Japan
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competed at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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in
Melbourne,
Australia
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and
Stockholm
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,
Sweden
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(
equestrian events). 110 competitors, 94 men and 16 women, took part in 71 events in 13 sports.
from gymnastics is the most successful athlete with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.
Medalists
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Athletics
Men's Marathon
*
Yoshiaki Kawashima — 2:29:19 (→ 5th place)
*
Hideo Hamamura
was a Japanese marathon runner.
He won the Boston Marathon in 1955 in a time of 2:18.22 which was a course record. He was 16th in the 1956 Olympic Games marathon in Melbourne.
After retiring from competitive racing, he became an athletics coac ...
— 2:40:53 (→ 16th place)
*
Kurao Hiroshima
was a Japanese long-distance runner who specialised in the marathon. Born in Kitago, Higashiusuki District, Miyazaki, he went on to represent his country twice at the Olympic Games: he finished 33rd in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics a ...
— 3:04:17 (→ 33rd place)
Basketball
Boxing
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
Gymnastics
Rowing
Japan had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven
rowing events in 1956.
;
Men's eight
*
Yozo Iwasaki
*
Yasukuni Watanabe
*
Sadahiro Sunaga
is a Japanese rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Aust ...
*
Yoshiki Hiki
*
Takashi Imamura
*
Yasuhiko Takeda
*
Masao Hara
*
Junichi Kato
is a Japanese former rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victori ...
*
Toshiji Eda
is a Japanese rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Austr ...
(cox)
Shooting
Six shooters represented Japan in 1956.
;Men
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
Summer Olympics
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