Southern Rhodesia competed as Rhodesia at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 29 competitors, 25 men and 4 women, took part in 15 events in 7 sports...
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1980. Southern Rhodesia sent 29 competitors, including a field hockey team, to the 1964 Summer Games, which was its last Olympic appearance under the Rhodesian...
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Rhodesia (/roʊˈdiːʒə/, /roʊˈdiːʃə/), was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa. Until 1964, the territory was known as Southern Rhodesia...
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Southern Rhodesia competed (as Rhodesia) at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This was the first time the country had participated in...
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competed at the Games under the name Rhodesia in 1928, 1960 and 1964. The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi marked Zimbabwe's first participation at the Winter...
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the name Zimbabwe, after appearing as Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia in the colonial era, except for 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1968, due to the Mexican...
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Rhodesia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. It was the first time in 32 years that the nation was represented at the Olympic Games. Fourteen...
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The flag of Southern Rhodesia was a blue ensign, later changed to a sky-blue ensign, with the coat of arms of Southern Rhodesia on it. The flag was in...
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The 1964 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 1964年夏季オリンピック, Hepburn: 1964-Nen Kaki Orinpikku), officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (Japanese: 第18回オリンピック競技大会...
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The flag of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) changed with political developments in the country. At independence in 1965 the recently adopted flag of Southern...
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Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in Southern Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two earlier...
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during the 1960s. A total of 84 nations were represented at the 1960 Summer Olympics, in Rome, 94 nations at the 1964 Games, in Tokyo, and 112 nations at the...
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Zealand first sent an independent team to the Olympics in 1920. Before this, at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, New Zealand and Australian athletes competed...
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country of the southern hemisphere to host the Olympics, after Australia in 1956 and 2000. As the hosts of the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil had the second...
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proceeding 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics respectively. Toronto was initially interested in the bidding, but appears to have dropped out during the final phase...
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White Zimbabweans (redirect from Britons in Rhodesia)
participate in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games. A small number of British migrants had reached the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe...
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as Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia in the colonial era. The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) stood with five athletes at the Olympiad, which was the second-smallest...
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also won the most gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics, in place of the Soviet Union. For the 1900 Summer Olympics several...
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Outline of Zambia (section Zambia at the Olympics)
Northern Rhodesia at the 1964 Summer Olympics Zambia at the 1968 Summer Olympics Zambia at the 1972 Summer Olympics Zambia at the 1980 Summer Olympics Zambia...
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under that name—barred from the last three Olympics for political reasons, the country had last competed as Rhodesia in 1964. The women's hockey matches,...
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1964; it is also the largest city ever to have hosted, having grown considerably since 1964. The other countries to have hosted the Summer Olympics are...
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Alan David Butler (category Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman)
Rhodesian sailor, businessman and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the Flying Dutchman event and finished in fourth and eleventh...
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every Summer Olympic Games, as well as every Winter Olympics except 1924–32 and 1948. In 1908 and 1912 Australia competed with New Zealand under the name...
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The United Kingdom has been represented at every modern Olympic Games. By end of the 2024 Summer Olympics, it is third in the all-time Summer Olympic...
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National Park North-Eastern Rhodesia Northern Province, Zambia Northern Rhodesia at the 1964 Summer Olympics Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesian African...
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Zimbabwe (category Southern African countries)
from October 1964), Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front government in Salisbury dropped the designation "Southern" in 1964 (once Northern Rhodesia had changed...
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Laurent Chifita (category Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics)
former long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1964 Summer Olympics representing Northern Rhodesia. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans...
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Trevor Haynes (category Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics)
competed in the marathon at the 1964 Summer Olympics representing Northern Rhodesia. He carried the Northern Rhodesian flag at the Tokyo Olympics Opening...
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Jeffery Smith (athlete) (category Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics)
Northern Rhodesia, he competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Representing Rhodesia and Nyasaland at the 1962 British...
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Zambia (category Southern African countries)
Northern Rhodesia from 1911 to 1964. It was renamed Zambia in October 1964 on its independence from British rule. The name Zambia derives from the Zambezi...
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