Japan, the previous host of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 171 competitors, 146 men and 25 women, took part in 97 events in 18 sports.
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Weightlifting Men's 60 kg October 14 Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg October 20 Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg October 20 Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg October 20 Takeshi Katō Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around October 24 Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around October 24 Gymnastics Men's floor October 26 Gymnastics Men's parallel bars October 26 Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar October 26 Gymnastics Men's rings October 26 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg October 26 Weightlifting Men's 75 kg October 16 Athletics Men's marathon October 20 Hideo Fujimoto Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg October 26 Gymnastics Men's floor October 26 Gymnastics Men's vault October 26 Setsuko YoshidaSuzue TakayamaToyoko IwaharaYouko KasaharaAiko OnozawaYukiyo KojimaSachiko FukanakaKunie ShishikuraSetsuko InoueSumie OinumaMakiko FurakawaKeiko Hama Volleyball Women's tournament October 26 Masayuki MinamiKatsutoshi NekodaMamoru ShiragamiIsao KoizumiKenji KimuraYasuaki MitsumoriNaohiro IkedaJungo MoritaTadayoshi YokotaSeiji OkoTetsuo SatōKenji Shimaoka Volleyball Men's tournament October 26 Weightlifting Men's 60 kg October 14 Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around October 24 Takeshi Katō Gymnastics Men's floor October 26 Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar October 26 Gymnastics Men's rings October 26 Boxing Men's bantamweight October 26 Kenzo YokoyamaHiroshi KatayamaMasakatsu MiyamotoYoshitada YamaguchiMitsuo KamataRyozo SuzukiKiyoshi TomizawaTakaji MoriAritatsu OgiEizo YuguchiShigeo YaegashiTeruki MiyamotoMasashi WatanabeYasuyuki KuwaharaKunishige KamamotoIkuo MatsumotoRyuichi SugiyamaMasahiro Hamazaki Football Men's football October 26
| width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalGymnastics 6 2 412Wrestling 4 1 05Weightlifting 1 1 13Volleyball 0 2 02Athletics 0 1 01Boxing 0 0 11Football 0 0 11 Total 11 7 7 25
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankHiroomi YamadaLong jump7.6717colspan=4 7.93w10Naoki Abe7.5822colspan=4 Did not advanceShinji Ogura7.5724colspan=4 Did not advanceTsugumichi Suzuki10,000 metrescolspan=6 30:52.019Keisuke Sawakicolspan=6 31:25.227Kenji KimiharaMarathoncolspan=6 2:23:31
Boxing
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankWatanabeLight FlyweightL 0–3Did not advanceNakamuraFlyweightcolspan=2 L 0–5Did not advanceMorioka'Flyweightcolspan=2 W 4–1L 5–0
Canoeing
Sprint
men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTetsumasa YamaguchiC-1 1000 metres4:33.3Qs4:54.615Did not advanceTetsumasa YamaguchiNobuatsu YoshinoC-2 1000 m3:58.445 QS4:29.545Did not advance
Cycling
One cyclist represented Japan in 1968.
Track Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankSanji InoueMen's SprintLDid not advance
Road Men AthleteEventTimeRankSanji Inouetime trial1:07.5419
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJunji Yuasa3 m springboard 86.80 18 Did not advanceJunji Yuasa10 m springboard84.1023 Did not advanceToshio Otsubo83.1824 Did not advanceYosuke Arimitsu81.7226 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankKeiko Osaki3 m springboardDNSKeiko Osaki10 m platform
Equestrian
Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1968.
Men's foil Heizaburo Okawa Kazuo Mano Fujio Shimizu
Men's team foil Masaya Fukuda, Heizaburo Okawa, Fujio Shimizu, Kazuhiko Wakasugi, Kazuo Mano
Football
Group play
Quarterfinals
Semi-final
Bronze Medal Match
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1968.
Individual Yuso Makihira Katsuaki Tashiro Toshio Fukui
Team Yuso Makihira Katsuaki Tashiro Toshio Fukui
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTsugio ItoSingle sculls8:10.006 R7:58.084Did not advanceMasatoshi ShimizuTomio MuraiTadamasa KatoShigeru MiyagawaFumio NakataJujiro TanakaToshi FukumasuYoshinori AraiKatsumi Yamamoto (cox)Eight6:34.796 R6:44.375 FBcolspan=2 6:52.026
Shooting
Six shooters, all men, represented Japan in 1968. Open AthleteEventFinalPointsRankTakeo Kamachi25 m rapid fire pistol58612Shigeto Kusunoki50 m pistol52850Shigemi Saito50 m rifle, prone57684Hiromu Sekine58560Makoto Shiraishi25 m rapid fire pistol58223Yoshihisa Yoshikawa50 m pistol54817
Swimming
Volleyball
Men's Tournament
Group play
Women's Tournament
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
Water polo
Team Roster Haruo Sato Hirokatsu Kuwayama Kazuya Takeuchi Koji Nakano Kunio Yonehara Seiya Sakamoto Shigeharu Kuwabara Shuzo Yajima Tetsunosuke Ishii
Group play
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database