Mikio Oda Memorial International Amateur Athletic Game ( 織田幹雄記念国際陸上競技大会 , Oda Mikio Kinen Kokusai Rikujō Kyōgi Taikai ) is one of the international athletic games , which takes place every April at Hiroshima Big Arch stadium in Hiroshima , Japan .
12-502: In 1967, this game began to commemorate the feat of Mikio Oda , a native of Hiroshima and the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist . It is one of the major track and field meets in Japan called Japan Grand Prix, and qualifying trials for World Championships and Summer Olympic Games have been held. This athletics and track and field article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Japan
24-631: A new world record for the triple jump of 15.58 meters. Oda served as coach and captain of the Japanese athletics team at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles . Upon retirement from competitive athletics, he focused his efforts on sports administration, becoming a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee in 1948 and later taking part in the IAAF 's technical committee. He also served as coach for
36-611: A successor to the Olympic Diploma of Merit . The Olympic Order originally had three grades ( gold , silver and bronze ). In 1984, at the 87th IOC Session in Sarajevo ( Yugoslavia ), it was decided that there would be no distinction between the silver and bronze order. The insignia of the Olympic Order is in the form of a collar (or chain ), in Gold, Silver or Bronze according to grade;
48-461: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mikio Oda Mikio Oda ( 織田 幹雄 , Oda Mikio , 30 March 1905 – 2 December 1998) was a Japanese athlete and the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist. He was the first Asian Olympic champion in an individual event. Oda was born in Kaita , Hiroshima Prefecture . At the age of 17, he set a new Japanese record for the triple jump at
60-659: Is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. It is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport. Traditionally, the IOC bestows the Olympic Order upon the chief national organiser(s) at the closing ceremony of each respective Olympic Games . The Olympic Order was established in May 1975 by the International Olympic Committee as
72-465: Is the list of recipients of Olympic Order with some missing data like year of award, country and colour of award. Elena Mukhina became the youngest recipient of the Olympic Order in 1982 when she was 22 years old at the time of her award. She is also the only member of the Olympic Order who never competed at the Olympics. Carlos Arthur Nuzman and Nadia Comaneci are the two only athletes to be awarded
84-620: The 1923 Far Eastern Championship Games held in Osaka , and also won the long jump and high jump events. He was selected as a member of the Japanese Olympic team for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , participating in all three events. However, he failed to reach the semifinals in the long jump and high jump , and placed sixth in the triple jump competition . On his return to Japan, he enrolled at Waseda University , but returned to compete in
96-506: The 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam . Although he again did not reach the semifinals in the long jump and high jump , he won the triple jump event with a result of 15.21 meters, becoming the first Japanese athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. In 1931, Oda graduated from Waseda University and was employed by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. On 27 October of the same year, he established
108-717: The Japan Association of Athletics Federations . In the final years of his life, Oda moved from his home at Aburatsubo in Yokosuka, Kanagawa to a nursing home in Kugenuma (Fujisawa, Kanagawa). His grave is at the Buddhist temple of Tokei-ji in Kamakura . In 2000, Oda was posthumously chosen as the best Asian male athlete of the century by a panel of track and field experts. Olympic Order The Olympic Order , established in 1975,
120-618: The Japanese athletics team at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki and the 1954 Asian Games in Manila . During the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , the Olympic flag was raised to a height of exactly 15.21 meters, to pay respect to Oda's achievement 36 years earlier. Oda field, a 400-meter running track in Yoyogi built for the 1964 Olympics, was named after Oda. His sporting achievements were recognized with
132-568: The creation of the Mikio Oda Memorial International Amateur Athletic Game , an annual track and field competition that has been held since 1967. He became a professor at Waseda University from 1965. In 1976, Oda was awarded the Olympic Order , the highest award of the Olympic Movement. In 1988, Oda was honored by the government as a Person of Cultural Merit , and in 1989, he was named honorary chairman of
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#1732895678130144-495: The front of the chain depicts the five rings of the Olympic Movement , flanked on either side by kotinos emblem ( olive wreath ). A lapel badge, in the form of miniature five rings and kotinos in Gold, Silver and Bronze according to grade, is presented to recipients to wear as appropriate. The following is a list of recipients of the Olympic Order . Some no longer have their orders, as they have been withdrawn. Following
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