1964 Summer Paralympics
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II Paralympic Games
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Nations 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
Stadium	Oda Field

See also: 1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Paralympics were the 2nd Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan.

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.¹

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

Medal table

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
11	France	4	2	5	11
12	Austria	4	1	7	12
13	Japan	1	5	4	10
14	Belgium	1	0	1	2
15	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
16	Malta	0	0	2	2
17	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Total	144	138	136	418

Participating delegations

Nineteen delegations participated in the Tokyo Paralympics.²

References