Japan

The first Olympic Champion from Japan was 23-year old triple jumper Mikio Oda, who won his event at Amsterdam on 2 August 1928.

18 Japanese athletes have been Olympic Champion prior to WW2 for a total of 15 Gold, although Kitei Son was a Korean who competed for Japan while his country was under Japanese occupation. He won the Marathon in 1936. His real name is Sohn Kee-Chung.

M/F

Name

Year

Gold

SPORT

born

died

M

 Mikio Oda

1928

1

 TRACK & FIELD

30.3.1905

2.12.1998

M

 Yoshiyuki Tsuruta

1928

2

 SWIMMING

1.11.1903

24.7.1986

M

 Chuhei Nambu

1932

1

 TRACK & FIELD

24.5.1904

23.7.1997

M

 Yasuji Miyazaki

1932

2

 SWIMMING

15.10.1916

30.12.1989

M

 Hisakichi Toyoda

1932

1

 SWIMMING

2.1.1912

M

 Takashi Yokoyama

1932

1

 SWIMMING

24.12.1913

M

 Masonori Yusa

1932

2

 SWIMMING

8.1.1915

8.3.1975

M

 Masaji Kiyokawa

1932

1

 SWIMMING

11.2.1913

13.4.1999

M

 Kusuo Kitamura

1932

1

 SWIMMING

9.10.1917

6.6.1996

M

 Takeichi Nishi

1932

1

 EQUESTRIAN

12.7.1902

22.3.1945

M

 Naoto Tajima

1936

1

 TRACK & FIELD

15.8.1912

4.12.1990

M

 Kitei Son [KOR]

1936

1

 TRACK & FIELD

29.8.1912

F

 Hideko Maehata

1936

1

 SWIMMING

20.5.1914

24.2.1995

M

 Shigeo Arai

1936

1

 SWIMMING

8.8.1916

19.7.1944

M

 Shigeo Sugiura

1936

1

 SWIMMING

10.5.1917

M

 Masahari Taguchi

1936

1

 SWIMMING

9.1.1916

M

 Tetsuo Hamuro

1936

1

 SWIMMING

7.9.1917

M

 Noboru Terada

1936

1

 SWIMMING

25.11.1917

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