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Japan At The 1968 Summer Olympics
Japan competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 171 competitors, 146 men and 25 women, took part in 97 events in 18 sports. Medalists , width=78% align=left valign=top , , width=22% align=left valign=top , Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events Boxing ;Men Canoeing Sprint ;men Cycling One cyclist represented Japan in 1968. Track ;Sprint Road ;Men Diving ;Men ;Women Equestrian Fencing Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1968. ;Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's foil, Men's foil * Heizaburo Okawa * Kazuo Mano * Fujio Shimizu ;Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil, Men's team foil * Masaya Fukuda, Heizaburo Okawa, Fujio Shimizu, Kazuhiko Wakasugi, Kazuo Mano Football ;Group play ;Quarterfinals ;Semi final ;Bronze Medal Match Gymnastics Hockey Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1968. ;Individual * Yuso Makihira * Katsuaki Tashiro * Toshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Olympic Committee
The is the National Olympic Committee in Japan for the Olympic Games movement, based in Tokyo, Japan. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams and raises funds to send Japanese competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Japanese Olympic Committee has helped organise every bid for an Olympic Games by a Japanese city to date. Japan has held the Olympic Games four times: the Summer Olympics twice (1964 Summer Olympic Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics, both in Tokyo) and the Winter Olympics twice (the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo and the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano). Presidents Executive committee The committee of the JOC is represented by: *President: Yasuhiro Yamashita *Vice Presidents: Eisuke Hiraoka, Yasuo Saitō (diplomat), Yasuo Saito *Secretary General: Eisuke Hiraoka *Senior Members: Kiichiro Matsumaru, Kohzo Tashima, Tsuyoshi Fukui, Tetsuro Hibino *Members: Yuko Arakida, Masatoshi It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Parallel Bars
The men's parallel bars competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. There were 117 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Akinori Nakayama of Japan, the nation's second consecutive victory in the parallel bars event, tying Germany and the Soviet Union for second-most all-time behind Switzerland at three gold medals. It was the second of four straight Games that the parallel bars would be won by a Japanese gymnast. Mikhail Voronin took silver and Viktor Klimenko took bronze to put the Soviet Union back on the podium after a one-Games absence. Background This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Five of the six f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youko Kasahara
Yoko and are Japanese feminine given names. ''Yōko'' is sometimes transliterated as Yohko and Youko. The name ''Yoko'' is almost always written with the kanji (''ko''), meaning "child". The syllable ''ko'' is not generally found at the end of masculine names. In Japanese, ''Yoko'' and ''Yōko'' have numerous orthographical variations. Some of the meanings of the '' kanji'' used to write it are: *瑛子, "crystal, sparkle of jewelry, child" *陽子, "sunshine, child", "sunny, child" *洋子, "ocean, child" *遥子, "long ago, child" *楊子, "willow, child" *瑶子, "beautiful, child" *謡子, "noh (Japanese word for ''skill'' or ''talent''), child" *八子, "eight, child" *羊子, "sheep, child" *要子, "vital, need, child" *暢子, "free, child" *容子, "glorious, child" *妖子, "bewitch, child" *葉子, "leaf, child" *曜子, "weekday, child" The masculine name ''Yōkō'', as in the given name of pro boxer , is transliterated similarly, but in Japanese it is written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyoko Iwahara
, is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all seven matches. Four years later she won her second Olympic silver medal with the Japanese team. She played one match. External links profile 1945 births Living people Olympic volleyball players of Japan Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1970 Asian Games Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzue Takayama
is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. She was born in Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture .... In 1968, she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all seven matches. External links * * 1946 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Japan Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{japan-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setsuko Yoshida
(born November 4, 1942) is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. She was born in Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur .... In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played six matches. External links profile 1942 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Japan Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1962 Asian Games Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan {{japan-volleyball-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Vault
The men's vault competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The event was held from 22 to 26 October at the Auditorio Nacional. There were 116 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union, the nation's fourth gold medal in the vault. Yukio Endo of Japan took silver, while Soviet Sergei Diomidov earned bronze. Background This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Three of the six finalists from 1964 returned: silver medalist Victor Lisitsky of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist Hannu Rantakari of Finland, and sixth-place finisher Yukio Endo of Japan. Reigning gold medalist and world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestling At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 63 Kg
The Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ... as part of the wrestling program were held at the Insurgentes Ice Rink. The featherweight was the third-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 63 kilograms. Medalists Tournament results The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals. ;Legend *TF — Won by Fall *DQ — Won by Passivity or forfeit *D2 — Both wrestlers lost by Passivity *DNA — Did not appear *TPP — Total penalty points *MPP — Match penalty point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideo Fujimoto (wrestler)
Hideo Fujimoto (藤本 英男, born June 24, 1944) is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968, placing fourth in 1972. At the world championships he won a gold medal in 1970 and bronze medals in 1967 and 1971. References External links * 1944 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Japan Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Japanese male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people Sportspeople from Tokushima Prefecture {{Japan-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Marathon
The men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, was held on Sunday October 20, 1968. The race started at 15:00h local time. There were 75 competitors from 41 countries. Eighteen of them did not finish. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Mamo Wolde of Ethiopia, the nation's third consecutive gold medal in the Olympic marathon (matching France for most golds overall in the event). Background This was the 16th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 1964 marathon included two-time defending champion Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, fifth-place finisher József Sütő of Hungary, and eighth-place finisher Kenji Kimihara of Japan. Bikila would have been favored but was recovering from an appendectomy and stress fracture. His countryman Mamo Wolde (who had run in 1964 but had not finished, while his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1968 Summer Olympics
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries. These games were notable for a number of Olympic firsts and numerous world records. These included: *Dick Fosbury introduced the Fosbury Flop to the high Jump by jumping over backwards, whereas the prevailing methods involved jumping forwards or sideways. *The first African Gold Medallists in the 1500m and 3000m Steeplechase, as well as many other medals in middle and long distance events. Particularly symbolic of Africa's newfound dominance was the victory by Kenyan athlete Kip Keino in the 1500m final. *Bob Beamon broke Ralph Boston's 1965 and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's 1967 World Record in the Men's Long Jump by 55 cm (22 in). This record was not broken until 1991. It remains the second best legal jump in history. *The World Record was broken in the Men's Triple Jump five times by three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 Kg
The men's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 16 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes Teatro de los Insurgentes ( en, Theater of the Insurgents) is a theater located on Mexico City's Avenida de los Insurgentes. It was built by José María Dávila in 1953 as part of President Miguel Alemán's program of urban renewal. Dávila c .... It was the eleventh appearance of the middleweight class. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's 75 kg Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
