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1964 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XVIII Olympiad were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Detroit, Vienna and Brussels also made a bid for these Games. Tokyo had already been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's involvement in China. The 1940 Olympics were eventually cancelled because of the outbreak of World War II. This marked the first time the Olympics were held in Asia.

The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite. It was the first television programme to cross the Pacific ocean.

Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Nations participating 93
Athletes participating 5,140 (4,457 men, 683 women)
Events 163 in 19 sports
Opening ceremonies October 10, 1964
Closing ceremonies October 24, 1964
Officially opened by Hirohito of Japan
Athlete's Oath Takashi Ono
Judge's Oath: -
Olympic Torch Yoshinori Sakai
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Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Canoeing
  • Cycling
  • Diving
  • Equestrianism
  • Fencing
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Judo
  • Modern Pentathlon
  • Rowing
  • Shooting
  • Swimming
  • Volleyball
  • Water Polo
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling
  • Yachting

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1964 Summer Olympics medal count)

1964 Summer Olympics medal count
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States of America 36 26 28 90
2 USSR 30 31 35 96
3 Japan 16 5 8 29
4 United Team of Germany 10 22 18 50
5 10 10 7 27
6 Hungary 10 7 5 22
7 Poland 7 6 10 23
8 Australia 6 2 10 18
9 Czechoslovakia 5 6 3 14
10 Great Britain 4 12 2 18

Legacy

The Olympic Gymnasium, designed by architect Kenzo Tange, still stands in Tokyo.

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Last updated: 05-08-2005 05:12:22