Fun Trivia : 1964 Tokyo

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

1964 Tokyo

Who lit the Olympic flame to start the 1964 Summer Games?

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Yoshinori Sakai. Yoshinori was born on the day that Hiroshima was bombed. Yoshinori was chosen to symbolize Japan's postwar reconstruction and peace. He never competed in any Olympic Games. Yûji Koseki composed the music for the opening ceremony. Osamu Watanabe was a Japanese wrestler.



Where were the track cycling events held?

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Hachioji Velodrome. There were five track cycling events at the 1964 Tokyo Games. All of the cycling events at the 1964 Olympic Games were for men. Patrick Sercu, of Belgium, won gold in the 1000m time trial. Germany won in Team pursuit. Lothar Claesges, Karl Link, Karl-Heinz Henrichs, and Ernst Streng made up the German gold medal squad. This was the first year that Individual Pursuit was an Olympic event. A Czechoslovakian, Jiri Daller, won the event. Italians Sergio Bianchetto Angelo Damiano won gold in Tandem. Giovanni Pettenella an Italian, won gold in Sprint.



Boris Shakhlin won gold in Men's horizontal bar. What was his total score in the final round?

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19.625. Boris competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 Olympic Games. Yuri Titov, a fellow Soviet Union athlete, clinched silver with a final score of 19.550. A Solvenian, Miroslav Cerar, won bronze with a score of 19.500. Boris would also win one silver medal in Men's individual all-around and Men's team all-around. He would also win a bronze in Men's rings. Yuri would win silver in Men's team all-around. Miroslav would claim gold in Men's pommel horse.



In the first event of the modern pentathlon was equestrian. What was Ferenc Torok's overall place after the first event?

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15th. Ferenc had a total score of 1070, adding the penalty he had received. The overall leader after event one was E. M. Flores. The second event was fencing. Ferenc Torok would win the event with a score of 1000. With that win he gained the overall lead. Shooting was the third event of the Modern pentathlon. Albert Mokeev won that event, but that win would not be enough to take the lead from Ferenc. The penultimate event was swimming. Bo Jansson won the event with a total score of 1075. Ferenc did poorly in this event, finishing 23rd overall. He still maintained his overall lead, but by a margin of 19 points. The fifth and final event was running. Albert Mokeev won the event, his second win. Ferenc Torok, a Hungarian, won the Modern pentathlon. Igor Novikov won silver and Albert Mokeev claimed bronze. They were both competing for the Soviet Union.



In the event of the Women's volleyball bronze medal match, what was the score of the second set and who won it?

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15-06 Poland. The bronze medal match took place on October 21. Poland faced off against Romania. Poland won the first set 15-7. Then Poland won again 15-06. The Polish team only needed one more set to win the match and the bronze medal would be theirs. They won 15-08. Japan was pitted against the Soviet Union. Japan would win the match in straight sets. The scores of the sets were 15-11, 15-8, and 15-13. Japan would win gold, while the Soviet Union would settle for silver.



In the boxing lightweight classification, what country was Jozef Grudzien's second round opponent from?

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Kenya. Jozef was the gold medallist in the lightweight classification. Jozef was pitted against Alex Oundo in the second round, after defeating Tauno Halonen in the first round. Stoyan Pilitchev and Ronald Harris also fell to Jozef on his quest for gold. In the final round, Jozef faced Vellikton Barannikov. Jozef won 5-0. Jim McCourt and Ronald Harris won bronze in the lightweight classification.



In Men's field hockey, how many games had the final score of 7-0?

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2. In the first round of play, Australia defeated Great Britain 7-0. Then in the second round the Netherlands defeated Hong Kong 7-0. India won gold in Men's field hockey, defeating Pakistan 1-0 in the finals. Australia claimed silver after defeating the Spanish squad 3-2.



What was Hilda Lauer's time in the final of the Women's K-1 500 metres?

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2:15.35. Hilda Lauer competed for Romania. Her time was good enough to earn her a silver medal. Marcia Jones finished in third, giving her a bronze medal. Marcia's time was 2:15.68. Marcia competed for the United States. Ludmila Khvedosiuk competed for the Soviet Union, and claimed gold with a time of 2:32.87.



Who scored the most points in the Men's football (soccer) tournament?

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Ferenc Bene. Ferenc competed for the Hungarian football team. In all, Ferenc scored a total of 12 goals. Ferenc scored a total of six goals in one game, which would be the most he would get in a single game. Hungary would win the gold medal match 2-1 against Czechoslovakia. Slaven Zambata competed for Yugoslavia. Slaven scored only five goals in the games he competed in. Slaven scored a total of four goals in one game, which would be the most he would get in one game. Yugoslavia would place sixth overall. They lost to Romania 3-0 in the fifth place match. Ibrahim Riad played for the Egyptian team. He scored eight goals total. He scored six goals in one game, the most he would get in one game. Egypt made it to the bronze medal match, but lost to Germany. The final score was 3-1. Tibor Csernai also competed for the Hungarian team. Tibor accumulated a total of five goals. Tibor scored four goals in one game, the most he would accumulate in a single game while competing in the 1964 Olympic Games.