Japan at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Japan at the 1932 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	157
Flag bearer	Mikio Oda
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 7 Silver 7 Bronze 4 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Empire of Japan competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. 131 athletes competed in 10 sports and also participated in art competitions.

Swimming became the most successful sport after collecting five gold medals, five silver medals and also two bronze medals. Takeichi Nishi also performed stunningly in equestrian and won Japan's first gold medal in the sport. The field hockey team also competed with two other teams from the United States and India, and won a silver medal.

With so many teams, Japan's delegation was the second largest, exceeded only by the United States.

Medalists

Athletics

Aquatics

Swimming

Diving

• Men's 3 metre springboard
• Kazuo Kobayashi - 133.76(6th Place)
• Tetsutaro Namae - 125.18(8th Place)
• Men's 10 metre platform
• Hidekatsu Ishida - 75.92(8th Place)

• Women's 3 metre springboard
• Etsuko Kamakura - 60.78(7th Place)
• Women's 10 metre platform
• Etsuko Kamakura - 31.36(6th Place)

Water polo

• 7 August

United States	10 – 0	Japan

• 8 August

Hungary	18 – 0[1]	Japan

• 12 August

Germany	10 – 0	Japan

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		HUN	GER	USA	JPN
	Hungary (HUN)	3	3	0	0	31	2	+29	6			6–2	7–0	18–0
	Germany (GER)	3	1	1	1	16	10	+6	3		2–6		4–4	10–0
	United States (USA)	3	1	1	1	14	11	+3	3		0–7	4–4		10–0
4	Japan (JPN)	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38	0		0–18	0–10	0–10

Boxing

Equestrian

Field hockey

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	India	2	2	0	0	35	2	+33	2
	Japan	2	1	0	1	10	13	−3	1
	United States (H)	2	0	0	2	3	33	−30	0

Matches

4 August 1932 India  11–1[2]  Japan Roop Singh(3) Kullar(3) Carr (1) Chand (4) Inohara(1)

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8 August 1932 Japan  9–2  United States Inohara(4)

Gymnastics

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rokuro Takahashi Norio Ban Umetaro Shibata Daikichi Suzuki Shokichi Nanba	Coxed four	7:16.8	3 R	7:47.0	4	Did not advance	6
Yoshio Enomoto Shigeo Fujiwara Saburo Hara Kenzo Ikeda Setsuo Matsura Taro Nishidono Hidemitsu Tanaka Setsuji Tanaka Toshi Sano	Eight	6:43.4	3 R	7:22.6	3	Did not advance	7

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database