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Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
JPN

Flag bearer
  
Yukio Endo

Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Japanese Olympic Committee

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

Competitors
  
171 (146 men and 25 women) in 18 sports

Medals Ranked 3rd
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 11 7 7 25

Japan competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 171 competitors, 146 men and 25 women, took part in 97 events in 18 sports.

Contents

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Boxing

Men

Sprint

men

Cycling

One cyclist represented Japan in 1968.

Track

Sprint

Road

Men

Diving

Men
Women

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1968.

Men's foil
  • Heizaburo Okawa
  • Kazuo Mano
  • Fujio Shimizu
    • Men's team foil
  • Masaya Fukuda, Heizaburo Okawa, Fujio Shimizu, Kazuhiko Wakasugi, Kazuo Mano

    • Football

    Groupplay
    Quarterfinals
    Semi final
    Bronze Medal Match

    Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1968.

    Individual
  • Yuso Makihira
  • Katsuaki Tashiro
  • Toshio Fukui
    • Team
  • Yuso Makihira
  • Katsuaki Tashiro
  • Toshio Fukui

    • Rowing

    Men

    Shooting

    Six shooters, all men, represented Japan in 1968.

    Men's Tournament

    groupplay

    Women's Tournament

    Women's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Defeated Mexico (3-0)
  • Defeated Peru (3-0)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0)
  • Defeated Poland (3-0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Setsuko Yosjida
  • Suzue Takayama
  • Toyoko Iwahara
  • Youko Kasahara
  • Aiko Onozawa
  • Yukiyo Kojima
  • Sachiko Fukanaka
  • Kunie Shishikura
  • Setsuko Inoue
  • Sumie Oinuma
  • Makiko Furakawa
  • Keiko Hama

    • Water polo

  • Team Roster
  • Haruo Sato
  • Hirokatsu Kuwayama
  • Kazuya Takeuchi
  • Koji Nakano
  • Kunio Yonehara
  • Seiya Sakamoto
  • Shigeharu Kuwabara
  • Shuzo Yajima
  • Tetsunosuke Ishii
    • Grouplay

    References

    Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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