Title:
Tokyo 1964
Description:
Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 Medals
Front: Seated Victory holding laurel wreath and palm branch with Colosseum in background and vase to left. Legend to the right, "XVII Olympiad Tokyo 1964" with space for sport below.
Back: Victorious athlete with palm branch carried by jubilant athletes with stadium in the background.
Ribbon: white grosgrain with rosette in five Olympic colors
Presented in black lacquer case
Designer: Toshikaka Koshiba
Mint: Japanese Mint, Tokyo, Japan
Front: Seated Victory holding laurel wreath and palm branch with Colosseum in background and vase to left. Legend to the right, "XVII Olympiad Tokyo 1964" with space for sport below.
Back: Victorious athlete with palm branch carried by jubilant athletes with stadium in the background.
Ribbon: white grosgrain with rosette in five Olympic colors
Presented in black lacquer case
Designer: Toshikaka Koshiba
Mint: Japanese Mint, Tokyo, Japan
Fun fact(s):
Bob Hayes and Wyomia Tyus won both the 100-meter and 4x100-meter in track and field for the United States.
Billy Mills pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history winning the 10,000-meter and surpassing his personal best time by 45 seconds.
Billy Mills pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history winning the 10,000-meter and surpassing his personal best time by 45 seconds.
More Info:
The medals designed by Toshikaka Koshiba were based on the design of the prize medals from the Amsterdam 1928 Games.
The Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 were the first to be held in Asia with Japan eager to prove to the world it had recovered from World War II. Yoshinori Sakai illustrated this and pointed to the future as the final torch bearer. Sakai, a track and field athlete, was born on Aug. 6, 1944, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
The Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 were the first to be held in Asia with Japan eager to prove to the world it had recovered from World War II. Yoshinori Sakai illustrated this and pointed to the future as the final torch bearer. Sakai, a track and field athlete, was born on Aug. 6, 1944, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
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Front: Tokyo 1964 gold medal, seated Nike, goddess of Victory, water polo
Front: Tokyo 1964 silver medal, seated Nike, swimming and diving
Front: Tokyo 1964 bronze medal, seated Nike, goddess of Victory, judo
Back: Tokyo 1964 prize medals, Victorious athlete on shoulders
Front: Tokyo 1964 gold medal, seated Nike, goddess of Victory, water polo
Front: Tokyo 1964 silver medal, seated Nike, swimming and diving
Front: Tokyo 1964 bronze medal, seated Nike, goddess of Victory, judo
Back: Tokyo 1964 prize medals, Victorious athlete on shoulders