Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	17–19 October
Competitors	55 from 36 nations
Medalists
Mike Larrabee  United States Wendell Mottley  Trinidad and Tobago Andrzej Badeński  Poland

The men's 400 metres was the third-shortest of the men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October, 18 October, and 19 October 1964. 55 athletes from 36 nations entered, with 5 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 17 October, with the semifinals on 18 October and the final on 19 October.

Results

First round

The top four runners in each of the 7 heats advanced.

First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Wendell Mottley	Trinidad and Tobago	45.9 seconds
2	Robbie Ian Brightwell	Great Britain	46.1 seconds
3	Jean-Pierre Boccardo	France	46.6 seconds
4	Gary Eddy	Australia	46.9 seconds
5	Stanislaw Swatowski	Poland	47.6 seconds
6	István Gyulai	Hungary	48.0 seconds
7	Didier Mejía	Mexico	48.1 seconds
—	Chang Jong Kil	South Korea	Did not start

First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	46.8 seconds
2	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.5 seconds
3	Vadim Arkhipchuk	Soviet Union	47.7 seconds
4	Tim Graham	Great Britain	48.4 seconds
5	Arsenio Jazmin	Philippines	49.9 seconds
—	Amarsanaa Dulam	Mongolia	Did not start
	Wesley Johnson	Liberia	Did not start
	Samuel Owusa-Mensah	Ghana	Did not start

First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.4 seconds
2	Adrian Peter Metcalfe	Great Britain	46.7 seconds
3	Jörg Jüttner	United Team of Germany	47.0 seconds
4	Rupert Hoilette	Jamaica	47.5 seconds
5	Amos Omolo	Uganda	47.6 seconds
6	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	Argentina	48.3 seconds
7	Amadou Gakou	Senegal	50.1 seconds
8	Daniel Thomas	Tanzania	50.4 seconds

First round, heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ulis Williams	United States	46.2 seconds
2	Edwin Skinner	Trinidad and Tobago	46.5 seconds
3	Tegegn Bezabih	Ethiopia	46.7 seconds
4	Peter Vassella	Australia	46.7 seconds
5	Johannes Schmitt	United Team of Germany	46.9 seconds
6	Muhammad Sadiq	Pakistan	47.3 seconds
7	Víctor Maldonado	Venezuela	47.7 seconds
8	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	47.7 seconds

First round, heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ollan Cassell	United States	46.8 seconds
2	William Crothers	Canada	46.8 seconds
3	James Addy	Ghana	47.2 seconds
4	P. A. Grajales Escobar	Colombia	47.2 seconds
5	Viktor Bychkov	Soviet Union	47.3 seconds
6	Jürgen Kalfelder	United Team of Germany	47.7 seconds
7	Yoyaga Dit Coulibaly	Ivory Coast	48.8 seconds
8	George E. Kerr	Jamaica	Did not start

First round, heat 6

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Mike Larrabee	United States	46.8 seconds
2	Ebenezer Quartey	Ghana	47.1 seconds
3	Peter Laeng	Switzerland	47.1 seconds
4	Hryhoriy Sverbetov	Soviet Union	47.3 seconds
5	Ken Roche	Australia	47.4 seconds
6	Somsakdi Tongsuke	Thailand	48.9 seconds
7	Jasim Karim Kuraishi	Iraq	49.5 seconds

First round, heat 7

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	47.0 seconds
2	Wilson Kiprugut	Kenya	47.1 seconds
3	Laurie Khan	Jamaica	47.2 seconds
4	Ireneusz Kluczek	Poland	47.3 seconds
5	Hortensio Fucil	Venezuela	47.9 seconds
6	Hayase Hirotada	Japan	48.5 seconds
7	William Hill	Hong Kong	48.7 seconds
8	Hossein Ghafourizadeh	Iran	50.8 seconds

Second round

The four fastest runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals.

Second round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Wendell Mottley	Trinidad and Tobago	45.8 seconds
2	Ollan Cassell	United States	46.2 seconds
3	Jean Pierre Boccardo	France	46.3 seconds
4	Peter Vassella	Australia	46.5 seconds
5	Peter Laeng	Switzerland	46.7 seconds
6	Sergio Bello	Italy	46.9 seconds
7	Ebenezer Quartey	Ghana	47.0 seconds
8	Muhammad Sadiq	Pakistan	48.0 seconds

Second round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.5 seconds
2	William Crothers	Canada	46.7 seconds
3	Tim Graham	Great Britain	46.8 seconds
4	Laurie Khan	Jamaica	47.0 seconds
5	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	47.2 seconds
6	Johannes Schmitt	United Team of Germany	47.2 seconds
7	Ken Roche	Australia	48.0 seconds
8	Grigory Sverbetov	Soviet Union	48.0 seconds

Second round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Mike Larrabee	United States	46.5 seconds
2	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	46.7 seconds
3	Robbie Ian Brightwell	Great Britain	47.1 seconds
4	Jorg Juttner	United Team of Germany	47.2 seconds
5	Rupert Hoilette	Jamaica	47.6 seconds
6	Gary Eddy	Australia	47.6 seconds
7	Wilson Kiprugut	Kenya	47.7 seconds
8	Vadim Arkhipchuk	Soviet Union	47.9 seconds

Second round, heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Edwin Skinner	Trinidad and Tobago	46.9 seconds
2	Ulis Williams	United States	46.9 seconds
3	Tegegn Bezabih	Ethiopia	47.2 seconds
4	James Addy	Ghana	47.3 seconds
5	Adrian Peter Metcalfe	Great Britain	47.8 seconds
6	P. A. Grajales Escobar	Colombia	47.8 seconds
7	Victor Bychkov	Soviet Union	47.9 seconds
—	Ireneusz Kluczek	Poland	Did not start

Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Robbie Ian Brightwell	Great Britain	45.7 seconds
2	Wendell Mottley	Trinidad and Tobago	45.9 seconds
3	Ulis Williams	United States	46.2 seconds
4	Peter Vassella	Australia	46.5 seconds
5	Jorg Juttner	United Team of Germany	46.7 seconds
6	Laurie Khan	Jamaica	47.0 seconds
7	Tegegn Bezabih	Ethiopia	47.1 seconds
8	Jean Pierre Boccardo	France	47.1 seconds

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Mike Larrabee	United States	46.0 seconds
2	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.2 seconds
3	Edwin Skinner	Trinidad and Tobago	46.5 seconds
4	Tim Graham	Great Britain	46.5 seconds
5	Ollan Cassell	United States	46.6 seconds
6	William Crothers	Canada	46.9 seconds
7	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	47.1 seconds
8	James Addy	Ghana	47.6 seconds

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Mike Larrabee	United States	45.1 seconds
2	Wendell Mottley	Trinidad and Tobago	45.2 seconds
3	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	45.6 seconds
4	Robbie Ian Brightwell	Great Britain	45.7 seconds
5	Ulis Williams	United States	46.0 seconds
6	Tim Graham	Great Britain	46.0 seconds
7	Peter Vassella	Australia	46.3 seconds
8	Edwin Skinner	Trinidad and Tobago	46.8 seconds