Date and place| Games of the 18th Olympiad 1964 Tokyo, October 10 to 24 |
StatisticsNumber of participants: 5151 (4473 men and 678 women)
Total spectators: 1,975,723
Olympic Oath: Takashi Ono (Japan, gymnast)
Olympic flame: Yoshinori Saka (Japan, he was born near the city on the day the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was thrown. His father died in the bombardment.)
Number of participating countries: 93
Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Guyana, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia , Philippines, Finland, France, Ghana, Greece, Great Britain, Hungary, Hong Kong, Ireland, India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Yugoslavia, Cameroon, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Norway, Uganda, Austria, East and West Germany, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Soviet Union, Taiwan, Tangayika, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Chad, Czechoslovakia, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, United Arab Republic, United States, Iceland , South Korea, Rhodesia, South Vietnam, Sweden, Switzerland
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AccomodationsAthletics in the National Jingu Stadium (architect: S. Tsunoda, spectator capacity: 71,556, cinder track with a length of 400 meters), weight lifting in the Public Hall Shibya (audience capacity 2200), wrestling in the Komazawa Gymnasium (spectator capacity: 3900), boxing in the Korakuen Ice Palace (spectator capacity: 4500), judo in the Nippon Budokan Hall (spectator capacity: 14,100), fencing in the Waseda Memorial Hall (audience capacity 2200), shooting in Asaka (audience capacity 1200) and Tokorozawa, modern Pentathlon in the Asaka Nezu Park (audience capacity 1300) in the Waseda Memorial Hall, at the Asaka-shooting, the National Gymnasium and the Kemigawa Ground of the University of Tokyo (audience capacity 1500), equestrian in the Equestrian Park (spectator capacity : 2600), in Karuizawa Municipal Ground (audience capacity 1500) and the National Jingu Stadium, cycling in Hachioji Velodrome (capacity spectators: 4100, 333.33 m runway) and the Hachioji circuit (audience capacity 3000), gymnastics in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (capacity spectators: 6500), swimming and diving in the National Gymnasium (spectator capacity: 11,300), water polo in the Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool (audience capacity 3000), rowing on the rowing course Toda (audience capacity 8300), canoeing on the More Sagami (audience capacity 1500), sailing in the Bay of Enoshima, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Pref, football in the Football Field in Yokohama (spectator capacity: 10,100), the Omiya Football Field (spectator capacity: 14,400) in the Prince Chichibu Memorial Football Field (spectator capacity: 17,600), in Komazawa Stadium spectator capacity: 20,800) and the National Jingu Stadium, hockey at the Hockey Ground Komazawa (spectator capacity: 2000) at the Komazawa Playing Ground (spectator capacity: 3400) and at the Komazawa Auxiliary Track (audience capacity 2300), basketball in the National Basketball Gymnasium Annex (spectator capacity: 4,000), volleyball in the Komazawa Volleyball Court (spectator capacity: 3900) and in the Yokahama Cultural Gymnasium (spectator capacity: 3800).
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