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

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	14–16 October
Competitors	39 from 26 nations
Medalists
Rex Cawley  United States John Cooper  Great Britain Salvatore Morale  Italy

The men's 400 metres hurdles was the longer of the men's hurdle races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October, 15 October, and 16 October 1964. 39 athletes from 26 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 14 October, with the semifinals on 15 October and the final on 16 October.

Results

First round

The top three runners in each of the 5 heats as well as the fastest remaining runner advanced.

First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	John Cooper	Great Britain	50.5 seconds
2	Gary Knoke	Australia	50.9 seconds
3	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	51.2 seconds
4	Edvīns Zāģeris	Soviet Union	51.5 seconds
5	Bill Gairdner	Canada	53.8 seconds
6	Helmut Haid	Austria	54.6 seconds
—	Horst Gieseler	United Team of Germany	Did not finish
	Nicola Dimitrov Dagorov	Bulgaria	Did not start

First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Rex Cawley	United States	50.8 seconds
2	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	Argentina	51.1 seconds
3	Peter Warden	Great Britain	51.6 seconds
4	Joachim Singer	United Team of Germany	52.1 seconds
5	Boguslaw Gierajewski	Poland	52.8 seconds
6	Samir Ambrose Vincent	Iraq	54.0 seconds
7	Kiyoo Yui	Japan	54.7 seconds
8	Michael Ryan	Australia	58.0 seconds

First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	51.2 seconds
2	Ken Roche	Australia	51.5 seconds
3	Jay Luck	United States	51.7 seconds
4	Jerom Ochana	Uganda	52.4 seconds
5	Robert Poirier	France	52.6 seconds
6	Valeriu Jurca	Romania	52.7 seconds
7	Kimaru Songok	Kenya	54.5 seconds
8	Mansour ul-Haq Awan	Pakistan	55.3 seconds

First round, heat 4

Anisimov is listed in the Official Report results for heat 4 as being a competitor for the United States; however, the Official Report lists his nationality as Soviet in all other instances in the report.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Salvatore Morale	Italy	51.1 seconds
2	Vasily Anisimov	Soviet Union	51.7 seconds
3	Ferdinand Haas	United Team of Germany	52.2 seconds
4	Mike Hogan	Great Britain	52.5 seconds
5	Keiji Ogushi	Japan	53.6 seconds
6	José Cavero	Peru	53.7 seconds
7	Karu Selvaratnam	Malaysia	53.8 seconds
8	Djani Kovac	Yugoslavia	Disqualified

First round, heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	William Foster Hardin	United States	51.3 seconds
2	Víctor Maldonado	Venezuela	51.6 seconds
3	Jaakko Tuominen	Finland	51.8 seconds
4	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	52.2 seconds
5	Keiko Iijima	Japan	52.8 seconds
6	Mamadou Sarr	Senegal	53.2 seconds
7	Amrit Pal	India	53.3 seconds
8	Imants Kukličs	Soviet Union	53.3 seconds

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Rex Cawley	United States	49.8 seconds
2	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	50.2 seconds
3	Gary Knoke	Australia	50.6 seconds
4	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	51.0 seconds
5	Peter Warden	Great Britain	51.2 seconds
6	Ferdinand Haas	United Team of Germany	51.6 seconds
7	Edvin Zageris	Soviet Union	52.2 seconds
8	Jaakko Tuominen	Finland	54.0 seconds

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	John Cooper	Great Britain	50.4 seconds
2	Jay Luck	United States	50.4 seconds
3	Salvatore Morale	Italy	50.4 seconds
4	Vasily Anisimov	Soviet Union	50.7 seconds
5	Ken Roche	Australia	50.8 seconds
6	William Foster Hardin	United States	50.9 seconds
7	Victor Maldonado	Venezuela	51.1 seconds
8	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	Argentina	53.1 seconds

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Rex Cawley	United States	49.6 seconds
2	John Cooper	Great Britain	50.1 seconds
3	Salvatore Morale	Italy	50.1 seconds
4	Gary Knoke	Australia	50.4 seconds
5	Jay Luck	United States	50.5 seconds
6	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	50.7 seconds
7	Vasily Anisimov	Soviet Union	51.1 seconds
8	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	51.4 seconds