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{{Short description|Multi-sport event in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{redirect|Tokyo 1964|the Summer Paralympics|1964 Summer Paralympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic games|1964|Summer|Olympics|
| image       = Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics logo.svg
| image_size  = 135
| caption     = Emblem of the 1964 Summer Olympics
| host_city   = [[Tokyo]], Japan
| nations     = 93
| athletes    = 5,137 (4,457 men, 680 women)
| events      = 163 in 19 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (25 disciplines)
| opening     = 10 October 1964
| closing     = 24 October 1964
| opened_by   = [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Hirohito|Showa]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron">{{cite press release |title=Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2016 |access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
| cauldron    = [[Yoshinori Sakai]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron"/>
| stadium     = [[National Stadium (Tokyo)|National Stadium]]
| summer_prev = [[1960 Summer Olympics|Rome 1960]]
| summer_next = [[1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico City 1968]]
| winter_prev = [[1964 Winter Olympics|Innsbruck 1964]]
| winter_next = [[1968 Winter Olympics|Grenoble 1968]]
|closed_by=[[President of the International Olympic Committee|IOC President]] [[Avery Brundage]]}}
{{1964 Summer Olympics}}

The {{Nihongo foot|'''1964 Summer Olympics'''|1964年夏季オリンピック|1964-Nen Kaki Orinpikku|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}}, officially the {{Nihongo foot|'''Games of the XVIII Olympiad'''|第18回オリンピック競技大会|Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} and commonly known as '''Tokyo 1964''',{{efn|{{langx|ja|東京1964}}}} were an international [[multi-sport event]] held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in [[Tokyo]], Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the [[1940 Summer Olympics]], but this honor was subsequently passed to [[Helsinki]] due to Japan's [[Second Sino-Japanese War|invasion of China]], before ultimately being cancelled due to [[World War II]]. The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were the first Olympic Games held in the city and, as of 2021, the only ones to have spectators, as the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo were conducted without spectators due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-07-08 |title=Tokyo Olympics: Spectators largely barred as Covid emergency declared |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57760883 |access-date=2025-11-07 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964 |url-status=live |access-date=2 November 2025 |website=www.olympics.com}}</ref> Tokyo was chosen as the host city during the 55th [[IOC Session]] in West Germany on 26 May 1959.

The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in [[Asia]], and marked the first time [[Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics|South Africa was excluded]] for using its [[Apartheid|apartheid system]] in sports.<ref>BBC News ''[[On This Day]]'', 18 August, "[https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/18/newsid_3547000/3547872.stm 1964: South Africa banned from Olympics"] .</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |title=Past Olympic Host City Election Results |publisher=GamesWeb.com |access-date=23 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915163900/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=15 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Until 1960, South Africa had fielded segregated teams, conforming to the country's racial classifications; for the 1964 Games the [[International Olympic Committee]] demanded a multi-racial delegation to be sent, and after South Africa refused, they were excluded from participating. The country was, however, allowed to compete at the [[1964 Summer Paralympics]], also held in Tokyo, its Paralympic Games [[South Africa at the 1964 Summer Paralympics|debut]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=RSA&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all |title=Paralympic Results & Historical Records for RSA |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] |access-date=27 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218030009/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=RSA&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all |archive-date=18 December 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The 1964 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 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympics]] four years earlier. The games were telecast to the United States using [[Syncom]] 3, the first [[geostationary orbit|geostationary]] communication satellite, and from there to Europe using [[Relay 1]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-1RVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5918%2C2615007 |title=The Miami News – Google News Archive Search |newspaper=The Miami News |access-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033836/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-1RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7T4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5918%2C2615007 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> These were also the first Olympic Games to have color telecasts, albeit partially.  Certain events such as the sumo wrestling and judo matches, sports popular in Japan, were tried out using [[Toshiba]]'s new colour transmission system, but only for the domestic market. The entire 1964 Olympic Games was chronicled in the ground-breaking 1965 sports 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.<ref name=avdritk>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075316/index.htm |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=A very dry run in Tokyo |last=Griggs |first=Lee |date=28 October 1963 |page=64 |access-date=17 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222142617/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075316/index.htm |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The previous Olympics in [[Rome]] in [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960]] started in late August and experienced hot weather. The following games in [[1968 Summer Olympics|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 topped the gold medal table at these Games, while the Soviet Union won the most medals overall.

In 2021, due to delay over the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Tokyo hosted the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], making it the first city in Asia to host the Summer Olympic Games twice. Japan also hosted the [[Winter Olympics]] twice with the [[Sapporo]] [[1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] and [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]] [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] games.

==Host city selection==

Tokyo won the rights to the Games on 26 May 1959 at the 55th [[IOC Session]] in Munich, [[West Germany]], over bids from Detroit, Brussels and Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html |title=IOC Vote History |publisher=Aleksandr Vernik |access-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html |archive-date=25 May 2008 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

[[Toronto]] was an early bidder again in 1964 after the failed attempt for 1960 and failed to make the final round.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/07/24/toronto-has-made-5-attempts-to-host-the-olympics-could-the-sixth-be-the-winner.html |title=Toronto has made 5 attempts to host the Olympics. Could the sixth be the winner? |date=24 July 2015 |work=thestar.com |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160435/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/07/24/toronto-has-made-5-attempts-to-host-the-olympics-could-the-sixth-be-the-winner.html |archive-date=10 September 2015 |url-status=live|last1=Edwards |first1=Peter }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|+ 1964 Summer Olympics bidding result<ref name=votes>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |title=Past Olympic host city election results |publisher=[[GamesBids]] |access-date=17 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=24 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! City
! Country
| style="background:silver;"|'''Round 1'''
|-
|| [[Tokyo]] || {{flag|Japan|1947}} || style="text-align:center;"|'''34'''
|-
|| [[Detroit]] || {{flag|United States|1912}} || style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|| [[Vienna]] || {{flag|Austria}} || style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|| [[Brussels]] || {{flag|Belgium}} || style="text-align:center;"|5
|}

==Highlights==
[[File:TokyoOlympics1964Opening.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Yoshinori Sakai]] running toward the Olympic cauldron.]]
[[File:Olympic runner Abebe Bikila (1968).jpg|thumb|upright|Marathon winner [[Abebe Bikila]] of Ethiopia]]
[[File:Olympics Competitor medal.jpg|thumb|upright|Competitor medal awarded to Irish yachtsman [[Eddie Kelliher]] at the games]]

* [[Yūji Koseki]] composed the theme song of the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kosekiyuji-kinenkan.jp/profile/index.html |title=Profile |website=The Yuji Koseki Memorial |language=ja |access-date=7 October 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010234954/http://www.kosekiyuji-kinenkan.jp/profile/index.html |archive-date=10 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Yoshinori Sakai]], who lit the [[Olympic flame]], was born in [[Hiroshima]] on 6 August 1945, the day [[Little Boy|an atomic bomb]] was [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki#Hiroshima|dropped on that city]]. He was chosen for the role to symbolize [[Post-occupation Japan|Japan's postwar reconstruction]] and peace.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joc.or.jp/stories/tokyo/20040422_tokyo01.html |title=JOC – 東京オリンピックから40年 (Forty years from Tokyo Olympics) |year=2004 |author=Masuda, Masafumi |language=ja |access-date=12 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423044513/http://www.joc.or.jp/stories/tokyo/20040422_tokyo01.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=23 April 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Kumi-daiko]] was first exhibited to a worldwide audience at the Festival of Arts presentation.<ref name=Varian>{{cite book |last=Varian |first=Heidi |title=The Way of Taiko: 2nd Edition |year=2013 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |isbn=978-1611720129 |pages=28–29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PuRSmQEACAAJ |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512095826/https://books.google.com/books?id=PuRSmQEACAAJ |archive-date=12 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Judo]] and [[volleyball]], both popular sports in Japan, were introduced to the Olympics.<ref name="committee_v1p1_sports">{{Harvnb|Organizing Committee|1964|pp=43–44}}</ref> Japan won gold medals in three judo events, but Dutchman [[Anton Geesink]] won the Open category, defeating [[Akio Kaminaga]] in front of his home crowd.<ref>{{cite book |author=Takahashi, Masao |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZrXwJCXOuEC&pg=PA7 |title=Mastering Judo |publisher=Human Kinetics |year=2005 |isbn=073605099X |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anton Geesink Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/anton-geesink-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203053716/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/anton-geesink-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-03 |access-date=2025-10-06 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> The [[Japan women's national volleyball team|Japanese women's volleyball team]] won the gold medal, with the final being broadcast live.
* The [[women's pentathlon]] ([[shot put]], [[high jump]], [[hurdling]], [[Sprint (running)|sprint]] and [[long jump]]) was introduced to the athletics events.<ref>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Peter |title=Historical Dictionary of Track and Field |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQFHe9RwE0wC&pg=PA164 |access-date=11 May 2016 |year=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810867819 |pages=164–65 |chapter=Pentathlon}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theolympians.co/2015/07/02/osamu-animal-watanabe-189-straight-victories-in-wrestling/ |title=Osamu "Animal" Watanabe – 189 Straight Victories in Wrestling |first=Roy |last=Tomizawa |website=The Olympians from 1964 to 2020 |date=2 July 2015 |access-date=7 October 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021062935/https://theolympians.co/2015/07/02/osamu-animal-watanabe-189-straight-victories-in-wrestling/ |archive-date=21 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Soviet gymnast [[Larisa Latynina]] won two gold medals, a silver medal and two bronze medals. She had held the record for most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold, five silver, four bronze) which stood until broken by American swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] in [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/05/06/larysalatynina/index.html |title=Larysa Latynina |date=7 July 2008 |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=7 October 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007174346/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/05/06/larysalatynina/index.html |archive-date=7 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Czechoslovakia]]n gymnast [[Věra Čáslavská]] won three gold medals, including the individual all-around competition, crowning her the new queen over the reigning champion Larisa Latynina.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/GYM/ |title=Gymnastics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games |access-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001094921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/GYM/ |archive-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Australian swimmer [[Dawn Fraser]] won the 100 m freestyle event for the third time in a row,<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/dawn-fraser-1.html |title=Dawn Fraser |access-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917220142/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/dawn-fraser-1.html |archive-date=17 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a feat matched by Soviet [[Vyacheslav Ivanov (rower)|Vyacheslav Ivanov]] in [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]'s single scull event.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/iv/vyacheslav-ivanov-1.html |title=Vyacheslav Ivanov |access-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822173111/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/iv/vyacheslav-ivanov-1.html |archive-date=22 August 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Don Schollander]] won four gold medals in swimming.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/don-schollander-1.html |title=Don Schollander |access-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001094612/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/don-schollander-1.html |archive-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Abebe Bikila]] ([[Ethiopia]]) became the first person to win the Olympic [[marathon (sport)|marathon]] twice.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wmZkAAAAIBAJ&pg=2756,2571883 |title=Fastest Marathon Ever and Abebe Did Not Tire |last=Associated Press |date=22 October 1964 |newspaper=Calgary Herald |access-date=19 January 2017  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010234959/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wmZkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z3wNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2756,2571883 |archive-date=10 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 15-year-old [[Sharon Stouder]] won four medals in women's swimming, three of them gold.
* New Zealand's [[Peter Snell]] became the third person (after British Albert Hill in 1920 and Australian Edwin Flack in 1896) to win gold medals in both the 800&nbsp;m and 1500&nbsp;m in the same Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/peter-snell-completes-the-800-1500-m-double-in-tokyo |title=Peter Snell wins second gold in Tokyo |publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=7 October 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010235005/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/peter-snell-completes-the-800-1500-m-double-in-tokyo |archive-date=10 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Billy Mills]], an unfancied runner, became the only American, as well as the first Native American, to win the gold in the men's 10,000&nbsp;m.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=August 14, 2008 |url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Home_Page.htm |title=Marine Corps History Division |date=August 13, 2008 |publisher=Marine Corps History Division, United States Marine Corps |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408131859/http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Home_Page.htm |archive-date=April 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Bob Hayes]] won the 100 metre title in a time of 10.06 seconds, equaling the world record, and set the current record for the fastest relay leg in the 4×100&nbsp;m.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/fanguide/athlete?athlete=5325 |title=Bob Hayes |work=Olympics Fan Guide |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 October 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Joe Frazier]], future [[heavyweight champion]] of the world, won a gold medal in heavyweight boxing while competing with a broken thumb.<ref>{{cite book |ref=Frazier |last=Frazier |first=Joe |title=Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography |date=March 1996 |publisher=MacMillan |isbn=002860847X |page=34}}</ref>
* This was the last Summer Olympics to use a [[Cinder track|cinder]] running track for athletic events, and the first to use [[fiberglass]] poles for [[pole vault]]ing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/tokyo-1964 |title=Tokyo 1964 |website=Olympic Games |date=24 April 2018 |access-date=7 October 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010234941/https://www.olympic.org/tokyo-1964 |archive-date=10 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Zambia]] declared its independence on the day of the closing ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming the first country ever to have entered an Olympic Games as one country, and left it as another.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/14/our-lives/30-years-japan-teacher-zambia-still-learning/ |title=After 30 years in Japan, teacher from Zambia is still learning |last=McNeil |first=Baye |date=14 August 2016 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=7 October 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007174345/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/14/our-lives/30-years-japan-teacher-zambia-still-learning/ |archive-date=7 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> This was celebrated in the ceremony itself by the team using a placard with "Zambia" instead of the "Northern Rhodesia" placard from the opening ceremony. Zambia was the only team to use a placard in the closing ceremony.<ref>BSスペシャル『青春TVタイムトラベル』 第4回 プレイバック・東京オリンピック（NHK衛星第2テレビジョン／1992年12月26日放送で土門自身が振り返ってコメントしている）</ref>
* The start of operations for the first Japanese "bullet train" (the [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]]) between [[Tokyo Station]] and [[Shin-Ōsaka Station]] was scheduled to coincide with the Olympic Games. The first regularly scheduled train ran on 1 October 1964, just nine days before the opening of the games, transporting passengers {{convert|515|km|mi|-1|disp=or}} in about four hours, and connecting the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/09/05/the-1964-tokyo-olympics-a-turning-point-for-japan/ |title=The 1964 Tokyo Olympics: A Turning Point for Japan |last=Martin |first=Alexander |date=5 September 2013 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=7 October 2019  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007174345/https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/09/05/the-1964-tokyo-olympics-a-turning-point-for-japan/ |archive-date=7 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ranatunge Karunananda]] who represented [[Ceylon at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Ceylon]] in men's [[10,000 meters]], continued to run alone even after the others had finished the race. Spectators first started to jeer at him. But when he came around a second time, there was silence. Finally he finished the race amid cheers and applause.<ref name="island11">{{cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=36888 |title=R.J.K. Karunananda: A forgotten hero |publisher=The Island |date= |access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="island12">{{cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=55374 |title=Sri Lanka's unsung Karunananda, a hero in Tokyo! |publisher=The Island |date= |access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> Karunananda's Olympic story has been entered into Japanese school textbooks titled 'Uniform Number 67', 'Bottom Ranked Hero'.<ref name="times">{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24228:athletics-the-inside-story-of-marathon-karus-legend&catid=58:news&Itemid=626 |title=Athletics: The inside story of 'Marathon Karu's' legend |publisher=Sunday Times |date=15 September 2012 |access-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917012648/http://sundaytimes.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24228%3Aathletics-the-inside-story-of-marathon-karus-legend&catid=58%3Anews&Itemid=626 |archive-date=17 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Sports==
The 1964 Summer Olympics featured 19 different sports encompassing 25 disciplines, and medals were awarded in 163 events. In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.

{{div col|colwidth=17em}}
* Aquatics
** {{GamesSport|Diving|Events=4|Format=d}}
** {{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=18|Format=d}}
** {{GamesSport|Water polo|Events=1|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=36|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Basketball|Events=1|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=10|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Canoeing|Events=7|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}
** Road <small>(2)</small>
** Track <small>(5)</small>
* {{GamesSport|Equestrian|Format=d}}
** Dressage <small>(2)</small>
** Eventing <small>(2)</small>
** Jumping <small>(2)</small>
* {{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=8|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Events=1|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Football|Events=1|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Events=14|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Judo|Events=4|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Modern pentathlon|Events=2|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=7|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Sailing|Events=5|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=6|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Volleyball|Events=2|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=7|Format=d}}
* {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
** Freestyle <small>(8)</small>
** Greco-Roman <small>(8)</small>
{{div col end}}

Note: In the Japan Olympic Committee report, sailing is listed as "yachting".<ref name="committee_v1p1_sports"/>

; Demonstration sports
* [[Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Baseball]]
* [[Budō at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Budō]] ([[kyūdō]], [[sumo]], [[kendo]])

==Medal count==
{{Main article|1964 Summer Olympics medal table}}

{{Medals table
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 | host           = 
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 | remaining_text = 
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 | team           = 
 | gold_USA = 36 | silver_USA = 26 | bronze_USA = 28
 | gold_URS = 30 | silver_URS = 31 | bronze_URS = 35
 | gold_JPN = 16 | silver_JPN = 5 | bronze_JPN = 8 | host_JPN = yes
 | gold_EUA = 10 | silver_EUA = 22 | bronze_EUA = 18
 | gold_ITA = 10 | silver_ITA = 10 | bronze_ITA = 7
 | gold_HUN = 10 | silver_HUN = 7 | bronze_HUN = 5
 | gold_POL = 7 | silver_POL = 6 | bronze_POL = 10
 | gold_AUS = 6 | silver_AUS = 2 | bronze_AUS = 10
 | gold_TCH = 5 | silver_TCH = 6 | bronze_TCH = 3
 | gold_GBR = 4 | silver_GBR = 12 | bronze_GBR = 2
}}
Conventionally, countries are ranked by the number of gold medals they receive, followed then by the number of silver medals and, finally, bronze.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/?Games=1333842&AthleteName=&Category=&Sport=&Event=&MenGender=false&WomenGender=false&MixedGender=false&TeamClassification=false&IndividualClassification=false&Continent=&Country=&GoldMedal=false&SilverMedal=false&BronzeMedal=false&TargetResults=true |title=Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 – Medal Table |access-date=11 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006090939/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/?Games=1333842&AthleteName=&Category=&Sport=&Event=&MenGender=false&WomenGender=false&MixedGender=false&TeamClassification=false&IndividualClassification=false&Continent=&Country=&GoldMedal=false&SilverMedal=false&BronzeMedal=false&TargetResults=true |archive-date=6 October 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Participating National Olympic Committees==
[[File:1964 Summer Olympic games countries.png|thumb|Participants]]
[[File:1964 Summer olympics team numbers.gif|thumb|Number of athletes per country]]
Ninety-four nations participated in the 1964 Games. Sixteen nations made their first Olympic appearance in Tokyo: [[Algeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Chad]], [[Republic of Congo|Congo]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]] (as ''Ivory Coast''), [[Dominican Republic]], [[Kingdom of Libya|Libya]] (but it withdrew before the competition), [[Madagascar]], [[Malaysia]], [[Mali]], [[Mongolian People's Republic|Mongolia]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]], [[Niger]], [[Northern Rhodesia]], [[Senegal]], and [[Tanzania]] (as ''Tanganyika''). Malaysia previously competed as [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]].{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

[[Northern Rhodesia]] achieved full independence as [[Zambia]] on the same day as the closing ceremony. Athletes from [[Southern Rhodesia]] competed under the banner of [[Rhodesia (name)|Rhodesia]]; this was the last of three appearances at the [[Summer Olympics]] by a Rhodesian representation. [[Zimbabwe at the Olympics|Zimbabwe]] would later make [[Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics|its first appearance]] at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]].{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Athletes from [[East Germany]] and [[West Germany]] competed together as the [[United Team of Germany]], as they had done previously in 1956 and 1960. The nations would enter separate teams beginning with the [[1968 Winter Olympics]].{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

[[Indonesia]] was banned from the 1964 Olympics, due to its refusal to allow Israeli and Taiwanese athletes visas at the [[1962 Asian Games]]. Indonesia was originally banned on the meeting which took place in [[Lausanne]] on 7 February 1963.<ref name="HronikaBelgrade">Milutin Tomanović (1965) ''Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1964'', [[Institute of International Politics and Economics]]: [[Belgrade]], p. 353 (in [[Serbo-Croatian]])</ref> The decision was changed on 26 June 1964 citing the changed position of the [[Government of Indonesia]] towards the Tokyo games.<ref name="HronikaBelgrade"/>

{{clear}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics|National Olympic Committees]]
|-
|
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* {{FlagIOC|AFG|1964 Summer|8}}
* {{FlagIOC|ALG|1964 Summer|1}}
* {{FlagIOC|ARG|1964 Summer|102}}
* {{FlagIOC|AUS|1964 Summer|243}}
* {{FlagIOC|AUT|1964 Summer|56}}
* {{FlagIOC|BAH|1964 Summer|11}}
* {{FlagIOC|BEL|1964 Summer|61}}
* {{FlagIOC|BER|1964 Summer|4}}
* {{FlagIOC|BOL|1964 Summer|1}}
* {{FlagIOC|BRA|1964 Summer|61}}
* {{FlagIOC|BUL|1964 Summer|63}}
* {{FlagIOC|BIR|1964 Summer|11}}
* {{FlagIOC|CAM|1964 Summer|13}}
* {{FlagIOC|CMR|1964 Summer|1}}
* {{FlagIOC|CAN|1964 Summer|115}}
* {{FlagIOC|CEY|1964 Summer|6}}
* {{FlagIOC|CHA|1964 Summer|2}}
* {{FlagIOC|CHI|1964 Summer|14}}
* {{FlagIOC|COL|1964 Summer|20}}
* {{FlagIOC|CGO|1964 Summer|2}}
* {{FlagIOC|CRC|1964 Summer|2}}
* {{FlagIOC|CUB|1964 Summer|27}}
* {{FlagIOC|TCH|1964 Summer|104}}
* {{FlagIOC|DEN|1964 Summer|60}}
* {{FlagIOC|DOM|1964 Summer|1}}
* {{FlagIOC|EGY|1964 Summer|73}}
* {{FlagIOC|ETH|1964 Summer|12}}
* {{FlagIOC|FIN|1964 Summer|89}}
* {{FlagIOC|FRA|1964 Summer|138}}
* {{FlagIOC|GHA|1964 Summer|33}}
* {{FlagIOC|GBR|1964 Summer|204}}
* {{FlagIOC|GRE|1964 Summer|18}}
* {{FlagIOC|GUY|1964 Summer|1}}
* {{FlagIOC|HKG|1964 Summer|39}}
* {{FlagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer|182}}
* {{FlagIOC|ISL|1964 Summer|4}}
* {{FlagIOC|IND|1964 Summer|53}}
* {{FlagIOC|IRI|1964 Summer|62}}
* {{FlagIOC|IRQ|1964 Summer|13}}
* {{FlagIOC|IRL|1964 Summer|25}}
* {{FlagIOC|ISR|1964 Summer|10}}
* {{FlagIOC|ITA|1964 Summer|168}}
* {{FlagIOC|CIV|1964 Summer|9}}
* {{FlagIOC|JAM|1964 Summer|21}}
* {{FlagIOC|JPN|1964 Summer|328}} '''(host)'''
* {{FlagIOC|KEN|1964 Summer|37}}
* {{FlagIOC|LIB|1964 Summer|5}}
* {{FlagIOC|LBR|1964 Summer|1}}
* {{FlagIOC|LIE|1964 Summer|2}}
* {{FlagIOC|LUX|1964 Summer|12}}
* {{FlagIOC|MAD|1964 Summer|3}}
* {{FlagIOC|MAS|1964 Summer|61}}
* {{FlagIOC|MLI|1964 Summer|2}}
* {{FlagIOC|MEX|1964 Summer|94}}
* {{FlagIOC|MON|1964 Summer|1}}
* {{FlagIOC|MGL|1964 Summer|21}}
* {{FlagIOC|MAR|1964 Summer|20}}
* {{FlagIOC|NEP|1964 Summer|6}}
* {{FlagIOC|NED|1964 Summer|125}}
* {{FlagIOC|AHO|1964 Summer|4}}
* {{FlagIOC|NZL|1964 Summer|64}}
* {{FlagIOC|NIG|1964 Summer|1}}
* {{FlagIOC|NGR|1964 Summer|18}}
* {{FlagIOC|NRH|1964 Summer|12}}
* {{FlagIOC|NOR|1964 Summer|26}}
* {{FlagIOC|PAK|1964 Summer|41}}
* {{FlagIOC|PAN|1964 Summer|10}}
* {{FlagIOC|PER|1964 Summer|31}}
* {{FlagIOC|PHI|1964 Summer|47}}
* {{FlagIOC|POL|1964 Summer|140}}
* {{FlagIOC|POR|1964 Summer|20}}
* {{FlagIOC|PUR|1964 Summer|32}}
* {{FlagIOC|RHO|1964 Summer|29}}
* {{FlagIOC|ROU|1964 Summer|138}}
* {{FlagIOC|SEN|1964 Summer|12}}
* {{FlagIOC|KOR|1964 Summer|154}}
* {{FlagIOC|URS|1964 Summer|317}}
* {{FlagIOC|ESP|1964 Summer|51}}
* {{FlagIOC|SWE|1964 Summer|94}}
* {{FlagIOC|SUI|1964 Summer|66}}
* {{FlagIOC|ROC|1964 Summer|name=Taiwan|40}}
* {{FlagIOC|TAG|1964 Summer|4}}
* {{FlagIOC|THA|1964 Summer|54}}
* {{FlagIOC|TRI|1964 Summer|13}}
* {{FlagIOC|TUN|1964 Summer|9}}
* {{FlagIOC|TUR|1964 Summer|23}}
* {{FlagIOC|UGA|1964 Summer|13}}
* {{FlagIOC|USA|1964 Summer|346}}
* {{FlagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer|337}}
* {{FlagIOC|URU|1964 Summer|23}}
* {{FlagIOC|VEN|1964 Summer|16}}
* {{FlagIOC|VIE|1964 Summer|16}}
* {{FlagIOC|YUG|1964 Summer|75}}
{{div col end}}
|}
* {{FlagIOC|LBA|1964 Summer}} also took part in the Opening Ceremony, but its lone athlete (a marathon runner) withdrew from competition.<ref>{{cite book |title=Complete official IOC report. Volume 2 part 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf |access-date=17 October 2012 |quote=Fighi Hassan, Suliman – LIBYA – Absent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="border:0;"
|-
! [[List of IOC country codes|IOC Letter Code]]
! Country
! Athletes
|-
|-
| AFG || {{flagIOC|AFG|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| AGR || {{flagIOC|ALG|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| ARG || {{flagIOC|ARG|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 102
|-
| AUS || {{flagIOC|AUS|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 243
|-
| AUT || {{flagIOC|AUT|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 56
|-
| BAH || {{flagIOC|BAH|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| BEL || {{flagIOC|BEL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 61
|-
| BER || {{flagIOC|BER|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| BOL || {{flagIOC|BOL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| BRA || {{flagIOC|BRA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 61
|-
| BUL || {{flagIOC|BUL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 63
|-
| BIR || {{flagIOC|BIR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| CAB || {{flagIOC|CAM|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| CMR || {{flagIOC|CMR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| CAN || {{flagIOC|CAN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 115
|-
| CEY || {{flagIOC|CEY|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| CHD || {{flagIOC|CHA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| CHI || {{flagIOC|CHI|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 14
|-
| COL || {{flagIOC|COL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| CGO || {{flagIOC|CGO|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| COS || {{flagIOC|CRC|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| CUB || {{flagIOC|CUB|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 27
|-
| CZS || {{flagIOC|TCH|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 104
|-
| DEN || {{flagIOC|DEN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 60
|-
| DOM || {{flagIOC|DOM|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| UAR || {{flagIOC|EGY|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 73
|-
| ETH || {{flagIOC|ETH|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| FIN || {{flagIOC|FIN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 89
|-
| FRA || {{flagIOC|FRA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 138
|-
| GHA || {{flagIOC|GHA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 33
|-
| GBI || {{flagIOC|GBR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 204
|-
| GRE || {{flagIOC|GRE|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 18
|-
| GUI || {{flagIOC|GUY|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| HOK || {{flagIOC|HKG|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 39
|-
| HUN || {{flagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 182
|-
| ICE || {{flagIOC|ISL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| IND || {{flagIOC|IND|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 53
|-
| IRN || {{flagIOC|IRI|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 62
|-
| IRQ || {{flagIOC|IRQ|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| IRL || {{flagIOC|IRL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 25
|-
| ISR || {{flagIOC|ISR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| ITA || {{flagIOC|ITA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 168
|-
| IVC || {{flagIOC|CIV|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| JAM || {{flagIOC|JAM|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 21
|-
| JPN || {{flagIOC|JPN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 328
|-
| KEN || {{flagIOC|KEN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 37
|-
| LEB || {{flagIOC|LIB|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| LBR || {{flagIOC|LBR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| LIC || {{flagIOC|LIE|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| LUX || {{flagIOC|LUX|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| MAG || {{flagIOC|MAD|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| MAS || {{flagIOC|MAS|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 61
|-
| MLI || {{flagIOC|MLI|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| MEX || {{flagIOC|MEX|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 94
|-
| MON || {{flagIOC|MON|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| MGL || {{flagIOC|MGL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 21
|-
| MRC || {{flagIOC|MAR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| NEP || {{flagIOC|NEP|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| NLD || {{flagIOC|NED|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 125
|-
| NAN || {{flagIOC|AHO|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| NZL || {{flagIOC|NZL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 64
|-
| NGR || {{flagIOC|NIG|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| NGA || {{flagIOC|NGR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 18
|-
| NRH || {{flagIOC|NRH|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| NOR || {{flagIOC|NOR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 26
|-
| PAK || {{flagIOC|PAK|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 41
|-
| PAN || {{flagIOC|PAN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| PER || {{flagIOC|PER|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 31
|-
| PHI || {{flagIOC|PHI|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 47
|-
| POL || {{flagIOC|POL|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 140
|-
| POR || {{flagIOC|POR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| PUR || {{flagIOC|PUR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 32
|-
| TWN || {{flagIOC|ROC|1964 Summer|name=Taiwan}} ||align=center| 40
|-
| RHO || {{flagIOC|RHO|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 29
|-
| RUM || {{flagIOC|ROU|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 138
|-
| SGL || {{flagIOC|SEN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| KOR || {{flagIOC|KOR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 154
|-
| URS || {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 317
|-
| SPA || {{flagIOC|ESP|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 51
|-
| SWE || {{flagIOC|SWE|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 94
|-
| SWI || {{flagIOC|SUI|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 66
|-
| TAG || {{flagIOC|TAG|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| THA || {{flagIOC|THA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 54
|-
| TRI || {{flagIOC|TRI|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| TUN || {{flagIOC|TUN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| TUR || {{flagIOC|TUR|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| UGA || {{flagIOC|UGA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| USA || {{flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 346
|-
| EUA || {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 337
|-
| URU || {{flagIOC|URU|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| VEN || {{flagIOC|VEN|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| VNM || {{flagIOC|VIE|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| YUS || {{flagIOC|YUG|1964 Summer}} ||align=center| 75
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=2; style="text-align:right; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''Total''' ||style="text-align:center; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''5,137'''
|-
|}

==Calendar==
{{unreferenced section|date=October 2022}}
<section begin="Calendar"/>
:''All dates are in [[Japan Standard Time]] ([[UTC+9]])''

<div align=center>
{| class=wikitable style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%;position:relative;width:75%;"
|-8
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#00cc33;text-align:center;"|'''OC'''||Opening ceremony
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#3399ff;text-align:center;"|●||Event competitions
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#ffcc00;text-align:center;"|'''1'''||Gold medal events
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#ee3333;text-align:center;"|'''CC'''||Closing ceremony
|}

{| class=wikitable style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em; width:75%; text-align:center;"
|-
!style=width:18%; colspan=2|October 1964
!style=width:4%;|10th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|11th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|12th<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|13th<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|14th<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|15th<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|16th<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|17th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|18th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|19th<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|20th<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|21st<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|22nd<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|23rd<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|24th<br/>Sat
!style=width:6%;|Events
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2|[[File:Olympic Rings Icon.svg|20px]] Ceremonies||style="background-color:#00cc33;" |'''OC''' || || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="background-color:#ee3333;" |'''CC'''||{{n/a}}
|-

 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3|Aquatics
 | style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Diving_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Diving]]
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 | style="text-align:left;" |{{nowrap|[[File:Swimming_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]}}
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|-

 | style="text-align:left;" |{{nowrap|[[File:Water_polo_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Water polo]]}}
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 | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File:Athletics_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
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|'''36'''
|-

 | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File:Basketball_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Basketball]]
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|'''1'''
|-

 | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File:Boxing_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]
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|'''10'''
|-

| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File:Canoeing_(flatwater)_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]]
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|'''7'''
|-

|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{nowrap|[[File:Cycling_(road)_pictogram.svg|20px]] Road cycling}}
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|rowspan=2|'''7'''
|-

 | style="text-align:left;" |{{nowrap|[[File:Cycling_(track)_pictogram.svg|20px]] Track cycling}}
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|-

 | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File:Equestrian pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]]
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|'''6'''
|-

 | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File:Fencing_pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Fencing]]
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!colspan=2|Daily medal events !! !! 1!! 4!! 3!!17 !! 19!! 12!! 12!! 13!! 17!!10 !! 15!! 14!! 24!! 2!! rowspan=2|163
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!colspan=2|Cumulative total !! !!1 !! 5!!8 !! 25!!44!! 56!! 68!! 81!! 98!! 108!! 123!! 137!! 161!! 163 
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!style=width:18%; colspan=2|October 1964
!style=width:4%;|10th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|11th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|12th<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|13th<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|14th<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|15th<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|16th<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|17th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|18th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|19th<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|20th<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|21st<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|22nd<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|23rd<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|24th<br/>Sat
!rowspan=2|Total events
|-
|}
</div><section end="Calendar" />

== Venues ==
{{unreferenced section|date=October 2022}}
{{Main article|Venues of the 1964 Summer Olympics}}

[[File:Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyōgijō 1.jpg|thumb|Yoyogi National Gymnasium, designed by Kenzo Tange]]
[[File:Nippon Budokan 2010.jpg|thumb|Nippon Budokan]]
* [[Asaka, Saitama|Asaka Nezu Park]] – Modern pentathlon (riding)
* [[Asaka Shooting Range]] – Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting (pistol/ rifle)
* [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chofu City]] – Athletics (marathon, 50&nbsp;kilometre walk)
* [[Enoshima]] – Sailing
* [[Fuchū, Tokyo|Fuchu City]] – Athletics (marathon, 50&nbsp;kilometre walk)
* [[Hachiōji, Tokyo|Hachioji City]] – Cycling (road)
* [[Hachioji Velodrome]] – Cycling (track)
* [[Setagaya|Karasuyama-machi]] – Athletics (marathon, 50&nbsp;kilometre walk)
* [[Karuizawa, Nagano|Karuizawa]] – Equestrian
* [[University of Tokyo|Kemigawa]] – Modern pentathlon (running)
* [[Komazawa Gymnasium]] – Wrestling
* [[Komazawa Hockey Field]] – Field hockey
* [[Komazawa Stadium]] – Football preliminaries
* [[Komazawa Volleyball Courts]] – Volleyball preliminaries
* [[Korakuen Hall|Korakuen Ice Palace]] – Boxing
* [[Lake Sagami]] – Canoeing
* [[Mitsuzawa Stadium|Mitsuzawa Football Field]] – Football preliminaries
* [[Nagai Stadium]] – Football preliminaries
* [[Yoyogi National Gymnasium]] – Basketball (final), Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming
* [[National Stadium (Tokyo)|National Stadium]] – Athletics, Equestrian (team jumping), Football (final)
* [[Nippon Budokan]] – Judo
* [[Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium]] – Football preliminaries
* [[Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium|Ōmiya Football Field]] – Football preliminaries
* [[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|Prince Chichibu Memorial Football Field]] – Football preliminaries
* [[Shibuya, Tokyo|Sasazuka-machi]] – Athletics (marathon, 50&nbsp;kilometre walk)
* [[Shibuya Public Hall]] – Weightlifting
* [[Shinjuku, Tokyo|Shinjuku]] – Athletics (marathon, 50&nbsp;kilometre walk)
* [[Toda Rowing Course]] – Rowing
* [[Tokorozawa Shooting Range]] – Shooting (trap)
* [[Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium]] – Gymnastics
* [[Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool]] – Water polo
* [[Waseda University|Waseda Memorial Hall]] – Fencing, Modern pentathlon (fencing)
* [[Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium]] – Volleyball

==Transportation and communications==
These games were the first to be telecast internationally. The games were telecast to the United States using [[Syncom 3]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876272,00.html |title=For Gold, Silver & Bronze |date=16 October 1964 |magazine=TIME |access-date=5 January 2010 <!--DASHBot--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621141102/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876272,00.html |archive-date=21 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the first [[geostationary]] communication satellite, and from there to Europe using [[Relay 1]], an older satellite which allowed only 15–20 minutes of broadcast during each of its orbits.<ref name="martin_2000">{{cite book |last=Martin |first=Donald H. |title=Communications Satellites |publisher=The Aerospace Press |location=El Segundo, CA |year=2000 |edition=fourth |pages=8–9 |isbn=1-884989-09-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_azf94TByF8C&q=Relay+1 |access-date=31 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213010311/http://books.google.com/books?id=_azf94TByF8C&dq=%E2%80%9CCommunications+Satellites%E2%80%9D&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=FmAl0E1Lhw&sig=VJJDtAkVOiuNPN859rsm3o69tNU&hl=en&ei=UczsSojPHYbwMdGzgIQM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBAQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Relay%201&f=false |archive-date=13 December 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NASA-SP-93">{{cite web |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660009169_1966009169.pdf |title=Significant Achievements in Space Communications and Navigation, 1958–1964 |year=1966 |work=NASA-SP-93 |publisher=NASA |pages=30–32 |access-date=31 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514083032/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660009169_1966009169.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Total broadcast time of programs delivered via satellite was 5 hours 41 minutes in the United States, 12 hours 27 minutes in Europe, and 14 hours 18 minutes in Canada. Pictures were received via satellite in the United States, Canada, and 21 countries in Europe.<ref name="committee_v1p2_communications">{{Harvnb|Organizing Committee|1964|pp=381–400}}</ref> Several broadcasters recorded some sports from Japan and flown over to their countries. While the agreement to use satellite to transmit the games live to the United States was a proud achievement for the American government and [[Hughes Aircraft Company|Hughes Corporation]] which developed the satellites, NBC the rights holder had little interest in the project.<ref name="Espy92">{{Harvnb|Espy|1981|p=92}}</ref> NBC's participation was due to pressure from the Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs [[Averell Harriman]], and NBC intended to record the live transmissions for later use in sponsored shows.<ref name="Espy92"/> NBC broadcast the opening ceremonies live on the East coast of the United States, but delayed the broadcast on the West coast to 1:00&nbsp;a.m. so [[Johnny Carson]]'s ''[[Tonight Show]]'' would not be interrupted.<ref name="Espy92"/> When pressed on the issue NBC announced there would be no more live telecasts which angered the American State Department which saw the broadcasts as a matter of national prestige, and also the Hughes Aircraft Company who won the bid to build the satellite system over [[RCA Corporation|RCA]] which owned NBC.<ref name="Espy93">{{Harvnb|Espy|1981|p=93}}</ref>

[[Transpac (cable system)|TRANSPAC-1]], the first trans-Pacific [[Submarine communications cable|communications cable]] from Japan to Hawaii was also finished in June 1964 in time for these games. Before this, most communications from Japan to other countries were via shortwave.<ref name="committee_v1p2_communications"/>

The start of operations for the first Japanese bullet train (the [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen|Tokaido Shinkansen]]) between [[Tokyo Station]] and [[Shin-Ōsaka Station]] was scheduled to coincide with the Olympic games. The first regularly scheduled train ran on 1 October 1964, just nine days before the opening of the games, transporting passengers {{convert|515|km|mi|sp=us}} in about four hours, and connecting the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, [[Nagoya]], and [[Osaka]].

Some already-planned upgrades to both highways and commuter rail lines were rescheduled for completion in time for these games. Of the [[Shuto Expressway|eight main expressways]] approved by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 1959, No. 1, No. 4 and a portion of No. 2 and No. 3 were completed for the games. Two subway lines totaling {{convert|22|km|mi|sp=us}} were also completed in time for the games, and the port of Tokyo facilities were expanded to handle the anticipated traffic.<ref name="committee_v1p1_transport">{{Harvnb|Organizing Committee|1964|pp=47–49}}</ref>

==Visual identity==
[[File:Tokyo 1964 Olympics Kappa pin.png|thumb|150px|A [[Kappa (folklore)|kappa]] is considered an unofficial mascot of the 1964 Summer Olympics.]]
As a visual aid for foreign visitors to the Games, this Olympics was the first to use [[pictogram]]s, created by [[Masasa Katzumie]], to represent each event visually. This became a standard visual component of the modern Olympics ever since.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pictograms |url=https://www.olympic-museum.de/pictograms/olympic-games-pictograms-1964.php |website=Olympic Games Museum |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> The mythical [[Kappa (folklore)|kappa]], which featured on a [[Pin trading|pin]] issued with the Olympic logo, is considered an unofficial [[List of Olympic mascots|mascot]] of the Games. Pins with a kappa were made annually beginning in 1956 for the Tokyo Sport festival, with the 1964 edition specifically commemorating the Olympics.<ref name="u664">{{cite web | title=Tokyo 1964 – Mythological Creature (unofficial mascot) | website=TheOlympicDesign | url=https://www.theolympicdesign.com/olympic-games/mascots/tokyo-1964/ | access-date=2024-08-20}}</ref>

==Cost==
''The Oxford Olympics Study'' established the outturn cost of the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics at {{US$}}282 million in 2015-dollars.<ref>{{Cite book |ssrn=2804554 |title=The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games |last1=Flyvbjerg |first1=Bent |last2=Stewart |first2=Allison |last3=Budzier |first3=Alexander |publisher=Saïd Business School Working Papers (Oxford: University of Oxford) |year=2016 |location=Oxford |pages=9–13 }}</ref> This includes sports-related costs only, that is, (i) ''operational costs'' incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) ''direct capital costs'' incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host the Games. Indirect capital costs are ''not'' included, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost for Tokyo 1964 compares with costs of US$4.6 billion for Rio 2016, US$40–44 billion for Beijing 2008 and US$51 billion for Sochi 2014, the most expensive Olympics in history. Average cost for Summer Games since 1960 is US$5.2 billion.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

== Legacy ==
The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo celebrated Japan's progress and reemergence on the world stage. The new Japan was no longer a wartime enemy, but a peaceful country that threatened no one, and this transformation was accomplished in fewer than 20 years.<ref name="rebirth">{{cite web |url=http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/japans_rebirth_at_the_1964_tokyo_summer |title=Japan's Rebirth at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics |last=Droubie |first=Paul |date=31 July 2008 |work=aboutjapan.japansociety.org |publisher=About Japan: A Teacher's Resource |access-date=10 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115040409/http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/japans_rebirth_at_the_1964_tokyo_summer |archive-date=15 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

To host such a major event, Tokyo's infrastructure needed to be modernized in time for large numbers of expected tourists. Enormous energy and expense was devoted to upgrading the city's physical infrastructure, including new buildings, highways, stadiums, hotels, airports and trains.  There was a new satellite to facilitate live international broadcast.  Multiple train and subway lines, a large highway building project, and the Tokaido Shinkansen, the fastest train in the world, were completed. [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo International Airport]] and the [[Port of Tokyo]] were modernized. International satellite broadcasting was initiated, and Japan was now connected to the world with a new undersea communications cable.<ref name="committee_v1p2_communications"/> The [[YS-11]], a commercial turboprop plane developed in Japan, was used to transport the Olympic Flame within Japan.<ref name="committee_v1p1_torch">{{Harvnb|Organizing Committee|1964|pp=245–269}}</ref> For swimming, a new timing system started the clock by the sound of the starter gun and stopped it with touchpads. The photo finish using a photograph with lines on it was introduced to determine the results of sprints. All of this demonstrated that Japan was now part of the first world and a technological leader, and at the same time demonstrated how other countries might modernize.<ref name="rebirth"/>  In preparation for the games, 200,000 stray cats and dogs were rounded up and killed.<ref name="JpnTimes20141024">{{cite news |last1=Whiting |first1=Robert |author1-link=Robert Whiting |title=Negative impact of 1964 Olympics profound |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/10/24/olympics/negative-impact-1964-olympics-profound/ |page=14 |access-date=8 August 2021 |work=The Japan Times |date=24 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028011659/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/10/24/olympics/negative-impact-1964-olympics-profound/#.VGNHKY0cR9A |archive-date=2014-10-28}}</ref>

However, the construction projects resulted in environmental damage, forced relocations for residents, and loss of industry.  In addition, corruption by politicians and construction companies resulted in cost overruns and shoddy work.<ref name="JpnTimes20141024"/>

Although public opinion about the Olympics in Japan had initially been split, by the time the games started almost everyone was behind them. The broadcast of the opening ceremony was watched by over 70% of the viewing public, and the women's volleyball team's gold medal match was watched by over 80%.<ref name="rebirth"/>

As with many other Olympics, observers later stated that 1964 Olympic preparation and construction projects had had a negative effect on the environment and lower income people.<ref name="JpnTimes20141024"/>

The [[Cary Grant]] film ''[[Walk, Don't Run (film)|Walk, Don't Run]]'' was filmed during the Tokyo Olympics, and set in Tokyo during the Olympics. A message at the beginning of the film thanks the Japanese Government and Tokyo Police for putting up with them filming in crowded Tokyo.

The [[Studio Ghibli]] film ''[[From Up on Poppy Hill]]'' takes place one year before the Tokyo Olympics and refers to the upcoming games. The official poster can be seen several times in the film.

Tokyo attempted to bring the Olympic Games back to the city, having unsuccessfully [[Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics|bid]] for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], which were awarded to [[Rio de Janeiro]]. Tokyo was chosen to host the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] and [[2020 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]] games, making it the first Asian city to host the games twice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan's Capital Tokyo to host 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/japans-capital-tokyo-to-host-2020-olympic-and-paralympic-games/ |access-date=8 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910024939/http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/japans-capital-tokyo-to-host-2020-olympic-and-paralympic-games/ |archive-date=10 September 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[COVID-19 pandemic|worldwide coronavirus pandemic]], however, forced the organizers to postpone the games to summer 2021, the first time that the Olympic Games were postponed.

The [[Japan Society (Manhattan)|Japan Society]] Fall 2019 exhibition, ''Made in Tokyo: Architecture and Living, 1964/2020'', is an architectural exhibition that examines the social, cultural, economic, and political impacts of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics on the modernization of the Tokyo landscape (Homes, Offices, Retail Businesses, Athletic Stadiums, Hotels, and Transportation Stations). The exhibition was curated by the Japanese architectural firm [[Atelier Bow-Wow]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/gallery/made-in-tokyo |title=Made in Tokyo: Architecture and Living, 1964/2020 |publisher=The Japan Society |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915084956/https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/gallery/made-in-tokyo |archive-date=15 September 2019 }}</ref>

The majority of [[Japanese castle]]s were [[Japanese castle#Meiji Restoration|smashed and destroyed]] in the late 19th century in the [[Meiji restoration]] by the Japanese people and government in order to modernize and westernize Japan and break from their past feudal era of the Daimyo and Shoguns. It was only due to the 1964 Olympics in Japan that cheap concrete replicas of those castles were built in preparation for tourists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tengulife.com/2017/05/the-rise-of-concrete-castle.html |title= The Rise of the Concrete Castle|last= |first= |date=May 2, 2017 |website=TenguLife: The curious guide to Japan |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.gaijinpot.com/a-race-across-japan-to-see-its-last-original-castles/ |title= A Race Across Japan to See its Last Original Castles|last=Foo  |first=Audrey  |date=  January 17, 2019|website=GaijinPot |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2296.html |title= Japanese castles History of Castles |date=September 4, 2021 |website= Japan Guide}}</ref> The vast majority of castles in Japan today are new replicas made out of concrete.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/japan/kansai/himeji/attractions/himeji-jo/a/poi-sig/1097570/356690 |title=Himeji-jō |last= |first= |date= |website=Lonely Planet |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date= April 6, 2020 |title=Japan's Modern Castles Episode One: Himeji Castle (姫路城) |trans-title= |type= |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddVbPRgO_50 |access-date=  |time= |publisher=Japan's Modern Castles |id= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://pursuitist.com/japanese-concrete-castle/|title=Japanese Concrete Castle |last= Carter |first=Alex |date= 22 May 2010|website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> In 1959 a concrete keep was built for Nagoya castle.<ref>{{cite news |last=Baseel |first= Casey  |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Nagoya Castle's concrete keep to be demolished and replaced with traditional wooden structure |url= https://japantoday.com/category/national/nagoya-castles-concrete-keep-to-be-demolished-and-replaced-with-traditional-wooden-structure|work=RocketNews24 |location= |access-date=}}</ref>

== Boycotting countries ==
[[File:1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo) boycotting countries (red).png|thumb|upright=1.1|Countries that boycotted the 1964 Summer Olympics (shown in red on map)]]
{{main article|GANEFO}}

[[North Korea]] withdrew its athletes from the 1964 Summer Olympics just before the Games were due to start, as the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] were refusing to accept any athletes who had participated in the [[Games of the New Emerging Forces]] (GANEFO) held in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia, in 1963.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.koreaworldtimes.com/topics/news/7822/|script-title=ja:東京オリンピックで北朝鮮が金メダルを狙える競技とは？|newspaper=KoreaWorldTimes |date=10 September 2020 |language=ja|access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> [[China]] and [[Indonesia]] also chose not to attend the Tokyo Games due to GANEFO issues.

==See also==
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* ''[[Tokyo Olympiad]]'', a documentary film about the 1964 Games.
* ''[[USSR Athletes]]'', a painting by Soviet artist Dmitri Zhilinsky portraying the USSR national artistic gymnastics team preparing for the 1964 Olympics.

== Notes ==
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==References==
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===Works cited===
* {{cite book |last=Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad |title=THE GAMES OF THE XVIII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1964: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee |publisher=Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad |year=1964 |ref=CITEREFOrganizing Committee1964}}
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100707162648/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v1pt1.pdf Volume 1 part 1] retrieved on 10 October 2009
** [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v1pt2.pdf Volume 1 part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206000501/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v1pt2.pdf |date=6 February 2009 }} retrieved on 10 October 2009
** [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf Volume 2 part 1] retrieved on 10 October 2009
** [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt2.pdf Volume 2 part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615232920/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt2.pdf |date=15 June 2010 }} retrieved on 10 October 2009
* {{cite book|title=The politics of the Olympic Games, with an epilogue, 1976-1980 |last=Espy|first=Richard|publisher=University Press|location=Berkeley, USA|year=1981 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JEA_Ss_2wK0C |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-520-04395-4}}

==External links==

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* {{IOC games|games=1964 Summer Olympics }}
* [http://www.joc.or.jp/past_games/tokyo1964/ JOC – 東京オリンピック 1964] Japan Olympic Committee official Web site.
* [https://www.gettyimages.co.jp/写真/summer-olympic-1964?page=39&phrase=summer%20olympic%201964&sort=mostpopular summer olympic 1964 / gettyimages]

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