The Empire of Japan competed at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Background

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

''Ranks given are within the heat.'' ;Field events ;Combined events –

Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

;Women ;Track & road events

Boxing

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Show jumping

Rowing

;Men

Swimming

Wrestling

;Men's Freestyle

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{Nations at the 1928 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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