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Winter Olympics · Delegation · 1956–2026 · 15 Games on the podium
Japan
100 medals — 22 gold, 36 silver, 42 bronze — 17th in the all-time table by gold, then silver, then bronze. Best sport: Speed skating (5 gold). Delegations stay as the source names them; historical teams are not merged into their successors.
Open in the atlas →Gold22
Silver36
Bronze42
Medals1009 sports
Games151956–2026
Games by Games
| Games | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Milano Cortina | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 2022 Beijing | 12 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 2014 Sochi | 17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 Turin | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 Nagano | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1992 Albertville | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 1988 Calgary | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 Sarajevo | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 Lake Placid | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1972 Sapporo | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By sport
| Sport | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Speed skating | 5 | 29 |
| Snowboarding | 5 | 16 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | 18 |
| Figure skating | 4 | 17 |
| Nordic combined | 2 | 7 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 7 |
| Short-track speed skating | 1 | 3 |
| Curling | 0 | 2 |
| Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 |
Most decorated
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Miho Takagi | 2 | 10 |
| Takanori Kono | 2 | 3 |
| Kazuyoshi Funaki | 2 | 3 |
| Nana Takagi | 2 | 3 |
| Kenji Ogiwara | 2 | 2 |
| Yuzuru Hanyu | 2 | 2 |
| Masahiko Harada | 1 | 3 |
| Hiroyasu Shimizu | 1 | 3 |
| Nao Kodaira | 1 | 3 |
| Ayumu Hirano | 1 | 3 |
| Ayano Sato | 1 | 3 |
| Riku Miura | 1 | 3 |
| Ryuichi Kihara | 1 | 3 |
| Ryōyū Kobayashi | 1 | 3 |
| Kokomo Murase | 1 | 3 |