title: Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics
text: # Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics
  
  Japan competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Masayoshi Mitani | Downhill | | | | | 2:31.3 | 53 |
  | Osamu Tada | Downhill | | | | | 2:28.5 | 46 |
  | Chiharu Igaya | Downhill | | | | | 2:25.0 | 34 |
  | Takashi Takeda | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:13.4 | 44 |
  | Osamu Tada | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:06.5 | 35 |
  | Masayoshi Mitani | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:05.6 | 33 |
  | Chiharu Igaya | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:55.8 | 23 |
  | Takashi Takeda | Slalom | 1:26.7 | 43 | 1:29.3 | 35 | 2:56.0 | 33 |
  | Masayoshi Mitani | Slalom | 1:23.8 | 36 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
  | Osamu Tada | Slalom | 1:17.2 | 22 | 1:26.8 | 34 | 2:44.0 | 26 |
  | Chiharu Igaya | Slalom | 1:10.9 | 6 | 1:09.3 | 19 | 2:20.2 | 12 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 15 km | Eiji Kurita | 58:57.0 | 45 |
  | 15 km | Takashi Matsuhashi | 57:49.1 | 40 |
  | 15 km | Kazuo Sato | 56:15.0 | 30 |
  | 30 km | Eiji Kurita | 2'11:25.8 | 39 |
  | 30 km | Kazuo Sato | 2'07:07.2 | 37 |
  | 30 km | Takashi Matsuhashi | 2'06:25.5 | 35 |
  | 50 km | Kazuo Sato | DNF | – |
  | 50 km | Eiji Kurita | 3'38:40.6 | 27 |
  
  ### Men's 4 × 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Takashi Matsuhashi Kazuo Sato Eiji Kurita Akemi Taniguchi | 2'36:44.9 | 10 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### 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
  
  ### 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 Chikashi Akazawa Shinichi Honma Toshiei Honma Hidenori Inatsu Atsuo Irie Joji 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
  
  Events:
  
  * normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  * 15 km cross-country skiing
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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 | Individual | 62.0 | 68.0 | 218.5 | 3 | 1'05:51.4 | 211.484 | 23 | 429.984 | 15 |
  | Akemi Taniguchi | Individual | 58.5 | 62.0 | 194.0 | 26 | 1'04:52.9 | 215.226 | 20 | 409.226 | 24 |
  | Takashi Matsui | Individual | 62.0 | 61.0 | 198.5 | 22 | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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 | Normal hill | 82.0 | 98.4 | 24 | 78.0 | 101.9 | 20 | 200.3 | 22 |
  | Yosuke Eto | Normal hill | 85.5 | 102.2 | 17 | 72.5 | 95.5 | 34 | 197.7 | 25 |
  | Sadao Kikuchi | Normal hill | 88.5 | 104.1 | 13 | 77.0 | 102.1 | 19 | 206.2 | 15 |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Shinkichi Takemura | 45.9 | 43 |
  | 500 m | Takeo Mizoo | 43.7 | 36 |
  | 500 m | Yoshitaki Hori | 41.8 | 16 |
  | 500 m | Fumio Nagakubo | 41.1 | 9 |
  | 1500 m | Shuji Kobayashi | 2:23.0 | 34 |
  | 1500 m | Takeo Mizoo | 2:22.6 | 33 |
  | 1500 m | Toshitaki Hori | 2:21.7 | 29 |
  | 1500 m | Fumio Nagakubo | 2:18.7 | 21 |
  | 5000 m | Shuji Kobayashi | 8:29.8 | 24 |
  | 5000 m | Takeo Mizoo | 8:28.7 | 23 |
  | 10,000 m | Takeo Mizoo | 17:42.0 | 25 |
  | 10,000 m | Shuji Kobayashi | 17:20.8 | 21 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Yoshiko Takano | 50.3 | 19 |
  | 500 m | Fumie Hama | 47.4 | 8 |
  | 500 m | Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 46.6 | 5 |
  | 1000 m | Yoshiko Takano | 1:39.9 | 16 |
  | 1000 m | Fumie Hama | 1:36.1 | 7 |
  | 1000 m | Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 1:35.8 | 5 |
  | 1500 m | Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 2:43.7 | 19 |
  | 1500 m | Yoshiko Takano | 2:34.0 | 12 |
  | 1500 m | Fumie Hama | 2:33.3 | 10 |
  | 3000 m | Yoshiko Takano | 5:30.9 | 10 |
  | 3000 m | Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | 5:21.4 | 4 |
  