Japan Gymnastics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Date Started: December 3, 1956
Date Finished: December 7, 1956

Events for Japan: 15
Participants for Japan: 12 (6 men and 6 women)
Youngest Participant for Japan: Kazuko Sogabe (20 years, 252 days)
Oldest Participant for Japan: Masao Takemoto (37 years, 66 days)
Most Medals for Japan (Athlete): Takashi Ono (5 medals)

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Men's Individual All-Around Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Takashi Ono 25 Men's Individual All-Around 2 Silver Masao Takemoto 37 Men's Individual All-Around 4 Masami Kubota 24 Men's Individual All-Around 8T Nobuyuki Aihara 21 Men's Individual All-Around 10 Shinsaku Tsukawaki 25 Men's Individual All-Around 12 Akira Kono 27 Men's Individual All-Around 16 Men's Team All-Around Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Takashi Ono 25 Men's Team All-Around 2 Silver Masao Takemoto 37 Men's Team All-Around 2 Silver Masami Kubota 24 Men's Team All-Around 2 Silver Nobuyuki Aihara 21 Men's Team All-Around 2 Silver Shinsaku Tsukawaki 25 Men's Team All-Around 2 Silver Akira Kono 27 Men's Team All-Around 2 Silver Men's Floor Exercise Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Nobuyuki Aihara 21 Men's Floor Exercise 2T Silver Takashi Ono 25 Men's Floor Exercise 8T Shinsaku Tsukawaki 25 Men's Floor Exercise 10T Masami Kubota 24 Men's Floor Exercise 10T Akira Kono 27 Men's Floor Exercise 16T Masao Takemoto 37 Men's Floor Exercise 16T Men's Horse Vault Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Masao Takemoto 37 Men's Horse Vault 6 Takashi Ono 25 Men's Horse Vault 16T Shinsaku Tsukawaki 25 Men's Horse Vault 19T Masami Kubota 24 Men's Horse Vault 33T Akira Kono 27 Men's Horse Vault 33T Nobuyuki Aihara 21 Men's Horse Vault 41T Men's Parallel Bars Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Masami Kubota 24 Men's Parallel Bars 2 Silver Takashi Ono 25 Men's Parallel Bars 3T Bronze Masao Takemoto 37 Men's Parallel Bars 3T Bronze Nobuyuki Aihara 21 Men's Parallel Bars 6T Shinsaku Tsukawaki 25 Men's Parallel Bars 8T Akira Kono 27 Men's Parallel Bars 16T Men's Horizontal Bar Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Takashi Ono 25 Men's Horizontal Bar 1 Gold Masao Takemoto 37 Men's Horizontal Bar 3 Bronze Akira Kono 27 Men's Horizontal Bar 13T Shinsaku Tsukawaki 25 Men's Horizontal Bar 13T Masami Kubota 24 Men's Horizontal Bar 25T Nobuyuki Aihara 21 Men's Horizontal Bar 27 Men's Rings Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Masao Takemoto 37 Men's Rings 3T Bronze Masami Kubota 24 Men's Rings 3T Bronze Nobuyuki Aihara 21 Men's Rings 5T Takashi Ono 25 Men's Rings 5T Shinsaku Tsukawaki 25 Men's Rings 7T Akira Kono 27 Men's Rings 15T Men's Pommelled Horse Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Takashi Ono 25 Men's Pommelled Horse 2 Silver Masao Takemoto 37 Men's Pommelled Horse 7T Nobuyuki Aihara 21 Men's Pommelled Horse 12T Masami Kubota 24 Men's Pommelled Horse 16T Akira Kono 27 Men's Pommelled Horse 20 Shinsaku Tsukawaki 25 Men's Pommelled Horse 22T Women's Floor Exercise Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 23 Women's Floor Exercise 4T Mitsuka Ikeda 24 Women's Floor Exercise 18T Shizuko Sakashita 22 Women's Floor Exercise 22T Kazuko Sogabe 20 Women's Floor Exercise 25T Suzuko Seki 20 Women's Floor Exercise 35T Kyoko Kubota 23 Women's Floor Exercise 35T Women's Horse Vault Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 23 Women's Horse Vault 16T Kazuko Sogabe 20 Women's Horse Vault 23T Mitsuka Ikeda 24 Women's Horse Vault 30T Suzuko Seki 20 Women's Horse Vault 42T Kyoko Kubota 23 Women's Horse Vault 50T Shizuko Sakashita 22 Women's Horse Vault 54 Women's Uneven Bars Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 23 Women's Uneven Bars 17 Mitsuka Ikeda 24 Women's Uneven Bars 22T Shizuko Sakashita 22 Women's Uneven Bars 38T Suzuko Seki 20 Women's Uneven Bars 41 Kyoko Kubota 23 Women's Uneven Bars 42 Kazuko Sogabe 20 Women's Uneven Bars 45 Women's Balance Beam Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Kazuko Sogabe 20 Women's Balance Beam 13T Shizuko Sakashita 22 Women's Balance Beam 16T Kyoko Kubota 23 Women's Balance Beam 20 Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 23 Women's Balance Beam 21T Suzuko Seki 20 Women's Balance Beam 36T Mitsuka Ikeda 24 Women's Balance Beam 39T Women's Individual All-Around Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 23 Women's Individual All-Around 13 Mitsuka Ikeda 24 Women's Individual All-Around 23 Kazuko Sogabe 20 Women's Individual All-Around 24 Shizuko Sakashita 22 Women's Individual All-Around 29 Kyoko Kubota 23 Women's Individual All-Around 34 Suzuko Seki 20 Women's Individual All-Around 35 Women's Team All-Around Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 23 Women's Team All-Around 6 Mitsuka Ikeda 24 Women's Team All-Around 6 Kazuko Sogabe 20 Women's Team All-Around 6 Shizuko Sakashita 22 Women's Team All-Around 6 Kyoko Kubota 23 Women's Team All-Around 6 Suzuko Seki 20 Women's Team All-Around 6 Women's Team Portable Apparatus Glossary Athlete Age Event Rank Medal Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 23 Women's Team Portable Apparatus 6 Mitsuka Ikeda 24 Women's Team Portable Apparatus 6 Kazuko Sogabe 20 Women's Team Portable Apparatus 6 Shizuko Sakashita 22 Women's Team Portable Apparatus 6 Kyoko Kubota 23 Women's Team Portable Apparatus 6 Suzuko Seki 20 Women's Team Portable Apparatus 6

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