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Japan at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
JPN

Flag bearer
  
Makoto Fukui

Japan at the 1964 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Japanese Olympic Committee

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

Competitors
  
328 (270 men and 58 women) in 21 sports

Medals Ranked 3rd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 16 5 8 29

Japan was the host nation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. 328 competitors, 270 men and 58 women, took part in 155 events in 21 sports.

Contents

Cycling

15 cyclists represented Japan in 1964.

Individual road race
  • Masashi Omiya
  • Hiroshi Yamao
  • Toshiro Akamatsu
  • Masanori Tsuji
  • Team time trial
  • Takehisa Kato
  • Masashi Omiya
  • Yoshio Shimura
  • Hirotsugu Fukuhara
  • Sprint
  • Katsuhiko Sato
  • Tsuyoshi Kawachi
  • 1000m time trial
  • Katsuhiko Sato
  • Tandem
  • Hideo Madarame
  • Toshimitsu Teshima
  • Individual pursuit
  • Hiromi Yamafuji
  • Team pursuit
  • Norio Hotogi
  • Fujio Ito
  • Kosaku Takahashi
  • Hiromi Yamafuji
  • Fencing

    15 fencers, 11 men and 4 women, represented Japan in 1964.

    Men's foil
  • Kazuo Mano
  • Heizaburo Okawa
  • Kazuhiko Tabuchi
  • Men's team foil
  • Kazuhiko Tabuchi, Fujio Shimizu, Kazuo Mano, Heizaburo Okawa, Sosuke Toda
  • Men's épée
  • Heizaburo Okawa
  • Kazuhiko Tabuchi
  • Toshiaki Araki
  • Men's team épée
  • Toshiaki Araki, Katsutada Minatoi, Kazuhiko Tabuchi, Heizaburo Okawa, Takeshi Teshima
  • Men's sabre
  • Mitsuyuki Funamizu
  • Seiji Shibata
  • Teruhiro Kitao
  • Men's team sabre
  • Fujio Shimizu, Teruhiro Kitao, Seiji Shibata, Mitsuyuki Funamizu
  • Women's foil
  • Tomoko Owada
  • Tamiko Yasui
  • Yoshie Takeuchi
  • Women's team foil
  • Yoshie Komori, Tamiko Yasui, Tomoko Owada, Yoshie Takeuchi
  • Judo

    Four judoka, all male, represented Japan in 1964.

    Men's lightweight
  • Takehide Nakatani
  • Men's mightweight
  • Isao Okano
  • Men's heavyweight
  • Isao Inokuma
  • Men's open class
  • Akio Kaminaga
  • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1964.

    Individual
  • Shigeaki Uchino
  • Yoshihide Fukutome
  • Shigeki Mino
  • Team
  • Shigeaki Uchino
  • Yoshihide Fukutome
  • Shigeki Mino
  • Shooting

    Ten shooters represented Japan in 1964. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event.

    25 m pistol
  • Kanji Kubo
  • Osamu Ochiai
  • 50 m pistol
  • Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
  • Shinji Takahashi
  • 300 m rifle, three positions
  • Shigemi Saito
  • Hajime Watanuki
  • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Takao Ishii
  • Shigemi Saito
  • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Akihiro Rinzaki
  • Takao Ishii
  • Trap
  • Mitsuo Sanami
  • Toshiyasu Ishige
  • Volleyball

    Men's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Lost to Hungary (0-3)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
  • Defeated United States (3-1)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (3-1)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Defeated Romania (3-2)
  • Defeated Netherlands (3-1) → Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Yutaka Demachi
  • Tsutomu Koyama
  • Sadatoshi Sugahara
  • Naohiro Ikeda
  • Yassu Saito
  • Toshiaki Kosedo
  • Tokihiko Higuchi
  • Masayuki Minami
  • Takeshi Tokutomi
  • Teruhisa Moriyama
  • Yūzo Nakamura
  • Katsutoshi Nekoda
  • Women's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Defeated Romania (3-0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Defeated Poland (3-0)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) → Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Masae Kasai
  • Emiko Miyamoto
  • Kinuko Tanida
  • Yuriko Handa
  • Yoshiko Matsumura
  • Sata Isobe
  • Katsumi Matsumura
  • Yoko Shinozaki
  • Setsuko Sasaki
  • Yuko Fujimoto
  • Masako Kondo
  • Ayano Shibuki
  • Head Coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu
  • References

    Japan at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wikipedia