First billion dollar Olympic Games

According to Official Guinness Records,

When Tokyo won the right to host the 1964 Games, it became the first Asian city to do so and responded by putting on one of the most successful sporting extravaganzas in history. However, this came at huge expense, with the costs estimated at a then eye-watering $1.926 billion. The huge sum, which dwarfed that of all previous Games, was spent on organization and construction, but didn’t include additional expenditure on several new roadways and a monorail to the airport, so the true cost was probably far higher.

For a complete list of 1964 records, please visit 1964 Guinness Records in Japan.

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