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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | Round 1 | ||||
| Tokyo | Japan | 34 | ||||
| Detroit | United States | 10 | ||||
| Vienna | Austria | 9 | ||||
| Brussels | Belgium | 5 | ||||
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