Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 213 (153 men and 60 women) in 20 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Katsutoshi Nekoda | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 5 |
Gold 9 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 10 |
Total 25 |
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Japan competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 213 competitors, 153 men and 60 women, took part in 119 events in 20 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- Mitsuo Tsukahara — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Sawao Kato — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Shun Fujimoto, Sawao Kato, Hiroshi Kajiyama, Mitsuo Tsukahara, and Eizo Kenmotsu — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises Competition
- Isamu Sonoda — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg)
- Kazuhiro Ninomiya — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)
- Haruki Uemura — Judo, Men's Open Class
- Yuko Arakida, Takako Iida, Katsuko Kanesaka, Kiyomi Kato, Echiko Maeda, Noriko Matsuda, Mariko Okamoto, Takako Shirai, Shoko Takayanagi, Hiromi Yano, Juri Yokoyama, and Mariko Yoshida — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
- Yuji Takada — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
- Jiichiro Date — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Silver
- Hiroshi Michinaga — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
- Sawao Kato — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual Competition
- Eizo Kenmotsu — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Mitsuo Tsukahara — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
- Eizo Kenmotsu — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
- Koji Kuramoto — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)
Bronze
- Mitsuo Tsukahara — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual Competition
- Mitsuo Tsukahara — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Hiroshi Kajiyama — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
- Sumio Endo — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Kenkichi Ando — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
- Kazumasa Hirai — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Koichiro Hirayama — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
- Akira Kudo — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight
- Masao Arai — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
- Yasaburo Sugawara — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 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
Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Noboru Uchizama
- First Round — Lost to Brendan Dunne (IRL), RSC-2
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Toshinori Koga
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Virgilio Palomo (COL), 5:0
- Third Round — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5
Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Five cyclists represented Japan in 1976.
- Yoshikazu Cho — 5th place
- Yoshikazu Cho — 1:09.664 (→ 17th place)
- Yoichi Machishima — 15th place
Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Eight fencers, four men and four women, represented Japan in 1976.
Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Handball
Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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)
Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 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
- Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Shigeo Yamada
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
References
- ↑ "Japan at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
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