Talk:1964 Summer Olympics

The map reflects that North Korea participated and South Korea did not, while it appears that actually the opposite occurred. 76.201.169.240 07:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * For the record: this has been fixed (though not by me). Donlammers (talk) 23:56, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Weren't these the Japanese equivalent of the 1972 Olympic Games - an opportunity for Japan to show to the world that it had absolved itself from World War II? Brutannica 04:37, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

joke or what?
Why do I find the "Republic of China" between Chile and Colombia? If there are any controversies over "Chinese Taipei," I will say that Taiwan wasn't called "Chinese Taipei" in the Olympics until 1984, twenty years after the Olympics in Japan 1964.

"Chinese Taipei adopted the Chinese Taipei Olympic Flag, which consists of the emblem of the National Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee on a white background, and since the 1984 Summer Olympics has participated always with this name and under this flag at the Olympics, Paralympics and other international events." -Chinese Taipei

I will change that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shuttlecockfc (talk • contribs) 01:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Please assume good faith here—it is not a "joke". Clearly that NOC was listed alphabetically as "China".  Our convention on these lists is to drop qualifiers like "Republic of" for these alphabetized lists.  Now, if your indignation is directed at the name "Republic of China" instead of "Taiwan", there is a reason why we used "Republic of China".  As it turns out, that specific National Olympic Committee usually competed at the Olympics under that name:
 * as "China" in 1932, 1936, 1948 and 1952
 * as "Republic of China" in 1956 and 1960
 * as "Taiwan" in 1964 and 1968
 * back to "Republic of China" in 1972 (both summer & winter Games) and 1976 (winter only)
 * as "Chinese Taipei" from 1984 onwards
 * So, it would seem logical to use "Taiwan" for this article and for 1968 Summer Olympics, and I have made those changes, but for the rest of the series, the correct names are being used. Andrwsc (talk) 18:40, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Television coverage by satellite
The Tokyo Olympics are the first I recall (I was 12 at the time), and the reason I recall them is that they were the first where there was any live coverage on television in the UK. This was provided by a satellite link; a great innovation at the time. However, I distinctly remember that coverage was very limited, and of relatively short duration. Can anyone state how satellite links were provided for countries other than the USA? My recollection suggests that the link was via a non-synchronous satellite (like the original Telstar). --APRCooper (talk) 19:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

This was indeed the first olympics broadcast internationally. The primary link was fron Japan to the United Stated via Syncom 3, the first geostationary communications satellite. The signal was then re-broadcast to Europe via Relay 1, which could make the connection for only 15-20 minutes of each orbit. According to NASA records the time between broadcasts was about 3 hours and 30 minutes to Japan. I have not found the equivalent info for US to Europe, but I suspect it is somewhere in the NASA final report linked to from the Relay 1 article.Donlammers (talk) 15:58, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Expanding the article
I will be working on this article for a bit. It looks like some things are incomplete (like the events list), and I have found some errors (my first was a while back, where these gamees were credited as the first trans-pacific TV broadcast). * If anyone wants to help, the event list needs to be cross-checked with the Organizing Committee report (it looks to be shorter than the list there, but I haven't done a side by side comparison yet). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Donlammers (talk • contribs) 12:30, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I have added a gallery and made some minor corrections.
 * I have just posted links to the organizing committee report. This contains a huge amount of primary information, and is avaialable for free download (as are, according to the site, all other organizing committee reports through 1988).
 * Right now I am working on the venue list, and some maps. This will likely take some time.

Looks really good so far. Outstanding work. Transaction Go (talk) 15:12, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

I have cross-checked the sports list and made a couple of clarifications. The original list was accurate, so I crossed that off the list above. I added some clarification to the Highlights section on women's volleyball and the women's pentathlon (which is a completely different event from the "Modern Pentathlon", and confused me when I was trying to get a list of "sports"). Donlammers (talk) 16:44, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Yoyogi Park and Meiji Shrine
I can find no evidence whatsoever that what is now Yoyogi park used to be part of the Meiji shrine complex. In 1910 the area was used as a test area for Japan's first plane flight (this was before Meiji Shrine was built in 1920). A 1948 US Army map shows the area as a parade ground. After that it was a housing area called "Washington Heights" and then the 1964 Olympic village. There is no evidence that at any stage the original sacred forest of Meiji Shrine was compromised. In 1967, Most of where the Olympic village stood was turned into Yoyogi park. I can also not find any evidence that the "inner garden" (Meji Shrine) and the "Outer garden" (Meiji Jingu) were ever directly connected. If anyone finds such evidence, we can link to it. In the meantime I have removed the statement that this area was originally part of Meiji Shrine.Donlammers (talk) 16:06, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

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Albania.
I find it quite strange that Albania is not mentioned at all. In/Out/Otherwise I believe it needs a mention on the main page.

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