Japan competed at the 1956 Winter OlympicsinCortina 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 |
inCortina d'Ampezzo | |
Competitors | 10 (men) in 5 sports |
Flag bearer | Hiroshi Yoshizawa |
Medals Ranked 11th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Chiharu Igaya | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | January 31 |
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 |
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 |
Events:
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 |
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 |
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 |
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