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He was one of the 4x100 metre team that won Trinidad and Tobago's first-ever Olympic medal in Tokyo in 1964, just two years after his nation gained independence from Britain.
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The next section is a hall of torches from every modern Olympic Games since 1936 -- a range of designs that include some that look like broom sticks (Atlanta, 1996), machetes (Sydney, 2000) and lightsabers (Tokyo, 1964).
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Orix's lucky break came when the pork-barrel spending for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics ended in a bust.
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His father Kim Chul-gyu competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and is credited with popularizing the sport in South Korea.
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Tokyo hosted the 1964 games, but lost out to Rio for 2016.
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At its most prosperous, during the construction boom in the run-up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, San'ya was home to 15, 000 day labourers.
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He realized the height of his ambition at the 1964 Tokyo Games, where he ran what was then the fastest 10, 000 meters in Olympic history.
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The time it took Bob Hayes, who died this fall at the too-young age of 59, to cover 100 meters during his anchor leg of the 400-meter relay in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
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It became an officially recognised sport after the Second World War when the International Federation was founded and, having been played as a demonstration sport at the 1924 Olympics, was granted full status at the 1964 Tokyo Games.
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In 1964, the able-bodied athletes went to Tokyo for the Olympics and shortly afterward the Japanese capital also played host to the disabled athletes.
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