Host City Selection
Tokyo won the rights to the Games on May 26, 1959, at the 55th IOC Session in Munich, West Germany, over bids from Detroit, Brussels and Vienna.
1964 Summer Olympics bidding result | ||||||
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City | Country | Round 1 | ||||
Tokyo | Japan | 34 | ||||
Detroit | United States | 10 | ||||
Vienna | Austria | 9 | ||||
Brussels | Belgium | 5 |
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