| Naoto Tajima (left) with Jesse Owens and Luz Long, 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics; Wikimedia Commons |
| IMPERIAL JAPAN WAS THE 8TH RANKED NATION WINNING MEDALS AT THE 1936 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES IN BERLIN (GERMANY WAS #1 AND THE USA WAS #2). |
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| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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 Gold | Shigeo Arai, Shigeo Sugiura, Masaharu Taguchi, andMasanori Yusa | Swimming | Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay |
| Gold | Noboru Terada | Swimming | Men’s 1500m Freestyle |
| Gold | Tetsuo Hamuro | Swimming | Men’s 200m Breaststroke |
| Gold | Hideko Maehata | Swimming | Women’s 200m Breaststroke |
| Gold | Naoto Tajima | Athletics | Men’s Triple Jump |
| Gold | Son Kitei | Athletics | Men’s Marathon[1][2] |
 Silver | Masao Harada | Athletics | Men’s Triple Jump |
| Silver | Shuhei Nishida | Athletics | Men’s Pole Vault |
| Silver | Shumpei Uto | Swimming | Men’s 400m Freestyle |
| Silver | Masanori Yusa | Swimming | Men’s 100m Freestyle |
 Bronze | Sueo Ōe | Athletics | Men’s Pole Vault |
| Bronze | Nan Shoryu | Athletics | Men’s Marathon[1] |
| Bronze | Naoto Tajima | Athletics | Men’s Long Jump |
| Bronze | Masaji Kiyokawa | Swimming | Men’s 100m Backstroke |
| Bronze | Shumpei Uto | Swimming | Men’s 1500m Freestyle |
| Bronze | Shigeo Arai | Swimming | Men’s 100m Freestyle |
| Bronze | Reizo Koike | Swimming | Men’s 200m Breaststroke |
| Bronze | Shozo Makino | Swimming | Men’s 400m Freestyle |