| | Event type

50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	18 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	34 from 19 countries

Abdon Pamich had hoped to win this event in 1960 in his home country, but had to settle for a bronze medal. By 1964 he was favored, having won the 1962 European Championships, and he would win that title again in 1966. The race was fairly close. Pamich was in the lead group from the beginning but did not open a gap until 40 km. Paul Nihill (GBR) could not be shaken and won the silver medal only 19 seconds behind.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time	5 km	10 km	15 km	20 km	25 km	30 km	35 km	40 km	45 km
1	47	Abdon Pamich	ITA	4-11:12.4	24:13.0 (2)	48:12.0 (2)	1-12:33.0 (2)	1-37:33.0 (1)	2-03:09.0 (1)	2-27:56.0 (=1)	2-53:30.0 (=1)	3-19:16.0 (1)	3-43:25.0 (1)	Gold	OB
2	40	Paul Nihill	GBR	4-11:31.2	24:33.0 (4)	48:47.0 (4)	1-12:42.0 (3)	1-37:52.0 (=3)	2-03:10.0 (=2)	2-27:56.0 (=1)	2-53:30.0 (=1)	3-19:20.0 (2)	3-45:31.0 (2)	Silver
3	50	Ingvar Pettersson	SWE	4-14:17.4	25:11.0 (=17)	50:27.0 (16)	1-15:31.0 (15)	1-40:37.0 (14)	2-06:29.0 (12)	2-31:36.0 (8)	2-57:07.0 (6)	3-22:46.0 (5)	3-48:30.0 (4)	Bronze
4	44	Burkhard Leuschke	GER	4-15:26.8	25:33.0 (25)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-14:52.0 (5)	1-40:22.0 (6)	2-05:18.0 (4)	2-29:45.0 (5)	2-55:21.0 (4)	3-21:36.0 (4)	3-48:24.0 (3)
5	3	Bob Gardiner	AUS	4-17:06.8	26:00.0 (=27)	51:55.0 (=24)	1-17:04.0 (=20)	1-42:24.0 (18)	2-07:26.0 (16)	2-32:27.0 (13)	2-57:56.0 (8)	3-23:46.0 (6)	3-49:51.0 (6)
6	43	Christoph Höhne	GER	4-17:41.6	24:25.0 (3)	48:35.0 (3)	1-13:04.0 (4)	1-37:46.0 (2)	2-03:10.0 (=2)	2-28:24.0 (3)	2-54:10.0 (3)	3-20:43.0 (3)	3-49:29.0 (5)
7	58	Anatoly Vedyakov	URS	4-19:55.8	24:57.0 (=9)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-15:02.0 (=11)	1-40:28.0 (=10)	2-06:09.0 (=7)	2-31:29.0 (6)	2-57:53.0 (7)	3-24:57.0 (8)	3-52:24.0 (8)
8	45	Kurt Sakowski	GER	4-20:31.0	25:32.0 (24)	51:30.0 (=21)	1-16:57.0 (19)	1-42:37.0 (20)	2-07:50.0 (17)	2-32:58.0 (14)	2-58:29.0 (=9)	3-24:01.0 (7)	3-51:24.0 (7)
9	17	Charel Sowa	LUX	4-20:37.2	25:11.0 (=17)	50:33.0 (17)	1-15:49.0 (=16)	1-41:16.0 (=16)	2-06:49.0 (13)	2-32:03.0 (10)	2-58:29.0 (=9)	3-25:19.0 (10)	3-52:44.0 (9)
10	41	Don Thompson	GBR	4-22:39.4	24:57.0 (=9)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-15:01.0 (=8)	1-40:29.0 (=12)	2-06:15.0 (11)	2-32:18.0 (=11)	2-59:10.0 (12)	3-26:49.0 (12)	3-54:44.0 (10)
11	1	Ronald Crawford	AUS	4-24:19.6	25:08.0 (=15)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-15:01.0 (=8)	1-40:24.0 (7)	2-05:19.0 (5)	2-29:36.0 (4)	2-56:17.0 (5)	3-24:58.0 (9)	3-56:07.0 (12)
12	56	Gennady Agapov	URS	4-24:34.0	24:12.0 (1)	47:51.0 (1)	1-11:52.0 (1)	1-37:52.0 (=3)	2-08:32.0 (19)	2-35:00.0 (17)	3-01:29.0 (15)	3-28:38.0 (15)	3-56:00.0 (11)
13	39	Ray Middleton	GBR	4-25:49.2	24:58.0 (=11)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-15:02.0 (=11)	1-40:29.0 (=12)	2-06:10.0 (9)	2-31:50.0 (9)	2-59:19.0 (14)	3-27:11.0 (13)	3-56:37.0 (13)
14	7	Alex Oakley	CAN	4-27:24.6	24:58.0 (=11)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-15:25.0 (14)	1-40:26.0 (8)	2-06:11.0 (10)	2-32:18.0 (=11)	2-59:11.0 (13)	3-28:09.0 (14)	3-58:16.0 (15)
15	10	Henri Delerue	FRA	4-27:47.6	25:08.0 (=15)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-15:01.0 (=8)	1-40:28.0 (=10)	2-06:09.0 (=7)	2-31:34.0 (7)	2-58:29.0 (=9)	3-26:18.0 (11)	3-57:24.0 (14)
16	24	John Ljunggren	SWE	4-29:09.2	25:11.0 (=17)	51:13.0 (20)	1-16:26.0 (18)	1-42:30.0 (19)	2-08:36.0 (20)	2-35:01.0 (18)	3-02:31.0 (16)	3-31:05.0 (16)	4-00:16.0 (16)
17	38	Ted Allsopp	AUS	4-31:07.8	26:00.0 (=27)	52:48.0 (=27)	1-19:19.0 (=27)	1-45:49.0 (=25)	2-11:53.0 (=22)	2-38:13.0 (22)	3-04:58.0 (18)	3-32:29.0 (17)	4-01:19.0 (17)
18	57	Yevgeny Lyungin	URS	4-32:01.6	24:44.0 (6)	49:42.0 (5)	1-14:56.0 (7)	1-41:06.0 (15)	2-08:27.0 (18)	2-37:50.0 (20)	3-05:19.0 (20)	3-34:15.0 (19)	4-03:10.0 (18)
19	15	István Havasi	HUN	4-34:14.0	26:21.0 (31)	53:14.0 (=29)	1-20:30.0 (=29)	1-47:49.0 (28)	2-15:22.0 (27)	2-42:29.0 (27)	3-09:59.0 (25)	3-37:54.0 (21)	4-06:07.0 (21)
20	8	Alexander Bílek	TCH	4-34:54.2	25:05.0 (=13)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-14:52.0 (6)	1-40:20.0 (5)	2-05:22.0 (6)	2-33:17.0 (15)	3-02:59.0 (17)	3-33:35.0 (18)	4-03:57.0 (19)
21	55	Chris McCarthy	USA	4-35:41.6	25:25.0 (=22)	51:55.0 (=24)	1-17:16.0 (24)	1-43:41.0 (21)	2-10:38.0 (21)	2-37:51.0 (21)	3-05:54.0 (21)	3-35:12.0 (20)	4-05:26.0 (20)
22	59	Tadamasa Ejiri	JPN	4-37:31.8	25:05.0 (=13)	50:36.0 (18)	1-17:27.0 (=25)	1-44:57.0 (24)	2-12:45.0 (=25)	2-40:19.0 (24)	3-09:03.0 (24)	3-38:14.0 (22)	4-08:01.0 (22)
23	52	Erwin Stutz	SUI	4-40:45.0	26:00.0 (=27)	52:48.0 (=27)	1-19:19.0 (=27)	1-45:49.0 (=25)	2-11:53.0 (=22)	2-38:45.0 (23)	3-08:18.0 (23)	3-39:08.0 (23)	4-10:50.0 (23)
24	51	Roy Syversson	SWE	4-41:47.6	25:21.0 (21)	50:45.0 (19)	1-15:49.0 (=16)	1-41:16.0 (=16)	2-07:04.0 (15)	2-33:55.0 (16)	3-06:13.0 (22)	3-40:30.0 (24)	4-11:57.0 (24)
25	61	Kazuo Saito	JPN	4-43:01.0	24:45.0 (7)	50:24.0 (15)	1-15:16.0 (13)	1-40:27.0 (9)	2-06:52.0 (14)	2-35:32.0 (19)	3-05:13.0 (19)	3-41:00.0 (25)	4-16:55.0 (26)
26	54	Bruce MacDonald	USA	4-45:10.4	25:11.0 (=17)	51:30.0 (=21)	1-17:13.0 (23)	1-44:25.0 (22)	2-12:26.0 (24)	2-41:40.0 (=25)	3-13:13.0 (26)	3-45:58.0 (26)	4-16:28.0 (25)
27	60	Sumio Miwa	JPN	4-52:00.6	25:57.0 (26)	51:55.0 (=24)	1-17:27.0 (=25)	1-45:540 (27)	2-16:34.0 (28)	2-46:39.0 (28)	3-18:20.0 (28)	3-48:57.0 (27)	4-17:18.0 (27)
28	49	Ilie Popa	ROU	4-57:40.8	26:56.0 (=32)	54:59.0 (=31)	1-22:55.0 (31)	1-50:24.0 (=30)	2-19:03.0 (=29)	2-47:45.0 (=29)	3-18:44.0 (=29)	3-50:40.0 (=28)	4-23:19.0 (29)
29	53	Mike Brodie	USA	4-57:41.0	26:56.0 (=32)	54:59.0 (=31)	1-22:55.0 (32)	1-50:24.0 (=30)	2-19:03.0 (=29)	2-47:45.0 (=29)	3-18:44.0 (=29)	3-50:40.0 (=28)	4-23:18.0 (28)
30	28	Chedli El-Marghni	TUN	4-59:13.0	24:51.0 (8)	50:01.0 (=6)	1-17:04.0 (=20)	1-44:40.0 (23)	2-12:45.0 (=25)	2-41:40.0 (=25)	3-16:39.0 (27)	3-54:22.0 (30)	4-27:27.0 (30)
31	46	So Kam Tong	HKG	5-07:53.2	30:40.0 (34)	1-00:07.0 (33)	1-29:38.0 (33)	1-59:19.0 (32)	2-29:03.0 (31)	2-59:07.0 (31)	3-30:13.0 (31)	4-02:03.0 (31)	4-34:50.0 (31)
DNF	42	Maung Rajan	MYA	–	26:16.0 (30)	53:14.0 (=29)	1-20:30.0 (=29)	1-48:39.0 (29)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	20	Mieczysław Rutyna	POL	–	[25:25.0] ([=22])	[51:30.0] ([=21])	[1-17:08.0] ([22])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	27	Naceur Ben Messaoud	TUN	–	[24:34.0] ([5])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	18	Kim Tai-Koo	PRK	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	19	Pak Tai-Keun	PRK	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	48	Emil Dragan	ROU	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	14	István Gőri	HUN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	16	Antal Kiss	HUN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)