Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | JPN |
NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Mexico City | |
Competitors | 171 (146 men and 25 women) in 18 sports |
Flag bearer | Yukio Endo |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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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
[edit]Athletics
[edit]- 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 |
Boxing
[edit]- 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
[edit]Sprint
[edit]- 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
[edit]One cyclist represented Japan in 1968.
Track
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Sanji Inoue | time trial | 1:07.54 | 19 |
Diving
[edit]- 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
[edit]Fencing
[edit]Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1968.
Football
[edit]- 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]
- Quarterfinals
- Semi final
- Bronze Medal Match
Gymnastics
[edit]Hockey
[edit]Modern pentathlon
[edit]Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1968.
- Individual
- Team
- Yuso Makihira
- Katsuaki Tashiro
- Toshio Fukui
Rowing
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]Volleyball
[edit]Men's Tournament
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Women's Team Competition
- Round Robin
- Team Roster
Water polo
[edit]- 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
[edit]Wrestling
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Japan at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.