# 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, the Japanese flag was raised at the closing ceremony.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Takashi Ono Nobuyuki Aihara Yukio Endo Takashi Mitsukuri Masao Takemoto Shuji Tsurumi | Gymnastics | Men's team all-around | September 7 |
| Gold | Takashi Ono | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | September 10 |
| Gold | Takashi Ono | Gymnastics | Men's vault | September 10 |
| Gold | Nobuyuki Aihara | Gymnastics | Men's floor | September 10 |
| Silver | Yoshihiko Osaki | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | August 30 |
| Silver | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | August 31 |
| Silver | Makoto Fukui Hiroshi Ishii Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Tatsuo Fujimoto | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | September 1 |
| Silver | Masayuki Matsubara | Wrestling | Men's freestyle flyweight | September 6 |
| Silver | Yoshinobu Miyake | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | September 7 |
| Silver | Takashi Ono | Gymnastics | Men's individual all-around | September 7 |
| Silver | Masao Takemoto | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | September 10 |
| Bronze | Kazuo Tomita Koichi Hirakida Yoshihiko Osaki Keigo Shimuzu | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | September 1 |
| Bronze | Satoko Tanaka | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke | September 3 |
| Bronze | Kiyoshi Tanabe | Boxing | Men's flyweight | September 5 |
| Bronze | Yoshihisa Yoshikawa | Shooting | Men's pistol | September 6 |
| Bronze | Takashi Ono | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | September 10 |
| Bronze | Takashi Ono | Gymnastics | Men's rings | September 10 |
| Bronze | Shuji Tsurumi | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse | September 10 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Gymnastics | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Swimming | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |

## Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Japan in 1960.

### Individual road race

* Masashi Omiya

### 1000m time trial

* Tetsuo Osawa

### Team pursuit

* Tetsuo Osawa
* Kanji Kubomura
* Nobuhira Takanuki
* Katsuya Saito

## Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1960.

### Men's foil

* Mitsuyuki Funamizu
* Heizaburo Okawa
* Kazuhiko Tabuchi

### Men's team foil

* Heizaburo Okawa, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

### Men's épée

* Kazuhiko Tabuchi
* Sonosuke Fujimaki
* Tsugeo Ozawa

### Men's team épée

* Heizaburo Okawa, Tsugeo Ozawa, Sonosuke Fujimaki, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

### Men's sabre

* Tsugeo Ozawa
* Mitsuyuki Funamizu
* Sonosuke Fujimaki

### Men's team sabre

* Sonosuke Fujimaki, Mitsuyuki Funamizu, Tsugeo Ozawa, Kazuhiko Tabuchi

## Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Japan in 1960.

### Individual

* Kazuhiro Tanaka
* Shigeaki Uchino

## Rowing

Japan had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1960.

### Men's coxed four

* Koji Fukuda
* Hatsuhiko Mizuki
* Shunji Murai
* Naotake Okubo
* Osamu Saito (cox)

### Men's eight

* Kenro Chiba
* Tetsuzo Hirose
* Hironori Itsuki
* Hiroshi Saito
* Tadashi Saito
* Tetsuo Sato
* Shigemi Tamura
* Yosuke Tazaki
* Hiroyuki Misawa (cox)

## Shooting

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Yukio Inokuma | Men's 50 metre rifle prone | 384 | 12 Q | 586 | 6 |
| Takao Ishii | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | 538 | 24 Q | 1110 | 30 |
| Takao Ishii | Men's 50 metre rifle prone | 385 | 13 Q | 582 | 20 |
| Kenichi Kumagai | Trap | 85 | 33 Q | 178 | 21 |
| Tadao Matsui | 50 m pistol | — | — | 540 | 12 |
| Osamu Ochiai | 25 m rapid fire pistol | — | — | 565 | 35 |
| Fumio Ryosenan | 25 m rapid fire pistol | — | — | 569 | 30 |
| Mitsuo Yamane | Trap | ? | AC | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yoshihisa Yoshikawa | 50 m pistol | — | — | 552 | |