Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN (GIA used at these Games)
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Rome
Competitors	162 (142 men and 20 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Takashi Ono
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 4 Silver 7 Bronze 7 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 162 competitors, 142 men and 20 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports.^[1] As the country hosted the next Olympics in Tokyo, the Japanese flag was raised at the closing ceremony.

Five male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.

Individual road race

• Masashi Omiya

1000m time trial

• Tetsuo Osawa

Team pursuit

• Tetsuo Osawa
• Kanji Kubomura
• Nobuhira Takanuki
• Katsuya Saito

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.

Men's foil

• Mitsuyuki Funamizu
• Heizaburo Okawa
• Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's team foil

• Heizaburo Okawa, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's épée

• Kazuhiko Tabuchi
• Sonosuke Fujimaki
• Tsugeo Ozawa

Men's team épée

• Heizaburo Okawa, Tsugeo Ozawa, Sonosuke Fujimaki, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Men's sabre

• Tsugeo Ozawa
• Mitsuyuki Funamizu
• Sonosuke Fujimaki

Men's team sabre

• Sonosuke Fujimaki, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Two male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.

Individual

• Kazuhiro Tanaka
• Shigeaki Uchino

Japan had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men's coxed four

• Koji Fukuda
• Hatsuhiko Mizuki
• Shunji Murai
• Naotake Okubo
• Osamu Saito (cox)

Men's eight

• Kenro Chiba
• Tetsuzo Hirose
• Hironori Itsuki
• Hiroshi Saito
• Tadashi Saito
• Tetsuo Sato
• Shigemi Tamura
• Yosuke Tazaki
• Hiroyuki Misawa (cox)

Eight shooters represented Japan in 1960. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won a bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yukio Inokuma	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	384	12 Q	586	6
Takao Ishii	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	538	24 Q	1110	30
	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	385	13 Q	582	20
Kenichi Kumagai	Trap	85	33 Q	178	21
Tadao Matsui	50 m pistol	—		540	12
Osamu Ochiai	25 m rapid fire pistol	—		565	35
Fumio Ryosenan		—		569	30
Mitsuo Yamane	Trap	?	AC	Did not advance
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa	50 m pistol	—		552

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• International Olympic Committee results database