Japan at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Japan at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Japan at the; 1924 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Paris
Competitors	19 in 4 sports
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	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;

The Empire of Japan competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Background

Japan secured its first Olympic medals in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium; however, suffered from severe embarrassment when it found its Olympic team stranded in Belgium without the funds necessary to return home. The weaknesses of the Japan Amateur Athletic Association, which sponsored the team, exposed, the Japanese government agreed to subsidize future Olympic participation. Other preparation on a national level included the designation of November 3 as "National Fitness Day" with games held at the athletic grounds of Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.^[1]

For the 1924 Olympics, Japan fielded a team of 28 athletes, who competed in four events. The team was equipped by Mizuno Corp., which later became one of the world's leading sportswear and equipment manufacturers.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Katsutoshi Naito	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	July 14

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1

Aquatics

Swimming

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tsunenobu Ishida	100 m backstroke	1:26.0	4	did not advance
Tsunenobu Ishida	200 m breaststroke	3:09.2	4	did not advance
Torahiko Miyahata	100 m freestyle	1:04.2	3 q	DNS	—	did not advance
Kazuo Noda	400 m freestyle	5:43.8	3	did not advance
Kazuo Noda	1500 m freestyle	23:44.2	3	did not advance
Kazuo Onoda	100 m freestyle	1:05.4	3	did not advance
Kazuo Onoda	1500 m freestyle	DNF	—	did not advance
Giyo Saito	100 m backstroke	1:20.2	2 Q	1:19.8	4	did not advance
Katsuo Takaishi	100 m freestyle	1:04.0	1 Q	1:02.4	3 q	1:03.0	5
Katsuo Takaishi	1500 m freestyle	22:43.2	2 Q	21:48.6	2 Q	22:10.4	5
Torahiko Miyahata Kazuo Noda Kazuo Onoda Katsuo Takaishi	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	10:24.2	2 Q	10:12.4	3 q	10:15.2	4

Athletics

Eight athletes represented Japan in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport as well as the Games.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shizo Kanakuri	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Yahei Miura	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Tokushige Noto	400 m	51.7	2 Q	50.7	5	did not advance
	800 m	N/A		Unknown	4	did not advance
	Decathlon	N/A						5248.330	22
Mikio Oda	Long jump	N/A				6.83	3	did not advance
	Triple jump	N/A				14.35	3 Q	14.35	6
	High jump	N/A				1.80	4	did not advance
Katsuo Okazaki	5000 m	N/A				15:22.2	2 Q	Did not finish	12
Sasago Tani	100 m	Unknown	3	did not advance
Sasago Tani	200 m	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	3	did not advance
Kikunosuke Tashiro	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Seiichi Ueda	Pentathlon	N/A						Elim-3

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Masanosuke Fukuda	Singles	Bye	Wheatley (GBR) W 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	Timmer (NED) W 8–6, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4	Cochet (FRA) L 2–6, 1–6, 3–6	did not advance
Takeichi Harada	Singles	Bye	Žemla (TCH) W 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Cousin (FRA) W Retired	Gilbert (GBR) W 10–8, 2–6, 11–9, 6–2	de Morpurgo (ITA) L 4–6, 1–6, 1–6	did not advance
Asaji Honda	Singles	Borotra (FRA) L 3–6, 3–6, 5–7	did not advance
Sunao Okamoto	Singles	Bye	Koželuh (TCH) L 6–4, 5–7, 8–10, 6–4, 4–6	did not advance
Masanosuke Fukuda Asaji Honda	Doubles	—	van Lennep / Timmer (NED) W 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2	Flaquer / Saprisa (ESP) L 2–6, 3–6, 3–6	did not advance
Takeichi Harada Sunao Okamoto	Doubles	—	Thalbitzer / Bache (DEN) W 6–0, 6–0, 6–1	J. Alonso / M. Alonso (ESP) L 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6	did not advance

Wrestling

Freestyle wrestling

Men's

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katsutoshi Naito	Featherweight	Bye	Foubert (BEL) W	Reed (USA) L	Silver medal semifinal Chilcott (CAN) W Bronze medal semifinal Huupponen (FIN) W	Silver medal final Newton (USA) L Bronze medal final Hansson (SWE) W

Greco-Roman

Men's

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	Eighth round	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katsutoshi Naito	Featherweight	Vallmajo (ESP) W	Sánchez (ESP) W	Capron (FRA) L	Nord (NOR) L	did not advance				=8

References

Guttmann, Allen. Japanese Sports: A History. University of Hawaii Press (2001), ISBN 0824824644

External links

Notes

^ Guttman, Allen. Japanese Sports: A History (University of Hawaii Press, 2001), p. 119-120.

[1] Guttman, Allen. Japanese Sports: A History (University of Hawaii Press, 2001), p. 119-120.

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