Japan at the Olympics

For Olympics in Japan, see Japanese Olympics.

Japan at the Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
Medals	Gold 156 Silver 158 Bronze 183 Total 497
Summer appearances
1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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 won its first medals in 1920, and its first gold medals in 1928. Japanese athletes have won 439 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 58 medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

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

Hosted Games

Japan hosted the Games on three occasions, with a fourth occasion planned for the 2020 Summer Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic):

Games	Dates	Host city
1964 Summer Olympics	10–24 October 1964	Tokyo
1972 Winter Olympics	3–13 February 1972	Sapporo, Hokkaidō
1998 Winter Olympics	7–22 February 1998	Nagano, Nagano
2020 Summer Olympics	23 July – 8 August 2021	Tokyo

Unsuccessful bids

Games	City	Winner of bid
1960 Summer Olympics	Tokyo	Rome, Italy
1988 Summer Olympics	Nagoya, Aichi	Seoul, South Korea
2008 Summer Olympics	Osaka, Osaka	Beijing, China
1968 Winter Olympics	Sapporo, Hokkaidō	Grenoble, France
1984 Winter Olympics	Sapporo, Hokkaidō	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
2016 Summer Olympics	Tokyo	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

• Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
• Red coloured rank box indicates the best performance.

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896–1908	Did not participate
1912 Stockholm	2	0	0	0	0	–
1920 Antwerp	15	0	2	0	2	17
1924 Paris	19	0	0	1	1	23
1928 Amsterdam	43	2	2	1	5	15
1932 Los Angeles	131	7	7	4	18	5
1936 Berlin	156	6	4	8	18	8
1948 London	Did not participate
1952 Helsinki	69	1	6	2	9	17
1956 Melbourne	110	4	10	5	19	10
1960 Rome	162	4	7	7	18	8
1964 Tokyo	328	16	5	8	29	3
1968 Mexico City	171	11	7	7	25	3
1972 Munich	184	13	8	8	29	5
1976 Montreal	213	9	6	10	25	5
1980 Moscow	Did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	226	10	8	14	32	7
1988 Seoul	255	4	3	7	14	14
1992 Barcelona	256	3	8	11	22	17
1996 Atlanta	306	3	6	5	14	23
2000 Sydney	266	5	8	5	18	15
2004 Athens	306	16	9	12	37	5
2008 Beijing	332	9	8	8	25	8
2012 London	295	7	14	17	38	11
2016 Rio de Janeiro	338	12	8	21	41	6
2020 Tokyo	Future event
2024 Paris	Future event
2028 Los Angeles	Future event
Total		142	136	161	439	13

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	Did not participate
1928 St. Moritz	6	0	0	0	0	–
1932 Lake Placid	16	0	0	0	0	–
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	31	0	0	0	0	–
1948 St. Moritz	Did not participate
1952 Oslo	13	0	0	0	0	–
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	10	0	1	0	1	11
1960 Squaw Valley	41	0	0	0	0	–
1964 Innsbruck	47	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Grenoble	61	0	0	0	0	–
1972 Sapporo	85	1	1	1	3	11
1976 Innsbruck	58	0	0	0	0	–
1980 Lake Placid	50	0	1	0	1	15
1984 Sarajevo	39	0	1	0	1	14
1988 Calgary	48	0	0	1	1	16
1992 Albertville	60	1	2	4	7	11
1994 Lillehammer	59	1	2	2	5	11
1998 Nagano	156	5	1	4	10	7
2002 Salt Lake City	103	0	1	1	2	21
2006 Turin	110	1	0	0	1	18
2010 Vancouver	94	0	3	2	5	20
2014 Sochi	113	1	4	3	8	17
2018 Pyeongchang	124	4	5	4	13	11
2022 Beijing	Future event
2026 Milano Cortina	Future event
Total		14	22	22	58	16

Medals by summer sport

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Judo	39	19	26	84
Wrestling	32	21	16	69
Gymnastics	31	33	34	98
Swimming	22	26	32	80
Athletics	7	9	9	25
Volleyball	3	3	3	9
Weightlifting	2	3	9	14
Boxing	2	0	3	5
Shooting	1	2	3	6
Badminton	1	1	1	3
Softball	1	1	1	3
Equestrian	1	0	0	1
Synchronized swimming	0	4	10	14
Archery	0	3	2	5
Table tennis	0	2	2	4
Tennis	0	2	1	3
Fencing	0	2	0	2
Cycling	0	1	3	4
Baseball	0	1	2	3
Football	0	1	1	2
Sailing	0	1	1	2
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Canoeing and kayaking	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)	142	136	161	439

Medals by winter sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Speed skating	4	7	11	22
Ski jumping	3	5	4	12
Figure skating	3	3	1	7
Nordic combined	2	3	0	5
Freestyle skiing	1	0	3	4
Short track speed skating	1	0	2	3
Snowboarding	0	3	1	4
Alpine skiing	0	1	0	1
Curling	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)	14	22	23	59

Youth Games medal tables

Medals by Summer Youth Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2010 Singapore	8	5	3	16
2014 Nanjing	7	9	5	21
2018 Buenos Aires	15	12	12	39
Totals (3 entries)	30	26	20	76

Medals by Winter Youth Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2012 Innsbruck	2	5	9	16
2016 Lillehammer	2	4	0	6
2020 Lausanne	9	7	1	17
Totals (3 entries)	13	16	10	39

See also

• List of flag bearers for Japan at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Japan
• Japan at the Paralympics
• Japan at the Asian Games

External links

• "Japan". International Olympic Committee.
• "Japan". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/JPN". olympanalyt.com.