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)

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. In art competitions, Japan won 2 bronze medals by Ryuji Fujita in paintings and also Sujaku Suzuki in drawing and water colours. As the country hosted the next Olympics that was supposed to be held Tokyo before cancellation, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

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

Elimination rounds

In the first round each team in a group played each other team in the same group. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the semi-finals, while the third and fourth placed team was eliminated.

Group 3

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Germany France Czechoslovakia Japan
1.  Germany (GER) 3 3 0 0 27 3 6 X 8:1 6:1 13:1
2.  France (FRA) 3 2 0 1 12 10 4 1:8 X 3:2 8:0
3.  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3 1 0 2 7 12 2 1:6 2:3 X 4:3
4.  Japan (JPN) 3 0 0 3 4 25 0 1:13 0:8 3:4 X

Place:14th

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'
Hertha-BSC Field, Berlin
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
Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Otto Olsson (Sweden)

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 6 Semi-finals
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 8 11 −3 4
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 2
4  United States 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0
Source: TheSports.org
5 August 1936
16:30
Japan  5–1  United States
Report
Umpires:
J. Schenkmann (SUI)
A. Lepètre (FRA)
8 August 1936
18:00
Japan  3–1  Hungary
Report
10 August 1936
16:30
India  9–0  Japan
Report

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
Star

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. ^ a b Both Sohn Kee-chung (Kitei Son) and Nam Sung-yong (Shōryu Nan) 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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