[MoCHE] Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Day 3,199, 03:13 • Published in Japan Japan • by Nanashi Senshi


Greetings citizens of eJapan and e-world, the Summer Olympic games 2016 are officially over (two day ago) and now it it time for many countries to sum up how successful they were. Since we live in eJapan, we will analyze the success of rl Japan in the the Summer Olympic games. ( also thanks to Silent Warrior for the idea for this article).
Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Japanese athletes had competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for two editions: they were not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London due to the nation's role in World War II, and were also part of the US-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Japans medals

Here is the Japans ranking by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Olympic Committee (NOC), Japan won the 6th place with 12 golden, 8 silver and 21 bronze medals (41 medal in total). Japan had 338 competitors participating in the Games (reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes) - Men 174. Women - 164.

Medals by sport

(sport - gold - silver - bronze -total)

Wrestling -4 -3 -0 -7
Judo -3 -1 -8 -12
Swimming -2 -2 -3 -7
Gymnastics -2 -0 -1 -3
Badminton -1 -0 -1 -2
Table Tennis -0 -1 -2 -2
Athletics -0 -1 -1 -2
Synchr.swimming -0 -0 -2 -2
Canoeing -0 -0 -1 -1
Tennis -0 -0 -1 -1
Weightlifting -0 -0 -1 -1
Total -12 -8 -21 41
Medalists

Medal - name - sport - event

Gold -Kosuke Hagino -Swimming -Men's 400 m individual medley
Gold -Shohei Ono -Judo -Men's 73 kg
Gold -Kenzō Shirai
-Yūsuke Tanaka
-Koji Yamamuro
-Kōhei Uchimura
-Ryōhei Katō -Gymnastics -Men's artistic team all-around
Gold -Haruka Tachimoto -Judo -Women's 70 kg
Gold -Mashu Baker -Judo -Men's 90 kg
Gold -Kōhei Uchimura -Gymnastics -Men's artistic individual all-around
Gold -Rie Kaneto -Swimming -Women's 200 m breaststroke
Gold -Eri Tosaka -Wrestling -Women's freestyle 48 kg
Gold -Kaori Icho -Wrestling -Women's freestyle 58 kg
Gold -Sara Dosho -Wrestling -Women's freestyle 69 kg
Gold -Misaki Matsutomo
-Ayaka Takahashi -Badminton -Women's doubles
Gold -Risako Kawai -Wrestling -Women's freestyle 63 kg
Silver -Masato Sakai -Swimming -Men's 200 m butterfly
Silver -Kosuke Hagino -Swimming -Men's 200 m individual medley
Silver -Hisayoshi Harasawa -Judo -Men's +100 kg
Silver -Shinobu Ota -Wrestling -Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg
Silver -Jun Mizutani
-Koki Niwa
-Maharu Yoshimura -Table tennis -Men's team
Silver -Saori Yoshida -Wrestling -Women's freestyle 53 kg
Silver -Rei Higuchi -Wrestling -Men's freestyle 57 kg
Silver -Asuka Cambridge
-Yoshihide Kiryū
-Ryota Yamagata
-Shōta Iizuka -Athletics -Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze -Ami Kondo -Judo -Women's 48 kg
Bronze -Naohisa Takato -Judo -Men's 60 kg
Bronze -Hiromi Miyake -Weightlifting -Women's 48 kg
Bronze -Daiya Seto -Swimming -Men's 400 m individual medley
Bronze -Misato Nakamura -Judo -Women's 52 kg
Bronze -Masashi Ebinuma -Judo -Men's 66 kg
Bronze -Kaori Matsumoto -Judo -Women's 57 kg
Bronze -Takuya Haneda -Canoeing -Men's slalom C-1
Bronze -Takanori Nagase -Judo -Men's 81 kg
Bronze -Kosuke Hagino
-Naito Ehara
-Yuki Kobori
-Takeshi Matsuda -Swimming -Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Bronze -Natsumi Hoshi -Swimming -Women's 200 m butterfly
Bronze -Ryunosuke Haga -Judo -Men's 100 kg
Bronze -Jun Mizutani -Table tennis -Men's singles
Bronze -Kanae Yamabe -Judo -Women's +78 kg
Bronze -Kei Nishikori -Tennis -Men's singles
Bronze -Kenzō Shirai -Gymnastics -Men's vault
Bronze -Yukiko Inui
-Risako Mitsui -Synchronized swimming -Duet
Bronze -Ai Fukuhara
-Kasumi Ishikawa
-Mima Ito -Table tennis -Women's team
Bronze -Nozomi Okuhara -Badminton -Women's singles
Bronze -Aika Hakoyama
-Aiko Hayashi
-Yukiko Inui
-Kei Marumo
-Risako Mitsui
-Kanami Nakamaki
-Mai Nakamura
-Kano Omata
-Kurumi Yoshida -Synchronized swimming -Women's team
Bronze -Hirooki Arai -Athletics -Men's 50 km walk
For those who may not know, the 2020 Summer Olympics, will be held from 24 July to 9 August 2020 in Tokyo (Japan).
Your Minister of Culture, History and Education: Nanashi Senshi