These were the only Games for Northern Rhodesia. On 24 October 1964 (the same day as the closing ceremony), the country became independent from the UK and changed its name from Northern Rhodesia to Zambia, the first time a country entered an Olympic games as one country and left it as another.
The only Olympics in Northern Rhodesia occurred. On October 24, 1964 (the same day as the closing ceremony), the nation gained independence from the UK and renamed itself Zambia, becoming the first to enter an Olympic game under a single name and leave it with another.