Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	JPN
Nocname:	Japanese Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1960
Website:
Location:	Squaw Valley
Competitors:	41 (36 men, 5 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Junko Ueno
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1928

Japan competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Masayoshi Mitani	Downhill					2:31.3	53
Osamu Tada						2:28.5	46
Chiharu Igaya						2:25.0	34
Takashi Takeda	Giant Slalom					2:13.4	44
Osamu Tada						2:06.5	35
Masayoshi Mitani						2:05.6	33
Chiharu Igaya						1:55.8	23
Takashi Takeda	Slalom	1:26.7	43	1:29.3	35	2:56.0	33
Masayoshi Mitani		1:23.8	36	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Osamu Tada		1:17.2	22	1:26.8	34	2:44.0	26
Chiharu Igaya		1:10.9	6	1:09.3	19	2:20.2	12

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Eiji Kurita	58:57.0	45
	Takashi Matsuhashi	57:49.1	40
	Kazuo Sato	56:15.0	30
30 km	Eiji Kurita	2'11:25.8	39
	Kazuo Sato	2'07:07.2	37
	Takashi Matsuhashi	2'06:25.5	35
50 km	Kazuo Sato	DNF	-
50 km	Eiji Kurita	3'38:40.6	27

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Miwa Fukuhara	19	22	1134.7	188	21
Junko Ueno	15	20	1176.5	158	17

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	24	3	4
2		2	1	1	0	21	5	2
3		2	0	2	0	1	38	0

Canada 19-1 Japan
Sweden 19-0 Japan

Consolation round

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	4	3	0	1	50	11	7
8th	4	2	1	1	32	22	5
	4	0	4	0	8	57	0

Finland 6-6 Japan
Japan 13-2 Australia
Finland 11-2 Japan
Japan 11-3 Australia

	Contestants Chikashi Akazawa Shinichi Honma Toshiei Honma Hidenori Inatsu Atsuo Irie Joji Iwaoka Takashi Kakihara Yoshihiro Miyazaki Masao Murano Isao Ono Akiyoshi Segawa Shigeru Shimada Kunito Takagi Mamoru Takashima Masami Tanabu Shoichi Tomita Toshihiko Yamada

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rikio Yoshida	Individual	57.0	64.0	202.0	17	DNF	-	-	DNF	-
Yosuke Eto		62.0	68.0	218.5	3	1'05:51.4	211.484	23	429.984	15
Akemi Taniguchi		58.5	62.0	194.0	26	1'04:52.9	215.226	20	409.226	24
Takashi Matsui		62.0	61.0	198.5	22	DNF	-	-	DNF	-

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Takashi Matsui	Normal hill	78.5	92.6	33	75.0	97.0	29	189.6	30
Koichi Sato		82.0	98.4	24	78.0	101.9	20	200.3	22
Yosuke Eto		85.5	102.2	17	72.5	95.5	34	197.7	25
Sadao Kikuchi		88.5	104.1	13	77.0	102.1	19	206.2	15

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Shinkichi Takemura	45.9	43
	Takeo Mizoo	43.7	36
	Yoshitaki Hori	41.8	16
	Fumio Nagakubo	41.1	9
1500 m	Shuji Kobayashi	2:23.0	34
	Takeo Mizoo	2:22.6	33
	Toshitaki Hori	2:21.7	29
	Fumio Nagakubo	2:18.7	21
5000 m	Shuji Kobayashi	8:29.8	24
5000 m	Takeo Mizoo	8:28.7	23
10,000 m	Takeo Mizoo	17:42.0	25
10,000 m	Shuji Kobayashi	17:20.8	21

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Yoshiko Takano	50.3	19
	Fumie Hama	47.4	8
	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	46.6	5
1000 m	Yoshiko Takano	1:39.9	16
	Fumie Hama	1:36.1	7
	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	1:35.8	5
1500 m	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	2:43.7	19
	Yoshiko Takano	2:34.0	12
	Fumie Hama	2:33.3	10
3000 m	Yoshiko Takano	5:30.9	10
3000 m	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	5:21.4	4

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