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Japan was the host nation for the ''' 1964 Summer Olympics ''' in Tokyo .

MEDALS

Gold

Masae Kasai , Emiko Miyamoto , Kinuko Tanida , Yuriko Handa , Yoshiko Matsumura , Sata Isobe , Katsumi Matsumura , Yoko Shinozaki , Setsuko Sasaki , Yuko Fujimoto , Maseko Kondo and Ayano Shibuki — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition

Takao Sakurai — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

Yukio Endo — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual

Yukio Endo — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

Haruhiro Yamashita — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

Takuji Hayata — Gymnastics, Men's Rings

Takehide Nakatani — Judo, Men's Lightweight (68 kg)

Isao Okano — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg)

Isao Inokuma — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

Takashi Ono , Shuji Tsurumi , Haruhiro Yamashita , Yukio Endo , Takuji Hayata , and Takashi Mitsukuri — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises

Yoshinobu Miyake — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight

Tsutomu Hanahara — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Masamitsu Ichiguchi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Yoshikatsu Yoshida — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

Yojiro Uetake — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Osamu Watanabe — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

Silver

Shuji Tsurumi — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual

Shuji Tsurumi — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

Shuji Tsurumi — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse

Yukio Endo — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

Akio Kaminaga — Judo, Men's Open Class

Bronze

Kokichi Tsuburaya — Athletics, Men's Marathon

Taniko Nakamura , Kiyoko Ono , Hiroko Tsuji , Toshiko Aihara-Shirasu , Ginko Chiba-Abukawa , and Keiko Ikeda-Tanaka — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

Yoshihisa Yoshikawa — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol

Yukiaki Okabe , Toshio Shoji , Makoto Fukui , and Kunihiro Iwasaki — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Yutaka Demachi , Tsutomu Koyama , Sadatoshi Sugahara , Nachiro Ikeda , Yasutaka Sato , Toshiaki Kosedo , Tokihiko Higuchi , Masayuki Minami , Takeshi Tokutomi , Teruhisa Moriyama , Yuzo Nakamura and Katsutoshi Nekoda — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Shiro Ichinoseki — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Masashi Ohuchi — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight

Iwao Horiuchi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

RESULTS BY EVENT

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

Omiya Masashi — 4:39:51.76 (→ 36th place)

Yamao Hiroshi — 4:39:51.79 (→ 84th place)

Akamatsu Toshiro — 4:39:51.79 (→ 85th place)

Tsuji Masanori — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Round Robin

Defeated South Korea (3-0)

Lost to Hungary (0-3)

Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)

Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)

Defeated United States (3-1)

Defeated Soviet Union (3-1)

Defeated Brazil (3-2)

Defeated Romania (3-2)

Defeated Netherlands (3-1) → Bronze Medal

Team Roster

Yutaka Demachi

Tsutomu Koyama

Sadatoshi Sugahara

Naohiro Ikeda

Yassu Saito

Toshiaki Kosedo

Toki Higuchi

Massa Minami

Takeshi Tokutomi

Teru Moriyama

Yuzo Nakamura

Katsutoshi Nekoda

Women's Team Competition

Round Robin

Defeated United States (3-0)

Defeated Romania (3-0)

Defeated South Korea (3-0)

Defeated Poland (3-0)

Defeated Soviet Union (3-0) → Gold Medal

Team Roster

Masae Kasai

Emiko Miyamoto

Kinuko Tanida

Yuriko Handa

Yoshiko Matsumura

Sata Issobe

Katsumi Matsumura

Yoko Shinozaki

Setsuko Sassaki

Yuko Fujimoto

Massako Kondo

Ayano Shibuki

Head Coach: Hirofumi Daimatsu

REFERENCES

Official Olympic Reports

International Olympic Committee results database