Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Japan at the; 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Rome
Competitors	162 (142 men and 20 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Takashi Ono
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 4 Silver 7 Bronze 7 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 162 competitors, 142 men and 20 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports.^[1] As the country hosted the next Olympics in Tokyo, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.

Individual road race

Masashi Omiya

1000m time trial

Tetsuo Osawa

Team pursuit

Tetsuo Osawa
Kanji Kubomura
Nobuhira Takanuki
Katsuya Saito

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.

Men's foil

Mitsuyuki Funamizu
Heizaburo Okawa
Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's team foil

Heizaburo Okawa, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's épée

Kazuhiko Tabuchi
Sonosuke Fujimaki
Tsugeo Ozawa

Men's team épée

Heizaburo Okawa, Tsugeo Ozawa, Sonosuke Fujimaki, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's sabre

Tsugeo Ozawa
Mitsuyuki Funamizu
Sonosuke Fujimaki

Men's team sabre

Sonosuke Fujimaki, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.

Individual

Kazuhiro Tanaka
Shigeaki Uchino

Rowing

Japan had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men's coxed four

Koji Fukuda
Hatsuhiko Mizuki
Shunji Murai
Naotake Okubo
Osamu Saito (cox)

Men's eight

Kenro Chiba
Tetsuzo Hirose
Hironori Itsuki
Hiroshi Saito
Tadashi Saito
Tetsuo Sato
Shigemi Tamura
Yosuke Tazaki
Hiroyuki Misawa (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Eight shooters represented Japan in 1960. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won a bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yukio Inokuma	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	384	12 Q	586	6
Takao Ishii	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	538	24 Q	1110	30
Takao Ishii	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	385	13 Q	582	20
Kenichi Kumagai	Trap	85	33 Q	178	21
Tadao Matsui	50 m pistol	N/A		540	12
Osamu Ochiai	25 m rapid fire pistol	N/A		565	35
Fumio Ryosenan	25 m rapid fire pistol	N/A		569	30
Mitsuo Yamane	Trap	?	AC	Did not advance
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa	50 m pistol	N/A		552

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Japan at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Japan Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Japan at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Japan Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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