Japan at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
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Medals	Gold 11	Silver 7	Bronze 7	Total 25
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Japan competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Silver 2 Results by event 2.1 Volleyball 2.1.1 Women's Team Competition 2.2 Water Polo 2.2.1 Men's Team Competition 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] 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

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] 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

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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