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Japan at the Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in English and Japanese)
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 206 Silver 191 Bronze 221 Total 618
Summer appearances
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Winter appearances
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

Japan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912, and has competed at almost every Games since then. The nation was not invited to the 1948 Games after World War II, and was part of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Japan won its first medals in 1920, and its first gold medals in 1928. Japanese athletes have won 542 medals at the Summer Olympic Games (except art competitions), with the most gold medals won in judo, gymnastics, wrestling, and swimming, as of the end of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Japan has also won 76 medals at the Winter Olympic Games. Its most successful Olympics is the 2020 Games hosted in Tokyo.

The Japanese Olympic Committee was created in 1911 and recognized in 1912.

Hosted Games

Japan have hosted the Games on four occasions, including the 2020 Summer Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic):

Cancelled games

Unsuccessful bids

Medal tables

  Host country

Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total  Judo 51 23 30 104  Wrestling 45 23 19 87  Gymnastics 36 34 37 107  Swimming 24 28 32 84  Athletics 8 10 10 28  Skateboarding 5 3 1 9  Volleyball 3 3 3 9  Fencing 3 3 2 8  Boxing 3 0 5 8  Weightlifting 2 3 10 15  Softball 2 1 1 4  Table tennis 1 4 5 10  Shooting 1 2 3 6  Badminton 1 1 4 6  Baseball 1 1 2 4  Karate 1 1 1 3  Equestrian 1 0 1 2  Breaking 1 0 0 1  Artistic swimming 0 4 10 14  Archery 0 3 4 7  Cycling 0 2 3 5  Sailing 0 2 1 3  Sport climbing 0 2 1 3  Tennis 0 2 1 3  Football 0 1 1 2  Golf 0 1 1 2  Surfing 0 1 1 2  Basketball 0 1 0 1  Diving 0 1 0 1  Field hockey 0 1 0 1  Modern pentathlon 0 1 0 1  Canoeing 0 0 1 1  Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Totals (33 entries) 189 162 191 542

Medals by winter sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total  Speed skating 5 10 11 26  Ski jumping 4 6 4 14  Figure skating 3 5 3 11  Nordic combined 2 3 2 7  Snowboarding 1 3 3 7  Freestyle skiing 1 0 4 5  Short track speed skating 1 0 2 3  Curling 0 1 1 2  Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1 Totals (9 entries) 17 29 30 76

Youth Games medal tables

Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Gymnastics 7 3 3 13 Wrestling 6 0 2 8 Athletics 3 7 3 13 Swimming 3 2 5 10 Judo 3 0 1 4 Table tennis 2 5 0 7 Karate 1 3 0 4 Tennis 1 1 1 3 Fencing 1 1 0 2 Sport climbing 1 1 0 2 Dancesport 1 0 1 2 Triathlon 1 0 0 1 Badminton 0 1 1 2 Boxing 0 1 1 2 Futsal 0 1 0 1 Cycling 0 0 1 1 Rugby 0 0 1 1 Totals (17 entries) 30 26 20 76

Medals by winter sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Snowboarding 5 3 1 9 Speed skating 3 6 5 14 Figure skating 2 1 0 3 Ice hockey 2 0 1 3 Ski jumping 1 1 1 3 Nordic combined 0 1 1 2 Short track speed skating 0 1 1 2 Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1 Cross-country skiing 0 1 0 1 Curling 0 1 0 1 Totals (10 entries) 13 16 10 39

Hosted Olympics mottos

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics marks Japan hosting its first Olympic Games. It was held in the capital Tokyo. It was also the first time it was held in Asia.

1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympics marks the second time Olympics held in Japan. It was the first time held outside Tokyo because it was held at Sapporo.

Because of its snowy geographic, Japan would hosts its first Winter Olympics. It was also the first winter olympics held in Asia.

1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics was the third time Japan hosted the Olympics and second for Winter. Was held at Nagano. The motto of the games is Coexistence with Nature (自然との共存)

2020 Summer Olympics

The 2020 Summer Olympics marks the fourth time the Olympics was held in Japan. It was the first time it was held one year late (2021 instead of 2020) following the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. It marks the second time it was held in Tokyo. Its motto was United by Emotion (感動で、私たちはひとつになる). During that time, only the English version was used.

This motto appeals that "Sports enable us to overcome different environments and become one world through emotions such as joy and excitement that the athletes' competitive performances bring together in our hearts."

See also

• List of flag bearers for Japan at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Japan
• Japan at the Paralympics
• Japan at the Asian Games

Notes

References

1. Japan | Japanese Olympic Committee | National Olympic Committee". Olympic.org.
2. "'United by Emotion': Everything you need to know about the Opening Ceremony for Tokyo 2020". Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. 2021-07-16. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-08-17. What does 'United by Emotion' mean?

External links

• "Japan". International Olympic Committee. November 2021.
• "Japan". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/JPN". olympanalyt.com.

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