Olympian Database
Japanese athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | JPN | Akira Kiyofuji | ||
| Kyohei Ushio | |||||
| 200 m M | | JPN | Akira Kiyofuji | ||
| Kyohei Ushio | |||||
| Kanji Akagi | |||||
| 400 m M | | JPN | Kanji Akagi | ||
| 800 m M | | JPN | Shigeharu Suzuki | ||
| Yoshitaka Muroya | |||||
| Marathon M | | JPN | Yoshiaki Kawashima | ||
| Kurao Hiroshima | |||||
| Hideo Hamamura | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | JPN | Keiji Ogushi | ||
| 4x100 m M | | JPN | Akika Kiyofuji | ||
| Kanji Akagi | |||||
| Kyohei Ushio | |||||
| Masaji Tajima | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | JPN | Kanji Akagi | ||
| Shigeharu Suzuki | |||||
| Yoshitaka Muroya | |||||
| Keiji Ogushi | |||||
| High jump M | | JPN | Yukio Ishikawa | ||
| Long jump M | | JPN | Yoshiro Sonoda | ||
| Masaji Tajima | |||||
| Triple jump M | | JPN | Teruji Kogake | ||
| Koji Sakurai | |||||
| Hiroshi Shibata | |||||
| Hammer throw M | | JPN | Fumio Kamamoto | ||
| Yoshio Kojima | |||||
| Long jump W | | JPN | Yoshie Takahashi | ||
| Discus throw W | | JPN | Toyoko Yoshino | ||
| Javelin throw W | | JPN | Yoriko Shida | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | JPN | Kenji Yonekura | ||
| Featherweight M | | JPN | Shinetsu Suzuki | ||
| Lightweight M | | JPN | Toshihito Ishimaru | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | JPN | Tetsuo Osawa | ||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | JPN | Ryo Mabuchi | ||
| Yutaka Baba | |||||
| Springboard W | | JPN | Kanoko Tsutani | ||
| Hatsuko Hirose | |||||
| Platform M | | JPN | Ryo Mabuchi | ||
| Yutaka Baba | |||||
| Platform W | | JPN | Hatsuko Hirose | ||
| Kanoko Tsutani | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual M | | JPN | Masayuki Sano | ||
| Epee individual M | | JPN | Masayuki Sano | ||
| Sabre individual M | | JPN | Masayuki Sano | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Individual all-round W | | JPN | Shizuko Sakashita | ||
| Mitsuka Ikeda | |||||
| Kazuko Sogabe | |||||
| Keiko Tanaka | |||||
| Suzuko Seki | |||||
| Kyoko Kubota | |||||
| Individual all-round M | | JPN | Nobuyuki Aihara | ||
| Akira Kono | |||||
| Takashi Ono | |||||
| Shinsaku Tsukawaki | |||||
| Masao Takemoto | |||||
| Masami Kubota | |||||
| Team W | | JPN | Kazuko Sogabe | ||
| Kyoko Kubota | |||||
| Mitsuka Ikeda | |||||
| Keiko Ikeda | |||||
| Suzuko Seki | |||||
| Shizuko Sakashita | |||||
| Team M | | JPN | Akira Kono | ||
| Masami Kubota | |||||
| Takashi Ono | |||||
| Shinsaku Tsukawaki | |||||
| Nobuyuki Aihara | |||||
| Masao Takemoto | |||||
| Floor W | | JPN | Keiko Tanaka | ||
| Floor M | | JPN | Nobuyuki Aihara | ||
| Shinsaku Tsukawaki | |||||
| Takashi Ono | |||||
| Masami Kubota | |||||
| Vault M | | JPN | Masao Takemoto | ||
| Pommel horse M | | JPN | Masao Takemoto | ||
| Takashi Ono | |||||
| Rings M | | JPN | Takashi Ono | ||
| Shinsaku Tsukawaki | |||||
| Masao Takemoto | |||||
| Masami Kubota | |||||
| Nobuyuki Aihara | |||||
| Parallel bars M | | JPN | Nobuyuki Aihara | ||
| Takashi Ono | |||||
| Shinsaku Tsukawaki | |||||
| Masao Takemoto | |||||
| Masami Kubota | |||||
| Horizontal bar M | | JPN | Takashi Ono | ||
| Masao Takemoto | |||||
| Team exercise W | | JPN | Kyoko Kubota | ||
| Mitsuka Ikeda | |||||
| Keiko Ikeda | |||||
| Suzuko Seki | |||||
| Shizuko Sakashita | |||||
| Kazuko Sogabe | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | JPN | Yukio Inokuma | ||
| Tomokazu Maruyama | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | JPN | Yukio Inokuma | ||
| Tomokazu Maruyama | |||||
| Free pistol M | | JPN | Choji Hosaka | ||
| Yoshihide Ueda | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | JPN | Choji Hosaka | ||
| Yoshihide Ueda | |||||
| Trap M | | JPN | Ujitoshi Konomi | ||
| Tokusaburo Iwata | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | JPN | Hitomi Jinno | ||
| Setsuko Shimada | |||||
| Yoshiko Sato | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | JPN | Manabu Koga | ||
| Atsushi Tani | |||||
| Hiroshi Suzuki | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | JPN | Eiko Wada | ||
| Yukiko Otaka | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | JPN | Yoshiro Noda | ||
| Koji Nonoshita | |||||
| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | JPN | Seizaburo Yagi | ||
| Yukiyoshi Aoki | |||||
| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | JPN | Hideo Ninomiya | ||
| Keiji Hase | |||||
| Kazuo Tomita | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | JPN | Masahiro Yoshimura | ||
| Masaru Furukawa | |||||
| 200 m butterfly M | | JPN | Takashi Ishimoto | ||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | JPN | Yukiko Otaka | ||
| Yoshiko Sato | |||||
| Hitomi Jinno | |||||
| Eiko Wada | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | JPN | Manabu Koga | ||
| Hiroshi Suzuki | |||||
| Atsushi Tani | |||||
| Koji Nonoshita | |||||
| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Bantamweight M | | JPN | Yoshio Nanbu | ||
| Yukio Furuyama | |||||
| Featherweight M | | JPN | Takahiro Yamaguchi | ||
| Hiroyoshi Shiratori | |||||
| Lightweight M | | JPN | Kenji Onuma | ||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle flyweight M | | JPN | Tadashi Asai | ||
| Freestyle bantamweight M | | JPN | Minoru Iizuka | ||
| Freestyle featherweight M | | JPN | Shozo Sasahara | ||
| Freestyle lightweight M | | JPN | Shigeru Kasahara | ||
| Freestyle welterweight M | | JPN | Mitsuo Ikeda | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | JPN | Kazuo Katsuramoto | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | JPN | Saburo Nakao | ||
| * The list of Japanese athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about Japanese athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
