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The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo celebrated Japan's progress and reemergence on the world stage. The new Japan was no longer a wartime enemy, but a peaceful country that threatened no one, and this transformation was accomplished in fewer than 20 years.
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
The following is a list of medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, from 10 to 24 October 1964.
Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Tokyo that took place October 10–24, 1964. The Tokyo Games were the 15th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. The 1964 Olympics introduced improved timing and scoring technologies, including the first use of computers to keep statistics.
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 Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 were a success not only on site – more than two million tickets were sold, with the public attending all the events in both indoor and outdoor venues (Opening and Closing Ceremony and the sports events) – but also on television, thanks to the first ever worldwide satellite broadcast, which enabled hundreds of ...
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
Overview. For the first time, the Olympic Games were hosted in an Asian country. The Japanese were eager to prove that they had recovered from the horrors of World War II and, to emphasize the point, they chose as the final torch bearer, Yoshinori Sakai, who had been born in Hiroshima on the day the atom bomb immolated that city.
TOKYO 1964 Olympic Games. The Games of the 18th Olympiad, the first Olympics to be held in Asia, were staged in Tokyo over 15 days from 10 to 24 October, 1964. A total of 5,151 athletes (4,473 men and 678 women) from 93 countries and regions took part in 163 events in 20 sports, with judo and volleyball being introduced for the first time.
📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe The 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo were quite special. They brought us some remarkable and iconic mom...