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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]
Takashi Ono from gymnastics is the most successful athlete with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.
Medalists
Athletics
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
Boxing
Cycling
- Tetsuo Ōsawa — 1:13.3 (→ 12th place)
- Tetsuo Ōsawa — did not finish (→ no ranking)
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.
Football
Gymnastics
Rowing
Japan had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2]
- 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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- ^ "Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ 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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