Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.12 competitors, 11 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports.[2] For that ceremony, the team celebrated by marching with a new placard with the word "Zambia" on it (as opposed to the "Northern Rhodesia" placard used in the opening ceremony).[3] One female fencer represented Northern Rhodesia in 1964.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This 1964 Summer Olympics-related article is a stub.