Japan at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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.

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)
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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Naoto Tajima Athletics Men's triple jump August 6  Gold Kitei Son Athletics Men's marathon[1][2] August 9  Gold Hideko Maehata Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke August 11  Gold Shigeo Arai Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Masanori Yusa Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay August 11  Gold Tetsuo Hamuro Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 15  Gold Noboru Terada Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 15  Silver Shuhei Nishida Athletics Men's pole vault August 5  Silver Masao Harada Athletics Men's triple jump August 6  Silver Masanori Yusa Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 9  Silver Shumpei Uto Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle August 12  Bronze Naoto Tajima Athletics Men's long jump August 4  Bronze Sueo Ōe Athletics Men's pole vault August 5  Bronze Shōryū Nan Athletics Men's marathon[1] August 9  Bronze Shigeo Arai Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 9  Bronze Shozo Makino Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle August 12  Bronze Masaji Kiyokawa Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 14  Bronze Reizo Koike Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 15  Bronze Shumpei Uto Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 15

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 4 2 5 11 Athletics 2 2 3 7 Total 6 4 8 18

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shigeo Arai	100 m freestyle	57.7	1 Q	57.9	2 Q	58.0
Masaharu Taguchi		57.5 OR	1 Q	57.9	1 Q	58.1	4
Masanori Yusa		57.8	1 Q	57.5 =OR	1 Q	57.9
Shozo Makino	400 m freestyle	4:51.3	1 Q	4:48.2	=1 Q	4:48.1
Hiroshi Negami		4:52.6	1 Q	4:55.4	3 Q	4:53.6	5
Shunpei Uto		4:45.5 OR	1 Q	4:48.4	1 Q	4:45.6
Sunao Ishiharada	1500 m freestyle	19:55.8	1 Q	19.53.9	2 Q	19:48.5	4
Noboru Terada		19:55.5	=1 Q	19:48.6	1 Q	19:13.7
Shunpei Uto		19:48.3	1 Q	19:55.6	3 Q	19:34.5
Masaji Kiyokawa	100 m backstroke	1:07.2	2 Q	1:09.7	2 Q	1:08.4
Yasuhiko Kojima		1:09.7	1 Q	1:09.9	3 Q	1:10.4	6
Kiichi Yoshida		1:10.0	1 Q	1:09.5	4 q	1:09.7	5
Tetsuo Hamuro	200 m breaststroke	2:42.5 OR	1 Q	2:43.4	1 Q	2:41.5
Saburo Ito		2:45.8	1 Q	2:45.5	3 Q	2:47.6	5
Reizo Koike		2:43.8	1 Q	2:44.5	1 Q	2:44.2
Masanori Yusa Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Shigeo Arai	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		8:56.1	1 Q	8:51.5 WR

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tsuneko Furuta	100 m freestyle	1:14.6	6	Did not advance
Kazue Kojima		1:11.0	2 Q	1:11.1	7 Q	Did not advance
Rei Takemura		1:14.6	7	Did not advance
Kazue Kojima	400 m freestyle	5:50.4	3 Q	5:43.5	3 Q	5:43.1	6
Hatsuko Morioka		5:51.0	4 q	5:49.1	6	Did not advance
Hideko Maehata	200 m breaststroke	3:01.9 OR	1 Q	3:03.1	1 Q	3:03.6
Unoko Tsuboi		3:15.0	3 Q	3:18.4	6	Did not advance
Tsuneko Furuta Kazue Kojima Hatsuko Morioka Rei Takemura	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:58.1 NR	4	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Tomio Koyanagi	3 m springboard	133.07	8
Tsuneo Shibahara		144.92	4
Tomio Koyanagi	10 m platform	94.54	8
Tsuneo Shibahara		107.40	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Fusako Kōno	3 m springboard	70.27	8
Masayo Ōsawa		73.94	6
Fusako Kōno	10 m platform	30.24	6
Masayo Ōsawa		28.10	14
Reiko Ōsawa		32.53	4

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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
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

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)	Japan	35–19	Republic of China	Berlin, Germany
6:00 PM	Scoring by half: 15–10, 20–9

 Japan v  Republic of China

Second Round

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09) 4:00PM

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

Berlin, Germany

Third Round

11 August 1936 (1936-08-11) 4:00 PM

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

Berlin, Germany

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Football

Main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Round of 16

Japan	3–2	Sweden
Kamo 49' Ukon 62' Matsunaga 85'	Report	Persson 24', 37'

4 August 1936 (1936-08-04)

17:30

Hertha-BSC Field, Berlin

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Wilhelm Peters (Germany)

Quarter-finals

Italy	8–0	Japan
Frossi 14', 75', 80' Biagi 32', 57', 81', 82' Cappelli 89'	Report

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07)

17:30

Mommsenstadion, Berlin

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Otto Olsson (Sweden)

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Group A

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

Source: TheSports.org

5 August 1936 16:30 Japan  5–1  United States Report Umpires: J. Schenkmann (SUI) A. Lepètre (FRA)

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8 August 1936 18:00 Japan  3–1  Hungary Report

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10 August 1936 16:30 India  9–0  Japan Report

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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

O-Jolle

• Norio Fujimura

Star

• Minoru Takarabe
• Takuo Mii

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics