Japan competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 213 competitors, 153 men and 60 women, took part in 119 events in 20 sports.

Medalists

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! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

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| || Shun Fujimoto<br/>Hisato Igarashi<br/>Sawao Kato<br/>Hiroshi Kajiyama<br/>Mitsuo Tsukahara<br/>Eizo Kenmotsu || Gymnastics || Men's team all-around || July 20

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| || Mitsuo Tsukahara || Gymnastics || Men's horizontal bar || July 23

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| || Sawao Kato || Gymnastics || Men's parallel bars || July 23

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| || Kazuhiro Ninomiya || Judo || Men's 93 kg || July 27

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| || Isamu Sonoda || Judo || Men's 80 kg || July 28

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| || Yuko Arakida<br/>Takako Iida<br/>Katsuko Kanesaka<br/>Kiyomi Kato<br/>Echiko Maeda<br/>Noriko Matsuda<br/>Mariko Okamoto<br/>Takako Shirai<br/>Shoko Takayanagi<br/>Hiromi Yano<br/>Juri Yokoyama<br/>Mariko Yoshida || Volleyball || Women's tournament || July 30

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| || Yuji Takada || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 52 kg || July 31

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| || Jiichiro Date || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 74 kg || July 31

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| || Haruki Uemura || Judo || Men's open category || July 31

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| || Sawao Kato || Gymnastics || Men's individual all-around || July 21

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| || Eizo Kenmotsu || Gymnastics || Men's horizontal bar || July 23

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| || Eizo Kenmotsu || Gymnastics || Men's pommel horse || July 23

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| || Mitsuo Tsukahara || Gymnastics || Men's vault || July 23

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| || Koji Kuramoto || Judo || Men's 70 kg || July 29

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| || Hiroshi Michinaga || Archery || Men's individual || July 30

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| || Kenkichi Ando || Weightlifting || Men's 56 kg || July 19

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| || Kazumasa Hirai || Weightlifting || Men's 60 kg || July 20

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| || Mitsuo Tsukahara || Gymnastics || Men's individual all-around || July 21

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| || Mitsuo Tsukahara || Gymnastics || Men's parallel bars || July 23

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| || Hiroshi Kajiyama || Gymnastics || Men's vault || July 23

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| || Koichiro Hirayama || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg || July 24

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| || Sumio Endo || Judo || Men's heavyweight || July 26

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| || Akira Kudo || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 48 kg || July 31

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| || Masao Arai || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 57 kg || July 31

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| || Yasaburo Sugawara || Wrestling || Men's freestyle 68 kg || July 31

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!colspan=7|Medals by sport

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|Sport

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|Total

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|Gymnastics

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 3

|10

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|Judo

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 1

|5

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|Wrestling

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 4

|6

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|Volleyball

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 0

|1

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|Archery

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 0

|1

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|Weightlifting

| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 2

|2

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! Total

!style="background:gold"| 9

!style="background:silver"| 6

!style="background:#c96"| 10

! 25

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Archery

In their second Olympic archery competition, Japan won a silver medal and placed third on the national leaderboard for the sport. The medal was won by Hiroshi Michinaga. Two men and two women competed for Japan.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Minako Sato — 2308 points (→ 14th place)
  • Kyoko Yamazaki — 2094 points (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Hiroshi Michinaga — 2502 points (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Takanobu Nishi — 2422 points (→ 8th place)

Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Toshiaki Kamata

:* Heat — 28:36.21 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Shigeru So — 2:18:26 (→ 20th place)
  • Noriyasu Mizukami — 2:18:44 (→ 21st place)
  • Akio Usami — 2:22:29 (→ 32nd place)

Men's High Jump

  • Katsumi Fukura

:* Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)

  • Kazunori Koshikawa

:* Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20&nbsp;km Race Walk

  • Yoshio Morikawa — 1:42:20 (→ 34th place)

Basketball

;Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group A):

:* Lost to Canada (76-104)

:* Lost to Mexico (90-108)

:* Lost to Cuba (56-97)

:* Lost to Soviet Union (69-123)

:* Lost to Australia (79-117)

  • Classification Match:

:* 9th/11th place: Lost to Puerto Rico (91-111) → 11th place

  • Team roster

:*Shigeaki Abe

:*Nobuo Chigusa

:*Satoshi Mori

:*Shoji Yuki

:*Yutaka Fujimoto

:*Hirofumi Numata

:*Kiyohide Kuwata

:*Koji Yamamoto

:*Shigeto Shimizu

:*Fumio Saito

:*Norihiko Kitahara

:*Hideki Hamaguchi

  • Head coach: Masahiko Yoshida.

;Women's team competition

  • Team roster

:*Kimiko Hashimoto

:*Kazuko Kadoya

:*Kimi Wakitashiro

:*Mieko Fukui

:*Miyako Otsuka

:*Miho Matsuoka

:*Kazuyo Hayashida

:*Teruko Miyamoto

:*Keiko Namai

:*Reiko Aonuma

:*Sachiyo Yamamoto

:*Misako Satake

  • Head coach: Masatoshi Ozaki

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48&nbsp;kg)

  • Noboru Uchizama
  • First Round — Lost to Brendan Dunne (IRL), RSC-2

Men's Flyweight (– 51&nbsp;kg)

  • Toshinori Koga
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Virgilio Palomo (COL), 5:0
  • Third Round — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Japan in 1976.

;Sprint

  • Yoshikazu Cho — 5th place

;1000m time trial

  • Yoshikazu Cho — 1:09.664 (→ 17th place)

;Individual pursuit

  • Yoichi Machishima — 15th place

;Team pursuit

  • Yoichi Machishima
  • Tadashi Ogasawara
  • Yoshiaki Ogasawara
  • Tsutomu Okabori

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Eight fencers, four men and four women, represented Japan in 1976.

;Men's foil

  • Masanori Kawatsu
  • Noriyuki Sato
  • Toshio Jingo

;Men's team foil

  • Masanori Kawatsu, Hideaki Kamei, Toshio Jingo, Noriyuki Sato

;Women's foil

  • Hideko Oka
  • Yukari Kajihara
  • Mariko Yoshikawa

;Women's team foil

  • Hideko Oka, Mariko Yoshikawa, Hiroko Kamada, Yukari Kajihara

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1976.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Shoji Uchida — 4850 points (→ 31st place)
  • Akira Kubo — 4700 points (→ 37th place)
  • Hiroyuki Kawazoe — 4591 points (→ 40th place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Uchida, Kubo, and Kawazoe — 14234 points (→ 12th place)

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

;Open

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Final

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!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Taro Aso

|align=left rowspan=1|Skeet

|187

|41

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|align=left|Saijo Hosokawa

|align=left|50 m rifle, prone

|588

|31

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|align=left|Toshiyasu Ishige

|align=left rowspan=1|Trap

|177

|18

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|align=left|Takeo Kamachi

|align=left rowspan=1|25 m rapid fire pistol

|591

|12

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|align=left|Kazuyo Kato

|align=left rowspan=1|Skeet

|188

|35

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|align=left| Kanji Kubo

|align=left rowspan=1|25 m rapid fire pistol

|586

|20

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|align=left rowspan=2|Kaoru Matsuo

|align=left |50 m rifle, three positions

|1119

|41

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|align=left|50 m rifle, prone

|580

|68

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|align=left|Jitsuka Matsuoka

|align=left rowspan=1|Trap

|178

|16

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|align=left|Masanobu Ohata

|align=left rowspan=1|50 m pistol

|545

|28

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|align=left rowspan=1|Michiha Ozaki

|align=left |50 m rifle, three positions

|1115

|44

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|align=left|Shigetoshi Tashiro

|align=left rowspan=1|50 m pistol

|549

|21

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Swimming

Volleyball

;Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group B)

:* Defeated Italy (3-0)

:* Defeated Brazil (3-0)

:* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)

  • Semi Finals

:* Lost to Poland (2-3)

  • Bronze Medal Match

:* Lost to Cuba (0-3) → Fourth place

  • Team roster

:*Taka Maruiyama

:*Katsutoshi Nekoda

:*Katsumi Oda

:*Tetsuo Nishimoto

:*Yassunori Yassuda

:*Yoshi Fukao

:*Shoichi Yanagimoto

:*Mikiyasu Tanaka

:*Tadayoshi Yokota

:*Seiji Ohko

:*Kinji Shimaoka

:*Tetsuo Satō

  • Head coach: Tsutomu Koyama

;Women's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group A)

:* Defeated Hungary (3-0)

:* Defeated Peru (3-0)

:* Defeated Canada (3-0)

  • Semi Finals

:* Defeated South Korea (3-0)

  • Final

:* Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) → Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal

  • Team roster

:*Takako Iida

:*Mariko Okamoto

:*Echiko Maeda

:*Noriko Matsuda

:*Takako Shirai

:*Kiyomi Kato

:*Yuko Arakida

:*Katsuko Kanesaka

:*Mariko Yoshida

:*Shoko Takayanagi

:*Hiromi Yano

:*Juri Yokoyama

  • Head coach: Shigeo Yamada

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References