1964 Summer Olympics medal table

none August 2024 1964 Summer Olympics medals Larisa Latynina 1964.jpg Larisa Latynina (pictured) won six medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete. Larisa Latynina during the vault award ceremony at the 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo, JPN 1964 Summer Most total medals URS 1964 Summer 96 Most gold medals USA 1964 Summer 36 Medalling NOCs 41 1960 Olympics medal tables 1968 thumb|right|360px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1964 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #A05A2C represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #FF5555 represents participating countries that did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1964 Summer Olympics. 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.Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games https://olympics.com/en/sport-events/tokyo-1964 International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20240217204527/https://olympics.com/en/sport-events/tokyo-1964 17 February 2024 live 22 July 2024 Tokyo 1964: A golden legacy https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-1964-playback-first-asian-olympics-legacy-infrastructure-technology International Olympic Committee 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 A total of 5,151 athletes representing 93 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964 International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20240613221907/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964 13 June 2024 live 22 July 2024 The games featured 163 events across 19 sports and 24 disciplines.1964: Tokyo, Japan https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/1964-tokyo-japan-1.1139012 CBC Sports 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 Olympedia – 1964 Summer Olympics Overview https://www.olympedia.org/editions/16 Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20240715232526/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/16 15 July 2024 live 25 July 2024 Two new sports were introduced to the Summer Olympic Games program in Tokyo: judo and volleyball.Tokyo 1964: The First Chapter https://www.ijf.org/news/show/tokyo-1964-the-first-chapter International Judo Federation 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 History of volleyball: From humble beginnings to a global sport https://olympics.com/en/news/what-history-volleyball-game-origin-mintonette-ymca-fivb-olympics International Olympic Committee 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 The inclusion of volleyball marked the first time that a women's team sport had been introduced.The History of Olympic Volleyball https://avp.com/news/olympic-history-volleyball/ Association of Volleyball Professionals 18 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20200808174515/https://avp.com/news/olympic-history-volleyball/ 8 August 2020 live 22 July 2024 Volleyball at Tokyo 1964 https://olympics.com/en/video/volleyball-at-tokyo-1964 International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073534/https://olympics.com/en/video/volleyball-at-tokyo-1964 28 February 2023 live 22 July 2024 The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia,Tokyo 1964 https://olympic.ca/games/1964-tokyo/ Canadian Olympic Committee 10 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20240413161652/https://olympic.ca/games/1964-tokyo/ 13 April 2024 live 25 July 2024 and marked the first time South Africa was excluded for using its apartheid system in sports.1964: South Africa banned from Olympics https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/18/newsid_3547000/3547872.stm BBC News 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 Find Out Why South Africa Was Barred From the Olympics for 32 Years https://olympics.com/en/news/why-south-africa-barred-from-the-olympics-apartheid International Olympic Committee 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 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.Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games History, Highlights, Legacy, & Summer Olympics https://www.britannica.com/event/Tokyo-1964-Olympic-Games Encyclopædia Britannica https://web.archive.org/web/20231205230533/https://www.britannica.com/event/Tokyo-1964-Olympic-Games 5 December 2023 live 25 July 2024 en 9 October 1964 3 Countries Withdraw From Olympics; North Korea Out Over Suspension; Indonesia Also Quits Games Because of Ban—Internal Strife Sidelines Ecuador https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/09/archives/3-countries-withdraw-from-olympics-north-korea-out-over-suspension.html 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 The New York Times 52 China continued their boycott of the games, which began in 1952 and lasted until 1984, over the participation of Taiwan.What, exactly, is a 'diplomatic boycott' of the Beijing Olympics? https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/32831100/what-exactly-diplomatic-boycott-beijing-olympics ESPN 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 Olympic bans and boycotts go back a century https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-winter-olympics-politics-sports-protests-and-demonstrations-8808adcab94bcc3eedc1fdd2fd8441a0 Associated Press 2023-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20240616235458/https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-winter-olympics-politics-sports-protests-and-demonstrations-8808adcab94bcc3eedc1fdd2fd8441a0 2024-06-16 live 25 July 2024 en 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,The Bahamas – and the Olympic Movement – honour the late Sir Durward Knowles, centenarian and Olympian extraordinaire https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1062362/the-bahamas-and-the-olympic-movement-honour-sir-durward-knowles-centenarian-and-olympian-extraordinaire Inside the Games 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 while athletes from Kenya,Kenya's first Olympic medalist dies aged 84 https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/02/kenyas-first-olympic-medalist-dies-aged-84// Africanews 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 Nigeria,History of Nigeria at the Olympic Games since 1952 https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/474685-history-of-nigeria-at-the-olympic-games-since-1952.html?tztc=1 Premium Times 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 and Tunisia won their nations' first Olympic medals of any kind.Mohamed Gammoudi https://www.70yearsmg.com/athletes/mohamed-gammoudi/ International Committee of Mediterranean Games https://web.archive.org/web/20231207222059/https://www.70yearsmg.com/athletes/mohamed-gammoudi/ 7 December 2023 live 25 July 2024 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won the most medals at the games with six (two gold, two silver, and two bronze).1964 Tokyo Summer Games Olympics https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/ Sports Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20200114073426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/ 14 January 2020 dead 25 July 2024 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.16 July 2012 Edoardo Mangiarotti https://www.thetimes.com/article/edoardo-mangiarotti-5dncnt7qv3b subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20240730122806/https://www.thetimes.com/article/edoardo-mangiarotti-5dncnt7qv3b 30 July 2024 30 July 2024 The Times enThe Olympics: A visual guide to the history and story of the Games https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/xawtd9l5mx/visual-guide-to-the-olympics BBC Sport 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 She also became the record holder for most gold and total Olympic medals by a female athlete.Who has the most Olympic medals? The countries and athletes with the most wins of all time https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2024-paris-games-most-olympic-medals-ever CBS News 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 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.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 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 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 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 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://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 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.Tokyo 1964 individual all-round men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964/results/gymnastics-artistic/individual-all-round-men International Olympic Committee 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 In the men's floor event, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie.Tokyo 1964 vault women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964/results/gymnastics-artistic/vault-women International Olympic Committee 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 Lastly, in the women's vault event, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie.Tokyo 1964 floor exercises men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964/results/gymnastics-artistic/floor-exercises-men International Olympic Committee 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 1964 Summer Olympics medal table1964 Tokyo Olympics Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964/medals International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20230228074907/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-1964/medals 28 February 2023 live 22 July 2024 JPN flagIOC 1964 Summer NOC National Olympic Committee Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany.How Team USA Dominates the Olympics https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/sports/olympics/history-olympic-medalists/ 19 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421100408/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/sports/olympics/history-olympic-medalists/ 21 April 2022 live Esteban Chiqui Gamio Lazaro 29 July 2024 The Washington Post en 36 26 28 30 31 35 16 5 8 yes 10 22 18 10 10 7 10 7 5 7 6 10 6 2 10 5 6 3 4 12 2 3 5 2 3 0 2 3 0 2 2 4 6 2 4 4 2 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 8 6 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also Olympic Games List of 1964 Summer Olympics medal winners All-time Olympic Games medal table 1964 Winter Olympics medal table 1964 Summer Paralympics medal table Notes 1 upper-alpha References Medal count 1964