Tokyo 1964

The 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games were the first to be held in Asia. After World War II, the Japanese expressed their successful in the final torchbearer Yoshinori Sakai who born in Hiroshima the day the city was destroyed by atomic bomb. In the Olympic program, judo and volleyball were introduced. Abebe bikila of Ethiopia became the winner of marathon. Russian rower Vyacheslav Ivanov won the single sculls for the third time, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser won the 100m freestyle for the third time in Tokyo Olympics. Al Oerter of the United States won the Olympics for discus throwing despite of cervical disc injury in his neck.

The Hungarian, Greco-Roman wrestler Imre Polyak, won the gold medal after finishing second in the same division at the previous three Olympics. Winning two medals in the Tokyo, larysa latynina of Ukraine won medal with incredible 18.