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Host City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Date Started: October 17, 1964
Date Finished: October 17, 1964
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Mike Larrabee |
| Silver: | Wendell Mottley |
| Bronze: | Andrzej Badeński |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wendell Mottley | 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 45.8 | 45,88 | QU |
| 2 | Ollan Cassell | 27 | United States | USA | 46.2 | 46,24 | QU |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Boccardo | 22 | France | FRA | 46.3 | 46,34 | QU |
| 4 | Peter Vassella | 23 | Australia | AUS | 46.5 | 46,55 | QU |
| 5 | Peter Laeng | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 46.7 | 46,72 | |
| 6 | Sergio Bello | 22 | Italy | ITA | 46.9 | 46,93 | |
| 7 | Ebenezer Quartey | 30 | Ghana | GHA | 47.0 | 47,06 | |
| 8 | Muhammad Sadiq | 26 | Pakistan | PAK | 48.0 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrzej Badeński | 21 | Poland | POL | 46.5 | 46,51 | QU |
| 2 | Bill Crothers | 23 | Canada | CAN | 46.7 | 46,73 | QU |
| 3 | Tim Graham | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 46.8 | 46,83 | QU |
| 4 | Laurie Khan | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | 46.9 | 46,97 | QU |
| 5 | Josef Trousil | 29 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 47.2 | 47,22 | |
| 6 | Johannes Schmitt | 21 | Germany | GER | 47.2 | 47,24 | |
| 7 | Ken Roche | 22 | Australia | AUS | 48.0 | ||
| 8 | Hryhoriy Sverbetov | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 48.0 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Larrabee | 30 | United States | USA | 46.5 | 46,57 | QU |
| 2 | Kent Bernard | 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 46.7 | 46,73 | QU |
| 3 | Robbie Brightwell | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 47.1 | 47,15 | QU |
| 4 | Jörg Jüttner | 23 | Germany | GER | 47.2 | 47,22 | QU |
| 5 | Rupert Hoilette | 18 | Jamaica | JAM | 47.6 | 47,60 | |
| 6 | Gary Eddy | 19 | Australia | AUS | 47.6 | 47,65 | |
| 7 | Wilson Kiprugut | Kenya | KEN | 47.7 | |||
| 8 | Vadim Arkhipchuk | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 47.9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Skinner | 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 46.9 | 46,90 | QU |
| 2 | Ulis Williams | 22 | United States | USA | 46.9 | 46,96 | QU |
| 3 | Tegegne Bezabeh | 23 | Ethiopia | ETH | 47.2 | 47,23 | QU |
| 4 | James Addy | 24 | Ghana | GHA | 47.3 | 47,37 | QU |
| 5 | Adrian Metcalfe | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 47.8 | 47,81 | |
| 6 | Pedro Grajales | 24 | Colombia | COL | 47.8 | 47,86 | |
| 7 | Viktor Bychkov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 47.9 | 47,91 |