Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
File:Paul Nihill, Abdon Pamich, Ingvar Pettersson 1964.jpg Paul Nihill, Abdon Pamich and Ingvar Pettersson
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	18 October
Competitors	39 from 20 nations
Winning time	4:11:12.4 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdon Pamich File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Nihill File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ingvar Pettersson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

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The men's 50 kilometres walk was the longer of the two men's race walking events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo, as well as the longest event on the program. It was held on 18 October 1964. 39 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 34 starting and 31 finishing.

Results

12 walkers beat the old Olympic record.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Abdon Pamich	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4:11:12.4 OR
2	Paul Nihill	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	4:11:31.2
3	Ingvar Pettersson	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	4:14:17.4
4	Burkhard Leuschke	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:15:26.8
5	Bob Gardiner	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	4:17:06.8
6	Christoph Höhne	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:17:41.6
7	Anatoly Vediakov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:19:55.8
8	Kurt Sakowski	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:20:31.0
9	Charles Sowa	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	4:20:37.2
10	Don Thompson	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	4:22:39.4
11	Ronald Crawford	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	4:24:19.6
12	Gennady Agapov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:24:34.0
13	Ray Middleton	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	4:25:49.2
14	Alex Oakley	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada	4:27:24.6
15	Henri Delerue	File:Flag of France.svg France	4:27:47.6
16	John Ljunggren	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	4:29:09.2
17	Ted Allsopp	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	4:31:07.8
18	Eugeny Liungin	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:32:01.6
19	István Havasi	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	4:34:14.0
20	Alexander Bilek	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	4:34:54.2
21	Christopher McCarthy	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4:35:41.6
22	Tadamasa Ejiri	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	4:37:31.8
23	Erwin Stütz	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	4:40:45.0
24	Malkolm Roy Syversson	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	4:41:47.6
25	Kazuo Saito	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	4:43:01.0
26	Bruce MacDonald	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4:45:10.4
27	Sumio Miwa	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	4:52:00.6
28	Ilie Popa	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania	4:57:40.8
29	Mike Brodie	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4:57:41.0
30	Chedli El Marghni	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	4:59:13.0
31	So Kam Tong	File:Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997).svg Hong Kong	5:07:53.2
—	Maung Rajan	File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma	Did not finish 1:48:39 at 20 km
	Mieczysław Rutyna	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland	Disqualified 1:17:08 at 15 km
	Naceur Ben Messaoud	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	Disqualified 0:24:34 at 5 km
	Emil Dragan	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania	Did not start
	Istvan Gori	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	Did not start
	Kim Tai Koo	File:Flag of North Korea (1948–1992).svg North Korea	Did not start
	Antal Kiss	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	Did not start
	Pak Tai Keun	File:Flag of North Korea (1948–1992).svg North Korea	Did not start