Japan at the 1960 Summer Olympics


Japan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 162 competitors, 142 men and 20 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Tokyo, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Takashi Ono
Nobuyuki Aihara
Yukio Endo
Takashi Mitsukuri
Masao Takemoto
Shuji Tsurumi		GymnasticsMen's team all-aroundSeptember 7
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's horizontal barSeptember 10
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's vaultSeptember 10
Nobuyuki AiharaGymnasticsMen's floorSeptember 10
Yoshihiko OsakiSwimmingMen's 200 m breaststrokeAugust 30
Tsuyoshi YamanakaSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyleAugust 31
Makoto Fukui
Hiroshi Ishii
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
Tatsuo Fujimoto		SwimmingMen's 4 x 200 m freestyle relaySeptember 1
Masayuki MatsubaraWrestlingMen's freestyle flyweightSeptember 6
Yoshinobu MiyakeWeightliftingMen's 56 kgSeptember 7
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's individual all-aroundSeptember 7
Masao TakemotoGymnasticsMen's horizontal barSeptember 10
Kazuo Tomita
Koichi Hirakida
Yoshihiko Osaki
Keigo Shimuzu		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m medley relaySeptember 1
Satoko TanakaSwimmingWomen's 100 m backstrokeSeptember 3
Kiyoshi TanabeBoxingMen's flyweightSeptember 5
Yoshihisa YoshikawaShootingMen's pistolSeptember 6
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's parallel barsSeptember 10
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's ringsSeptember 10
Shuji TsurumiGymnasticsMen's pommel horseSeptember 10

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.
;Individual road race
;1000m time trial
;Team pursuit

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.
;Individual
Japan had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.
; Men's coxed four
; Men's eight

Shooting

Eight shooters represented Japan in 1960. Yoshihisa Yoshikawa won a bronze medal in the 50 metre pistol event.
;Men

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling