Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Japan at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Berlin
Competitors	179
Flag bearer	Kenkichi Oshima
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze 8 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;

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.

Medalists

Athletics

Aquatics

Swimming

Diving

Water polo

Basketball

First Round

7 August 1936	Japan	35–19	Republic of China	Berlin, Germany
6:00 PM	'Scoring by half: '15–10, 20–9

Second Round

9 August 1936
4:00PM

Japan	43–31	Poland
Scoring by half: 23–13, 20–18

Berlin, Germany

Third Round

11 August 1936
4:00 PM

Mexico	28–22	Japan
Scoring by half: 12–8, 16–14

Berlin, Germany

Equestrian

Football

Round of 16

4 August 1936

17:30

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

7 August 1936

17:30

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

Gymnastics

Rowing

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

Men's coxed pair

Tsutomu Mitsudome
Osamu Abe
Taro Teshima (cox)

Men's coxed four

Chikara Shirasaka
Taichi Yamada
Takashi Hatakeyama
Yoichi Endo
Taro Teshima (cox)

Men's eight

Tadashi Negishi
Masaru Kashiwahara
Shusui Sekigawa
Isamu Mita
Osamu Kitamura
Haruyoshi Nakagawa
Takeo Hori
Yoshiteru Suzuki
Tadashi Shimijima (cox)

Sailing

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

O-Jolle

Norio Fujimura

Star

Minoru Takarabe
Takuo Mitsui

Swimming

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ ^a ^b 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.

External links

[Korean-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.

[3]