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4 × 400 metres Relay, Men

Date20 – 21 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationKokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants68 from 17 countries

The US was led by the gold medalists from the 200 and 400, Henry Carr and Mike Larrabee. Carr had not run the 400 at the Olympics, but was considered the equal of any one-lapper and was chosen to run the anchor leg. With Tim Graham running the opener for Britain, they led by one metre after the first lap. Britain’s Adrian Metcalfe then powered away and led Larrabee by five metres on the backstretch. But that was it, as Larrabee stormed to a 44.8 split, distancing Metcalfe by five metres. Ulis Williams maintained the lead for the US on the third leg, but the race was still close when Carr received the baton. He then ran 44.5 for the anchor to win easily, a time that only he had bettered in a relay split for the US – in 1963, when he ran 44.3 at the Pan American Games.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1–United StatesUSA3:05.3 (1 h1)3:00.7 (1)GoldWR
Ollan Cassell • Mike Larrabee • Ulis Williams • Henry Carr • Theron Lewis (DNS) • Rex Cawley (DNS)
2–Great BritainGBR3:04.7 (1 h3)3:01.6 (2)Silver
Tim Graham • Adrian Metcalfe • John Cooper • Robbie Brightwell • John Sherwood (DNS) • Peter Warden (DNS)
3–Trinidad and TobagoTTO3:05.0 (1 h2)3:01.7 (3)Bronze
Edwin Skinner • Kent Bernard • Edwin Roberts • Wendell Mottley • Cliff Bertrand (DNS) • Wilton Jackson (DNS)
4–JamaicaJAM3:05.3 (3 h3)3:02.3 (4)
Laurie Khan • Mal Spence • Mel Spence • George Kerr • Rupert Hoilett (DNS) • Neville Myton (DNS)
5–Unified Team of GermanyGER3:04.9 (2 h3)3:04.3 (5)
Jörg Jüttner • Hans-Ulrich Schulz • Johannes Schmitt • Manfred Kinder • Jürgen Kalfelder (DNS) • Wilfried Weiland (DNS)
6–PolandPOL3:07.2 (2 h2)3:05.3 (6)
Marian Filipiuk • Ireneusz Kluczek • Stanisław Swatowski • Andrzej Badeński • Wojciech Lipoński (DNS) • Bogusław Gierajewski (DNS)
7–Soviet UnionURS3:07.4 (2 h1)3:05.9 (7)
Grigory Sverbetov • Viktor Bychkov • Vasily Anisimov • Vadim Arkhipchuk • Valery Frolov (DNS) • Valery Bulyshev (DNS)
8–FranceFRA3:07.5 (3 h1)3:07.4 (8)
Michel Hiblot • Bernard Martin • Germain Nelzy • Jean-Pierre Boccardo • Michel Samper (DNS) • Robert Poirier (DNS)
3 h2 r1/2–ItalyITA3:07.6 (3 h2)–
Bruno Bianchi • Salvatore Morale • Roberto Frinolli • Sergio Bello • Gian Paolo Iraldo (DNS) • Sergio Ottolina (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2–IndiaIND3:08.8 (4 h1)–
Makhan Singh • Amrit Pal • Ajmer Singh • Milkha Singh • Ken Powell (DNS) • Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (DNS)
4 h2 r1/2–AustraliaAUS3:08.2 (4 h2)–
Peter Vassella • Gary Knoke • Gary Eddy • Ken Roche • Tony Blue (DNS) • Michael Ryan (DNS)
4 h3 r1/2–SwitzerlandSUI3:09.3 (4 h3)–
Jean-Louis Descloux • Hans-Jürg Bosshard • Marius Theiler • Peter Laeng • Hansruedi Bruder (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2–JapanJPN3:12.3 (5 h1)–
Toru Honda • Hirotada Hayase • Yoshihiro Amano • Masami Yoshida • Mamoru Morimoto (DNS) • Keiji Ogushi (DNS)
5 h3 r1/2–GhanaGHA3:10.4 (5 h3)–
James Addy • Brobbey Mensah • Sam Bugri • Ebenezer Quartey • Eric Amevor (DNS) • Michael Okantey (DNS)
6 h1 r1/2–SenegalSEN3:12.5 (6 h1)–
Daour M'baye Guèye • Daniel Thiaw • Mamadou N'Diaye • Papa M'Baye N'Diaye • Amadou Gakou (DNS) • Mamadou Sarr (DNS)
6 h3 r1/2–MalaysiaMAS3:17.6 (6 h3)–
Karu Selvaratnam • Kuda Ditta • Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman • Victor Asirvatham • Mani Jegathesan (DNS) • Ramasamy Subramaniam (DNS)
7 h3 r1/2–ThailandTHA3:18.4 (7 h3)–
Somsak Thongsuk • Nipon Pensuvapap • Adisorn Vitsudhamakul • Manut Bumrungphuk • Intachot Vajchareevongse (DNS)
DNS–UgandaUGA––
Sam Amukun • Aggrey Awori • Jorem Ochana • James Odongo • Amos Omolo • George Odeke
DNS–IraqIRQ––
Bashir Adil • Aboud Shawki • Abdul Sattar Al-Shaikhli • Mahir Nashat
DNS–HungaryHUN––
Csaba Csutorás • István Gyulai • László Mihályfi • Gyula Rábai • Huba Rozsnyai

Round One

Date20 October 1964 — 15:00
FormatTop two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
PosTeamNOCTime (hand)
1Great BritainGBR3:04.7Q
2Unified Team of GermanyGER3:04.9Q
3Trinidad and TobagoTTO3:05.0Q
=4United StatesUSA3:05.3Q
=4JamaicaJAM3:05.3q
6PolandPOL3:07.2Q
7Soviet UnionURS3:07.4Q
8FranceFRA3:07.5q
9ItalyITA3:07.6
10AustraliaAUS3:08.2
11IndiaIND3:08.8
12SwitzerlandSUI3:09.3
13GhanaGHA3:10.4
14JapanJPN3:12.3
15SenegalSEN3:12.5
16MalaysiaMAS3:17.6
17ThailandTHA3:18.4

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–United StatesUSA3:05.3Q
Lead-Off705Henry Carr –
2nd Leg708Ollan Cassell –
3rd Leg709Mike Larrabee –
Anchor710Ulis Williams –
2–Soviet UnionURS3:07.4Q
Lead-Off645Grigory Sverbetov –
2nd Leg644Viktor Bychkov –
3rd Leg658Vasily Anisimov –
Anchor643Vadim Arkhipchuk –
3–FranceFRA3:07.5q
Lead-Off138Germain Nelzy –
2nd Leg135Michel Hiblot –
3rd Leg137Bernard Martin –
Anchor121Jean-Pierre Boccardo –
4–IndiaIND3:08.8
Lead-Off310Makhan Singh –
2nd Leg313Amrit Pal –
3rd Leg317Ajmer Singh –
Anchor311Milkha Singh –
5–JapanJPN3:12.3
Lead-Off808Toru Honda –
2nd Leg789Hirotada Hayase –
3rd Leg809Yoshihiro Amano –
Anchor810Masami Yoshida –
6–SenegalSEN3:12.5
Lead-Off553Daour M'baye Guèye –
2nd Leg554Daniel Thiaw –
3rd Leg552Mamadou N'Diaye –
Anchor551Papa M'Baye N'Diaye –

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–Trinidad and TobagoTTO3:05.0Q
Lead-Off614Edwin Skinner –
2nd Leg612Kent Bernard –
3rd Leg609Edwin Roberts –
Anchor613Wendell Mottley –
2–PolandPOL3:07.2Q
Lead-Off503Marian Filipiuk –
2nd Leg498Ireneusz Kluczek –
3rd Leg497Stanisław Swatowski –
Anchor495Andrzej Badeński –
3–ItalyITA3:07.6
Lead-Off356Bruno Bianchi –
2nd Leg352Salvatore Morale –
3rd Leg351Roberto Frinolli –
Anchor346Sergio Bello –
4–AustraliaAUS3:08.2
Lead-Off9Peter Vassella –
2nd Leg14Gary Knoke –
3rd Leg7Gary Eddy –
Anchor8Ken Roche –

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)
1–Great BritainGBR3:04.7Q
Lead-Off154Tim Graham –
2nd Leg155Adrian Metcalfe –
3rd Leg170John Cooper –
Anchor153Robbie Brightwell –
2–Unified Team of GermanyGER3:04.9Q
Lead-Off199Jörg Jüttner –
2nd Leg228Hans-Ulrich Schulz –
3rd Leg201Johannes Schmitt –
Anchor204Manfred Kinder –
3–JamaicaJAM3:05.3q
Lead-Off376Laurie Khan –
2nd Leg382Mal Spence –
3rd Leg381Mel Spence –
Anchor375George Kerr –
4–SwitzerlandSUI3:09.3
Lead-Off580Jean-Louis Descloux –
2nd Leg585Hans-Jürg Bosshard –
3rd Leg584Marius Theiler –
Anchor581Peter Laeng –
5–GhanaGHA3:10.4
Lead-Off269James Addy –
2nd Leg274Brobbey Mensah –
3rd Leg273Sam Bugri –
Anchor268Ebenezer Quartey –
6–MalaysiaMAS3:17.6
Lead-Off418Karu Selvaratnam –
2nd Leg417Kuda Ditta –
3rd Leg424Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman –
Anchor423Victor Asirvatham –
7–ThailandTHA3:18.4
Lead-Off597Somsak Thongsuk –
2nd Leg598Nipon Pensuvapap –
3rd Leg606Adisorn Vitsudhamakul –
Anchor605Manut Bumrungphuk –

Final Round

Date21 October 1964 — 14:50
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Hand)SplitExchange
1–United StatesUSA3:00.7– (–)– (–)WR
Lead-Off708Ollan Cassell –46.0 (=2)– (–)
2nd Leg709Mike Larrabee –44.8 (1)1:30.8 (1)
3rd Leg710Ulis Williams –45.4 (=2)2:16.2 (1)
Anchor705Henry Carr –44.5 (1)– (–)
2–Great BritainGBR3:01.6– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off154Tim Graham –45.9 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg155Adrian Metcalfe –45.5 (4)1:31.4 (3)
3rd Leg170John Cooper –45.4 (=2)2:16.8 (4)
Anchor153Robbie Brightwell –44.8 (2)– (–)
3–Trinidad and TobagoTTO3:01.7– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off614Edwin Skinner –46.0 (=2)– (–)
2nd Leg612Kent Bernard –45.3 (2)1:31.3 (2)
3rd Leg609Edwin Roberts –45.4 (=2)2:16.7 (=2)
Anchor613Wendell Mottley –45.0 (3)– (–)
4–JamaicaJAM3:02.3– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off376Laurie Khan –46.1 (4)– (–)
2nd Leg382Mal Spence –45.4 (3)1:31.5 (4)
3rd Leg381Mel Spence –45.2 (1)2:16.7 (=2)
Anchor375George Kerr –45.6 (=5)– (–)
5–Unified Team of GermanyGER3:04.3– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off199Jörg Jüttner –47.1 (=6)– (–)
2nd Leg228Hans-Ulrich Schulz –45.7 (5)1:32.8 (5)
3rd Leg201Johannes Schmitt –45.9 (5)2:18.7 (5)
Anchor204Manfred Kinder –45.6 (=5)– (–)
6–PolandPOL3:05.3– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off503Marian Filipiuk –47.5 (8)– (–)
2nd Leg498Ireneusz Kluczek –46.0 (6)1:33.5 (=7)
3rd Leg497Stanisław Swatowski –46.3 (6)2:19.8 (7)
Anchor495Andrzej Badeński –45.5 (4)– (–)
7–Soviet UnionURS3:05.9– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off645Grigory Sverbetov –46.8 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg644Viktor Bychkov –46.3 (7)1:33.1 (6)
3rd Leg658Vasily Anisimov –46.5 (7)2:19.6 (6)
Anchor643Vadim Arkhipchuk –46.3 (7)– (–)
8–FranceFRA3:07.4– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off135Michel Hiblot –47.1 (=6)– (–)
2nd Leg137Bernard Martin –46.4 (8)1:33.5 (=7)
3rd Leg138Germain Nelzy –47.1 (8)2:20.6 (8)
Anchor121Jean-Pierre Boccardo –46.8 (8)– (–)