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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 Olympic Games

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Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships

Cuba · Pan American Games

Kenya · Olympic Games

Jamaica · World Championships

All-time haul

28 medals

8 gold 10 silver 10 bronze

Relays count once.

On the podium

14 of 31 editions since 1896 · every one since 1992

First medal

1928 Amsterdam · Mikio Oda, triple jump gold

First gold

1928 Amsterdam · Mikio Oda, triple jump

Best edition

Berlin 1936 7 medals, 2 of them gold

All-time table

27th of 100 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1896–2028

One dot per medal · empty column = no medal · click a year

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Edition by edition

Year	Edition	Medals	G	S	B	Total
2024	Paris 31st edition		1	0	0	1
2021	Tokyo 30th edition		0	1	1	2
2016	Rio de Janeiro 29th edition		0	1	1	2
2012	London 28th edition		0	0	1	1
2008	Beijing 27th edition		0	1	0	1
2004	Athens 26th edition		2	0	0	2
2000	Sydney 25th edition		1	0	0	1
1996	Atlanta 24th edition		0	0	1	1
1992	Barcelona 23rd edition		0	2	0	2
1988	Seoul 22nd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1984	Los Angeles 21st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1980	Moscow 20th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1976	Montreal 19th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1972	Munich 18th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1968	Mexico City ↗ 17th edition		0	1	0	1
1964	Tokyo 16th edition		0	0	1	1
1960	Rome 15th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1956	Melbourne 14th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1952	Helsinki 13th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1948	London 12th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1936	Berlin 11th edition		2	2	3	7
1932	Los Angeles 10th edition		1	1	2	4
1928	Amsterdam 9th edition		1	1	0	2
1924	Paris 8th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1920	Antwerp 7th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1912	Stockholm 6th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1908	London 5th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1906	Athens 4th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1904	St. Louis 3rd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1900	Paris 2nd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1896	Athens 1st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
Total	14 of 31 editions on the podium		8	10	10	28