Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
| 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) | |
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
Aquatics
Swimming
Diving
Water polo
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 |  |  |  |  | |
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| 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
Japan v 
Republic of China | 7 August 1936 (1936-08-07) | 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
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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
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Gymnastics
Rowing
Japan had 16 rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1936.[3]
- Tsutomu Mitsudome
- Osamu Abe
- Taro Teshima (cox)
- Chikara Shirasaka
- Taichi Yamada
- Takashi Hatakeyama
- Yoichi Endo
- Taro Teshima (cox)
- 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.
- Norio Fujimura
- Minoru Takarabe
- Takuo Mitsui
Swimming
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
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