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Host City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Date Started: October 14, 1964
Date Finished: October 16, 1964
| Gold: |  Rex Cawley |
| Silver: |  John Cooper |
| Bronze: |  Salvatore Morale |
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.
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rex Cawley | 24 | United States | USA | Gold | |
| 2 | John Cooper | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | Silver | |
| 3 | Salvatore Morale | 25 | Italy | ITA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Gary Knoke | 22 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 | Jay Luck | 24 | United States | USA | ||
| 6 | Roberto Frinolli | 23 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 7 | Vasyl Anisimov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 8 | Wilfried Geeroms | 23 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Peter Warden | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | Ken Roche | 22 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Ferdinand Haas | 24 | Germany | GER | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Billy Hardin | 22 | United States | USA | ||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | Edvīns Zāģeris | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | Víctor Maldonado | 25 | Venezuela | VEN | ||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | Jaakko Tuominen | 20 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka | 23 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | Joachim Singer | 21 | Germany | GER | ||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | Jorem Ochana | 29 | Uganda | UGA | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Mike Hogan | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | Jean-Jacques Behm | 22 | France | FRA | ||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | Bill Gairdner | 23 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Bogusław Gierajewski | 27 | Poland | POL | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Robert Poirier | 22 | France | FRA | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Keiji Ogushi | 30 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | Keiko Iijima | 26 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | Helmut Haid | 25 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | Samir Vincent | 23 | Iraq | IRQ | ||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | Valeriu Jurcă | 25 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | José Cavero | 24 | Peru | PER | ||
| 6 h5 r1/3 | Mamadou Sarr | 26 | Senegal | SEN | ||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | Kiyoo Yui | 21 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 7 h3 r1/3 | Kimaru Songok | Kenya | KEN | |||
| 7 h4 r1/3 | Karu Selvaratnam | 23 | Malaysia | MAS | ||
| 7 h5 r1/3 | Amrit Pal | 25 | India | IND | ||
| 8 h2 r1/3 | Michael Ryan | 22 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 8 h3 r1/3 | Mansour ul-Haq Awan | 22 | Pakistan | PAK | ||
| 8 h5 r1/3 | Imants Kukličs | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| AC h1 r1/3 | Horst Gieseler | 22 | Germany | GER | ||
| AC h4 r1/3 | Ðani Kovač | 25 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
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