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FROM 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan from October 10 to 24, 1964. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's invasion of China, before ultimately being canceled because of World War II. The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and the first time South Africa was barred from taking part due to its apartheid system in sports.(South Africa was, however, allowed to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, also held in Tokyo, where it made its Paralympic Games debut.) The city was chosen as the host city during the 55th IOC Session in West Germany, on May 26, 1959.

These games were also the first to be telecast internationally without the need for tapes to be flown overseas as in the case of the 1960 Olympics four years earlier. The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, and from there to Europe using Relay 1.The history surrounding the 1964 Olympics was chronicled in the 1965 documentary film Tokyo Olympiad, directed by Kon Ichikawa.

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Original Olympic Games Tokyo 1964

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At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Belgium’s Gaston Roelants (3,000m steeplechase), Great Britain’s Mary Rand (long jump) and Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila (marathon) win gold medals wearing PUMA shoes.

Abebe Bikila

Abebe Bikila (Amharic: አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion. He won the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot, setting a world record. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Abebe was the first athlete to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title, breaking his own world record in the process. He was a member of the Ethiopian Imperial Guard, an elite infantry division that safeguarded the Emperor of Ethiopia. Enlisting as a soldier before his athletic career, he rose to the rank of shambel (captain). In Ethiopia, Abebe is formally known as Shambel Abebe Bikila(Amharic: ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ).

He was a pioneer in long-distance running. Mamo Wolde, Juma Ikangaa, Tegla Loroupe, Paul Tergat, and Haile Gebrselassie—all recipients of the New York Road Runners' Abebe Bikila Award—are a few of the athletes who have followed in his footsteps to establish East Africa as a force in long-distance running.^[1][2][3] Abebe participated in a total of sixteen marathons, winning twelve and finishing fifth in the 1963 Boston Marathon. In July 1967, he sustained the first of several sports-related leg injuries which prevented him from finishing his last two marathons.

On March 22, 1969, Abebe was paralysed as a result of a car accident. Although he regained some upper-body mobility, he never walked again. Abebe competed in archery and table tennis at the 1970 Stoke Mandeville Games in London, an early predecessor of the Paralympic Games, while receiving medical treatment in England. He competed in both sports at a 1971 competition for the disabled in Norway, and won its cross-country sleigh-riding event.

Abebe died at age 41 on October 25, 1973, of a cerebral hemorrhage related to his accident four years earlier. He received a state funeral, and Emperor Haile Selassie declared a national day of mourning. Many schools, venues and events, including Abebe Bikila Stadium in Addis Ababa, are named after him. The subject of biographies and films documenting his athletic career, Abebe is often featured in publications about the marathon and the Olympics.

Abebe Bikila

Personal information
Native name	ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ
Full name	Abebe Bikila Demissie
Born	August 7, 1932 Jato, Ethiopian Empire
Died	October 25, 1973 (aged 41) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Resting place	Saint Joseph Church 8°58′11.57″N 38°46′1.51″E
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Marathon: 2:12:11 (Tokyo1964)
Medal record[hide] Men's athletics Representing  Ethiopia Summer Olympics 1960 Rome Marathon 1964 Tokyo Marathon

1964 Tokyo Olympics

Universal Newsreel footage of the 1964 Olympic Men’s Marathon

Forty days before the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, while training in Debre Zeit, Abebe began to feel pain.^[49] He was brought to the hospital and diagnosed with acute appendicitis,^[49] and had an appendectomy on September 16.^[50] Back on his feet in a few days, Abebe left the hospital within a week.^[51]

He entered the October 21 marathon, unlike the previous Olympics, wearing Puma shoes.^[50] Abebe began the race right behind the lead pack until about the 10 km (6 mi) mark, when he slowly increased his pace.^[52] At 15 km (9 mi) his only company was Ron Clarke of Australia in the lead, followed by Jim Hogan of Ireland and Abebe in third.^[53] Shortly before 20 km (12 mi), Abebe took the lead; only Hogan was in contention, as Clarke began to slow.^[52] By 35 km (22 mi), Abebe was almost two-and-a-half minutes in front of Hogan and Kokichi Tsuburayaof Japan was 17 seconds behind Hogan in third place.^[53] Hogan soon dropped out, exhausted, leaving only Tsuburaya three minutes behind Abebe by the 40 km (25 mi) mark.^[54]

Abebe entered the Olympic stadium alone, to the cheers of 75,000 spectators.^[54] The crowd had been listening on the radio, and anticipated his triumphant entrance.^[55] Abebe finished in a new world-record time of 2:12:11.2^[56]—four minutes and eight seconds ahead of silver medalist Basil Heatley of Great Britain, who passed Tsuburaya inside the stadium.^[57] Tsuburaya was third, a few seconds behind Heatley.^[56] After the finish, not appearing exhausted, Abebe again performed a routine of calisthenics,^[54] which included touching "his toes twice then [lying] down on his back, cycling his legs in the air."^[55]

He was the first athlete in history to successfully defend the Olympic marathon title.^[58] As of the 2016 Olympic marathon, Abebe and Waldemar Cierpinski are the only athletes to have won two gold medals in the event.^[59][60][61] For the second time, Abebe received Ethiopia's only gold medal^[62] and again returned home to a hero's welcome.^[63] The emperor promoted him to the commissioned-officer rank of metoaleqa (lieutenant).^[8] Abebe received the Order of Menelik II, a Volkswagen Beetle and a house.

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon was part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 21 October 1964. 79 athletes from 41 nations entered, with 68 starting and 58 finishing.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	2:12:11.2 WR
2	Basil Heatley (GBR)	2:16:19.2
3	Kōkichi Tsuburaya (JPN)	2:16:22.8

Men's marathon at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Abebe Bikila with gold medal from the marathon
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Dates	21 October
Competitors	79 from 41 nations
Winning time	2:12:11.2
Medalists
Abebe Bikila  Ethiopia Basil Heatley  Great Britain Kōkichi Tsuburaya  Japan

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