Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Japan at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors69 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Bunkichi Sawada
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
1
Silver
6
Bronze
2
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]


Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Shohachi Ishii Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight July 23
 Silver Tadao Uesako Gymnastics Men's floor July 21
 Silver Masao Takemoto Gymnastics Men's vault July 21
 Silver Yushu Kitano Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight July 23
 Silver Hiroshi Suzuki Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle July 27
 Silver Toru Goto
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Hiroshi Suzuki
Teijiro Tanikawa		 Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay July 29
 Silver Shiro Hashizume Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 2
 Bronze Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's vault July 21
 Bronze Tadao Uesako Gymnastics Men's vault July 21
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Wrestling 1 1 0 2
Swimming 0 3 0 3
Gymnastics 0 2 2 4
Total 1 6 2 9

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final — 1:23.2 (→ 26th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

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

Women's 10m Platform

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

Equestrian

Fencing

One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre

Gymnastics

Rowing

Japan had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's coxed four

Sailing

Shooting

One shooter represented Japan in 1952.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Yukio Inokuma Men's 50 metre rifle prone 396 17

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

  1. ^ "Japan at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Japan Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

External links

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database