Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Japan at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors171 (146 men and 25 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearerYukio Endo
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
11
Silver
7
Bronze
7
Total
25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Yoshinobu Miyake Weightlifting Men's 60 kg October 14
 Gold Shigeo Nakata Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg October 20
 Gold Yojiro Uetake Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg October 20
 Gold Masaaki Kaneko Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg October 20
 Gold Yukio Endo
Sawao Kato
Takeshi Katō
Eizo Kenmotsu
Akinori Nakayama
Mitsuo Tsukahara		 Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around October 24
 Gold Sawao Kato Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around October 24
 Gold Sawao Kato Gymnastics Men's floor October 26
 Gold Akinori Nakayama Gymnastics Men's parallel bars October 26
 Gold Akinori Nakayama Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar October 26
 Gold Akinori Nakayama Gymnastics Men's rings October 26
 Gold Muneji Munemura Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg October 26
 Silver Masushi Ouchi Weightlifting Men's 75 kg October 16
 Silver Kenji Kimihara Athletics Men's marathon October 20
 Silver Hideo Fujimoto Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg October 26
 Silver Akinori Nakayama Gymnastics Men's floor October 26
 Silver Yukio Endo Gymnastics Men's vault October 26
 Silver Setsuko Yoshida
Suzue Takayama
Toyoko Iwahara
Youko Kasahara
Aiko Onozawa
Yukiyo Kojima
Sachiko Fukanaka
Kunie Shishikura
Setsuko Inoue
Sumie Oinuma
Makiko Furakawa
Keiko Hama		 Volleyball Women's tournament October 26
 Silver Masayuki Minami
Katsutoshi Nekoda
Mamoru Shiragami
Isao Koizumi
Kenji Kimura
Yasuaki Mitsumori
Naohiro Ikeda
Jungo Morita
Tadayoshi Yokota
Seiji Oko
Tetsuo Satō
Kenji Shimaoka		 Volleyball Men's tournament October 26
 Bronze Yoshiyuki Miyake Weightlifting Men's 60 kg October 14
 Bronze Akinori Nakayama Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around October 24
 Bronze Takeshi Katō Gymnastics Men's floor October 26
 Bronze Eizo Kenmotsu Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar October 26
 Bronze Sawao Kato Gymnastics Men's rings October 26
 Bronze Eiji Morioka Boxing Men's bantamweight October 26
 Bronze Kenzo Yokoyama
Hiroshi Katayama
Masakatsu Miyamoto
Yoshitada Yamaguchi
Mitsuo Kamata
Ryozo Suzuki
Kiyoshi Tomizawa
Takaji Mori
Aritatsu Ogi
Eizo Yuguchi
Shigeo Yaegashi
Teruki Miyamoto
Masashi Watanabe
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
Kunishige Kamamoto
Ikuo Matsumoto
Ryuichi Sugiyama
Masahiro Hamazaki		 Football Men's football October 26
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Gymnastics 6 2 4 12
Wrestling 4 1 0 5
Weightlifting 1 1 1 3
Volleyball 0 2 0 2
Athletics 0 1 0 1
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Football 0 0 1 1
Total 11 7 7 25

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Hiroomi Yamada Long jump 7.67 17 — 7.93w 10
Naoki Abe 7.58 22 — Did not advance
Shinji Ogura 7.57 24 — Did not advance
Tsugumichi Suzuki 10,000 metres — 30:52.0 19
Keisuke Sawaki — 31:25.2 27
Kenji Kimihara Marathon — 2:23:31 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Boxing

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Watanabe Light Flyweight  Zaporozhets (URS)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Nakamura Flyweight Bye  Delgado (MEX)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Morioka' Flyweight Bye  Dowling (IRL)
W 4–1 		 Sokolov (URS)
L 5–0

Canoeing

Sprint

men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tetsumasa Yamaguchi C-1 1000 metres 4:33.3 Qs 4:54.61 5 Did not advance
Tetsumasa Yamaguchi
Nobuatsu Yoshino 		C-2 1000 m 3:58.44 5 QS 4:29.54 5 Did not advance

Cycling

One cyclist represented Japan in 1968.

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 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
Sanji Inoue Men's Sprint  Kravtsov (URS)
L 		Did not advance

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Sanji Inoue time trial 1:07.54 19

Diving

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Junji Yuasa 3 m springboard 86.80 18 Did not advance
Junji Yuasa 10 m springboard 84.10 23 Did not advance
Toshio Otsubo 83.18 24 Did not advance
Yosuke Arimitsu 81.72 26 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Keiko Osaki 3 m springboard DNS
Keiko Osaki 10 m platform

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1968.

Men's foil
Men's team foil

Football

Group play
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 5
 Japan 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
 Brazil 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Japan 3 – 1 Nigeria
Kamamoto 24' 72' 89' Report Okoye 33'
Referee: Ramon Sagastume Marmol El Salvador
Brazil 1 – 1 Japan
Ferretti 9' Report Watanabe 83'
Spain 0 – 0 Japan
Report
Referee: Erwin Hieger Peru
Quarterfinals
Japan 3 – 1 France
Kamamoto 27' 59'
Watanabe 70'		 Report Tamboueon 32'
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn Ethiopia
Semi final
Hungary 5 – 0 Japan
Szűcs 30' 60' 75'
Novák 53' 65'		 Report
Bronze Medal Match
Japan 2 – 0 Mexico
Kamamoto 20' 40' Report
Attendance: 105,000
Referee: Abraham Klein Israel

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1968.

Individual
Team
  • Yuso Makihira
  • Katsuaki Tashiro
  • Toshio Fukui

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tsugio Ito Single sculls 8:10.00 6 R 7:58.08 4 Did not advance
Masatoshi Shimizu
Tomio Murai
Tadamasa Kato
Shigeru Miyagawa
Fumio Nakata
Jujiro Tanaka
Toshi Fukumasu
Yoshinori Arai
Katsumi Yamamoto (cox) 		Eight 6:34.79 6 R 6:44.37 5 FB — 6:52.02 6

Shooting

Six shooters, all men, represented Japan in 1968.

Open
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Takeo Kamachi 25 m rapid fire pistol 586 12
Shigeto Kusunoki 50 m pistol 528 50
Shigemi Saito 50 m rifle, prone 576 84
Hiromu Sekine 585 60
Makoto Shiraishi 25 m rapid fire pistol 582 23
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 50 m pistol 548 17

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's Tournament

Group play
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Soviet Union 9 8 1 17 26 8 3.250 464 326 1.423
2  Japan 9 7 2 16 24 6 4.000 430 258 1.667
3  Czechoslovakia 9 7 2 16 22 15 1.467 454 417 1.089
4  East Germany 9 6 3 15 22 12 1.833 449 374 1.201
5  Poland 9 6 3 15 18 11 1.636 371 281 1.320
6  Bulgaria 9 4 5 13 16 17 0.941 379 385 0.984
7  United States 9 4 5 13 15 18 0.833 383 414 0.925
8  Belgium 9 2 7 11 6 24 0.250 239 417 0.573
9  Brazil 9 1 8 10 8 25 0.320 357 469 0.761
10  Mexico 9 0 9 9 6 27 0.222 289 474 0.610
Source: [citation needed]

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

Water polo

  • Team Roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Italy 7 6 1 0 48 21 +27 13
2  Yugoslavia 7 5 1 1 65 18 +47 11
3  East Germany 7 5 1 1 66 22 +44 11
4  Netherlands 7 4 1 2 42 28 +14 9
5  Japan 7 3 0 4 26 57 −31 6
6  Mexico 7 1 1 5 27 56 −29 3
7  Greece 7 1 0 6 34 62 −28 2
8  Egypt 7 0 1 6 21 65 −44 1
Source: [citation needed]
 Italy 9–2  Japan
 Japan 8–7  Greece
 Netherlands 9–1  Japan
 Egypt 7–4  Japan
 East Germany 8–0  Japan
 Mexico 3–6  Japan
 Yugoslavia 17'–0  Japan

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Japan at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

External links

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database
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