4   Jamaica Laurie Khan
Malcolm Spence
Melville Spence
George E. Kerr
3:02.3
5   United Team of Germany Jörg Jüttner
Hans-Ullrich Schulz
Johannes Schmitt
Manfred Kinder
3:04.3
6   Poland Marian Filipiuk
Ireneusz Kluczek
Stanisław Swatowski
Andrzej Badeński
3:05.3
7   Soviet Union Hryhoriy Sverbetov
Viktor Bychkov
Vasyl Anisimov
Vadym Arkhypchuk
3:05.9
8   France Michel Hiblot
Bernard Martin
Germain Nelzy
Jean Pierre Boccardo
3:07.4

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2017.