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100 metres, Men

Date14 – 15 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationKokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants73 from 49 countries

By the time of the Tokyo Olympics, the overwhelming favorite was the American, Bob Hayes. A powerful runner who also played American football at Florida A&M University, Hayes became noticed in 1962 when he ran 9.2 and 10.1, and then in 1963 he broke the world record for 100 yards, running the first legal time of 9.1, a mark he equaled three more times before Tokyo. He did not lose a 100 yard/metre race between 1962 and the Tokyo Olympics. He won the AAU Title in 1962-64 as well. His main opposition in Tokyo was felt to be Canadian Harry Jerome and Cuba’s Enrique Figuerola.

But in reality, there was no opposition. In the semi-finals, Hayes ran an automatic time of 9.91, although it was strongly wind-aided. In the final he drew lane one, which the day before had been chewed up in the rain by the 10,000 metre runners, and early in the day the 20 km. walkers had also ripped up the red clay track. It mattered little to Hayes, as his margin of victory was described by Track & Field News as “insulting to an Olympic final field.” Hayes retired after the 1964 Olympics, and played professional football with the Dallas Cowboys. Many athletics historians still consider him the fastest sprinter ever.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1QFSFFinal
1702Bob HayesUSA10.4 (1 h8)10.3 (1 h4)9.9 (1 h1)10.0 (1)Gold
280Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.5 (1 h10)10.3 (1 h2)10.4 (3 h2)10.2 (2)Silver
356Harry JeromeCAN10.5 (1 h5)10.3 (1 h1)10.3 (1 h2)10.2 (3)Bronze
4493Wiesław ManiakPOL10.5 (1 h7)10.3 (2 h2)10.1 (2 h1)10.4 (4)
5196Heinz SchumannGER10.5 (1 h6)10.5 (4 h4)10.3 (4 h1)10.4 (5)
=6366Gaoussou KonéCIV10.5 (1 h3)10.4 (4 h1)10.4 (2 h2)10.4 (=6)
=6704Mel PenderUSA10.5 (2 h3)10.4 (2 h3)10.4 (4 h2)10.4 (=6)
833Tom RobinsonBAH10.5 (2 h8)10.3 (1 h3)10.2 (3 h1)10.5 (8)
5 h1 r3/45Bob LayAUS10.5 (3 h8)10.4 (3 h2)10.3 (5 h1)
5 h2 r3/4118Claude PiquemalFRA10.5 (2 h5)10.4 (4 h2)10.5 (5 h2)
6 h1 r3/4374Pablo McNeilJAM10.5 (3 h9)10.5 (4 h3)10.3 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/4373Lynn HeadleyJAM10.5 (2 h10)10.4 (3 h4)10.5 (6 h2)
7 h1 r3/4769Arquímedes HerreraVEN10.5 (2 h7)10.4 (2 h4)10.4 (7 h1)
7 h2 r3/4788Hideo IijimaJPN10.3 (1 h1)10.5 (3 h3)10.6 (7 h2)
8 h1 r3/4703Trent JacksonUSA10.5 (1 h2)10.4 (2 h1)10.6 (8 h1)
8 h2 r3/4195Fritz ObersiebraßeGER10.4 (1 h9)10.4 (3 h1)10.6 (8 h2)
5 h1 r2/4372Dennis JohnsonJAM10.6 (2 h6)10.5 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/4638Edvin OzolinURS10.5 (3 h1)10.4 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/4415Mani JegathesanMAS10.6 (3 h7)10.6 (5 h3)
5 h4 r2/4150Peter RadfordGBR10.6 (2 h2)10.5 (5 h4)
6 h1 r2/4492Marian DudziakPOL10.6 (1 h4)10.5 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/4433Bouchaib El-MaachiMAR10.6 (3 h2)10.5 (6 h2)
6 h3 r2/472Iván MorenoCHI10.5 (2 h9)10.6 (6 h3)
6 h4 r2/4116Roger BambuckFRA10.6 (3 h10)10.5 (6 h4)
7 h1 r2/4117Bernard LaidebeurFRA10.5 (2 h1)10.5 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/4383John OwitiKEN10.6 (3 h4)10.6 (7 h2)
7 h3 r2/4266Stanley AlloteyGHA10.6 (2 h4)10.7 (7 h3)
7 h4 r2/4265Mike AheyGHA10.6 (3 h3)10.6 (7 h4)
8 h1 r2/43Bill EarleAUS10.7 (3 h6)10.6 (8 h1)
8 h3 r2/4775Lloyd MuradVEN10.8 (3 h5)10.7 (8 h3)
4 h1 r1/4309Ken PowellIND10.7 (4 h1)
4 h2 r1/4286Csaba CsutorásHUN10.7 (4 h2)
4 h3 r1/4453Frans LuitjesNED10.6 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/4426Carlos LorenzoMEX10.7 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/4630James OdongoUGA10.9 (4 h5)
4 h6 r1/4384Seraphino AntaoKEN10.7 (4 h6)
4 h7 r1/4520José RochaPOR11.0 (4 h7)
4 h8 r1/4343Ito GianiITA10.6 (4 h8)
4 h9 r1/4287László MihályfiHUN10.6 (4 h9)
4 h10 r1/4194Manfred KnickenbergGER10.7 (4 h10)
5 h1 r1/4491Zbigniew SykaPOL10.7 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/4529Johan Du PreezZIM10.7 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/4610Wilton JacksonTTO10.6 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/432George CollieBAH10.9 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/4639Gusman KosanovURS10.9 (5 h5)
5 h6 r1/4288Huba RozsnyaiHUN10.8 (5 h6)
5 h7 r1/4545Bassirou DoumbiaSEN11.0 (5 h7)
5 h8 r1/4486Rogelio OnofrePHI10.7 (5 h8)
5 h9 r1/44Gary HoldsworthAUS10.6 (5 h9)
5 h10 r1/468Léon YombeCGO10.8 (5 h10)
6 h1 r1/4412Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.8 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/4394Jeong Gi-SeonKOR11.0 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/4149Lynn DaviesGBR10.7 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/4737Masaru KamataJPN10.9 (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/4544Abdoulaye N'DiayeSEN11.0 (6 h5)
6 h6 r1/4151Alf MeakinGBR10.9 (6 h6)
6 h7 r1/476Francisco GutiérrezCOL11.0 (6 h7)
6 h8 r1/4332Khudhir ZalataIRQ11.1 (6 h8)
6 h9 r1/4579Max BarandunSUI10.7 (6 h9)
6 h10 r1/495Alberto TorresDOM10.9 (6 h10)
7 h1 r1/4431Sara CamaraMLI11.3 (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/4487Arnulfo VallesPHI11.1 (7 h2)
7 h3 r1/4483Gerardo di TollaPER10.9 (7 h3)
7 h4 r1/4779Ho Thành ChinhVNM11.9 (7 h4)
7 h5 r1/4340Levi PsavkinISR11.1 (7 h5)
7 h6 r1/475David NjitockCMR11.1 (7 h6)
7 h7 r1/4476Iftikhar ShahPAK11.4 (7 h7)
7 h9 r1/4462Jeffery SmithZAM10.8 (7 h9)
7 h10 r1/4596Suthi ManyakassTHA10.9 (7 h10)
8 h3 r1/4626Lee Ar-TuTPE11.2 (8 h3)
8 h6 r1/4327Akbar BabakhanlouIRI11.1 (8 h6)
8 h10 r1/4556Rogelio RivasESP11.1 (8 h10)
AC h9 r1/4405Wesley JohnsonLBR– (DNF h9)
DNS640Nikolay PolitikoURS– (DNS h4)
DNS437David EjokeNGR– (DNS h8)

Round One

Date14 October 1964 — 10:00
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
1788Hideo IijimaJPN10.4010.3Q
2702Bob HayesUSA10.4110.4Q
3195Fritz ObersiebraßeGER10.4710.4Q
=4366Gaoussou KonéCIV10.5010.5Q
=433Tom RobinsonBAH10.5010.5Q
=480Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.5010.5Q
=7117Bernard LaidebeurFRA10.5110.5Q
=756Harry JeromeCAN10.5110.5Q
=9638Edvin OzolinURS10.5210.5Q
=9196Heinz SchumannGER10.5210.5Q
=11703Trent JacksonUSA10.5310.5Q
=11704Mel PenderUSA10.5310.5Q
=115Bob LayAUS10.5310.5Q
=14493Wiesław ManiakPOL10.5710.5Q
=14373Lynn HeadleyJAM10.5710.5Q
16118Claude PiquemalFRA10.5810.5Q
=17769Arquímedes HerreraVEN10.5910.5Q
=1772Iván MorenoCHI10.5910.5Q
=19492Marian DudziakPOL10.6010.6Q
=19415Mani JegathesanMAS10.6010.6Q
=19374Pablo McNeilJAM10.6010.5Q
=22265Mike AheyGHA10.6110.6Q
=22372Dennis JohnsonJAM10.6110.6Q
=24266Stanley AlloteyGHA10.6210.6Q
=24116Roger BambuckFRA10.6210.6Q
26383John OwitiKEN10.6410.6Q
27287László MihályfiHUN10.6510.6
=28150Peter RadfordGBR10.6910.6Q
=28453Frans LuitjesNED10.6910.6
=28343Ito GianiITA10.6910.6
=284Gary HoldsworthAUS10.6910.6
=32433Bouchaib El-MaachiMAR10.7010.6Q
=32610Wilton JacksonTTO10.7010.6
34286Csaba CsutorásHUN10.7210.7
=35309Ken PowellIND10.7410.7
=35426Carlos LorenzoMEX10.7410.7
=35194Manfred KnickenbergGER10.7410.7
=38149Lynn DaviesGBR10.7810.7
=38486Rogelio OnofrePHI10.7810.7
=40491Zbigniew SykaPOL10.7910.7
=40529Johan Du PreezZIM10.7910.7
=403Bill EarleAUS10.7910.7Q
43384Seraphino AntaoKEN10.7910.7
44579Max BarandunSUI10.7910.7
45288Huba RozsnyaiHUN10.8410.8
=46775Lloyd MuradVEN10.8610.8Q
=46462Jeffery SmithZAM10.8610.8
4868Léon YombeCGO10.8710.8
49412Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.8910.8
5032George CollieBAH10.9010.9
=51630James OdongoUGA10.9110.9
=51151Alf MeakinGBR10.9110.9
5395Alberto TorresDOM10.9310.9
=54737Masaru KamataJPN10.9410.9
=54639Gusman KosanovURS10.9410.9
56596Suthi ManyakassTHA10.9810.9
57483Gerardo di TollaPER10.9910.9
58520José RochaPOR11.0211.0
59545Bassirou DoumbiaSEN11.0211.0
6076Francisco GutiérrezCOL11.0311.0
61544Abdoulaye N'DiayeSEN11.0611.0
62394Jeong Gi-SeonKOR11.0811.0
63556Rogelio RivasESP11.1211.1
=64340Levi PsavkinISR11.1311.1
=6475David NjitockCMR11.1311.1
66327Akbar BabakhanlouIRI11.1411.1
67332Khudhir ZalataIRQ11.1711.1
68626Lee Ar-TuTPE11.2
69487Arnulfo VallesPHI11.2111.1
70431Sara CamaraMLI11.3
71476Iftikhar ShahPAK11.4911.4
72779Ho Thành ChinhVNM11.9
DNF405Wesley JohnsonLBR
DNS640Nikolay PolitikoURS
DNS437David EjokeNGR

Heat #1

Wind0.6 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1788Hideo IijimaJPN10.310.40Q
2117Bernard LaidebeurFRA10.510.51Q
3638Edvin OzolinURS10.510.52Q
4309Ken PowellIND10.710.74
5491Zbigniew SykaPOL10.710.79
6412Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.810.89
7431Sara CamaraMLI11.3

Heat #2

Wind-2.5 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1703Trent JacksonUSA10.510.53Q
2150Peter RadfordGBR10.610.69Q
3433Bouchaib El-MaachiMAR10.610.70Q
4286Csaba CsutorásHUN10.710.72
5529Johan Du PreezZIM10.710.79
6394Jeong Gi-SeonKOR11.011.08
7487Arnulfo VallesPHI11.111.21

Heat #3

Wind-2.8 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1366Gaoussou KonéCIV10.510.50Q
2704Mel PenderUSA10.510.53Q
3265Mike AheyGHA10.610.61Q
4453Frans LuitjesNED10.610.69
5610Wilton JacksonTTO10.610.70
6149Lynn DaviesGBR10.710.78
7483Gerardo di TollaPER10.910.99
8626Lee Ar-TuTPE11.2

Heat #4

Wind-0.7 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1492Marian DudziakPOL10.610.60Q
2266Stanley AlloteyGHA10.610.62Q
3383John OwitiKEN10.610.64Q
4426Carlos LorenzoMEX10.710.74
532George CollieBAH10.910.90
6737Masaru KamataJPN10.910.94
7779Ho Thành ChinhVNM11.9
DNS640Nikolay PolitikoURS

Heat #5

Wind0.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
156Harry JeromeCAN10.510.51Q
2118Claude PiquemalFRA10.510.58Q
3775Lloyd MuradVEN10.810.86Q
4630James OdongoUGA10.910.91
5639Gusman KosanovURS10.910.94
6544Abdoulaye N'DiayeSEN11.011.06
7340Levi PsavkinISR11.111.13

Heat #6

Wind1.6 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1196Heinz SchumannGER10.510.52Q
2372Dennis JohnsonJAM10.610.61Q
33Bill EarleAUS10.710.79Q
4384Seraphino AntaoKEN10.710.79
5288Huba RozsnyaiHUN10.810.84
6151Alf MeakinGBR10.910.91
775David NjitockCMR11.111.13
8327Akbar BabakhanlouIRI11.111.14

Heat #7

Wind-1.8 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1493Wiesław ManiakPOL10.510.57Q
2769Arquímedes HerreraVEN10.510.59Q
3415Mani JegathesanMAS10.610.60Q
4520José RochaPOR11.011.02
5545Bassirou DoumbiaSEN11.011.02
676Francisco GutiérrezCOL11.011.03
7476Iftikhar ShahPAK11.411.49

Heat #8

Wind0.2 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1702Bob HayesUSA10.410.41Q
233Tom RobinsonBAH10.510.50Q
35Bob LayAUS10.510.53Q
4343Ito GianiITA10.610.69
5486Rogelio OnofrePHI10.710.78
6332Khudhir ZalataIRQ11.111.17
DNS437David EjokeNGR

Heat #9

Wind0.2 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1195Fritz ObersiebraßeGER10.410.47Q
272Iván MorenoCHI10.510.59Q
3374Pablo McNeilJAM10.510.60Q
4287László MihályfiHUN10.610.65
54Gary HoldsworthAUS10.610.69
6579Max BarandunSUI10.710.79
7462Jeffery SmithZAM10.810.86
DNF405Wesley JohnsonLBR

Heat #10

Wind-0.5 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
180Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.510.50Q
2373Lynn HeadleyJAM10.510.57Q
3116Roger BambuckFRA10.610.62Q
4194Manfred KnickenbergGER10.710.74
568Léon YombeCGO10.810.87
695Alberto TorresDOM10.910.93
7596Suthi ManyakassTHA10.910.98
8556Rogelio RivasESP11.111.12

Quarter-Finals

Date14 October 1964 — 14:40
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
180Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.3110.3Q
256Harry JeromeCAN10.3210.3Q
3493Wiesław ManiakPOL10.3510.3Q
4702Bob HayesUSA10.3710.3Q
533Tom RobinsonBAH10.3810.3Q
6703Trent JacksonUSA10.4110.4Q
75Bob LayAUS10.4210.4Q
8769Arquímedes HerreraVEN10.4310.4Q
=9195Fritz ObersiebraßeGER10.4410.4Q
=9704Mel PenderUSA10.4410.4Q
11366Gaoussou KonéCIV10.4510.4Q
12118Claude PiquemalFRA10.4810.4Q
13638Edvin OzolinURS10.4810.4
=14788Hideo IijimaJPN10.5010.5Q
=14373Lynn HeadleyJAM10.5010.4Q
16372Dennis JohnsonJAM10.5110.5
17492Marian DudziakPOL10.5210.5
18374Pablo McNeilJAM10.5410.5Q
19196Heinz SchumannGER10.5510.5Q
20433Bouchaib El-MaachiMAR10.5710.5
=21117Bernard LaidebeurFRA10.5910.5
=21150Peter RadfordGBR10.5910.5
=233Bill EarleAUS10.6010.6
=23116Roger BambuckFRA10.6010.5
25415Mani JegathesanMAS10.6210.6
26383John OwitiKEN10.6410.6
27265Mike AheyGHA10.6710.6
2872Iván MorenoCHI10.6910.6
29266Stanley AlloteyGHA10.7310.7
30775Lloyd MuradVEN10.7710.7

Heat #1

Wind1.9 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
156Harry JeromeCAN10.310.32Q
2703Trent JacksonUSA10.410.41Q
3195Fritz ObersiebraßeGER10.410.44Q
4366Gaoussou KonéCIV10.410.45Q
5372Dennis JohnsonJAM10.510.51
6492Marian DudziakPOL10.510.52
7117Bernard LaidebeurFRA10.510.59
83Bill EarleAUS10.610.60

Heat #2

Wind1.7 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
180Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.310.31Q
2493Wiesław ManiakPOL10.310.35Q
35Bob LayAUS10.410.42Q
4118Claude PiquemalFRA10.410.48Q
5638Edvin OzolinURS10.410.48
6433Bouchaib El-MaachiMAR10.510.57
7383John OwitiKEN10.610.64

Heat #3

Wind1.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
133Tom RobinsonBAH10.310.38Q
2704Mel PenderUSA10.410.44Q
3788Hideo IijimaJPN10.510.50Q
4374Pablo McNeilJAM10.510.54Q
5415Mani JegathesanMAS10.610.62
672Iván MorenoCHI10.610.69
7266Stanley AlloteyGHA10.710.73
8775Lloyd MuradVEN10.710.77

Heat #4

Wind1.7 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1702Bob HayesUSA10.310.37Q
2769Arquímedes HerreraVEN10.410.43Q
3373Lynn HeadleyJAM10.410.50Q
4196Heinz SchumannGER10.510.55Q
5150Peter RadfordGBR10.510.59
6116Roger BambuckFRA10.510.60
7265Mike AheyGHA10.610.67

Semi-Finals

Date15 October 1964 — 14:00
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
1702Bob HayesUSA9.919.9Q
2493Wiesław ManiakPOL10.1510.1Q
333Tom RobinsonBAH10.2210.2Q
4196Heinz SchumannGER10.3010.3Q
55Bob LayAUS10.3510.3
656Harry JeromeCAN10.3710.3Q
7374Pablo McNeilJAM10.3910.3
8769Arquímedes HerreraVEN10.4210.4
9366Gaoussou KonéCIV10.4810.4Q
1080Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.4810.4Q
11704Mel PenderUSA10.4910.4Q
12118Claude PiquemalFRA10.5610.5
13373Lynn HeadleyJAM10.5910.5
14788Hideo IijimaJPN10.6310.6
15703Trent JacksonUSA10.6610.6
16195Fritz ObersiebraßeGER10.6810.6

Heat #1

Wind5.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1702Bob HayesUSA9.99.91Q
2493Wiesław ManiakPOL10.110.15Q
333Tom RobinsonBAH10.210.22Q
4196Heinz SchumannGER10.310.30Q
55Bob LayAUS10.310.35
6374Pablo McNeilJAM10.310.39
7769Arquímedes HerreraVEN10.410.42
8703Trent JacksonUSA10.610.66

Heat #2

Wind-1.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
156Harry JeromeCAN10.310.37Q
2366Gaoussou KonéCIV10.410.48Q
380Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.410.48Q
4704Mel PenderUSA10.410.49Q
5118Claude PiquemalFRA10.510.56
6373Lynn HeadleyJAM10.510.59
7788Hideo IijimaJPN10.610.63
8195Fritz ObersiebraßeGER10.610.68

Final Round

Date15 October 1964 — 15:30
Wind1.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1702Bob HayesUSA10.010.06=WR
280Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.210.25
356Harry JeromeCAN10.210.27
4493Wiesław ManiakPOL10.410.42
5196Heinz SchumannGER10.410.46
=6366Gaoussou KonéCIV10.410.47
=6704Mel PenderUSA10.410.47
833Tom RobinsonBAH10.510.57