Japanese Olympic Medals in Swimming |
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Event |
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Medalists |
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| Gold medals | |||||
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Swimming 1928 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | ||
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Swimming 1932 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Yasuji Miyazaki | ||
| 1500 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Kusuo Kitamura | ||
| 100 m backstroke M |
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JPN | Masaji Kiyokawa | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | ||
| 4x200 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Masanori Yusa | ||
| Takashi Yokoyama | |||||
| Yasuji Miyazaki | |||||
| Hisakichi Toyoda | |||||
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Swimming 1936 | ||||
| 1500 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Noboru Terada | ||
| 200 m breaststroke W |
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JPN | Hideko Maehata | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Tetsuo Hamuro | ||
| 4x200 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Masanori Yusa | ||
| Masaharu Taguchi | |||||
| Shigeo Arai | |||||
| Shigeo Sugiura | |||||
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Swimming 1956 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Masaru Furukawa | ||
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Swimming 1972 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Nobutaka Taguchi | ||
| 100 m butterfly W |
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JPN | Mayumi Aoki | ||
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Swimming 1988 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke M |
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JPN | Daichi Suzuki | ||
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Swimming 1992 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke W |
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JPN | Kyoko Iwasaki | ||
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Swimming 2004 | ||||
| 800 m freestyle W |
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JPN | Ai Shibata | ||
| 100 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Kosuke Kitajima | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Kosuke Kitajima | ||
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Swimming 2008 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Kosuke Kitajima | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Kosuke Kitajima | ||
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Swimming 2016 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke W |
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JPN | Rie Kaneto | ||
| 400 m medley M |
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JPN | Kosuke Hagino | ||
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Swimming 2020 | ||||
| 200 m medley W |
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JPN | Yui Ohashi | ||
| 400 m medley W |
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JPN | Yui Ohashi | ||
| Silver medals | |||||
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Swimming 1928 | ||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Katsuo Takaishi | ||
| Tokuhei Sada | |||||
| Hiroshi Yoneyama | |||||
| Nobuo Arai | |||||
| Kazuo Noda | |||||
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Swimming 1932 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Tatsugo Kawaishi | ||
| 1500 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Shozo Makino | ||
| 100 m backstroke M |
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JPN | Toshio Irie | ||
| 200 m breaststroke W |
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JPN | Hideko Maehata | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Reizo Koike | ||
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Swimming 1936 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Masanori Yusa | ||
| 400 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Shumpei Uto | ||
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Swimming 1952 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Hiroshi Suzuki | ||
| 1500 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Shiro Hashizume | ||
| 4x200 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Toru Goto | ||
| Teijiro Tanikawa | |||||
| Hiroshi Suzuki | |||||
| Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | |||||
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Swimming 1956 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | ||
| 1500 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Masahiro Yoshimura | ||
| 200 m butterfly M |
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JPN | Takashi Ishimoto | ||
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Swimming 1960 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Yoshihiko Osaki | ||
| 4x200 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | ||
| Makoto Fukui | |||||
| Tatsuo Fujimoto | |||||
| Hiroshi Ishii | |||||
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Swimming 2000 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke W |
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JPN | Mai Nakamura | ||
| 400 m medley W |
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JPN | Yasuko Tajima | ||
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Swimming 2004 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly M |
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JPN | Takashi Yamamoto | ||
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Swimming 2012 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke M |
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JPN | Ryosuke Irie | ||
| 200 m breaststroke W |
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JPN | Satomi Suzuki | ||
| 4x100 m medley M |
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JPN | Kosuke Kitajima | ||
| Takeshi Matsuda | |||||
| Ryosuke Irie | |||||
| Takuro Fujii | |||||
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Swimming 2016 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly M |
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JPN | Masato Sakai | ||
| 200 m medley M |
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JPN | Kosuke Hagino | ||
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Swimming 2020 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly M |
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JPN | Tomoru Honda | ||
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Swimming 2024 | ||||
| 400 m medley M |
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JPN | Tomoyuki Matsushita | ||
| Bronze medals | |||||
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Swimming 1928 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Katsuo Takaishi | ||
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Swimming 1932 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Tsutomu Oyokota | ||
| 100 m backstroke M |
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JPN | Kentaro Kawazu | ||
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Swimming 1936 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Shigeo Arai | ||
| 400 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Shozo Makino | ||
| 1500 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Shumpei Uto | ||
| 100 m backstroke M |
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JPN | Masaji Kiyokawa | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Reizo Koike | ||
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Swimming 1960 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke W |
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JPN | Satoko Tanaka | ||
| 4x100 m medley M |
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JPN | Keigo Shimizu | ||
| Yoshihiko Osaki | |||||
| Koichi Hirakida | |||||
| Katsuki Ishikara | |||||
| Kazuo Watanabe | |||||
| Kazuo Tomita | |||||
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Swimming 1964 | ||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Yukiaki Okabe | ||
| Kunihiro Iwasaki | |||||
| Tishio Shoji | |||||
| Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | |||||
| Makoto Fukui | |||||
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Swimming 1972 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Nobutaka Taguchi | ||
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Swimming 1984 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly W |
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JPN | Kiyomi Takahashi | ||
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Swimming 2000 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke W |
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JPN | Miki Nakao | ||
| 4x100 m medley W |
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JPN | Sumika Minamoto | ||
| Mai Nakamura | |||||
| Junko Onishi | |||||
| Masami Tanaka | |||||
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Swimming 2004 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke M |
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JPN | Tomomi Morita | ||
| 200 m backstroke W |
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JPN | Reiko Nakamura | ||
| 200 m butterfly W |
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JPN | Yuko Nakanishi | ||
| 4x100 m medley M |
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JPN | Tomomi Morita | ||
| Takashi Yamamoto | |||||
| Kosuke Kitajima | |||||
| Yoshihiro Okumura | |||||
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Swimming 2008 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke W |
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JPN | Reiko Nakamura | ||
| 200 m butterfly M |
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JPN | Takeshi Matsuda | ||
| 4x100 m medley M |
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JPN | Takuro Fujii | ||
| Kosuke Kitajima | |||||
| Hisayoshi Sato | |||||
| Junichi Miyashita | |||||
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Swimming 2012 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke W |
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JPN | Aya Terakawa | ||
| 100 m backstroke M |
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JPN | Ryosuke Irie | ||
| 100 m breaststroke W |
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JPN | Satomi Suzuki | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M |
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JPN | Ryo Tateishi | ||
| 200 m butterfly W |
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JPN | Natsumi Hoshi | ||
| 200 m butterfly M |
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JPN | Takeshi Matsuda | ||
| 400 m medley M |
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JPN | Kosuke Hagino | ||
| 4x100 m medley W |
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JPN | Satomi Suzuki | ||
| Yuka Kato | |||||
| Haruka Ueda | |||||
| Aya Terakawa | |||||
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Swimming 2016 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly W |
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JPN | Natsumi Hoshi | ||
| 400 m medley M |
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JPN | Daiya Seto | ||
| 4x200 m freestyle M |
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JPN | Kosuke Hagino | ||
| Naito Ehara | |||||
| Yuki Kobori | |||||
| Takeshi Matsuda | |||||
| This list about Japan in Swimming at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
