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Games of the XVIII Olympiad - Tokyo 1964
Date: 10 - 24 October.
Nations: 93.
Athletes: 5,140 (4,457 men, 683 women).
Sports: 19.
Events: 163.
Official opening of the Games by: Emperor Hirohito.
Olympic flame: - Yoshinori Sakaï, the first baby born in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb.
Olympic oath: - Takashi Ono (gymnastics).
Official oath:
- (the first time in Munich in 1972).
Number of medal-winning nations: 41.
National medal total:
1. USA 90 (36, 26, 28).
   
                   
      For the first time the Games were held in Asia, and the choice of the final torch bearer lent this act a political character. It was Yoshinori Sakaï, the first baby born in Hiroshima after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.
The American swimmer Don Schollander won what was then a record number of medals in swimming – four golds, he also set three world and an Olympic record; Hungary’s Deszö Gyarmati won his fifth consecutive medal, and the first marathoner to defend an Olympic title was Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila, even though he had appendectomy only six months before the race. Judo and volleyball became Olympic sports.
Yugoslavia took part with 76 athletes in 9 sports and won 5 medals (2, 1, 2). Miroslav Cerar and Branislav Simić won golds.

Candidate cities: Detroit, Vienna and Bruxelles.		  
She made it to the history of the Games:
Larysa Latynina (USSR), brought the total of her medals to the record-breaking 18 (9, 5, 4)		  
     

SPORTS (19)

    
 		  
     
  • Aquatics1
  • Athletics
  • Cycling
  • Boxing
  • Rowing
  • Gymnastics
  • Weightlifting
  • Sailing
  • Canoe/kayak
  • Equestrian
  • Basketball
  • Fencing
  • Modern Pentathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
  • Shooting
  • Football
  • Hockey
  • Judo2
   1 - swimming, diving, water polo and starting with 1984, synchronized swimming
2 - judo was included in the programme at the suggestion of the host, it became an Olympic sport in 1972. 		 
             
     

NATIONAL MEDAL TOTAL

      
     
  Country Gold Silver Bronze
1. USA 36 26 28
2. USSR 30 31 35
3. JAPAN 16 5 8
4. GERMANY 10 22 8
5. ITALY 10 10 7
6. HUNGARY 10 7 5
7. POLAND 7 6 10
8. AUSTRALIA 6 2 10
9. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 5 6 3
10. GREAT BRITAIN 4 12 2
11. BULGARIA 3 5 2
12. FINLAND 3 0 2
13. NEW ZEALAND 3 0 2
14. ROMANIA 2 4 6
15. NETHERLANDS 2 4 4
16. TURKEY 2 3 1
17. SWEDEN 2 2 4
18. DENMARK 2 1 3
19. YUGOSLAVIA 2 1 2
20. BELGIUM 2 0 1
21. FRANCE 1 8 6
22. CANADA 1 2 1
23. SWITZERLAND 1 2 1
24. BAHAMAS 1 0 0
25. ETHIOPIA 1 0 0
26. INDIA 1 0 0
27. SOUTH KOREA 0 2 1
28. TRINIDAD 0 1 2
29. TUNISIA 0 1 1
30. ARGENTINA 0 1 0
31. CUBA 0 1 0
32. PAKISTAN 0 1 0
33. PHILIPPINES 0 1 0
34. IRAN 0 0 2
35. BRAZIL 0 0 1
36. GHANA 0 0 1
37. IRELAND 0 0 1
38. KENYA 0 0 1
39. NIGERIA 0 0 1
40. URUGUAY 0 0 1
  For the first time Olympic medals were won by Tunisia, Kenya and Nigeria.  
             
           
                   
             
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