Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | JPN |
NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Montreal | |
Competitors | 213 (153 men and 60 women) in 20 sports |
Flag bearer | Katsutoshi Nekoda |
Medals Ranked 5th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Japan competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 213 competitors, 153 men and 60 women, took part in 119 events in 20 sports.[1]
Medalists[]
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Archery[]
In their second Olympic archery competition, Japan won a silver medal and placed third on the national leaderboard for the sport. The medal was won by Hiroshi Michinaga. Two men and two women competed for Japan.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Minako Sato — 2308 points (→ 14th place)
- Kyoko Yamazaki — 2094 points (→ 26th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Hiroshi Michinaga — 2502 points (→ Silver Medal)
- Takanobu Nishi — 2422 points (→ 8th place)
Athletics[]
Men's 10.000 metres
- Toshiaki Kamata
- Heat — 28:36.21 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Shigeru So — 2:18:26 (→ 20th place)
- Noriyasu Mizukami — 2:18:44 (→ 21st place)
- Akio Usami — 2:22:29 (→ 32nd place)
Men's High Jump
- Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
- Kazunori Koshikawa
- Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
- Yoshio Morikawa — 1:42:20 (→ 34th place)
Basketball[]
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A):
- Lost to Canada (76-104)
- Lost to Mexico (90-108)
- Lost to Cuba (56-97)
- Lost to Soviet Union (69-123)
- Lost to Australia (79-117)
- Classification Match:
- 9th/11th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (91-111) → 11th place
- Team Roster
- Shigeaki Abe
- Nobuo Chigusa
- Satoshi Mori
- Shoji Yuki
- Yutaka Fujimoto
- Hirofumi Numata
- Kiyohide Kuwata
- Koji Yamamoto
- Shigeto Shimizu
- Fumio Saito
- Norihiko Kitahara
- Hideki Hamaguchi
- Head Coach: .
- Women's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Head Coach:
Boxing[]
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Noboru Uchizama
- First Round — Lost to Brendan Dunne (IRL), RSC-2
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Toshinori Koga
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Virgilio Palomo (COL), 5:0
- Third Round — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5
Canoeing[]
Cycling[]
Five cyclists represented Japan in 1976.
- Yoshikazu Cho — 5th place
- Yoshikazu Cho — 1:09.664 (→ 17th place)
- Yoichi Machishima — 15th place
- Yoichi Machishima
- Tadashi Ogasawara
- Yoshiaki Ogasawara
- Tsutomu Okabori
Diving[]
Equestrian[]
Fencing[]
Eight fencers, four men and four women, represented Japan in 1976.
- Masanori Kawatsu
- Noriyuki Sato
- Toshio Jingo
- Masanori Kawatsu, Hideaki Kamei, Toshio Jingo, Noriyuki Sato
- Hideko Oka
- Yukari Kajihara
- Mariko Yoshikawa
- Hideko Oka, Mariko Yoshikawa, Hiroko Kamada, Yukari Kajihara
Gymnastics[]
Handball[]
Judo[]
Modern pentathlon[]
Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1976.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Shoji Uchida — 4850 points (→ 31st place)
- Akira Kubo — 4700 points (→ 37th place)
- Hiroyuki Kawazoe — 4591 points (→ 40th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Uchida, Kubo, and Kawazoe — 14234 points (→ 12th place)
Rowing[]
Sailing[]
Shooting[]
- Open
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Points | Rank | ||
Taro Aso | Skeet | 187 | 41 |
Saijo Hosokawa | 50 m rifle, prone | 588 | 31 |
Toshiyasu Ishige | Trap | 177 | 18 |
Takeo Kamachi | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 591 | 12 |
Kazuyo Kato | Skeet | 188 | 35 |
Kanji Kubo | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 586 | 20 |
Kaoru Matsuo | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1119 | 41 |
50 m rifle, prone | 580 | 68 | |
Jitsuka Matsuoka | Trap | 178 | 16 |
Masanobu Ohata | 50 m pistol | 545 | 28 |
Michiha Ozaki | 50 m rifle, three positions | 1115 | 44 |
Shigetoshi Tashiro | 50 m pistol | 549 | 21 |
Swimming[]
Volleyball[]
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Defeated Italy (3-0)
- Defeated Brazil (3-0)
- Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
- Semi Finals
- Lost to Poland (2-3)
- Bronze Medal Match
- Lost to Cuba (0-3) → Fourth place
- Team Roster
- Taka Maruiyama
- Katsutoshi Nekoda
- Katsumi Oda
- Tetsuo Nishimoto
- Yassunori Yassuda
- Yoshi Fukao
- Shoichi Yanagimoto
- Mikiyasu Tanaka
- Tadayoshi Yokota
- Seiji Ohko
- Kinji Shimaoka
- Tetsuo Satō
- Head Coach: Tsutomu Koyama
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated Hungary (3-0)
- Defeated Peru (3-0)
- Defeated Canada (3-0)
- Semi Finals
- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Final
- Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) → Gold Medal
- Team Roster
- Takako Iida
- Mariko Okamoto
- Echiko Maeda
- Noriko Matsuda
- Takako Shirai
- Kiyomi Kato
- Yuko Arakida
- Katsuko Kanesaka
- Mariko Yoshida
- Shoko Takayanagi
- Hiromi Yano
- Juri Yokoyama
- Head Coach:
Weightlifting[]
Wrestling[]
References[]
- ^ "Japan at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Japan at the Summer Olympics by year
- 1976 in Japanese sport