Olympic games 1964 tokyo

1964 Tokyo

These were the first Olympic Games televised in color and transmitted live via satellite to North America and Europe. This too, was the first time used the "slow motion" and computers to record the exact times in competitions.

Highlights• Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day

an atomic bomb was dropped on that city.• The women's pentathlon (shot put, high jump, hurdling, sprint and long jump) was introduced to the

athletics events.• Abebe Bikila became the first person to win the Olympic marathon twice.• American Billy Mills, a little-known distance runner, shocked everyone when he won the gold in the

men's 10,000 m. No American had won it before and no American has won it since.• Bob Hayes won the 100 m title in a time of 10.0 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. He went on to win a Super Bowl ring as a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

• This was the last Summer Olympics to use a cinder running track for athletic events, and the first to use fiberglass poles for pole vaulting.

• 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.

• The nation of Malaysia, which had formed the previous year by a union of Malaya, British North Borneo and Singapore, competed for the first time in the Games.

• The US men's swimming team won all but three gold medals (7 out of 10).

Yoshinori Sakai Abebe Bikila Bob Hayes

The US Olympic Team.

Sports

Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian

Fencing Football Gymnastics Hockey Judo Moder

pentathlon Rowing

Sailing Shooting Swimming Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Medal count Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1  United States 36 26 28 90

2  Soviet Union 30 31 35 96

3  Japan 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

Have previously participated.

Participating for the first time.

Olympic Stadium (track and field)

Budokan (Judo)

Komazawa Olympic Park (cycling)

Komazawa Gymnasium & Control Tower

Komazawa Stadium

Lake Sagami (canoeing)

Baji Koen (equestrian events)

THAT’S ALL.

BYE