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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 1956 Winter Olympics
1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...

in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. 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....

won the nation's first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the six alpine skiing events were held from Friday, January 27 to Friday, February 3, 1956.Toni Sailer of Austria won all three men's events to become the first alpine ski racer to win three gold medals in a single Olympics...	Men's slalom

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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....	Downhill					DSQ	–
Susumu Sugiyama	Downhill					3:39.1	28
Susumu Sugiyama	Giant Slalom					3:40.8	45
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....	Giant Slalom					3:15.6	11
Susumu Sugiyama	Slalom	1:51.0	38	2:26.0	37	4:17.0	33
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....	Slalom	1:30.2	6	1:48.5	2	3:18.7

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
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:...	Individual	69.5	76.5	210.5	5	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Koichi Sato	Individual	68.0	65.5	191.5	23	1'08:21	193.400	35	384.900	33

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	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 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:...	Normal hill	80.5	106.5	9	74.0	98.5	18	205.0	13

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 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....	43.6	30
	Taketsugu Asazaka	43.1	22
	Yoshitaki Hori	42.8	17
	Shinkichi Takemura	42.4	11
1500 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....	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
	Toshiyasu Gomi	8:22.2	27
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....	17:35.9	23
10,000 m	Taketsugu Asazaka	17:35.3	22

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