Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	15 October
Competitors	35 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:29:34.0 OR
Medalists
File:Gold medal icon.svg Ken Matthews File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain File:Silver medal icon.svg Dieter Lindner File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany File:Bronze medal icon.svg Vladimir Golubnichy File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

The men's 20 kilometres walk was the shorter of the two men's racewalking events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October 1964. 35 athletes from 15 nations entered, with 30 starting and 26 finishing.

Results

Matthews and Lindner both beat the old best Olympic time.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Time behind	Notes
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Ken Matthews	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	1:29:34.0		OB
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Dieter Lindner	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	1:31:13.2
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Volodymyr Holubnychy	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	1:31:59.4
4	Noel Freeman	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	1:32:06.8
5	Gennadiy Solodov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	1:32:33.0
6	Ron Zinn	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	1:32:43.0
7	Boris Khrolovich	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	1:32:45.4
8	John Edgington	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	1:32:46.0
9	Gerhard Sperling	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	1:33:15.8
10	John Chester Paddick	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	1:33:28.4
11	Alexander Bílek	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	1:33:45
12	Hans-Georg Reimann	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	1:34:51.0
13	Henri Delerue	File:Flag of France.svg France	1:34:58
14	Tommy Kristensen	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	1:35:30
15	István Göri	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	1:35:38
16	Charles Sowa	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	1:36:16
17	Jack Mortland	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	1:36:35
18	Åke Söderlund	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	1:36:53
19	John Artur Ljunggren	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	1:37:03
20	Roine Karlsson	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	1:37:07
21	Antal Kiss	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	1:38:27
22	Ronald John Crawford	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	1:38:47
23	Noboru Ishiguro	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	1:39:40
24	Chedli El-Marghni	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	1:41:11
25	Kiue Kuribayashi	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	1:43:07
26	Mieczysław Rutyna	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland	1:48:41
—	Robert Charles Gardiner	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	DNF		1:12:29 at 15 km
	Alex Harold Oakley	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada	DNF		0:47:25 at 10 km
	Ronald Owen Laird	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	DSQ		1:11:31 at 15 km
	Yasuo Naito	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	DSQ		0:23:43 at 5 km
	Naceur Ben Messaoud	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	DNS
	Elias Baruh	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania	DNS
	István Havasi	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	DNS
	Andrei Savescu	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Romania	DNS