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Athletics At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metres
The women's 200 metres was the second-shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 .... It was held on 18 October and 19 October 1964. 42 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 6 not starting in the first round. The first round and the semifinal were held on 18 October, with the final on 19 October. Results First round The top two runners in each of the 6 heats advanced, as well as the next four fastest runners from across the heats. First round, heat 1 First round, heat 2 First round, heat 3 First round, heat 4 First round, heat 5 First round, heat 6 Semifinals The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final. Semifinal 1 Sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)
The Japan National Stadium, officially named and formerly known as or , is a multi-purpose stadium used mostly for association football in Kasumigaokamachi, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The facility served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the venue for track and field athletics events at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics in 2021. Demolition of the National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958), old National Stadium was completed in May 2015, allowing for the construction of the new stadium to begin on 11 December 2016. The original plans for the new stadium were scrapped in July 2015 by Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who announced a rebid after a public outcry prompted by increased building costs. As a result, the new design was not ready for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, as originally intended. A new design created by architect Kengo Kuma was chosen in December 2015 to replace the original design, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge Aigner
Ingeborg Aigner-Weichert (born 30 January 1943) is an Austrian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1943 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Austrian female sprinters Austrian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Austria Sportspeople from Sankt Pölten Austrian Athletics Championships winners {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Brown (athlete)
Vivian Brown (December 17, 1941 – August 20, 1998) was an American sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. She won first place in the women's 200 meters at the 1963 Pan American Games The 1963 Pan American Games were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963, in São Paulo, Brazil. Host city selection For the first time, two cities submitted bids to host the 1963 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports O .... References External links * 1941 births 1998 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics American female sprinters Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Track and field athletes from Detroit Tennessee State Lady Tigers track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) 20th-century American wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Hyman
Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is a retired English sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade and, representing England, completed the 100 yd/220 yd sprint double at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. Winner of the 1963 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, she has a stadium in her home village of Cudworth named in her honour. In 2011, she was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. Early life Hyman was born on 9 May 1941 in Cudworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, to a family of five. Her father was a coal miner and it was he who first noticed her natural talent for sprinting. She started training from the age of 13, but it took a lot of commitment because the nearest track was 8 miles away. "Each journey involved two buses," she said later. "It was a case of finish work, eat, get the bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Samotyosova
Lyudmila Samotyosova (russian: Людмила Самотёсова, née , Ignatyeva; born 26 October 1939) is a Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ... athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for the Soviet Union, USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Lyudmila Maslakova, Lyudmila Zharkova, Galina Bukharina and Vera Popkova. External links * * 1939 births Soviet female sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Living people Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Holmes-Mitchell
Jean Holmes-Mitchell (born 7 November 1940) is a Panamanian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics. She finished second in the 1959 Pan American Games 4 × 100 metres Relay (with Carlota Gooden, Marcela Daniel, and Silvia Hunte). At the 1963 Pan American Games The 1963 Pan American Games were held from April 20 to May 5, 1963, in São Paulo, Brazil. Host city selection For the first time, two cities submitted bids to host the 1963 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports O ... Holmes finished fourth in the 100 metres event. References 1940 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Panamanian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Panama Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Panama Pan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarice Ahanotu
Clarice Ahanotu (born 27 July 1939) is a Nigerian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1939 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Nigerian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Nigeria Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Nigerian women {{Nigeria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Muyanca
Irene P. M. Muyanga (born 12 November 1943) is a Ugandan sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... She was the first woman to represent Uganda at the Olympics. References External links * 1943 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Ugandan female sprinters Olympic athletes for Uganda Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Thompson
Debbie Thompson (July 5, 1942 – November 17, 2019) was an American sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1942 births 2019 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics American female sprinters Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Sportspeople from Frederick, Maryland Track and field athletes from Maryland USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century American women Australian Athletics Championships winners {{US-sprint-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Gaida
Galina Gayda (born 28 February 1936) is a Russian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1936 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Russian female sprinters Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing (living people) Soviet female sprinters Olympic female sprinters {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heilwig Jacob
Heilwig Jacob (born 4 July 1942) is a German sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1942 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics German female sprinters Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship People from Żary Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Burvill
Margaret Ann Burvill (2 October 1941 – 28 February 2009) was an athlete who twice set world 220 yard (201.17 m) running records, both at Perry Lakes Stadium in her home town of Perth, Western Australia. The first was at the Australian National Athletics Championships on 12 January 1963 in a time of 23.2 seconds the second was during the Western Australian Athletics titles on 22 February 1964 in 22.9 seconds. In 1967 she married Olympic hopeful sculler Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern. A long, narrow boat with sliding seats, rigged with two oars per rower may be referred to as a scull, it ... Ian Edwards. References Australian Athletics Results Sportswomen from Western Australia 2009 deaths 1941 births Athletes from Perth, Western Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
