Japan at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Japan at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
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At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Competitors
Medals Gold
16		 Silver
5		 Bronze
8		 Total
29
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Japan was the host nation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Masae Kasai, Emiko Miyamoto, Kinuko Tanida, Yuriko Handa, Yoshiko Matsumura, Sata Isobe, Katsumi Matsumura, Yoko Shinozaki, Setsuko Sasaki, Yuko Fujimoto, Maseko Kondo and Ayano Shibuki — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
  • Yukio Endo — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual
  • Tsutomu Hanahara — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  • Masamitsu Ichiguchi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
  • Yoshikatsu Yoshida — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
  • Yojiro Uetake — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Yukio Endo — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Taniko Nakamura, Kiyoko Ono, Hiroko Tsuji, Toshiko Aihara-Shirasu, Ginko Chiba-Abukawa, and Keiko Ikeda-Tanaka — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
  • Yoshihisa Yoshikawa — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
  • Yukiaki Okabe, Toshio Shoji, Makoto Fukui, and Kunihiro Iwasaki — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
  • Yutaka Demachi, Tsutomu Koyama, Sadatoshi Sugahara, Nachiro Ikeda, Yasutaka Sato, Toshiaki Kosedo, Tokihiko Higuchi, Masayuki Minami, Takeshi Tokutomi, Teruhisa Moriyama, Yuzo Nakamura and Katsutoshi Nekoda — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
  • Shiro Ichinoseki — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
  • Masashi Ohuchi — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
  • Iwao Horiuchi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Omiya Masashi — 4:39:51.76 (→ 36th place)
  • Yamao Hiroshi — 4:39:51.79 (→ 84th place)
  • Akamatsu Toshiro — 4:39:51.79 (→ 85th place)
  • Tsuji Masanori — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Round Robin
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Lost to Hungary (0-3)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
  • Defeated United States (3-1)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (3-1)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Defeated Romania (3-2)
  • Defeated Netherlands (3-1) → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Yutaka Demachi
  • Tsutomu Koyama
  • Sadatoshi Sugahara
  • Naohiro Ikeda
  • Yassu Saito
  • Toshiaki Kosedo
  • Toki Higuchi
  • Massa Minami
  • Takeshi Tokutomi
  • Teru Moriyama
  • Yuzo Nakamura
  • Katsutoshi Nekoda

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Round Robin
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Defeated Romania (3-0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Defeated Poland (3-0)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Masae Kasai
  • Emiko Miyamoto
  • Kinuko Tanida
  • Yuriko Handa
  • Yoshiko Matsumura
  • Sata Issobe
  • Katsumi Matsumura
  • Yoko Shinozaki
  • Setsuko Sassaki
  • Yuko Fujimoto
  • Massako Kondo
  • Ayano Shibuki
  • Head Coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu

[edit] References