The Empire of Japan competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. 131 athletes competed in 10 sports and also participated in art competitions.
Swimming became the most successful sport after collecting five gold medals, five silver medals and also two bronze medals. Takeichi Nishi also performed stunningly in equestrian and won Japan's first gold medal in the sport. The field hockey team also competed with two other teams from the United States and India, and won a silver medal.
With so many teams, Japan's delegation was the second largest, exceeded only by the United States.
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Chuhei Nambu Athletics Men's triple jump August 4 Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 7 Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay August 9 Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 12 Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 13 Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 13 Equestrian Individual jumping August 14 Athletics Men's pole vault August 3 Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 7 Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke August 9 Shunkichi HamadaJunzo InoharaSadayoshi KobayashiHaruhiko KonKenichi KonishiHiroshi NagataEiichi NakamuraYoshio SakaiKatsumi ShibataToshio Usami Field hockey Tournaments August 11 Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 12 Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 13 Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 13 Chuhei Nambu Athletics Men's long jump August 2 Athletics Men's triple jump August 4 Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle August 10 Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 12
| width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalSwimming 5 5 212Athletics 1 1 24Equestrian 1 0 01Field hockey 0 1 01 Total 7 7 4 18
Athletics
Aquatics Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTatsugo Kawaishi100 m freestyle 59.8 6 q 59.0 2 Q 58.6 Yasuji Miyazaki 58.7 1 Q 58.0 OR 1 Q 58.2 Zenjiro Takahashi 59.5 3 Q 59.5 7 Q 59.2 5Tsutomu Ōyokota400 m freestyle 5:06.3 8 Q 4:52.8 4 Q 4:52.3 Noboru Sugimoto 5:00.2 6 Q 4:59.0 6 Q 4:56.1 5Takashi Yokoyama 4:53.2 OR 1 Q 4:51.4 OR 1 Q 4:52.5 4Sunao Ishiharada1500 m freestyle 20:09.5 7 Q 20:31.2 9 Did not advanceKusuo Kitamura 19:55.2 2 Q 19:51.6 OR 2 Q 19:12.4 OR Shozo Makino 19:53.3 1 Q 19:38.7 OR 1 Q 19:14.1 Toshio Irie100 m backstroke 1:11.3 5 Q 1:10.9 4 Q 1:09.8 Kentaro Kawatsu 1:10.9 4 q 1:10.2 3 Q 1:10.0 Masaji Kiyokawa 1:08.9 1 Q 1:09.0 1 Q 1:08.6 Reizo Koike200 m breaststroke 2:46.2 =OR =1 Q 2:44.9 OR 1 Q 2:46.6 Shigeo Nakagawa 2:55.0 8 Q 2:52.4 7 Q 2:52.8 6Yoshiyuki Tsuruta 2:46.2 OR =1 Q 2:45.4 2 Q 2:45.4 Yasuji MiyazakiMasanori YusaHisakichi ToyodaTakashi Yokoyama4 × 200 metre freestyle relay colspan=4 8:58.4 WR
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYukie Arata100 m freestyle 1:16.1 15 Did not advanceKazue Kojima 1:16.2 16 Did not advanceHatsuho Matsuzawa 1:17.1 18 Did not advanceHatsuko Morioka400 m freestyle 6:07.4 11 Did not advanceMisao Yokota100 m backstroke colspan=2 1:25.1 9 Did not advanceHideko Maehata200 m breaststroke colspan=2 3:10.7 2 Q 3:06.4 Kazue KojimaHatsuko MoriokaMisao YokotaYukie Arata4 × 100 metre freestyle relay colspan=4 5:06.7 NR 5
Diving
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankKazuo Kobayashi3 m springboard133.766Tetsutaro Namae125.188Hidekatsu Ishida10 m platform75.928
Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankEtsuko Kamakura3 m springboard60.78710 m platform31.366
Water polo
7 August 10 – 0
8 August 18 – 017-0 in the 1932 Official book, but 18-0 in 1932 newspapers which gave the goalscorers
12 August 10 – 0
Final standings
Boxing
Equestrian
Field hockey
Standings
Matches
Gymnastics
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRokuro TakahashiNorio BanUmetaro ShibataDaikichi SuzukiShokichi NanbaCoxed four7:16.83 R7:47.04Did not advance6Yoshio EnomotoShigeo FujiwaraSaburo HaraKenzo IkedaSetsuo MatsuraTaro NishidonoHidemitsu TanakaSetsuji TanakaToshi SanoEight6:43.43 R7:22.63Did not advance7
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database