A high-speed rotation testing apparatus includes a spindle 11 holding a test object S at its lower end, a driving motor 20 for applying torque to the spindle 11, and a frame 30 for supporting a rotor shaft 21 of the driving motor 20 so that the shaft is arranged toward the vertical direction of the apparatus, wherein the spindle 11 is driven directly by a driving motor 20 by inserting the spindle 11 into a through-hole 21a that penetrates the center of the rotor shaft 21 and coupling the upper ends of the rotor shaft 21 and the spindle 11 together, and the through-hole 21a has an inner diameter set so as to form a clearance in which the lower end of the spindle can swing, and further, a damping mechanism 40 that restrains swing is arranged in the vicinity of the lower end of the spindle 11, which projects from the lower end of the rotor shaft 21.