1964 Summer Paralympics

II Paralympic Games
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Teams participating	21
Athletes participating	375
Events	144 in 9 sports
Opening ceremony	November 3
Closing ceremony	November 12
Officially opened by	Yoshiaki Kasai
Athlete's Oath	Shigeo Aono
Paralympic Stadium	Oda Field
Summer:
<  1960 Rome Tel Aviv 1968  >
Winter:
Örnsköldsvik 1976  >

The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games,^[1] were the 2nd Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, they were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics. The term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984,^[2] while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.

In contrast with the 1960 Games, many events had more than three participants, meaning that athletes were no longer guaranteed a medal upon completing their event.^[3]

Also originally known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964.^[4]

Sports

Nine sports were competed at the 1964 games. In athletics, a wheelchair racing event in the form of a 60 m dash was added; previously the athletics program had included only field events. Wheelchair racing has since become one of the most prominent Paralympic events.^[5]

• Archery
• Athletics
• Dartchery
• Snooker
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Weightlifting
• Wheelchair basketball
• Wheelchair fencing

Medal table

The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	50	41	32	123
2	Great Britain	18	23	20	61
3	Italy	14	15	16	45
4	Australia	12	11	7	30
5	Rhodesia	10	5	2	17
6	South Africa	8	8	3	19
7	Israel	7	3	11	21
8	Argentina	6	15	16	37
9	West Germany	5	2	5	12
10	Netherlands	4	6	4	14

Participating delegations

Nineteen delegations participated in the Tokyo Paralympics.^[6]

The 1964 Games marked South Africa's Paralympic Games début. The country had just been banned from taking part in the Olympic Games, due to its policy of apartheid, and was thus absent from the 1964 Summer Olympics. It was not, however, banned from the Paralympics until 1980, and Japan (as host country) did not oppose its participation.^{[7] [8]}

References

External links

• The Tokyo Games For The Physically Handicapped - Paralympic Tokyo 1964 (Japanese)