Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports. The use of both the English alphabet and abbreviations threw it directly behind the USA in the Parade of Nations. 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 invasion of China, before ultimately being canceled because of World War II.