| Noc: | JPN |
| Nocname: | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1932 |
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| Location: | Los Angeles |
| Competitors: | 157 |
| Flagbearer: | Mikio Oda |
| Rank: | 5 |
| Gold: | 7 |
| Silver: | 7 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1912 |
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.
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.
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| Medals by sport | |||||||
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| Sport | bgcolor=f7f6a8 | bgcolor=dce5e5 | bgcolor=ffdab9 | Total | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |||
See main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Equestrian at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Field hockey at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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See main article: Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| 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 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics.