Despite being the host nation, Japan fielded only sixteen representatives (fourteen men and two women), competing in archery, athletics, dartchery, swimming, table tennis, and wheelchair fencing. In the men's doubles (C category) in table tennis, Yasunori Igari and Fujio Watanabe won Japan's first Paralympic gold medal, and its only gold medal of the 1964 Games. Japanese competitors also won two silver medals in archery, a bronze in dartchery, a silver and a bronze in swimming, a silver and two bronze in table tennis, and a silver in wheelchair fencing.[2]
japan, 1964, summer, paralympics, japan, host, country, 1964, summer, paralympics, tokyo, which, also, marked, first, participation, paralympic, games, only, asian, country, take, part, games, japan, the1964, summer, paralympicsipc, codejpnnpcjapan, paralympic. Japan was the host country of the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo which also marked its first participation in the Paralympic Games It was the only Asian country to take part in the Games 1 Japan at the1964 Summer ParalympicsIPC codeJPNNPCJapan Paralympic CommitteeWebsitewww wbr jsad wbr or wbr jp in Japanese in TokyoCompetitors16 in 6 sportsMedalsRanked 13thGold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 4 Total 10Summer Paralympics appearances overview 1964196819721976198019841988199219962000200420082012201620202024 Despite being the host nation Japan fielded only sixteen representatives fourteen men and two women competing in archery athletics dartchery swimming table tennis and wheelchair fencing In the men s doubles C category in table tennis Yasunori Igari and Fujio Watanabe won Japan s first Paralympic gold medal and its only gold medal of the 1964 Games Japanese competitors also won two silver medals in archery a bronze in dartchery a silver and a bronze in swimming a silver and two bronze in table tennis and a silver in wheelchair fencing 2 References edit NPCs at the 1964 Paralympics International Paralympic Committee Japan at the 1964 Paralympics International Paralympic Committee nbsp This article related to sports in Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This 1964 Summer Paralympics related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japan at the 1964 Summer Paralympics amp oldid 975915226, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
