Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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gold=13
silver=8
bronze=8
total=29

Japan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Gold

* Takao KawaguchiJudo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)

* Toyokazu NomuraJudo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)

* Shinobu SekineJudo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg)

* Mayumi AokiSwimming, Women's 100 metres Butterfly

* Nobutaka TaguchiSwimming, Men's 100 metres Breaststroke

* Kiyomi KatoWrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

* Hideaki YanagidaWrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

* Sawao KatoGymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

* Sawao KatoGymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual

* Mitsuo TsukaharaGymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar

* Akinori NakayamaGymnastics, Men's Rings

* Sawao Kato, Akinori Nakayama, Eizo Kenmotsu, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Shigeru Kasamatsu, and Teruichi OkamuraGymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises

* Yoshihide Fukao, Kenji Kimura, Masayuki Minami, Jungo Morita, Yuzo Nakamura, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Tetsuo Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Noguchi, Seiji Oko, Tetsuo Sato, Kenji Shimaoka, and Tadayoshi YokotaVolleyball, Men's Team Competition

Silver

* Kikuo WadaWrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

* Koichiro HirayamaWrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

* Katsumi Matsumura, Takako Iida, Mariko Okamoto, Takako Shirai, Makiko Furukawa, Keiko Hama, Toyoko Iwahara, Sumie Oinuma, Seiko Shimakage, Michiko Shiokawa, Noriko Yamashita, and Yaeko YamazakiVolleyball, Women's Team Competition

Bronze

* Motoki NishimuraJudo, Men's Heavyweight

* Nobutaka TaguchiSwimming, Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

Results by event


=Archery=

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Japan entered three men and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Yoshiko Akayama, at 17th place in the women's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:
* Hiroshi Kajikawa2381 points (→ 19th place)
* Masashi Hibino2344 points (→ 29th place)
* Shinji Nakamoto2287 points (→ 38th place)

Women's Individual Competition:
* Yoshiko Akayama2301 points (→ 17th place)


=Athletics=

Men's 5000 metres
*Keisuke Sawaki:* Heat13:44.8 (→ did not advance)

*Takaharu Koyama:* Heat14:12.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump
*Hidehiko Tomizawa :* Qualifying Round2.15m:* Final2.05m (→ 19th place)

*Kuniyoshi Sugioka:* Qualification Round2.06m (→ did not advance)


=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Yoshimitsu Aragaki:* First RoundLost to Asen Nikolov (BUL), 0:5


=Badminton (demonstration sports)=

Men's Doubles:
* Ippei Kojima and Suresh Goel of India:# 1st round - Lost to Ng. Boon Bee and P. Gunalan of Malaysia (8 - 15, 1 - 15)

Women's Singles:
* Noriko NakayamaGold Medal:# 1st round - defeated Ulla Strand of Denmark (11 - 5, 11 - 9):# SemiFinal - defeated Gillian Gilks of Great Britain (11 - 3, 8 - 11, 11 - 9):# Final - defeated Utami Dewi of Indonesia (11 - 5, 11 - 3)
* Hiroe Yuki - bronze medal:# 1st round - defeated Joke van Beusekom of Netherlands (11 - 3, 11 - 2):# Semi-Final - lost to Utami Dewi of Indonesia (5 - 11, 9 - 11)

Mixed Doubles:
* Kojima and Nakayama:# 1st round - lost to Talbot and Gilks of Great Britain (9 - 15, 4 - 15)


=Cycling=

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Takafumi Matsuda:* Final1:10.00 (→ 20th place)

Men's Tandem
* Yaichi Numata and Yoshikazu Cho12th place


=Diving=

Men's 3m Springboard
* Junji Yuasa316.95 points (→ 24th place)

Men's 10m Platform
* Junji Yuasa276.00 points (→ 19th place)

Women's 3m Springboard
* Taeko Kubo236.25 points (→ 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform
* Keiko Otsubo168.24 points (→ 23rd place)


=Handball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round:* Lost to Yugoslavia (14-20):* Lost to Hungary (12-20):* Defeated United States (20-16)
*Classification Matches:* 9th/12th place: Lost to Norway (17-19):* 11th/12th place: Defeated Iceland (19-18) → 11th place


=Modern pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Masaru Sakano4627 points (→ 31st place)
* Yuso Makihira4583 points (→ 33rd place)
* Akira Kubo4371 points (→ 49th place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Sakano, Makihara, and Kubo13569 points (13th place)


=Rowing=

Men's Single Sculls
*Hideo Okamoto:*Heat8:20.82:*Repechage8:27.36 (→ did not advance)


=Sailing=

Men's Finn:
* Kazuoki Matsuyama176.0 (→ 27th place)

Men's Flying Dutchman:
*Akira Yamamura and Takashi Yamamura128.0 (→ 19th place)


=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Defeated Romania (3-1):* Defeated Cuba (3-0):* Defeated East Germany (3-0):* Defeated Brazil (3-0):* Defeated West Germany (3-0)
*Semifinals:* Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
*Final:* Defeated East Germany (3-1) → Gold Medal
*Team Roster:*Kenji Kimura :*Yoshinide Fukao:*Junko Morita:*Seiji Ohko:*Tadayoshi Yokota:*Katsutoshi Nekoda:*Yasuhiro Noguchi:*Kenji Shimaoka:*Yuzo Nakamura:*Tetsuo Nishimoto:*Massao Minami:*Tetsuo Sato


=Water polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Lost to Spain (4-6):* Lost to Soviet Union (1-11):* Lost to Bulgaria (4-7):* Lost to Italy (5-12) → Did not advance
* Team Roster:* Yukiharu Oshita:* Hirokatsu Kuwayama:* Toshio Takahashi:* Shuzo Yajima:* Hiroshi Hashimoto:* Koji Nakano:* Naoto Minegishi:* Tatsuo Jihira:* Takashi Kimura:* Yoshihiro Yasumi:* Toru Arase


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