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Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
JPN

Flag bearer
  
Takashi Ono

Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Japanese Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.joc.or.jp (Japanese) (English)

Competitors
  
162 (142 men and 20 women) in 17 sports

Medals Ranked 8th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 7 7 18

Japan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 162 competitors, 142 men and 20 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports.

Contents

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.

Individual road race
  • Masashi Omiya
    • 1000m time trial
  • Tetsuo Osawa
    • Team pursuit
  • Tetsuo Osawa
  • Kanji Kubomura
  • Nobuhira Takanuki
  • Katsuya Saito

    • Fencing

    Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.

    Men's foil
  • Mitsuyuki Funamizu
  • Heizaburo Okawa
  • Kazuhiko Tabuchi
    • Men's team foil
  • Heizaburo Okawa, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi
    • Men's épée
  • Kazuhiko Tabuchi
  • Sonosuke Fujimaki
  • Tsugeo Ozawa
    • Men's team épée
  • Heizaburo Okawa, Tsugeo Ozawa, Sonosuke Fujimaki, Kazuhiko Tabuchi
    • Men's sabre
  • Tsugeo Ozawa
  • Mitsuyuki Funamizu
  • Sonosuke Fujimaki
    • Men's team sabre
  • Sonosuke Fujimaki, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

    • Modern pentathlon

    Two male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.

    Individual
  • Kazuhiro Tanaka
  • Shigeaki Uchino

    • Shooting

    Eight shooters represented Japan in 1960. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won a bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol event.

    25 m pistol
  • Fumio Ryosenan
  • Osamu Ochiai
    • 50 m pistol
  • Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
  • Tadao Matsui
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Takao Ishii
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Yukio Inokuma
  • Takao Ishii
    • Trap
  • Kenichi Kumagai
  • Mitsuo Yamane

    • References

    Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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