Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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Japan
competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics
in Squaw Valley
, United States
.
Men
Men
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Men
Women
Events:
Men
Women
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics
1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held between February 18 and 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. In 1955 at the 50th IOC meeting, the organizing committee made the surprise choice to award Squaw Valley as...
in Squaw Valley
Squaw Valley Ski Resort
Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, is one of the largest ski areas in the United States, and was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. It is the second-largest ski area at Lake Tahoe , with 33 chairlifts, and has the only funitel lift in the U.S...
, United States
United States
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Alpine skiing
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 Chiharu Igaya is a Japanese alpine skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, in the 1956 Winter Olympics, and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tomari, Hokkaidō and educated at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1957.... |
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 Chiharu Igaya is a Japanese alpine skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, in the 1956 Winter Olympics, and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tomari, Hokkaidō and educated at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1957.... |
1:55.8 | 23 | |||||
| Takashi Takeda | Slalom | 1:26.7 | 42 | 1:29.3 | 35 | 2:56.0 | 33 |
| Masayoshi Mitani | 1:23.8 | 35 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
| Osamu Tada | 1:17.2 | 21 | 1:26.8 | 34 | 2:44.0 | 26 | |
| Chiharu Igaya Chiharu Igaya is a Japanese alpine skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, in the 1956 Winter Olympics, and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tomari, Hokkaidō and educated at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1957.... |
1:10.9 | 6 | 1:09.3 | 19 | 2:20.2 | 12 | |
Cross-country skiing
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 x 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Takashi Matsuhashi Kazuo Sato Eiji Kurita Akemi Taniguchi |
2'36:44.9 | 10 |
Figure skating
Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nabuo Sato | 11 | 17 | 1206.8 | 120 | 14 |
Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miwa Fukuhara Miwa Fukuhara is a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. She was born in Tokyo.She is a six-time Japanese national champion. She finished 21st in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, and 5th in the 1964 Winter Olympic Games. She is a member of the founding family of Shiseido.... |
19 | 22 | 1134.7 | 188 | 21 |
| Junko Ueno | 15 | 20 | 1176.5 | 158 | 17 |
Ice hockey
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
- Canada 19-1 Japan
- Sweden 19-0 Japan
Consolation round
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 7 | |
| 8th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 22 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 0 |
- Finland 6-6 Japan
- Japan 13-2 Australia
- Finland 11-2 Japan
- Japan 11-3 Australia
| Contestants Shikashi Akazawa Shinichi Honma Toshiei Honma Hidenori Inatsu Atsuo Irie Yuji Iwaoka Takashi Kakihara Yoshihiro Miyazaki Masao Murano Isao Ono Akiyoshi Segawa Shigeru Shimada Kunito Takagi Mamoru Takashima Masami Tanabu Masami Tanabu is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after serving in the assembly of Aomori Prefecture for... Shoichi Tomita Toshihiko Yamada |
Nordic combined
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| 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 | 2 | 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
| 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 Koichi Sato is a Japanese actor.He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni.-Films:*The Last Chushingura *Nobody to watch over me * Shonen Merikensack * The Magic Hour * Smile Seiya no Kiseki... |
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
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 | |