The men's team competition was a gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

 event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo from October 18 through October 23....

 programme 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...

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Results

The score for the team was a sum of its 6 members best scores. In each of the 6 apparatuses, the top 5 scores in each category (compulsory and optional) were summed, for a total of 12 categories. 600 points were possible.

Rank	Country	C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V	Total Points
		48.00	48.10	47.80	47.90	48.25	48.15	48.25	48.35	48.40	48.35	48.30	48.10	577.95
		47.85	47.95	47.20	47.20	47.90	48.15	48.15	48.25	48.25	48.05	48.20	48.40	575.45
		47.05	47.15	47.45	47.05	46.45	47.35	45.95	48.05	47.20	47.55	46.60	47.25	565.10
4.		45.95	46.90	46.00	46.65	46.60	47.05	46.40	47.50	47.50	47.45	46.25	46.65	560.90
5.		46.55	47.10	46.45	44.65	46.20	46.35	47.40	47.20	47.05	46.30	46.95	47.30	559.50
6.		45.95	46.50	45.05	46.55	45.85	46.60	46.85	47.80	46.80	47.15	46.40	46.65	558.15
7.		45.50	46.80	46.35	46.00	46.30	46.70	46.65	47.55	46.70	46.10	46.20	46.10	556.95
8.		46.60	47.25	46.50	46.20	44.35	45.25	47.15	47.70	46.30	47.00	46.10	45.80	556.20
9.		46.35	45.30	45.60	45.10	45.70	45.90	47.05	47.30	46.80	46.60	46.95	47.05	555.70
10.		45.20	46.40	45.80	45.80	45.40	46.05	46.25	47.45	46.25	46.30	46.90	47.15	555.65
11.		45.35	45.35	46.25	46.20	45.45	46.25	46.70	47.15	46.80	46.50	46.80	46.00	554.80
12.		45.95	45.95	45.50	45.15	44.50	45.80	46.55	47.45	46.25	46.55	44.90	46.10	550.65
13.		45.20	46.45	45.10	44.90	45.05	44.55	45.95	47.00	46.45	46.00	46.30	46.55	549.50
14.		45.30	44.55	45.75	45.95	42.15	43.60	47.30	47.90	46.65	46.50	44.60	45.90	546.15
15.		44.75	44.30	42.60	39.90	41.45	43.20	45.95	46.30	43.85	44.55	42.00	44.10	522.95
16.		43.00	43.20	41.25	41.55	38.70	40.75	46.05	45.65	43.00	44.55	41.45	42.85	512.00
17.		42.35	42.65	32.15	30.45	40.60	41.15	45.40	44.60	42.75	44.70	42.25	44.00	493.05
18.		40.70	40.10	35.70	30.50	31.80	36.45	42.95	43.75	33.85	37.25	28.15	27.15	428.35