Japan at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Japan competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Japan returned to the Winter Games after not being invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics because of the nation's role in World War II.

Japan at the 1952 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Oslo
Competitors	13 (men) in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hisashi Mizugami	Downhill					DSQ	–
Chiharu Igaya						2:45.0	24
Hisashi Mizugami	Giant Slalom					2:40.9	26
Chiharu Igaya						2:36.1	20
Hishashi Mizugami	Slalom	1:12.8	52	did not advance
Chiharu Igaya		1:02.6	14 Q	1:03.1	10	2:05.7	11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Ryoichi Fujisawa	1'14:41	61
	Kenichi Yamamoto	1'08:49	22

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping				Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ryoichi Fujisawa	Individual	195.333	18	61.5	63.0	201.0	10	396.333	14

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kozo Kawashima	Normal hill	59.5 (fall)	59.0	43	56.0	89.0	40	148.0	42
Ryoichi Fujisawa		57.5	93.5	34	55.5	90.0	38	183.5	34
Tatsuo Watanabe		59.0	95.0	30	59.0	94.0	27	189.0	27
Hiroshi Yoshizawa		59.5	95.0	30	56.5	87.5	42	182.5	36

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Tsuneo Sato	45.2	18
	Sukenobu Kudo	44.9	15
	Masanori Aoki	44.8	12
	Kiyotaka Takabayashi	44.1	6
1500 m	Kiyotaka Takabayashi	2:32.0	34
	Sukenobu Kudo	2:31.6	33
	Masanori Aoki	2:26.9	23
	Tsuneo Sato	2:23.9	11
5000 m	Kazuhiko Sugawara	8:44.4	15
	Yoshiyasu Gomi	8:38.6	10
10,000 m	Yoshiyasu Gomi	17:53.0	14
	Kazuhiko Sugawara	17:34.0	7

References

• (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-31. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com