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
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight July 23 Gymnastics Men's floor July 21 Gymnastics Men's vault July 21 Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight July 23 Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle July 27 Yoshihiro HamaguchiHiroshi SuzukiTeijiro Tanikawa Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay July 29 Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 2 Gymnastics Men's vault July 21 Gymnastics Men's vault July 21 | width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalWrestling 1102Swimming 0303Gymnastics0224Total1629
Athletics
Boxing
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 AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankKatsuichi Mori3 m springboard65.2315 Did not advance10 m platform58.6529 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankMasami Miyamoto3 m springboard46.8815 Did not advance10 m platform36.2411 Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
One fencer, Shinichi Maki, represented Japan in 1952.
Men's foil Shinichi Maki
Men's épée Shinichi Maki
Men's sabre Shinichi Maki
Gymnastics
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)
Sailing
Shooting
One shooter represented Japan in 1952. Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRankYukio InokumaMen's 50 metre rifle prone39617
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalSwim-offFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankToru Goto100 m freestyle 58.3 1 Q 58.3 3 QSO 58.5 1 Q 58.5 4Yoshihiro Hamaguchi 58.0 1 Q 58.3 =3 QSO 59.1 3 Did not advanceHiroshi Suzuki 58.0 2 Q 58.0 2 Q colspan=2 57.4 Hironoshin Furuhashi400 m freestyle 4:43.3 1 Q 4:44.2 3 Q colspan=2 4:42.1 8Yasuo Tanaka 4:44.3 2 Q 4:44.9 2 colspan=2 Did not advanceYoshio Tanaka 4:54.0 3 Q 4:48.0 7 colspan=2 Did not advanceYukiyoshi Aoki1500 m freestyle 19:27.0 3 colspan=4 Did not advanceShiro Hashizume 18:34.0 1 Q colspan=4 18:41.4 Yasuo Kitamura 19:10.3 3 Q colspan=4 19:00.4 6Norihiko Kurahashi100 m backstroke 1:10.7 4 Did not advance colspan=2 Did not advanceYasumasu Nishino 1:10.1 2 Did not advance colspan=2 Did not advanceNobuyasu Hirayama200 m breaststroke 2:41.5 3 Q 2:39.1 3 Q colspan=2 2:37.4 4Takayoshi Kajikawa 2:39.6 3 Q 2:37.3 2 Q colspan=2 2:38.6 5Jiro Nagasawa 2:40.4 2 Q 2:39.0 4 Q colspan=2 2:39.1 6Hiroshi SuzukiYoshihiro HamaguchiToru GotoTeijiro Tanikawa4 × 200 m freestyle 8:42.1 1 Q colspan=4 8:33.5
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankShizue Miyabe100 m freestyle 1:16.6 7 Did not advanceFumiko Sakaguchi 1:14.6 5 Did not advanceSadako Yamashita 1:13.2 6 Did not advanceMisako Tamura400 m freestyle 5:59.0 7 Did not advanceSadako Yamashita 5:48.4 7 Did not advanceMasayo Aoki200 m breaststroke 3:05.6 5 Did not advanceKazuko Sakamoto 3:02.7 3 Q 3:04.2 7 Did not advanceYasuko OishiFumiko SakaguchiMisako TamuraSadako Yamashita4 × 100 m freestyle 4:54.0 NR 6 colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also Japan at the 1951 Asian Games
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database