Tokyo (Japan) - 1964These Summer Games occured between
October 10, 1964 and
October 24, 1964 and involved
93 nations.
5151 athletes involved (
4473 men,
678 women) in
163 events.
19 sports:
Aquatics
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe / Kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Candidate cities:
Détroit (USA), Vienne (AUT) and Bruxelles (BEL)
Opening speech by
The Emperor Hirohito.
Athletes' Olympic Oath recited by
Takashi Ono (gymnastics).
Olympic Flame lighted by
Yoshinori Sakaï, a student born on 6 August 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima.
Source:
IOC.