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Athletics At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 Metres
The men's 200 metres was the second-shortest of the men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. 63 athletes from 48 nations entered, with 6 not starting in the first round. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The first two rounds were held on 16 October, with the semifinals and the final on 17 October. The event was won by Henry Carr of the United States, the nation's 11th victory in the event. Fellow American Paul Drayton took silver; it was the fifth time in six Games that the United States had the top two finishers. Edwin Roberts gave Trinidad and Tobago its first medal in the men's 200 metres with his bronze. Background This was the 14th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Two of the six finalists from the 1960 Games returned: gold medalist Livio Berruti of Italy and fourth-place finisher Marian Foik o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)
The Japan National Stadium, officially named and formerly known as or , is a multi-purpose stadium used mostly for association football in Kasumigaokamachi, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The facility served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the venue for track and field athletics events at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics in 2021. Demolition of the National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958), old National Stadium was completed in May 2015, allowing for the construction of the new stadium to begin on 11 December 2016. The original plans for the new stadium were scrapped in July 2015 by Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who announced a rebid after a public outcry prompted by increased building costs. As a result, the new design was not ready for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, as originally intended. A new design created by architect Kengo Kuma was chosen in December 2015 to replace the original design, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Zieliński (athlete)
Andrzej Franciszek Zieliński (20 August 1936 – 8 December 2021) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. Career Zieliński was born in Warsaw, Second Polish Republic, Poland, on 20 August 1936. He competed for Poland in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the silver medal with his teammates Wiesław Maniak, Marian Foik and Marian Dudziak. Zieliński died on 8 December 2021, at the age of 85. References External links * 1936 births 2021 deaths Polish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Warsaw European Athletics Championships ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iijima Hideo
is a retired Japanese sprint runner and professional baseball player. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay events, but was eliminated in semifinals on all occasions. At the 1968 Games he ran his personal best in all competitions (10.24–10.34 seconds depending on the wind). After the 1968 Olympics Iijima became a professional baseball player. He retired in 1971 and for one year worked as a baseball coach. . sponichi.co.jp He later ran a sporting goods store in his native Mito. References 1944 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levy Psawkin
Levi Psavkin (also "Levy"; לוי פסבקין; born April 12, 1939) is an Israeli former Olympic runner. He was the Israeli Champion in the 100 metres (1964 and 1967), and in the 200 metres (1964). He is Jewish, and his entire family was killed in the Holocaust. Running career His personal best in the 100 metres was 10.6, in 1963. He won the Israeli Championship in the 100 metres in both 1964 and 1967, and in the 200 metres in 1964. He competed for Israel at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 25 in Athletics. In the Men's 100 metres he came in 7th in Heat 5, with a time of 11.1. He placed 64th out of 72 runners. When he competed in the Olympics, he was and weighed . Running administration He was Chief of the Israeli delegation at the 2002 European Track and Field Championships. He has been a member of the European Athletic Association's Development Committee, and the Veterans Committee of the International Association of Athletics Federation. He is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Lorenzo Manueco
Carlos Lorenzo Mañueco (born 25 February 1942) is a Mexican sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres as well as the mens 200 meters at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1942 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Mexican male sprinters Olympic athletes for Mexico Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erasmus Amukun
Erasmus Samuel A. O. "Sam" Amukun (27 November 1940 – May 1998) was a Ugandan sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres, men's 200 metres and men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics who competed in the men's 200 metres and men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics, he worked as a geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou .... References External links * 1940 births 1998 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Ugandan geologists Ugandan male sprinters Olympic athletes for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda 20th-century ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Radford
Peter Frank Radford (born 20 September 1939) is a former British athlete, who competed at 100 and 200 metres (and 100 and 220 yards), broke world records, and won Olympic medals, despite having been seriously ill as a child due to a hole in his kidney. Career Running Radford took up competitive running at the age of 12, soon joining Birchfield Harriers, where he was coached by Bill Marlow, and won the English Schools intermediate 100 yard title in 1955 and seniors 100 yards in 1957. He attended Tettenhall College. At the age of 18 at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in July 1958, he came fourth at 100 yards, was a semi-finalist in the 220 yards, and won a sprint relay gold medal with the England 4×110 yards relay team. In August of that year he competed in the European Championships where he won a Bronze medal in the 100 metres and a Silver medal as part of the British 4×100 metres relay team. In September of the same year he equalled the European record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Zubov
Boris Zubov (born 1 December 1942) is a Russian sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1942 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Russian male sprinters Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Soviet male sprinters Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arquímedes Herrera
Arquímedes Herrera (August 8, 1935 – May 30, 2013) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete who competed in the sprint events and was ranked #4 in the world in the 100 m in 1963. As a teenager Herrera spent time in the Venezuelan military, taking up his athletics career after his discharge. He claimed three medals at the 1963 Pan American Games held in São Paulo, Brazil. In the final of the 200m dash three athletes crossed the finish line with the same time 21.2 seconds. The Photo finish defined the Venezuelan Rafael Romero stay with gold medal; American Ollan Cassell, with silver; and Herrera, with the bronze. In 1964 he equaled the world record 200-meter dash in 20.5 seconds and also participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he made the semi-finals in both the 100 metres and 200 metres and was a member of the Venezuelan team which finished sixth in the final of the 4 × 100 metres relay. Herrera was a claimant to the Masters M35 100 metres world reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Bambuck
Roger Bambuck (born 22 November 1945 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French former sprinter and politician. Athletic career Bambuck took part in his first Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. At the 1966 European Championships in Budapest, he won the gold medal in the 200 m and in the 4 × 100 m relay, as well as the silver medal in the 100 m. He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 100 metres (finalist) and in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gérard Fenouil, Jocelyn Delecour and Claude Piquemal. In the 100 and 200m. individual men's final he finished fifth with times of 10.16 and 20.51 seconds respectively. Earlier in 1968 he had equalled Armin Hary's eight-year-old European record of 10.0 seconds. He retired from sprint after the Mexico games, aged 23. Political life In the mid-eighties, he became head of sport for the commune of Épinay-sur-Seine. From 1988 to 1991, he was minister of Youth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somsak Thongsuk
Somsak Thongsuk (born 9 January 1939) is a Thai sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1939 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Somsak Thongsuk Somsak Thongsuk Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Somsak Thongsuk Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Somsak Thongsuk Somsak Thongsuk {{Thailand-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerardo Di Tolla
Gerardo di Tolla Barraza (born 31 March 1943) is a Peruvian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Di Tolla finished fourth in the 200 metres and fifth in the 100 metres at the 1963 Pan American Games The 1963 Pan American Games were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963, in São Paulo, Brazil. Host city selection For the first time, two cities submitted bids to host the 1963 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports O .... References 1943 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Peruvian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Peru Place of birth missing (living people) {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
