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Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.

Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results

Tokyo 1964

United States of America

Donald Arthur

Donald Arthur SCHOLLANDER

Vera

Vera CASLAVSKA

Japan

Yukio

Yukio ENDO

Masae

Masae KASAI

Tokyo 1964 Featured Athletes

Tokyo had been selected to host the Summer Games in 1940, but with war on the horizon, the host city had to withdraw. Ichikawa treated the 1964 event with an intensely humanist vision, dwelling not just on the effort and commitment of individual athletes but also on the experience of spectators and competitors alike.  Using the 'scope format, his team of cameramen brought their telephoto lenses to bear on some of the greatest medallists of the modern era, from Bob Hayes and Dawn Fraser to Abebe Bikila and Joe Frazier. With its superb editing and sound recording, this documentary remains an unrivalled treat for both eye and ear.
Kon Ichikawa | 1965 |170' | 2013 IOC Restored version

Tokyo 1964 | Olympic Games

Originals

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Tokyo 1964 Official Film | Tokyo Olympiad

Volleyball made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 1964. It was the first women’s team sport introduced at the Olympics. The hosts were favourites to win at home, and they won Olympic gold without losing any single game.

Highlights

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Volleyball at Tokyo 1964

The host nation had a very successful run in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics at Tokyo 1964. The Japanese team, featuring Ono Takashi and Endo Yukio, won five golds on home soil.

Artistic Gymnastics

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Men’s Artistic Gymnastics at Tokyo 1964

Dawn Fraser was considered the best female swimmer of all time. At Tokyo 1964, the Australian won her third consecutive gold in the 100m Freestyle, becoming the first swimmer to achieve this feat.

Dawn FRASER

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Dawn Fraser at Tokyo 1964

Relive how the American sprinter won sprint gold at the Tokyo 1964 games, equalling the world record in the 100m before adding a second Olympic title and WR in the 4x100m relay later the same day.
The "world's fastest human" then went on to play 11 seasons as a wide receiver in the NFL, 10 of them for Dallas Cowboys. They won Super Bowl VI to make him the first man with a Championship ring and an Olympic gold medal.

Robert HAYES

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The men's 100m final at Tokyo 1964 and victory for "Bullet" Bob Hayes

Tokyo 1964 - Overview Mosaic

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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)

Yoshinobu Miyake

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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)

Olympic Autographs

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)

Judo Mens Openweight

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)

Olympic Road Race

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Opening Ceremony Tokyo 1964

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)

Shot Effort

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)

Frasers Third Win

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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)

Abebe Bikila

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

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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)

Dawn Fraser

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

Polina Astakhova

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)

Larysa Latynina

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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

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At 74-years-old and having survived cancer three-times, KATOU Tamotu was part of his second Olympic Torch Relay. It was 55-years ago that he ran a leg of the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games Torch Relay.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay

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Tokyo 1964 torchbearer carries Olympic flame again

Afer winning medals in shot put and discus throw in 1960, Tamara Press won both events at Tokyo 1964, becoming the second woman to achieve that feat in Olympic history.

Tamara PRESS

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Tamara Press at Tokyo 1964

In Tokyo in 1964, Larisa Latynina won her third Olympic team gold medal and a silver medal in the all-around event.

Larisa LATYNINA

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Larisa Latynina's record - Artistic Gymnastics | Tokyo 1964 Highlights

After winning silver in the 400m, Ann Packer decided to try her luck in the 800m, an event she wasn’t experienced in. The British athlete made history with an incredible comeback and upset the race favourites.

Ann Elizabeth PACKER

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Ann Packer at Tokyo 1964

American swimmer Don Schollander made history at Tokyo 1964 by becoming the first Olympic swimmer to win four golds at a single Olympic Games.

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Don Schollander at Tokyo 1964

Tokyo 1964 Overview Replays

### First in Asia

The 1964 Tokyo Games were the first to be held in Asia. The carrier of the flame, Yoshinori Sakai, was chosen because he was born on 6 August 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima, in homage to the victims and as a call for world peace.

### Evolving Technology

A cinder running track was used for the last time in the athletics events, whilst a fibreglass pole was used for the first time in the pole vaulting competition. The Tokyo Games was also the last occasion that hand timing by stopwatch was used for official timing.

### Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games Legacy

[Discover the lasting legacy](https://olympics.com/ioc/legacy/living-legacy/tokyo-1964) that this edition of the Olympic Games created for its hosts.

### Memorable Champions

Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia became the first athlete to win the marathon twice, whilst Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina brought her career medal total to an incredible 18. It also proved the fourth time lucky for Greco-Roman wrestler Imre Polyak, who finally won gold after finishing second in the same division at the previous three Olympic Games.

### Olympic Spirit

The first official Fair Play Trophy for setting an outstanding example of sportsmanship was awarded to Swedish yachtsmen Lars Gunnar Käll and Stig Lennart Käll. The Swedes gave up their race to come to the aid of two other competitors whose boat had sunk and saved their lives.

**NOCs:** 93

**Athletes:** 5,151 (678 women, 4,473 men)

**Events:** 163

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### Honour to Japan

Japan wanted to show the world its talent for organisation. Its success earned it three awards from the International Olympic Committee: the Olympic Cup, the Bonacossa Trophy and the "Diploma of Merit”.

### New on the Programme

Appearance of two new sports: judo (men) and volleyball (men and women).

### A Team Sport for Women

The first appearance of a team sport for women: volleyball.

### Ceremonies

#### Official Opening of the Games by:

The Emperor Hirohito

#### Lighting the Olympic Flame by:

Yoshinori Sakaï, a student born on 6 August 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima

#### Olympic Oath by:

Takashi Ono (artistic gymnastics)

#### Official Oath by:

The officials' oath at an Olympic Summer Games was first sworn in 1972 in Munich.

Olympic Games Tokyo 1964

Tokyo 1964

Tokyo 1964 Official Film | Tokyo Olympiad

Volleyball at Tokyo 1964

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics at Tokyo 1964

Dawn Fraser at Tokyo 1964

The men's 100m final at Tokyo 1964 and victory for "Bullet" Bob Hayes

About the Games

First in Asia

Evolving Technology

Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games Legacy

Memorable Champions

Olympic Spirit

Honour to Japan

New on the Programme

A Team Sport for Women

Ceremonies

Official Opening of the Games by:

Lighting the Olympic Flame by:

Olympic Oath by:

Official Oath by:

Medal Table

Featured Athletes

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vera caslavska

yukio endo

masae kasai

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Tamara Press at Tokyo 1964

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Ann Packer at Tokyo 1964

Don Schollander at Tokyo 1964

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