Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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gold=11
silver=7
bronze=7
total=25

Japan competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medalists

Silver

*Nachiro Ikeda, Masayuki Minami, Katsutoshi Nekoda, Mamoru Shiragami, Isao Koizumi, Kenji Kimura, Yasuaki Mitsomuri, Jungo Morita, Tadayoshi Yokota, Seiji Oko, Tetsuo Sato and Kenji Shimaoka — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
*Setsuko Yosjida, Suzue Takayama, Toyoko Iwahara, Youko Kasahara, Aiko Onozawa, Yukiyo Kojima, Sachiko Fukanaka, Kunie Shishikura, Setsuko Inoue, Sumie Oinuma, Makiko Furakawa and Keiko Hama — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition

Results by event


=Volleyball=

Women's Team Competition

*Round Robin:* Defeated United States (3-0):* Defeated Mexico (3-0):* Defeated Peru (3-0):* Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0) :* Defeated Poland (3-0) :* Defeated South Korea (3-0):* Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → Silver Medal
*Team Roster:*Setsuko Yosjida:*Suzue Takayama:*Toyoko Iwahara:*Youko Kasahara:*Aiko Onozawa:*Yukiyo Kojima:*Sachiko Fukanaka:*Kunie Shishikura:*Setsuko Inoue:*Sumie Oinuma:*Makiko Furakawa:*Keiko Hama


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Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to Italy (2:9):* Defeated Greece (8:7):* Lost to Netherlands (1:9):* Defeated United Arab Republic (7:4):* Lost to East Germany (0:8):* Defeated Mexico (6:3):* Lost to Yugoslavia (2:17)
*Classification Matches:*9th/12th place: Lost to Spain (0:5):*11th/12th place: Lost to Mexico (4:5) → Twelfth place
*Team Roster:*Haruo Sato:*Hirokatsu Kuwayama:*Kazuya Takeuchi :*Koji Nakano:*Kunio Yonehara:*Seiya Sakamoto:*Shigeharu Kuwabara :*Shuzo Yajima:*Tetsunosuke Ishii

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]


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