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800 metres, Men

Date	14 – 16 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	47 from 32 countries

Peter Snell was the defending champion and was back, hoping to double in the 800/1,500. Since his upset victory in Roma, he had broken the 800 world record with 1:44.3 in Christchurch in 1962. Before Tokyo he had also claimed the world mile record. In the Tokyo final, the first lap was led by Kenyan Wilson Kiprugut in 52.0. Snell was boxed at the bell, but moved out into lane three on the backstretch and blew by everybody. On the final curve, Jamaican George Kerr stayed close but could not never gain on Snell. At the start of the homestretch Canada’s Bill Crothers pulled ahead of Kerr and would win the silver medal, Kiprugut getting bronze. Kiprugut became the first Kenyan runner to win an Olympic medal.Snell defended his 800 metres title, following in the footsteps of Douglas Lowe (1924-28) and Mal Whitfield (1948-52). A few days later he would add the 1,500, also achieving the 800/1,500 double.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	466	Peter Snell	NZL	1:49.0 (1 h4)	1:46.9 (1 h1)	1:45.1 (1)	Gold	OR
2	57	Bill Crothers	CAN	1:49.3 (1 h6)	1:47.3 (1 h3)	1:45.6 (2)	Silver
3	386	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1:47.8 (1 h1)	1:46.1 (2 h2)	1:45.9 (3)	Bronze
4	375	George Kerr	JAM	1:48.9 (2 h5)	1:46.1 (1 h2)	1:45.9 (4)
5	711	Tom Farrell	USA	1:48.6 (2 h1)	1:47.8 (2 h3)	1:46.6 (5)
6	713	Jerry Siebert	USA	1:49.2 (2 h4)	1:47.0 (2 h1)	1:47.0 (6)
7	203	Dieter Bogatzki	GER	1:50.3 (1 h2)	1:46.9 (3 h2)	1:47.2 (7)
8	35	Jacques Pennewaert	BEL	1:49.2 (3 h4)	1:47.0 (3 h1)	1:50.5 (8)
3 h3 r2/3	204	Manfred Kinder	GER	1:49.5 (1 h3)	1:47.9 (3 h3)	–
4 h1 r2/3	202	Manfred Matuschewski	GER	1:50.0 (4 h5)	1:47.3 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	158	John Boulter	GBR	1:48.9 (1 h5)	1:47.1 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	156	Chris Carter	GBR	1:51.0 (3 h2)	1:49.1 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	646	Valery Bulyshev	URS	1:48.6 (3 h1)	1:47.5 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	27	Rudolf Klaban	AUT	1:49.9 (4 h6)	1:47.4 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	648	Rein Tölp	URS	1:50.0 (4 h3)	1:49.1 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	790	Mamoru Morimoto	JPN	1:49.9 (3 h6)	1:47.7 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	647	Abram Kryvosheiev	URS	1:49.5 (4 h4)	1:47.5 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	70	Ahmed Issa	CHA	1:49.7 (2 h3)	1:49.4 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	122	Maurice Lurot	FRA	1:49.8 (2 h6)	1:49.7 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	322	Derek McCleane	IRL	1:49.9 (3 h3)	1:48.4 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	10	Tony Blue	AUS	1:49.7 (3 h5)	1:49.6 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	562	Stig Lindbäck	SWE	1:50.8 (2 h2)	1:49.8 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	101	Pekka Juutilainen	FIN	1:51.0 (4 h2)	1:50.3 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r2/3	36	Jos Lambrechts	BEL	1:48.9 (4 h1)	1:52.8 (8 h3)	–
5 h1 r1/3	123	François Châtelet	FRA	1:48.9 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	378	Neville Myton	JAM	1:52.4 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	387	Peter Francis	KEN	1:50.1 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	157	Alan Dean	GBR	1:49.6 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	321	Noel Carroll	IRL	1:51.1 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	347	Francesco Bianchi	ITA	1:50.2 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	330	Ibrahim Yazdan Panah	IRI	1:54.7 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	408	Michel Medinger, Jr.	LUX	1:52.6 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	712	Morgan Groth	USA	1:51.4 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	396	Jeong Gyo-Mo	KOR	1:51.8 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	582	Rolf Jelinek	SUI	1:54.6 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	37	Paul Roekaerts	BEL	1:50.9 (6 h6)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	406	Hugo Walser	LIE	1:57.5 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	430	Dulamyn Amarsanaa	MGL	1:56.3 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	78	José Gregorio Neira	COL	1:55.6 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	58	Don Bertoia	CAN	1:52.2 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	283	Mike Field	HKG	1:54.0 (7 h6)	–	–
8 h1 r1/3	598	Nipon Pensuvapap	THA	1:58.8 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	478	Anar Khan	PAK	1:56.4 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r1/3	416	Ramasamy Subramaniam	MAS	1:58.5 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	97	Mamo Sebsibe	ETH	1:52.8 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h6 r1/3	593	Hassan Dyamwale	TAN	1:54.9 (8 h6)	–	–
AC h5 r1/3	341	Amos Gilad	ISR	– (DQ h5)	–	–

Round One

Date	14 October 1964 — 15:30
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (hand)
1	386	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1:47.8	Q
2	711	Tom Farrell	USA	1:48.6	Q
3	646	Valery Bulyshev	URS	1:48.6	Q
4	36	Jos Lambrechts	BEL	1:48.9	Q
5	123	François Châtelet	FRA	1:48.9
6	158	John Boulter	GBR	1:48.9	Q
7	375	George Kerr	JAM	1:48.9	Q
8	466	Peter Snell	NZL	1:49.0	Q
9	713	Jerry Siebert	USA	1:49.2	Q
10	35	Jacques Pennewaert	BEL	1:49.2	Q
11	57	Bill Crothers	CAN	1:49.3	Q
=12	204	Manfred Kinder	GER	1:49.5	Q
=12	647	Abram Kryvosheiev	URS	1:49.5	Q
14	157	Alan Dean	GBR	1:49.6
=15	70	Ahmed Issa	CHA	1:49.7	Q
=15	10	Tony Blue	AUS	1:49.7	Q
17	122	Maurice Lurot	FRA	1:49.8	Q
=18	322	Derek McCleane	IRL	1:49.9	Q
=18	790	Mamoru Morimoto	JPN	1:49.9	Q
20	27	Rudolf Klaban	AUT	1:49.9	Q
=21	648	Rein Tölp	URS	1:50.0	Q
=21	202	Manfred Matuschewski	GER	1:50.0	Q
23	387	Peter Francis	KEN	1:50.1
24	347	Francesco Bianchi	ITA	1:50.2
25	203	Dieter Bogatzki	GER	1:50.3	Q
26	562	Stig Lindbäck	SWE	1:50.8	Q
27	37	Paul Roekaerts	BEL	1:50.9
28	156	Chris Carter	GBR	1:51.0	Q
29	101	Pekka Juutilainen	FIN	1:51.0	Q
30	321	Noel Carroll	IRL	1:51.1
31	712	Morgan Groth	USA	1:51.4
32	396	Jeong Gyo-Mo	KOR	1:51.8
33	58	Don Bertoia	CAN	1:52.2
34	378	Neville Myton	JAM	1:52.4
35	408	Michel Medinger, Jr.	LUX	1:52.6
36	97	Mamo Sebsibe	ETH	1:52.8
37	283	Mike Field	HKG	1:54.0
38	582	Rolf Jelinek	SUI	1:54.6
39	330	Ibrahim Yazdan Panah	IRI	1:54.7
40	593	Hassan Dyamwale	TAN	1:54.9
41	78	José Gregorio Neira	COL	1:55.6
42	430	Dulamyn Amarsanaa	MGL	1:56.3
43	478	Anar Khan	PAK	1:56.4
44	406	Hugo Walser	LIE	1:57.5
45	416	Ramasamy Subramaniam	MAS	1:58.5
46	598	Nipon Pensuvapap	THA	1:58.8
DQ	341	Amos Gilad	ISR	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	386	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1:47.8	Q
2	711	Tom Farrell	USA	1:48.6	Q
3	646	Valery Bulyshev	URS	1:48.6	Q
4	36	Jos Lambrechts	BEL	1:48.9	Q
5	123	François Châtelet	FRA	1:48.9
6	330	Ibrahim Yazdan Panah	IRI	1:54.7
7	406	Hugo Walser	LIE	1:57.5
8	598	Nipon Pensuvapap	THA	1:58.8

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	203	Dieter Bogatzki	GER	1:50.3	Q
2	562	Stig Lindbäck	SWE	1:50.8	Q
3	156	Chris Carter	GBR	1:51.0	Q
4	101	Pekka Juutilainen	FIN	1:51.0	Q
5	378	Neville Myton	JAM	1:52.4
6	408	Michel Medinger, Jr.	LUX	1:52.6
7	430	Dulamyn Amarsanaa	MGL	1:56.3
8	478	Anar Khan	PAK	1:56.4

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	204	Manfred Kinder	GER	1:49.5	Q
2	70	Ahmed Issa	CHA	1:49.7	Q
3	322	Derek McCleane	IRL	1:49.9	Q
4	648	Rein Tölp	URS	1:50.0	Q
5	387	Peter Francis	KEN	1:50.1
6	712	Morgan Groth	USA	1:51.4
7	78	José Gregorio Neira	COL	1:55.6
8	416	Ramasamy Subramaniam	MAS	1:58.5

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	466	Peter Snell	NZL	1:49.0	Q
2	713	Jerry Siebert	USA	1:49.2	Q
3	35	Jacques Pennewaert	BEL	1:49.2	Q
4	647	Abram Kryvosheiev	URS	1:49.5	Q
5	157	Alan Dean	GBR	1:49.6
6	396	Jeong Gyo-Mo	KOR	1:51.8
7	58	Don Bertoia	CAN	1:52.2
8	97	Mamo Sebsibe	ETH	1:52.8

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	158	John Boulter	GBR	1:48.9	Q
2	375	George Kerr	JAM	1:48.9	Q
3	10	Tony Blue	AUS	1:49.7	Q
4	202	Manfred Matuschewski	GER	1:50.0	Q
5	321	Noel Carroll	IRL	1:51.1
6	582	Rolf Jelinek	SUI	1:54.6
DQ	341	Amos Gilad	ISR	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	57	Bill Crothers	CAN	1:49.3	Q
2	122	Maurice Lurot	FRA	1:49.8	Q
3	790	Mamoru Morimoto	JPN	1:49.9	Q
4	27	Rudolf Klaban	AUT	1:49.9	Q
5	347	Francesco Bianchi	ITA	1:50.2
6	37	Paul Roekaerts	BEL	1:50.9
7	283	Mike Field	HKG	1:54.0
8	593	Hassan Dyamwale	TAN	1:54.9

Semi-Finals

Date	15 October 1964 — 15:00
Format	Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (hand)
1	375	George Kerr	JAM	1:46.1	QOR
2	386	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1:46.1	Q=OR
=3	466	Peter Snell	NZL	1:46.9	Q
=3	203	Dieter Bogatzki	GER	1:46.9	q
5	713	Jerry Siebert	USA	1:47.0	Q
6	35	Jacques Pennewaert	BEL	1:47.0	q
7	158	John Boulter	GBR	1:47.1
=8	202	Manfred Matuschewski	GER	1:47.3
=8	57	Bill Crothers	CAN	1:47.3	Q
10	27	Rudolf Klaban	AUT	1:47.4
=11	646	Valery Bulyshev	URS	1:47.5
=11	647	Abram Kryvosheiev	URS	1:47.5
13	790	Mamoru Morimoto	JPN	1:47.7
14	711	Tom Farrell	USA	1:47.8	Q
15	204	Manfred Kinder	GER	1:47.9
16	322	Derek McCleane	IRL	1:48.4
17	156	Chris Carter	GBR	1:49.1
18	648	Rein Tölp	URS	1:49.1
19	70	Ahmed Issa	CHA	1:49.4
20	10	Tony Blue	AUS	1:49.6
21	122	Maurice Lurot	FRA	1:49.7
22	562	Stig Lindbäck	SWE	1:49.8
23	101	Pekka Juutilainen	FIN	1:50.3
24	36	Jos Lambrechts	BEL	1:52.8

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	466	Peter Snell	NZL	1:46.9	Q
2	713	Jerry Siebert	USA	1:47.0	Q
3	35	Jacques Pennewaert	BEL	1:47.0	q
4	202	Manfred Matuschewski	GER	1:47.3
5	646	Valery Bulyshev	URS	1:47.5
6	790	Mamoru Morimoto	JPN	1:47.7
7	122	Maurice Lurot	FRA	1:49.7
8	562	Stig Lindbäck	SWE	1:49.8

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	375	George Kerr	JAM	1:46.1	QOR
2	386	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1:46.1	Q=OR
3	203	Dieter Bogatzki	GER	1:46.9	q
4	158	John Boulter	GBR	1:47.1
5	27	Rudolf Klaban	AUT	1:47.4
6	647	Abram Kryvosheiev	URS	1:47.5
7	322	Derek McCleane	IRL	1:48.4
8	101	Pekka Juutilainen	FIN	1:50.3

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	57	Bill Crothers	CAN	1:47.3	Q
2	711	Tom Farrell	USA	1:47.8	Q
3	204	Manfred Kinder	GER	1:47.9
4	156	Chris Carter	GBR	1:49.1
5	648	Rein Tölp	URS	1:49.1
6	70	Ahmed Issa	CHA	1:49.4
7	10	Tony Blue	AUS	1:49.6
8	36	Jos Lambrechts	BEL	1:52.8

Final Round

Date	16 October 1964 — 16:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	466	Peter Snell	NZL	1:45.1	OR
2	57	Bill Crothers	CAN	1:45.6
3	386	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1:45.9
4	375	George Kerr	JAM	1:45.9
5	711	Tom Farrell	USA	1:46.6
6	713	Jerry Siebert	USA	1:47.0
7	203	Dieter Bogatzki	GER	1:47.2
8	35	Jacques Pennewaert	BEL	1:50.5

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
200 m	Wilson Kiprugut	24.9
400 m	Wilson Kiprugut	52.0
600 m	Peter Snell	1:19.4