Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon
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The men's marathon was part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
program in Tokyo
. It was held on 21 October 1964. 79 athletes from 41 nations entered, with 68 starting and 58 finishing.
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
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. It was held on 21 October 1964. 79 athletes from 41 nations entered, with 68 starting and 58 finishing.
Results
Bikila broke the world's best time for the marathon to defend his Olympic gold medal.| Place | Athlete | Time |
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| 1 | 2:12:11.2 | |
| 2 | 2:16:19.2 | |
| 3 | 2:16:22.8 | |
| 4 | 2:17:02.4 | |
| 5 | 2:17:55.8 | |
| 6 | 2:18:12.4 | |
| 7 | 2:18:42.6 | |
| 8 | 2:19:49.0 | |
| 9 | 2:20:26.8 | |
| 10 | 2:21:25.2 | |
| 11 | 2:22:02.8 | |
| 12 | 2:22:27.0 | |
| 13 | 2:22:36.0 | |
| 14 | 2:22:55.4 | |
| 15 | 2:23:09.0 | |
| 16 | 2:24:40.6 | |
| 17 | 2:24:45.2 | |
| 18 | 2:24:46.8 | |
| 19 | 2:25:34.4 | |
| 20 | 2:26:00.6 | |
| 21 | 2:26:07.0 | |
| 22 | 2:26:07.4 | |
| 23 | 2:26:24.4 | |
| 24 | 2:26:39.8 | |
| 25 | 2:26:47.2 | |
| 26 | 2:27:09.4 | |
| 27 | 2:27:34.0 | |
| 28 | 2:27:34.8 | |
| 29 | 2:27:57.6 | |
| 30 | 2:28:01.6 | |
| 31 | 2:28:41.0 | |
| 32 | 2:29:17.8 | |
| 33 | 2:29:27.4 | |
| 34 | 2:29:52.6 | |
| 35 | 2:30:35.8 | |
| 36 | 2:30:42.6 | |
| 37 | 2:30:50.2 | |
| 38 | 2:33:23.0 | |
| 39 | 2:33:42.0 | |
| 40 | 2:34:37.6 | |
| 41 | 2:35:05.4 | |
| 42 | 2:36:16.8 | |
| 43 | 2:37:05.8 | |
| 44 | 2:38:02.2 | |
| 45 | 2:38:38.6 | |
| 46 | 2:39:28.4 | |
| 47 | 2:40:06.0 | |
| 48 | 2:40:46.0 | |
| 49 | 2:40:46.6 | |
| 50 | 2:41:08.2 | |
| 51 | 2:41:09.0 | |
| 52 | 2:42:03.6 | |
| 53 | 2:44:23.6 | |
| 54 | 2:45:08.6 | |
| 55 | 2:46:22.6 | |
| 56 | 2:49:30.8 | |
| 57 | 2:51:52.2 | |
| 58 | 2:59:25.6 | |
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| Did not finish 2:34:12 at 40km |
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| Did not finish 1:51:27 at 35km |
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| Did not finish 1:39:13 at 30 km |
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| Did not finish 1:46:18 at 30 km |
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| Did not finish 1:23:37 at 25 km |
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| Did not finish 1:09:00 at 20 km |
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| Did not finish 0:47:14 at 15 km |
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| Did not finish 0:47:51 at 15 km |
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| Did not finish 1:02:51 at 15 km |
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