Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Japan at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Japan at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	110 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Shozo Sasahara
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 4 Silver 10 Bronze 5 Total 19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 110 competitors, 94 men and 16 women, took part in 71 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Takashi Ono from gymnastics is the most successful athlete with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Mitsuo Ikeda	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight	1 December
Gold	Shozo Sasahara	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	1 December
Gold	Masaru Furukawa	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	6 December
Gold	Takashi Ono	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	7 December
Silver	Takashi Ishimoto	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	1 December
Silver	Shigeru Kasahara	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	1 December
Silver	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	4 December
Silver	Masahiro Yoshimura	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	6 December
Silver	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	7 December
Silver	Takashi Ono Masao Takemoto Masami Kubota Nobuyuki Aihara Akira Kono Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	7 December
Silver	Takashi Ono	Gymnastics	Men's individual all-around	7 December
Silver	Takashi Ono	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	7 December
Silver	Nobuyuki Aihara	Gymnastics	Men's floor	7 December
Silver	Masumi Kubota	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	7 December
Bronze	Takashi Ono	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	7 December
Bronze	Masao Takemoto	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	7 December
Bronze	Masao Takemoto	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	7 December
Bronze	Masao Takemoto	Gymnastics	Men's rings	7 December
Bronze	Masami Kubota	Gymnastics	Men's rings	7 December

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Wrestling	2	1	0	3
Gymnastics	1	5	5	11
Swimming	1	4	0	5
Total	4	10	5	19

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Yoshiaki Kawashima — 2:29:19 (→ 5th place)
Hideo Hamamura — 2:40:53 (→ 16th place)
Kurao Hiroshima — 3:04:17 (→ 33rd place)

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Time trial

Tetsuo Ōsawa — 1:13.3 (→ 12th place)

Individual road race

Tetsuo Ōsawa — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 10m Platform

Yutaka Baba

Preliminary Round — 70.76
Final — 123.69 (→ 11th place)

Ryō Mabuchi

Preliminary Round — 69.76
Final — 120.20 (→ 12th place)

Women's 10m Platform

Kanoko Tsutani

Preliminary Round — 48.45
Final — 70.95 (→ 10th place)

Hatsuko Hirose

Preliminary Round — 46.15
Final — 69.71 (→ 11th place)

Fencing

One fencer represented Japan in 1956.

Men's foil

Masayuki Sano

Men's épée

Masayuki Sano

Men's sabre

Masayuki Sano

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Japan had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.^[2]

Men's eight

Shooting

Six shooters represented Japan in 1956.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Choji Hosaka	50 m pistol	550	4
Choji Hosaka	25 m rapid fire pistol	563	15
Yukio Inokuma	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1110	36
Yukio Inokuma	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	594	24
Tokusaburo Iwata	Trap	155	23
Ujitoshi Konomi	Trap	140	30
Tomokazu Maruyama	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1085	40
Tomokazu Maruyama	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	584	43
Yoshihide Ueda	50 m pistol	526	17
Yoshihide Ueda	25 m rapid fire pistol	521	31

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Japan Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.^{[dead link]}

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[sports-reference-1] "Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Japan Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.^{[dead link]}

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v t e Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
Africa	(Egypt)* Ethiopia Kenya Liberia Nigeria South Africa Uganda
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma (Cambodia)* Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Malaya North Borneo Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg (Netherlands)* Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union (Spain)* Sweden (Switzerland)* Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand
Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)