Japan at the Olympics

Japan at the Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese) (in English)
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 152 152 180 484
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
Winter appearances
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 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 45 medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

The Japanese Olympic Committee was created in 1911 and recognized in 1912.^[1]

Hosted Games

Japan hosted the Games on three occasions, with a fourth occasion planned for 2020:

Medal tables

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 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 7 9 25 8 2012 London 295 7 14 17 38 11 2016 Rio de Janeiro 338 12 8 21 41 6 2020 Tokyo Future event Total 142 135 162 439 13

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 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 Future event 2022 Beijing Future event Total 10 17 18 45 17

Medals by summer sport    Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Judo 39 19 26 84 Wrestling 32 20 17 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 Softball 1 1 1 3 Badminton 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 Sailing 0 1 1 2 Football 0 1 1 2 Field hockey 0 1 0 1 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Canoeing and kayaking 0 0 1 1 Total 142 134 163 439

Medals by winter sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Ski jumping 3 5 3 11 Figure skating 2 2 1 5 Nordic combined 2 2 0 4 Speed skating 1 5 9 15 Short track speed skating 1 0 2 3 Freestyle skiing 1 0 2 3 Snowboarding 0 2 1 3 Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1 Total 10 17 18 45

References

See also

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

External links

• "Japan". International Olympic Committee. 
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. 
• "Japan". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21.