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The entire 1964 Olympic Games was chronicled in the ground-breaking 1965 sports documentary film Tokyo Olympiad, directed by Kon Ichikawa. The games were scheduled for mid-October to avoid the city's midsummer heat and humidity and the September typhoon season. [6] The previous Olympics in Rome in 1960 started in late August and experienced hot ...
The following is a list of medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, from 10 to 24 October 1964. Athletics Men's events ...
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 ]
The 1964 Summer Olympics, which were held in Tokyo, Japan List of sports-related pages with the same or similar names This article includes a list of sports-related pages with the same or similar names.
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]
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.
The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on 11 October and ended on 23 October. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. The tournament features 14 men's national teams from six continental confederations.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, eighteen swimming events were contested, ten for men and eight for women. [1] There were a total of 405 participants from 42 countries competing. [2] For the first time, the 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay for men and the 400 metres individual medley for both men and women were contested.