Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

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Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
 * Road Competition
 * Kihei Tomioka &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Masazumi Tajima &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Tadashi Kato &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Tamotsu Chikanari &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
 * Track Competition
 * Tadashi Kato
 * Final &mdash; 1:23.2 (→ 26th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
 * Kihei Tomioka &mdash; 23rd place

Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
 * Katsuichi Mori
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 65.23 points (→ 15th place)

Women's 10m Platform
 * Masami Miyamoto
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 36.24 points (→ 11th place)

Fencing
One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.


 * Men's foil
 * Shinichi Maki


 * Men's épée
 * Shinichi Maki


 * Men's sabre
 * Shinichi Maki

Rowing
Japan had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.


 * Men's coxed four
 * Kosuke Matsuo
 * Ryuji Goto
 * Kazuo Kanda
 * Toshiya Takeuchi
 * Tamatsu Kogure (cox)

Shooting
One shooter represented Japan in 1952.
 * Men