Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Japan at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors110 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Shozo Sasahara
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
4
Silver
10
Bronze
5
Total
19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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]

Contents

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

Medalists

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Time trial
Individual road race

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotalRank
Yutaka Baba 3 m springboard 77.7710 Q49.1011126.8712
Ryo Mabuchi 70.8218Did not advance
Yutaka Baba 10 m platform 70.7610 Q52.9311123.6911
Ryo Mabuchi 69.7611 Q50.4412120.2012
Women
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotalRank
Hatsuko Hirose 3 m springboard 56.0216Did not advance
Kanoko Tsutani 63.996 Q39.139103.128
Hatsuko Hirose 10 m platform 46.1512 Q23.56969.7111
Kanoko Tsutani 48.4510 Q22.501070.9510

Fencing

One fencer represented Japan in 1956.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre

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
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Choji Hosaka 50 m pistol 5504
25 m rapid fire pistol 56315
Yukio Inokuma Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 111036
Men's 50 metre rifle prone 59424
Tokusaburo Iwata Trap 15523
Ujitoshi Konomi 14030
Tomokazu Maruyama Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 108540
Men's 50 metre rifle prone 58443
Yoshihide Ueda 50 m pistol 52617
25 m rapid fire pistol 52131

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Manabu Koga 100 m freestyle 57.75 Q58.1=10Did not advance
Hiroshi Suzuki 58.4=12 Q58.09Did not advance
Atsushi Tani 57.12 Q57.46 Q58.07
Yoshiro Noda 400 m freestyle 4:49.927—Did not advance
Koji Nonoshita 4:37.47 Q—4:38.27
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 4:31.82 Q—4:30.4Silver medal icon.svg
Yukiyoshi Aoki 1500 m freestyle 18:36.06 Q—18:38.37
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 18:04.33 Q—18:00.3Silver medal icon.svg
Seizaburo Yagi 18:57.39—Did not advance
Keiji Hase 100 m backstroke 1:06.310 Q1:06.5=9Did not advance
Hideo Ninomiya 1:09.221Did not advance
Kazuo Tomita 1:06.411 Q1:06.5=9Did not advance
Masaru Furukawa 200 m breaststroke 2:36.11 Q—2:34.7Gold medal icon.svg
Masahiro Yoshimura 2:38.63 Q—2:36.7Silver medal icon.svg
Takashi Ishimoto 200 m butterfly 2:24.23 Q—2:23.8Silver medal icon.svg
Manabu Koga
Atsushi Tani
Koji Nonoshita
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
Hiroshi Suzuki 		4 × 200 m freestyle 8:37.91 Q—8:36.64
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Hitomi Jinno 100 m freestyle 1:08.8=23Did not advance
Yoshiko Sato 1:10.3=30Did not advance
Setsuko Shimada 1:11.833Did not advance
Yukiko Otaka 400 m freestyle 5:28.722—Did not advance
Eiko Wada 5:27.220—Did not advance
Hitomi Jinno
Eiko Wada
Yoshiko Sato
Yukiko Otaka 		4 × 100 m freestyle 4:35.8 NR 9—Did not advance

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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.[ dead link ]
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