Japan : 1956 medals

Medals by Sport
   Sport                   Total    Gold   Silver  Bronze
   ALL                       18       4      10       4
   Freestyle Wrestling        3       2       1       0
   Gymnastics                10       1       5       4
   Swimming                   5       1       4       0

Medal Winners
  Sport                Event                            Medalist
  Freestyle Wrestling  Men's Featherweight      Gold    Shozo Sasahara      
  Freestyle Wrestling  Men's Lightweight        Silver  Shigeru Kasahara    
  Freestyle Wrestling  Men's Welterweight       Gold    Mitsuo Ikeda        
  Gymnastics           Men's All-Around         Silver  Takashi Ono         114.2
  Gymnastics           Men's Floor              Silver  Nobuyuki Aihara     19.1
  Gymnastics           Men's Horizontal Bar     Bronze  Masao Takemoto      19.3
  Gymnastics           Men's Horizontal Bar     Gold    Takashi Ono         19.6
  Gymnastics           Men's Parallel Bars      Bronze  Masao Takemoto      19.1
  Gymnastics           Men's Parallel Bars      Bronze  Takashi Ono         19.1
  Gymnastics           Men's Parallel Bars      Silver  Masami Kubota       19.15
  Gymnastics           Men's Pommel Horse       Silver  Takashi Ono         19.2
  Gymnastics           Men's Rings              Bronze  Masao Takemoto      19.1
  Gymnastics           Men's Team               Silver  Japan               566.4
  Swimming             Men's 1,500 m Freestyle  Silver  Tsuyoshi Yamanaka   18:00.3
  Swimming             Men's 200 m Breastroke   Gold    Masaru Furukawa     02:34.7
  Swimming             Men's 200 m Breastroke   Silver  Masahiro Yoshimura  02:36.7
  Swimming             Men's 200 m Butterfly    Silver  Takashi Ishimoto    02:23.8
  Swimming             Men's 400 m Freestyle    Silver  Tsuyoshi Yamanaka   04:30.4