Japan at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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]

Japan at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Tokyo
Competitors328 (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)

Medalists

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Preliminary Round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 7 7 0 562 424 +138 14 Advanced to the semifinals
2  Puerto Rico 7 5 2 493 454 +39 12
3  Poland 7 4 3 467 448 +19 11
4  Italy 7 4 3 495 480 +15 11
5  Mexico 7 3 4 485 514 −29 10
6  Japan (H) 7 3 4 421 428 −7 10
7  Hungary 7 2 5 407 469 −62 9
8  Canada 7 0 7 408 521 −113 7
Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(H) Host.

October 11

12 October

October 13

October 14

October 16

October 17

October 18

Classification brackets

9th–12th Place 21 October

9th Place 23 October

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Shuta Yoshino Flyweight N/A BYE  Otto Babiasch (EUA)
L 2-3		 Did not advance
Takao Sakurai Bantamweight N/A  Brian Packer (GBR)
W 4-1		  Isaac Aryee (GHA)
W 5–0		  Nicolae Puiu (ROU)
W 5–0		  Washington Rodríguez (URU)
W 5-0		  Chung Shin-cho (KOR)
W RSC
Masataka Takayama Featherweight N/A  Ian McLoughlin (NRH)
W 5–0		  Piotr Gutman (POL)
L RSC		 Did not advance
Kanemaru Shiratori Lightweight BYE  Sammy Amekudji (GHA)
W KO		  Ronald Allen Harris (USA)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Hoji Yonekura Light welterweight BYE  Miguel Velázquez (ESP)
W 3-2		  Félix Betancourt (CUB)
L 2-3		 Did not advance
Kichijiro Hamada Welterweight N/A  Sayed Mahmoudpour Roudsari (IRN)
W 5-0		  Manfredo Alipala (PHI)
W 5–0		  Marian Kasprzyk (POL)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Koji Masuda Light middleweight N/A  Jannie Gibson (RHO)
W RSC		  Joseph Gonzales (URS)
L 2-3		 Did not advance
Hitoshi Tenma Middleweight N/A  Juan Aguilar (ARG)
L 0-5		 Did not advance
Tadayuki Maruyama Heavyweight N/A  Athol McQueen (AUS)
L 0-5		 Did not advance

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shoji Yoshio C-1 1000 m 5:05.11 4 QS N/A 5:00.88 4 Did not advance
Shunichi Iwamura
Daisaburo Honda		 C-2 1000 m 4:25.86 5 QR N/A 4:40.54 4 Did not advance
Hideo Higashiyama K-1 1000 m 4:17.47 6 QR 4:42.93 1 QS 4:17.44 4 Did not advance
Hideo Kobayashi
Katsufusa Kashimura		 K-2 1000 m 4:00.94 8 QR 4:03.67 4 Did not advance
Izumi Eto
Tomio Sumimoto
Tadamasa Sato
Yuji Umezawa		 K-4 1000 m 3:33.25 8 QR 3:34.68 4 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hiroko Oshima
Keiko Okamoto		 K-2 500 m 2:14.53 5 QS 2:18.39 4 2:18.39 10

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

15 cyclists represented Japan in 1964.

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Toshiro Akamatsu Men's road race 4:39:51.83 106
Masashi Omiya 4:39:51.76 37
Masanori Tsuji DNF
Hiroshi Yamao 4:39:51.83 105
Takehisa Kato
Masashi Omiya
Yoshio Shimura
Hirotsugu Fukuhara		 Team time trial 2:40:13.27 19

Track
1000m time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Katsuhiko Sato Men's 1000m time trial 1:11.68 10
Men's tandem
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Repechage Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank
Hideo Madarame
Toshimitsu Teshima		 Tandem  Bicskey
Habony (HUN)
L		  Morelon
Trentin (FRA)
 Mercado
Tellez (MEX)
L		 Did not advance
Men's Sprint
Athlete Event Heats Repechage 1 Repechage Finals Round 2 Repechage 2 Repechage Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)		 Rank
Tsuyoshi Kawachi Men's sprint  Schillinger (EUA)
 Fredborg (DEN)
L		  Gibbon (TRI)
 Phivana (CAM)
L		 Did not advance
Katsuhiko Sato Men's sprint  Mercado (MEX)
 Simes (USA)
W 11.92		 BYE  Fuggerer (EUA)
 Kučírek (IND)
L		  Pkhak'adze (URS)
 Harrison (ITA)
L		 Did not advance
Pursuit
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time
Hiromi Yamafuji Men's individual pursuit  Martín Rodríguez (COL)
W 5:17.57		 Did not advance
Norio Hotogi
Fujio Ito
Kosaku Takahashi
Hiromi Yamafuji		 Team pursuit  India (IND)
W 4:55.04		 Did not advance

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Yosuke Arimitsu 10 m platform 90.56 14 Did not advance
Shunsuke Kaneto 3 m springboard 71.59 24 Did not advance
10 m platform 91.31 11 Did not advance
Toshio Otsubo 10 m platform 94.32 3 Q 47.73 8 142.05 8
Tadao Tosa 3 m springboard 89.10 11 Did not advance
Toshio Yamano 3 m springboard 81.74 21 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Hatsuko Kawai-Hirose 10 m platform 45.00 16 Did not advance
Keiko Osaki 45.20 15 Did not advance
Kanoko Tsutani-Mabuchi 3 m springboard 85.27 7 Q 40.01 7 125.28 7
Kumiko Watanabe 84.40 9 Q 35.94 9 120.34 9
10 m platform 43.50 18 Did not advance

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Kikuko Inoue Katsunobori Individual 648.0 16 Did not advance
Okabe Nagahira Seiha 589.5 19 Did not advance
Matsudaira Yorisuke Hamachidori 542.0 21 Did not advance
Inoue Kikuko
Okabe Nagahira
Matsudaira Yorisuke		 See above Team N/A 1779.5 6

Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Dressage Cross country Show jumping Penalties Rank
Matsudaira Masaki Nippo Individual 73.33 EL Did not advance
Katsumoto Masanori Eiten 72.00 EL Did not advance
Chiba Mikio Mauta 63.67 174.8 30.00 268.47 34
Maeda Rikutoshi Hogetsu 76.00 EL Did not advance
Chiba Mikio
Matsudaira Masaki
Maeda Rikutoshi		 See above Team 268.47 EL Did not advance

Show jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Total Rank
Hiroshi Hoketsu Raro Individual 63.75 41 48.00 39 111.75 40
Sasa Shinzo Snaefell 46.75 40 24.00 32 70.75 38
Kageyama Yuzo Tokinoarashi EL Did not advance
Hiroshi Hoketsu
Sasa Shinzo
Kageyama Yuzo		 See above Team N/A 340.00 12

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics

First round

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 3
 Japan 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 2
 Argentina 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
 Italy[lower-alpha 1] 0 - - - - - — 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Withdrew
Japan 3–2 Argentina
Sugiyama  54'
Kawabuchi  81'
Ogi  82'		 Report Domínguez  24', 62'
Attendance: 19,049
Referee: Škorić (YUG)
Japan 2–3 Ghana
Sugiyama  12'
Yaegashi  52'		 Report Agyemang  27'
S. Acquah  69'
Fulaiteh  80'
Referee: Niţescu (ROU)

Quarter-finals
Czechoslovakia 4–0 Japan
Brumovský  43', 59'
Vojta  69' (pen.)
Mráz  86'		 Report
Attendance: 18,940
Referee: De Queiroz (BRA)

First Consolation Round

Played by losing quarter-finalists.

Japan 1–6 Yugoslavia
Kamamoto  61' Report Zambata  3', 5', 43', 63'
Osim  28', 60'
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Imam (UAE)

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was conducted by breaking the 15 teams into two groups of 7 and 8 teams. The groups then played a round-robin tournament with each team playing the other teams in the group once. 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals while the third and fourth played in consolation semifinals.

Group A
PlaceTeamWinsTiesLossesPoints
1. Pakistan (PAK)60012 QS
2. Australia (AUS)4028 QS
3. Kenya (KEN)3127 QC
4. Japan (JPN)3036 QC
5. Great Britain (GBR)2044
6. Rhodesia (RHO)1143
7. New Zealand (NZL)1052
  • Pakistan def. Japan 1-0
  • Australia def. Japan 3-1
  • Japan def. Kenya 2-0
  • Great Britain def. Japan 1-0
  • Japan def. Rhodesia 2-1
  • Japan def. New Zealand 1-0

Semifinals

The top two teams in each of the groups played in the 1st-4th semifinals, with the winner of each group playing the second-place team in the other group. The third and fourth team in each group played in the consolation semifinals

RoundWinnerScoreLoser
Consolation  United Team of Germany (EUA) 5-1  Japan (JPN)

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Four judoka, all male, represented Japan in 1964.

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

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1964.

Individual
Team
  • Shigeaki Uchino
  • Yoshihide Fukutome
  • Shigeki Mino

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Satoomi Kasagi Single sculls 8:16.96 4 R 8:13.44 3 FB 7:37.90 11
Susumi Hosoya
Yasushi Murase		 Double sculls 7:25.64 3 R 7:18.98 3 FB 7:15.22 10
Takao Kogo
Norimasa Kurosaki		 Coxless pair 7:48.15 5 R 7:54.43 4 7:54.43 14
Toshihiro Hamada
Katsuhiko Ihara
Masahiro Takatsuki		 Coxed pair 8:32.51 5 R 8:05.30 4 8:05.30 15
Shunsuke Miki
Koju Tsukamoto
Yasuji Honma
Bunzo Kimura		 Coxless four 7:24.35 5 R 7:00.29 3 FB 6:51.60 12
Hideo Oe
Yukio Matsuda
Hideaki Aida
Masakatsu Yamanouchi
Noriichi Yoshino		 Coxed four 7:10.77 5 R 7:31.60 4 7:31.60 14
Naoji Sato
Koichi Miyano
Tsugio Ito
Tsuneo Ogasawara
Yoshihiro Onishi
Shin Hasegawa
Hajime Ishikawa
Ryuzo Kikuchi
Osamu Mandai		 Eight 6:16.67 3 R 6:10.15 2 FB 6:05.14 10

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Takashi Yamada Finn 18 21 17 18 14 20 11 2486 21
Yasutoshi Tagami
Kendjiro Matsuda		 Flying Dutchman 9 6 13 DNF 15 16 14 2166 15
Masayuki Ishii
Takafumi Okubo		 Star 15 11 7 13 13 16 DSQ 1494 13
Saburo Tanamachi
Tadashi Funaoka
Teruyuki Hiiro		 Dragon 17 18 17 14 16 16 10 1762 17
Fujiya Matsumoto
Masao Yoshida
Takeshi Hagiwara		 5.5 Metre 12 11 14 12 13 14 13 1070 14

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Toshiyasu Ishige Trap 184 30
Takao Ishii Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1128 25
Men's 50 metre rifle prone 584 48
Kanji Kubo 25 m rapid fire pistol 587 8
Osamu Ochiai 579 24
Akihiro Rinzaki Men's 50 metre rifle prone 594 6
Shigemi Saito Men's 300 metre rifle three positions 1096 20
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1106 34
Mitsuo Sanami Trap 189 15
Shinji Takahashi 50 m pistol 536 26
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 554
Hajime Watanuki Men's 300 metre rifle three positions 1028 28

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tatsuo Fujimoto 100 metre freestyle 55.8 1 Q 55.8 6 Did not advance
Shigeo Fukushima 200 metre backststroke 2:14.7 1 Q 2:14.1 2 Q 2:13.2 4
Tadaharu Goto 100 metre freestyle 55.8 2 Q 55.6 5 Did not advance
Keisuke Ito 200 metre backststroke 2:16.7 2 Q 2:17.6 7 Did not advance
Kazuyuki Iwamoto 1500 metre freestyle 17:52.7 3 Did not advance
Yoshinori Kadonaga 200 metre butterfly 2:14.5 3 Q 2:12.3 3 Q 2:12.6 6
Kenjiro Matsumoto 200 metre breaststroke 2:33.8 1 Q 2:34.3 5 Did not advance
Satoru Nakano 1500 metre freestyle 17:40.4 2 Did not advance
Atsushi Obayashi 200 metre butterfly 2:15.1 2 Q 2:14.1 5 Did not advance
Yukiaki Okabe 100 metre freestyle 54.4 2 Q 55.2 3 Did not advance
Isagi Osumi 200 metre backststroke 2:17.3 2 Q 2:17.0 5 Did not advance
Sueaki Sasaki 1500 metre freestyle 17:28.8 2 Q N/A 17:25.3 6
Kosuke Sato 200 metre butterfly 2:12.4 2 Q 2:13.4 5 Did not advance
Yoshiaki Shikishi 200 metre breaststroke 2:32.3 2 Q 2:34.5 6 Did not advance
Osamu Tsurumine 2:34.1 2 Q 2:33.3 4 Q 2:33.6 6
Takeshi Yamakage 400 metre freestyle 4:27.8 3 Did not advance
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 4:21.1 1 Q N/A 4:19.1 6
Haruo Yoshimuta 4:28.8 2 Did not advance
Kunihiro Iwasaki
Tadaharu Goto
Tatsuo Fujimoto
Yukiaki Okabe
Katsuki Ishihara		 4 × 400 metre freestyle relay 3:42.3 3 Q N/A 3:40.5 4
Makoto Fukui
Kunihiro Iwasaki
Toshio Shoji
Yukiaki Okabe		 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 8:10.4 2 Q N/A 8:03.8
Shigeo Fukushima
Kenji Ishikawa
Isao Nakajima
Yukiaki Okabe		 4 × 100 metre medley relay 4:07.3 2 Q N/A 4:06,6 5
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Miyoko Azuma 100 metre freestyle 1:06.4 6 Did not advance
Kimiko Ezaka 400 metre individual medley 5:42.1 4 Did not advance
Kazue Hayakawa 400 metre freestyle 4:56.5 3 Did not advance
Michiko Kihara 100 metre backststroke 1:11.1 3 Did not advance
Tazuko Kikutani 400 metre freestyle 5:06.3 5 Did not advance
Toyoko Kimura 100 metre freestyle 1:04.8 4 Did not advance
Natsuko Matsuda 400 metre individual medley 5:51.5 4 Did not advance
Yoshiko Morizane 200 metre breaststroke 2:59.9 6 Did not advance
Hiroko Saito 100 metre butterfly 1:13.1 5 Did not advance
Kimiko Sato 1:10.6 4 Q 1:11.2 8 Did not advance
Eiko Takahashi 1:08.4 2 Q 1:07.8 3 Q 1:09.1 7
Satoko Tanaka 100 metre backststroke 1:10.0 2 Q N/A 1:08.6 4
Ryoko Urakami 100 metre freestyle 1:04.5 5 Did not advance
Noriko Yamamoto 200 metre breaststroke 2:57.0 5 Did not advance
Ryoko Urakami
Michiko Kihara
Toyoko Kimura
Miyoko Azuma		 4 × 400 metre freestyle relay 4:19.2 5 Did not advance
Satoko Tanaka
Noriko Yamamoto
Eiko Takahashi
Michiko Kihara		 4 × 100 metre medley relay 4:40.6 2 Q N/A 4:42.0 4

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
13 Oct Japan  3–0  South Korea 17–15 15–8 15–3     47–26
14 Oct Hungary  3–0  Japan 15–12 15–8 15–12     45–32
15 Oct Czechoslovakia  3–1  Japan 9–15 15–13 15–12 15–13   54–53
17 Oct Japan  3–1  Bulgaria 15–10 12–15 15–6 15–10   57–41
18 Oct Japan  3–1  United States 15–12 15–10 13–15 15–11   58–48
19 Oct Japan  3–1  Soviet Union 14–16 15–5 15–8 15–10   59–39
21 Oct Japan  3–2  Brazil 15–12 15–9 12–15 7–15 15–11 64–62
22 Oct Japan  3–0  Romania 15–6 15–9 15–8     45–23
23 Oct Japan  3–1  Netherlands 15–17 15–4 15–8 15–5   60–34
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
 Soviet Union 17 8 1 25 5 5.000 415 279 1.487
 Czechoslovakia 17 8 1 26 10 2.600 486 399 1.218
 Japan 16 7 2 22 12 1.833 475 372 1.277
4  Romania 15 6 3 19 15 1.267 432 394 1.096
5  Bulgaria 14 5 4 20 16 1.250 464 429 1.082
6  Hungary 13 4 5 18 18 1.000 449 466 0.964
7  Brazil 12 3 6 13 23 0.565 410 474 0.865
8  Netherlands 11 2 7 11 24 0.458 378 482 0.784
9  United States 11 2 7 10 23 0.435 360 450 0.800
10  South Korea 9 0 9 9 27 0.333 376 500 0.752
  • Team Roster
Women's Team Competition

Round robin
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Oct15:15United States  0–3  Japan 1–155–152–15  8–45Report
12 Oct19:15Romania  0–3  Japan 7–153–158–15  18–45Report
14 Oct20:30South Korea  0–3  Japan 3–152–154–15  9–45Report
18 Oct13:50Poland  1–3  Japan 4–155–1515–132–15 26–58Report
23 Oct19:35Japan  3–0  Soviet Union 15–1115–815–13  45–32Report

Final standings
Place Team Pts W L SF SA PF PA
 Japan 105015123893
 Soviet Union 84112321297
 Poland 632106180162
4  Romania 42369140172
5  United States 21431298213
6  South Korea 00501594225
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Italy 2 2 0 0 9 6 +3 4
2  Romania 2 1 0 1 12 8 +4 2
3  Japan 2 0 0 2 7 14 −7 0
Source:
  • October 11, 1964
Italy  4 – 3  Romania
  • October 12, 1964
Italy  5 – 3  Japan
  • October 13, 1964
Romania  9 – 4  Japan

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yukio Furuyama 56 kg 105.0 6 100.0 8 130.0 9 335.0 6
Shiro Ishinoseki 100.0 9 110.0 1 137.5 3 347.5
Hiroshi Fukuda 60 kg 120.0 3 115.0 2 140.0 5 375.0 4
Yoshinobu Miyake 122.5 1 122.5 1 152.5 1 397.5
Hiroshi Yamazaki 67.5 kg 120.0 9 120.0 5 157.5 5 397.5 6
Sadahiro Miwa 75 kg 120.0 10 132.5 3 170.0 4 422.5 5
Masashi Ohuchi 140.0 1 135.0 2 162.5 6 437.5

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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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