Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon The decathlon was a men event and part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 19 October and 20 October 1964. 23 athletes from 15 nations entered and 22 started the first event. Storozhenko moved from fourth place to first with his performance in the shot put, as Thomas dropped from the lead to eighth. Wu dropped out of contention after three events, not competing in the high jump. Storozhenko, leading after four, finished last in the 400 metres, falling to fifth place.
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