Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics


Japan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 110 competitors, 94 men and 16 women, took part in 71 events in 13 sports.
Takashi Ono from gymnastics is the most successful athlete with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Mitsuo IkedaWrestlingMen's freestyle welterweightDecember 1
Shozo SasaharaWrestlingMen's freestyle featherweightDecember 1
Masaru FurukawaSwimmingMen's 200 m breaststrokeDecember 6
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's horizontal barDecember 7
Takashi IshimotoSwimmingMen's 200 m butterflyDecember 1
Shigeru KasaharaWrestlingMen's freestyle lightweightDecember 1
Tsuyoshi YamanakaSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyleDecember 4
Masahiro YoshimuraSwimmingMen's 200 m breaststrokeDecember 6
Tsuyoshi YamanakaSwimmingMen's 1500 m freestyleDecember 7
Takashi Ono
Masao Takemoto
Masami Kubota
Nobuyuki Aihara
Akira Kono
Shinsaku Tsukawaki		GymnasticsMen's artistic team all-aroundDecember 7
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's individual all-aroundDecember 7
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's pommel horseDecember 7
Nobuyuki AiharaGymnasticsMen's floorDecember 7
Masumi KubotaGymnasticsMen's parallel barsDecember 7
Takashi OnoGymnasticsMen's parallel barsDecember 7
Masao TakemotoGymnasticsMen's parallel barsDecember 7
Masao TakemotoGymnasticsMen's horizontal barDecember 7
Masao TakemotoGymnasticsMen's ringsDecember 7
Masami KubotaGymnasticsMen's ringsDecember 7

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Boxing

Cycling

;Time trial
;Individual road race
Men's 10m Platform
Women's 10m Platform
One fencer represented Japan in 1956.
;Men's foil
;Men's épée
;Men's sabre

Gymnastics

Rowing

Japan had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.
; Men's eight
Six shooters represented Japan in 1956.
;Men

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling