Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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gold=1
silver=6
bronze=2
total=9
rank=17

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.

Medalists

Gold

*Shohachi Ishii — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Silver

*Masao Takemoto — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

*Tadao Uesako — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

*Hiroshi Suzuki — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle

*Shiro Hashizume — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle

*Toru Goto, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hiroshi Suzuki, and Teijiro Tanikawa — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

*Yushu Kitano — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

Bronze

*Takashi Ono — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

*Tadao Uesako — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

Results by event

=Cycling=

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=

Men's 3m Springboard
*Katsuichi Mori:* Preliminary Round — 65.23 points (→ 15th place)

Women's 10m Platform
*Masami Miyamoto:* Preliminary Round — 36.24 points (→ 11th place)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]