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Tokyo 1964 - Key Facts

ESPN staff
October 12, 2011
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Having won the marathon in bare feet four years ago, Abebe Bikila returned in a pair of trainers to take gold again © PA Photos
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Dates
October 10 - 24

Other candidate cities
Detroit, Vienna, Brussels

Participants
5,151 (678 women)

Participating nations
93

Sports
19

Events
163

Medals given out
504

IOC President
Avery Brundage (USA)

Games declared open by
Emperor Hirohito

Last relay bearer of the Olympic flame
Yoshinori Sakai (Athletics - Japan)

Olympic flame lit by
Yoshinori Sakai (Athletics - Japan)

Olympic oath read by
Takashi Ono (Gymnast - Japan)

Television rights
$1.58 million dollars

Accredited journalists
3204

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