Japan

542 medals — 189 gold, 162 silver, 191 bronze — 8th in the all-time table by gold, then silver, then bronze. Best sport: Judo (51 gold). Delegations stay as the source names them; historical teams are not merged into their successors.

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Gold189

Silver162

Bronze191

Medals54233 sports

Games231920–2024

Games by Games

Games	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2024 Paris	3	20	12	13	45
2020 Tokyo	3	27	14	17	58
2016 Rio de Janeiro	6	12	8	21	41
2012 London	11	7	14	17	38
2008 Beijing	8	9	8	8	25
2004 Athens	5	16	9	12	37
2000 Sydney	15	5	8	5	18
1996 Atlanta	23	3	6	5	14
1992 Barcelona	17	3	8	11	22
1988 Seoul	14	4	3	7	14
1984 Los Angeles	7	10	8	14	32
1976 Montreal	5	9	6	10	25
1972 Munich	5	13	8	8	29
1968 Mexico City	3	11	7	7	25
1964 Tokyo	3	16	5	8	29
1960 Rome	8	4	7	7	18
1956 Melbourne & Stockholm	10	4	10	5	19
1952 Helsinki	17	1	6	2	9
1936 Berlin	8	6	4	8	18
1932 Los Angeles	5	7	7	4	18
1928 Amsterdam	15	2	2	1	5
1924 Paris	24	0	0	1	1
1920 Antwerp	17	0	2	0	2

By sport

Sport	Gold	Medals
Judo	51	104
Wrestling	45	87
Gymnastics	36	107
Swimming	24	84
Athletics	8	28
Skateboarding	5	9
Volleyball	3	9
Boxing	3	8
Fencing	3	8
Weightlifting	2	15
Softball	2	4
Table tennis	1	10
Shooting	1	6
Badminton	1	6
Baseball	1	4
Karate	1	3
Equestrian	1	2
Breaking	1	1
Artistic swimming	0	14
Archery	0	7
Cycling	0	5
Tennis	0	3
Sailing	0	3
Sport climbing	0	3
Football	0	2
Golf	0	2
Surfing	0	2
Field hockey	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1
Canoeing	0	1
Basketball	0	1
Diving	0	1
Modern pentathlon	0	1

Most decorated

Athlete	Gold	Medals
Sawao Kato	8	12
Akinori Nakayama	6	10
Takashi Ono	5	13
Mitsuo Tsukahara	5	9
Kosuke Kitajima	4	7
Yukio Endo	4	6
Kaori Icho	4	4
Eizo Kenmotsu	3	9
Kōhei Uchimura	3	7
Saori Yoshida	3	4
Daiki Hashimoto	3	4
Shinnosuke Oka	3	4
Tadahiro Nomura	3	3
Shuji Tsurumi	2	6
Koji Gushiken	2	5