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400 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	14 – 16 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	39 from 25 countries

At the US Olympic Trials in 1964, Warren “Rex” Cawley won in a world record 49.1. He had won the 1963 AAU title and was favored in Tokyo. In the final he got off to a terrible start, trailing Roberto Frinolli through the first half of the race. But he faded and Cawley took the lead at the seventh hurdle, pulling away to an easy victory. The silver medalist was Briton John Cooper, who died on 3 March 1974 in the Turkish Air Lines crash over France that killed 346 people.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	726	Rex Cawley	USA	50.8 (1 h2)	49.8 (1 h1)	49.6 (1)	Gold
2	170	John Cooper	GBR	50.5 (1 h1)	50.4 (1 h2)	50.1 (2)	Silver
3	352	Salvatore Morale	ITA	51.1 (1 h4)	50.4 (3 h2)	50.1 (3)	Bronze
4	14	Gary Knoke	AUS	50.9 (2 h1)	50.6 (3 h1)	50.4 (4)
5	728	Jay Luck	USA	51.7 (3 h3)	50.4 (2 h2)	50.5 (5)
6	351	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	51.2 (3 h1)	50.2 (2 h1)	50.7 (6)
7	658	Vasily Anisimov	URS	51.7 (2 h4)	50.7 (4 h2)	51.1 (7)
8	42	Wilfried Geeroms	BEL	51.2 (1 h3)	51.0 (4 h1)	51.4 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	172	Peter Warden	GBR	51.6 (3 h2)	51.2 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	8	Ken Roche	AUS	51.5 (2 h3)	50.8 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	218	Ferdinand Haas	GER	52.2 (3 h4)	51.6 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	727	Billy Hardin	USA	51.3 (1 h5)	50.9 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	689	Edvīns Zāģeris	URS	51.5 (4 h1)	52.2 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	773	Víctor Maldonado	VEN	51.6 (2 h5)	51.1 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	104	Jaakko Tuominen	FIN	51.8 (3 h5)	54.0 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	51.1 (2 h2)	53.1 (8 h2)	–
4 h2 r1/3	217	Joachim Singer	GER	52.1 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	635	Jorem Ochana	UGA	52.4 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	171	Mike Hogan	GBR	52.5 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	131	Jean-Jacques Behm	FRA	52.2 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	61	Bill Gairdner	CAN	53.8 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	501	Bogusław Gierajewski	POL	52.8 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	132	Robert Poirier	FRA	52.6 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	798	Keiji Ogushi	JPN	53.6 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	799	Eki Iijima	JPN	52.8 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	29	Helmut Haid	AUT	54.6 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	334	Samir Vincent	IRQ	54.0 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	532	Valeriu Jurcă	ROU	52.7 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	484	José Cavero	PER	53.7 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	548	Mamadou Sarr	SEN	53.2 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	800	Kiyoo Yui	JPN	54.7 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	385	Kimaru Songok	KEN	54.5 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	418	Karu Selvaratnam	MAS	53.8 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	313	Amrit Pal	IND	53.3 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	15	Michael Ryan	AUS	58.0 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r1/3	480	Mansour ul-Haq Awan	PAK	55.3 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	660	Imants Kukličs	URS	53.3 (8 h5)	–	–
AC h1 r1/3	219	Horst Gieseler	GER	– (DNF h1)	–	–
AC h4 r1/3	783	Ðani Kovač	YUG	– (DQ h4)	–	–
DNS	47	Nikola Dagorov	BUL	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	14 October 1964 — 14:00
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	170	John Cooper	GBR	50.58	50.5	Q
2	726	Rex Cawley	USA	50.88	50.8	Q
3	14	Gary Knoke	AUS	50.94	50.9	Q
=4	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	51.17	51.1	Q
=4	352	Salvatore Morale	ITA	51.17	51.1	Q
6	351	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	51.23	51.2	Q
7	42	Wilfried Geeroms	BEL	51.24	51.2	Q
8	727	Billy Hardin	USA	51.37	51.3	Q
9	8	Ken Roche	AUS	51.52	51.5	Q
10	689	Edvīns Zāģeris	URS	51.59	51.5	q
11	172	Peter Warden	GBR	51.61	51.6	Q
12	773	Víctor Maldonado	VEN	51.64	51.6	Q
13	658	Vasily Anisimov	URS	51.72	51.7	Q
14	728	Jay Luck	USA	51.77	51.7	Q
15	104	Jaakko Tuominen	FIN	51.88	51.8	Q
16	217	Joachim Singer	GER	52.1	–
17	218	Ferdinand Haas	GER	52.2	–	Q
18	131	Jean-Jacques Behm	FRA	52.20	52.2
19	635	Jorem Ochana	UGA	52.4	–
20	171	Mike Hogan	GBR	52.5	–
21	132	Robert Poirier	FRA	52.6	–
22	532	Valeriu Jurcă	ROU	52.7	–
=23	501	Bogusław Gierajewski	POL	52.8	–
=23	799	Eki Iijima	JPN	52.8	–
25	548	Mamadou Sarr	SEN	53.2	–
26	313	Amrit Pal	IND	53.3	–
27	660	Imants Kukličs	URS	53.3	–
28	798	Keiji Ogushi	JPN	53.6	–
29	484	José Cavero	PER	53.7	–
=30	61	Bill Gairdner	CAN	53.8	–
=30	418	Karu Selvaratnam	MAS	53.8	–
32	334	Samir Vincent	IRQ	54.0	–
33	385	Kimaru Songok	KEN	54.5	–
34	29	Helmut Haid	AUT	54.6	–
35	800	Kiyoo Yui	JPN	54.7	–
36	480	Mansour ul-Haq Awan	PAK	55.3	–
37	15	Michael Ryan	AUS	58.0	–
DNF	219	Horst Gieseler	GER	–	–
DQ	783	Ðani Kovač	YUG	–	–
DNS	47	Nikola Dagorov	BUL	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	170	John Cooper	GBR	50.5	50.58	Q
2	14	Gary Knoke	AUS	50.9	50.94	Q
3	351	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	51.2	51.23	Q
4	689	Edvīns Zāģeris	URS	51.5	51.59	q
5	61	Bill Gairdner	CAN	53.8	–
6	29	Helmut Haid	AUT	54.6	–
DNF	219	Horst Gieseler	GER	–	–
DNS	47	Nikola Dagorov	BUL	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	726	Rex Cawley	USA	50.8	50.88	Q
2	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	51.1	51.17	Q
3	172	Peter Warden	GBR	51.6	51.61	Q
4	217	Joachim Singer	GER	52.1	–
5	501	Bogusław Gierajewski	POL	52.8	–
6	334	Samir Vincent	IRQ	54.0	–
7	800	Kiyoo Yui	JPN	54.7	–
8	15	Michael Ryan	AUS	58.0	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	42	Wilfried Geeroms	BEL	51.2	51.24	Q
2	8	Ken Roche	AUS	51.5	51.52	Q
3	728	Jay Luck	USA	51.7	51.77	Q
4	635	Jorem Ochana	UGA	52.4	–
5	132	Robert Poirier	FRA	52.6	–
6	532	Valeriu Jurcă	ROU	52.7	–
7	385	Kimaru Songok	KEN	54.5	–
8	480	Mansour ul-Haq Awan	PAK	55.3	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	352	Salvatore Morale	ITA	51.1	51.17	Q
2	658	Vasily Anisimov	URS	51.7	51.72	Q
3	218	Ferdinand Haas	GER	52.2	–	Q
4	171	Mike Hogan	GBR	52.5	–
5	798	Keiji Ogushi	JPN	53.6	–
6	484	José Cavero	PER	53.7	–
7	418	Karu Selvaratnam	MAS	53.8	–
DQ	783	Ðani Kovač	YUG	–	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	727	Billy Hardin	USA	51.3	51.37	Q
2	773	Víctor Maldonado	VEN	51.6	51.64	Q
3	104	Jaakko Tuominen	FIN	51.8	51.88	Q
4	131	Jean-Jacques Behm	FRA	52.2	52.20
5	799	Eki Iijima	JPN	52.8	–
6	548	Mamadou Sarr	SEN	53.2	–
7	313	Amrit Pal	IND	53.3	–
8	660	Imants Kukličs	URS	53.3	–

Semi-Finals

Date	15 October 1964 — 14:15
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	726	Rex Cawley	USA	49.89	49.8	Q
2	351	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	50.28	50.2	Q
3	170	John Cooper	GBR	50.40	50.4	Q
4	728	Jay Luck	USA	50.43	50.4	Q
5	352	Salvatore Morale	ITA	50.48	50.4	Q
6	14	Gary Knoke	AUS	50.63	50.6	Q
7	658	Vasily Anisimov	URS	50.72	50.7	Q
8	8	Ken Roche	AUS	50.86	50.8
9	727	Billy Hardin	USA	50.90	50.9
10	42	Wilfried Geeroms	BEL	51.00	51.0	Q
11	773	Víctor Maldonado	VEN	51.19	51.1
12	172	Peter Warden	GBR	51.2	–
13	218	Ferdinand Haas	GER	51.6	–
14	689	Edvīns Zāģeris	URS	52.2	–
15	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	53.1	–
16	104	Jaakko Tuominen	FIN	54.0	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	726	Rex Cawley	USA	49.8	49.89	Q
2	351	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	50.2	50.28	Q
3	14	Gary Knoke	AUS	50.6	50.63	Q
4	42	Wilfried Geeroms	BEL	51.0	51.00	Q
5	172	Peter Warden	GBR	51.2	–
6	218	Ferdinand Haas	GER	51.6	–
7	689	Edvīns Zāģeris	URS	52.2	–
8	104	Jaakko Tuominen	FIN	54.0	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	170	John Cooper	GBR	50.4	50.40	Q
2	728	Jay Luck	USA	50.4	50.43	Q
3	352	Salvatore Morale	ITA	50.4	50.48	Q
4	658	Vasily Anisimov	URS	50.7	50.72	Q
5	8	Ken Roche	AUS	50.8	50.86
6	727	Billy Hardin	USA	50.9	50.90
7	773	Víctor Maldonado	VEN	51.1	51.19
8	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	53.1	–

Final Round

Date	16 October 1964 — 16:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	726	Rex Cawley	USA	49.6
2	170	John Cooper	GBR	50.1
3	352	Salvatore Morale	ITA	50.1
4	14	Gary Knoke	AUS	50.4
5	728	Jay Luck	USA	50.5
6	351	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	50.7
7	658	Vasily Anisimov	URS	51.1
8	42	Wilfried Geeroms	BEL	51.4