Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 162 competitors, 142 men and 20 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Tokyo, the Japanese flag was raised at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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Cycling
Five male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.


 * Individual road race
 * Masashi Omiya


 * 1000m time trial
 * Tetsuo Osawa


 * Team pursuit
 * Tetsuo Osawa
 * Kanji Kubomura
 * Nobuhira Takanuki
 * Katsuya Saito

Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.


 * Men's foil
 * Mitsuyuki Funamizu
 * Heizaburo Okawa
 * Kazuhiko Tabuchi


 * Men's team foil
 * Heizaburo Okawa, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi


 * Men's épée
 * Kazuhiko Tabuchi
 * Sonosuke Fujimaki
 * Tsugeo Ozawa


 * Men's team épée
 * Heizaburo Okawa, Tsugeo Ozawa, Sonosuke Fujimaki, Kazuhiko Tabuchi


 * Men's sabre
 * Tsugeo Ozawa
 * Mitsuyuki Funamizu
 * Sonosuke Fujimaki


 * Men's team sabre
 * Sonosuke Fujimaki, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Modern pentathlon
Two male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.


 * Individual
 * Kazuhiro Tanaka
 * Shigeaki Uchino

Rowing
Japan had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.


 * Men's coxed four
 * Koji Fukuda
 * Hatsuhiko Mizuki
 * Shunji Murai
 * Naotake Okubo
 * Osamu Saito (cox)


 * Men's eight
 * Kenro Chiba
 * Tetsuzo Hirose
 * Hironori Itsuki
 * Hiroshi Saito
 * Tadashi Saito
 * Tetsuo Sato
 * Shigemi Tamura
 * Yosuke Tazaki
 * Hiroyuki Misawa (cox)

Shooting
Eight shooters represented Japan in 1960. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won a bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol event.
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