was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He was part of the Japanese teams that set a

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

in 1963 and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1964 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In 1964 he also finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Okabe died of

pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

on January 26, 2018, at the age of 76.東京五輪銅メダリスト、岡部幸明氏が死去

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1941 births 2018 deaths Olympic swimmers for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Japanese male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Deaths from pneumonia in Japan 20th-century Japanese people Place of birth missing {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub