Japan at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The Japan Amateur Athletic Federation (Nihon Rikujo Kyogi Renmei), founded in 1925, officially took over sponsorship of the Japanese Olympic team from the Japan Amateur Athletic Association in 1928. Japanese government sponsorship of the Olympic effort continued, both financially, and through expansion of the annual Meiji Shrine Games to include a wider variety of sports, including archery, basketball, field hockey, rowing, table tennis, volleyball and equestrian sports.[1]

The games became the qualifying event for the Japanese Olympic team, which now for the first time included a woman (Kinue Hitomi). For the 1928 Olympics, Japan fielded 43 athletes.

Kinue Hitomi:Silver Medalist of Woman's 800m Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Iwao Aizawa	Men's 100 m	?	x	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m	22.6	x	Did not advance
Juichi Nagatani	Men's 10000 m	?	19	Did not advance
	Men's Marathon	x	x	x	x	3:03.34	48
Yoshio Miki	Men's 110 m hurdles	?	x	Did not advance
Kanematsu Yamada	Men's Marathon	x	x	x	x	2:35.29	4
Seiichiro Tsuda	Men's Marathon	x	x	x	x	2:36.20	6
Mikio Oda	Men's Long Jump	7.11	11	Did not advance
	Men's Triple Jump	15.21	1	x	x	15.21
	Men's High Jump	1.83	1	x	x	1.88	7
Chūhei Nambu	Men's Long Jump	7.25	9	Did not advance
	Men's Triple Jump	15.01	2	x	x	15.01	4
Kazuo Kimura	Men's High Jump	1.83	1	x	x	1.88	6
Yonetaro Nakazawa	Men's Pole Vault	3.66	1	x	x	3.90	6
	Men's decathlon	x	x	x	x	4795	22
Yoshio Okita	Men's Discus Throw	x	x	36.38	30	Did not advance
	Men's Hammer Throw	x	x	44.41	15	Did not advance
Ichiro Furuyama	Men's Discus Throw	x	x	37.89	27	Did not advance
Kosaku Sumiyoshi	Men's Javelin Throw	x	x	59.05	13	Did not advance
Tatsuo Toki	Men's decathlon	x	x	x	x	5794	12
Kinue Hitomi	Women's 800 metres	2:26:04	QF	x	x	2:17:06

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database