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The inaugural Women's Volleyball Tournament in the Summer Olympic Games was held during Olympic Games of Tokyo, from October 11 to October 23, 1964. Japan won the gold medal, with the Soviet Union and Poland taking silver and bronze, respectively.
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 29 January to 9 February. [1] [2] A total of 1,091 athletes representing 36 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, [2] including India, [3] Mongolia, [4] and North Korea, who took part in the Winter Games for the first time. [5]
This was the second and most recent occasion on which this sport (a German variant of curling), had been played as a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics; the first appearance was at the 1936 Winter Olympics. [4] Both men and women participated in the 1964 Games, with twelve women's events incorporated into the program. [1]
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (German: IX. Olympische Winterspiele ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( Austro-Bavarian : Innschbruck 1964 ), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck , Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964.
The Japanese women's team won the gold at the inaugural Olympic volleyball competition, and the silver at the following two Games. The Montreal Games of 1976 saw the Polish men win the nation's only gold medal in the sport, after the women had won bronze in 1964 and 1968.
On February 15, 1961, the entire United States figure skating team and several family members, coaches, and officials were killed when Sabena Flight 548 crashed in Brussels, Belgium, en route to the World Championships in Prague. The accident caused the cancellation of the 1961 World Championships and necessitated the building of a new American ...
The 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time that volleyball had been held as an Olympic sport. The sport would feature two medals during this games with the men's and women's indoor teams events. In both tournaments, the format was the same with a single round robin between all of the teams that was competing in the tournament. [1]
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