1964 Summer Olympics

E34206
Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1964 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo that marked Japan’s postwar reemergence on the global stage and featured the first Olympic Games broadcast live via satellite.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
1964 Summer Olympics canonical 26
1964 Tokyo Olympics 2
1964 Summer Olympics 100 m freestyle 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
cauldronLighter Yoshinori Sakai ⓘ
ceremoniesVenue National Stadium ⓘ
surface form: National Stadium (Tokyo)
closingDate 1964-10-24 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
emblemDesigner Yūsaku Kamekura ⓘ
emblemShape red sun disc above Olympic rings ⓘ
featuredInfrastructureProject Metropolitan Expressway (Tokyo) ⓘ
Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line

modernization of Haneda Airport ⓘ
firstOlympicGamesBroadcastLiveViaSatellite true ⓘ
firstOlympicGamesHeldInAsia true ⓘ
followedBy 1968 Summer Olympics ⓘ
goldMedalLeader United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCity Tokyo ⓘ
hostCountry Japan ⓘ
introducedPictogramsForSports true ⓘ
introducedSport judo ⓘ
volleyball ⓘ
iocPresidentAtGames Avery Brundage ⓘ
mainStadium National Stadium ⓘ
surface form: National Stadium (Tokyo)
medalTableLeader United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
motto The World United in Peace ⓘ
notableAthlete Abebe Bikila ⓘ
Don Schollander ⓘ
Joe Frazier ⓘ
Larisa Latynina ⓘ
Vyacheslav Ivanov ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 5151 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 163 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes 678 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes 4473 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 93 ⓘ
numberOfSports 19 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
officialName Games of the XVIII Olympiad ⓘ
olympiadNumber 18 ⓘ
openedBy Emperor Hirohito ⓘ
openingDate 1964-10-10 ⓘ
organisingCommittee Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic Games
precededBy 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ
secondInMedalTable Soviet Union ⓘ
symbolized Japan’s postwar reemergence on the global stage ⓘ
televisionTechnologyUsed color television (limited domestic coverage) ⓘ
satellite broadcasting ⓘ
thirdInMedalTable Japan ⓘ
torchLighter Yoshinori Sakai ⓘ
torchLightingLocation National Stadium ⓘ
surface form: National Stadium (Tokyo)
torchRelayEndLocation Tokyo ⓘ
torchRelayStartLocation Olympia, Greece ⓘ
year 1964 ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tokyo → hosted → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Showa era → majorEvent → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Shōwa era
this entity surface form: 1964 Tokyo Olympics
2020 Summer Olympics → hostCityPreviousSummerOlympics → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1960 Summer Olympics → nextGames → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Betty Cuthbert → competedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Dawn Fraser → competedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1968 Summer Olympics → previousGames → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Bill Bradley → competedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Boris Shakhlin → competedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Ron Clarke → participatedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Games of the XVII Olympiad → nextGames → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
National Stadium → mainVenueFor → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: National Stadium (Tokyo)
National Stadium → hostedEvent → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: National Stadium (Tokyo)
this entity surface form: 1964 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Don Schollander → participatedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Don Schollander → wonGoldIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1964 Summer Olympics 100 m freestyle
Don Schollander → wonGoldIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1964 Summer Olympics 400 m freestyle
Ralph Boston → participatedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Tokyo metropolitan area → notableEventHost → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Games of the XVIII Olympiad → commonName → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
The World United in Peace → mottoOf → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
The World United in Peace → associatedWith → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics
The World United in Peace → usedDuring → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics
Betty → participatedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Cuthbert
Czechoslovakia national football team → OlympicGamesFootballSilverMedal → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Games of the XIX Olympiad → precededBy → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics → partOf → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Hikari → introducedOnOccasion → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Czechoslovakia national athletics team → representedAtEvent → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Komazawa Olympic Park → originallyDevelopedFor → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Vyacheslav Ivanov → participatedIn → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Yūsaku Kamekura → designedForEvent → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Yoshinori Sakai → associatedWith → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Bill Dellinger → representedAt → 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ