Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 184 competitors, 148 men and 36 women, took part in 113 events in 21 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Takao Kawaguchi — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)

• Toyokazu Nomura — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (70 kg)
• Shinobu Sekine — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80 kg)
• Mayumi Aoki — Swimming, Women's 100 metres Butterfly
• Nobutaka Taguchi — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Breaststroke
• Kiyomi Kato — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
• Hideaki Yanagida — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
• Sawao Kato — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
• Sawao Kato — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
• Mitsuo Tsukahara — Gymnastics, Men's......
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