Japan at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Japan at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Japan at the; 1932 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in Los Angeles
Competitors	157
Flag bearer	Mikio Oda
Medals ; Ranked 5th	Gold7Silver7Bronze4Total18
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Last updated December 24, 2025

The Empire of Japan competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. 131 athletes competed in 10 sports and also participated in art competitions.

Swimming became the most successful sport after collecting five gold medals, five silver medals and also two bronze medals. Takeichi Nishi also performed stunningly in equestrian and won Japan's first gold medal in the sport. The field hockey team also competed with two other teams from the United States and India, and won a silver medal.

With so many teams, Japan's delegation was the second largest, exceeded only by the United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chuhei Nambu	Athletics	Men's triple jump	August 4
Gold	Yasuji Miyazaki	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	August 7
Gold	Yasuji Miyazaki Masanori Yusa Takashi Yokoyama Hisakichi Toyoda	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 9
Gold	Masaji Kiyokawa	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 12
Gold	Yoshiyuki Tsuruta	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 13
Gold	Kusuo Kitamura	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 13
Gold	Takeichi Nishi	Equestrian	Individual jumping	August 14
Silver	Shuhei Nishida	Athletics	Men's pole vault	August 3
Silver	Tatsugo Kawaishi	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	August 7
Silver	Hideko Maehata	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 9
Silver	Shunkichi Hamada Junzo Inohara Sadayoshi Kobayashi Haruhiko Kon Kenichi Konishi Hiroshi Nagata Eiichi Nakamura Yoshio Sakai Katsumi Shibata Toshio Usami	Field hockey	Tournaments	August 11
Silver	Toshio Irie	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 12
Silver	Reizo Koike	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 13
Silver	Shozo Makino	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 13
Bronze	Chuhei Nambu	Athletics	Men's long jump	August 2
Bronze	Kenkichi Oshima	Athletics	Men's triple jump	August 4
Bronze	Tsutomu Ōyokota	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 10
Bronze	Kentaro Kawatsu	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 12

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	5	5	2	12
Athletics	1	1	2	4
Equestrian	1	0	0	1
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Total	7	7	4	18

Athletics

Aquatics

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tatsugo Kawaishi	100 m freestyle	59.8	6 q	59.0	2 Q	58.6

Yasuji Miyazaki		58.7	1 Q	58.0 OR	1 Q	58.2
Zenjiro Takahashi	59.5	3 Q	59.5	7 Q	59.2	5
Tsutomu Ōyokota	400 m freestyle	5:06.3	8 Q	4:52.8	4 Q	4:52.3
Noboru Sugimoto		5:00.2	6 Q	4:59.0	6 Q	4:56.1	5
Takashi Yokoyama		4:53.2 OR	1 Q	4:51.4 OR	1 Q	4:52.5	4
Sunao Ishiharada	1500 m freestyle	20:09.5	7 Q	20:31.2	9	Did not advance
Kusuo Kitamura		19:55.2	2 Q	19:51.6 OR	2 Q	19:12.4 OR
Shozo Makino		19:53.3	1 Q	19:38.7 OR	1 Q	19:14.1
Toshio Irie	100 m backstroke	1:11.3	5 Q	1:10.9	4 Q	1:09.8
Kentaro Kawatsu		1:10.9	4 q	1:10.2	3 Q	1:10.0
Masaji Kiyokawa		1:08.9	1 Q	1:09.0	1 Q	1:08.6
Reizo Koike	200 m breaststroke	2:46.2 =OR	=1 Q	2:44.9 OR	1 Q	2:46.6
Shigeo Nakagawa		2:55.0	8 Q	2:52.4	7 Q	2:52.8	6
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta		2:46.2 OR	=1 Q	2:45.4	2 Q	2:45.4
Yasuji Miyazaki Masanori Yusa Hisakichi Toyoda Takashi Yokoyama	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	N/a				8:58.4 WR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yukie Arata	100 m freestyle	1:16.1	15	Did not advance
Kazue Kojima		1:16.2	16	Did not advance
Hatsuho Matsuzawa		1:17.1	18	Did not advance
Hatsuko Morioka	400 m freestyle	6:07.4	11	Did not advance
Misao Yokota	100 m backstroke	N/a		1:25.1	9	Did not advance
Hideko Maehata	200 m breaststroke	N/a		3:10.7	2 Q	3:06.4
Kazue Kojima Hatsuko Morioka Misao Yokota Yukie Arata	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	N/a				5:06.7 NR	5

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Kazuo Kobayashi	3 m springboard	133.76	6
Tetsutaro Namae	3 m springboard	125.18	8
Hidekatsu Ishida	10 m platform	75.92	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Etsuko Kamakura	3 m springboard	60.78	7
Etsuko Kamakura	10 m platform	31.36	6

Water polo

7 August


United States	10 – 0	Japan

8 August


Hungary	18 – 0^[1]	Japan

12 August


Germany	10 – 0	Japan

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	HUN	GER	USA	JPN
	Hungary	3	3	0	0	31	2	+29	6		6–2	7–0	18–0
	Germany	3	1	1	1	16	10	+6	3	2–6		4–4	10–0
	United States	3	1	1	1	14	11	+3	3	0–7	4–4		10–0
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38	0	0–18	0–10	0–10

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Boxing

Equestrian

Field hockey

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	2	0	35	2	+33	2
Japan	2	1	1	10	13	−3	1
United States (H)	2	0	2	3	33	−30	0

Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts

Matches

4 August 1932

India	11–1^[2]	Japan
Roop Singh(3) Kullar(3) Carr (1) Chand (4)		Inohara(1)

8 August 1932

Japan	9–2	United States
Inohara(4)

Gymnastics

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rokuro Takahashi Norio Ban Umetaro Shibata Daikichi Suzuki Shokichi Nanba	Coxed four	7:16.8	3 R	7:47.0	4	Did not advance	6
Yoshio Enomoto Shigeo Fujiwara Saburo Hara Kenzo Ikeda Setsuo Matsura Taro Nishidono Hidemitsu Tanaka Setsuji Tanaka Toshi Sano	Eight	6:43.4	3 R	7:22.6	3	Did not advance	7

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

↑ 17-0 in the 1932 Official book, but 18-0 in 1932 newspapers which gave the goalscorers
↑ "India vs. Japan". Bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

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[1] 17-0 in the 1932 Official book, but 18-0 in 1932 newspapers which gave the goalscorers

[2] "India vs. Japan". Bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

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