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Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport at the Tokyo games. It was the fifth time a baseball exhibition was held at the Olympics. The United States played two games against two different Samurai Japan lineups – one a collegiate team, the other made up of adult amateur players.
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Baseball at the Summer Olympics. Baseball at the Summer Olympics unofficially debuted at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, [1] and was first contested as a demonstration sport at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. It became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, then was played at each Olympiad through the 2008 ...
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Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport at the Tokyo games. It was the fifth time a baseball exhibition was held at the Olympics. The United States played two games against two different Samurai Japan lineups – one a collegiate team, the other made up of adult amateur players.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.
EventGoldGoldSilver100 metres detailsBob Hayes United States10.0 (=WR)Enrique Figuerola Cuba200 metres detailsHenry Carr United States20.3 (OR)Paul Drayton United States400 metres detailsMike Larrabee United States45.1Wendell Mottley Trinidad and Tobago800 metres detailsPeter Snell New Zealand1:45.1 (OR)Bill Crothers Canada- 1,016 from 82 nations
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Baseball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics. This category includes baseball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan . Two games were played in Japan during the 1964 Olympics. Both in Meji Jingu Baseball Stadium the day after the opening ceremony on Sunday, 11 October.
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Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Baseball has often been a demonstration sport at the Olympics, as it was also demonstrated in 1912, 1936, 1956, 1984, and 1988. In 1992 it became an official Olympic sport, and was on the Olympic Program from 1992-2008, after which it was discontinued, along with softball.
The 1964 Summer Olympics featured 19 different sports encompassing 25 disciplines, and medals were awarded in 163 events. In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.
