1964 Summer Olympics

Games of the XVIII Olympiad
	Emblem of the 1964 Summer Olympics
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Nations	93
Athletes	5,151 (4,473 men, 678 women)
Events	163 in 19 sports (25 disciplines)
Opening	10 October
Closing	24 October
Opened by	Emperor Hirohito
Cauldron	Yoshinori Sakai
Stadium	National Stadium
Summer
Winter

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the 61th Olympiad, were held in Tokyo, Japan from October 10, 1964 to October 24, 1964.

Countries taking part in the 1964 Summer Olympics.Blue countries are taking part for the first time, green have taken part before.

1964 Olympic Games competitor medal. It was awarded to Eddie Kelliher, an Irish yachtsman

1964 Summer Olympics Media

Yoshinori Sakai running toward the Olympic cauldron.
Marathon winner Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia
Number of athletes per country
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, designed by Kenzo Tange
Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan, designed by Mamoru Yamada in 1964.
A kappa is considered an unofficial mascot of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Countries that boycotted the 1964 Summer Olympics (shown in red on map)

Related pages

Sports in Japan

Other websites

IOC page for the 1964 Summer Olympics

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 International Olympic Committee (9 October 2014). "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad". Press release. https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

Olympic Games

Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games

Youth Olympic Games

Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018
Winter Games: 2012, 2016
Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014

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[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] 1.0 ^1.1 International Olympic Committee (9 October 2014). "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad". Press release. https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

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