Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Japan at the Olympic Games
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	69 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Bunkichi Sawada
Medals Rank: 17	Gold 1	Silver 6	Bronze 2	Total 9
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Japan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Japan returned to the Olympic Games after not being invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics because of the nations's role in World War II. 69 competitors, 58 men and 11 women, took part in 60 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Shohachi Ishii	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
Silver	Masao Takemoto	Gymnastics	Men's Long Horse Vault
Silver	Tadao Uesako	Gymnastics	Men's Floor Exercises
Silver	Hiroshi Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 100m Freestyle
Silver	Shiro Hashizume	Swimming	Men's 1500m Freestyle
Silver	Toru Goto, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hiroshi Suzuki, and Teijiro Tanikawa	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Silver	Yushu Kitano	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Bronze	Takashi Ono	Gymnastics	Men's Long Horse Vault
Bronze	Tadao Uesako	Gymnastics	Men's Long Horse Vault

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Kihei Tomioka — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Masazumi Tajima — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Tadashi Kato — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Tamotsu Chikanari — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Tadashi Kato

• Final — 1:23.2 (→ 26th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Kihei Tomioka — 23rd place

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

• Katsuichi Mori

• Preliminary Round — 65.23 points (→ 15th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Masami Miyamoto

• Preliminary Round — 36.24 points (→ 11th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.

Men's foil

• Shinichi Maki

Men's épée

• Shinichi Maki

Men's sabre

• Shinichi Maki

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

One shooter represented Japan in 1952.

50 m rifle, prone

• Yukio Inokuma

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

See also

• Japan at the 1951 Asian Games

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database