Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 69 in 11 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 17 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 9 |
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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]
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[edit] Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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 Gold |
Shohachi Ishii | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Bantamweight |
 Silver |
Masao Takemoto | Gymnastics | Men's Long Horse Vault |
| Silver |
Tadao Uesako | Gymnastics | Men's Floor Exercises |
| Silver |
Hiroshi Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle |
| Silver |
Shiro Hashizume | Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| Silver |
Toru Goto, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hiroshi Suzuki, and Teijiro Tanikawa | Swimming | Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay |
| Silver |
Yushu Kitano | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Flyweight |
 Bronze |
Takashi Ono | Gymnastics | Men's Long Horse Vault |
| Bronze |
Tadao Uesako | Gymnastics | Men's Long Horse Vault |
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 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
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- Final — 1:23.2 (→ 26th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
- Kihei Tomioka — 23rd place
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's 3m Springboard
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- Preliminary Round — 65.23 points (→ 15th place)
Women's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 36.24 points (→ 11th place)
[edit] Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.
[edit] Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Japan at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1952/. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
[edit] External links
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