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Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
JPN

Flag bearer
  
Hiroshi Yoshizawa

Competitors
  
10 (men) in 5 sports

Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Japanese Olympic Committee

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

Medals Ranked 11th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1

Japan competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Chiharu Igaya won the nation's first ever medal and the first ever Asian champion at the Winter Olympic Games.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men

Cross-country skiing

Men

Nordic combined

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

    • Speed skating

    Men

    References

    Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
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