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Japan at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Japan at the
1928 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Amsterdam
Competitors43
Flag bearer Yonetaro Nakazawa
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Empire of Japan competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Background

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The Japan Amateur Athletic Federation (Nihon Rikujo Kyogi Renmei), founded in 1925, officially took over sponsorship of the Japanese Olympic team from the Japan Amateur Athletic Association in 1928. Japanese government sponsorship of the Olympic effort continued, both financially, and through expansion of the annual Meiji Shrine Games to include a wider variety of sports, including archery, basketball, field hockey, rowing, table tennis, volleyball and equestrian sports.[1]

The games became the qualifying event for the Japanese Olympic team, which now for the first time included a woman (Kinue Hitomi). For the 1928 Olympics, Japan fielded 43 athletes.

Medalists

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Athletics

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Kinue Hitomi:Silver medalist of Woman's 800m Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games
Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Iwao Aizawa Men's 100 m ? 4 Did not advance
Men's 200 m 22.6 3 Did not advance
Yoshio Miki Men's 110 m hurdles 15.4 1 Q ? 6 Did not advance
Juichi Nagatani Men's 10000 m ? 19 Did not advance
Men's Marathon — 3:03.34 48
Seiichiro Tsuda — 2:36.20 6
Kanematsu Yamada — 2:35.29 4
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ichiro Furuyama Discus throw 37.89 27 Did not advance
Kazuo Kimura High jump 1.83 1 Q 1.88 6
Yonetaro Nakazawa Pole vault 3.66 1 Q 3.90 6
Chūhei Nambu Long jump 7.25 9 Did not advance
Triple jump 15.01 2 Q 15.01 4
Mikio Oda Long jump 7.11 11 Did not advance
Triple jump 15.21 1 Q 15.21
High jump 1.83 1 Q 1.88 7
Yoshio Okita Discus throw 36.38 30 Did not advance
Hammer throw 44.41 15 Did not advance
Kosaku Sumiyoshi Javelin throw 59.05 13 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 100H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Yonetaro Nakazawa Result 12.4 6.04 10.37 1.75 1:01.8 18.4 31.43 3.70 40.33 5:54.6 4795 22
Points 531 595 508 585 350 464 493 535 447 287
Tatsuo Toki Result 11.6 6.90 11.03 1.75 54.4 16.8 34.01 3.10 45.83 5:10.8 5794 12
Points 683 790 548 585 617 620 544 381 527 499
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Kinue Hitomi 800 m 2:26:04 Q — 2:17:06

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Fuji Okamoto Bantamweight BYE  Traynor (IRL)
L 		Did not advance
Kintaro Usuda Welterweight  Fernández (ESP)
W 		 Hall (RHO)
W 		 Smillie (CAN)
L 		Did not advance

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Swimmer Event Heats Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Fumio Takashina Men's 3 m springboard 139.82 8 QF x x 139.78 9

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Dressage

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Equestrian Horse Event Final
Score Rank
Kozeki Okada Takushu Dressage 193.70 20
Kohei Yusa Sakigake 166.96 28

Eventing

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Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Shunzo Kido Kyngun Individual 200.66 17 1432.0 6 1632.66 8 180.0 26 1812.66 21

Show jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Time Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Shigetomo Yoshida Kyuzan Individual DSQ Did not advance

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Repechage Round 3 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kinichiro Ishii Single Sculls DNF 15 Did not advance
Kazuo Nose
Makoto Tsushida
Isamu Takashima
Hachiro Sato
Tsukasa Sonobe 		Coxed four 7:49.0 2 R 7:51.4 2 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Tsuruta:Gold medalist of Man's 200m Breaststroke at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nobuo Arai Men's 400 m freestyle 5:23.4 10 QQ DNS Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 21:35:4 9 QQ DNS Did not advance
Toshio Irie Men's 100 m backstroke 1:13.4 3 QQ 1:14.0 3 QF 1:13.6 4
Shourai Kimura Men's 100 m backstroke DNS Did not advance
Yuki Mawatari Men's 200 m breaststroke DNS Did not advance
Katsuo Takaishi Men's 100 m freestyle 1:01.2 4 QQ 1:00.0 1 QF 1:00.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 400 m freestyle 5:22.8 9 QF DNS Did not advance
Takaji Takebayashi Men's 1500 m freestyle 22:30.4 9 QQ DNF — Did not advance
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:50.0 1 OR 2:49.2 1 OR 2:48.8 1st place, gold medalist(s) OR
Hiroshi Yoneyama 400 metre freestyle 5:17.8 3 QQ DNS Did not advance
Nobuo Arai
Tokuhei Sada
Katsuo Takaishi
Hiroshi Yoneyama 		4×200 metre freestyle relay 9:42.6 2 QF — 9:41.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Men's Freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result 		Round 2
Result 		Round 3
Result 		Round 4
Result 		Round 5
Result 		Round 6
Result 		Rank Final round
Result 		Rank
Isuke Shinmen −65 kg BYE  Hans Mollet (SUI)
L F 		— 8 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ Guttman, Allen. Japanese Sports: A History (University of Hawaii Press, 2001), p. 119-120.
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