Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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]

Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors	69 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Bunkichi Sawada
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 6 Bronze 2 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Shohachi Ishii Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight July 23  Silver Tadao Uesako Gymnastics Men's floor July 21  Silver Masao Takemoto Gymnastics Men's vault July 21  Silver Yushu Kitano Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight July 23  Silver Hiroshi Suzuki Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle July 27  Silver Toru Goto Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Hiroshi Suzuki Teijiro Tanikawa Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay July 29  Silver Shiro Hashizume Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 2  Bronze Takashi Ono Gymnastics Men's vault July 21  Bronze Tadao Uesako Gymnastics Men's vault July 21

Medals by sport Sport Total Wrestling 1 1 0 2 Swimming 0 3 0 3 Gymnastics 0 2 2 4 Total 1 6 2 9

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

• Tadashi Kato

• Final — 1:23.2 (→ 26th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Kihei Tomioka — 23rd place

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Katsuichi Mori	3 m springboard	65.23	15	Did not advance
	10 m platform	58.65	29	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Masami Miyamoto	3 m springboard	46.88	15	Did not advance
	10 m platform	36.24	11	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.

Men's foil

• Shinichi Maki

Men's épée

• Shinichi Maki

Men's sabre

• Shinichi Maki

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Japan had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's coxed four

• Kosuke Matsuo
• Ryuji Goto
• Kazuo Kanda
• Toshiya Takeuchi
• Tamatsu Kogure (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

One shooter represented Japan in 1952.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Yukio Inokuma	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	396	17

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Swim-off		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Toru Goto	100 m freestyle	58.3	1 Q	58.3	3 QSO	58.5	1 Q	58.5	4
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi		58.0	1 Q	58.3	=3 QSO	59.1	3	Did not advance
Hiroshi Suzuki		58.0	2 Q	58.0	2 Q	—		57.4
Hironoshin Furuhashi	400 m freestyle	4:43.3	1 Q	4:44.2	3 Q	—		4:42.1	8
Yasuo Tanaka		4:44.3	2 Q	4:44.9	2	—		Did not advance
Yoshio Tanaka		4:54.0	3 Q	4:48.0	7	—		Did not advance
Yukiyoshi Aoki	1500 m freestyle	19:27.0	3	—				Did not advance
Shiro Hashizume		18:34.0 OR	1 Q	—				18:41.4
Yasuo Kitamura		19:10.3	3 Q	—				19:00.4	6
Norihiko Kurahashi	100 m backstroke	1:10.7	4	Did not advance		—		Did not advance
Yasumasu Nishino		1:10.1	2	Did not advance		—		Did not advance
Nobuyasu Hirayama	200 m breaststroke	2:41.5	3 Q	2:39.1	3 Q	—		2:37.4	4
Takayoshi Kajikawa		2:39.6	3 Q	2:37.3	2 Q	—		2:38.6	5
Jiro Nagasawa		2:40.4	2 Q	2:39.0	4 Q	—		2:39.1	6
Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa	4 × 200 m freestyle	8:42.1	1 Q	—				8:33.5

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shizue Miyabe	100 m freestyle	1:16.6	7	Did not advance
Fumiko Sakaguchi		1:14.6	5	Did not advance
Sadako Yamashita		1:13.2	6	Did not advance
Misako Tamura	400 m freestyle	5:59.0	7	Did not advance
Sadako Yamashita		5:48.4	7	Did not advance
Masayo Aoki	200 m breaststroke	3:05.6	5	Did not advance
Kazuko Sakamoto		3:02.7	3 Q	3:04.2	7	Did not advance
Yasuko Oishi Fumiko Sakaguchi Misako Tamura Sadako Yamashita	4 × 100 m freestyle	4:54.0 NR	6	—		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

See also

• Japan at the 1951 Asian Games