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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![]() | Shigeo Arai, Shigeo Sugiura, Masaharu Taguchi, andMasanori Yusa | Swimming | Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay |
![]() | Noboru Terada | Swimming | Men’s 1500m Freestyle |
![]() | Tetsuo Hamuro | Swimming | Men’s 200m Breaststroke |
![]() | Hideko Maehata | Swimming | Women’s 200m Breaststroke |
![]() | Naoto Tajima | Athletics | Men’s Triple Jump |
![]() | Son Kitei | Athletics | Men’s Marathon[1][2] |
![]() | Masao Harada | Athletics | Men’s Triple Jump |
![]() | Shuhei Nishida | Athletics | Men’s Pole Vault |
![]() | Shumpei Uto | Swimming | Men’s 400m Freestyle |
![]() | Masanori Yusa | Swimming | Men’s 100m Freestyle |
![]() | Sueo Ōe | Athletics | Men’s Pole Vault |
![]() | Nan Shoryu | Athletics | Men’s Marathon[1] |
![]() | Naoto Tajima | Athletics | Men’s Long Jump |
![]() | Masaji Kiyokawa | Swimming | Men’s 100m Backstroke |
![]() | Shumpei Uto | Swimming | Men’s 1500m Freestyle |
![]() | Shigeo Arai | Swimming | Men’s 100m Freestyle |
![]() | Reizo Koike | Swimming | Men’s 200m Breaststroke |
![]() | Shozo Makino | Swimming | Men’s 400m Freestyle |