| Games: | Summer Universiade |
| Games Link: | 1961 Summer Universiade |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Noc: | JPN |
| Nocname: | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Location: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Start Date: | 25 August |
| End Date: | 3 September 1961 |
| Gold: | 9 |
| Silver: | 5 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Rank: | 2 |
| Appearances: |
Japan participated at the 1961 Summer Universiade, in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1] Japan finished second in the medal table with 9 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals.[2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's springboard | unknown | ||||
| Men's platform | unknown | ||||
| Men's individual all-around | unknown | ||||
| Men's 100 m freestyle | unknown | ||||
| Men's 400 m freestyle | unknown | ||||
| Men's 100 m backstroke | unknown | ||||
| Men's 200 m butterfly | unknown | ||||
| Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay | unknown | ||||
| Men's 4x100 m medley relay | unknown | ||||
| September 1 | |||||
| September 1 | |||||
| Men's doubles | unknown | ||||
| Tomashiro Matsuki | Men's 1500 m freestyle | unknown | |||
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | unknown | ||||
| September 3 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Fukui | Men's 100 m freestyle | unknown | |||
| Tomashiro Matsuki | Men's 400 m freestyle | unknown | |||
| Men's 1500 m freestyle | unknown |
| Medals by sport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=120 | Sport | width=30 | Total | |||
| Swimming | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Diving | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Athletics | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | ||