Japan at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Japan
games=1964 Summer
competitors=328 (270 men and 58 women)
sports=21
flagbearer=Makoto Fukui
gold=16
silver=5
bronze=8
total=29

Japan was the host nation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Medalists

Gold

* Masae Kasai, Emiko Miyamoto, Kinuko Tanida, Yuriko Handa, Yoshiko Matsumura, Sata Isobe, Katsumi Matsumura, Yoko Shinozaki, Setsuko Sasaki, Yuko Fujimoto, Maseko Kondo and Ayano Shibuki — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition

* Takao Sakurai — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

* Yukio Endo — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual

* Yukio Endo — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

* Haruhiro Yamashita — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

* Takuji Hayata — Gymnastics, Men's Rings

* Takehide Nakatani — Judo, Men's Lightweight (68 kg)

* Isao Okano — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg)

* Isao Inokuma — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

* Takashi Ono, Shuji Tsurumi, Haruhiro Yamashita, Yukio Endo, Takuji Hayata, and Takashi Mitsukuri — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises

* Yoshinobu Miyake — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight

* Tsutomu Hanahara — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

* Masamitsu Ichiguchi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

* Yoshikatsu Yoshida — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

* Yojiro Uetake — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

* Osamu Watanabe — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

Silver

* Shuji Tsurumi — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual

* Shuji Tsurumi — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

* Shuji Tsurumi — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse

* Yukio Endo — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

* Akio Kaminaga — Judo, Men's Open Class

Bronze

* Kokichi Tsuburaya — Athletics, Men's Marathon

* Taniko Nakamura, Kiyoko Ono, Hiroko Tsuji, Toshiko Aihara-Shirasu, Ginko Chiba-Abukawa, and Keiko Ikeda-Tanaka — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

* Yoshihisa Yoshikawa — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol

* Yukiaki Okabe, Toshio Shoji, Makoto Fukui, and Kunihiro Iwasaki — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

* Yutaka Demachi, Tsutomu Koyama, Sadatoshi Sugahara, Nachiro Ikeda, Yasutaka Sato, Toshiaki Kosedo, Tokihiko Higuchi, Masayuki Minami, Takeshi Tokutomi, Teruhisa Moriyama, Yuzo Nakamura and Katsutoshi Nekoda — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

* Shiro Ichinoseki — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

* Masashi Ohuchi — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight

* Iwao Horiuchi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

Results by event

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race
*Omiya Masashi — 4:39:51.76 (→ 36th place)
*Yamao Hiroshi — 4:39:51.79 (→ 84th place)
*Akamatsu Toshiro — 4:39:51.79 (→ 85th place)
*Tsuji Masanori — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

* Round Robin:* Defeated South Korea (3-0):* Lost to Hungary (0-3):* Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3):* Defeated Bulgaria (3-1):* Defeated United States (3-1) :* Defeated Soviet Union (3-1):* Defeated Brazil (3-2) :* Defeated Romania (3-2) :* Defeated Netherlands (3-1) → Bronze Medal
*Team Roster:* Yutaka Demachi :* Tsutomu Koyama :* Sadatoshi Sugahara :* Naohiro Ikeda :* Yassu Saito :* Toshiaki Kosedo :* Toki Higuchi :* Massa Minami :* Takeshi Tokutomi :* Teru Moriyama :* Yuzo Nakamura :* Katsutoshi Nekoda

=Women's Team Competition=

* Round Robin:* Defeated United States (3-0) :* Defeated Romania (3-0) :* Defeated South Korea (3-0):* Defeated Poland (3-0):* Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) → Gold Medal
*Team Roster:* Masae Kasai :* Emiko Miyamoto:* Kinuko Tanida:* Yuriko Handa :* Yoshiko Matsumura :* Sata Issobe :* Katsumi Matsumura :* Yoko Shinozaki :* Setsuko Sassaki :* Yuko Fujimoto :* Massako Kondo :* Ayano Shibuki
*Head Coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1964/ sports-reference]