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.
Takashi Ono from gymnastics is the most successful athlete with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:72%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Mitsuo Ikeda Wrestling Men's freestyle welterweight 1 December Shozo Sasahara Wrestling Men's freestyle featherweight 1 December Masaru Furukawa Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke 6 December Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 7 December Takashi Ishimoto Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly 1 December Shigeru Kasahara Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight 1 December Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 4 December Masahiro Yoshimura Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke 6 December Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle 7 December Takashi OnoMasao TakemotoMasami KubotaNobuyuki AiharaAkira KonoShinsaku Tsukawaki Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 7 December Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's individual all-around 7 December Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 7 December Nobuyuki Aihara Gymnastics Men's floor 7 December Masumi Kubota Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 7 December Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 7 December Masao Takemoto Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 7 December Masao Takemoto Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 7 December Masao Takemoto Gymnastics Men's rings 7 December Masami Kubota Gymnastics Men's rings 7 December | style="text-align:left; width:23%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalWrestling 2103Gymnastics 15511Swimming1405Total410519
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
Time trial Tetsuo Ōsawa — 1:13.3 (→ 12th place)
Individual road race Tetsuo Ōsawa — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankYutaka Baba3 m springboard77.7710 Q49.1011126.8712Ryo Mabuchi70.8218Did not advanceYutaka Baba10 m platform70.7610 Q52.9311123.6911Ryo Mabuchi69.7611 Q50.4412120.2012
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankHatsuko Hirose3 m springboard56.0216Did not advanceKanoko Tsutani63.996 Q39.139103.128Hatsuko Hirose10 m platform46.1512 Q23.56969.7111Kanoko Tsutani48.4510 Q22.501070.9510
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 Yoshiki Hiki Takashi Imamura Yasuhiko Takeda Masao Hara Junichi Kato Toshiji Eda (cox)
Shooting
Six shooters represented Japan in 1956. Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRankChoji Hosaka50 m pistol550425 m rapid fire pistol56315Yukio InokumaMen's 50 metre rifle three positions111036Men's 50 metre rifle prone59424Tokusaburo IwataTrap15523Ujitoshi Konomi14030Tomokazu MaruyamaMen's 50 metre rifle three positions108540Men's 50 metre rifle prone58443Yoshihide Ueda50 m pistol5261725 m rapid fire pistol52131
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankManabu Koga100 m freestyle 57.7 5 Q 58.1 =10 Did not advanceHiroshi Suzuki 58.4 =12 Q 58.0 9 Did not advanceAtsushi Tani 57.1 2 Q 57.4 6 Q 58.0 7Yoshiro Noda400 m freestyle 4:49.9 27 colspan=2 Did not advanceKoji Nonoshita 4:37.4 7 Q colspan=2 4:38.2 7Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 4:31.8 2 Q colspan=2 4:30.4 Yukiyoshi Aoki1500 m freestyle 18:36.0 6 Q colspan=2 18:38.3 7Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 18:04.3 3 Q colspan=2 18:00.3 Seizaburo Yagi 18:57.3 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceKeiji Hase100 m backstroke 1:06.3 10 Q 1:06.5 =9 Did not advanceHideo Ninomiya 1:09.2 21 Did not advanceKazuo Tomita 1:06.4 11 Q 1:06.5 =9 Did not advanceMasaru Furukawa200 m breaststroke 2:36.1 1 Q colspan=2 2:34.7 Masahiro Yoshimura 2:38.6 3 Q colspan=2 2:36.7 Takashi Ishimoto200 m butterfly 2:24.2 3 Q colspan=2 2:23.8 Manabu KogaAtsushi TaniKoji NonoshitaTsuyoshi YamanakaHiroshi Suzuki4 × 200 m freestyle 8:37.9 1 Q colspan=2 8:36.6 4
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHitomi Jinno100 m freestyle 1:08.8 =23 Did not advanceYoshiko Sato 1:10.3 =30 Did not advanceSetsuko Shimada 1:11.8 33 Did not advanceYukiko Otaka400 m freestyle 5:28.7 22 colspan=2 Did not advanceEiko Wada 5:27.2 20 colspan=2 Did not advanceHitomi JinnoEiko WadaYoshiko SatoYukiko Otaka4 × 100 m freestyle 4:35.8 NR 9 colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database