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The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international
International

International or internationally most often describes interaction between nations, or encompassing two or more nations, constituting a group or association having members in two or more nations, or generally reaching beyond national boundaries....
 multi-sport event
Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, and featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states....
 held in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics
1940 Summer Olympics

The anticipated 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad and originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6 1940, in Tokyo, Empire of Japan, were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II....
, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki
Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
 because of Japan's invasion of China
Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the twentieth century. From 1937 to 1941, it was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan....
, before ultimately being canceled because of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. The 1964 Summer Games marked the first time that the Olympics were held by a non-Western
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
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The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international
International

International or internationally most often describes interaction between nations, or encompassing two or more nations, constituting a group or association having members in two or more nations, or generally reaching beyond national boundaries....
 multi-sport event
Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, and featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states....
 held in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics
1940 Summer Olympics

The anticipated 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad and originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6 1940, in Tokyo, Empire of Japan, were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II....
, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki
Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
 because of Japan's invasion of China
Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was the largest Asian war in the twentieth century. From 1937 to 1941, it was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan....
, before ultimately being canceled because of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. The 1964 Summer Games marked the first time that the Olympics were held by a non-Western
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
 nation. This was the first Olympics in which South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 was barred from taking part due to its refusal to racially desegregate its sports. The games were telecast to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 using Syncom
Syncom

Syncom started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by Boeing Satellite Systems....
 3, the first geostationary
Geostationary orbit

A geostationary orbit is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth's equator , with a period equal to the Earth's rotational period and an orbital eccentricity of approximately zero....
 communication satellite. It was the first television program to cross the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
.

Selection

Tokyo won the rights to the Games on May 26, 1959, at the 55th IOC Session in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, West Germany
West Germany

West Germany was the common English name for the Germany , from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its States of Germany became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany....
, over bids from Detroit, Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 and Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
.

Here are the voting results for the host selection, from the web page.

1964 Summer Olympics Bidding Results
City NOC NameRound 1
Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
 34
Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
 10
Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 9
Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 5


Highlights

  • Yuji Koseki composed the theme song of the opening ceremony.
  • Yoshinori Sakai
    Yoshinori Sakai

    was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.He was chosen for the role to symbolize Japan's postwar reconstruction and peace....
    , who lit the Olympic Flame
    Olympic Flame

    The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the Ancient Olympic Games....
    , was born in Hiroshima
    Hiroshima

    The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....
     on August 6, 1945, the day an atomic bomb was dropped on that city.
  • Judo
    Judo

    , meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
     and volleyball
    Volleyball

    Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
    , both popular sports in Japan, were introduced to the Olympics. Japan won gold medals in three judo events, but Dutchman
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
     Anton Geesink
    Anton Geesink

    Antonius "Anton" Johannes Geesink is a Netherlands 10th dan rank judoka. He is a three-time World Judo Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist . He was 6'7" tall and at one time weighted 320 pounds ....
     won the Open category. The Japanese women's volleyball team
    Japan women's national volleyball team

    The Japan women's national volleyball team, or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is the volleyball national team of Japan, currently ranked 8th by the FIVB....
     won the gold medal, with the final being broadcast live.
  • Reigning world champion Osamu Watanabe
    Osamu Watanabe

    is a Japanese people Olympic Games gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and arguably the most successful freestyle Amateur wrestling from any nation....
     capped off his career with a gold medal for Japan in freestyle wrestling, surrendering no points and retiring from competition as the only undefeated Olympic champion to date at 189-0.
  • Soviet
    USSR at the Summer Olympics

    The Soviet Union first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and competed at the Games on 18 occasions since then. At seven of its nine appearances at the Summer Olympic Games, the team ranked first in the total number of medals won, it was second by this count on the other two....
     gymnast Larissa Latynina
    Larissa Latynina

    Larissa Semyonovna Latynina is a Russian-Ukrainian and former Soviet Union gymnastics who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic Games gold medal....
     won two gold medals (both for the third time in a row in Team Competition and Floor Exercise events), a silver medal and two bronze medals. She ended her Olympic career and holds the record for most Olympic
    Olympic Games

    The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
     medals at 18 (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) since then.
  • Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    n swimmer Dawn Fraser
    Dawn Fraser

    Dawn Lorraine Fraser Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times, in her case, the 100 meters freestyle....
     won the 100 m freestyle event for the third time in a row, a feat matched by Vyacheslav Ivanov
    Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov

    Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov is known to most of the non-Russian language speaking world as Vyacheslav Ivanov, was one of the most accomplished sport rowing of his generation....
     in rowing
    Sport rowing

    Rowing is a sport in which athletes racing against each other on rivers, lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline....
    's single scull event.
  • Don Schollander
    Don Schollander

    Donald Arthur Schollander is a former Olympic swimming for the United States....
     (USA
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    ) won four gold medals in swimming.
  • Abebe Bikila
    Abebe Bikila

    Abebe Bikila was a two-time Olympic Marathon champion from Ethiopia. A stadium in Addis Ababa is named in his honor. ...
     became the first person to win the Olympic marathon twice.
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
    's Peter Snell
    Peter Snell

    Peter George Snell New Zealand Order of Merit, Order of the British Empire is a former New Zealand athletics , now resident in Texas....
     won a gold medal in both the 800 m and 1500 m.
  • The women's pentathlon
    Women's pentathlon

    The pentathlon is a sports contest made up of five events . The women's pentathlon was contested in the Summer Olympics from 1964 Summer Olympics until 1980 Summer Olympics, and it was replaced in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games with the heptathlon....
     was introduced.
  • American Billy Mills
    Billy Mills

    William Mervin Mills or "Billy" Mills is the second Native Americans in the United States ever to win an Olympic Games gold medal. He accomplished this feat in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics making him the only United States ever to win the Olympic gold in this event....
    , a little-known distance runner, shocked everyone when he won the gold in the men's 10,000 m. No American had won it before and no American has won it since.
  • Bob Hayes
    Bob Hayes

    Robert Lee Hayes was an Olympic gold-medal sprinter turned NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys. An United States Track and field athletics athlete, he was a two-sport stand-out in college in both track and college football at Florida A&M University....
     won the 100 m title in a time of 10.0 seconds, equaling the world record. He had run the distance in 9.9 seconds in the semifinal but this was not recognized as a world record as it was wind assisted.
  • Joe Frazier
    Joe Frazier

    Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
    , future heavyweight champion of the world, won a gold medal for the USA in heavyweight boxing.
  • Unfortunately for Japan, several big international events also took attention during the Olympics, including the sudden removal of Nikita Khrushchev
    Nikita Khrushchev

    Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, following the death of Joseph Stalin, and Premier of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964....
     and the first nuclear test
    596 (nuclear test)

    596 is the codename of the People's Republic of China's first nuclear weapons nuclear testing, detonated on October 161964 at the Lop Nur test site....
     in China.
  • The nation of Malaysia
    Malaysia

    Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
    , which had formed the previous year by a union of Malaya
    Malaya

    Malaya can refer to:...
    , British North Borneo and Singapore
    Singapore

    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
    , competed for the first time in the Games.


Sports

  • Athletics
    Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    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....
  • Basketball
    Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a sport open only to men. 16 teams played in the basketball competition. The 1964 Summer Olympics were the sixth appearance of basketball as a medal sport....
  • Boxing
    Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics:It was held October 11 to October 23....
  • Canoeing
    Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami, 60 kilometres from Sagamiko, Kanagawa, Japan....
  • Cycling
    Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    The cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road bicycle racing events and five track cycling events, all for men only....
  • Diving
    Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, from 11 October to 18 October, comprising 82 divers from 21 nations....
  • Equestrian
    Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    The Equestrian Events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo included Show Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions....
  • Fencing
    Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Eight fencing events, six for men and two for women, constituted the Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme....
  • Football
    Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on October 11 and ended on October 23. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested....
  • Gymnastics
    Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Artistic gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men. The competition was held from October 18 to October 23 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium....
  • Hockey
 
  • Judo
    Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    The judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games. Medals were awarded in 4 classes, and competition was restricted to men only....
  • Modern pentathlon
    Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, two events in modern pentathlon were contested....
  • Rowing
    Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Sport rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only.Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov from the Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics took his third consecutive gold medal in single scull event....
  • Sailing
    Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, five events in sailing were contested. Races were held from October 12, 1964 to October 21, 1964 off the coast of Enoshima....
  • Shooting
    Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    ISSF shooting events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events.Medal count Medalists by event ...
  • Swimming
    Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    At the 1964 Summer Olympics, eighteen swimming events were contested....
  • Volleyball
    Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Volleyball at the 1964 Summer OlympicsMedal TableMedal summary ...
  • Water polo
    Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics:Medal summary...
  • Weightlifting
    Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    The weightlifting competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only....
  • Wrestling
    Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

    At the 1964 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling....


    • Demonstration sports

    • Baseball
      Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

      Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport and consisted of a single game. It was the fifth time that a baseball exhibition had been held, and was the last time that only one game would be played....
    • Budo
      Budo

      is a Japanese language term describing martial arts. In English, it is used almost exclusively in reference to Japanese martial arts.Etymology...


    Medal count

    These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games:
    136262890
    230313596
    3 (host nation)165829
    410221850
    51010727
    6107522
    7761023
    8621018
    956314
    10412218
    Conventionally, countries are ranked by the number of gold medals they receive, followed then by the number of silver medals and, finally, bronze1:

    Participating nations

    1964 Olympic Games Countries
    A total of 94 nations were represented at the 1964 Games. Sixteen nations made their first Olympic appearance in Tokyo: Algeria
    Algeria

    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
    , Cameroon
    Cameroon

    The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary state of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south....
    , Chad
    Chad

    Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
    , Congo
    Republic of the Congo

    The Republic of the Congo , also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda , and the Gulf of Guinea....
    , Côte d'Ivoire
    Côte d'Ivoire

    , formerly Ivory Coast, officially the , is a country in West Africa. The government officially discourages the use of the name Ivory Coast in English, preferring the French name to be used in all languages ....
     (as Ivory Coast), Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic

    The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are List of divided islands, Saint Martin being the other....
    , Libya
    Libya

    Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
    , Madagascar
    Madagascar

    Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
    , Malaysia
    Malaysia

    Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
    , Mali
    Mali

    Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....
    , Mongolia
    Mongolia

    Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
    , Nepal
    Nepal

    Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....
    , Niger
    Niger

    Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
    , Northern Rhodesia
    Northern Rhodesia

    Northern Rhodesia was a territory in southern Africa initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by Amalgamation North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia....
     (now Zambia
    Zambia

    The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
    ), Senegal
    Senegal

    Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the S?n?gal River in West Africa. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south....
    , and Tanzania
    Tanzania

    Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
     (as Tanganyika). Athletes from Libya withdrew from competition after the Opening Ceremony, so a total of 93 nations actually competed. Athletes from East Germany
    German Democratic Republic

    The German Democratic Republic was a self-declared socialist state created in the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany and the East Berlin of Allied Occupation Zones in Germany....
     and West Germany
    West Germany

    West Germany was the common English name for the Germany , from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its States of Germany became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany....
     competed together as the United Team of Germany
    United Team of Germany

    The Unified Team of Germany competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympic Games and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic ....
     from 1956-1964.

           


    Venues

    Nipponbudoukan01
    Yoyogi Gymnasium

    Tokyo

    • Olympic Stadium
      Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)

      is a stadium in Kasumigaoka Shinjuku, Tokyo that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics....
      , now known as "National Stadium," was the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies, and for track and field events.
    • Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
      Chichibunomiya rugby stadium

      in the Aoyama, Tokyo district of central Tokyo is the spiritual home of Japanese rugby union and the headquarters of the Japan Rugby Football Union....
       hosted Football Preliminaries
    • Nippon Budokan
      Nippon Budokan

      The , often shortened to just "Budokan," is an arena in central Tokyo, Japan.For many Westerners, the Budokan is synonymous with large-scale rock concerts....
      , or Japan Martial Arts Hall, was built to house the judo
      Judo

      , meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
       events, and is now one of Tokyo's best-known concert venues.
    • Yoyogi National Gymnasium
      Yoyogi National Gymnasium

      is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan which is famous for its suspension roof design.It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics....
      , adjacent to (and originally part of) the Meiji Shrine
      Meiji Shrine

      , located in Shibuya, Tokyo, is the Shinto Jinja that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken. When Emperor Meiji died in 1912 and Empress Shoken in 1914, the Japanese people wished to pay their respects to the two influential Japanese figures....
      , houses swimming and gymnastics venues designed by architect Kenzo Tange
      Kenzo Tange

      was a Japanese people architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He was one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles with Modern Architecture, and designed major buildings on five continents....
      . The Olympic Village, a redeveloped United States Army
      United States Army

      The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
       barracks originally called "Washington Heights," is located on the north side of Yoyogi Park.
    • Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
      Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

      is a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Amateur wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics....
       hosted Artistic Gymnastics, Water polo events.
    • Komazawa Olympic Park in Setagaya
      Setagaya, Tokyo

      is one of the Special wards of Tokyo of Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English....
       hosted cycling events.
    • Shibuya Public Hall
      Shibuya Public Hall

      or is a live theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in 1964. In the 1964 Summer Olympics, the weightlifting events took place there.The theatre was sponsored by Dentsu and Suntory, which paid Japanese yen80 million to have its name associated with the building by 2006 to 2011....
       hosted weightlifting events.
    • Korakuen Ice Palace
      Tokyo Dome City

      Tokyo Dome City is an entertainment complex in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.It includes the world's largest roofed baseball stadium known as Tokyo Dome , an amusement park known as Tokyo Dome City Attractions , and Korakuen Hall....
       hosted Boxing events.
    • Waseda University
      Waseda University

      , often abbreviated to , is one of the top universities in Japan. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko , the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902....
       hosted Fencing events.
    • Baji Koen hosted Equestrian events.
    • Hachioji Velodrome hosted Track Cycling events.


    Outside of Tokyo

    • Mitsuzawa Stadium
      Mitsuzawa Stadium

      Mitsuzawa Stadium is a football stadium in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It serves as a home ground of Yokohama F.C. and, on occasion, Yokohama F. Marinos. The stadium holds 15,046 people....
      , Yokohama
      Yokohama

      is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
      : Football Preliminaries
    • Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
      Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium

      is an indoor arena located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan. It is a five minute walk from the closest subway station, Kannai Station on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway....
      : Volleyball
    • Enoshima
      Enoshima

      Enoshima is a small island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River, which flows into Sagami Bay in Japan. Part of the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, it is linked to the Katase section of the same city on the mainland by a 600 meter-long bridge....
       hosted yachting events.
    • Lake Sagami
      Lake Sagami

      is an reservoir located in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan's Kanto region. Created in 1947 after the Sagami River was dammed, it serves as use for recreational and hydroelectric purposes....
       hosted canoeing and rowing events.
    • Toda, Saitama
      Toda, Saitama

      is a cities of Japan located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The city is located beside the Arakawa river which separates it from Tokyo. The Sasame river also flows through the city before joining the Arakawa....
      : Rowing
    • Omiya Park Soccer Stadium
      Omiya Park Soccer Stadium

      is a football stadium located in Omiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is the home stadium of a J.League club Omiya Ardija....
      , Omiya, Saitama
      Omiya, Saitama

      Omiya was a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In 2001 it merged with two other cities to form the city of Saitama, Saitama. Since 1 April 2003, the area of former Omiya city is Kita-ku, Saitama, Minuma-ku, Saitama, Nishi-ku, Saitama, and Omiya-ku, Saitama of Saitama city....
      : Football Preliminaries
    • Asaka, Saitama
      Asaka, Saitama

      is a cities of Japan located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It was named in 1932 after Prince Asaka who was an honorary chairman of the Tokyo Golf Club, which relocated to the area at that time....
      : Shooting
    • Tokorozawa, Saitama
      Tokorozawa, Saitama

      is a cities of Japan in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the central part of the Musashino plain, about 30 km west of downtown Tokyo. Tokorozawa can be considered part of the greater Tokyo area; its proximity to the latter and lower housing costs make it a popular bedroom community....
      : Clay pigeon shooting
    • Karuizawa
      Karuizawa, Nagano

      is a towns of Japan located in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.As of January 1 2008, the town has an estimated population of 17,833 and has a total area of ....
      , in Nagano Prefecture
      Nagano Prefecture

      is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chubu region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Nagano, Nagano....
       northwest of Tokyo, hosted equestrian events.
    • Nagai Stadium
      Nagai Stadium

      is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium's capacity is 50,000....
      , Osaka
      Osaka

      is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
      : Football


    See also

    • 1964 Summer Paralympics
      1964 Summer Paralympics

      The 1964 Summer Paralympics were the 2nd Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan....
    • International Olympic Committee
      International Olympic Committee

      The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
    • IOC country codes
    • Tokyo Olympiad
      Tokyo Olympiad

      Tokyo Olympiad is a 1965 in film documentary film directed by Kon Ichikawa which documents the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Like Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia , which documented the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Ichikawa's film was considered a milestone in documentary filmmaking....
      , a documentary film about the games


    External links

    • on the AAFLA website
    • Essay on the About Japan, A Teacher's Resource website