Olympic Games 1964 - Tokyo
MEN MARATHON - 2:12:11 Abebe BIKILA (eth)

The marathon was held on October 21, 1964 and 79 athletes from 41 nations participated, with 68 runners starting and 58 finishing.
| Results | ||||
| 1° | Abebe | Bikila | Ethiopia | 2:12:11.2 | 2° | Basil | Heatley | Great Britain | 2:16:19.2 | 3° | Kokichi | Tsuburaya | Japan | 2:16:22.8 | 4° | Brian | Kilby | Great Britain | 2:17:02.4 | 5° | József | Sütö | Hungary | 2:17:55.8 | 6° | Leonard | Edelen | United States of America | 2:18:12.4 | 7° | Aurčle | van den Driessche | Belgium | 2:18:42.6 | 8° | Kimihara | Kenji | Japan | 2:19:49.0 | 9° | Ron | Clarke | Australia | 2:20:26.8 | 10° | Demissie | Wolde | Ethiopia | 2:21:25.2 | 11° | Lee | Sang-Hoon | Korea | 2:22:02.8 | 12° | Bakir | Benaissa | Morocco | 2:22:27.0 | 13° | Eino | Oksanen | Finland | 2:22:36.0 | 14° | Billy | Mills | United States of America | 2:22:55.4 | 15° | Terasawa | Toru | Japan | 2:23:09.0 | 16° | Kim | Yun-Bum | Korea | 2:24:40.6 | 17° | Giorgio | Jegher | Italy | 2:24:45.2 | 18° | Vaclav | Chudomel | Czechoslovakia | 2:24:46.8 | 19° | Ron | Hill | Great Britain | 2:25:34.4 | 20° | Paavo | Pystynen | Finland | 2:26:00.6 | 21° | Fidel | Negrete | Mexico | 2:26:07.0 | 22° | Nikolay | Tikhomirov | Soviet Union | 2:26:07.4 | 23° | Pete | McArdle | United States of America | 2:26:24.4 | 24° | Heinrich | Hagen | Germany | 2:26:39.8 | 25° | Pavel | Kantorek | Czechoslovakia | 2:26:47.2 | 26° | Nikolay | Abramov | Soviet Union | 2:27:09.4 | 27° | Raymond | Puckett | New Zealand | 2:27:34.0 | 28° | Eino | Valle | Finland | 2:27:34.8 | 29° | Jeffrey | Lynn Julian | New Zealand | 2:27:57.6 | 30° | Ricardo | Vidal | Chile | 2:28:01.6 | 31° | Robert | Vagg | Australia | 2:28:41.0 | 32° | Guido | Voegele | Switzerland | 2:29:17.8 | 33° | Balkrishan | Akotkar | India | 2:29:27.4 | 34° | Jean | Aniset | Luxembourg | 2:29:52.6 | 35° | Thin | Sumbwegam | Burkina Faso | 2:30:35.8 | 36° | Constantin | Grecescu | Romania | 2:30:42.6 | 37° | Janos | Pinter | Hungary | 2:30:50.2 | 38° | Gerhard | Honicke | Germany | 2:33:23.0 | 39° | Manfred | Naumann | Germany | 2:33:42.0 | 40° | Antonio | Ambu | Italy | 2:34:37.6 | 41° | Oskar | Leupi | Switzerland | 2:35:05.4 | 42° | Ivan | Keats | New Zealand | 2:36:16.8 | 43° | Harbanslal | Harbanslal | India | 2:37:05.8 | 44° | Armando | Aldegalega | Portugal | 2:38:02.2 | 45° | Chrisantus | Nyakwayo | Kenya | 2:38:38.6 | 46° | Constantino | Kapambwe | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:39:28.4 | 47° | Omari | Abdallah | Tanzania | 2:40:06.0 | 48° | Muhammad | Yusaf | Pakistan | 2:40:46.0 | 49° | Naftali | Temu | Kenya | 2:40:46.6 | 50° | Joo Hyung | Kail | Korea | 2:41:08.2 | 51° | Mathias | Kanda | Rhodesia | 2:41:09.0 | 52° | Anthony | Cook | Australia | 2:42:03.6 | 53° | Victor | Peralta Jimenez | Mexico | 2:44:23.6 | 54° | Trevor | Haynes | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:45:08.6 | 55° | Abraham | Fornes | Puerto Rico | 2:46:22.6 | 56° | Robson | Mrombe | Rhodesia | 2:49:30.8 | 57° | Laurent Daniel | Chifita | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:51:52.2 | 58° | Chanom | Sirirangsi | Thailand | 2:59:25.6 |
| Did not finish | ||||
| DNF | Osvaldo Roberto | Suárez | Argentina | DNF | Mamo | Wolde | Ethiopia | DNF | James | Hogan | Ireland | DNF | Andrew | Soi | Kenya | DNF | Bahacur | Bhupendra | Nepal | DNF | Bahadur | Thada Ganga | Nepal | DNF | Viktor | Baykov | Soviet Union | DNF | Hedhili | Ben Boubaker | Tunisia | DNF | M. Haddeb | Hannachi | Tunisia | DNF | Ly Nguyen | Van | Vietnam |
| Did not start | ||||
| DNS | Alberto | Garabito | Bolivia | DNS | Alejo | Montano | Bolivia | DNS | Bruce | Kidd | Canada | DNS | Ranatunge | Karunananda | Ceylon | DNS | Jean Louis | Brougier | France | DNS | Lajos | Mecser | Hungary | DNS | Suliman | Fighi Hassan | Lebanon | DNS | Jean | Randrianjatovo | Madagascar | DNS | Ryoo | Man-Hyung | North Korea | DNS | Dumitru | Chitoban | Romania | DNS | Mohammed | Gammoudi | Tunisia |
| Disqualified | ||||


