Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Artistic Gymnastics

Individual All-Around, Men Takashi Ono 2 Silver
Masao Takemoto 4
Masami Kubota =8
Nobuyuki Aihara 10
Shinsaku Tsukawaki 12
Akira Kono 16
Team All-Around, Men Japan 2 Silver
Takashi OnoMasao TakemotoMasami KubotaNobuyuki AiharaShinsaku TsukawakiAkira Kono
Floor Exercise, Men Nobuyuki Aihara =2 Silver
Takashi Ono =8
Shinsaku Tsukawaki =10
Masami Kubota =10
Akira Kono =16
Masao Takemoto =16
Horse Vault, Men Masao Takemoto 6
Takashi Ono =16
Shinsaku Tsukawaki =19
Masami Kubota =33
Akira Kono =33
Nobuyuki Aihara =41
Parallel Bars, Men Masami Kubota 2 Silver
Takashi Ono =3 Bronze
Masao Takemoto =3 Bronze
Nobuyuki Aihara =6
Shinsaku Tsukawaki =8
Akira Kono =16
Horizontal Bar, Men Takashi Ono 1 Gold
Masao Takemoto 3 Bronze
Akira Kono =13
Shinsaku Tsukawaki =13
Masami Kubota =25
Nobuyuki Aihara 27
Rings, Men Masao Takemoto =3 Bronze
Masami Kubota =3 Bronze
Nobuyuki Aihara =5
Takashi Ono =5
Shinsaku Tsukawaki =7
Akira Kono =15
Pommelled Horse, Men Takashi Ono 2 Silver
Masao Takemoto =7
Nobuyuki Aihara =12
Masami Kubota =16
Akira Kono 20
Shinsaku Tsukawaki =22
Individual All-Around, Women Keiko Tanaka 13
Mitsuka Ikeda 23
Kazuko Sogabe 24
Shizuko Sakashita 29
Kyoko Kubota 34
Suzuko Seki 35
Team All-Around, Women Japan 6
Keiko TanakaMitsuka IkedaKazuko SogabeShizuko SakashitaKyoko KubotaSuzuko Seki
Team Portable Apparatus, Women Japan 6
Keiko TanakaMitsuka IkedaKazuko SogabeShizuko SakashitaKyoko KubotaSuzuko Seki
Floor Exercise, Women Keiko Tanaka =4
Mitsuka Ikeda =18
Shizuko Sakashita =22
Kazuko Sogabe =25
Suzuko Seki =35
Kyoko Kubota =35
Horse Vault, Women Keiko Tanaka =16
Kazuko Sogabe =23
Mitsuka Ikeda =30
Suzuko Seki =42
Kyoko Kubota =50
Shizuko Sakashita 54
Uneven Bars, Women Keiko Tanaka 17
Mitsuka Ikeda =22
Shizuko Sakashita =38
Suzuko Seki 41
Kyoko Kubota 42
Kazuko Sogabe 45
Balance Beam, Women Kazuko Sogabe =13
Shizuko Sakashita =16
Kyoko Kubota 20
Keiko Tanaka =21
Suzuko Seki =36
Mitsuka Ikeda =39

Athletics

100 metres, Men Kyohei Ushio 3 h4 r1/4
Akira Kiyofuji 4 h8 r1/4
200 metres, Men Kanji Akagi 5 h2 r2/4
Akira Kiyofuji 4 h9 r1/4
Kyohei Ushio 5 h2 r1/4
400 metres, Men Kanji Akagi AC h1 r1/4
800 metres, Men Yoshitaka Muroya 6 h1 r2/3
Shigeharu Suzuki 5 h2 r1/3
Marathon, Men Yoshiaki Kawashima 5
Hideo Hamamura 16
Kurao Hiroshima 33
400 metres Hurdles, Men Keiji Ogushi 3 h1 r1/3
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men Japan 6 h2 r2/3
Masaji TajimaKanji AkagiAkira KiyofujiKyohei UshioTeruji Kogake (DNS)Koji Sakurai (DNS)Hiroshi Shibata (DNS)Yoshiro Sonoda (DNS)
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Japan 4 h2 r1/2
Kanji AkagiKeiji OgushiShigeharu SuzukiYoshitaka MuroyaAkira Kiyofuji (DNS)Kyohei Ushio (DNS)
High Jump, Men Yukio Ishikawa =12
Long Jump, Men Yoshiro Sonoda 14 r1/2
Masaji Tajima 15 r1/2
Hiroshi Shibata DNS
Triple Jump, Men Koji Sakurai 7
Teruji Kogake 8
Hiroshi Shibata 13
Hammer Throw, Men Yoshio Kojima 17 r1/2
Fumio Kamamoto 22 r1/2
Long Jump, Women Yoshie Takahashi 13 r1/2
Discus Throw, Women Toyoko Yoshino 16 r1/2
Javelin Throw, Women Yoriko Shida 12

Basketball

Basketball, Men Japan 10
Hiroshi SaitoHitoshi KonnoKenichi ImaizumiManabu FujitaReizo OhiraRiichi AraiSetsuo NaraShutaro ShojiTakeo SugiyamaTakashi ItoyamaTetsuro Noborisaka

Boxing

Flyweight, Men Kenji Yonekura =5
Featherweight, Men Shinichiro Suzuki =5
Lightweight, Men Toshihito Ishimaru =9

Cycling Road

Road Race, Individual, Men Tetsuo Osawa DNF

Cycling Track

1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Tetsuo Osawa 12

Diving

Springboard, Men Yutaka Baba 12
Ryo Mabuchi 18
Platform, Men Yutaka Baba 11
Ryo Mabuchi 12
Springboard, Women Kanoko Tsutani 8
Hatsuko Hirose 16
Platform, Women Kanoko Tsutani 10
Hatsuko Hirose 11

Fencing

Foil, Individual, Men Masayuki Sano 8 p1 r1/3
Épée, Individual, Men Masayuki Sano 8 p2 r1/4
Sabre, Individual, Men Masayuki Sano 5 p1 r1/4

Football

Football, Men Japan =9
Hiroaki SatoIsao IwabuchiMasanori TokitaMasao UchinoMichihiro OzawaRyuzo HirakiShigeo YaegashiTadao KobayashiWaichiro OmuraYasuo TakamoriYoshio FurukawaTaizo Kawamoto (DNS)Akira Kitaguchi (DNS)Kakuichi Mimura (DNS)Ken Naganuma (DNS)Yukio Shimomura (DNS)Takashi Takabayashi (DNS)

Rowing

Eights, Men Japan 4 h1 r3/4
Yozo IwasakiYasukuni WatanabeSadahiro SunagaYoshiki HikiTakashi ImamuraYasuhiko TakedaMasao HaraJunichi KatoToshiji Eda

Shooting

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

Swimming

100 metres Freestyle, Men Atsushi Tani 7
Hiroshi Suzuki 9
Manabu Koga =10
400 metres Freestyle, Men Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 2 Silver
Koji Nonoshita 7
Yoshiro Noda 27
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Tsuyoshi Yamanaka 2 Silver
Yukiyoshi Aoki 7
Seizaburo Yagi 9
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Japan 4
Manabu KogaAtsushi TaniKoji NonoshitaTsuyoshi YamanakaHiroshi SuzukiToru Furukawa (DNS)Takeshi Hiwada (DNS)Takeshi Shimizu (DNS)
100 metres Backstroke, Men Keiji Hase =9
Kazuo Tomita =9
Hideo Ninomiya 21
200 metres Breaststroke, Men Masaru Furukawa 1 Gold
Masahiro Yoshimura 2 Silver
200 metres Butterfly, Men Takashi Ishimoto 2 Silver
100 metres Freestyle, Women Hitomi Jinno =23
Yoshiko Sato =30
Setsuko Shimada 33
400 metres Freestyle, Women Eiko Wada 20
Yukiko Otaka 22
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women Japan 9
Hitomi JinnoEiko WadaYoshiko SatoYukiko OtakaSetsuko Shimada (DNS)

Weightlifting

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

Wrestling

Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Tadashi Asai 4
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men Minoru Iizuka 5
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Shozo Sasahara 1 Gold
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men Shigeru Kasahara 2 Silver
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men Mitsuo Ikeda 1 Gold
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Kazuo Katsuramoto =5
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Mitsuhiro Ohira AC
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Saburo Nakao AC