Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Billy Mills crossing the finish line (U.S. Marine Corps photo)
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	14 October
Competitors	29 from 17 nations
Medalists
Billy Mills   United States   Mohammed Gammoudi   Tunisia   Ron Clarke   Australia

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 10,000 metres was the longest of the seven men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October. 29 athletes from 17 nations entered, with 6 not starting the first round.

Results

Final

Four runners beat the old Olympic record, with Billy Mills winning the gold medal.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time		5000
1	Billy Mills	United States	28:24.4 OR		14:04.6
2	Mohammed Gammoudi	Tunisia	28:24.8		14:07.0
3	Ron Clarke	Australia	28:25.8		14:05.0
4	Mamo Wolde	Ethiopia	28:31.8		14:06.0
5	Leonid Ivanov	Soviet Union	28:53.2		14:13.0
6	Kōkichi Tsuburaya	Japan	28:59.3		14:09.0
7	Murray Halberg	New Zealand	29:10.8		14:16.0
8	Anthony Cook	Australia	29:15.8		14:11.0
9	Gerald Paul Lindgren	United States	29:20.6		14:12.0
10	Franc Cervan	Yugoslavia	29:21.0		14:16.0
11	Siegfried Herrmann	Germany	29:27.0		14:17.0
12	Henri Clerckx	Belgium	29:29.6		14:28.0
13	Jean Fayolle	France	29:30.8		14:27.0
14	Funai Teruo	Japan	29:33.2		14:27.0
15	Jean Vaillant	France	29:33.6		14:27.0
16	Joszef Suetoe	Hungary	29:43.0		14:36.0
17	Josef Tomas	Czechoslovakia	29:46.4		14:39.0
18	Ron Hill	Great Britain	29:53.0		14:27.0
19	Pal Benum	Norway	30:00.8		14:38.0
20	Siegfried Rothe	Germany	30:04.6		14:39.0
21	Michael John Bullivant	Great Britain	30:12.0		14:28.0
22	Alistair Fergus Murray	Great Britain	30:22.4		14:29.0
23	Barry Magee	New Zealand	30:32.0		14:06.0
24	Gilbert Ronald Larrieu	United States	30:42.6		14:37.0
25	Pyotr Bolotnikov	Soviet Union	30:52.8		14:42.0
26	Bruce Kidd	Canada	30:56.4		14:43.0
27	Artur Hannemann	Germany	30:56.6		15:13.0
28	Watanabe Kazumi	Japan	31:00.6		15:12.0
29	Ranatunge Karunananda	Ceylon	32:21.2		16:43.0

References

• Official Report

UNSUNG HERO of SRI LANKAN SPORTS – R KARUNANANDA, 1964 OLYMPICS Kiribath

• UNSUNG HERO of SRI LANKAN SPORTS – R KARUNANANDA, 1964 OLYMPICS Kiribath