Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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]

Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Montreal
Competitors	213 (153 men and 60 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Katsutoshi Nekoda
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 9 Silver 6 Bronze 10 Total 25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Shun Fujimoto Hisato Igarashi Sawao Kato Hiroshi Kajiyama Mitsuo Tsukahara Eizo Kenmotsu Gymnastics Men's team all-around July 20  Gold Mitsuo Tsukahara Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar July 23  Gold Sawao Kato Gymnastics Men's parallel bars July 23  Gold Kazuhiro Ninomiya Judo Men's 93 kg July 27  Gold Isamu Sonoda Judo Men's 80 kg July 28  Gold Yuko Arakida Takako Iida Katsuko Kanesaka Kiyomi Kato Echiko Maeda Noriko Matsuda Mariko Okamoto Takako Shirai Shoko Takayanagi Hiromi Yano Juri Yokoyama Mariko Yoshida Volleyball Women's tournament July 30  Gold Yuji Takada Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg July 31  Gold Jiichiro Date Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg July 31  Gold Haruki Uemura Judo Men's open category July 31  Silver Sawao Kato Gymnastics Men's individual all-around July 21  Silver Eizo Kenmotsu Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar July 23  Silver Eizo Kenmotsu Gymnastics Men's pommel horse July 23  Silver Mitsuo Tsukahara Gymnastics Men's vault July 23  Silver Koji Kuramoto Judo Men's 70 kg July 29  Silver Hiroshi Michinaga Archery Men's individual July 30  Bronze Kenkichi Ando Weightlifting Men's 56 kg July 19  Bronze Kazumasa Hirai Weightlifting Men's 60 kg July 20  Bronze Mitsuo Tsukahara Gymnastics Men's individual all-around July 21  Bronze Mitsuo Tsukahara Gymnastics Men's parallel bars July 23  Bronze Hiroshi Kajiyama Gymnastics Men's vault July 23  Bronze Koichiro Hirayama Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg July 24  Bronze Sumio Endo Judo Men's heavyweight July 26  Bronze Akira Kudo Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg July 31  Bronze Masao Arai Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg July 31  Bronze Yasaburo Sugawara Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg July 31

Medals by sport Sport Total Gymnastics 3 4 3 10 Judo 3 1 1 5 Wrestling 2 0 4 6 Volleyball 1 0 0 1 Archery 0 1 0 1 Weightlifting 0 0 2 2 Total 9 6 10 25

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

• Katsumi Fukura

• 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

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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: Masahiko Yoshida.

Women's team competition

• Team roster

• Kimiko Hashimoto
• Kazuko Kadoya
• Kimi Wakitashiro
• Mieko Fukui
• Miyako Otsuka
• Miho Matsuoka
• Kazuyo Hayashida
• Teruko Miyamoto
• Keiko Namai
• Reiko Aonuma
• Sachiyo Yamamoto
• Misako Satake

• Head coach: Masatoshi Ozaki

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Noboru Uchizama
  1. First Round — Lost to Brendan Dunne (IRL), RSC-2

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Toshinori Koga
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Virgilio Palomo (COL), 5:0
  3. Third Round — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists represented Japan in 1976.

Sprint

• Yoshikazu Cho — 5th place

1000m time trial

• Yoshikazu Cho — 1:09.664 (→ 17th place)

Individual pursuit

• Yoichi Machishima — 15th place

Team pursuit

• Yoichi Machishima
• Tadashi Ogasawara
• Yoshiaki Ogasawara
• Tsutomu Okabori

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Eight fencers, four men and four women, represented Japan in 1976.

Men's foil

• Masanori Kawatsu
• Noriyuki Sato
• Toshio Jingo

Men's team foil

• Masanori Kawatsu, Hideaki Kamei, Toshio Jingo, Noriyuki Sato

Women's foil

• Hideko Oka
• Yukari Kajihara
• Mariko Yoshikawa

Women's team foil

• Hideko Oka, Mariko Yoshikawa, Hiroko Kamada, Yukari Kajihara

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		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

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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: Shigeo Yamada

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics