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Japan at the Olympics

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IOC code
  
JPN

152
  
180

152
  
152

Japan at the Olympics

NOC
  
Japanese Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.joc.or.jp (Japanese) (English)

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 152 152 180 484

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 Japan was part of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

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Japan won its first medals in 1920, and its first gold medals in 1928. Japanese athletes have won 439 medals at the Summer Olympic Games (Except Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics), with the most gold medals won in judo. Japan has also won 45 medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

The Japanese Olympic Committee was created in 1911 and recognized in 1912.

Hosted Games

Japan hosted the Games on three occasions, with a fourth occasion planned for 2020:

Medal tables

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

References

Japan at the Olympics Wikipedia


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