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1964 Summer Olympics

Index 1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 24 October 1964. [1]

156 relations: Abebe Bikila, Ann Packer, Anton Geesink, Apartheid, Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics, Asaka, Saitama, Avery Brundage, Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics, BBC News Online, Billy Mills, Bob Hayes, Brussels, Budo at the 1964 Summer Olympics, Camp Asaka, Cary Grant, Chōfu, Tokyo, Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, China, Cinder track, Czechoslovakia, Dallas Cowboys, Dawn Fraser, Detroit, Don Schollander, East Germany, Emperor of Japan, Enoshima, Ethiopia, Federation of Malaya, Fiberglass, From Up on Poppy Hill, Fuchū, Tokyo, GamesBids, GANEFO, Geostationary orbit, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Hachioji Velodrome, Haneda Airport, Helsinki, High jump, Hirohito, Hiroshima, Hurdling, Indonesia, International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, Jakarta, Japan, Japan Standard Time, Japan women's national volleyball team, ..., Jim Thorpe, Joe Frazier, Judo, Karuizawa, Nagano, Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Hockey Field, Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Komazawa Volleyball Courts, Kon Ichikawa, Korakuen Hall, Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Lake Sagami, Larisa Latynina, List of heavyweight boxing champions, List of IOC meetings, Little Boy, Long jump, Marathon, Mexico City, Michael Phelps, Multi-sport event, NACK5 Stadium Omiya, Nagoya, NAMC YS-11, National Stadium (Tokyo), NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium, Nippon Budokan, North Borneo, North Korea, Northern Rhodesia, Olympic flame, Osaka, Osamu Watanabe, Peter Snell, Pole vault, Port of Tokyo, President of the International Olympic Committee, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Relay program, Rhodesia (region), Rio de Janeiro, Robert Whiting, Rome, Rowing (sport), Second Sino-Japanese War, Setagaya, Shibuya, Shibuya Public Hall, Shin-Ōsaka Station, Shinjuku, Shot put, South Africa at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, Southern Rhodesia, Sprint (running), Studio Ghibli, Submarine communications cable, Summer Olympic Games, Super Bowl VI, Syncom, Taiko, Takashi Ono, Tōkaidō Shinkansen, The Japan Times, Toda Rowing Course, Tokorozawa Shooting Range, Tokyo, Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo Olympiad, Tokyo Station, Toronto, Transpac (cable system), Typhoon, United Team of Germany, University of Tokyo, UTC+09:00, Věra Čáslavská, Vienna, Volleyball, Vyacheslav Ivanov (rower), Walk, Don't Run, Waseda University, West Germany, Women's pentathlon, World War II, Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Yūji Koseki, Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium, Yoshinori Sakai, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Zambia, Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics, Zimbabwe at the Olympics, 1940 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, 1962 Asian Games, 1964 Summer Paralympics, 1964 Winter Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Winter Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Paralympics. Expand index (106 more) »

Abebe Bikila

Abebe Bikila (አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion.

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Ann Packer

Ann Elizabeth Packer MBE (born 8 March 1942) is an English former sprinter, hurdler and long jumper.

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Anton Geesink

Antonius Johannes Geesink (6 April 1934 – 27 August 2010) was a Dutch 10th dan judoka.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics

South Africa did not compete at Olympic Games from 1964 to 1988, as a part of the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.

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Asaka, Saitama

is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

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Avery Brundage

Avery Brundage (September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), serving from 1952 to 1972.

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Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport and consisted of a single game.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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Billy Mills

William Mervin "Billy" Mills, also known as Makata Taka Hela (born June 30, 1938), is a Native American former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the Olympic Games.

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Bob Hayes

Robert Lee "Bullet Bob" Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002) was an Olympic sprinter turned American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Budo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Budō was featured in the Summer Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1964.

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Camp Asaka

Camp Asaka is a base of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

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Cary Grant

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.

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Chōfu, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

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Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

(also called Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium) in the Aoyama district of central Tokyo is the spiritual home of Japanese rugby union and the headquarters of the Japan Rugby Football Union.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Cinder track

A cinder track is a type of race track, generally purposed for athletics or horse racing, whose surface is composed of cinders.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser, (born 4 September 1937) is an Australian freestyle champion swimmer and former politician.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Don Schollander

Donald Arthur Schollander (born April 30, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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Emperor of Japan

The Emperor of Japan is the head of the Imperial Family and the head of state of Japan.

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Enoshima

is a small offshore island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk), is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

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Federation of Malaya

The Federation of Malaya (Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو) was a federation of 11 states (nine Malay states and two of the British Straits Settlements, Penang and Malacca)See: Cabinet Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (US) or fibreglass (UK) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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From Up on Poppy Hill

is a 2011 Japanese animated drama film directed by Gorō Miyazaki, scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, and Toho, and distributed by the latter company.

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Fuchū, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

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GamesBids

GamesBids.com is an Olympic bid news and information web site created in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Robert Livingstone.

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GANEFO

The Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) were the games set up by Indonesia as a counter to the Olympic Games.

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Geostationary orbit

A geostationary orbit, often referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit above Earth's equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation.

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Hachiōji, Tokyo

is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

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Hachioji Velodrome

was a temporary velodrome located in the Hachiōji, Tokyo area.

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Haneda Airport

, commonly known as, Tokyo Haneda Airport, and Haneda International Airport, is one of the two primary airports that serve the Greater Tokyo Area, and is the primary base of Japan's two major domestic airlines, Japan Airlines (Terminal 1) and All Nippon Airways (Terminal 2), as well as Air Do, Skymark Airlines, Solaseed Air, and StarFlyer.

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Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

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High jump

The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.

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Hirohito

was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.

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Hurdling

Hurdling is the act of running and jumping over an obstacle at speed.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement.

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Jakarta

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan Standard Time

is the standard timezone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (i.e. it is UTC+09:00).

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Japan women's national volleyball team

The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is currently ranked 6th in the world by FIVB.

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Jim Thorpe

James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.

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Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944 – November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981.

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Judo

was created as a physical, mental and moral pedagogy in Japan, in 1882, by Jigoro Kano (嘉納治五郎).

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Karuizawa, Nagano

Karuizawa main street is a town located in Kitasaku District in south-central Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Komazawa Gymnasium

Komazawa Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo, Japan.

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Komazawa Hockey Field

The Komazawa Hockey Field was a venue constructed in Tokyo, Japan for the field hockey competitions of 1964 Summer Olympics.

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Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium (駒沢オリンピック公園総合運動場陸上競技場) is a multi-purpose stadium in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

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Komazawa Volleyball Courts

The Komazawa Volleyball Courts are a volleyball venue located in Tokyo, Japan.

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Kon Ichikawa

was a Japanese film director.

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Korakuen Hall

is an arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted many boxing, lethwei, professional wrestling, kickboxing and mixed martial arts matches.

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Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium

is a multi-purpose stadium in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Lake Sagami

is an artificial lake located in Midori-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa in Japan's Kantō region.

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Larisa Latynina

Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Лариса Семенівна Латиніна, Лари́са Семёновна Латы́нина; née Diriy; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast from southern Ukraine.

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List of heavyweight boxing champions

This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions since the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry rules in about 1884.

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List of IOC meetings

This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings.

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Little Boy

"Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., commander of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces.

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Long jump

The long jump (historically called the broad jump in the USA) is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.

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Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance race, completed by running, walking, or a run/walk strategy.

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Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

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Michael Phelps

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American retired competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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NACK5 Stadium Omiya

is a football stadium located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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NAMC YS-11

The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner built by a Japanese consortium, the Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation.

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National Stadium (Tokyo)

was a multi-purpose stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

The is a football stadium in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

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Nippon Budokan

, often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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North Borneo

North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British protectorate located in the northern part of the island of Borneo.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Northern Rhodesia

Northern Rhodesia was a protectorate in south central Africa, formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia.

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Olympic flame

The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Osamu Watanabe

is a retired Japanese freestyle wrestler.

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Peter Snell

Sir Peter George Snell (born 17 December 1938) is a New Zealand former middle-distance runner.

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Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to jump over a bar.

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Port of Tokyo

The Port of Tokyo is one of the largest Japanese seaports and one of the largest seaports in the Pacific Ocean basin having an annual traffic capacity of around 100 million tonnes of cargo and 4,500,000 TEU's.

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President of the International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is a corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrius Vikelas on 23 June 1894.

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Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio.

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Relay program

The Relay program consisted of Relay 1 and Relay 2, two early American satellites in elliptical Low Earth orbit.

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Rhodesia (region)

Rhodesia is a historical region in southern Africa whose formal boundaries evolved between the 1890s and 1980.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.

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Robert Whiting

Robert Whiting (born October 24, 1942) is a best-selling author and journalist who has written several successful books on contemporary Japanese culture - which include topics such as baseball and American gangsters operating in Japan.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often referred to as crew in the United States, is a sport whose origins reach back to Ancient Egyptian times.

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Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945.

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Setagaya

is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Shibuya

, literally "Astringent Valley", is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Shibuya Public Hall

was a theatre located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

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Shin-Ōsaka Station

is a railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan.

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Shinjuku

is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Shot put

The shot put (pronounced) is a track and field event involving "throwing"/"putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy spherical object—the shot—as far as possible.

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South Africa at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

South Africa made its Paralympic Games début at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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Southern Rhodesia

The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa from 1923 to 1980, the predecessor state of modern Zimbabwe.

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Sprint (running)

Sprinting is running over a short distance in a limited period of time.

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Studio Ghibli

is a Japanese animation film studio based in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan.

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Submarine communications cable

A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean and sea.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Super Bowl VI

Super Bowl VI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1971 season.

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Syncom

Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by Hughes Space and Communications.

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Taiko

are a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments.

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Takashi Ono

is a retired Japanese gymnast.

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Tōkaidō Shinkansen

The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen line, opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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Toda Rowing Course

The is a venue that hosted the rowing event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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Tokorozawa Shooting Range

The Tokorozawa Shooting Range is a firing range located in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

The Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was an unsuccessful bid, first recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 14, 2007.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

is a sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool

The Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool is an aquatics venue located in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympiad

is a 1965 documentary film directed by Kon Ichikawa which documents the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Station

is a railway station in the Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Transpac (cable system)

TRANSPAC or Trans-pacific cable (TPC) is a series of undersea cables under the Pacific Ocean.

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Typhoon

A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere.

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United Team of Germany

The United Team of Germany (Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany.

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University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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UTC+09:00

UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09.

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Věra Čáslavská

Věra Čáslavská (3 May 1942 – 30 August 2016) was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria.

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.

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Vyacheslav Ivanov (rower)

Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov (Вячеслав Николаевич Иванов; born 30 July 1938) is a former rower, and one of the most accomplished rowers of his generation.

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Walk, Don't Run

Walk, Don't Run is a 1966 Technicolor comedy film directed by Charles Walters (in his final film as a director).

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Waseda University

, abbreviated as, is a Japanese private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

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Women's pentathlon

The pentathlon or women's pentathlon is a combined track and field event in which each woman competes in five separate events over one day (formerly two days).

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yanmar Stadium Nagai

is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan.

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Yūji Koseki

was a Japanese ryūkōka, gunka, march, fight song and film score composer.

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Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium

is an indoor sports arena located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

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Yoshinori Sakai

was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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Yoyogi National Gymnasium

is an arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design.

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Zambia

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in south-central Africa, (although some sources prefer to consider it part of the region of east Africa) neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west.

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Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Zimbabwe competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union capital, Moscow.

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Zimbabwe at the Olympics

Zimbabwe participated for the first time at the Olympic Games under its current name in 1980, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then.

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1940 Summer Olympics

The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, were originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo, Japan.

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1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: Giochi della XVII Olimpiade), was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy.

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1962 Asian Games

The 1962 Asian Games (Pesta Olahraga Asia 1962), were held from August 24, 1962 to September 4, 1962, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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1964 Summer Paralympics

The, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964,, dinf.ne.jp, March 17, 1999 were the second Paralympic Games to be held.

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1964 Winter Olympics

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (French: Les IXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (German: Olympische Winterspiele 1964), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964.

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1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, in October 1968.

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1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France, and opened on 6 February.

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1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (r), was an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia.

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2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.

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2020 Summer Olympics

The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Tokyo 2020, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020.

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2020 Summer Paralympics

The are an upcoming major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics

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