Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors	171 (146 men and 25 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Yukio Endo
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 11 Silver 7 Bronze 7 Total 25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hiroomi Yamada	Long jump	7.67	17	—				7.93w	10
Naoki Abe		7.58	22	—				Did not advance
Shinji Ogura		7.57	24	—				Did not advance
Tsugumichi Suzuki	10,000 metres	—						30:52.0	19
Keisuke Sawaki		—						31:25.2	27
Kenji Kimihara	Marathon	—						2:23:31

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Watanabe	Light Flyweight	Zaporozhets (URS) L 0–3	Did not advance
Nakamura	Flyweight	Bye		Delgado (MEX) L 0–5	Did not advance
Morioka'	Flyweight	Bye		Dowling (IRL) W 4–1	Sokolov (URS) L 5–0

men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tetsumasa Yamaguchi	C-1 1000 metres	4:33.3	Qs	4:54.61	5	Did not advance
Tetsumasa Yamaguchi Nobuatsu Yoshino	C-2 1000 m	3:58.44	5 QS	4:29.54	5	Did not advance

One cyclist represented Japan in 1968.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Sanji Inoue	Men's Sprint						Kravtsov (URS) L	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sanji Inoue	time trial	1:07.54	19

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Junji Yuasa	3 m springboard	86.80	18	Did not advance
Junji Yuasa	10 m springboard	84.10	23	Did not advance
Toshio Otsubo		83.18	24	Did not advance
Yosuke Arimitsu		81.72	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Keiko Osaki	3 m springboard	DNS
Keiko Osaki	10 m platform

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1968.

Men's foil

• Heizaburo Okawa
• Kazuo Mano
• Fujio Shimizu

Men's team foil

• Masaya Fukuda, Heizaburo Okawa, Fujio Shimizu, Kazuhiko Wakasugi, Kazuo Mano

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Japan	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Brazil	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Quarterfinals

Semi final

Bronze Medal Match

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1968.

Individual

• Yuso Makihira
• Katsuaki Tashiro
• Toshio Fukui

Team

• Yuso Makihira
• Katsuaki Tashiro
• Toshio Fukui

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tsugio Ito	Single sculls	8:10.00	6 R	7:58.08	4	Did not advance
Masatoshi Shimizu Tomio Murai Tadamasa Kato Shigeru Miyagawa Fumio Nakata Jujiro Tanaka Toshi Fukumasu Yoshinori Arai Katsumi Yamamoto (cox)	Eight	6:34.79	6 R	6:44.37	5 FB	—		6:52.02	6

Six shooters, all men, represented Japan in 1968.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Takeo Kamachi	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	12
Shigeto Kusunoki	50 m pistol	528	50
Shigemi Saito	50 m rifle, prone	576	84
Hiromu Sekine		585	60
Makoto Shiraishi	25 m rapid fire pistol	582	23
Yoshihisa Yoshikawa	50 m pistol	548	17

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	9	8	1	17	26	8	3.250	464	326	1.423
2	Japan	9	7	2	16	24	6	4.000	430	258	1.667
3	Czechoslovakia	9	7	2	16	22	15	1.467	454	417	1.089
4	East Germany	9	6	3	15	22	12	1.833	449	374	1.201
5	Poland	9	6	3	15	18	11	1.636	371	281	1.320
6	Bulgaria	9	4	5	13	16	17	0.941	379	385	0.984
7	United States	9	4	5	13	15	18	0.833	383	414	0.925
8	Belgium	9	2	7	11	6	24	0.250	239	417	0.573
9	Brazil	9	1	8	10	8	25	0.320	357	469	0.761
10	Mexico	9	0	9	9	6	27	0.222	289	474	0.610

Women's Team Competition

• Round Robin

• Defeated United States (3-0)
• Defeated Mexico (3-0)
• Defeated Peru (3-0)
• Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0)
• Defeated Poland (3-0)
• Defeated South Korea (3-0)
• Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster

• Setsuko Yosjida
• Suzue Takayama
• Toyoko Iwahara
• Youko Kasahara
• Aiko Onozawa
• Yukiyo Kojima
• Sachiko Fukanaka
• Kunie Shishikura
• Setsuko Inoue
• Sumie Oinuma
• Makiko Furakawa
• Keiko Hama

• Team Roster

• Haruo Sato
• Hirokatsu Kuwayama
• Kazuya Takeuchi
• Koji Nakano
• Kunio Yonehara
• Seiya Sakamoto
• Shigeharu Kuwabara
• Shuzo Yajima
• Tetsunosuke Ishii

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	7	6	1	0	48	21	+27	13
2	Yugoslavia	7	5	1	1	65	18	+47	11
3	East Germany	7	5	1	1	66	22	+44	11
4	Netherlands	7	4	1	2	42	28	+14	9
5	Japan	7	3	0	4	26	57	−31	6
6	Mexico	7	1	1	5	27	56	−29	3
7	Greece	7	1	0	6	34	62	−28	2
8	Egypt	7	0	1	6	21	65	−44	1

Italy

9–2

Japan

Japan

8–7

Greece

Netherlands

9–1

Japan

Egypt

7–4

Japan

East Germany

8–0

Japan

Mexico

3–6

Japan

Yugoslavia

17'–0

Japan

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database