Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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, the Japanese flag was raised at the closing ceremony.

Japan at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Rome
Competitors162 (142 men and 20 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearerTakashi Ono
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
4
Silver
7
Bronze
7
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
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
Men's 50 metre rifle prone 385 13 Q 582 20
Kenichi Kumagai Trap 85 33 Q 178 21
Tadao Matsui 50 m pistol — 540 12
Osamu Ochiai 25 m rapid fire pistol — 565 35
Fumio Ryosenan — 569 30
Mitsuo Yamane Trap ? AC Did not advance
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 50 m pistol — 552

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

References
  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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