Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Japan returned to the Olympic Games after not being invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics because of the nations's role in World War II. 69 competitors, 58 men and 11 women, took part in 60 events in 13 sports.[1]

Japan at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors69 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Bunkichi Sawada
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
1
Silver
6
Bronze
2
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)


Medalists

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • Kihei Tomioka — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Masazumi Tajima — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Tadashi Kato — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Tamotsu Chikanari — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Tadashi Kato
  • Final — 1:23.2 (→ 26th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

  • Kihei Tomioka — 23rd place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Katsuichi Mori
  • Preliminary Round — 65.23 points (→ 15th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Masami Miyamoto
  • Preliminary Round — 36.24 points (→ 11th place)

Fencing

One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.

Men's foil
  • Shinichi Maki
Men's épée
  • Shinichi Maki
Men's sabre
  • Shinichi Maki

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Japan had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's coxed four
  • Kosuke Matsuo
  • Ryuji Goto
  • Kazuo Kanda
  • Toshiya Takeuchi
  • Tamatsu Kogure (cox)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

One shooter represented Japan in 1952.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Yukio Inokuma Men's 50 metre rifle prone 396 17

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

See also
  • Japan at the 1951 Asian Games

References
  1. "Japan at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Japan Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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