Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Nations participating	93
Athletes participating	5,151 (4,473 men, 678 women)
Events	163 in 19 sports
Opening ceremony	October 10
Closing ceremony	October 24
Officially opened by	HIM Emperor Hirohito
Athlete's Oath	Takashi Ono
Olympic Torch	Yoshinori Sakai
Stadium	Olympic Stadium

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were celebrated in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Olympic sports comprise all the Sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat also known as, (April 29 1901 – January 7 1989 was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order reigning from December 25 1926 until his death The Olympic Oath is taken by one athlete and one judge at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games. (b July 26 1931 in Akita prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast who won five gold medals at the Olympic Games. The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a Symbol of the Olympic Games. was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece Stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. is a Stadium in Kasumigaoka Shinjuku Tokyo that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Tokyo, which won the rights to the Games on May 26, 1959, at the 55th IOC Session in Munich, West Germany, over the bids from Detroit, Brussels and Vienna, had been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's invasion of China. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC meetings Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. The anticipated 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad and originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6 Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The 1940 Olympics were eventually canceled because of the outbreak of World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The 1964 Summer games marked the first time the Olympics were held by a non-Western nation. This was the first Olympics in which South Africa was barred from taking part due to its refusal to racially desegregate its sports. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa [1].

The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite" started as a 1961 NASA program for active Geosynchronous Communication satellites all of which A geostationary orbit (GEO is a Geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth 's Equator (0° Latitude) with a period equal to the Earth's It was the first television program to cross the Pacific ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions

Here were the voting results, compliments of the International Olympic Committee Vote History web page.

1964 Summer Olympics Bidding Results
City	NOC Name	Round 1
Tokyo	Japan	34
Detroit, Michigan	United States	10
Vienna	Austria	9
Brussels	Belgium	5

Highlights

Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic cauldron

• Yūji Koseki composed the theme song of the opening ceremony. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
• Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb was dropped. was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a Symbol of the Olympic Games. The Japanese city of ( is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest of Japan 's Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.
• Judo and volleyball, both popular sports in Japan, were introduced to the Olympics. meaning "gentle way" is a modern Japanese martial art ( Gendai budō) and Combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Japan won three of the titles in judo, but Dutchman Anton Geesink won the Open category. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Antonius "Anton" Johannes Geesink (born April 6, 1934) is a Dutch 10th dan Judoka. The Japanese women's volleyball team won the gold medal, with the final being broadcast live. The Japan women's national volleyball team, or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is the Volleyball national team of Japan, currently ranked
• Reigning world champion Osamu Watanabe capped off his career with a gold medal for Japan in freestyle wrestling, surrendering no points and retiring from competition as the only undefeated Olympic champion to date at 189-0. (born on October 21, 1940 in Hokkaido is a Japanese Olympic gold medalist in Freestyle wrestling and arguably the most successful freestyle
• Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina won two gold medals (both for the third time in a row in Team Competition and Floor Exercise events), a silver medal and two bronze medals. The Soviet Union first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952 and competed at the Games on 18 occasions since then Larissa Semyonovna Latynina (Лари́са Семёновна Латы́нина born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR) is In Gymnastics, the floor refers to a specially prepared exercise surface which is considered an apparatus She ended her Olympic career and holds the record for most Olympic medals at 18 (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) since then. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games
• Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser won the 100 m freestyle event for the third time in a row, a feat matched by Vyacheslav Ivanov in rowing's single scull event. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Dawn Lorraine Fraser AO, MBE (born on 4 September 1937 is an Australian champion swimmer Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov (Вячеслав Николаевич Иванов (born July 30 1938, Moscow) is known to most of the non- Russian GB coxless pair of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at Henley Royal Regatta 2004
• Don Schollander (USA) won four gold medals in swimming. Donald ("Don" Arthur Schollander (born April 30, 1946) is a former Olympic swimmer for the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• Abebe Bikila became the first person to win the Olympic marathon twice. Abebe Bikila ( August 7, 1932 &ndash October 25, 1973) was a two-time Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia. The marathon is a long-distance foot race with an official distance of 42
• New Zealand's Peter Snell won a gold medal in both the 800 m and 1500 m. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Peter George Snell DCNZM, OBE (born December 17 1938 in Opunake) is a former New Zealand athlete
• The women's pentathlon was introduced.
• American Billy Mills, a little-known distance runner, shocked everyone when he won the gold in the men's 10,000 m. William Mervin Mills or "Billy" Mills (born June 30 1938 is the only Native American ever to win an Olympic gold medal No American had won it before and no American has won it since.
• Bob Hayes won the 100 m title in a time of 10. Robert Lee ("Bullet Bob" Hayes ( December 20, 1942 &ndash September 18, 2002) was an Olympic gold-medal sprinter turned star receiver 0 seconds, equaling the world record. He had run the distance in 9. 9 seconds in the semifinal but this was not recognized as a world record as it was wind assisted.
• Joe Frazier, future heavyweight champion of the world, won a gold medal for the USA in heavyweight boxing. For the Major League Baseball player and manager see Joe Frazier (baseball. This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions since the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry rules: Championship recognition
• Unfortunately for Japan, several big international events also took attention during the Olympics, including the sudden removal of Nikita Khrushchev and the first nuclear test in China. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following 596 is the codename of the People's Republic of China 's first Nuclear weapons test, detonated on October 16[[ 964]]

Sports

Demonstration sports

• Baseball
• Budō

Medal count

Main article: 1964 Summer Olympics medal count

These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	36	26	28	90
2	Soviet Union	30	31	35	96
3	Japan (host nation)	16	5	8	29
4	Germany	10	22	18	50
5	Italy	10	10	7	27
6	Hungary	10	7	5	22
7	Poland	7	6	10	23
8	Australia	6	2	10	18
9	Czechoslovakia	5	6	3	14
10	Great Britain	4	12	2	18

Participating nations

participants

A total of 94 nations were represented at the 1964 Games. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events 24 for men and 12 for women Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a sport open only to men Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics:It was held October 11 to 23. Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held between 20 October 1964 and 22 October 1964 on Lake Sagami The Cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five Track cycling events all for men At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, four Diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium The Equestrian Events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo included Show Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. Eight Fencing events six for men and two for women constituted the Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on October 11 and ended on October 23. Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events 6 for women and 8 for men Hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a sport open only to men The Judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, two events in Modern pentathlon were contested Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics featured 7 events for men only At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, five events in Sailing were contested Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo comprised six events At the 1964 Summer Olympics, eighteen Swimming events were contested Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medal Table Medal summary Final results for the Water polo tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics: Medal summary The Weightlifting competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo consisted of seven weight classes all for men only At the 1964 Summer Olympics, 16 Wrestling events were contested for all men Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport and consisted of a single game is a Japanese term describing Martial arts. In English it is used almost exclusively in reference to Japanese martial arts. The United States competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Soviet Union (USSR competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Japan was the host nation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic GDR and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany FRG competed together as the United Team of Germany Italy competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Gold Abdon Hungary competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Poland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Bronze Australia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Czechoslovakia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Sixteen nations made their first Olympic appearance in Tokyo: Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire (as Ivory Coast), Dominican Republic, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), Senegal, and Tanzania (as Tanganyika). Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó) also known as Congo-Brazzaville Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. Mongolia (mɒŋˈɡoʊliə, literally Mongol country/nation,) is a Landlocked Country in East Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Niger ( or /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/) officially the Republic of Niger, is a Landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya Athletes from Libya withdrew from competition after the Opening Ceremony, so a total of 93 nations actually competed. Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany from 1956-1964. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( The Unified Team of Germany (Équipe unifiée d'Allemagne Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft competed in the 1956 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games

Venues

Budokan

Yoyogi Gymnasium, designed by Kenzo Tange. Afghanistan competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Algeria 's lone athlete competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan Argentina competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Australia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Austria competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Bahamas competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Belgium competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Bermuda competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Bolivia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Brazil competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Bronze Men's Baskeball Team British Guiana (now Guyana) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Bulgaria competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Burma competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Cambodia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Cameroon competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Canada competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Gold Roger Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Chad competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Chile competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Colombia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Republic of the Congo competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan Costa Rica competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Côte d'Ivoire ( English: Ivory Coast) competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics Cuba competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Silver Enrique Czechoslovakia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Denmark competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Dominican Republic competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan Ethiopia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Finland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. France competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Gold Pierre Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic GDR and West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany FRG competed together as the United Team of Germany Ghana competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Bronze Eddie The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Greece competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games Hong Kong competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Hungary competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Iceland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. India competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Gold Charanjit Iran competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Bronze Ali Iraq competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Ireland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Israel competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Results by event Athletics Italy competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Gold Abdon Jamaica competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Japan was the host nation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Kenya competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Wilson Kiprugut won the nation's first ever Olympic medal South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Lebanon competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Liberia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Libya competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Liechtenstein competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Luxembourg competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Madagascar competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Malaysia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Mali competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Mexico competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Bronze Monaco competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Mongolia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Morocco competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Nepal competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Netherlands competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Netherlands Antilles competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. New Zealand competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Niger competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Nigeria competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Norway competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was only the second time that Norwegian athletes failed to win Pakistan competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Panama competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Peru competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Results by event Cycling The Philippines competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Poland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Bronze Portugal competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Puerto Rico competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Rhodesia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Romania competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Senegal competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Soviet Union (USSR competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Spain competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Results by event Cycling Sweden competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Results by event Switzerland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Republic of China competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Thailand competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Athletes from Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Tunisia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Turkey competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Medalists Gold Kazim Uganda competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Egypt, as the United Arab Republic, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The United States competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Uruguay competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Venezuela competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Republic of Vietnam competed as Vietnam at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

• Olympic Stadium, now known as "National Stadium," was the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies, and for track and field events. is a Stadium in Kasumigaoka Shinjuku Tokyo that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics.
• Nippon Budokan, or Japan Martial Arts Hall, was built to house the judo events, and is now one of Tokyo's best-known concert venues. The, often shortened to just "Budokan" is an arena in central Tokyo, Japan meaning "gentle way" is a modern Japanese martial art ( Gendai budō) and Combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late
• Yoyogi National Gymnasium, adjacent to (and originally part of) the Meiji Shrine, houses swimming and gymnastics venues designed by architect Kenzo Tange. is an Arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan which is famous for its Suspension roof design located in Shibuya Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shōken was a Japanese Architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for Architecture. The Olympic Village, a redeveloped United States Army barracks originally called "Washington Heights," is located on the north side of Yoyogi Park. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.
• Komazawa Olympic Park in Setagaya hosted cycling events. is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward
• Enoshima and Lake Sagami hosted yachting, canoeing, and rowing events. Enoshima (江の島 is a small Island, about 4 km in circumference at the mouth of the Katase River, which flows into Sagami Bay in Japan.
• Karuizawa, in Nagano Prefecture west of Tokyo, hosted equestrian events. is a town located in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Japan. As of January 1 2008, the town has an estimated Population WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū

See also

• 1964 Summer Paralympics
• International Olympic Committee
• IOC country codes
• Tokyo Olympiad, a documentary film about the games

External links

• IOC Site on 1964 Summer Olympics
• Official Report from the Organizing Committee (2 volumes) on the AAFLA website