Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Japan at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
IOC code JPN
(GIA used at these Games)
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese and English)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors10 (men) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Hiroshi Yoshizawa
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Chiharu Igaya won the nation's first ever medal and the first Asian medalist at the Winter Olympic Games.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chiharu Igaya Alpine skiing Men's slalom January 31

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Chiharu Igaya DownhillDSQ
Susumu Sugiyama 3:39.128
Susumu Sugiyama Giant Slalom3:40.845
Chiharu Igaya 3:15.611
Susumu Sugiyama Slalom1:51.0382:26.0374:17.033
Chiharu Igaya 1:30.261:48.523:18.7Silver medal icon.svg

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Tatsuo Miyao 56:5948
30 km Tatsuo Miyao 1'55:4028
50 km Tatsuo Miyao 3'25:4725

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Hiroshi Yoshizawa Individual69.576.5210.55DNFDNF
Koichi Sato 68.065.5191.5231'08:21193.40035384.90033

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Koichi Sato Normal hill68.091.03666.087.541178.539
Hiroshi Yoshizawa 80.5106.5974.098.518205.013

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Kiyotaka Takabayashi 43.630
Taketsugu Asazaka 43.122
Yoshitaki Hori 42.817
Shinkichi Takemura 42.411
1500 m Yoshiyasu Gomi 2:19.239
Shinkichi Takemura 2:18.336
Yoshitaki Hori 2:15.923
Taketsugu Asazaka 2:15.421
5000 m Yoshitaki Hori 8:53.546
Taketsugu Asazaka 8:23.628
Yoshiyasu Gomi 8:22.227
10,000 m Yoshiyasu Gomi 17:35.923
Taketsugu Asazaka 17:35.322

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