Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The Empire of Japan competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 179 athletes competed in 13 sports and also participated in art competitions.

Japan at the
1936 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Berlin
Competitors179
Flag bearerKenkichi Oshima
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
6
Silver
4
Bronze
8
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

In art competitions, Japan won 2 bronze medals by Ryuji Fujita in paintings and also Sujaku Suzuki in drawing and water colours.

Medalists

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Aquatics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Basketball

First Round

Second Round

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)
4:00PM
 Japan 43–31  Poland
Scoring by half: 23–13, 20–18

Third Round

11 August 1936 (1936-08-11)
4:00 PM
 Mexico 28–22  Japan
Scoring by half: 12–8, 16–14

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Football
Main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Round of 16
Japan 3–2 Sweden
Kamo  49'
Ukon  62'
Matsunaga  85'		 Report Persson  24', 37'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Wilhelm Peters (Germany)
Quarter-finals
Italy 8–0 Japan
Frossi  14', 75', 80'
Biagi  32', 57', 81', 82'
Cappelli  89'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Otto Olsson (Sweden)

Field hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Japan had 16 rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1936.[3]

Men's coxed pair
Men's coxed four
Men's eight

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Japan had 3 rowers participate in 2 out of four Sailing events in 1936.

O-Jolle
  • Norio Fujimura
Star
  • Minoru Takarabe
  • Takuo Mitsui

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Art competitions
Main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References
  1. 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
  2. IOC biography of Son Kitei
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Japan Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.


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