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. 171 competitors, 146 men and 25 women, took part in 97 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

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Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events

Boxing

;Men

Canoeing

Sprint

;men

Cycling

One cyclist represented Japan in 1968.

Track

;Sprint

Road

;Men

Diving

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Japan in 1968. ; Men's foil * Heizaburo Okawa * Kazuo Mano * Fujio Shimizu ; Men's team foil * Masaya Fukuda, Heizaburo Okawa, Fujio Shimizu,

Kazuhiko Wakasugi is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sp ...

, Kazuo Mano

Football

;Group play ;Quarterfinals ;Semi final ;Bronze Medal Match

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1968. ;Individual * Yuso Makihira *

Katsuaki Tashiro is a Japanese modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event h ...

* Toshio Fukui ;Team * Yuso Makihira * Katsuaki Tashiro * Toshio Fukui

Rowing

;Men

Shooting

Six shooters, all men, represented Japan in 1968. ;Open

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's Tournament

;Group play

Women's Tournament

;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 is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. Early life Takayama was born in Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population ...

:* Toyoko Iwahara :* Youko Kasahara :*

Aiko Onozawa is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport ev ...

:* Yukiyo Kojima :* Sachiko Fukanaka :*

Kunie Shishikura is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. She was born in Chiba Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population o ...

:* Setsuko Inoue :*

Sumie Oinuma is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Early life She was born in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and L ...

:* Makiko Furakawa :*

Keiko Hama is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. She was born in Chiba Prefecture. In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. ...

Water polo

*Team Roster :* Haruo Sato :* Hirokatsu Kuwayama :* Kazuya Takeuchi :* Koji Nakano :* Kunio Yonehara :* Seiya Sakamoto :* Shigeharu Kuwabara :* Shuzo Yajima :*

Tetsunosuke Ishii is a Japanese former water polo player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. See also * Japan men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of male goalkeep ...

;Group play

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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