1964 Summer Olympics medal table
| 1964 Summer Olympics medals | |
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| Location | Tokyo,  Japan |
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| Most gold medals |  United States (36) |
| Most total medals |  Soviet Union (96) |
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The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 24 October.[1][2] Competing at the first ever Olympics held in Asia, a total of 5,151 athletes representing 93 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[3] The games featured 163 events across 19 sports and 24 disciplines. Two new sports were introduced to the Summer Olympic Games program in Tokyo: judo and volleyball.[4][5] The inclusion of volleyball marked the first time that a women's team sport had been introduced.[6][7][8]
Overall, 41 teams received at least one medal, with 26 of them winning at least one gold medal. Athletes from the Soviet Union won the most medals overall, with 96, while the United States won the most gold medals, with 36.[9] The Bahamas won their first gold medal ever, doing so in the star class sailing event,[10] while athletes from Kenya, Nigeria, and Tunisia won their nations' first Olympic medals of any kind.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics, athletes were tied in three events, all of which were gymnastics events. In the men's artistic individual all-around event there was a three-way tie for second, which resulted in three silver medals and no bronze medal being awarded.[11] In the men's floor event, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie.[12] Lastly, in the women's vault event, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie.[13] Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won the most medals at the games with six (two gold, two silver, and two bronze). With 18 total Olympic medals, Latynin became the world record holder for most Olympic medals, a record that stood for 48 years until swimmer Michael Phelps surpassed that mark at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Medal table
[edit]The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.
* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 36 | 26 | 28 | 90 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 30 | 31 | 35 | 96 |
| 3 | Japan* | 16 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 |  United Team of Germany | 10 | 22 | 18 | 50 |
| 5 |  Italy | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 |  Hungary | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 |  Poland | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 8 |  Australia | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 9 |  Czechoslovakia | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 |  Great Britain | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 |  Bulgaria | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 |  Finland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
 New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 14 |  Romania | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 |  Netherlands | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 |  Turkey | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 |  Sweden | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 |  Denmark | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 |  Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 |  Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 |  France | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| 22 |  Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 24 |  Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  South Korea | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 |  Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 |  Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 |  Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kenya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (41 entries) | 163 | 167 | 174 | 504 | |
See also
[edit]
- All-time Olympic Games medal table
- 1964 Winter Olympics medal table
- 1964 Summer Paralympics medal table
References
[edit]- ^ "Tokyo 1964 | Olympic Games". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Kano, Shintaro (10 October 2020). "Tokyo 1964: A golden legacy". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Messer, Nicolas (8 July 2021). "Tokyo 1964: The First Chapter". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Peter, Naveen (5 February 2023). "History of volleyball: From humble beginnings to a global sport". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "The History of Olympic Volleyball". Association of Volleyball Professionals. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Volleyball at Tokyo 1964". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "First Olympic team sport for women". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b "1964 Tokyo Olympics Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (8 March 2018). "The Bahamas - and the Olympic Movement - honour the late Sir Durward Knowles, centenarian and Olympian extraordinaire". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo 1964 individual all-round men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo 1964 vault women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Tokyo 1964 floor exercises men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- "1964 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
