Gorgeous Photos Show What The Last Tokyo Olympics Looked Like In 1964

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Over 50 years ago, Tokyo hosted its first modern Olympics. It looked very different from the games today!

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Balloons floating over the stadium at the opening of the Summer Olympics.


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Torches which had been run on different routes around Japan are joined into 1 at a pre-Olympic ceremony outside the Imperial Palace.


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Local practice at the Komazawa National Stadium prior to opening of the Olympic Games.


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Japanese Olympic torch runner Yoshinori Sakai from Hiroshima after lighting the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.


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The German Team marches onto the field during opening ceremonies of the 1964 Olympiad in Tokyo, Japan.


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Ariel view of Meiji Shrine And Olympics Site for 1964, in Tokyo, Japan.


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One of Japan’s top runners, Saburo Komizo of Chuo University, works out with a remote controlled pace-maker in Tokyo’s national stadium.


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Start of the 10,000 meter run at the 1964 Olympics.


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Chiba Ginko of Japan performs her floor exercise during the Women’s artistic team all-around gymnastic competition on 20th October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.


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Two Italian cyclists talking to some Ethiopian athletes during the Tokyo Olympics. Japan, October 1964


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Gold medallist Henry Carr of the United States salutes the crowd with silver medallist Paul Drayton (L) and third placed bronze medallist Edwin Roberts of Trinidad and Tobago after winning the Men’s 200 metres competition on 17th October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.


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Alfred Kornprobst of the Unified Team of Germany competes in the Men’s Lightweight 67.5 kg Weightlifting competition on 13th October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games at the Shibuya Kokaido, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.


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Gold medallist Peter Snell (C) of New Zealand celebrates with silver medallist Josef Odlozil (L) of Czechoslovakia and bronze medal winning compatriot John Davies on the podium for the final of the Men’s 1500 metres race on 21st October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.


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Picture taken on October 2, 1964 at Tokyo showing American runner Bob Hayes and New Zealand’s Doreen Porter during a start-training session as part of 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.


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Picture taken on August 24, 1964 at Tokyo showing Japanese Olympic torch runner Yoshinori Sakai from Hiroshima running with the Olympic torch during an opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games’ rehearsal.


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Picture taken on August 14, 1964 at Tokyo showing the Olympic torch that would blaze during the Olympic games.


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Kenneth Sitzberger of the United States competes in the Men’s 3 metre springboard diving competition on 13th October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.


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Laszlo Felkai of Hungary puts the ball past goal keeper Bruno de Hesselle of the Netherlands during their Men’s Water Polo Tournament Group B match on 14th October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.


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The start of the Men’s individual cycle road race on 22nd October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games at the Hachioji Road Race Course, Tokyo, Japan.


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Henri Chaumartin of Switzerland, performing in team dressage finals with teammate Gustav Fischer, he placed second.


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The National Gymnasium of the Olympic Village at Yoyogi in Tokyo, where the athletes will live for the duration of the games, 1964.


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Picture taken on October 10, 1964 at Tokyo showing a general view of pigeons’ flight while the national delegations taking part in the Olympic Games parade during the opening ceremony at the Olympic stadium.

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