At the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

, fourteen different artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...

 events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

is a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 from October 18 through October 23.

The scoring in all the events was the same, as for gymnastics events at the previous Olympics

Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome from September 5 through 10th.-Format of competition:...

. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. Each of the women's events was judged by five judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of three remaining ones constituted the score. Each of the men's events were judged by four judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining ones constituted the score.

Men's events

Team all-around	Yukio Endo Yukio Endo (gymnast) was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:He was born in Akita City, Akita-ken.He won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968... Takuji Hayata Takuji Hayata is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he received a gold medal in rings, and a second gold medal when Japan won the team all-around competition.-References:... Takashi Mitsukuri Takashi Mitsukuri is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises... Takashi Ono Takashi Ono is a Japanese gymnast who won five gold medals at the Olympic Games.Competing in four Summer Olympics, he took the Olympic Oath at Tokyo in 1964.Ono was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1998.... Shuji Tsurumi Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Tsurumi competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in pommel horse... Haruhiro Yamashita Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals for his country in Team Combined Exercises, and Long Horse Vault....	Sergei Diomidov Viktor Leontev Viktor Lisitsky Boris Shakhlin Boris Shakhlin Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics... Yuri Titov Yuri Titov Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:... Yuri Tsapenko	Siegfried Fülle Philipp Fürst Erwin Koppe Klaus Köste Klaus Köste Klaus Köste is a German gymnast and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He competed for East Germany and received bronze medals in team combined exercises in three olympics, in 1964, 1968 and 1972.-References:... Günter Lyhs Peter Weber
Individual all-around			none awarded
Floor			none awarded
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar

Women's

Team all-around	Polina Astakhova Polina Astakhova Polina Astakhova was a Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast who won ten medals at the Summer Olympics, where she participated as a member of the USSR team in 1956, 1960 and 1964.-Biography:Astakhova became interested in artistic gymnastics at age 13,... Ludmila Gromova Larisa Latynina Tamara Manina Tamara Manina Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad.... Elena Volchetskaya Tamara Zamotaylova	Věra Čáslavská Vera Cáslavská Věra Čáslavská is a Czech gymnast. Blonde, cheerful and possessing impressive stage presence, she was generally popular with the public and won a total of 22 international titles... Maria Krajcirova Jana Posnerová Hana Růžičková Jaroslava Sedláčková Adolfína Tkačíková	Toshiko Aihara Ginko Chiba Keiko Ikeda Taniko Nakamura Kiyoko Ono Kiyoko Ono is a Japanese politician. She also represented Japan in Tokyo Olympic Games as an artistic gymnast.-Politician:Kiyoko won the election in 1986 and was one of the members in the House of Councillors for 1986 to 2007.... Hiroko Tsuji
Individual all-around
Vault			None awarded
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor

Medal table

1		5	4	1	10
2		4	10	5	19
3		3	1	0	4
4		1	1	1	3
5		1	0	1	2
6		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
8		0	0	1	1