Japan at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Japan at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese) (in English)
in Tokyo
Competitors 328 (270 men and 58 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer Makoto Fukui
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
16
Silver
5
Bronze
8
Total
29
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldMasae Kasai, Emiko Miyamoto, Kinuko Tanida, Yuriko Handa, Yoshiko Matsumura, Sata Isobe, Katsumi Matsumura, Yoko Shinozaki, Setsuko Sasaki, Yuko Fujimoto, Masako Kondo and Ayano ShibukiVolleyballWomen's Team Competition
 GoldTakao SakuraiBoxingMen's Bantamweight
 GoldYukio EndoGymnasticsMen's All-around Individual
 GoldYukio EndoGymnasticsMen's Parallel Bars
 GoldHaruhiro YamashitaGymnasticsMen's Long Horse Vault
 GoldTakuji HayataGymnasticsMen's Rings
 GoldTakehide NakataniJudoMen's Lightweight (68 kg)
 GoldIsao OkanoJudoMen's Middleweight (80 kg)
 GoldIsao InokumaJudoMen's Heavyweight
 GoldTakashi Ono, Shuji Tsurumi, Haruhiro Yamashita, Yukio Endo, Takuji Hayata, and Takashi MitsukuriGymnasticsMen's Team Combined Exercises
 GoldYoshinobu MiyakeWeightliftingMen's Featherweight
 GoldTsutomu HanaharaWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman Flyweight
 GoldMasamitsu IchiguchiWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
 GoldYoshikatsu YoshidaWrestlingMen's Freestyle Flyweight
 GoldYojiro UetakeWrestlingMen's Freestyle Bantamweight
 GoldOsamu WatanabeWrestlingMen's Freestyle Featherweight
 SilverShuji TsurumiGymnasticsMen's All-around Individual
 SilverShuji TsurumiGymnasticsMen's Parallel Bars
 SilverShuji TsurumiGymnasticsMen's Pommeled Horse
 SilverYukio Endo (gymnast)GymnasticsMen's Floor Exercises
 SilverAkio KaminagaJudoMen's Open Class
 BronzeKokichi TsuburayaAthleticsMen's Marathon
 BronzeTaniko Nakamura, Kiyoko Ono, Hiroko Tsuji, Toshiko Aihara-Shirasu, Ginko Chiba-Abukawa, and Keiko Ikeda-TanakaGymnasticsWomen's Team Combined Exercises
 BronzeYoshihisa YoshikawaShootingMen's Free Pistol
 BronzeYukiaki Okabe, Toshio Shoji, Makoto Fukui, and Kunihiro IwasakiSwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
 BronzeYutaka Demachi, Tsutomu Koyama, Sadatoshi Sugawara, Naohiro Ikeda, Yasutaka Sato, Toshiaki Kosedo, Tokihiko Higuchi, Masayuki Minami, Takeshi Tokutomi, Teruhisa Moriyama, Yūzo Nakamura and Katsutoshi NekodaVolleyballMen's Team Competition
 BronzeShiro IchinosekiWeightliftingMen's Bantamweight
 BronzeMasashi OhuchiWeightliftingMen's Middleweight
 BronzeIwao HoriuchiWrestlingMen's Freestyle Lightweight

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

15 cyclists represented Japan in 1964.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Tandem
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Judo

Four judoka, all male, represented Japan in 1964.

Men's lightweight
Men's mightweight
Men's heavyweight
Men's open class

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1964.

Individual
Team
  • Shigeaki Uchino
  • Yoshihide Fukutome
  • Shigeki Mino

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

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

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

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
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
  • Head Coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "Japan at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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