Ken Matthews | Tokyo 1964 Medal Moments

Flu and heat stroke ended Ken Matthews' Olympic dreams in 1960. Four years later at Tokyo 1964, he was back to finish what he started for Team GB as he claimed gold in the Walking Race. Subscribe to our channel today: bit.ly/2lAC6Qh
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[@richardmorris8807]

glad you put this up, he seemed to be the forgotten gb gold meddalist of the tokyo olympics .

[@LiveDonkeyDeadLion]

Thank you for sharing these, I remember reading about this medal

[@gwangi64]

Good to hear he got his MBE in 1977 to join the other GB athletics gold medalists from 1964.

[@peterdelmonte9832]

No such thing as the class system in Britain!