Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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| At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 41 (36 men, 5 women) in 7 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Junko Ueno | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Japan competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Masayoshi Mitani | Downhill | 2:31.3 | 53 | ||||
| Osamu Tada | 2:28.5 | 46 | |||||
| Chiharu Igaya | 2:25.0 | 34 | |||||
| Takashi Takeda | Giant Slalom | 2:13.4 | 44 | ||||
| Osamu Tada | 2:06.5 | 35 | |||||
| Masayoshi Mitani | 2:05.6 | 33 | |||||
| Chiharu Igaya | 1:55.8 | 23 | |||||
| Takashi Takeda | Slalom | 1:26.7 | 42 | 1:29.3 | 35 | 2:56.0 | 33 |
| Masayoshi Mitani | 1:23.8 | 35 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
| Osamu Tada | 1:17.2 | 21 | 1:26.8 | 34 | 2:44.0 | 26 | |
| Chiharu Igaya | 1:10.9 | 6 | 1:09.3 | 19 | 2:20.2 | 12 | |
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Eiji Kurita | 58:57.0 | 45 |
| Takashi Matsuhashi | 57:49.1 | 40 | |
| Kazuo Sato | 56:15.0 | 30 | |
| 30 km | Eiji Kurita | 2'11:25.8 | 39 |
| Kazuo Sato | 2'07:07.2 | 37 | |
| Takashi Matsuhashi | 2'06:25.5 | 35 | |
| 50 km | Kazuo Sato | DNF | – |
| Eiji Kurita | 3'38:40.6 | 27 | |
- Men's 4 x 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Takashi Matsuhashi Kazuo Sato Eiji Kurita Akemi Taniguchi |
2'36:44.9 | 10 |
Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nabuo Sato | 11 | 17 | 1206.8 | 120 | 14 |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miwa Fukuhara | 19 | 22 | 1134.7 | 188 | 21 |
| Junko Ueno | 15 | 20 | 1176.5 | 158 | 17 |
Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Group A
Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 |  Sweden |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 |  Japan |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
- Canada 19-1 Japan
- Sweden 19-0 Japan
Consolation round
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Finland |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 7 |
| Japan 8th |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 22 | 5 |
 Australia |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 0 |
- Finland 6-6 Japan
- Japan 13-2 Australia
- Finland 11-2 Japan
- Japan 11-3 Australia
| Contestants Shikashi Akazawa Shinichi Honma Toshiei Honma Hidenori Inatsu Atsuo Irie Yuji Iwaoka Takashi Kakihara Yoshihiro Miyazaki Masao Murano Isao Ono Akiyoshi Segawa Shigeru Shimada Kunito Takagi Mamoru Takashima Masami Tanabu Shoichi Tomita Toshihiko Yamada |
Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Rikio Yoshida | Individual | 57.0 | 64.0 | 202.0 | 17 | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
| Yosuke Eto | 62.0 | 68.0 | 218.5 | 2 | 1'05:51.4 | 211.484 | 23 | 429.984 | 15 | |
| Akemi Taniguchi | 58.5 | 62.0 | 194.0 | 26 | 1'04:52.9 | 215.226 | 20 | 409.226 | 24 | |
| Takashi Matsui | 62.0 | 61.0 | 198.5 | 22 | DNF | – | – | DNF | – | |
Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Takashi Matsui | Normal hill | 78.5 | 92.6 | 33 | 75.0 | 97.0 | 29 | 189.6 | 30 |
| Koichi Sato | 82.0 | 98.4 | 24 | 78.0 | 101.9 | 20 | 200.3 | 22 | |
| Yosuke Eto | 85.5 | 102.2 | 17 | 72.5 | 95.5 | 34 | 197.7 | 25 | |
| Sadao Kikuchi | 88.5 | 104.1 | 13 | 77.0 | 102.1 | 19 | 206.2 | 15 | |
Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Shinkichi Takemura | 45.9 | 43 |
| Takeo Mizoo | 43.7 | 36 | |
| Yoshitaki Hori | 41.8 | 16 | |
| Fumio Nagakubo | 41.1 | 9 | |
| 1500 m | Shuji Kobayashi | 2:23.0 | 34 |
| Takeo Mizoo | 2:22.6 | 33 | |
| Toshitaki Hori | 2:21.7 | 29 | |
| Fumio Nagakubo | 2:18.7 | 21 | |
| 5000 m | Shuji Kobayashi | 8:29.8 | 24 |
| Takeo Mizoo | 8:28.7 | 23 | |
| 10,000 m | Takeo Mizoo | 17:42.0 | 25 |
| Shuji Kobayashi | 17:20.8 | 21 | |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Yoshiko Takano | 50.3 | 19 |
| Fumie Hama | 47.4 | 8 | |
| Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 46.6 | 5 | |
| 1000 m | Yoshiko Takano | 1:39.9 | 16 |
| Fumie Hama | 1:36.1 | 7 | |
| Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 1:35.8 | 5 | |
| 1500 m | Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 2:43.7 | 19 |
| Yoshiko Takano | 2:34.0 | 12 | |
| Fumie Hama | 2:33.3 | 10 | |
| 3000 m | Yoshiko Takano | 5:30.9 | 10 |
| Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 5:21.4 | 4 | |
References
- Official Olympic Reports
- Japan Olympic Committee database
- Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com
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