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's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 70.76
  • Final — 123.69 (→ 11th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 69.76
  • Final — 120.20 (→ 12th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 48.45
  • Final — 70.95 (→ 10th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 46.15
  • Final — 69.71 (→ 11th place)

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

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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