The Tokyo 1964 Olympics

The 1964 Tokyo Olympics looms large in popular memory.

Facts at a glance


The 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Total attendance:                           Countries participating: 93 
Events: 19 sports  
Dates: 10 - 24 October 1964 
Total cost: $282 million in 2015 U.S. dollars.

The 1964 Games were to escape. 2020 will not be as lucky, staying with the normal 


Health and Sports Day (体育の日 Taiiku no hi) is a Japanese holiday. It commerate the beginning of the 1964 Games. Observed on the second Monday of October. 


The new National Stadium under construction in a 2018 episode of the anime Gegege no Kitaro.