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Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
JPN

Flag bearer
  
Bunkichi Sawada

Competitors
  
69 in 11 sports

Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Japanese Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.joc.or.jp (Japanese) (English)

Medals Ranked 17th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 6 2 9

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.

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Cycling

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

    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)

    • Fencing

    One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.

    Men's foil
  • Shinichi Maki
    • Men's épée
  • Shinichi Maki
    • Men's sabre
  • Shinichi Maki

    • Shooting

    One shooter represented Japan in 1952.

    50 m rifle, prone
  • Yukio Inokuma

    • References

    Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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