Japan at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Japan at the Olympic Games
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm
Competitors	2 in 1 sport
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Japan competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.

The team of Japan at the opening ceremony.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Two athletes represented Japan in that nation's Olympic debut. Mishima advanced to the semifinals in one of his three events, but did not start the semifinal race. Kanakuri abandoned the marathon due to the heat; because he never notified race officials before returning to Japan, Swedish authorities considered him missing for 50 years before discovering that he was living in Japan oblivious to his status in Sweden. Finally notified, Kanakuri finished the marathon more than 54 years after he started, with an unofficial score measured to the same tenths of a second standard as used for other runners at the 1912 marathon(54 y, 8 m, 6 d, 8:32:20.3).

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mishima Yahiko	100 m	?	5	Did not advance
	200 m	?	5	Did not advance
	400 m	55.5	2 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
Kanakuri Shizō	Marathon	N/A				Did not finish

References

• Official Olympic Reports