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Japan At The 1972 Summer Olympics




Japan competed at the ''' 1972 Summer Olympics ''' in Munich under the IOC Country Code JPN. It was the twelfth appearance of the Asia n nation.


MEDALS



Gold




  • Mayumi Aoki — Swimming, Women's 100 metres Butterfly






  • Sawao Kato — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual







Silver

  • Kikuo Wada — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight





Bronze







RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Japan entered three men and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Yoshiko Akayama , at 17th place in the women's competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:


Badminton (demostration Sports)

Men's Doubles:


Women's Singles:

:# Semi–Final - defeated Gillian Gilks of Great Britain (11 - 3, 8 - 11, 11 - 9)
:# Final - defeated Utami Dewi of Indonesia (11 - 5, 11 - 3)

:# Semi-Final - lost to Utami Dewi of Indonesia (5 - 11, 9 - 11)

Mixed Doubles:
  • Kojima and Nakajama

  • :# 1st round - lost to Talbot and Gilks of Great Britain (9 - 15, 4 - 15)



Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

Men's 10m Platform:
  • Junji Yuasa - 276.00 points (19th place)


Women's 3m Springboard:

Women's 10m Platform:


Handball

Japan began the first round with two losses, to Yugoslavia and Hungary before defeating the United States to finish in third place in the division and earn a spot in the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation round. The team lost their first game there, against Norway , and played for eleventh and twelfth places. Japan defeated Iceland in that game.

Men's Team Competition:
  • Japan - 11th place (2-3-0)



Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:
  • Sakano, Makihara, and Kubo - 13569 points (13th place)



Yachting

Men's Finn:

Men's Flying Dutchman:


Water Polo


Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group C)

  • Lost to Spain (4-6)

  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-11)

  • Lost to Bulgaria (4-7)

  • Lost to Italy (5-12) → Did not advance