Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates20–21 October 1964
Competitors85 from 21 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Paul Drayton
Gerry Ashworth
Richard Stebbins
Bob Hayes
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Andrzej Zieliński
Wieslaw Maniak
Marian Foik
Marian Dudziak
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul Genevay
Bernard Laidebeur
Claude Piquemal
Jocelyn Delecour
Flag of France.svg  France
  1960
1968  
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay was the shorter of the two men's relays on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 21 teams, for a total of 85 athletes, from 21 nations competed, with 1 team of 4 not starting in the first round. The first round and the semifinals were held on 20 October with the final on 21 October. [1]

The traditionally strong American team was weakened by the injuries to Mel Pender and Trent Jackson. The defending champions United Team of Germany (with no returning members) failed to get out of the semi-finals.

The final began with Andrzej Zieliński out fast, making up the stagger on American substitute Paul Drayton on his outside. The Poles exchanged smoothly and their 4th place runner from the finals Wieslaw Maniak held a foot advantage on (plus the stagger) on Gerry Ashworth. Inside of them, France and Jamaica were making strong showings. Claude Piquemal put France into the lead through the turn with Jamaica, USSR and Poland all ahead when substitute Richard Stebbins handed off to Bob Hayes 3 meters behind France's Jocelyn Delecour. Hayes making up the gap halfway down the straightaway then pulled away to a clear American victory and new world record. 3 meters behind Hayes, Poland's Marian Dudziak was able to out lean Delecour for silver. The United States' Bob Hayes ran the final 100m of the relay in 8.6 seconds according to some estimate. This remains the fastest anchor leg of all time. [2] [3] [4] [1]

Delecour famously said to Drayton before the relay final that, "You can't win, all you have is Bob Hayes." Drayton was able to reply afterwards, "That's all we need."

Results

First round

The top four teams in each of the 3 heats as well as the four fastest remaining team advanced.

First round, heat 1

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Livio Berruti, Ennio Preatoni, Sergio Ottolina, Pasquale Giannattasio 39.7 seconds
2Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Andrzej Zieliński, Wieslaw Jan Maniak, Marian Foik, Marian Dudziak 39.9 seconds
3Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Peter Radford, Ronald Jones, Menzies Campbell, Lynn Davies 40.1 seconds
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Huba Rozsnyai, Csaba Csutoras, Laszlo Mihalyfi, Gyula Rabai 40.3 seconds
5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Sydney Asiodu, Folu Erinle, James Omagbemi, Abdul Amu 40.4 seconds
6Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Mazlan Hamzah, John Daukom, Canagasabai Kunalan, Mani Jegathesan 41.4 seconds
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq Jasim Karim Kuraishi, Samir Vincent, Khalid Tawfik Lazim, Khudher Zalada Did not finish

First round, heat 2

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes 39.8 seconds
2Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela Arquímedes Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Hortensio Fucil 40.1 seconds
3Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany Heinz Erbstosser, Rainer Berger, Peter Wallach, Volker Löffler 40.2 seconds
4Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Malang Mané, Bassirou Doumbia, Malick Diop, Alioune Sow 40.5 seconds
5Flag of India.svg  India Anthony Coutinho, Makhan Singh, Kenneth Powell, Rajasekaran Pichaya 40.6 seconds
6Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Iijima Hideo, Kamata Masaru, Kiyoshi Asai, Yojiro Muro 41.0 seconds
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Taweesit Arjtaweekul, Suthi Manyakass, Maitri Vilaikit, Chalit Kanitasut 41.8 seconds

First round, heat 3

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1Flag of France.svg  France Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, Jocelyn Delecour 39.8 seconds
2Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lynn Headley, Dennis Johnson 40.1 seconds
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Edvin Ozolin, Boris Zubov, Gusman Kosanov, Boris Savchuk 40.1 seconds
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Bob Lay, Eric Bigby, William Earle, Gary Holdsworth 40.6 seconds
5Flag of Ghana (1964-1966).svg  Ghana Michael Okantey, Michael Ahey, Ebenezer Addy, Stanley Fabian Allotey 40.8 seconds
6Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Aggrey Awori, Erasmus Amukun, James Odongo Oduka, Amos Omolo 41.4 seconds
7Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines Arnulfo Valles, Miguel Ebreo, Claro Pellosis, Rogelio Onofre 41.7 seconds

Semifinals

The top four teams in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Okorafor took Amu's place for Nigeria.

The American team tied the old Olympic record at 39.5 seconds.

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes39.5 seconds =OR
2Flag of France.svg  France Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, Jocelyn Delecour39.7 seconds
3Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lynn Headley, Dennis Johnson39.6 seconds
4Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Peter Radford, Ronald Jones, Menzies Campbell, Lynn Davies40.1 seconds
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Robert William Lay, Eric James Bigby, William Joseph Earle, Gary Alfred Holdsworth40.1 seconds
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Sydney Asiodu, Folu Erinle, James Omagbemi, Lawrence Okoroafor 40.1 seconds
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Huba Rozsnyai, Csaba Csutoras, Laszlo Mihalyfi, Gyula Rabai40.3 seconds
8Flag of Ghana (1964-1966).svg  Ghana Michael Okantey, Michael Ahey, Ebenezer Addy, Stanley Fabian Allotey40.7 seconds

Semifinal 2

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Livio Berruti, Ennio Preatoni, Sergio Ottolina, Pasquale Giannattasio39.6 seconds
2Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Andrzej Zieliński, Wieslaw Maniak, Marian Foik, Marian Dudziak39.6 seconds
3Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela Arquimedes Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Hortensio Herrera Fucil39.6 seconds
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Edvin Ozolin, Boris Zubov, Gusman Kosanov, Boris Savchuk39.7 seconds
5Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany Heinz Erbstosser, Rainer Berger, Peter Wallach, Volker Loffler40.1 seconds
6Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Malang Mané, Bassirou Doumya, Malick Diop, Alioune Sow 40.2 seconds
7Flag of India.svg  India Anthony Francis Coutinho, Makhan Singh, Kenneth Lawrence Powell, Rajasekaran Pichaya 40.5 seconds
8Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Iijima Hideo, Kamata Masaru, Asai Kiyoshi, Muro Yojiro40.6 seconds

Final

Venezuela and Italy tied the old Olympic record. The United States, Poland, France, Jamaica, and the Soviet Union all broke it, with the U.S. also breaking the world record. The United States' Bob Hayes ran the final 100m of the relay in 8.6 seconds, passing three teams and bringing the U.S. from 4th to 1st place. This was considered the fastest anchor leg of all time until the 1980s.

PlaceLaneNationAthletesTime
17Flag of the United States.svg  United States Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes39.0 seconds WR
26Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Andrzej Zieliński, Wieslaw Maniak, Marian Foik, Marian Dudziak39.3 seconds
32Flag of France.svg  France Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, Jocelyn Delecour39.3 seconds
44Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lynn Headley, Dennis Johnson39.4 seconds
58Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Edvin Ozolin, Boris Zubov, Gusman Kosanov, Boris Savchuk39.4 seconds
65Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela Arquimedes Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Hortensio Herrera Fucil39.5 seconds
73Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Livio Berruti, Ennio Preatoni, Sergio Ottolina, Pasquale Giannattasio39.5 seconds
81Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Peter Radford, Ronald Jones, Menzies Campbell, Lynn Davies39.6 seconds

References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. "Bob Hayes: A two-sport legend with speed to thrill". Fox News . Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  3. "Bob Hayes". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  4. "Hayes deserves better place in history". ESPN . Retrieved October 25, 2018.