🇯🇵Japan at Melbourne 1956

summer Games

111

Athletes

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total Medals

Medalists

All Results by Sport

Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)

=36th	Suzuko Seki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Balance Beam, Women (Olympic)
=13th	Kazuko Sogabe	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Balance Beam, Women (Olympic)
20th	Kyoko Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Balance Beam, Women (Olympic)
=16th	Shizuko Sakashita	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Balance Beam, Women (Olympic)
=39th	Mitsuka Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Balance Beam, Women (Olympic)
=21st	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Balance Beam, Women (Olympic)
=8th	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=16th	Akira Kono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=16th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=10th	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Nobuyuki Aihara	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=10th	Masami Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=35th	Suzuko Seki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic)
=4th	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic)
=22nd	Shizuko Sakashita	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic)
=18th	Mitsuka Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic)
=35th	Kyoko Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic)
=25th	Kazuko Sogabe	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic)
=25th	Masami Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
1st	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=13th	Akira Kono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=13th	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
27th	Nobuyuki Aihara	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=16th	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
6th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=33rd	Masami Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=33rd	Akira Kono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=41st	Nobuyuki Aihara	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=19th	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=42nd	Suzuko Seki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Women (Olympic)
=23rd	Kazuko Sogabe	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Women (Olympic)
=50th	Kyoko Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Women (Olympic)
54th	Shizuko Sakashita	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Women (Olympic)
=30th	Mitsuka Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Women (Olympic)
=16th	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Women (Olympic)
16th	Akira Kono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
10th	Nobuyuki Aihara	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
12th	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
=8th	Masami Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
4th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
24th	Kazuko Sogabe	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic)
23rd	Mitsuka Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic)
34th	Kyoko Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic)
29th	Shizuko Sakashita	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic)
13th	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic)
35th	Suzuko Seki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic)
=8th	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=6th	Nobuyuki Aihara	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=16th	Akira Kono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Masami Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=16th	Masami Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=7th	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
20th	Akira Kono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=12th	Nobuyuki Aihara	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=22nd	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=15th	Akira Kono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Masami Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Nobuyuki Aihara	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=7th	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Masami Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Masao Takemoto	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Nobuyuki Aihara	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Takashi Ono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Akira Kono	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
6th	Suzuko Seki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Women (Olympic)
6th	Kazuko Sogabe	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Women (Olympic)
6th	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Women (Olympic)
6th	Shizuko Sakashita	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Women (Olympic)
6th	Kyoko Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Women (Olympic)
6th	Mitsuka Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Women (Olympic)
6th	Kyoko Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team Portable Apparatus, Women (Olympic)
6th	Shizuko Sakashita	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team Portable Apparatus, Women (Olympic)
6th	Mitsuka Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team Portable Apparatus, Women (Olympic)
6th	Kazuko Sogabe	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team Portable Apparatus, Women (Olympic)
6th	Suzuko Seki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team Portable Apparatus, Women (Olympic)
6th	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team Portable Apparatus, Women (Olympic)
=22nd	Mitsuka Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic)
41st	Suzuko Seki	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic)
45th	Kazuko Sogabe	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic)
17th	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic)
42nd	Kyoko Kubota	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic)
=38th	Shizuko Sakashita	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic)

Athletics

4th	Akira Kiyofuji	Athletics 100 metres, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Kyohei Ushio	Athletics 100 metres, Men (Olympic)
4th	Akira Kiyofuji	Athletics 200 metres, Men (Olympic)
5th	Kyohei Ushio	Athletics 200 metres, Men (Olympic)
5th	Kanji Akagi	Athletics 200 metres, Men (Olympic)
-	Koji Sakurai	Athletics 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
-	Hiroshi Shibata	Athletics 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
6th	Masaji Tajima	Athletics 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
6th	Akira Kiyofuji	Athletics 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
6th	Kanji Akagi	Athletics 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
-	Yoshiro Sonoda	Athletics 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
-	Teruji Kogake	Athletics 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
6th	Kyohei Ushio	Athletics 4 × 100 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
4th	Yoshitaka Muroya	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
-	Akira Kiyofuji	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
-	Kyohei Ushio	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
4th	Shigeharu Suzuki	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
4th	Kanji Akagi	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
4th	Keiji Ogushi	Athletics 4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Keiji Ogushi	Athletics 400 metres Hurdles, Men (Olympic)
AC h1 r1/4	Kanji Akagi	Athletics 400 metres, Men (Olympic)
6th	Yoshitaka Muroya	Athletics 800 metres, Men (Olympic)
5th	Shigeharu Suzuki	Athletics 800 metres, Men (Olympic)
16th	Toyoko Yoshino	Athletics Discus Throw, Women (Olympic)
22nd	Fumio Kamamoto	Athletics Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic)
17th	Yoshio Kojima	Athletics Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic)
=12th	Yukio Ishikawa	Athletics High Jump, Men (Olympic)
12th	Yoriko Shida	Athletics Javelin Throw, Women (Olympic)
14th	Yoshiro Sonoda	Athletics Long Jump, Men (Olympic)
15th	Masaji Tajima	Athletics Long Jump, Men (Olympic)
-	Hiroshi Shibata	Athletics Long Jump, Men (Olympic)
13th	Yoshie Takahashi	Athletics Long Jump, Women (Olympic)
33rd	Kurao Hiroshima	Athletics Marathon, Men (Olympic)
5th	Yoshiaki Kawashima	Athletics Marathon, Men (Olympic)
16th	Hideo Hamamura	Athletics Marathon, Men (Olympic)
7th	Koji Sakurai	Athletics Triple Jump, Men (Olympic)
8th	Teruji Kogake	Athletics Triple Jump, Men (Olympic)
13th	Hiroshi Shibata	Athletics Triple Jump, Men (Olympic)

Basketball (Basketball)

Boxing

=5th	Shinichiro Suzuki	Boxing Featherweight, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Kenji Yonekura	Boxing Flyweight, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Toshihito Ishimaru	Boxing Lightweight, Men (Olympic)

Cycling Road (Cycling)

12th	Tetsuo Osawa	Cycling Road (Cycling) 1,000 metres Time Trial, Men (Olympic)
-	Tetsuo Osawa	Cycling Road (Cycling) Cycling Track (Cycling)
-	Tetsuo Osawa	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)

Diving (Aquatics)

12th	Ryo Mabuchi	Diving (Aquatics) Platform, Men (Olympic)
11th	Yutaka Baba	Diving (Aquatics) Platform, Men (Olympic)
11th	Hatsuko Hirose-Kawai	Diving (Aquatics) Platform, Women (Olympic)
10th	Kanoko Tsutani-Mabuchi	Diving (Aquatics) Platform, Women (Olympic)
12th	Yutaka Baba	Diving (Aquatics) Springboard, Men (Olympic)
18th	Ryo Mabuchi	Diving (Aquatics) Springboard, Men (Olympic)
8th	Kanoko Tsutani-Mabuchi	Diving (Aquatics) Springboard, Women (Olympic)
16th	Hatsuko Hirose-Kawai	Diving (Aquatics) Springboard, Women (Olympic)

Fencing

8th	Masayuki Sano	Fencing Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic)
8th	Masayuki Sano	Fencing Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic)
5th	Masayuki Sano	Fencing Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic)

Football (Football)

Rowing

4th	Yasukuni Watanabe	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
4th	Toshiji Eda	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
4th	Masao Hara	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
4th	Yoshiki Hiki	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
4th	Takashi Imamura	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
4th	Yozo Iwasaki	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
4th	Junichi Kato	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
4th	Sadahiro Sunaga	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
4th	Yasuhiko Takeda	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)

Shooting

Swimming (Aquatics)

9th	Seizaburo Yagi	Swimming (Aquatics) 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
7th	Yukiyoshi Aoki	Swimming (Aquatics) 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Swimming (Aquatics) 1,500 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
21st	Hideo Ninomiya	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Kazuo Tomita	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Keiji Hase	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic)
9th	Hiroshi Suzuki	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
=10th	Manabu Koga	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
7th	Atsushi Tani	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
=23rd	Hitomi Jinno	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
=30th	Yoshiko Sato	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
33rd	Setsuko Shimada	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
2nd	Masahiro Yoshimura	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Men (Olympic)
1st	Masaru Furukawa	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Takashi Ishimoto	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic)
9th	Yoshiko Sato	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
9th	Hitomi Jinno	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
9th	Yukiko Otaka	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
9th	Eiko Wada	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
-	Setsuko Shimada	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
4th	Manabu Koga	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
4th	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
4th	Atsushi Tani	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
4th	Hiroshi Suzuki	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
4th	Koji Nonoshita	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic)
27th	Yoshiro Noda	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
7th	Koji Nonoshita	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
20th	Eiko Wada	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
22nd	Yukiko Otaka	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)

Weightlifting

6th	Yoshio Nanbu	Weightlifting Bantamweight, Men (Olympic)
8th	Yukio Furuyama	Weightlifting Bantamweight, Men (Olympic)
10th	Takahiro Yamaguchi	Weightlifting Featherweight, Men (Olympic)
5th	Hiroyoshi Shiratori	Weightlifting Featherweight, Men (Olympic)
4th	Kenji Onuma	Weightlifting Lightweight, Men (Olympic)

Wrestling

5th	Minoru Iizuka	Wrestling Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
1st	Shozo Sasahara	Wrestling Featherweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
4th	Tadashi Asai	Wrestling Flyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
-	Saburo Nakao	Wrestling Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
-	Mitsuhiro Ohira	Wrestling Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Shigeru Kasahara	Wrestling Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Kazuo Katsuramoto	Wrestling Middleweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
1st	Mitsuo Ikeda	Wrestling Welterweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)

10th	Hiroshi Saito	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Reizo Ohira	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Shutaro Shoji	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Kenichi Imaizumi	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Setsuo Nara	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Tetsuro Noborisaka	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Riichi Arai	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Manabu Fujita	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Takeo Sugiyama	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Takashi Itoyama	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)
10th	Hitoshi Konno	Basketball (Basketball) Basketball, Men (Olympic)

=9th	Ryuzo Hiraki	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Shigeo Yaegashi	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Masao Uchino	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Hiroaki Sato	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Yasuo Takamori	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Masanori Tokita	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Waichiro Omura	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Michihiro Ozawa	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Tadao Kobayashi	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
-	Taizo Kawamoto	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Yoshio Furukawa	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Isao Iwabuchi	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)

4th	Choji Hosaka	Shooting Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
17th	Yoshihide Ueda	Shooting Free Pistol, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
31st	Yoshihide Ueda	Shooting Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (Olympic)
15th	Choji Hosaka	Shooting Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (Olympic)
24th	Yukio Inokuma	Shooting Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
43rd	Tomokazu Maruyama	Shooting Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
40th	Tomokazu Maruyama	Shooting Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
36th	Yukio Inokuma	Shooting Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
23rd	Tokusaburo Iwata	Shooting Trap, Men (Olympic)
30th	Ujitoshi Konomi	Shooting Trap, Men (Olympic)