Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics
| Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | JPN | ||||||||
| NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Flag bearer | Kenkichi Oshima | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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The Empire of Japan competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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 Gold | Tajima, NaotoNaoto Tajima | Athletics | Men's Triple Jump |
| Gold | Kee-chung, SohnSohn Kee-chung | Athletics | Men's Marathon[1][2] |
| Gold | Arai, ShigeoShigeo Arai, Shigeo Sugiura, Masaharu Taguchi, and Masanori Yusa | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay |
| Gold | Terada, NoboruNoboru Terada | Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
| Gold | Hamuro, TetsuoTetsuo Hamuro | Swimming | Men's 200m Breaststroke |
| Gold | Maehata, HidekoHideko Maehata | Swimming | Women's 200m Breaststroke |
 Silver | Nishida, ShuheiShuhei Nishida | Athletics | Men's Pole Vault |
| Silver | Harada, MasaoMasao Harada | Athletics | Men's Triple Jump |
| Silver | Yusa, MasanoriMasanori Yusa | Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle |
| Silver | Uto, ShumpeiShumpei Uto | Swimming | Men's 400m Freestyle |
 Bronze | Tajima, NaotoNaoto Tajima | Athletics | Men's Long Jump |
| Bronze | Ōe, SueoSueo Ōe | Athletics | Men's Pole Vault |
| Bronze | Sung-yong, NamNam Sung-yong | Athletics | Men's Marathon[1] |
| Bronze | Kiyokawa, MasajiMasaji Kiyokawa | Swimming | Men's 100m Backstroke |
| Bronze | Koike, ReizoReizo Koike | Swimming | Men's 200m Breaststroke |
| Bronze | Arai, ShigeoShigeo Arai | Swimming | Men's 100m Freestyle |
| Bronze | Makino, ShozoShozo Makino | Swimming | Men's 400m Freestyle |
| Bronze | Uto, ShumpeiShumpei Uto | Swimming | Men's 1500m Freestyle |
References
- 1 2 Both Sohn Kee-chung (Son Kitei) and Nam Sung-yong (Nan Shoryu) were Koreans, but since Korea was a Japanese colony at the time, they were required to use their legal and official names in Japanese pronunciations and are recorded under the Japanese spellings in the Olympic records
- ↑ IOC biography of Son Kitei
External links
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