- Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Japan
games=1956 Summer
competitors=
sports=
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gold=4
silver=10
bronze=5
total=19
rank=10Japan competed at the1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne ,Australia andStockholm ,Sweden (equestrian events).Results by event
Men's Marathon
*Yoshiaki Kawashima — 2:29:19 (→ 5th place)
*Hideo Hamamura — 2:40:53 (→ 16th place)
*Kurao Hiroshima — 3:04:17 (→ 33rd place)
=Cycling=Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Tetsuo Osawa — 1:13.3 (→ 12th place)Men's Individual Road Race
*Tetsuo Osawa — did not finish (→ no ranking)
=Diving=Men's 10m Platform
*Yutaka Baba :* Preliminary Round — 70.76:* Final — 123.69 (→ 11th place)*
Ryo Mabuchi :* Preliminary Round — 69.76 :* Final — 120.20 (→ 12th place)Women's 10m Platform
*Kanoko Tsutani :* Preliminary Round — 48.45:* Final — 70.95 (→ 10th place)*
Hatsuko Hirose :* Preliminary Round — 46.15:* Final — 69.71 (→ 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]
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