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Japan at the 1963 Summer Universiade

Japan at the
1963 Summer Universiade
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp/english/ (in English)
in Porto Alegre, Brazil
31 August – 8 September 1961
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
9
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
19
Summer Universiade appearances (overview)

Japan participated at the 1963 Summer Universiade, in Porto Alegre, Brazil.[1] Japan finished fourth in the medal table with 9 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals.[2]

Medal summary

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Shunsuke Kaneto Diving Men's platform
 Gold Shunsuke Kaneto Diving Men's springboard
 Gold Haruo Yoshimuta Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
 Gold Haruo Yoshimuta Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle
 Gold Toshizo Umemoto
Haruo Yoshimuta
Kiyoshi Fukui
Tatsuo Fujimoto		 Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
 Gold Mamoru Morimoto Athletics Men's 800 m
 Gold Satoshi Shimo Athletics Men's triple jump
 Gold Masatake Matsumoto
Shuji Tsurumi
Takeshi Kato
Takashi Mitsukuri
Takuji Hayata
Yukio Endo		 Gymnastics Men's team all-around
 Gold Masatake Matsumoto Gymnastics Men's individual all-around
 Silver Makoto Fukui Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle
 Silver Mamoru Morimoto Athletics Men's 1500 m
 Silver Takeshi Kato Gymnastics Men's individual all-around
 Silver Takeshi Koura
Mitsuru Motoi		 Tennis Men's doubles
 Bronze Masaru Ito Diving Men's platform
 Bronze Masaru Ito Diving Men's springboard
 Bronze Isao Nakajima Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly
 Bronze Masatoshi Wakabayashi Athletics Men's hammer throw
 Bronze Takuji Hayata Gymnastics Men's individual all-around
 Bronze Mitsuru Motoi Tennis Men's singles

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Swimming 3 1 1 5
Athletics 2 1 1 4
Gymnastics 2 1 1 4
Diving 2 0 2 4
Tennis 0 1 1 2
Total 9 4 6 19

References

  1. ^ "Spotlight: Porto Alegre 1963 Summer Universiade memories". fisu.net. November 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  2. ^ "III ЛЕТНЯЯ УНИВЕРСИАДА" (in Belarusian). sportedu.by. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
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