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For the 1964 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-three sports venues were used. Six of the venues were built before the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1964 Games to Tokyo in 1959. This included two venues that hosted the 1958 Asian Games. There were thirteen new, eight temporary, and five reconstructed and/or renovated venues that ...
National Stadium (国立競技場, Kokuritsu kyōgijō) was a multi-purpose stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The stadium served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as being the venue for track and field events at the 1964 Summer Olympics . [ 1 ]
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.
Regional qualifying tournaments were held. During the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament among South American national teams, a riot in Lima during the decisive Peru–Argentina match, after Peru's equalizing goal in the last minutes was disallowed by the referee, resulted in 328 deaths, which was considered the worst football disaster in history. [2]
Jules Ottenstadion hosted one football match during the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Craven Cottage hosted several matches during the 1948 Summer Olympics in neighboring London Nagai Stadium in Osaka hosted several football matches during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The game was played on October 11, 1964, at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo. [1] The U.S. team was made up of college baseball players—including eight future Major League Baseball players–and was coached by Rod Dedeaux, the longtime head baseball coach at the University of Southern California (USC).
1964: Finn details Germany (EUA) Wilhelm Kuhweide United States (USA) Peter Barrett Denmark (DEN) Henning Wind: 1964: Flying Dutchman details New Zealand (NZL) Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells Great Britain (GBR) Keith Musto Tony Morgan United States (USA) Harry Melges William Bentsen: 1964: Star details Bahamas (BAH) Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke
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.