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395,983 medals, every one searchable. Filter by nation, championship, event and year, count a country’s haul edition by edition, or set two championships side by side.

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Japan ’s medals at every Asian U20 Athletics Championships

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Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships

Cuba · Pan American Games

Kenya · Olympic Games

Jamaica · World Championships

All-time haul

495 medals

166 gold 156 silver 173 bronze

Relays count once.

On the podium

21 of 21 editions since 1986 · every one

First medal

1986 Jakarta · Ayako Nomura, 100m gold

First gold

1986 Jakarta · Ayako Nomura, 100m

Best edition

Gifu 2018 41 medals, 14 of them gold

All-time table

2nd of 38 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1986–2026

Bars grow with the medals won · empty column = no medal · click a year

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Edition by edition

Year	Edition	G	S	B	Total
2026	Hong Kong 21st edition	5	5	8	18
2024	Dubai 20th edition	9	5	7	21
2023	Yecheon 19th edition	14	4	5	23
2018	Gifu 18th edition	14	15	12	41
2016	Ho Chi Minh City 17th edition	13	10	4	27
2014	Taipei City 16th edition	11	5	5	21
2012	Colombo 15th edition	3	13	6	22
2010	Hanoi 14th edition	4	9	9	22
2008	Jakarta 13th edition	6	2	7	15
2006	Macau 12th edition	6	8	11	25
2004	Ipoh 11th edition	5	6	8	19
2002	Bangkok 10th edition	9	10	8	27
2001	Bandar Seri Begawan 9th edition	4	8	12	24
1999	Singapore 8th edition	8	4	13	25
1997	Bangkok 7th edition	5	4	18	27
1996	New Delhi 6th edition	4	8	5	17
1994	Jakarta 5th edition	7	9	9	25
1992	New Delhi 4th edition	8	11	8	27
1990	Beijing 3rd edition	9	5	4	18
1988	Singapore 2nd edition	13	9	7	29
1986	Jakarta 1st edition	9	6	7	22
Total	21 of 21 editions on the podium	166	156	173	495