• Source: Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.




Medalists






Archery



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



Men's 5000 metres

Keisuke Sawaki
Heat — 13:44.8 (→ did not advance)
Takaharu Koyama
Heat — 14:12.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump

Hidehiko Tomizawa
Qualifying Round — 2.15m
Final — 2.05m (→ 19th place)
Kuniyoshi Sugioka
Qualification Round — 2.06m (→ did not advance)




Basketball






Boxing



Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Yoshimitsu Aragaki
First Round — Lost to Asen Nikolov (BUL), 0:5




Canoeing






Cycling



Three cyclists represented Japan in 1972.

Sprint
Yoshikazu Cho
Yaichi Numata
1000m time trial
Takafumi Matsuda
Final — 1:10.00 (→ 20th place)
Tandem
Yaichi Numata and Yoshikazu Cho → 12th place




Diving



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)




Equestrian






Fencing



Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1972.

Men's foil
Hiroshi Nakajima
Ichiro Serizawa
Kiyoshi Uehara
Men's team foil
Shiro Maruyama, Masaya Fukuda, Hiroshi Nakajima, Kiyoshi Uehara, Ichiro Serizawa




Gymnastics






Handball



Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round
Lost to Yugoslavia (14-20)
Lost to Hungary (12-20)
Defeated United States (20-16)
Classification Matches
9th/12th place: Lost to Norway (17-19)
11th/12th place: Defeated Iceland (19-18) → 11th place




Judo






Modern pentathlon



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



Men's Single Sculls

Hideo Okamoto
Heat — 8:20.82
Repechage — 8:27.36 (→ did not advance)




Sailing



Men's Finn:

Kazuoki Matsuyama — 176.0 (→ 27th place)
Men's Flying Dutchman:

Akira Yamamura and Takashi Yamamura — 128.0 (→ 19th place)




Shooting



Six male shooters represented Japan in 1972.

Open




Swimming






Volleyball



Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated Romania (3-1)
Defeated Cuba (3-0)
Defeated East Germany (3-0)
Defeated Brazil (3-0)
Defeated West Germany (3-0)
Semifinals
Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
Final
Defeated East Germany (3-1) → Gold Medal
Team Roster
Kenji Kimura
Yoshinide Fukao
Junko Morita
Seiji Ohko
Tadayoshi Yokota
Katsutoshi Nekoda
Yasuhiro Noguchi
Kenji Shimaoka
Yūzo Nakamura
Tetsuo Nishimoto
Massao Minami
Tetsuo Satō




Water polo



Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group C)
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
Yukiharu Oshita
Hirokatsu Kuwayama
Toshio Takahashi
Shuzo Yajima
Hiroshi Hashimoto
Koji Nakano
Naoto Minegishi
Tatsuo Jihira
Takashi Kimura
Yoshihiro Yasumi
Toru Arase




Weightlifting






Wrestling






Badminton (demonstration sports)


Men's Doubles:

Ippei Kojima and Suresh Goel of India
1st round - Lost to Ng. Boon Bee and Punch Gunalan of Malaysia (8 - 15, 1 - 15)
Women's Singles:

Noriko Nakayama → Gold Medal
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
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
1st round - lost to Talbot and Gilks of Great Britain (9 - 15, 4 - 15)




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