Japan was the host nation for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. 328 competitors, 270 men and 58 women, took part in 155 events in 21 sports.
Contents
Basketball
Group A
October 11
12 October
October 13
October 14
October 16
October 17
October 18
Classification brackets
9th–12th Place
21 October
9th Place
23 October
Boxing
Men
Canoeing
Men
Women
Cycling
15 cyclists represented Japan in 1964.
Track
1000m time trial
Men's tandem
Men's Sprint
Pursuit
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Fencing
15 fencers, 11 men and 4 women, represented Japan in 1964.
Men's foil
Kazuo Mano
Heizaburo Okawa
Kazuhiko Tabuchi
Men's team foil
Kazuhiko Tabuchi, Fujio Shimizu, Kazuo Mano, Heizaburo Okawa, Sosuke Toda
Men's épée
Heizaburo Okawa
Kazuhiko Tabuchi
Toshiaki Araki
Men's team épée
Toshiaki Araki, Katsutada Minatoi, Kazuhiko Tabuchi, Heizaburo Okawa, Takeshi Teshima
Men's sabre
Mitsuyuki Funamizu
Seiji Shibata
Teruhiro Kitao
Men's team sabre
Fujio Shimizu, Teruhiro Kitao, Seiji Shibata, Mitsuyuki Funamizu
Women's foil
Tomoko Owada
Tamiko Yasui
Yoshie Takeuchi
Women's team foil
Yoshie Komori, Tamiko Yasui, Tomoko Owada, Yoshie Takeuchi
Football
First consolation round
Played by losing quarter-finalists.
Hockey
Squad
Japan's field hockey team was represented by the following players:
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was conducted by breaking the 15 teams into two groups of 7 and 8 teams. The groups then played a round-robin tournament with each team playing the other teams in the group once. 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals while the third and fourth played in consolation semifinals.
Group A
Pakistan def. Japan 1-0
Australia def. Japan 3-1
Japan def. Kenya 2-0
Great Britain def. Japan 1-0
Japan def. Rhodesia 2-1
Japan def. New Zealand 1-0
Semifinals
The top two teams in each of the groups played in the 1st-4th semifinals, with the winner of each group playing the second-place team in the other group. The third and fourth team in each group played in the consolation semifinals
Judo
Four judoka, all male, represented Japan in 1964.
Men's lightweight
Takehide Nakatani
Men's mightweight
Isao Okano
Men's heavyweight
Isao Inokuma
Men's open class
Akio Kaminaga
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1964.
Individual
Shigeaki Uchino
Yoshihide Fukutome
Shigeki Mino
Team
Shigeaki Uchino
Yoshihide Fukutome
Shigeki Mino
Rowing
Men
Sailing
Open
Shooting
Ten shooters represented Japan in 1964. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won the bronze medal in the 50 m pistol event.
Men
Swimming
Men
Women
Volleyball
Men's team competition
Team roster
Yutaka Demachi
Tsutomu Koyama
Sadatoshi Sugahara
Naohiro Ikeda
Yassu Saito
Toshiaki Kosedo
Tokihiko Higuchi
Masayuki Minami
Takeshi Tokutomi
Teruhisa Moriyama
Yūzo Nakamura
Katsutoshi Nekoda
Women's team competition
Final standings
Team roster
Masae Kasai (c)
Emiko Miyamoto
Kinuko Tanida
Yuriko Handa
Yoshiko Matsumura
Sata Isobe
Katsumi Matsumura
Yoko Shinozaki
Setsuko Sasaki
Yuko Fujimoto
Masako Kondo
Ayano Shibuki
Head coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu
Water polo
Group A
October 11, 1964
October 12, 1964
October 13, 1964
Weightlifting
Men