1967 Summer Universiade
Multi-sport event in Tokyo, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1967 Summer Universiade, also known as the V Summer Universiade, was a multi-sport event for university athletes that took place in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
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Host city | Tokyo, Japan |
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Nations | 32 |
Athletes | 937 |
Events | 86 in 10 sports |
Opening | August 26, 1967 |
Closing | September 4, 1967 |
Judge's Oath | Keisuke Sawaki |
Main venue | National Stadium |
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Eastern Bloc countries including Soviet Union, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Cuba, Czechoslovakia and North Korea boycotted the Games due to the naming disputes about North Korea.[2]