| Noc: | JPN |
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| Games: | Olympics |
| Nocname: | Japanese Olympic Committee |
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| Rank: | 10 |
| Gold: | 206 |
| Silver: | 191 |
| Bronze: | 221 |
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.[1]
Japan have hosted the Games on four occasions, including the 2020 Summer Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic):
| Games | Dates | Host city | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10–24 October 1964 | Tokyo | ||
| 3–13 February 1972 | Sapporo | ||
| 7–22 February 1998 | Nagano | ||
| 23 July – 8 August 2021 | Tokyo |
| Games | Host city | Relocation prior to cancellation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Sapporo | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| Games | City | Winner of bid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | Rome, Italy | ||
| Sapporo | Grenoble, France | ||
| Sapporo | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | ||
| Seoul, South Korea | |||
| Beijing, China | |||
| Tokyo | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table.
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| did not participate | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 8 | |||
| did not participate | |||||||
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 3 | |||
| 11 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 3 | |||
| 13 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 5 | |||
| 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 5 | |||
| did not participate | |||||||
| 10 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 5 | |||
| 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 6 | |||
| 27 | 14 | 17 | 58 | 3 | |||
| 20 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 3 | |||
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| Total (24/30) | 5,142 | 189 | 162 | 191 | 542 | 8 | |
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| did not participate | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | |||
| 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | |||
| Total (23/24) | 1,448 | 17 | 29 | 30 | 76 | 17 | |
See main article: All-time Youth Olympic Games medal table.
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.
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.
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)
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."[2]