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The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and marked the first time South Africa was excluded for using its apartheid system in sports.
- First in Asia
- Evolving Technology
- Memorable Champions
The 1964 Tokyo Games were the first to be held in Asia. The carrier of the flame, Yoshinori Sakai, was chosen because he was born on 6 August 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima, in homage to the victims and as a call for world peace.
A cinder running track was used for the last time in the athletics events, whilst a fibreglass pole was used for the first time in the pole vaulting competition. The Tokyo Games was also the last occasion that hand timing by stopwatch was used for official timing.
Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia became the first athlete to win the marathon twice, whilst Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina brought her career medal total to an incredible 18. It also proved the fourth time lucky for Greco-Roman wrestler Imre Polyak, who finally won gold after finishing second in the same division at the previous three Olympic Games.
Revive los momentos que hicieron historia en los Juegos de 1964 en Tokio. Disfruta de videos oficiales, resultados, galerías, deportes y atletas.
19 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
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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.
EventGoldGoldSilver100 metres detailsBob Hayes United States10.0 (=WR)Enrique Figuerola Cuba200 metres detailsHenry Carr United States20.3 (OR)Paul Drayton United States400 metres detailsMike Larrabee United States45.1Wendell Mottley Trinidad and Tobago800 metres detailsPeter Snell New Zealand1:45.1 (OR)Bill Crothers CanadaTOKYO 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.
9 de oct. de 2019 · Tokyo will host the Summer Olympic Games for the second time, making it the first Asian city to do so. However, the number of athletes and nations has grown significantly since 1964, with over 11,000 athletes from 206 nations expected to descend on Tokyo next summer.
