Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley
Competitors	41 (36 men, 5 women) in 7 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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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	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		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 x 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

• Canada 19-1 Japan
• Sweden 19-0 Japan

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

• 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 Shoichi Tomita Toshihiko Yamada

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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

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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Japan Olympic Committee database
• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com