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XVIII Olympiad - 1964 Summer Games

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> International Olympic Committee > Summer Olympic Host City

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Host City

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Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 1959 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

May 26, 1959 - 02:00am Central

Polls Close

May 26, 1959 - 12:00pm Central

Term Start

September 11, 1960 - 12:00pm

Term End

October 24, 1964 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Thomas Walker

Last Modified

IndyGeorgia July 30, 2011 06:56pm

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Description

The 1964 Tokyo Games were the first to be held in Asia. The Japanese expressed their successful reconstruction after World War II by choosing as the final torchbearer Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima the day that that city was destroyed by an atomic bomb. Judo and volleyball were introduced to the Olympic programme. American swimmer Don Schollander won four gold medals. Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia became the first repeat winner of the marathon - less than six weeks after having his appendix removed. Russian rower Vyacheslav Ivanov won the single sculls for the third time, and Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser won the 100m freestyle for the third time. Al Oerter of the United States did the same in the discus throw despite a cervical disc injury that forced him to wear a neck harness and torn rib cartilage incurred a week before the competition. Hungarian water polo player Dezso Gyarmati won his fifth medal in a row. Another Hungarian, Greco-Roman wrestler Imre Polyak, finally won a gold medal after finishing second in the same division at the previous three Olympics. By winning two medals of each kind, Larysa Latynina of the Ukraine brought her career medal total to an incredible 18. She is also one of only four athletes in any sport to win nine gold medals.

93 NOCs (Nations)

5,151 athletes (678 women, 4,473 men)

163 events
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