To provide an operation rod linking structure that has an easy assembly step while being configured from few components, and to provide a connecting member used for the operation rod linking structure.

The operation rod linking structure includes: an operating member 4 that configures a part of an operating mechanism; an operation rod 31 having a linking hole 33a at an end 33 in order to transmit an operation force by being pivotingly linked to the operating member 4; and a connecting member 5 that sandwiches the end 33 of the operation rod 31 together with a part of the operating member 4. A shaft part 51 is formed in one of the operating member 4 and the connecting member 5, a bearing part 41 into which the shaft part 51 can be inserted is formed in the other of the operating member 4 and the connecting member 5. The shaft part 51 is configured to be insertable into the bearing part 41 while penetrating a linking hole 33a of the operation rod 31. An engagement part 52 and an engaged part 42 that prevent the shaft part 51 from slipping out of the bearing part 41 are separately provided in positions different from the positions of the shaft part 51 and the bearing part 41 of the connecting member 5 and the operating member 4.