1964 Summer Olympics Medal

1964 Summer Olympics Medal
1964 Summer Olympics
Olympics 1964

Games of the XVIII Olympiad
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (Japanese: 第十八回オリンピック競技大会, Hepburn: Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai), was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 24 October 1964. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's invasion of China, before ultimately being cancelled because of World War II.

The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and the first time South Africa was barred from taking part due to its apartheid system in sports. (South Africa was, however, allowed to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, also held in Tokyo, where it made its Paralympic Games debut.) Tokyo was chosen as the host city during the 55th IOC Session in West Germany, on 26 May 1959.

These games were also the first to be telecast internationally without the need for tapes to be flown overseas, as they had been for the 1960 Olympics four years earlier. The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, and from there to Europe using Relay 1.These were also the first Olympic Games to have color telecasts, albeit partially. Certain events like the sumo wrestling and judo matches, sports huge in Japan, were tried out using Toshiba's new colour transmission system, but only for the domestic market. History surrounding the 1964 Olympics was chronicled in the 1965 documentary film Tokyo Olympiad, directed by Kon Ichikawa.

The games were scheduled for mid-October to avoid the city's midsummer heat and humidity and the September typhoon season. The previous Olympics in Rome in 1960 started in late August and experienced hot weather. The following games in 1968 in Mexico City also began in October.

The 1964 Olympics were also the last to use a traditional cinder track for the track events. Since 1968, a smooth, synthetic, all-weather track has been used.

The United States won the most gold medals, while the Soviet Union won the most overall medals.

Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thus making the first city and country in Asia to host the Summer Olympic Games twice, however, Japan has also hosted the Winter Olympics in 1972 and 1998. They were held in Sapporo and Nagano respectively.

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

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