Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
. 328 competitors, 270 men and 58 women, took part in 155 events in 21 sports.
Fujio Shimizu
is a Japanese foil and sabre fencer. He competed 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, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) a ...
Toshiaki Araki
is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée
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Toshiaki Araki
is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée
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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 Oct ...
Fujio Shimizu
is a Japanese foil and sabre fencer. He competed 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, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) a ...
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 Oct ...
Tamiko Yasui
is a Japanese fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil
Foil may refer to:
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* Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine
* Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decora ...
Tamiko Yasui
is a Japanese fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil
Foil may refer to:
Materials
* Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine
* Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decora ...
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 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
Isao Inokuma
was a Japanese judoka. He won a 1964 Summer Olympics medal table, gold medal in the heavyweight division (above 80 kg) at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and a world title in 1965.Men's open class
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Akio Kaminaga
was a Japanese judoka who won a silver medal in the open weight category at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1964.
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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, ...
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Yoshihide Fukutome
is a Japanese former modern pentathlete
The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the ...
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (吉川 貴久, September 4, 1936 – October 12, 2019) was a Japanese shooter. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the 50 m pistol event and won bronze medals in 1960 and 1964.
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won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event.
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Tsutomu Koyama
(July 26, 1936 – July 2, 2012) was a Japanese volleyball player. He was a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team, Men's National Volleyball Team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He late ...
Toshiaki Kosedo
is a Japanese former volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a p ...
Masayuki Minami
was a Japanese volleyball player born in Fukuoka
is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and ...
Katsutoshi Nekoda
was a Japanese volleyball player and four-time Olympian. Nekoda was a member of the Japanese men's national volleyball team as a setter.
Nekoda led the Japan national volleyball team to a bronze medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics, a silver m ...
Kinuko Tanida
was 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 ...
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Katsumi Matsumura
is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.
She was a major player to help Japanese women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in 1962-67 by winning 1962 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1964 Tokyo Olympic Game ...
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Yoko Shinozaki
is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.
She was a major player to help Japanese women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in 1962-67 by winning 1962 FIVB Women's World Championship
The 1962 FIVB Women's Wo ...
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Setsuko Sasaki
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, ) ...
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* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...