Decathlon at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 19–20 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The decathlon was a men's event and part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 19 October and 20 October 1964. 23 athletes from 15 nations entered and 22 started the first event. [1]
Place | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Rein Aun | ![]() | 7.22 metres | 865 | 1693 | 3 |
Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 7.22 metres | 865 | 1669 | 4 | |
3 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 7.21 metres | 863 | 1667 | 5 |
4 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 7.02 metres | 824 | 1580 | 8 |
5 | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 7.00 metres | 820 | 1699 | 1 |
Hector Thomas | ![]() | 7.00 metres | 820 | 1699 | 1 | |
7 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 6.98 metres | 816 | 1644 | 6 |
8 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 6.97 metres | 814 | 1570 | 10 |
9 | Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | 6.94 metres | 808 | 1541 | 11 |
10 | Alois Buchel | ![]() | 6.81 metres | 780 | 1513 | 13 |
11 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 6.80 metres | 778 | 1582 | 7 |
12 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 6.75 metres | 767 | 1571 | 9 |
13 | Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 6.72 metres | 761 | 1517 | 12 |
14 | Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | 6.56 metres | 728 | 1461 | 17 |
15 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 6.53 metres | 721 | 1501 | 14 |
16 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 6.51 metres | 717 | 1497 | 15 |
17 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 6.50 metres | 715 | 1358 | 20 |
18 | Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 6.43 metres | 699 | 1479 | 16 |
19 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 6.40 metres | 693 | 1449 | 18 |
20 | Franco Sar | ![]() | 6.31 metres | 673 | 1406 | 19 |
21 | Gerry Moro | ![]() | 6.20 metres | 648 | 1313 | 21 |
22 | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | 5.90 metres | 582 | 1225 | 22 |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
Storozhenko moved from fourth place to first with his performance in the shot put, as Thomas dropped from the lead to eighth.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 16.37 metres | 868 | 2537 | 1 |
2 | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 14.95 metres | 786 | 2485 | 2 |
3 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 14.93 metres | 784 | 2355 | 6 |
4 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 14.45 metres | 756 | 2423 | 3 |
5 | Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | 14.40 metres | 753 | 2214 | 12 |
6 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 14.32 metres | 747 | 2327 | 7 |
7 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 14.06 metres | 732 | 2376 | 5 |
8 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 13.89 metres | 721 | 2291 | 9 |
9 | Rein Aun | ![]() | 13.82 metres | 717 | 2410 | 4 |
10 | Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | 13.80 metres | 716 | 2257 | 11 |
11 | Franco Sar | ![]() | 13.60 metres | 702 | 2108 | 16 |
12 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 13.38 metres | 689 | 2138 | 14 |
13 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 13.23 metres | 680 | 2262 | 10 |
14 | Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 13.10 metres | 671 | 2150 | 13 |
15 | Gerry Moro | ![]() | 12.62 metres | 640 | 1953 | 20 |
16 | Hector Thomas | ![]() | 12.42 metres | 627 | 2326 | 8 |
17 | Alois Buchel | ![]() | 12.16 metres | 610 | 2123 | 15 |
18 | Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 11.80 metres | 586 | 2103 | 17 |
19 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 11.35 metres | 556 | 2057 | 18 |
20 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 11.03 metres | 504 | 2031 | 19 |
21 | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | 10.67 metres | 509 | 1734 | 22 |
22 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 10.55 metres | 500 | 1758 | 21 |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
Wu dropped out of contention after three events, not competing in the high jump.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Height | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 1.96 metres | 822 | 3245 | 2 |
2 | Rein Aun | ![]() | 1.93 metres | 796 | 3206 | 3 |
Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | 1.93 metres | 796 | 3053 | 6 | |
4 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 1.90 metres | 769 | 3096 | 5 |
Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 1.90 metres | 769 | 2872 | 12 | |
6 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 1.87 metres | 743 | 3034 | 7 |
Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 1.87 metres | 743 | 2601 | 19 | |
8 | Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 1.84 metres | 716 | 3253 | 1 |
Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 1.84 metres | 716 | 3201 | 4 | |
10 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 1.81 metres | 689 | 2951 | 11 |
Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 1.81 metres | 689 | 2839 | 13 | |
Alois Buchel | ![]() | 1.81 metres | 689 | 2812 | 14 | |
13 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 1.75 metres | 634 | 2989 | 8 |
Hector Thomas | ![]() | 1.75 metres | 634 | 2960 | 10 | |
Franco Sar | ![]() | 1.75 metres | 634 | 2742 | 16 | |
16 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 1.70 metres | 588 | 2964 | 9 |
Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | 1.70 metres | 588 | 2802 | 15 | |
Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 1.70 metres | 588 | 2726 | 17 | |
Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 1.70 metres | 588 | 2645 | 18 | |
Gerry Moro | ![]() | 1.70 metres | 588 | 2541 | 20 | |
21 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 1.60 metres | 493 | 2524 | 21 |
— | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 1734 | — |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
Storozhenko, leading after four, finished last in the 400 metres, falling to fifth place.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 48.2 seconds | 889 | 4090 | 1 |
2 | Rein Aun | ![]() | 48.8 seconds | 861 | 4067 | 3 |
3 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 49.0 seconds | 852 | 3803 | 9 |
4 | Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 49.1 seconds | 847 | 3719 | 11 |
5 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 49.2 seconds | 842 | 3876 | 6 |
Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 49.2 seconds | 842 | 3568 | 15 | |
7 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 49.5 seconds | 829 | 4074 | 2 |
Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 49.2 seconds | 842 | 3793 | 10 | |
9 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 49.6 seconds | 824 | 3813 | 8 |
10 | Alois Buchel | ![]() | 49.7 seconds | 819 | 3631 | 14 |
11 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 49.8 seconds | 814 | 3910 | 4 |
12 | Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 50.1 seconds | 801 | 3640 | 13 |
13 | Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | 50.5 seconds | 784 | 3837 | 7 |
14 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 50.8 seconds | 770 | 3415 | 18 |
15 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 51.2 seconds | 753 | 3277 | 20 |
16 | Hector Thomas | ![]() | 51.4 seconds | 744 | 3704 | 12 |
17 | Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | 52.0 seconds | 720 | 3522 | 16 |
Gerry Moro | ![]() | 52.0 seconds | 720 | 3261 | 21 | |
19 | Franco Sar | ![]() | 52.2 seconds | 712 | 3454 | 17 |
20 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 52.8 seconds | 687 | 3288 | 19 |
21 | Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 53.6 seconds | 655 | 3908 | 5 |
— | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 1734 | — |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
Kamerbeek became the second decathlete to drop out.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 14.7 seconds | 881 | 4684 | 7 |
2 | Franco Sar | ![]() | 14.8 seconds | 870 | 4324 | 15 |
3 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 14.9 seconds | 859 | 4652 | 8 |
Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 14.9 seconds | 859 | 4578 | 10 | |
5 | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 15.0 seconds | 848 | 4938 | 1 |
Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 15.0 seconds | 848 | 4756 | 4 | |
7 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 15.1 seconds | 837 | 4125 | 17 |
8 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 15.2 seconds | 827 | 4737 | 5 |
Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 15.2 seconds | 827 | 4703 | 6 | |
10 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 15.3 seconds | 817 | 4891 | 2 |
11 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 15.4 seconds | 807 | 4375 | 14 |
12 | Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 15.6 seconds | 787 | 4427 | 12 |
13 | Rein Aun | ![]() | 15.9 seconds | 757 | 4824 | 3 |
Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | 15.9 seconds | 757 | 4594 | 9 | |
15 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 16.0 seconds | 748 | 4561 | 11 |
16 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 16.4 seconds | 712 | 3989 | 19 |
17 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 16.5 seconds | 703 | 4118 | 18 |
18 | Hector Thomas | ![]() | 16.7 seconds | 685 | 4389 | 13 |
19 | Gerry Moro | ![]() | 16.8 seconds | 676 | 3937 | 20 |
20 | Alois Buchel | ![]() | 17.5 seconds | 621 | 4252 | 16 |
— | Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 3522 | — |
— | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 1734 | — |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
Place | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Franco Sar | ![]() | 47.46 metres | 827 | 5151 | 11 |
2 | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 46.05 metres | 801 | 5739 | 1 |
3 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 45.17 metres | 784 | 5521 | 4 |
4 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 44.64 metres | 775 | 5336 | 9 |
5 | Rein Aun | ![]() | 44.19 metres | 766 | 5590 | 3 |
6 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 44.15 metres | 765 | 5468 | 6 |
7 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 43.81 metres | 759 | 5411 | 7 |
8 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 43.15 metres | 747 | 5638 | 2 |
Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 43.15 metres | 747 | 5503 | 5 | |
10 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 42.91 metres | 742 | 5117 | 13 |
11 | Gerry Moro | ![]() | 40.90 metres | 703 | 4640 | 19 |
12 | Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 39.70 metres | 680 | 5107 | 14 |
13 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 39.59 metres | 677 | 5361 | 8 |
14 | Hector Thomas | ![]() | 38.43 metres | 654 | 5043 | 15 |
15 | Alois Buchel | ![]() | 37.19 metres | 629 | 4881 | 16 |
16 | Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 35.32 metres | 590 | 5168 | 10 |
17 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 35.24 metres | 589 | 4707 | 17 |
18 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 33.07 metres | 542 | 4667 | 18 |
19 | Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | 32.66 metres | 533 | 5127 | 12 |
20 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 29.24 metres | 457 | 4446 | 20 |
— | Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 3522 | — |
— | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 1734 | — |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
Duttweiler and Thomas both dropped out before the pole vault. Yang continued to advance, and Herman and Kuznetsov also moved into position to challenge for medals, while Beyer dropped out of contention into 8th place. Holdorf's lead grew to almost 130 points, almost unassailable, and nearly as many as the 150 that separated 2nd from 5th places.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Height | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 4.60 metres | 957 | 6318 | 6 |
Gerry Moro | ![]() | 4.60 metres | 957 | 5597 | 15 | |
3 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 4.40 metres | 909 | 6320 | 5 |
Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 4.40 metres | 909 | 6016 | 10 | |
5 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 4.35 metres | 896 | 6364 | 4 |
6 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 4.25 metres | 871 | 5578 | 16 |
7 | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 4.20 metres | 859 | 6598 | 1 |
Rein Aun | ![]() | 4.20 metres | 859 | 6449 | 3 | |
Franco Sar | ![]() | 4.20 metres | 859 | 6010 | 11 | |
10 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 4.10 metres | 832 | 6470 | 2 |
11 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 4.05 metres | 820 | 5487 | 17 |
12 | Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 4.00 metres | 807 | 6310 | 7 |
Alois Buchel | ![]() | 4.00 metres | 807 | 5688 | 14 | |
14 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 3.80 metres | 754 | 6275 | 8 |
15 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 3.70 metres | 728 | 6064 | 9 |
Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 3.70 metres | 728 | 5896 | 12 | |
17 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 3.40 metres | 644 | 5761 | 13 |
18 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 2.60 metres | 403 | 4849 | 18 |
— | Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 5127 | — |
— | Hector Thomas | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 5043 | — |
— | Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 3522 | — |
— | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 1734 | — |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
In the javelin throw, Yang won another event, moving up to fourth place. Holdorf fared poorly, his lead shrinking to 60 points, but with Walde increasing to 67 points ahead of Aun in third place, a German gold medal was nearly assured and the top pair was looking quite likely. In contrast, Yang was only 23 points behind Aun in an effort to knock the Soviet off the medal platform. Kuznetsov was still only a point behind Yang and Herman was not far from them either.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Height | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 68.15 metres | 858 | 7176 | 4 |
2 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 67.87 metres | 855 | 7175 | 5 |
3 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 63.35 metres | 802 | 7166 | 6 |
4 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 62.90 metres | 796 | 7266 | 2 |
5 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 59.72 metres | 758 | 6519 | 13 |
6 | Rein Aun | ![]() | 59.06 metres | 750 | 7199 | 3 |
Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 59.06 metres | 750 | 7060 | 7 | |
8 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 58.17 metres | 738 | 7013 | 8 |
9 | Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 57.54 metres | 731 | 6627 | 12 |
10 | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 57.37 metres | 728 | 7326 | 1 |
11 | Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 56.19 metres | 714 | 6730 | 9 |
12 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 55.54 metres | 705 | 6192 | 16 |
13 | Franco Sar | ![]() | 53.59 metres | 680 | 6690 | 11 |
14 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 51.88 metres | 658 | 6236 | 15 |
15 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 50.21 metres | 636 | 6700 | 10 |
16 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 48.46 metres | 612 | 5461 | 18 |
17 | Gerry Moro | ![]() | 46.63 metres | 587 | 6184 | 17 |
18 | Alois Buchel | ![]() | 44.90 metres | 562 | 6250 | 14 |
— | Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 5127 | — |
— | Hector Thomas | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 5043 | — |
— | Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 3522 | — |
— | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 1734 | — |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
The final event was the 1500 metres. Emberger was the fastest in the event, but still finished in 10th place overall. Aun, with a 67-point deficit to catch Walde for the silver medal, needed to run approximately 10 seconds faster than the German. His 4:22.3 was more than enough to beat Walde's 4:37.5, giving Aun 100 more points than Walde and the silver medal. Yang and Kuznetsov, who had been threatening to join the medalists, each dropped in the rankings after the 1500.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Points | ||
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Event | Total | Rank | ||||
1 | Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 4:19.3 | 665 | 7292 | 10 |
2 | Rein Aun | ![]() | 4:22.3 | 643 | 7842 | 2 |
3 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 4:23.6 | 634 | 7647 | 6 |
4 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 4:24.5 | 628 | 7147 | 11 |
5 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 4:24.9 | 629 | 7325 | 9 |
6 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 4:25.4 | 621 | 7787 | 4 |
7 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 4:28.1 | 602 | 6838 | 15 |
8 | Alois Buchel | ![]() | 4:28.6 | 599 | 6849 | 14 |
9 | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 4:34.3 | 561 | 7887 | 1 |
10 | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 4:37.5 | 543 | 7809 | 3 |
11 | Gerry Moro | ![]() | 4:38.8 | 532 | 6716 | 16 |
12 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 4:41.6 | 515 | 6707 | 17 |
13 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 4:48.4 | 474 | 7650 | 5 |
14 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 4:51.5 | 456 | 5917 | 18 |
15 | Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 5:00.6 | 405 | 7135 | 12 |
16 | Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 5:00.7 | 404 | 7464 | 8 |
17 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 5:02.5 | 394 | 7569 | 7 |
18 | Franco Sar | ![]() | 5:08.4 | 364 | 7054 | 13 |
— | Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 5127 | — |
— | Hector Thomas | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 5043 | — |
— | Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 3522 | — |
— | Wu Ar Min | ![]() | Withdrew | — | 1734 | — |
— | Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | — | Did not start | — |
Place | Athlete | Nation | Points |
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![]() | Willi Holdorf | ![]() | 7887 |
![]() | Rein Aun | ![]() | 7842 |
![]() | Hans-Joachim Walde | ![]() | 7809 |
4 | Paul Irvin Herman | ![]() | 7787 |
5 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() | 7650 |
6 | Horst Beyer | ![]() | 7647 |
7 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 7569 |
8 | Mykhaylo Storozhenko | ![]() | 7464 |
9 | Russ Hodge | ![]() | 7325 |
10 | Richard John Emberger | ![]() | 7292 |
11 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() | 7147 |
12 | Valbjoern Thorlaksson | ![]() | 7135 |
13 | Franco Sar | ![]() | 7054 |
14 | Alois Buchel | ![]() | 6849 |
15 | Suzuki Shosuke | ![]() | 6838 |
16 | Gerry Moro | ![]() | 6716 |
17 | Koech Kiprop | ![]() | 6707 |
18 | Dramane Sereme | ![]() | 5917 |
— | Werner Duttweiler | ![]() | Did not finish 5127 after 7 events |
Hector Thomas | ![]() | Did not finish 5043 after 7 events | |
Eef Kamerbeek | ![]() | Did not finish 3522 after 5 events | |
Wu Ar Min | ![]() | Did not finish 1734 after 3 events | |
Samir Ambrose Vincent | ![]() | Did not start |
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