At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10000 metres
110 metre hurdles
400 metre hurdles
3000 metre steeplechase
4×100 metre relay	Paul Drayton Gerald Ashworth Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes	Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak	Paul Genevay Bernard Laidebeur Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour
4×400 metre relay	Ollan Cassell Michael Larrabee Ulis Williams Henry Carr	Timothy Graham Adrian Peter Metcalfe John Hugh Cooper Robbie Ian Brightwell	Edwin Skinner Kenneth Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley
20 km walk
50 km walk
Marathon
High jump
Long jump
Triple jump
Pole vault
Shot put
Discus throw
Javelin throw
Hammer throw
Decathlon

Women's events

100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
80 metre hurdles
4×100 metre relay	Teresa Ciepły Irena Kirszenstein Halina Górecka Ewa Kłobukowska	Willye White Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire	Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman
High jump
Long jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Javelin throw
Pentathlon

Medal table

1		14	7	3	24
2		5	2	11	18
3		4	7	1	12
4		2	5	3	10
5		2	4	2	8
6		2	0	2	4
7		2	0	1	3
8		1	1	4	6
9		1	0	1	2
10		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
13		0	3	1	4
14		0	2	0	2
15		0	1	2	3
16		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
18		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
20		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Athletics Australia