Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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]

Japan at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors110 in 13 sports
Flag bearerShozo Sasahara
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
4
Silver
10
Bronze
5
Total
19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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


Medalists

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Rowing

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

Men's eight
  • Yozo Iwasaki
  • Yasukuni Watanabe
  • Sadahiro Sunaga
  • Yoshiki Hiki
  • Takashi Imamura
  • Yasuhiko Takeda
  • Masao Hara
  • Junichi Kato
  • Toshiji Eda (cox)

Shooting

Six shooters represented Japan in 1956.

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

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

References
  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.


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