title: Japan at the 1952 Winter Olympics
text: # Japan at the 1952 Winter Olympics
  
  Japan competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Japan returned to the Winter Games after not being invited to the 1948 Winter Olympics because of the nation's role in World War II.
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Hisashi Mizugami | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
  | Chiharu Igaya | Downhill | | | | | 2:45.0 | 24 |
  | Hisashi Mizugami | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:40.9 | 26 |
  | Chiharu Igaya | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:36.1 | 20 |
  | Hishashi Mizugami | Slalom | 1:12.8 | 52 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Chiharu Igaya | Slalom | 1:02.6 | 14 Q | 1:03.1 | 10 | 2:05.7 | 11 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 18 km | Ryoichi Fujisawa | 1'14:41 | 61 |
  | 18 km | 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, 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 | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Ryoichi Fujisawa | Individual | 195.333 | 18 | 61.5 | 63.0 | 201.0 | 10 | 396.333 | 14 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Kozo Kawashima | Normal hill | 59.5 (fall) | 59.0 | 43 | 56.0 | 89.0 | 40 | 148.0 | 42 |
  | Ryoichi Fujisawa | Normal hill | 57.5 | 93.5 | 34 | 55.5 | 90.0 | 38 | 183.5 | 34 |
  | Tatsuo Watanabe | Normal hill | 59.0 | 95.0 | 30 | 59.0 | 94.0 | 27 | 189.0 | 27 |
  | Hiroshi Yoshizawa | Normal hill | 59.5 | 95.0 | 30 | 56.5 | 87.5 | 42 | 182.5 | 36 |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Tsuneo Sato | 45.2 | 18 |
  | 500 m | Sukenobu Kudo | 44.9 | 15 |
  | 500 m | Masanori Aoki | 44.8 | 12 |
  | 500 m | Kiyotaka Takabayashi | 44.1 | 6 |
  | 1500 m | Kiyotaka Takabayashi | 2:32.0 | 34 |
  | 1500 m | Sukenobu Kudo | 2:31.6 | 33 |
  | 1500 m | Masanori Aoki | 2:26.9 | 23 |
  | 1500 m | Tsuneo Sato | 2:23.9 | 11 |
  | 5000 m | Kazuhiko Sugawara | 8:44.4 | 15 |
  | 5000 m | Yoshiyasu Gomi | 8:38.6 | 10 |
  | 10,000 m | Yoshiyasu Gomi | 17:53.0 | 14 |
  | 10,000 m | Kazuhiko Sugawara | 17:34.0 | 7 |
  