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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)

Go to the Gymnastics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games page

Men's Individual All-Around

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Individual All-Around

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

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

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

Women's Floor Exercise

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

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

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

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

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