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 ...

was the host nation for the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Tokyo. 328 competitors, 270 men and 58 women, took part in 155 events in 21 sports.

Medalists

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Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group A

October 11 12 October October 13 October 14 October 16 October 17 October 18

Classification brackets

9th–12th Place 21 October 9th Place 23 October

Boxing

;Men

Canoeing

;Men ;Women

Cycling

15 cyclists represented Japan in 1964.

Road

Track

;1000m time trial ;Men's tandem ;Men's Sprint ;Pursuit

Diving

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

15 fencers, 11 men and 4 women, represented Japan in 1964. ; Men's foil *

Kazuo Mano is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Jueg ...

* Heizaburo Okawa *

Kazuhiko Tabuchi Kazuhiko Tabuchi ( ja, 田淵和彦; born 5 October 1936) is a Japanese épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an inter ...

; Men's team foil *

, Fujio Shimizu,

, Heizaburo Okawa,

Sosuke Toda is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Toky ...

; Men's épée * Heizaburo Okawa *

* Toshiaki Araki ; Men's team épée * Toshiaki Araki, Katsutada Minatoi,

, Heizaburo Okawa, Takeshi Teshima ; Men's sabre *

Mitsuyuki Funamizu Mitsuyuki Funamizu ( ja, 船水光行; born 7 September 1933) is a Japanese foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an internati ...

Seiji Shibata is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 Octo ...

Teruhiro Kitao is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 Octo ...

; Men's team sabre * Fujio Shimizu,

; Women's foil * Tomoko Owada * Tamiko Yasui * Yoshie Takeuchi ; Women's team foil * Yoshie Komori, Tamiko Yasui, Tomoko Owada, Yoshie Takeuchi

Football

First round

Group D

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Quarter-finals

First consolation round

Played by losing quarter-finalists.

Gymnastics

Hockey

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was conducted by breaking the 15 teams into two groups of 7 and 8 teams. The groups then played a

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...

with each team playing the other teams in the group once. 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals while the third and fourth played in consolation semifinals.

Group A

* Pakistan def. Japan 1-0 * Australia def. Japan 3-1 * Japan def. Kenya 2-0 * Great Britain def. Japan 1-0 * Japan def. Rhodesia 2-1 * Japan def. New Zealand 1-0

Semifinals

The top two teams in each of the groups played in the 1st-4th semifinals, with the winner of each group playing the second-place team in the other group. The third and fourth team in each group played in the consolation semifinals

Judo

Four judoka, all male, represented Japan in 1964. ; Men's lightweight *

Takehide Nakatani is a retired judoka who won the first gold medal ever awarded in judo at the Summer Olympics as the Japanese competitor in the lightweight division (68 kg). Biography Nakatani was born in Hiroshima, Japan, into a family where all four o ...

; Men's mightweight * Isao Okano ; Men's heavyweight * Isao Inokuma ; Men's open class * Akio Kaminaga

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1964. ;Individual *

Shigeaki Uchino was a Japanese modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, ...

* Yoshihide Fukutome * Shigeki Mino ;Team * Shigeaki Uchino * Yoshihide Fukutome * Shigeki Mino

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

Ten shooters represented Japan in 1964. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event. ;Men

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Team roster *

Yutaka Demachi is a retired Japanese volleyball player. He was a member of the Japanese Men's National Volleyball Team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropoli ...

* Tsutomu Koyama * Sadatoshi Sugahara * Naohiro Ikeda * Yassu Saito * Toshiaki Kosedo *

Tokihiko Higuchi is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, J ...

* Masayuki Minami * Takeshi Tokutomi *

Teruhisa Moriyama , born in the Hiroshima Prefecture, is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics as a member of Japan's bronze medal team. He played in all nine matches, scoring 57 individual points. References

1942 bir ...

* Yūzo Nakamura * Katsutoshi Nekoda

Women's team competition

;Final standings Team roster *

Masae Kasai Masae Kasai (河西昌枝 ''Kasai Masae'', 14 July 1933 – 3 October 2013) was a volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team, Oriental Witches, that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Mas ...

Emiko Miyamoto is a retired Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, , at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an internati ...

* Kinuko Tanida *

Yuriko Handa is a retired Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, , at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an internati ...

Yoshiko Matsumura is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion. She was a member of the Japanese winning team, , at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ) ...

Sata Isobe was a Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning teams, , at the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Summer Olympics. She died at 72 in 2016. It is reported by THE SANKEI NEWS that she lost her parents because of Worl ...

* Katsumi Matsumura * Yoko Shinozaki * Setsuko Sasaki *

Yuko Fujimoto is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion. She was a member of the Japanese winning team, , at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), ...

Masako Kondo is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion. She was a member of the Japanese winning team, , at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport ...

Ayano Shibuki is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion. She was a member of the Japanese winning team, , at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), ...

Head coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu

Water polo

Group A

*October 11, 1964 *October 12, 1964 *October 13, 1964

Weightlifting

;Men

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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