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The 1964 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 1964年夏季オリンピック, Hepburn: 1964-Nen Kaki Orinpikku), officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (Japanese: 第18回オリンピック競技大会, Hepburn: Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai) and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (Japanese: 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan.
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 9 to 24 October. [1] [2] A total of 5,151 athletes representing 93 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. [3]
Japan at the 1964 Summer Olympics; IOC code: JPN: NOC: Japanese Olympic Committee: Website: www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English) in Tokyo; Competitors: 328 (270 men and 58 women) in 21 sports: Flag bearer : Makoto Fukui: Medals Ranked 3rd: Gold 16 Silver 5 Bronze 8 Total 29: Summer Olympics appearances
Japan 19.450 tps Franco Menichelli Italy 19.350 tps Pommel horse details: Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia 19.525 tps Shuji Tsurumi Japan 19.325 tps Yuri Tsapenko Soviet Union 19.200 tps Rings details: Takuji Hayata Japan 19.475 tps Franco Menichelli Italy 19.425 tps Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union 19.400 tps Vault details: Haruhiro Yamashita Japan 19.600 tps
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.
After being excluded from the 1948 Summer Olympics due to their involvement in World War II, Japan launched their Olympic bid in 1950 and was selected to host the 1964 Summer Games in 1959. [33] Lake Sagami was created in 1947 when the Sagami River was dammed. [34] Construction on the lake for the Olympics ran from July 1962 to August 1963. [14]
The men's 10,000 metres was the longest of the seven men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October. 38 athletes from 23 nations entered, with 6 more not starting the event. The event was held as a single heat. [1] The winning margin was 0.4 seconds.
The judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games. [1] As a result, decades of judo being officially banned as an "imperialist sport" in the Soviet Union ended shortly before the Games started, as Soviet authorities prioritized winning medals over anything else. [2]