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 ...

In an era when America dominated the event, he was one of the best. He retired after winning gold at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and became a doctor. By Richard Sandomir Dallas Long, a brawny ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In October 1964, Japan became the first Asian nation to host an Olympics, showing off its growing technical prowess and returning to global society not 20 years after a crushing ...

When Jed Graef attended Verona High School from 1956 to 1960, swimming was little more than an afterthought in the town. Interest in the sport was so minimal, in fact, that Graef was the sole member ...