The men's 50 kilometres walk was the longer of the two men's race walking

Race walking

Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

 events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.-Men's...

 program in Tokyo

Tokyo

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, 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 best time, with Pamich and Nihill beating the world's best.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Abdon Pamich Abdon Pamich Abdon Pamich is a former Italian race walker, who won two Olympic medals, and was the nation's flagbearer at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also set a world best time over 50 km with 4:03:02 on 16 October 1960 in Ponte San Pietro. The best time was lowered to 4:01:39 the next year by Grigoriy...		4:11:12.4 WB
2	Paul Nihill Paul Nihill Vincent Paul Nihill is a British athlete, who competed in the 20 and 50 kilometre walks.He was born in Colchester....		4:11:31.2
3	Ingvar Pettersson Ingvar Pettersson Ingvar Albin Henrik Pettersson was a Swedish athlete, who mainly competed in the 50 kilometre walk....		4:14:17.4
4	Burkhard Leuschke Burkhard Leuschke Burkhard Leuschke is a retired East German race walker.He finished fourth at the 1964 Olympic Games, won the silver medal at the 1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup and the bronze medal at the 1970 IAAF World Race Walking Cup....		4:15:26.8
5	Bob Gardiner		4:17:06.8
6	Christoph Höhne Christoph Höhne Christoph Höhne is a retired racewalker of the SV Dynamo. He competed at 50km for East Germany in the 1960s and 1970s. He was trained by Max Weber....		4:17:41.6
7	Anatoly Vediakov		4:19:55.8
8	Kurt Sakowski Kurt Sakowski Kurt Sakowski is a retired East German race walker.He finished eighth at the 1964 Olympic Games and finished fourth at the 1969 European Championships, both over the 50 km distance....		4:20:31.0
9	Charles Sowa		4:20:37.2
10	Donald James Thompson		4:22:39.4
11	Ronald Crawford		4:24:19.6
12	Gennady Agapov		4:24:34.0
13	Raymond Middleton		4:25:49.2
14	Alex Oakley Alex Oakley Alexander "Alex" Oakley was a race walker from Canada, who represented his native country at five Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. His best finish was the sixth place in the men's 50 km walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. He won the 20 km event at the 1963 Pan American...		4:27:24.6
15	Henri Delerue		4:27:47.6
16	John Ljunggren John Ljunggren John Arthur Ljunggren was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometer walk.Ljunggren first appeared in the Olympics in the 1948 Games held in postwar London...		4:29:09.2
17	Ted Allsopp Ted Allsopp Edward James Allsopp was Australia's leading male race walker in the 1950s. He set his personal best in the men's 50 km in 1966....		4:31:07.8
18	Eugeny Liungin		4:32:01.6
19	István Havasi István Havasi István Havasi was a male race walker from Hungary. He competed for his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...		4:34:14.0
20	Alexander Bilek		4:34:54.2
21	Christopher McCarthy		4:35:41.6
22	Ejiri Tadamasa		4:37:31.8
23	Erwin Stutz		4:40:45.0
24	Malkolm Roy Syversson		4:41:47.6
25	Saito Kazuo		4:43:01.0
26	Bruce Macdonald Bruce MacDonald Bruce MacDonald is an American lawyer, and retired officer in the United States Navy.He is the former Navy Judge Advocate General, retiring in 2006 as a three star Admiral....		4:45:10.4
27	Miwa Sumio		4:52:00.6
28	Ilie Popa		4:57:40.8
29	Michael Warren Brodie		4:57:41.0
30	Chedli El Marghni		4:59:13.0
31	So Kam Tong		5:07:53.2
—	Rajan (athlete)		Did not finish 1:48:39 at 20 km
	Mieczysław Rutyna		Disqualified 1:17:08 at 15 km
	Naceur Ben Messaoud		Disqualified 0:24:34 at 5 km
	Emil Dragan		Did not start
	Istvan Gori		Did not start
	Kim Tai Koo		Did not start
	Antal Kiss Antal Kiss Antal Kiss was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 50 kilometre walk.He competed for Hungary in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where he won the silver medal in the 50 kilometre walk....		Did not start
	Pak Tai Keun		Did not start