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
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Men
Cross-country skiing
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Men
Nordic combined
Events:
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18 km cross-country skiing
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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).
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Athlete
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Event
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Cross-country
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Ski Jumping
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Total
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Points
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Rank
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Distance 1
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Distance 2
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Points
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Rank
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Points
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Rank
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Ryoichi Fujisawa
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Individual
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195.333
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18
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61.5
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63.0
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201.0
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10
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396.333
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14
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Ski jumping
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Athlete
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Event
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Jump 1
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Jump 2
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Total
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Distance
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Points
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Rank
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Distance
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Points
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Rank
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Points
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Rank
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Kozo Kawashima
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Normal hill
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59.5 (fall)
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59.0
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43
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56.0
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89.0
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40
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148.0
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42
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Ryoichi Fujisawa
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57.5
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93.5
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34
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55.5
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90.0
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38
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183.5
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34
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Tatsuo Watanabe
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59.0
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95.0
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30
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59.0
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94.0
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27
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189.0
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27
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Hiroshi Yoshizawa
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59.5
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95.0
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30
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56.5
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87.5
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42
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182.5
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36
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Speed skating
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Men
References
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Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com
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Africa
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none
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Asia
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America
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Europe
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Oceania
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