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 ...
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. 140 competitors, 115 men and 25 women, took part in 87 events in 12 sports.
Medalists
Gold
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Józef Szmidt
Józef Szmidt (born 28 March 1935 as Josef Schmidt) is a former Polish athlete.
He was born in Miechowitz, Beuthen, Province of Upper Silesia, Germany. With a jump of 17.03m in 1960, Szmidt was the first triple jumper to reach 17 metres.
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— Athletics, Men's Triple jump
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Teresa Ciepły
Teresa Barbara Ciepły (''née'' Wieczorek; 19 October 1937 – 8 March 2006) was a Polish sprinter and hurdler. She was a bronze Olympic medalist in the 4×100 metre relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Two years later she won gold medals i ...
Halina Górecka
Halina Sylwia Górecka (née Richter, later Herrmann; born 4 February 1938) is a retired Polish and German sprinter. At the Summer Olympics she competed for Poland in 1956, 1960 and 1964 and for West Germany in 1968. She won a bronze and a gold ...
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Ewa Kłobukowska
Ewa Janina Kłobukowska (born 1 October 1946) is a Polish former sprinter. She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 4×100 m relay and 100 m sprint and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively.Jozef Grudzien
Jozef or Józef is a Dutch, Breton, Polish and Slovak version of masculine given name Joseph. A selection of people with that name follows. For a comprehensive list see and ..
* Józef Beck (1894–1944), Polish foreign minister in the 1930s
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* Jerzy Kulej — Boxing, Men's Light welterweight
* Marian Kasprzyk — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
* Egon Franke — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Waldemar Baszanowski — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67.5 kg)
Wiesław Maniak
Wiesław Jan Maniak (22 May 1938 – 28 May 1982) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 m sprint.
He competed for Poland at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo ...
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Marian Foik
Marian may refer to:
People
* Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia
* Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name
* Marian (surname), a list of people so named
Places
* Marian, Iran (disambiguation)
* Marian, Queensla ...
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Marian Dudziak
Marian Andrzej Dudziak (born 2 February 1941) was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
He was born in Wielichowo and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and Olimpia Poznań. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a silver ...
— Athletics, Men's 4×100 metres relay
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Teresa Ciepły
Teresa Barbara Ciepły (''née'' Wieczorek; 19 October 1937 – 8 March 2006) was a Polish sprinter and hurdler. She was a bronze Olympic medalist in the 4×100 metre relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Two years later she won gold medals i ...
— Athletics, Women's 80 metres hurdles
* Irena Kirszenstein — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
* Irena Kirszenstein — Athletics, Women's Long jump
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Artur Olech
Artur Olech (22 June 1940 – 12 August 2010) was a Polish boxer. He was born in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union and died in Wroclaw, Poland.
Olech won two silver medals at the Olympic Games, in 1964 in Tokyo and 1968 in Mexico C ...
— Boxing, Men's Flyweight
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Witold Woyda
Witold Woyda (10 May 1939 – 5 May 2008) was a Polish fencer who won four Olympic medals in the foil between 1964 and 1972, including two gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was named the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year for ...
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Zbigniew Skrudlik
Zbigniew Andrzej Skrudlik (born 12 May 1934) is a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olí ...
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Ryszard Parulski
Ryszard Parulski (9 March 1938 – 10 January 2017) was a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
A lawyer by civil profession, Par ...
Ewa Kłobukowska
Ewa Janina Kłobukowska (born 1 October 1946) is a Polish former sprinter. She competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 4×100 m relay and 100 m sprint and won a gold and a bronze medal, respectively.Józef Grzesiak — Boxing, Men's Light middleweight
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Tadeusz Walasek
Tadeusz Walasek (15 July 1936 – 4 November 2011) was a Polish boxer. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1960 and a bronze in 1964, both in the middleweight division. In 1960 he lost the final bout to Edd ...
— Boxing, Men's Middleweight
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Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Zbigniew Jan Pietrzykowski (4 October 1934 – 19 May 2014) was a Polish boxer.
He took part in three Olympic Games, each time winning a medal. He won a bronze medal at Melbourne 1956 in the light middleweight division, after losing in the ...
— Boxing, Men's Light heavyweight
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Emil Ochyra
Emil Antoni Ochyra (12 July 1936 – 26 May 1980) was a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and common ...
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Jerzy Pawłowski
Jerzy Władysław Pawłowski (25 October 1932 – 11 January 2005) was a Polish fencing, fencer and double agent.
Life
While a major in the Polish Army, Pawłowski won the gold medal in the individual saber event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in ...
Andrzej Piatkowski
Andrzej is the Polish language, Polish form of the given name Andrew.
Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej
* Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer
* Andrew Bobola, Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–16 ...
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Wojciech Zabłocki
Wojciech Mikołaj Zabłocki (6 December 1930 – 5 December 2020) was a Polish architect and fencer, specialist in the saber modality.
Sports career
Zabłocki participated in four Olympic Games: 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 196 ...
— Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
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Krystyna Czajkowska
Krystyna Czajkowska-Rawska (born 25 April 1936) is a former female Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1955–1968, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games (Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968), a bronze medalist ...
Mieczysław Nowak
Mieczysław Nowak (22 December 1936 – 17 May 2006) was a Polish featherweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in third, fifth and seventh place, respectively. He won one gold (1970) and two silver med ...
— Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
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Marian Zieliński
Marian Zieliński (24 December 1929 – 13 October 2005) was a Polish weightlifter. He competed at the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won bronze medals in 1956, 1964 and 1968, placing fourth in 1960.
He held the world and European titles ...
— Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67.5 kg)
* Ireneusz Paliński — Weightlifting, Men's Middle heavyweight (90 kg)
11 October
12 October
13 October
14 October
16 October
17 October
18 October
Classification brackets
5th–8th Place
20 October
5th Place
22 October
Boxing
;Men
Canoeing
Sprint
;Men
;Women
Cycling
Eight cyclists represented Poland in 1964.
Road
Track
;1000m time trial
;Men's Sprint
;Pursuit
Fencing
15 fencers, all men, represented Poland in 1964.
Men
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Women
Rowing
;Men
Shooting
Six shooters represented Poland in 1964.
;Men
Volleyball
;Women's team competition
Round robin
Final standings
*Team roster
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Krystyna Czajkowska
Krystyna Czajkowska-Rawska (born 25 April 1936) is a former female Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 1955–1968, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games (Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968), a bronze medalist ...
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...