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. As the country hosted the next Olympics that was supposed to be held Tokyo before cancellation, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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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

Place:14th

Basketball
First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Football

 * Round of 16


 * Quarter-finals

Rowing
Japan had 16 rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1936.


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


 * O-Jolle
 * Norio Fujimura
 * Star
 * Minoru Takarabe
 * Takuo Mitsui