Japan at the Olympics

Japan at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Japan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912, and has competed at almost every Games since then. The nation was not invited to the 1948 Games after World War II, and Japan was part of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Japan hosted the Games on three occasions:

• 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
• 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture
• 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture

Japan won its first medals in 1920, and its first gold medals in 1928. Japanese athletes have won 398 medals at the Summer Olympic Games (Except Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics), with the most gold medals won in judo. Japan has also won 37 medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

The Japanese Olympic Committee was created in 1911 and recognized in 1912.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1912 Stockholm	0	0	0	0	-
1920 Antwerp	0	2	0	2	17
1924 Paris	0	0	1	1	23
1928 Amsterdam	2	2	1	5	15
1932 Los Angeles	7	7	4	18	5
1936 Berlin	6	4	8	18	8
1948 London	did not participate
1952 Helsinki	1	6	2	9	17
1956 Melbourne	4	10	5	19	10
1960 Rome	4	7	7	18	8
1964 Tokyo (Host Nation)	16	5	8	29	3
1968 Mexico City	11	7	7	25	3
1972 Munich	13	8	8	29	5
1976 Montreal	9	6	10	25	5
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	10	8	14	32	7
1988 Seoul	4	3	7	14	14
1992 Barcelona	3	8	11	22	17
1996 Atlanta	3	6	5	14	23
2000 Sydney	5	8	5	18	15
2004 Athens	16	9	12	37	5
2008 Beijing	9	6	10	25	8
2012 London	7	14	17	38	11
Total	130	126	142	398	12

Medals by Winter Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	did not participate
1928 St. Moritz	0	0	0	0	-
1932 Lake Placid	0	0	0	0	-
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	0	0	0	0	-
1948 St. Moritz	did not participate
1952 Oslo	0	0	0	0	-
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	0	1	0	1	11
1960 Squaw Valley	0	0	0	0	-
1964 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	-
1968 Grenoble	0	0	0	0	-
1972 Sapporo (Host Nation)	1	1	1	3	11
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	-
1980 Lake Placid	0	1	0	1	15
1984 Sarajevo	0	1	0	1	14
1988 Calgary	0	0	1	1	16
1992 Albertville	1	2	4	7	11
1994 Lillehammer	1	2	2	5	11
1998 Nagano (Host Nation)	5	1	4	10	7
2002 Salt Lake City	0	1	1	2	21
2006 Turin	1	0	0	1	18
2010 Vancouver	0	3	2	5	20
Total	9	13	15	37	17

Medals by summer sport

     Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Judo	36	18	18	72
Gymnastics	29	33	33	95
Wrestling	28	17	17	62
Swimming	20	24	29	73
Athletics	7	7	9	23
Volleyball	3	3	3	9
Weightlifting	2	3	8	13
Boxing	2	0	3	5
Shooting	1	2	3	6
Softball	1	1	1	3
Equestrian	1	0	0	1
Synchronized swimming	0	4	8	12
Archery	0	3	2	5
Tennis	0	2	0	2
Fencing	0	2	0	2
Cycling	0	1	3	4
Baseball	0	1	2	3
Sailing	0	1	1	2
Football	0	1	1	2
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Table tennis	0	1	0	1
Badminton	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	130	126	142	398

Medals by winter sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ski jumping	3	4	2	9
Nordic combined	2	1	0	3
Speed skating	1	5	9	15
Figure skating	1	2	1	4
Short track speed skating	1	0	2	3
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1	2
Alpine skiing	0	1	0	1
Total	9	13	15	37

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Japan
• Japan at the Paralympics
• Japan at the Asian Games

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-09. 
• "Japanese Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-08-02.