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5,000 metres, Men

Date	16 – 18 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	48 from 29 countries

A few weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, America’s Bob Schul had broken the world record for 2 miles, running 8:26.4 in Los Angeles. With no heavy favorite in the 5K, he felt he had the best finishing speed and if he could stay in contact until the final lap, felt he could win the gold medal. The pace in the final was set up Australia’s Ron Clarke, but France’s Michel Jazy took the lead at the bell. Jazy would break the world mile record in 1965 and also possessed top finishing speed. With 200 metres left, Jazy had a five-metre lead and looked a sure bet. But Schul began his kick on the final curve and caught him with 50 metres left, becoming the first American to win the 5,000 metres at the Olympics – and thru 2008, the only one. Jazy had nothing left and fell out of the medals, passed in the closing metres by Harald Norpoth (FRG) and the USA’s Bill Dellinger. At the 1966 European Championships, Jazy would win the gold medal, defeating Norpoth in the stretch. The race was run in a heavy rain.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	719	Bob Schul	USA	14:11.4 (2 h3)	13:48.8 (1)	Gold
2	209	Harald Norpoth	GER	14:11.6 (3 h3)	13:49.6 (2)	Silver
3	717	Bill Dellinger	USA	13:52.2 (2 h2)	13:49.8 (3)	Bronze
4	124	Michel Jazy	FRA	13:55.4 (1 h1)	13:49.8 (4)
5	388	Kip Keino	KEN	13:49.6 (2 h4)	13:50.4 (5)
6	468	Bill Baillie	NZL	13:55.4 (2 h1)	13:51.0 (6)
7	651	Nikolay Dutov	URS	13:50.6 (3 h4)	13:53.8 (7)
8	456	Thor Helland	NOR	13:52.4 (3 h2)	13:57.0 (8)
9	12	Ron Clarke	AUS	13:48.4 (1 h4)	13:58.0 (9)
10	652	Stepan Baydyuk	URS	14:00.2 (3 h1)	14:11.2 (10)
11	164	Mike Wiggs	GBR	13:51.0 (1 h2)	14:20.8 (11)
1 h3 r1/2	615	Mohamad Gammoudi	TUN	14:10.2 (1 h3)	– (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2	533	Andrei Barabaș	ROU	14:00.2 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r1/2	500	Lech Boguszewicz	POL	13:52.8 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r1/2	469	Murray Halberg	NZL	14:12.0 (4 h3)	–
4 h4 r1/2	558	Paco Aritmendi	ESP	14:05.0 (4 h4)	–
5 h1 r1/2	13	Tony Cook	AUS	14:02.4 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r1/2	650	Kęstutis Orentas	URS	13:54.0 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r1/2	85	Josef Tomáš	TCH	14:12.6 (5 h3)	–
5 h4 r1/2	564	Sven-Olov Larsson	SWE	14:10.2 (5 h4)	–
6 h1 r1/2	163	John Herring	GBR	14:07.2 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	38	Eugène Allonsius	BEL	13:55.0 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r1/2	565	Bengt Nåjde	SWE	14:13.4 (6 h3)	–
6 h4 r1/2	792	Satsuo Iwashita	JPN	14:18.4 (6 h4)	–
7 h1 r1/2	622	Muharrem Dalkılıç	TUR	14:12.0 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	128	Jean Vaillant	FRA	14:05.8 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r1/2	782	Franc Červan	YUG	14:16.6 (7 h3)	–
7 h4 r1/2	162	Derek Graham	GBR	14:21.6 (7 h4)	–
8 h1 r1/2	210	Lutz Philipp	GER	14:15.2 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	208	Manfred Letzerich	GER	14:06.2 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/2	103	Simo Saloranta	FIN	14:24.6 (8 h3)	–
8 h4 r1/2	718	Oscar Moore	USA	14:24.0 (8 h4)	–
9 h1 r1/2	60	Bruce Kidd	CAN	14:21.8 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	325	Tom O'Riordan	IRL	14:08.8 (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	291	Lajos Mecser	HUN	14:35.4 (9 h3)	–
9 h4 r1/2	781	Simo Važić	YUG	14:33.8 (9 h4)	–
10 h1 r1/2	292	János Pintér	HUN	14:41.0 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	93	Aske Dam	DEN	14:20.4 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	127	Jean Fayolle	FRA	14:44.6 (10 h3)	–
10 h4 r1/2	39	Henri Clerckx	BEL	14:40.0 (10 h4)	–
11 h1 r1/2	413	Jean Randrianjatavo	MAD	15:50.4 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r1/2	11	Albie Thomas	AUS	14:27.8 (11 h2)	–
11 h3 r1/2	600	Somsak Keaokanta	THA	16:08.8 (11 h3)	–
11 h4 r1/2	470	Neville Scott	NZL	15:01.0 (11 h4)	–
12 h2 r1/2	557	Fernando Aguilar	ESP	14:29.2 (12 h2)	–
12 h3 r1/2	67	Ranatunge Karunananda	SRI	16:22.2 (12 h3)	–
13 h2 r1/2	79	Álvaro Mejía	COL	14:41.4 (13 h2)	–
13 h3 r1/2	780	Nguyễn Văn Lý	VNM	17:28.0 (13 h3)	–
DNS	40	Gaston Roelants	BEL	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	98	Mamo Wolde	ETH	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	330	Ibrahim Yazdan Panah	IRI	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	MAR	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	521	Manuel Oliveira	POR	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	594	Pascal Mfyomi	TAN	– (DNS h1)	–

Round One

Date	16 October 1964 — 15:00
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (hand)
1	12	Ron Clarke	AUS	13:48.4	Q
2	388	Kip Keino	KEN	13:49.6	Q
3	651	Nikolay Dutov	URS	13:50.6	Q
4	164	Mike Wiggs	GBR	13:51.0	Q
5	717	Bill Dellinger	USA	13:52.2	Q
6	456	Thor Helland	NOR	13:52.4	Q
7	500	Lech Boguszewicz	POL	13:52.8
8	650	Kęstutis Orentas	URS	13:54.0
9	38	Eugène Allonsius	BEL	13:55.0
10	124	Michel Jazy	FRA	13:55.4	Q
11	468	Bill Baillie	NZL	13:55.4	Q
12	652	Stepan Baydyuk	URS	14:00.2	Q
13	533	Andrei Barabaș	ROU	14:00.2
14	13	Tony Cook	AUS	14:02.4
15	558	Paco Aritmendi	ESP	14:05.0
16	128	Jean Vaillant	FRA	14:05.8
17	208	Manfred Letzerich	GER	14:06.2
18	163	John Herring	GBR	14:07.2
19	325	Tom O'Riordan	IRL	14:08.8
=20	615	Mohamad Gammoudi	TUN	14:10.2	Q
=20	564	Sven-Olov Larsson	SWE	14:10.2
22	719	Bob Schul	USA	14:11.4	Q
23	209	Harald Norpoth	GER	14:11.6	Q
=24	622	Muharrem Dalkılıç	TUR	14:12.0
=24	469	Murray Halberg	NZL	14:12.0
26	85	Josef Tomáš	TCH	14:12.6
27	565	Bengt Nåjde	SWE	14:13.4
28	210	Lutz Philipp	GER	14:15.2
29	782	Franc Červan	YUG	14:16.6
30	792	Satsuo Iwashita	JPN	14:18.4
31	93	Aske Dam	DEN	14:20.4
32	162	Derek Graham	GBR	14:21.6
33	60	Bruce Kidd	CAN	14:21.8
34	718	Oscar Moore	USA	14:24.0
35	103	Simo Saloranta	FIN	14:24.6
36	11	Albie Thomas	AUS	14:27.8
37	557	Fernando Aguilar	ESP	14:29.2
38	781	Simo Važić	YUG	14:33.8
39	291	Lajos Mecser	HUN	14:35.4
40	39	Henri Clerckx	BEL	14:40.0
41	292	János Pintér	HUN	14:41.0
42	79	Álvaro Mejía	COL	14:41.4
43	127	Jean Fayolle	FRA	14:44.6
44	470	Neville Scott	NZL	15:01.0
45	413	Jean Randrianjatavo	MAD	15:50.4
46	600	Somsak Keaokanta	THA	16:08.8
47	67	Ranatunge Karunananda	SRI	16:22.2
48	780	Nguyễn Văn Lý	VNM	17:28.0
DNS	40	Gaston Roelants	BEL	–
DNS	594	Pascal Mfyomi	TAN	–
DNS	330	Ibrahim Yazdan Panah	IRI	–
DNS	98	Mamo Wolde	ETH	–
DNS	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	MAR	–
DNS	521	Manuel Oliveira	POR	–

Heat #1

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	124	Michel Jazy	FRA	13:55.4	Q
2	468	Bill Baillie	NZL	13:55.4	Q
3	652	Stepan Baydyuk	URS	14:00.2	Q
4	533	Andrei Barabaș	ROU	14:00.2
5	13	Tony Cook	AUS	14:02.4
6	163	John Herring	GBR	14:07.2
7	622	Muharrem Dalkılıç	TUR	14:12.0
8	210	Lutz Philipp	GER	14:15.2
9	60	Bruce Kidd	CAN	14:21.8
10	292	János Pintér	HUN	14:41.0
11	413	Jean Randrianjatavo	MAD	15:50.4
DNS	40	Gaston Roelants	BEL	–
DNS	594	Pascal Mfyomi	TAN	–

Heat #2

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	164	Mike Wiggs	GBR	13:51.0	Q
2	717	Bill Dellinger	USA	13:52.2	Q
3	456	Thor Helland	NOR	13:52.4	Q
4	500	Lech Boguszewicz	POL	13:52.8
5	650	Kęstutis Orentas	URS	13:54.0
6	38	Eugène Allonsius	BEL	13:55.0
7	128	Jean Vaillant	FRA	14:05.8
8	208	Manfred Letzerich	GER	14:06.2
9	325	Tom O'Riordan	IRL	14:08.8
10	93	Aske Dam	DEN	14:20.4
11	11	Albie Thomas	AUS	14:27.8
12	557	Fernando Aguilar	ESP	14:29.2
13	79	Álvaro Mejía	COL	14:41.4
DNS	330	Ibrahim Yazdan Panah	IRI	–

Heat #3

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	615	Mohamad Gammoudi	TUN	14:10.2	Q
2	719	Bob Schul	USA	14:11.4	Q
3	209	Harald Norpoth	GER	14:11.6	Q
4	469	Murray Halberg	NZL	14:12.0
5	85	Josef Tomáš	TCH	14:12.6
6	565	Bengt Nåjde	SWE	14:13.4
7	782	Franc Červan	YUG	14:16.6
8	103	Simo Saloranta	FIN	14:24.6
9	291	Lajos Mecser	HUN	14:35.4
10	127	Jean Fayolle	FRA	14:44.6
11	600	Somsak Keaokanta	THA	16:08.8
12	67	Ranatunge Karunananda	SRI	16:22.2
13	780	Nguyễn Văn Lý	VNM	17:28.0

Heat #4

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	12	Ron Clarke	AUS	13:48.4	Q
2	388	Kip Keino	KEN	13:49.6	Q
3	651	Nikolay Dutov	URS	13:50.6	Q
4	558	Paco Aritmendi	ESP	14:05.0
5	564	Sven-Olov Larsson	SWE	14:10.2
6	792	Satsuo Iwashita	JPN	14:18.4
7	162	Derek Graham	GBR	14:21.6
8	718	Oscar Moore	USA	14:24.0
9	781	Simo Važić	YUG	14:33.8
10	39	Henri Clerckx	BEL	14:40.0
11	470	Neville Scott	NZL	15:01.0
DNS	98	Mamo Wolde	ETH	–
DNS	434	Ben Assou El-Ghazi	MAR	–
DNS	521	Manuel Oliveira	POR	–

Final Round

Date	18 October 1964 — 16:05

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	719	Bob Schul	USA	13:48.8
2	209	Harald Norpoth	GER	13:49.6
3	717	Bill Dellinger	USA	13:49.8
4	124	Michel Jazy	FRA	13:49.8
5	388	Kip Keino	KEN	13:50.4
6	468	Bill Baillie	NZL	13:51.0
7	651	Nikolay Dutov	URS	13:53.8
8	456	Thor Helland	NOR	13:57.0
9	12	Ron Clarke	AUS	13:58.0
10	652	Stepan Baydyuk	URS	14:11.2
11	164	Mike Wiggs	GBR	14:20.8
DNS	615	Mohamad Gammoudi	TUN	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
1000 m	Thor Helland	2:50.2
2000 m	Thor Helland	5:39.4
3000 m	Thor Helland	8:22.2
4000 m	Michel Jazy	11:15.6