Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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. 69 competitors, 58 men and 11 women, took part in 60 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Shohachi Ishii | Wrestling | Men's freestyle bantamweight | July 23 |
| Silver | Tadao Uesako | Gymnastics | Men's floor | July 21 |
| Silver | Masao Takemoto | Gymnastics | Men's vault | July 21 |
| Silver | Yushu Kitano | Wrestling | Men's freestyle flyweight | July 23 |
| Silver | Hiroshi Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle | July 27 |
| Silver | Toru Goto Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Hiroshi Suzuki Teijiro Tanikawa | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | July 29 |
| Silver | Shiro Hashizume | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle | August 2 |
| Bronze | Takashi Ono | Gymnastics | Men's vault | July 21 |
| Bronze | Tadao Uesako | Gymnastics | Men's vault | July 21 |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Wrestling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |

## 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)

## Fencing

One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.

### Men's foil

* Shinichi Maki

### Men's épée

* Shinichi Maki

### Men's sabre

* Shinichi Maki

## Rowing

Japan had five male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men's coxed four

* Kosuke Matsuo
* Ryuji Goto
* Kazuo Kanda
* Toshiya Takeuchi
* Tamatsu Kogure (cox)

## Shooting

One shooter represented Japan in 1952.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Yukio Inokuma | Men's 50 metre rifle prone | 396 | 17 |
