Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | JPN (GIA used at these Games) |
NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
Competitors | 10 (men) in 5 sports |
Flag bearer | Hiroshi Yoshizawa |
Medals Ranked 11th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Japan competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Chiharu Igaya won the nation's first ever medal and the first Asian medalist at the Winter Olympic Games.
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Chiharu Igaya | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | January 31 |
Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Chiharu Igaya | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
Susumu Sugiyama | 3:39.1 | 28 | |||||
Susumu Sugiyama | Giant Slalom | 3:40.8 | 45 | ||||
Chiharu Igaya | 3:15.6 | 11 | |||||
Susumu Sugiyama | Slalom | 1:51.0 | 38 | 2:26.0 | 37 | 4:17.0 | 33 |
Chiharu Igaya | 1:30.2 | 6 | 1:48.5 | 2 | 3:18.7 |
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Tatsuo Miyao | 56:59 | 48 |
30 km | Tatsuo Miyao | 1'55:40 | 28 |
50 km | Tatsuo Miyao | 3'25:47 | 25 |
Nordic combined
[edit]Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Hiroshi Yoshizawa | Individual | 69.5 | 76.5 | 210.5 | 5 | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
Koichi Sato | 68.0 | 65.5 | 191.5 | 23 | 1'08:21 | 193.400 | 35 | 384.900 | 33 |
Ski jumping
[edit]Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Koichi Sato | Normal hill | 68.0 | 91.0 | 36 | 66.0 | 87.5 | 41 | 178.5 | 39 |
Hiroshi Yoshizawa | 80.5 | 106.5 | 9 | 74.0 | 98.5 | 18 | 205.0 | 13 |
Speed skating
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Kiyotaka Takabayashi | 43.6 | 30 |
Taketsugu Asazaka | 43.1 | 22 | |
Yoshitaki Hori | 42.8 | 17 | |
Shinkichi Takemura | 42.4 | 11 | |
1500 m | Yoshiyasu Gomi | 2:19.2 | 39 |
Shinkichi Takemura | 2:18.3 | 36 | |
Yoshitaki Hori | 2:15.9 | 23 | |
Taketsugu Asazaka | 2:15.4 | 21 | |
5000 m | Yoshitaki Hori | 8:53.5 | 46 |
Taketsugu Asazaka | 8:23.6 | 28 | |
Yoshiyasu Gomi | 8:22.2 | 27 | |
10,000 m | Yoshiyasu Gomi | 17:35.9 | 23 |
Taketsugu Asazaka | 17:35.3 | 22 |
References
[edit]- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com