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

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	20–21 October
Competitors	85 from 21 nations
Medalists
United States Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes  Poland Andrzej Zielinski, Wieslaw Maniak, Marian Foik, Marian Dudziak  France Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, Jocelyn Delecour

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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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 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.

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

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	Italy	Livio Berruti, Ennio Preatoni, Sergio Ottolina, Pasquale Giannattasio	39.7 seconds
2	Poland	Andrzej Zielinski, Wieslaw Jan Maniak, Marian Foik, Marian Dudziak	39.9 seconds
3	Great Britain	Peter Radford, Ronald Jones, Menzies Campbell, Lynn Davies	40.1 seconds
4	Hungary	Huba Rozsnyai, Csaba Csutoras, Laszlo Mihalyfi, Gyula Rabai	40.3 seconds
5	Nigeria	Sydney Asiodu, Folu Erinle, James Omagbemi, Abdul Amu	40.4 seconds
6	Malaysia	Hamzah Maklan, John Dukom, Canagasabai Kunalan, Mani Jegathesan	41.4 seconds
—	23x15px Iraq	Jasim Karim Kuraishi, Samir Ambrose Vincent, Khalif Tawfik Lazim, Khudher Zalada	Did not start

First round, heat 2

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	United States	Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes	39.8 seconds
2	23x15px Venezuela	Arquímedes Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Hortensio Fucil	40.1 seconds
3	United Team of Germany	Heinz Erbstosser, Rainer Berger, Peter Wallach, Volker Loffler	40.2 seconds
4	Senegal	Malang Mane, Bassirou Doumya, Malick Diop, Alioune Sow	40.5 seconds
5	India	Anthony Francis Coutinho, Makhan Singh, Kenneth Powell, Rajasekaran Pichaya	40.6 seconds
6	Japan	Iijima Hideo, Kamata Masaru, Asai Kiyoshi, Muro Yojiro	41.0 seconds
7	Thailand	Taweesit Arjtaweekul, Suthi Manyakass, Maitri Vilaikit, Chalit Kanitasut	41.8 seconds

First round, heat 3

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	France	Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, Jocelyn Delecour	39.8 seconds
2	Jamaica	Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lynsworth Headley, Dennis Johnson	40.1 seconds
3	Soviet Union	Edvin Ozolin, Boris Zubov, Gusman Kosanov, Boris Savchuk	40.1 seconds
4	Australia	Bob Lay, Eric Bigby, William Earle, Gary Holdsworth	40.6 seconds
5	Ghana	Michael Okantey, Michael Ahey, Ebenezer Addy, Stanley Fabian Allotey	40.8 seconds
6	Uganda	Aggrey Awori, Erasmus Amukun, James Odongo Oduka, Amos Omolo	41.4 seconds
7	23x15px 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.

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	United States	Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes	39.5 seconds =OR
2	France	Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, Jocelyn Delecour	39.7 seconds
3	Jamaica	Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lynsworth Headley, Dennis Johnson	39.6 seconds
4	Great Britain	Peter Radford, Ronald Jones, Menzies Campbell, Lynn Davies	40.1 seconds
5	Australia	Robert William Lay, Eric James Bigby, William Joseph Earle, Gary Alfred Holdsworth	40.1 seconds
6	Nigeria	Sydney Asiodu, Folu Erinle, James Omagbemi, Lawrence Okorafor	40.1 seconds
7	Hungary	Huba Rozsnyai, Csaba Csutoras, Laszlo Mihalyfi, Gyula Rabai	40.3 seconds
8	Ghana	Michael Okantey, Michael Ahey, Ebenezer Addy, Stanley Fabian Allotey	40.7 seconds

Semifinal 2

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	Italy	Livio Berruti, Ennio Preatoni, Sergio Ottolina, Pasquale Giannattasio	39.6 seconds
2	Poland	Andrzej Zielinski, Wieslaw Maniak, Marian Foik, Marian Dudziak	39.6 seconds
3	23x15px Venezuela	Arquimedes Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Hortensio Herrera Fucil	39.6 seconds
4	Soviet Union	Edvin Ozolin, Boris Zubov, Gusman Kosanov, Boris Savchuk	39.7 seconds
5	United Team of Germany	Heinz Erbstosser, Rainer Berger, Peter Wallach, Volker Loffler	40.1 seconds
6	Senegal	Malang Mane, Bassirou Doumya, Malick Diop, Alioune Sow	40.2 seconds
7	India	Anthony Francis Coutinho, Makhan Singh, Kenneth Lawrence Powell, Rajasekaran Pichaya	40.5 seconds
8	Japan	Iijima Hideo, Kamata Masaru, Asai Kiyoshi, Muro Yojiro	40.6 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.

Place	Nation	Athletes	Time
1	United States	Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes	39.0 seconds WR
2	Poland	Andrzej Zielinski, Wieslaw Maniak, Marian Foik, Marian Dudziak	39.3 seconds
3	France	Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal, Jocelyn Delecour	39.3 seconds
4	Jamaica	Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lynsworth Headley, Dennis Johnson	39.4 seconds
5	Soviet Union	Edvin Ozolin, Boris Zubov, Gusman Kosanov, Boris Savchuk	39.4 seconds
6	23x15px Venezuela	Arquimedes Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Hortensio Herrera Fucil	39.5 seconds
7	Italy	Livio Berruti, Ennio Preatoni, Sergio Ottolina, Pasquale Giannattasio	39.5 seconds
8	Great Britain	Peter Radford, Ronald Jones, Menzies Campbell, Lynn Davies	39.6 seconds

References

• Official Report