Japan at the 1968 Winter Universiade

Japan at the 1968 Winter Universiade
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp/english/ (in English)
in Innsbruck, Austria 21 – 28 January 1968
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 11
Winter Universiade appearances (overview)
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Japan participated at the 1968 Winter Universiade, in Innsbruck, Austria. Japan finished third in the medal table with three gold, four silver, and four bronze medals.

Medal summary

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Hiroshi Itagaki	Nordic combined	Men's Nordic combined
Gold	Hiroshi Itagaki	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Gold	Kumiko Okawa	Figure skating	Women's skating
Silver	Sotoo Okushiba Akiyoshi Matsuoka Hiroshi Ogawa Katsutoshi Okubo	Cross-country skiing	Men's relay
Silver	Masatoshi Sudo	Nordic combined	Men's Nordic combined
Silver	Masakatsu Asari	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Silver	Keiichi Suzuki	Speed skating	Men's 500 m
Bronze	Yukio Kasaya	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Bronze	Kazumi Yamashita	Figure skating	Women's skating
Bronze	Takayuki Hida	Speed skating	Men's 500 m
Bronze	Yoshiaki Demachi	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Ski jumping	1	1	1	3
Nordic combined	1	1	0	2
Figure skating	1	0	1	2
Speed skating	0	1	2	3
Cross-country skiing	0	1	0	1
Total	3	4	4	11