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
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Shun FujimotoHisato IgarashiSawao KatoHiroshi KajiyamaMitsuo TsukaharaEizo Kenmotsu Gymnastics Men's team all-around July 20 Mitsuo Tsukahara Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar July 23 Sawao Kato Gymnastics Men's parallel bars July 23 Kazuhiro Ninomiya Judo Men's 93 kg July 27 Isamu Sonoda Judo Men's 80 kg July 28 Yuko ArakidaTakako IidaKatsuko KanesakaKiyomi KatoEchiko MaedaNoriko MatsudaMariko OkamotoTakako ShiraiShoko TakayanagiHiromi YanoJuri YokoyamaMariko Yoshida Volleyball Women's tournament July 30 Yuji Takada Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg July 31 Jiichiro Date Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg July 31 Haruki Uemura Judo Men's open category July 31 Sawao Kato Gymnastics Men's individual all-around July 21 Eizo Kenmotsu Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar July 23 Eizo Kenmotsu Gymnastics Men's pommel horse July 23 Mitsuo Tsukahara Gymnastics Men's vault July 23 Koji Kuramoto Judo Men's 70 kg July 29 Hiroshi Michinaga Archery Men's individual July 30 Kenkichi Ando Weightlifting Men's 56 kg July 19 Kazumasa Hirai Weightlifting Men's 60 kg July 20 Mitsuo Tsukahara Gymnastics Men's individual all-around July 21 Mitsuo Tsukahara Gymnastics Men's parallel bars July 23 Hiroshi Kajiyama Gymnastics Men's vault July 23 Koichiro Hirayama Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg July 24 Sumio Endo Judo Men's heavyweight July 26 Akira Kudo Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg July 31 Masao Arai Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg July 31 Yasaburo Sugawara Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg July 31
| width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalGymnastics 3 4 310Judo 3 1 15Wrestling 2 0 46Volleyball 1 0 01Archery 0 1 01Weightlifting 0 0 22 Total 9 6 10 25
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 (→ 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 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 kg) Noboru Uchizama First Round — Lost to Brendan Dunne (IRL), RSC-2
Men's Flyweight (– 51 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 AthleteEventFinalPointsRankTaro AsoSkeet18741Saijo Hosokawa50 m rifle, prone58831Toshiyasu IshigeTrap17718 Takeo Kamachi25 m rapid fire pistol59112Kazuyo KatoSkeet18835 Kanji Kubo25 m rapid fire pistol58620Kaoru Matsuo50 m rifle, three positions11194150 m rifle, prone58068Jitsuka MatsuokaTrap17816 Masanobu Ohata50 m pistol54528Michiha Ozaki50 m rifle, three positions111544 Shigetoshi Tashiro50 m pistol54921
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) → 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