Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 184 (148 men and 36 women) in 21 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Masatoshi Shinomaki | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 5 |
Gold 13 |
Silver 8 |
Bronze 8 |
Total 29 |
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Japan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 184 competitors, 148 men and 36 women, took part in 113 events in 21 sports.[1]
Contents
- 1 Medalists
- 2 Archery
- 3 Athletics
- 4 Basketball
- 5 Boxing
- 6 Canoeing
- 7 Cycling
- 8 Diving
- 9 Equestrianism
- 10 Fencing
- 11 Gymnastics
- 12 Handball
- 13 Judo
- 14 Modern pentathlon
- 15 Rowing
- 16 Sailing
- 17 Shooting
- 18 Swimming
- 19 Volleyball
- 20 Water polo
- 21 Weightlifting
- 22 Wrestling
- 23 Badminton (demonstration sports)
- 24 References
Medalists
Gold
* Takao Kawaguchi — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)
- Toyokazu Nomura — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)
- Shinobu Sekine — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg)
- Mayumi Aoki — Swimming, Women's 100 metres Butterfly
- Nobutaka Taguchi — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Breaststroke
- Kiyomi Kato — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
- Hideaki Yanagida — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
- Sawao Kato — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Sawao Kato — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
- Mitsuo Tsukahara — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Akinori Nakayama — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Sawao Kato, Akinori Nakayama, Eizo Kenmotsu, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Shigeru Kasamatsu, and Teruichi Okamura — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
- Yoshihide Fukao, Kenji Kimura, Masayuki Minami, Jungo Morita, Yūzo Nakamura, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Tetsuo Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Noguchi, Seiji Oko, Tetsuo Satō, Kenji Shimaoka, and Tadayoshi Yokota — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
Silver
* Kikuo Wada — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
- Koichiro Hirayama — Wrestling, 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 Yamazaki — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
Bronze
* Motoki Nishimura — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Nobutaka Taguchi — Swimming, Men's 200 metres Breaststroke
Archery
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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 Kajikawa — 2381 points (→ 19th place)
- Masashi Hibino — 2344 points (→ 29th place)
- Shinji Nakamoto — 2287 points (→ 38th place)
Women's Individual Competition:
- Yoshiko Akayama — 2301 points (→ 17th place)
Athletics
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Men's 5000 metres
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- Heat — 13:44.8 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 14:12.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
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- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.05m (→ 19th place)
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- Qualification Round — 2.06m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
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Boxing
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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
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- First Round — Lost to Asen Nikolov (BUL), 0:5
Canoeing
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Cycling
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Three cyclists represented Japan in 1972.
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- Final — 1:10.00 (→ 20th place)
- Yaichi Numata and Yoshikazu Cho → 12th place
Diving
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Men's 3m Springboard
- Junji Yuasa — 316.95 points (→ 24th place)
Men's 10m Platform
- Junji Yuasa — 276.00 points (→ 19th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
- Taeko Kubo — 236.25 points (→ 24th place)
Women's 10m Platform
- Keiko Otsubo — 168.24 points (→ 23rd place)
Equestrianism
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Fencing
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Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1972.
Gymnastics
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Handball
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- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (14-20)
- Lost to Hungary (12-20)
- Defeated United States (20-16)
- Classification Matches
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- 9th/12th place: Lost to Norway (17-19)
- 11th/12th place: Defeated Iceland (19-18) → 11th place
Judo
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Modern pentathlon
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Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Masaru Sakano — 4627 points (→ 31st place)
- Yuso Makihira — 4583 points (→ 33rd place)
- Akira Kubo — 4371 points (→ 49th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Sakano, Makihara, and Kubo — 13569 points (13th place)
Rowing
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Men's Single Sculls
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- Heat — 8:20.82
- Repechage — 8:27.36 (→ did not advance)
Sailing
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Men's Finn:
- Kazuoki Matsuyama — 176.0 (→ 27th place)
Men's Flying Dutchman:
- Akira Yamamura and Takashi Yamamura — 128.0 (→ 19th place)
Shooting
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Swimming
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Volleyball
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- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated Romania (3-1)
- Defeated Cuba (3-0)
- Defeated East Germany (3-0)
- Defeated Brazil (3-0)
- Defeated West Germany (3-0)
- Semifinals
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- Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
- Final
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- Defeated East Germany (3-1) →
Gold Medal
- Defeated East Germany (3-1) →
- Team Roster
Water polo
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- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group C)
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- 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
Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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Badminton (demonstration sports)
Men's Doubles:
- Ippei Kojima and Suresh Goel of India
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- 1st round - Lost to Ng. Boon Bee and P. Gunalan of Malaysia (8 - 15, 1 - 15)
Women's Singles:
- Noriko Nakayama → Gold Medal
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- 1st round - defeated Ulla Strand of Denmark (11 - 5, 11 - 9)
- Semi–Final - 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
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- 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
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- 1st round - lost to Talbot and Gilks of Great Britain (9 - 15, 4 - 15)
References
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