1964 was the year of the Tokyo Olympics, where Abebe Bikila set a world record for the marathon in 2hrs 12mins 11.2secs and Ken Matthews of Great Britain won the 20km walk in 1hr 29mins 34.0secs. BNCB
The BAAB, however, will carefully prepare the programme, and could try to avoid major head-to-head clashes before Barcelona like a javelin confrontation between world record holder Steve Backley and his great rival, Jan Zelezny, of Czechoslovakia. BNCB
I looked at the time and saw that it was a new world record, so I thought that I, too, must have run fast. BNCB