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 | |
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IOC code | JPN |
NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Berlin | |
Competitors | 179 |
Flag bearer | Kenkichi Oshima |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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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
Aquatics
Swimming
Diving
Water polo
Basketball
First Round
7 August 1936 | Japan | 35–19 | Republic of China | Berlin, Germany |
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6:00 PM | 'Scoring by half: '15–10, 20–9 | |||
Second Round
Third Round
Equestrian
Football
- Round of 16
- Quarter-finals
Field hockey
Gymnastics
Sailing
Japan had 3 rowers participate in 2 out of four Sailing events in 1936.
- Norio Fujimura
- Minoru Takarabe
- Takuo Mitsui
Swimming
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
- 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
- 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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