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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 Athletics Champs

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Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships

Cuba · Pan American Games

Kenya · Olympic Games

Jamaica · World Championships

All-time haul

645 medals

179 gold 224 silver 242 bronze

Relays count once.

On the podium

25 of 25 editions since 1973 · every one

First medal

1973 Marikina · Michiko Morita, 200m gold

First gold

1973 Marikina · Michiko Morita, 200m

Best edition

Tokyo 1979 60 medals, 20 of them gold

All-time table

2nd of 38 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1973–2027

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
2025	Gumi 25th edition	5	11	12	28
2023	Bangkok 24th edition	16	11	11	38
2019	Doha 23rd edition	5	5	10	20
2017	Bhubaneswar 22nd edition	0	7	8	15
2015	Wuhan 21st edition	4	4	11	19
2013	Pune 20th edition	4	6	11	21
2011	Kobe 19th edition	11	10	14	35
2009	Guangzhou 18th edition	12	5	5	22
2007	Amman 17th edition	4	5	4	13
2005	Incheon 16th edition	6	5	13	24
2003	Manila 15th edition	1	10	10	21
2002	Colombo 14th edition	5	7	7	19
2000	Jakarta 13th edition	4	8	5	17
1998	Fukuoka 12th edition	6	17	14	37
1995	Jakarta 11th edition	3	7	5	15
1993	Manila 10th edition	2	5	7	14
1991	Kuala Lumpur 9th edition	4	7	12	23
1989	New Delhi 8th edition	3	5	6	14
1987	Singapore 7th edition	4	7	7	18
1985	Jakarta 6th edition	3	7	6	16
1983	Kuwait City 5th edition	4	7	3	14
1981	Tokyo 4th edition	19	20	15	54
1979	Tokyo 3rd edition	20	20	20	60
1975	Seoul 2nd edition	15	20	18	53
1973	Marikina 1st edition	19	8	8	35
Total	25 of 25 editions on the podium	179	224	242	645