Athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics Abebe Bikila ( August 7, 1932 - October 25, 1973) was a Ethiopian runner and two time Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abebe Bikila"
Alfred Adolf "Al" Oerter, Jr. (born September 19, 1936) is a former American athlete, four times Olympic Champion in the discus throw. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al Oerter"
Andrzej Badeński (born April 10, 1943) is a Polish athlete who won a bronze medal in 400 metres run in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrzej Badeński"
Elizabeth Cuthbert (born April 20, 1938 in Ermington a suburb of Sydney) is Australian athlete, and a four-fold Olympic champion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Betty Cuthbert"
Gaston Roelants (born February 5, 1937 in Opvelp, Belgium) was a top steeplechaser in the early 1960s and a great cross-country runner. At the steeplechase he won the 1962 European and 1964 Olympic titles as well as setting two world records, 8 minutes 29.6 seconds in 1963 and 8 minutes 26.4 seconds in 1965. He had been 4th in the steeplechase at the 1960 Olympics, and after a Bronze at the 1966 Europeans he turned with great success to longer distances, setting world records at the 20 km distance (58 minutes 6.2 seconds) and the 1 hour race (20,664 meters) that year and later improving those records to 57 minutes 44.4 seconds and 20,878 meters in 1972. He won a Silver (1969) and a Bronze (1974) in European marathon races. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaston Roelants"
Harald Norpoth (born August 22, 1942 in Münster) was a German middle and long distance runner who won the silver medal over 5000m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Norpoth dropped out of the 5000m and finished fourth over 1500m. He also set a 2000m world record of 4:57.8 minutes in September 1966 in Hagen, Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harald Norpoth"
Judith "Judy" Amoore (born June 25, 1940 in Victoria) is a former Australian runner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Judy Amoore"
Kipchoge ("Kip") Keino (born January 17, 1940) was a Kenyan runner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kipchoge Keino"
Leslie ("Les") Roy Mills (born November 1, 1934 in Auckland) is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in Shot Put, Discus and Weightlifting events. At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he achieved his best result, a gold medal in Discus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Les Mills"
Lynn Davies (born May 20, 1942 in Nantymoel, Wales) was captain of the British Olympic long jump team in 1968; he won a gold medal in the event in 1964. In 1964 he also competed in the 100 metres contest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lynn Davies"
Marilyn Mary Black (born May 20 1944 in New South Wales, Australien) is a former Australian sprinter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marilyn Black"
Melvin ("Mel") Pender, Jr. (born October 31, 1937) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Melvin Pender"
The Right Honourable Sir Walter Menzies Campbell, (known as Ming Campbell), CBE, QC, (born 22 May 1941, Glasgow) is a Scottish advocate and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North East Fife. As deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats he became acting leader following the resignation of Charles Kennedy on 7 January 2006 and will hold the role until a new leader is elected. He has announced his candidature in the forthcoming leadership election to select a permanent replacement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Menzies Campbell"
Sir Murray Gordon Halberg (born July 7, 1933 in Eketahuna) is a former New Zealand middle distance runner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Murray Halberg" The article you are reading is from www.shortopedia.com
Pam Kilborn (born August 12, 1939 in Melbourne) is a former Australian hurdler. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pam Kilborn"
Peter George Snell (born December 17 1938 in Opunake) is a former New Zealand athlete. He had one of the shortest careers of world famous international sportsmen yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand’s ‘Sports Champion Of The (20th) Century’. A protege of the great New Zealand athletics coach Arthur Lydiard, Snell is known for the three Olympic gold medals he won, but is also respected not so much because of what he achieved, but how he achieved it -- with total dominance, grace and humility. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peter Snell"
Valeriy Brumel ( April 14, 1942 – January 26, 2003) was a Soviet athlete who broke the world record for high jump 6 times from 1961 to 1963 (from 2.23m to 2.28m). He won a silver medal in the 1960 Olympics and gold in 1964. ...more on Wikipedia about "Valeriy Brumel"
Vladimir Golubnichy (born in 1936) was a Soviet race walker who dominated the 20-kilometre walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning the total of four Olympic medals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vladimir Golubnichy"
Wendell Mottley (born July 2, 1941) is a Trinidad and Tobago economist, politician and athlete. He is the leader of the Citizens' Alliance, a minor political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Mottley served as Finance Minister in the People's National Movement government between 1991 and 1995. He was responsible for the floatation of the Trinidad and Tobago dollar. He also won a Silver Medal and a Bronze Medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wendell Mottley"
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