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.
| Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
.svg) | |
| IOC code | JPN |
| NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Berlin | |
| Competitors | 179 |
| Flag bearer | Kenkichi Oshima |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
|
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists edit
Athletics edit
Aquatics edit
Swimming edit
Diving edit
Water polo edit
Elimination rounds edit
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 | 
|
|
|
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
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
Third Round
Equestrian edit
Football edit
- Round of 16
- Quarter-finals
Field hockey edit
Group A edit
| 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 |
|
|
|
Gymnastics edit
Rowing edit
Japan had 16 rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1936.[3]
Sailing edit
Japan had 3 rowers participate in 2 out of four Sailing events in 1936.
- Norio Fujimura
- Minoru Takarabe
- Takuo Mitsui
Swimming edit
Wrestling edit
Art competitions edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
 | This article related to sports in Japan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This 1936 Olympics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |