Tokyo 1964

14th October 1964: Yoshinobu Miyake of Japan raises his hands in victory after winning a gold medal in the featherweight weightlifting event at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

February 1964: A group of children outside the fence surrounding the Olympic Village waiting for athletes or officials to sign autographs at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

The winners of the Judo Men's Openweight event line up for their medals at the Tokyo Olympics, 24th October 1964. From left to right, they are Akio Kaminaga of Japan (silver), Anton Geesink of the Netherlands (gold) and Theodore Boronovskis and Klaus Glahn (joint bronze winners) (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

23rd October 1964: Swedish cyclist Gosta Peterson is handed his musette, a bag of food, by his trainer during the road race at Tokyo during the 18th Olympic Games. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Russian athlete Tamara Press creating a new Olympic record of 59 feet 6 inches in the final of the Women's Shot Put at Tokyo. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Medallists in the 100 metres freestyle swimming event at the Tokyo Olympics, 15th October 1964. Left to right: silver medallist Sharon Stouder of the U.S.A., third time gold medallist Dawn Fraser of Australia and bronze medallist Kathleen Ellis, also of the U.S.A. Fraser is holding up her lucky kangaroo mascot. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

2nd October 1964: Ethiopian long distance runner Abebe Bikila in training for the Olympics at Tokyo with his marathon team mate Mamo Wolde. Bikila won the Gold medal. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

1964: Dawn Fraser of Australia wins the 100m Freestyle Final at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. \ Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport

October 1964: Dawn Fraser of Australia, winner of the 100 metres freestyle swimming race for the third consecutive Olympics at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Soviet gymnast Polina Astakhova of the Ukraine after a training session before the Tokyo Olympics, 8th October 1964. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina of the Ukraine in action during the women's compulsory exercises at the Tokyo Olympics, October 1964. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

24 Oct 1964: Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs through the streets of Tokyo, on his way to winning the marathon at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. In 1960 in Rome, barely known outside his country, he ran barefoot to become the first black African to winan Olympic title. Four years later, he wore shoes and won by an even greater margin, just five weeks after having his appendix removed and losing eleven days training in his final preparation. Sadly he was badly injured in a car crash five years laterand died prematurely at the age of 41. Under a bursary scheme provided by the IOC, his two children completed their education at Loughborough College in Britain. Mandatory Credit: IOC/Allsport