1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVII Olympiad and also known as Melbourne 1964, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 10-24 October 1964 in Melbourne.

Host city selection
Melbourne won the rights to the Games on 26 May 1959 at the 55th IOC Session in Munich, West Germany, over bids from Tokyo, Detroit, Toronto and Vienna.

Sports
The 1964 Summer Olympics featured 17 different sports encompassing 23 disciplines, and medals were awarded in 163 events. In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. {|
 * Aquatics
 * Road (2)
 * Track (5)
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 * Dressage (2)
 * Eventing (2)
 * Jumping (2)
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 * Freestyle (8)
 * Greco-Roman (8)
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 * Dressage (2)
 * Eventing (2)
 * Jumping (2)
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 * Freestyle (8)
 * Greco-Roman (8)
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 * Freestyle (8)
 * Greco-Roman (8)
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 * Freestyle (8)
 * Greco-Roman (8)
 * Freestyle (8)
 * Greco-Roman (8)
 * Freestyle (8)
 * Greco-Roman (8)