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.
Japan at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | JPN |
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) | |
Medalists
editMedal | 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
editEvents:
- 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
editAthlete | 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