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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.
Japan at the International Universities Champs
Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships
Cuba · Pan American Games
Kenya · Olympic Games
Jamaica · World ChampionshipsAll-time haul
41 medals
13 gold 15 silver 13 bronze
Relays count once.
On the podium
7 of 18 editions since 1923First medal
1928 Paris · Kazuo Kimura, high jump goldFirst gold
1928 Paris · Kazuo Kimura, high jumpBest edition
Budapest 1935 10 medals, 3 of them goldAll-time table
14th of 42 nations, ranked by goldsEvery edition, 1923–1962
One dot per medal · empty column = no medal · click a yearEdition by edition
| Year | Edition | Medals | G | S | B | Total | Medallists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Helsinki 18th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1959 | Vienna 17th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1957 | Paris 16th edition | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1957 | Moscow 16th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1955 | Warsaw 15th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1955 | San Sebastian 15th edition | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1954 | Budapest 14th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1953 | Bucharest 13th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1953 | Dortmund 13th edition | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 1951 | Luxembourg 12th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1951 | East Berlin 12th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1949 | Merano 11th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1949 | Budapest 11th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1947 | Paris 10th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1947 | Prague 10th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1939 | Vienna 9th edition | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1939 | Monte Carlo 9th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1937 | Paris 8th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1935 | Budapest 7th edition | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1933 | Torino 6th edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1930 | Darmstadt 5th edition | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1928 | Paris 4th edition | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1927 | Rome 3rd edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1924 | Warsaw 2nd edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| 1923 | Paris 1st edition | No medal | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 7 of 18 editions on the podium | 13 | 15 | 13 | 41 |