| Noc: | JPN |
| Nocname: | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1968 |
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| Location: | Mexico City |
| Competitors: | 171 (146 men and 25 women) |
| Sports: | 18 |
| Flagbearer: | Yukio Endo |
| Rank: | 3 |
| Gold: | 11 |
| Silver: | 7 |
| Bronze: | 7 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1912 |
Japan 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.[1]
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| Medals by sport | |||||||
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| Sport | bgcolor=f7f6a8 | bgcolor=dce5e5 | bgcolor=ffdab9 | Total | |||
| Gymnastics | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |||
| Wrestling | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Volleyball | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Football | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 11 | 7 | 7 | 25 | |||
See main article: article and Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Hiroomi Yamada | align=left rowspan=3 | Long jump | 7.67 | 17 | 7.93w | 10 | |||
| Naoki Abe | 7.58 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Shinji Ogura | 7.57 | 24 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Tsugumichi Suzuki | align=left rowspan=2 | 10,000 metres | 30:52.0 | 19 | |||||
| Keisuke Sawaki | 31:25.2 | 27 | |||||||
| Kenji Kimihara | align=left rowspan=1 | Marathon | 2:23:31 | ||||||
See main article: article and Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Watanabe | Light Flyweight | L 0–3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Nakamura | Flyweight | L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Morioka' | Flyweight | W 4–1 | L 5–0 | ||||
See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Tetsumasa Yamaguchi | C-1 1000 metres | 4:33.3 | Qs | 4:54.61 | 5 | Did not advance | |
| Tetsumasa Yamaguchi Nobuatsu Yoshino | C-2 1000 m | 3:58.44 | 5 QS | 4:29.54 | 5 | Did not advance | |
See main article: article and Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics. One cyclist represented Japan in 1968.
See main article: article and Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Junji Yuasa | align=left rowspan=1 | 3 m springboard | 86.80 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| Junji Yuasa | align=left rowspan=3 | 10 m springboard | 84.10 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Toshio Otsubo | 83.18 | 24 | Did not advance | |||||
| Yosuke Arimitsu | 81.72 | 26 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||||
| Keiko Osaki | align=left rowspan=1 | 3 m springboard | DNS | ||||||
| Keiko Osaki | align=left rowspan=1 | 10 m platform | |||||||
See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1968.
See main article: article and Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1968.
See main article: article and Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Tsugio Ito | Single sculls | 8:10.00 | 6 R | 7:58.08 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Masatoshi Shimizu Tomio Murai Tadamasa Kato Shigeru Miyagawa Fumio Nakata Jujiro Tanaka Toshi Fukumasu Yoshinori Arai Katsumi Yamamoto (cox) | Eight | 6:34.79 | 6 R | 6:44.37 | 5 FB | 6:52.02 | 6 | ||
See main article: article and Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Six shooters, all men, represented Japan in 1968.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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| Points | Rank | |||
| Takeo Kamachi | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 586 | 12 | |
| Shigeto Kusunoki | 50 m pistol | 528 | 50 | |
| Shigemi Saito | align=left rowspan=2 | 50 m rifle, prone | 576 | 84 |
| Hiromu Sekine | 585 | 60 | ||
| Makoto Shiraishi | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 582 | 23 | |
| Yoshihisa Yoshikawa | 50 m pistol | 548 | 17 | |
See main article: article and Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.
See main article: article and Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.