Japan at the
1960 Winter Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors41 (36 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerJunko Ueno
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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 –
Eiji Kurita 3'38:40.6 27
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Takashi Matsuhashi
Kazuo Sato
Eiji Kurita
Akemi Taniguchi 		2'36:44.9 10

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Nabuo Sato 11 17 1206.8 120 14
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

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  Canada 2 2 0 0 24 3 4
2  Sweden 2 1 1 0 21 5 2
3  Japan 2 0 2 0 1 38 0

Consolation round

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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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
Takeo Mizoo 8:28.7 23
10,000 m Takeo Mizoo 17:42.0 25
Shuji Kobayashi 17:20.8 21
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 5:21.4 4

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