Japan at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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.

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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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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Chuhei Nambu Athletics Men's triple jump August 4  Gold Yasuji Miyazaki Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 7  Gold Yasuji Miyazaki Masanori Yusa Takashi Yokoyama Hisakichi Toyoda Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay August 9  Gold Masaji Kiyokawa Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 12  Gold Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 13  Gold Kusuo Kitamura Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 13  Gold Takeichi Nishi Equestrian Individual jumping August 14  Silver Shuhei Nishida Athletics Men's pole vault August 3  Silver Tatsugo Kawaishi Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 7  Silver Hideko Maehata Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke August 9  Silver Shunkichi Hamada Junzo Inohara Sadayoshi Kobayashi Haruhiko Kon Kenichi Konishi Hiroshi Nagata Eiichi Nakamura Yoshio Sakai Katsumi Shibata Toshio Usami Field hockey Tournaments August 11  Silver Toshio Irie Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 12  Silver Reizo Koike Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 13  Silver Shozo Makino Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 13  Bronze Chuhei Nambu Athletics Men's long jump August 2  Bronze Kenkichi Oshima Athletics Men's triple jump August 4  Bronze Tsutomu Ōyokota Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle August 10  Bronze Kentaro Kawatsu Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 12

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 5 5 2 12 Athletics 1 1 2 4 Equestrian 1 0 0 1 Field hockey 0 1 0 1 Total 7 7 4 18

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics

• 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

Main article: Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics

• 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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

Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts

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

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Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics

References

1. 17-0 in the 1932 Official book, but 18-0 in 1932 newspapers which gave the goalscorers
2. "India vs. Japan". Bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database