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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 and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-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 | 45.9 | 45,94 | QU |
| 2 | Robbie Brightwell | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 46.1 | 46,13 | QU |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Boccardo | 22 | France | FRA | 46.6 | 46,63 | QU |
| 4 | Gary Eddy | 19 | Australia | AUS | 46.9 | 46,92 | QU |
| 5 | Stanisław Swatowski | 30 | Poland | POL | 47.6 | ||
| 6 | István Gyulai | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 48.0 | ||
| 7 | Didier Mejía | 23 | Mexico | MEX | 48.1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent Bernard | 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 46.8 | 46,80 | QU |
| 2 | Sergio Bello | 22 | Italy | ITA | 47.5 | 47,54 | QU |
| 3 | Vadim Arkhipchuk | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 47.7 | 47,70 | QU |
| 4 | Tim Graham | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 48.4 | QU | |
| 5 | Arsenio Jazmin | 29 | Philippines | PHI | 49.9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrzej Badeński | 21 | Poland | POL | 46.4 | 46,46 | QU |
| 2 | Adrian Metcalfe | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 46.7 | 46,79 | QU |
| 3 | Jörg Jüttner | 23 | Germany | GER | 47.0 | 47,06 | QU |
| 4 | Rupert Hoilette | 18 | Jamaica | JAM | 47.5 | 47,50 | QU |
| 5 | Amos Omolo | 27 | Uganda | UGA | 47.6 | 47,65 | |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka | 23 | Argentina | ARG | 48.3 | ||
| 7 | Amadou Gakou | 24 | Senegal | SEN | 50.1 | ||
| 8 | Daniel Thomas | 27 | Tanzania | TAN | 50.4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulis Williams | 22 | United States | USA | 46.2 | 46,20 | QU |
| 2 | Edwin Skinner | 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 46.5 | 46,50 | QU |
| 3 | Tegegne Bezabeh | 23 | Ethiopia | ETH | 46.7 | 46,73 | QU |
| 4 | Peter Vassella | 23 | Australia | AUS | 46.7 | 46,77 | QU |
| 5 | Johannes Schmitt | 21 | Germany | GER | 46.9 | 46,90 | QC |
| 6 | Muhammad Sadiq | 26 | Pakistan | PAK | 47.3 | QC | |
| 7 | Víctor Maldonado | 25 | Venezuela | VEN | 47.7 | ||
| 8 | Jacques Pennewaert | 24 | Belgium | BEL | 47.7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollan Cassell | 27 | United States | USA | 46.8 | 46,81 | QU |
| 2 | Bill Crothers | 23 | Canada | CAN | 46.8 | 46,86 | QU |
| 3 | James Addy | 24 | Ghana | GHA | 47.2 | 47,27 | QU |
| 4 | Pedro Grajales | 24 | Colombia | COL | 47.2 | 47,28 | QU |
| 5 | Viktor Bychkov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 47.3 | 47,32 | QC |
| 6 | Jürgen Kalfelder | 24 | Germany | GER | 47.7 | 47,77 | |
| 7 | Yoyaga Dit Coulibaly | 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 47.8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Larrabee | 30 | United States | USA | 46.8 | 46,88 | QU |
| 2 | Ebenezer Quartey | 30 | Ghana | GHA | 47.1 | 47,12 | QU |
| 3 | Peter Laeng | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 47.1 | 47,12 | QU |
| 4 | Hryhoriy Sverbetov | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 47.3 | 47,37 | QU |
| 5 | Ken Roche | 22 | Australia | AUS | 47.4 | 47,43 | QC |
| 6 | Somsakdi Tongsuke | 25 | Thailand | THA | 48.9 | ||
| 7 | Jassim Karim Kuraishi | 26 | Iraq | IRQ | 49.5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Trousil | 29 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 47.0 | 47,04 | QU |
| 2 | Wilson Kiprugut | Kenya | KEN | 47.1 | 47,04 | QU | |
| 3 | Laurie Khan | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | 47.2 | 47,25 | QU |
| 4 | Ireneusz Kluczek | 24 | Poland | POL | 47.3 | 47,35 | QU |
| 5 | Hortensio Fucil | 25 | Venezuela | VEN | 47.9 | 47,95 | |
| 6 | Kimitada Hayase | 24 | Japan | JPN | 48.5 | ||
| 7 | William Hill | 19 | Hong Kong | HKG | 48.7 | ||
| 8 | Hossein Ghafourizadeh | 21 | Iran | IRI | 50.8 |