Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 213 competitors, 153 men and 60 women, took part in 119 events in 20 sports.[1]

Japan at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Montreal
Competitors213 (153 men and 60 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer Katsutoshi Nekoda
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
9
Silver
6
Bronze
10
Total
25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Archery

In their second Olympic archery competition, Japan won a silver medal and placed third on the national leaderboard for the sport. The medal was won by Hiroshi Michinaga. Two men and two women competed for Japan.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Minako Sato — 2308 points (→ 14th place)
  • Kyoko Yamazaki — 2094 points (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Hiroshi Michinaga — 2502 points (→ Silver Medal)
  • Takanobu Nishi — 2422 points (→ 8th place)

Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Toshiaki Kamata
  • Heat — 28:36.21 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Shigeru So — 2:18:26 (→ 20th place)
  • Noriyasu Mizukami — 2:18:44 (→ 21st place)
  • Akio Usami — 2:22:29 (→ 32nd place)

Men's High Jump

  • Katsumi Fukura
  • Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
  • Kazunori Koshikawa
  • Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

  • Yoshio Morikawa — 1:42:20 (→ 34th place)

Basketball

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A):
  • Lost to Canada (76-104)
  • Lost to Mexico (90-108)
  • Lost to Cuba (56-97)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (69-123)
  • Lost to Australia (79-117)
  • Classification Match:
  • 9th/11th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (91-111) → 11th place
  • Team roster
  • Shigeaki Abe
  • Nobuo Chigusa
  • Satoshi Mori
  • Shoji Yuki
  • Yutaka Fujimoto
  • Hirofumi Numata
  • Kiyohide Kuwata
  • Koji Yamamoto
  • Shigeto Shimizu
  • Fumio Saito
  • Norihiko Kitahara
  • Hideki Hamaguchi
  • Head coach: Masahiko Yoshida.
Women's team competition
  • Team roster
  • Kimiko Hashimoto
  • Kazuko Kadoya
  • Kimi Wakitashiro
  • Mieko Fukui
  • Miyako Otsuka
  • Miho Matsuoka
  • Kazuyo Hayashida
  • Teruko Miyamoto
  • Keiko Namai
  • Reiko Aonuma
  • Sachiyo Yamamoto
  • Misako Satake
  • Head coach: Masatoshi Ozaki

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Noboru Uchizama
    1. First Round — Lost to Brendan Dunne (IRL), RSC-2

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Toshinori Koga
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Virgilio Palomo (COL), 5:0
    3. Third Round — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Japan in 1976.

Sprint
  • Yoshikazu Cho — 5th place
1000m time trial
  • Yoshikazu Cho — 1:09.664 (→ 17th place)
Individual pursuit
  • Yoichi Machishima — 15th place
Team pursuit
  • Yoichi Machishima
  • Tadashi Ogasawara
  • Yoshiaki Ogasawara
  • Tsutomu Okabori

Equestrian

Fencing

Eight fencers, four men and four women, represented Japan in 1976.

Men's foil
  • Masanori Kawatsu
  • Noriyuki Sato
  • Toshio Jingo
Men's team foil
  • Masanori Kawatsu, Hideaki Kamei, Toshio Jingo, Noriyuki Sato
Women's foil
  • Hideko Oka
  • Yukari Kajihara
  • Mariko Yoshikawa
Women's team foil
  • Hideko Oka, Mariko Yoshikawa, Hiroko Kamada, Yukari Kajihara

Gymnastics

Handball

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1976.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Shoji Uchida — 4850 points (→ 31st place)
  • Akira Kubo — 4700 points (→ 37th place)
  • Hiroyuki Kawazoe — 4591 points (→ 40th place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Uchida, Kubo, and Kawazoe — 14234 points (→ 12th place)

Sailing

Shooting

Open
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Taro Aso Skeet 187 41
Saijo Hosokawa 50 m rifle, prone 588 31
Toshiyasu Ishige Trap 177 18
Takeo Kamachi 25 m rapid fire pistol 591 12
Kazuyo Kato Skeet 188 35
Kanji Kubo 25 m rapid fire pistol 586 20
Kaoru Matsuo 50 m rifle, three positions 1119 41
50 m rifle, prone 580 68
Jitsuka Matsuoka Trap 178 16
Masanobu Ohata 50 m pistol 545 28
Michiha Ozaki 50 m rifle, three positions 1115 44
Shigetoshi Tashiro 50 m pistol 549 21

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Defeated Italy (3-0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to Poland (2-3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3) → Fourth place
  • Team roster
  • Taka Maruiyama
  • Katsutoshi Nekoda
  • Katsumi Oda
  • Tetsuo Nishimoto
  • Yassunori Yassuda
  • Yoshi Fukao
  • Shoichi Yanagimoto
  • Mikiyasu Tanaka
  • Tadayoshi Yokota
  • Seiji Ohko
  • Kinji Shimaoka
  • Tetsuo Satō
  • Head coach: Tsutomu Koyama
Women's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Defeated Hungary (3-0)
  • Defeated Peru (3-0)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Final
  • Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) → Gold Medal
  • Team roster
  • Takako Iida
  • Mariko Okamoto
  • Echiko Maeda
  • Noriko Matsuda
  • Takako Shirai
  • Kiyomi Kato
  • Yuko Arakida
  • Katsuko Kanesaka
  • Mariko Yoshida
  • Shoko Takayanagi
  • Hiromi Yano
  • Juri Yokoyama
  • Head coach: Shigeo Yamada

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Japan at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
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