Marshall. The last time the olympic games were in Tokyo, where in 1964 Shelburne resident Jed Graf won the gold medal for the 200 m backstroke despite the Games taking place 57 years ago.

Thompson Mann, a Great Bridge High graduate, right, was won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Mann, inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Virginia Sports Hall of ...

As the Tokyo Olympics feature dramatic and impressive finishes in swimming competitions, a Vermont man is reflecting on his time as a member of Team USA. “Talent is really spread far and wide,” Jed ...

Diane J. Cho ... Updated on July 23, 2021 10:33AM EDT 01 of 20 Lidman/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty The city and its residents are seen preparing for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

Fraser did not get the opportunity to shoot for a fourth Olympic gold in the 100 free. After she finished swimming, she was charged with stealing a flag from the emperor’s castle.

FILE – In this Oct. 18, 1964, file photo, Don Schollander of Lake Oswego, Ore., poses with the four gold medals he won during Olympic swimming competitions in Tokyo.... (AP Photo/File) More ...

When the 2020 Olympic Games open next July, there will be no round-number anniversary of what Australian Dawn Fraser accomplished 56 years earlier in 1964. Rather, it is the site of the Olympiad ...

Kevin Berry, 61, who won a gold medal for Australia at the 1964 Olympics and set 10 swimming world records during his career, died Thursday after a fall in a nursing home, the organization ...