This video explores the transition from cinder tracks to synthetic tracks in the Tokyo Olympics, highlighting its ...

Coinciding with the 54th anniversary of the opening of the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, NBC Olympics Wednesday unveiled the logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. With a design that honors Japanese ...

Mary Rand, who has died aged 86, became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field – and the ...

Get to know Tokyo, the vibrant Japanese capital city that will be hosting this Olympic Games. Plus see what the official ...

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win athletics gold at the Olympics, was described as "Marilyn Monroe on spikes".

Tokyo, Sept. 30, 1964: Ralph Boston, holder of the world long jump record at 27 feet, 4¼ inches. Boston was one of the 159 U.S. athletes and officials first to arrive Sept. 30, 1964, in Tokyo for the ...

Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic athletics gold medal when she broke the long jump world record at the ...

An Olympic Railway pass for the 1964 Tokyo XVIII Olympics issued to Wyomia Tyus by Japanese National Railways in November 1964. The pass is a folded booklet. The front and back covers of the pass are ...

Former Olympic long jump champion Mary Rand, the first British female athlete to secure three medals in a single Olympics, ...

MARY RAND, one of Britain’s most successful sports stars, has died at the age of 86. The Somerset-born star was an ...