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Athletics At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 Metres Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay was the only women's relay on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 15 teams, for a total of 60 athletes, from 15 nations competed. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October. The world record time of the Polish team was erased in 1969, after Ewa Klobukowska failed a gendertest in Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ..., but their gold medal result was allowed to stand. Results First round The top four teams in each of the 2 heats advanced. First round, heat 1 First round, heat 2 Final All three medallist teams broke the world record in the final. References * Official Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1964 Summer ... [...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] |
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 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilma Charlton
Vilma Charlton (born 7 December 1946) is a Jamaican sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1946 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Jamaican female sprinters Olympic athletes of Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Morris
Una Lorraine Morris (born 17 January 1947) is a retired Jamaican sprint (running), sprinter, physician, restaurateur, and Catering, food caterer. She represented Jamaica at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in eight sprint events in total, with the best achievement of fourth place in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres, 200 metres in 1964. She won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the 1967 Pan American Games.Una Morris sports-reference.com in 1963 and 1964 she was chosen as Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year. Currently, she is a radiology, radiologist, and was the owner of the Kingston Cafe restaurant in Pasadena, California, Pasadena, California, which was featured on an episode of the American television reality show ''Kitchen Nightmare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlin Mair
Adlin Mair-Clarke (15 November 1941 – 6 April 2020) was an athlete from Jamaica specializing in hurdles and sprinting. She was born Adlin Victoria Mair in Manchester Parish The Parish of Manchester is a parish located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex. Its capital, Mandeville, is a major business centre. Its St. Paul of the Cross Pro-Cathedral is the episcopal see of the Latin Catholic Dioces ..., Jamaica. Mair-Clarke participated in the British Empire & Commonwealth Games in 1962, 1966 and 1970 as well as the Olympic Games in 1964 and 1968. References External links * 1941 births 2020 deaths Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican female sprinters Afro-Jamaican Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Bennett
Joyce Bennett (Sala Tenna) (born 11 May 1945 in Guildford, Western Australia) is a former Australian sprinter. At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth she won silver in the 220 Yards and gold in the 4 × 110 yards relay. Four years later at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth P ... in Kingston she defended her title in the 4 × 110 yards relay. She participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics ( half-final in the 200 m, sixth in the 4 × 100 metres relay) and in the 1968 Summer Olympics ( heat in the 400 m, fifth in the 4 × 100 metres relay). References External links Profileat Australian Athletics Historical Results Profileat trackfield.brinkster.net * 1945 births Australian female sprin ... [...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] |
Marilyn Black
Marilyn Mary Black (born 20 May 1944 in New South Wales, Australia) is a former Australian sprinter, who after her marriage became known as Marilyn Vassella. Black was educated at Fort Street High School in Sydney. She was a primary school teacher at Dulwich Hill primary school for two years in 1963/64. Black first received attention at the age of seventeen, when she won the 100 yards race in the New South Wales championships. In 1963 she won the 4 x 100 yards event with the NSW relay team. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... event. References External links Sports Reference 1944 births Living people Australian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dianne Bowering
Dianne Burge (née Bowering), (born 9 October 1943) is a former Australian sprinter who competed in two Olympic Games and won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. She was awarded the title South Australian 'Athlete of the Century' by Athletics South Australia. Early athletics career In 1963, Adelaide sprinter Diane Bowering won the Australian 100-yard Championships in an upset. She was virtually unknown outside her home state but ended the year ranked as #3 in the world. She competed for Adelaide Harriers and was coached by Len Barnes who nicknamed her 'the twerp'Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Peter Goers' interview with Di Burge International athletics career A year later, Bowering ran second in the national 100y title ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Popova
Galina Mikhailovna Popova (Russian: Галина Михайловна Попова; née ''Vinogradova'' on 2 June 1932) is a retired Russian track athlete. She competed in the 100 metres at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. In 1954 she equaled the European record over 100 m (11.5) four times, and in 1956 she set two world records in the long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr .... Popova took up athletics in 1951 and was a member of the Soviet national team between 1953 and 1964. After retiring from competitions in 1964 she worked at the Lesgaft University, where in 1971 she defended a PhD on "Gas exchange and oxygenation of arterial blood during muscular load of maximum intensity". References External links * 1932 birt ... [...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] |
Renāte Lāce
Renāte Lāce (18 February 1943 – 3 March 1967) was a Latvian track and field athlete. At the 1963 Summer Universiade, she won the gold medal at the in the 100 metres event and the silver medal in the 200 metres. She won a bronze medal with the Soviet 4 x 100 metres team at the 1966 European Championships. Lāce competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in fourth place in the 4 x 100 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c .... References External links * 1943 births 1967 deaths Latvian female sprinters Athletes from Riga Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
