Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery

Individual, Men Hiroshi Kajikawa 19
Seiji Hibino 29
Shinji Nakamoto 38
Individual, Women Yoshiko Akiyama 17

Artistic Gymnastics

Individual All-Around, Men Sawao Kato 1 Gold
Eizo Kenmotsu 2 Silver
Akinori Nakayama 3 Bronze
Shigeru Kasamatsu 5
Mitsuo Tsukahara 8
Teruichi Okamura 11
Team All-Around, Men Japan 1 Gold
Sawao KatoEizo KenmotsuShigeru KasamatsuAkinori NakayamaMitsuo TsukaharaTeruichi Okamura
Floor Exercise, Men Akinori Nakayama 2 Silver
Shigeru Kasamatsu 3 Bronze
Eizo Kenmotsu 4
Sawao Kato 6
Mitsuo Tsukahara 8 r1/1
Teruichi Okamura =12 r1/1
Horse Vault, Men Sawao Kato =4
Eizo Kenmotsu =4
Shigeru Kasamatsu =6 r1/1
Akinori Nakayama =12 r1/1
Teruichi Okamura =54 r1/1
Mitsuo Tsukahara =71 r1/1
Parallel Bars, Men Sawao Kato 1 Gold
Shigeru Kasamatsu 2 Silver
Eizo Kenmotsu 3 Bronze
Akinori Nakayama 5
Mitsuo Tsukahara =11 r1/1
Teruichi Okamura 14 r1/1
Horizontal Bar, Men Mitsuo Tsukahara 1 Gold
Sawao Kato 2 Silver
Shigeru Kasamatsu 3 Bronze
Eizo Kenmotsu 4
Akinori Nakayama 5
Teruichi Okamura =10 r1/1
Rings, Men Akinori Nakayama 1 Gold
Mitsuo Tsukahara 3 Bronze
Sawao Kato 4
Eizo Kenmotsu =5
Teruichi Okamura 9 r1/1
Shigeru Kasamatsu =12 r1/1
Pommelled Horse, Men Sawao Kato 2 Silver
Eizo Kenmotsu 3 Bronze
Shigeru Kasamatsu 4
Akinori Nakayama =6 r1/1
Teruichi Okamura =29 r1/1
Mitsuo Tsukahara =34 r1/1
Individual All-Around, Women Miyuki Matsuhisa 20
Eiko Hirashima 25
Takako Hasegawa 35
Kayoko Saka 40 r1/2
Kazue Hanyu 43 r1/2
Toshiko Miyamoto =60 r1/2
Team All-Around, Women Japan 7
Miyuki MatsuhisaTakako HasegawaEiko HirashimaKayoko SakaKazue HanyuToshiko Miyamoto
Floor Exercise, Women Miyuki Matsuhisa =28 r1/1
Takako Hasegawa =33 r1/1
Kayoko Saka =38 r1/1
Kazue Hanyu =62 r1/1
Eiko Hirashima =62 r1/1
Toshiko Miyamoto =74 r1/1
Horse Vault, Women Miyuki Matsuhisa =37 r1/1
Takako Hasegawa =37 r1/1
Eiko Hirashima =44 r1/1
Kazue Hanyu =46 r1/1
Kayoko Saka =69 r1/1
Toshiko Miyamoto =75 r1/1
Uneven Bars, Women Miyuki Matsuhisa =14 r1/1
Eiko Hirashima =22 r1/1
Takako Hasegawa =22 r1/1
Kayoko Saka =36 r1/1
Kazue Hanyu =49 r1/1
Toshiko Miyamoto =49 r1/1
Balance Beam, Women Kayoko Saka =17 r1/1
Eiko Hirashima =25 r1/1
Kazue Hanyu =30 r1/1
Miyuki Matsuhisa 32 r1/1
Takako Hasegawa =37 r1/1
Toshiko Miyamoto =64 r1/1

Athletics

400 metres, Men Yoshiharu Tomonaga 6 h4 r2/4
5,000 metres, Men Keisuke Sawaki 7 h5 r1/2
Takaharu Koyama 8 h1 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Akio Usami 10 h1 r1/2
Keisuke Sawaki 12 h2 r1/2
Marathon, Men Kenji Kimihara 5
Akio Usami 12
Yoshiaki Unetani 36
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Takaharu Koyama 9
Akira Takeuchi 5 h2 r1/2
High Jump, Men Hidehiko Tomizawa 19
Kuniyoshi Sugioka 31 r1/2
Long Jump, Men Takayoshi Kawagoe 28 r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Toshiaki Inoue 12
Kosei Gushiken 14 r1/2
Yukito Muraki 26 r1/2
Hammer Throw, Men Shigenobu Murofushi 8
Takeo Sugawara 20
Yoshihisa Ishida 25 r1/2
High Jump, Women Michiyo Inaoka =33 r1/2
Mihoko Yama =35 r1/2
Long Jump, Women Hiroko Yamashita 21 r1/2

Badminton

Doubles, Men Mixed team 3 =5
Ippei Kojima (JPN) • Suresh Goel (IND)
Singles, Women Noriko Nakayama 1
Hiroe Yuki =3
Doubles, Mixed Japan =5
Ippei KojimaNoriko Nakayama

Basketball

Basketball, Men Japan 14
Atsushi SomatomoHirofumi NumataKatsuhiko SugitaKazufumi SakaiKenji SodaKunihiko YokoyamaMasatomo TaniguchiMineo YoshikawaNobuo ChigusaNobuo HattoriSatoshi MoriShigeaki Abe

Boxing

Light-Flyweight, Men Yoshimitsu Aragaki =17
Flyweight, Men Fujio Nagai =17
Featherweight, Men Kazuo Kobayashi =5
Light-Welterweight, Men Kyoji Shinohara =5

Canoe Slalom

Kayak Singles, Slalom, Men Shoken Okada 36

Canoe Sprint

Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Tadamasa Sato 5 h3 r2/4
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Tetsumasa Yamaguchi 7 h1 r2/3
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Japan 5 h2 r2/4
Mitsuhide HataMitsuo Nakanishi

Cycling Track

Sprint, Men Yoshikazu Cho 2 h7 r4/10
Yaichi Numata 2 h8 r2/10
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Takafumi Matsuda 20
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men Japan AC h1 r2/5
Yoshikazu ChoYaichi Numata

Diving

Springboard, Men Junji Yuasa 24 r1/2
Platform, Men Junji Yuasa 19 r1/2
Springboard, Women Taeko Kubo =24 r1/2
Platform, Women Keiko Otsubo 23 r1/2

Equestrian Dressage

Individual, Open Kikuko Inoue 32

Equestrian Jumping

Individual, Open Tsunekazu Takeda 42
Masayasu Sugitani =43
Tadashi Fukushima =43
Team, Open Japan 16
Masayasu SugitaniTeruchiyo TakamiyaTadashi FukushimaTsunekazu Takeda

Fencing

Foil, Individual, Men Hiroshi Nakajima 4 p3 r3/5
Ichiro Serizawa 5 p2 r3/5
Kiyoshi Uehara 5 p4 r3/5
Foil, Team, Men Japan 6
Shiro MaruyamaMasaya FukudaHiroshi NakajimaKiyoshi UeharaIchiro Serizawa

Handball

Handball, Men Japan 11
Hiroshi HondaKatsuhiko ChikamoriKenichi SasakiKiyoshi NodaKiyotaka HayakawaMasayuki HyokaiMinoru KinoShuji ArinagaTakezo NakaiToshihiko ShimosatoToshio NiimiNobuyuki IidaToshio Matsuzaki (DNS)Tomoaki Takeno (DNS)Hisayuki Tarumi (DNS)Wahei Tsuchiya (DNS)

Judo

Lightweight, Men Takao Kawaguchi 1 Gold
Half-Middleweight, Men Toyokazu Nomura 1 Gold
Middleweight, Men Shinobu Sekine 1 Gold
Half-Heavyweight, Men Fumio Sasahara =13
Heavyweight, Men Motoki Nishimura =3 Bronze
Open Class, Men Masatoshi Shinomaki =11

Modern Pentathlon

Individual, Men Masaru Sakano 31
Yuso Makihira 33
Akira Kubo 49
Team, Men Japan 13
Masaru SakanoYuso MakihiraAkira Kubo

Rowing

Single Sculls, Men Hideo Okamoto 4 h3 r2/4
Double Sculls, Men Japan 3 h4 r2/4
Tsugio ItoYoshio Minato

Sailing

One Person Dinghy, Open Kazuoki Matsuyama 27
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Open Japan 19
Akira YamamuraTakashi Yamamura

Shooting

Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open Kanji Kubo 30
Takeo Kamachi 33
Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Shigetoshi Tashiro 22
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 25
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Open Minoru Ito 41
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open Minoru Ito 59
Takeshi Sugita 82

Swimming

100 metres Backstroke, Men Tadashi Honda 8
200 metres Backstroke, Men Tadashi Honda 11
100 metres Breaststroke, Men Nobutaka Taguchi 1 Gold
200 metres Breaststroke, Men Nobutaka Taguchi 3 Bronze
100 metres Butterfly, Men Yasuhiro Komazaki 24
200 metres Butterfly, Men Yasuhiro Komazaki =13
200 metres Individual Medley, Men Jiro Sasaki 22
400 metres Individual Medley, Men Jiro Sasaki 23
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men Japan 6
Tadashi HondaNobutaka TaguchiYasuhiro KomazakiJiro Sasaki
100 metres Freestyle, Women Shigeko Kawanishi 28
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women Japan 10
Yoshimi NishigawaShigeko KawanishiEiko GoshiYukari Takemoto
100 metres Backstroke, Women Kazu Fujimura 24
Kikuyo Ishii 28
200 metres Backstroke, Women Suzuko Matsumura 14
Kikuyo Ishii 26
Kazu Fujimura 28
100 metres Breaststroke, Women Yoko Yamamoto 24
200 metres Breaststroke, Women Chieno Shibata 12
Yoko Yamamoto 35
100 metres Butterfly, Women Mayumi Aoki 1 Gold
Noriko Asano 8
200 metres Butterfly, Women Noriko Asano 5
Mayumi Aoki 8
200 metres Individual Medley, Women Yoshimi Nishigawa 7
Yukari Takemoto 14
400 metres Individual Medley, Women Yukari Takemoto 18
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women Japan 6
Suzuko MatsumuraYoko YamamotoMayumi AokiYoshimi NishigawaKikuyo Ishii (DNS)Shigeko Kawanishi (DNS)

Volleyball

Volleyball, Men Japan 1 Gold
Masayuki MinamiKatsutoshi NekodaKenji KimuraJungo MoritaTadayoshi YokotaSeiji OkoTetsuo SatoKenji ShimaokaYoshihide FukaoYuzo NakamuraYasuhiro NoguchiTetsuo Nishimoto
Volleyball, Women Japan 2 Silver
Sumie OinumaNoriko YamashitaSeiko ShimakageMakiko FurukawaTakako IidaKatsumi MatsumuraMichiko ShiokawaTakako ShiraiMariko OkamotoKeiko HamaYaeko YamazakiToyoko Iwahara

Water Polo

Water Polo, Men Japan =13
Yukiharu OshitaHirokatsu KuwayamaToshio TakahashiShuzo YajimaHiroshi HashimotoKoji NakanoNaoto MinegishiTatsuo JihiraTakashi KimuraYoshihiro YasumiToru Arase

Weightlifting

Flyweight, Men Tetsuhide Sasaki 4
Kyujiro Saito 12
Bantamweight, Men Hiroshi Ono 7
Koji Miki 10
Featherweight, Men Yoshinobu Miyake 4
Kenkichi Ando DNF
Lightweight, Men Masao Kato 8
Yusaku Ono 10
Middle-Heavyweight, Men Ryoichi Goto DNF

Wrestling

Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Kazuharu Ishida 5
Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Koichiro Hirayama 2 Silver
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men Ikuei Yamamoto 7
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men Hideo Fujimoto 4
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men Takashi Tanoue 5
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men Jiichiro Date AC
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men Sadao Sato AC
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Kimuchi Tani AC
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Makoto Saito AC
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Tomomi Tsuruta AC
Light-Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Masahiko Umeda 6
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Kiyomi Kato 1 Gold
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men Hideaki Yanagida 1 Gold
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Kiyoshi Abe 4
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men Kikuo Wada 2 Silver
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men Toshitada Yoshida AC
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Tatsuo Sasaki 5
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Makoto Kamada AC
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Shizuo Yada AC
Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Yorihide Isogai AC