1960 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)
JPN
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Japan took part in the VIII Winter Olympics in 1960 in the US Squaw Valley Ski Resort with a delegation of 41 athletes in seven disciplines, including 36 men and 5 women. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the figure skater Junko Ueno .
Participants by sport
ice Hockey
Men
- 8th place
figure skating
Men
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Nobuo Sato
- 14th place (1206.8)
Women
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Miwa Fukuhara
- 21st place (1134.7)
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Junko Ueno
- 17th place (1176.5)
Speed skating
Men
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Yoshitaki Hori
- 500 m: 16th place (41.8 s)
- 1500 m: 29th place (2: 21.7 min)
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Takeo Mizoo
- 500 m: 36th place (43.7 s)
- 1500 m: 33rd place (2: 22.6 min)
- 5000 m: 23rd place (8: 28.7 min)
- 10,000 m: 25th place (17: 42.0 min)
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Fumio Nagakubo
- 500 m: 9th place (41.1 s)
- 1500 m: 21st place (2: 18.7 min)
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Shinkichi Takemura
- 500 m: 43rd place (45.9 s)
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Shuji Kobayashi
- 1500 m: 34th place (2: 23.0 min)
- 5000 m: 24th place (8: 29.8 min)
- 10,000 m: 21st place (17: 20.8 min)
Women
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Fumie Hama
- 500 m: 8th place (47.4 s)
- 1000 m: 7th place (1: 36.1 min)
- 1500 m: 10th place (2: 33.3 min)
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Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa
- 500 m: 5th place (46.6 s)
- 1000 m: 5th place (1: 35.8 min)
- 1500 m: 19th place (2: 43.7 min)
- 3000 m: 4th place (5: 21.4 min)
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Yoshiko Takano
- 500 m: 19th place (50.3 s)
- 1000 m: 16th place (1: 39.9 min)
- 1500 m: 12th place (2: 34.0 min)
- 3000 m: 10th place (5: 30.9 min)
Nordic combination
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Yōsuke Etō
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 15th place (429.984)
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Takashi Matsui
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Cross-country race not finished
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Akemi Taniguchi
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 24th place (409.226)
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Rikio Yoshida
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Cross-country race not finished
Alpine skiing
Men
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Chiharu Igaya
- Downhill: 34th place (2: 25.0 min)
- Giant Slalom: 23rd place (1: 55.8 min)
- Slalom: 12th place (2: 20.2 min)
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Masayoshi Mitani
- Downhill: 53rd place (2: 31.3 min)
- Giant Slalom: 33rd place (2: 05.6 min)
- Slalom: disqualified
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Osamu Tada
- Downhill: 46th place (2: 28.5 min)
- Giant slalom: 35th place (2: 06.5 min)
- Slalom: 26th place (2: 44.0 min)
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Takashi Takeda
- Giant Slalom: 44th place (2: 13.4 min)
- Slalom: 33rd place (2: 56.0 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Eiji Kurita
- 15 km: 45th place (58: 57.0 min)
- 30 km: 39th place (2: 11: 25.8 h)
- 50 km: 27th place (3: 38: 40.6 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 10th place (2: 36: 44.9 h)
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Takashi Matsuhashi
- 15 km: 40th place (57: 49.1 min)
- 30 km: 35th place (2: 06: 25.5 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 10th place (2: 36: 44.9 h)
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Kazuo Satō
- 15 km: 30th place (56: 15.0 min)
- 30 km: 37th place (2: 07: 07.2 h)
- 50 km: race not finished
- 4 × 10 km relay: 10th place (2: 36: 44.9 h)
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Akemi Taniguchi
- 4 × 10 km relay: 10th place (2: 36: 44.9 h)
Ski jumping
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Yōsuke Etō
- Normal hill: 25th place (197.7)
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Sadao Kikuchi
- Normal hill: 15th place (206.2)
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Takashi Matsui
- Normal hill: 30th place (189.6)
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Kōichi Satō
- Normal hill: 22nd place (200.3)
Web links
- Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )