1964 Summer Olympics medal table explained

1964 Summer Olympics medals
Location:Tokyo,
Award2 Type:Most total medals
Award1 Type:Most gold medals
Award3 Type:Medalling NOCs
Award3 Winner:41
Previous:1960
Main:Olympics medal tables
Next:1968

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 9 to 24 October.[1] [2] 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.[4] [5] Two new sports were introduced to the Summer Olympic Games program in Tokyo: judo and volleyball.[6] [7] The inclusion of volleyball marked the first time that a women's team sport had been introduced.[8] [9]

The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia,[10] and marked the first time South Africa was excluded for using its apartheid system in sports.[11] [12] North Korea and Indonesia withdrew their athletes from the 1964 Summer Olympics just before the games were due to start, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were refusing to accept any athletes who had participated in the Games of the New Emerging Forces held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1963.[13] [14] China continued their boycott of the games, which began in 1952 and lasted until 1980, over the participation of Taiwan.[15] [16]

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. The Bahamas won their first gold medal ever, doing so in the star class sailing event,[17] while athletes from Kenya,[18] Nigeria,[19] and Tunisia won their nations' first Olympic medals of any kind.[20]

Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won the most medals at the games with six (two gold, two silver, and two bronze).[21] With 18 total Olympic medals, Latynina became the world record holder for most Olympic medals won by an individual, a record that stood for 48 years until swimmer Michael Phelps surpassed that mark at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[22] [23] She also became the record holder for most gold and total Olympic medals by a female athlete.[24]

Medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the 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.[25] [26] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[27]

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.[28] In the men's floor event, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie.[29] Lastly, in the women's vault event, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie.[30]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240217204527/https://olympics.com/en/sport-events/tokyo-1964 . 17 February 2024 . live . 22 July 2024 .
  2. Web site: Tokyo 1964: A golden legacy . . 10 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073752/https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-1964-playback-first-asian-olympics-legacy-infrastructure-technology . 28 February 2023 . live . Kano . Shintaro . 22 July 2024 .
  3. Web site: Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240613221907/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964 . 13 June 2024 . live . 22 July 2024 .
  4. Web site: 1964: Tokyo, Japan . . 25 July 2024 . 15 June 2012 . 30 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240730124258/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/1964-tokyo-japan-1.1139012 . live .
  5. Web site: Olympedia – 1964 Summer Olympics Overview . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240715232526/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/16 . 15 July 2024 . live . 25 July 2024 .
  6. Web site: Tokyo 1964: The First Chapter . . 8 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231127100527/https://www.ijf.org/news/show/tokyo-1964-the-first-chapter . 27 November 2023 . live . Messer . Nicolas . 22 July 2024 . en .
  7. Web site: History of volleyball: From humble beginnings to a global sport . . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240106152723/https://olympics.com/en/news/what-history-volleyball-game-origin-mintonette-ymca-fivb-olympics . 6 January 2024 . live . Peter . Naveen . 22 July 2024 .
  8. Web site: The History of Olympic Volleyball . . 18 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200808174515/https://avp.com/news/olympic-history-volleyball/ . 8 August 2020 . live . 22 July 2024 .
  9. Web site: Volleyball at Tokyo 1964 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073534/https://olympics.com/en/video/volleyball-at-tokyo-1964 . 28 February 2023 . live . 22 July 2024 .
  10. Web site: Tokyo 1964 . . 10 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240413161652/https://olympic.ca/games/1964-tokyo/ . 13 April 2024 . live . 25 July 2024 .
  11. Web site: 1964: South Africa banned from Olympics . . 18 August 1964 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231206030930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/18/newsid_3547000/3547872.stm . 6 December 2023 . live . 25 July 2024 .
  12. Web site: Find Out Why South Africa Was Barred From the Olympics for 32 Years . . 26 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073307/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-south-africa-barred-from-the-olympics-apartheid . 28 February 2023 . live . 25 July 2024 .
  13. Web site: Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games History, Highlights, Legacy, & Summer Olympics . . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205230533/https://www.britannica.com/event/Tokyo-1964-Olympic-Games . 5 December 2023 . live . 25 July 2024 . en .
  14. Web site: 9 October 1964 . 3 Countries Withdraw From Olympics; North Korea Out Over Suspension; Indonesia Also Quits Games Because of Ban—Internal Strife Sidelines Ecuador . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240725183558/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/09/archives/3-countries-withdraw-from-olympics-north-korea-out-over-suspension.html . 25 July 2024 . 25 July 2024 . . 52 .
  15. Web site: What, exactly, is a 'diplomatic boycott' of the Beijing Olympics? . . 10 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240702091939/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/32831100/what-exactly-diplomatic-boycott-beijing-olympics . 2 July 2024 . live . Hamilton . Tom . 25 July 2024 . en .
  16. Web site: Olympic bans and boycotts go back a century . . 3 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240616235458/https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-winter-olympics-politics-sports-protests-and-demonstrations-8808adcab94bcc3eedc1fdd2fd8441a0 . 16 June 2024 . live . 25 July 2024 . en .
  17. Web site: The Bahamas – and the Olympic Movement – honour the late Sir Durward Knowles, centenarian and Olympian extraordinaire . . 8 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220501223804/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1062362/the-bahamas-and-the-olympic-movement-honour-sir-durward-knowles-centenarian-and-olympian-extraordinaire . 1 May 2022 . live . Rowbottom . Mike . 23 July 2024 .
  18. Web site: Kenya's first Olympic medalist dies aged 84 . . 2 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240304012626/https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/02/kenyas-first-olympic-medalist-dies-aged-84/ . 4 March 2024 . live . 25 July 2024 . en .
  19. Web site: History of Nigeria at the Olympic Games since 1952 . . 20 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240725035853/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/474685-history-of-nigeria-at-the-olympic-games-since-1952.html?tztc=1 . 25 July 2024 . live . Alaka . Jide . 25 July 2024 .
  20. Web site: Mohamed Gammoudi . . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207222059/https://www.70yearsmg.com/athletes/mohamed-gammoudi/ . 7 December 2023 . live . 25 July 2024 .
  21. Web site: 1964 Tokyo Summer Games Olympics . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200114073426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/ . 14 January 2020 . dead . 25 July 2024.
  22. Web site: 16 July 2012 . Edoardo Mangiarotti . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240730122806/https://www.thetimes.com/article/edoardo-mangiarotti-5dncnt7qv3b . 30 July 2024 . 30 July 2024 . . en.
  23. Web site: The Olympics: A visual guide to the history and story of the Games . . 25 July 2024 . 30 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240730124403/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/xawtd9l5mx/visual-guide-to-the-olympics . live .
  24. Web site: Who has the most Olympic medals? The countries and athletes with the most wins of all time . . 25 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240729123926/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2024-paris-games-most-olympic-medals-ever/ . 29 July 2024 . live . Chasan . Aliza . 25 July 2024.
  25. Web site: Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 . . 11 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html . 12 August 2024 . live . Ostlere . Lawrence . 12 August 2024 . en.
  26. Web site: A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little . . 18 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html . 21 March 2023 . live . Araton . Harvey . subscription . 25 July 2024 .
  27. Web site: What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained . . 10 August 2024 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ . 11 August 2024 . live . Cons . Roddy . 11 August 2024 . en-us.
  28. Web site: Tokyo 1964 individual all-round men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic . . 24 July 2024 . 21 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211121224320/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964/results/gymnastics-artistic/individual-all-round-men . live .
  29. Web site: Tokyo 1964 vault women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic . . 24 July 2024 . 22 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122010840/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964/results/gymnastics-artistic/vault-women . live .
  30. Web site: Tokyo 1964 floor exercises men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic . . https://web.archive.org/web/20211121223401/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964/results/gymnastics-artistic/floor-exercises-men . 21 November 2021 . live . 24 July 2024 .

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