| Host City: Tokyo, Japan |
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| Date Started: October 15, 1964 |
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| Date Finished: October 15, 1964 |
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| (Competitors: 30; Countries: 15) |
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Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| The event went true to form, with the favourite Matthews winning and Golubnichiy, the reigning champion, taking a medal. The one surprise was the failure of the fastest man n 1964, Hans-Georg Reimann. The German was never in touch, and finished 12th, but his place was taken effectively by Dieter Lindner, who would go on to win the European title two years later. While the USA’s Zinn attempted to stay with Matthews, and fell back shortly after 5Km, Lindner became the Briton’s closest follower, and was less than 100m back at halfway with Golubnichiy 10m behind. His margin over the Ukrainian extended to 150m by the finish, but Matthews had steadily increased his lead, and won by more than 300m. Golubnichiy barely held on to third as Freeman closed on him as he had done four years earlier. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| Ken Matthews was the heavy favorite, having won the 1962 European Championships and the 1961 and 1963 Lugano Trophy 20 km. walk. Matthews went to the lead immediately and was never caught, although several walkers tried. The GDR’s Dieter Lindner was only 100 metres back at the halfway point, but would lose ground and finish almost two minutes down as the silver medalist. Gold medalist from 1960, Vladimir Golubnichy, won the bronze medal, his second of four consecutive medals in the event. The sixth-place finisher, Ron Zinn, was the highest placed American ever in this event to this date. An Army Lieutenant, he would be killed fighting in the Vietnam War less than nine months after the Olympics. |
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| 20 km Walk |
Men |
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Final |
15 October |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
1-29.34.0 |
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Ken Matthews |
Great Britain |
GBR |
30 |
OR |
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| 2 |
1-31.13.2 |
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Dieter Lindner |
Germany |
GER |
27 |
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| 3 |
1-31.59.4 |
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Volodymyr Holubnychiy |
Soviet Union |
URS |
28 |
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| 4 |
1-32.06.8 |
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Noel Freeman |
Australia |
AUS |
25 |
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| 5 |
1-32.33.0 |
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Gennady Solodov |
Soviet Union |
URS |
30 |
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| 6 |
1-32.43.0 |
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Ron Zinn |
United States |
USA |
25 |
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| 7 |
1-32.45.4 |
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Boris Khrolovich |
Soviet Union |
URS |
28 |
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| 8 |
1-32.46.0 |
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John Edgington |
Great Britain |
GBR |
28 |
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| 9 |
1-33.15.8 |
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Gerhard Sperling |
Germany |
GER |
26 |
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| 10 |
1-33.28.4 |
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John Paddick |
Great Britain |
GBR |
21 |
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| 11 |
1-33.45.0 |
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Alexandr Bílek |
Czechoslovakia |
TCH |
23 |
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| 12 |
1-34.51.0 |
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Hans-Georg Reimann |
Germany |
GER |
23 |
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| 13 |
1-34.58 |
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Henri Delerue |
France |
FRA |
24 |
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| 14 |
1-35.30 |
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Tommy Kristensen |
Denmark |
DEN |
24 |
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| 15 |
1-35.38 |
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István Göri |
Hungary |
HUN |
26 |
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| 16 |
1-36.16 |
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Charel Sowa |
Luxembourg |
LUX |
31 |
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| 17 |
1-36.35 |
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Jack Mortland |
United States |
USA |
29 |
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| 18 |
1-36.53 |
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Åke Söderlund |
Sweden |
SWE |
39 |
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| 19 |
1-37.03 |
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John Ljunggren |
Sweden |
SWE |
45 |
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| 20 |
1-37.07 |
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Roine Karlsson |
Sweden |
SWE |
20 |
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| 21 |
1-38.27 |
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Antal Kiss |
Hungary |
HUN |
28 |
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| 22 |
1-38.47 |
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Ronald Crawford |
Australia |
AUS |
28 |
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| 23 |
1-39.40 |
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Noboru Ishiguro |
Japan |
JPN |
32 |
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| 24 |
1-41.11 |
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Chedli El-Marghni |
Tunisia |
TUN |
25 |
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| 25 |
1-43.07 |
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Kiue Kuribayashi |
Japan |
JPN |
30 |
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| 26 |
1-48.41 |
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Mieczysław Rutyna |
Poland |
POL |
33 |
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DQ |
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Ron Laird |
United States |
USA |
26 |
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DQ |
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Yasuo Naito |
Japan |
JPN |
21 |
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DNF |
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Alex Oakley |
Canada |
CAN |
38 |
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| AC |
DNF |
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Bob Gardiner |
Australia |
AUS |
28 |
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