Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

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Athletics
Men's Marathon
 * Yoshiaki Kawashima &mdash; 2:29:19 (→ 5th place)
 * Hideo Hamamura &mdash; 2:40:53 (→ 16th place)
 * Kurao Hiroshima &mdash; 3:04:17 (→ 33rd place)

Cycling

 * Time trial
 * Tetsuo Ōsawa &mdash; 1:13.3 (→ 12th place)


 * Individual road race
 * Tetsuo Ōsawa &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving
Men's 10m Platform
 * Yutaka Baba
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 70.76
 * Final &mdash; 123.69 (→ 11th place)


 * Ryō Mabuchi
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 69.76
 * Final &mdash; 120.20 (→ 12th place)

Women's 10m Platform
 * Kanoko Tsutani
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 48.45
 * Final &mdash; 70.95 (→ 10th place)


 * Hatsuko Hirose
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 46.15
 * Final &mdash; 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

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