Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics

1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...

in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. Japan returned to the Winter Games after not being invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

 because of the nation's role in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hisashi Mizugami	Downhill					DSQ	–
Chiharu Igaya Chiharu Igaya is a Japanese alpine skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, in the 1956 Winter Olympics, and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tomari, Hokkaidō and educated at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1957....						2:45.0	24
Hisashi Mizugami	Giant Slalom					2:40.9	26
Chiharu Igaya Chiharu Igaya is a Japanese alpine skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, in the 1956 Winter Olympics, and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tomari, Hokkaidō and educated at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1957....						2:36.1	20
Hishashi Mizugami	Slalom	1:12.8	52	Did not advance
Chiharu Igaya Chiharu Igaya is a Japanese alpine skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, in the 1956 Winter Olympics, and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tomari, Hokkaidō and educated at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1957....		1:02.6	14 Q	1:03.1	10	2:05.7	11

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Ryoichi Fujisawa Ryoichi Fujisawa was a Japanese nordic skier who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he finished 14th in the nordic combined event, 34th in the ski jumping individual large hill event, and tied for 61st in the 18 km cross country skiing event.-External links:***...	1'14:41	61
	Kenichi Yamamoto	1'08:49	22

Nordic combined

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event

Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics cross-country skiing competition consisted of three events for men and the first women's cross-country competition at an Olympic Games, of 10 km. The competitions were held from Monday, February 18 to Saturday, February 23, 1952.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping				Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ryoichi Fujisawa Ryoichi Fujisawa was a Japanese nordic skier who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he finished 14th in the nordic combined event, 34th in the ski jumping individual large hill event, and tied for 61st in the 18 km cross country skiing event.-External links:***...	Individual	195.333	18	61.5	63.0	201.0	10	396.333	14

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kozo Kawashima Kozo Kawashima was a Japanese ski jumper who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 42nd in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:*...	Normal hill	59.5 (fall)	59.0	43	56.0	89.0	40	148.0	42
Ryoichi Fujisawa Ryoichi Fujisawa was a Japanese nordic skier who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he finished 14th in the nordic combined event, 34th in the ski jumping individual large hill event, and tied for 61st in the 18 km cross country skiing event.-External links:***...		57.5	93.5	34	55.5	90.0	38	183.5	34
Tatsuo Watanabe Tatsuo Watanabe was a Japanese ski jumper who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 27th in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-References:...		59.0	95.0	30	59.0	94.0	27	189.0	27
Hiroshi Yoshizawa Hiroshi Yoshizawa was a Japanese ski jumper who competed in the early 1950s. He finished tied for 36th in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, and finished 13th at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.-References:...		59.5	95.0	30	56.5	87.5	42	182.5	36

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Tsuneo Sato	45.2	18
	Sukenobu Kudo	44.9	15
	Masanori Aoki	44.8	12
	Kiyotaka Takabayashi Kiyotaka Takabayashi is a Japanese former speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 1956 Winter Olympics.He was born in Nagano Prefecture.In 1952 he finished sixth in the 500 metres competition and 34th in the 1500 metres event....	44.1	6
1500 m	Kiyotaka Takabayashi Kiyotaka Takabayashi is a Japanese former speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 1956 Winter Olympics.He was born in Nagano Prefecture.In 1952 he finished sixth in the 500 metres competition and 34th in the 1500 metres event....	2:32.0	34
	Sukenobu Kudo	2:31.6	33
	Masanori Aoki	2:26.9	23
	Tsuneo Sato	2:23.9	11
5000 m	Kazuhiko Sugawara Kazuhiko Sugawara is a Japanese former speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tomakomai.In 1952 he finished seventh in the 10000 metres competition and 15th in the 5000 metres event.-External links:*...	8:44.4	15
	Yoshiyasu Gomi Yoshiyasu Gomi is a Japanese former speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 1956 Winter Olympics.He was born in Nagano Prefecture.In 1952 he finished tenth in the 5000 metres competition and 14th in the 10000 metres event....	8:38.6	10
10,000 m	Yoshiyasu Gomi Yoshiyasu Gomi is a Japanese former speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 1956 Winter Olympics.He was born in Nagano Prefecture.In 1952 he finished tenth in the 5000 metres competition and 14th in the 10000 metres event....	17:53.0	14
	Kazuhiko Sugawara Kazuhiko Sugawara is a Japanese former speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics.He was born in Tomakomai.In 1952 he finished seventh in the 10000 metres competition and 15th in the 5000 metres event.-External links:*...	17:34.0	7