Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Artistic Gymnastics

Individual All-Around, Men Sawao Kato 1 Gold
Akinori Nakayama 3 Bronze
Eizo Kenmotsu 4
Takeshi Kato 5
Yukio Endo 8
Mitsuo Tsukahara 18
Team All-Around, Men Japan 1 Gold
Sawao KatoAkinori NakayamaEizo KenmotsuTakeshi KatoYukio EndoMitsuo Tsukahara
Floor Exercise, Men Sawao Kato 1 Gold
Akinori Nakayama 2 Silver
Takeshi Kato 3 Bronze
Mitsuo Tsukahara 4
Eizo Kenmotsu 6
Yukio Endo =11 r1/2
Horse Vault, Men Yukio Endo 2 Silver
Takeshi Kato 4
Akinori Nakayama 5
Eizo Kenmotsu 6
Sawao Kato =5 r1/2
Mitsuo Tsukahara =27 r1/2
Parallel Bars, Men Akinori Nakayama 1 Gold
Takeshi Kato 4
Eizo Kenmotsu 5
Sawao Kato 3 r1/2
Yukio Endo =9 r1/2
Mitsuo Tsukahara =74 r1/2
Horizontal Bar, Men Akinori Nakayama =1 Gold
Eizo Kenmotsu 3 Bronze
Yukio Endo 6
Sawao Kato =3 r1/2
Takeshi Kato =11 r1/2
Mitsuo Tsukahara =11 r1/2
Rings, Men Akinori Nakayama 1 Gold
Sawao Kato 3 Bronze
Mitsuo Tsukahara 4
Takeshi Kato 5
Eizo Kenmotsu 7 r1/2
Yukio Endo 8 r1/2
Pommelled Horse, Men Eizo Kenmotsu 5
Sawao Kato =8 r1/2
Akinori Nakayama =12 r1/2
Takeshi Kato =20 r1/2
Yukio Endo =26 r1/2
Mitsuo Tsukahara =53 r1/2
Individual All-Around, Women Kazue Hanyu 13
Miyuki Matsuhisa 17
Taniko Mitsukuri 18
Chieko Oda =19
Mitsuko Kandori =22
Kayoko Hashiguchi 33
Team All-Around, Women Japan 4
Kazue HanyuMiyuki MatsuhisaTaniko MitsukuriChieko OdaMitsuko KandoriKayoko Hashiguchi
Floor Exercise, Women Miyuki Matsuhisa =14 r1/2
Taniko Mitsukuri =14 r1/2
Chieko Oda =14 r1/2
Kayoko Hashiguchi =17 r1/2
Kazue Hanyu =24 r1/2
Mitsuko Kandori =27 r1/2
Horse Vault, Women Miyuki Matsuhisa 12 r1/2
Kazue Hanyu =17 r1/2
Chieko Oda =17 r1/2
Mitsuko Kandori =20 r1/2
Kayoko Hashiguchi 29 r1/2
Taniko Mitsukuri =31 r1/2
Uneven Bars, Women Kazue Hanyu =7 r1/2
Taniko Mitsukuri =7 r1/2
Chieko Oda 20 r1/2
Mitsuko Kandori 21 r1/2
Miyuki Matsuhisa =39 r1/2
Kayoko Hashiguchi 68 r1/2
Balance Beam, Women Miyuki Matsuhisa 9 r1/2
Kazue Hanyu =16 r1/2
Taniko Mitsukuri =23 r1/2
Kayoko Hashiguchi =23 r1/2
Mitsuko Kandori =23 r1/2
Chieko Oda =30 r1/2

Athletics

100 metres, Men Hideo Iijima 8 h1 r3/4
800 metres, Men Jun Nagai 5 h5 r1/3
5,000 metres, Men Keisuke Sawaki 9 h1 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Tsugumichi Suzuki 19
Keisuke Sawaki 27
Marathon, Men Kenji Kimihara 2 Silver
Akio Usami 9
Seiichiro Sasaki DNF
400 metres Hurdles, Men Kiyoo Yui 5 h1 r1/3
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Nobuyoshi Miura 7 h2 r1/2
Taketsugu Saruwatari 9 h3 r1/2
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men Japan 6 h2 r1/3
Naoki AbeHiroomi YamadaShinji OguraHideo IijimaYukito Muraki (DNS)Kiyoo Yui (DNS)
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Kazuo Saito DNF
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Kazuo Saito 17
Katsuo Nishida DNS
High Jump, Men Kuniyoshi Sugioka 15 r1/2
Pole Vault, Men Kiyoshi Niwa 11
Long Jump, Men Hiroomi Yamada 10
Naoki Abe 22 r1/2
Shinji Ogura 24 r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Yukito Muraki 19 r1/2
Hammer Throw, Men Takeo Sugawara 4
Yoshihisa Ishida 13

Boxing

Light-Flyweight, Men Junji Watanabe =17
Flyweight, Men Tetsuaki Nakamura =5
Bantamweight, Men Eiji Morioka =3 Bronze
Featherweight, Men Tadashi Okamoto =17

Canoe Sprint

Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Tetsumasa Yamaguchi 5 h1 r2/3
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Japan 5 h1 r2/3
Tetsumasa YamaguchiNobuatsu Yoshino

Cycling Track

Sprint, Men Sanji Inoue 2 h1 r4/10
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Sanji Inoue 19

Diving

Springboard, Men Junji Yuasa 18
Platform, Men Junji Yuasa 23
Toshio Otsubo 24
Yosuke Arimitsu 26
Platform, Women Keiko Osaki 7

Equestrian Eventing

Individual, Open Mikio Chiba DNF

Equestrian Jumping

Individual, Open Tadashi Fukushima =26
Masayasu Sugitani =26
Yugo Araki DNQ
Team, Open Japan 14
Masayasu SugitaniTadashi FukushimaYugo Araki

Fencing

Foil, Individual, Men Heizaburo Okawa =9
Kazuo Mano =25
Fujio Shimizu =25
Masaya Fukuda DNS
Kazuhiko Wakasugi DNS
Foil, Team, Men Japan =7
Masaya FukudaHeizaburo OkawaFujio ShimizuKazuhiko WakasugiKazuo Mano
Épée, Individual, Men Kazuhiko Wakasugi DNS
Sabre, Individual, Men Heizaburo Okawa DNS
Fujio Shimizu DNS

Football

Football, Men Japan 3 Bronze
Kenzo YokoyamaHiroshi KatayamaYoshitada YamaguchiMitsuo KamataTakaji MoriAritatsu OgiTeruki MiyamotoMasashi WatanabeKunishige KamamotoIkuo MatsumotoRyuichi SugiyamaMasakatsu MiyamotoYasuyuki KuwaharaShigeo YaegashiKiyoshi TomizawaEizo YuguchiRyozo Suzuki (DNS)Masahiro Hamazaki (DNS)

Hockey

Hockey, Men Japan 13
Yukio KamimuraShigeo KaokuKazuo KawamuraAkio KudoNorihiko MatsumotoKyoichi NagayaShozo NishimuraMasashi OndaAkio TakashimaHiroshi TanakaAkihito WadaMinoru YoshimuraKatsuhiro YuzakiTsuneya YuzakiSatokazu Ohtsuka (DNS)Yuko Kurozumi (DNS)Zenjiro Yasuda (DNS)

Modern Pentathlon

Individual, Men Yuso Makihira 14
Katsuaki Tashiro 27
Toshio Fukui 36
Team, Men Japan 7
Yuso MakihiraKatsuaki TashiroToshio Fukui

Rowing

Single Sculls, Men Tsugio Ito 4 h2 r2/4
Eights, Men Japan 12
Masatoshi ShimizuTomio MuraiTadamasa KatoShigeru MiyagawaFumio NakataJujiro TanakaToshi FukumasuYoshinori AraiKatsumi Yamamoto

Shooting

Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open Takeo Kamachi 12
Makoto Shiraishi 23
Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Yoshihisa Yoshikawa 17
Shigeto Kusunoki 50
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open Hiromu Sekine 60
Shigemi Saito 84

Swimming

100 metres Freestyle, Men Kunihiro Iwasaki =21
Masayuki Osawa =33
200 metres Freestyle, Men Kunihiro Iwasaki =15
Noboru Waseda 22
Satoru Nakano 28
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Katsuji Ito 11
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Japan 8
Kunihiro IwasakiMasayuki OsawaSatoru NakanoTeruhiko Kitani
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Japan 9
Kunihiro IwasakiTeruhiko KitaniNoboru WasedaSatoru Nakano
100 metres Backstroke, Men Kishio Tanaka =17
100 metres Breaststroke, Men Osamu Tsurumine 16
Nobutaka Taguchi DQ
200 metres Breaststroke, Men Osamu Tsurumine 8
Nobutaka Taguchi 9
100 metres Butterfly, Men Satoshi Maruya 5
Yasuo Takada 13
200 metres Butterfly, Men Yasuo Takada 13
Satoshi Maruya 14
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men Japan 5
Kishio TanakaNobutaka TaguchiSatoshi MaruyaKunihiro Iwasaki
100 metres Freestyle, Women Shigeko Kawanishi 18
Miwako Kobayashi =26
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women Japan 6
Shigeko KawanishiYoshimi NishigawaYasuko FujiiMiwako KobayashiYumiko Ono
100 metres Backstroke, Women Yukiko Goushi 9
100 metres Breaststroke, Women Kiyoe Nakagawa 6
Yukari Takemoto 17
200 metres Breaststroke, Women Chieno Shibata 7
Yoshimi Nishigawa 16
Yukari Takemoto =20
100 metres Butterfly, Women Yasuko Fujii 14
200 metres Butterfly, Women Yasuko Fujii 8
200 metres Individual Medley, Women Yoshimi Nishigawa 5
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women Japan 9
Yukiko GoushiKiyoe NakagawaYasuko FujiiMiwako Kobayashi

Tennis

Singles, Men Jun Kamiwazumi =5
Toshiro Sakai =9
Singles, Men Jun Kamiwazumi =17
Toshiro Sakai =17
Doubles, Men Japan =5
Jun KamiwazumiToshiro Sakai
Doubles, Men Japan =9
Jun KamiwazumiToshiro Sakai

Volleyball

Volleyball, Men Japan 2 Silver
Masayuki MinamiKatsutoshi NekodaMamoru ShiragamiIsao KoizumiKenji KimuraYasuaki MitsumoriJungo MoritaTadayoshi YokotaSeiji OkoTetsuo SatoKenji ShimaokaNaohiro Ikeda-Nakano (DNS)
Volleyball, Women Japan 2 Silver
Setsuko YoshidaSuzue TakayamaToyoko IwaharaYukiyo KojimaSachiko FukunakaKunie ShishikuraSetsuko InoueSumie OinumaKeiko HamaMakiko Furukawa (DNS)Aiko Onozawa (DNS)Youko Kasahara (DNS)

Water Polo

Water Polo, Men Japan 12
Tetsunosuke IshiiHirokatsu KuwayamaKoji NakanoShuzo YajimaShigeharu KuwabaraHaruo SatoKazuya TakeuchiKunio YoneharaSeiya Sakamoto

Weightlifting

Bantamweight, Men Shiro Ichinoseki 5
Featherweight, Men Yoshinobu Miyake 1 Gold
Yoshiyuki Miyake 3 Bronze
Lightweight, Men Nobuyuki Hatta 4
Takeo Kimura 7
Middleweight, Men Masashi Ohuchi 2 Silver
Sadahiro Miwa 10

Wrestling

Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Shuichi Ishiguro AC
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men Koji Sakurama 5
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men Hideo Fujimoto 2 Silver
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men Muneji Munemura 1 Gold
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men Toshiro Tashiro AC
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men Kenjiro Hiraki AC
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Takeshi Nagao AC
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Yorihide Isogai AC
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Shigeo Nakata 1 Gold
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men Yojiro Uetake 1 Gold
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Masaaki Kaneko 1 Gold
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men Iwao Horiuchi AC
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men Tatsuo Sasaki 5
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Shigeru Endo AC
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Shunichi Kawano AC
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Yorihide Isogai AC