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competed at the

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. 179 athletes competed in 13 sports and also participated in art competitions. In art competitions, Japan won 2 bronze medals by

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in paintings and also Sujaku Suzuki in drawing and water colours. As the country hosted the next Olympics that was supposed to be held Tokyo before cancellation, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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Athletics

Aquatics

Swimming

Diving

Water polo

Elimination rounds

In the first round each team in a group played each other team in the same group. The placings were determined on points. If the points were equal, then the better goal average decided. The first two teams of each group were qualified for the semi-finals, while the third and fourth placed team was eliminated. Group 3 Place:14th

Basketball

First Round Second Round Third Round

Equestrian

Football

;Round of 16 ;Quarter-finals

Field hockey

Group A

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Gymnastics

Rowing

Japan had 16 rowers participate in three out of seven

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events in 1936. ; Men's coxed pair * Tsutomu Mitsudome * Osamu Abe * Taro Teshima (cox) ; Men's coxed four * Chikara Shirasaka *

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* Takashi Hatakeyama * Yoichi Endo * Taro Teshima (cox) ; Men's eight * Tadashi Negishi * Masaru Kashiwahara * Shusui Sekigawa * Isamu Mita * Osamu Kitamura * Haruyoshi Nakagawa * Takeo Hori *

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* Tadashi Shimijima (cox)

Sailing

Japan had 3 rowers participate in 2 out of four

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events in 1936. ; O-Jolle * Norio Fujimura ;

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* Minoru Takarabe * Takuo Mitsui

Swimming

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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