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Olympics Day 9 - Artistic Gymnastics
[8/17/2008]
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Olympics Day 13 - Ladies Figure Skating
[2/23/2006]
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SAAEJ069
[7/26/1996]
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Olympics Day 1 - Swimming
[8/9/2008]
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AAANV014
[1/1/1976]
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WAAGF011
[2/11/1998]
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WAAJH027
[10/22/1964]
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Olympics Day 10 - Ladies Figure Skating
[2/21/2006]
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AAANK016
[1/1/1976]
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Olympics Day 12 - Softball
[8/20/2008]
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Kazuyoshi Funaki
[2/15/1998]
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Olympics Day 13 - Softball
[8/21/2008]
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WAAHK030
[2/15/1998]
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XAADK060
[2/17/1998]
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Olympics Day 13 - Ladies Figure Skating
[2/23/2006]
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AAAHK021
[8/14/2004]
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$27 Sep 2000: Lisa Fernandez of the USA is congratulated by Reika Utsugi of Japan after the USA win gold in the Softball Grand Final at the Blacktown Olympic Centre on Day 11 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: EzraShaw /Allsport$
Lisa Fernandez And Reika Utsugi
[9/27/2000]
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VAACO020
[2/8/1998]
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Olympics Day 13 - Ladies Figure Skating
[2/23/2006]
497 views

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Daisuke Takahashi

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Young Fan Of Team Japan
[8/9/2012]
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Olympics Day 7 - Judo
[8/15/2008]
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Archers Receive Their Medals
[7/29/2012]
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YAACL027
[2/15/1998]
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Olympics Day 3 - Swimming
[8/11/2008]
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25 Videos

$London 2012 - Japan\'s Kaori Icho beat Jing Ruixue of China in the final of the women\'s 63kg Freestyle Wrestling to claim her third successive Olympic gold. Watch the thrilling final in full.$
Kaori Goes For Third Olympic Wrestling Gold - Full Replay
[8/9/2012]
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$Germany gets the ultimate gold medals for this year\'s Olympic Game in Women Speed skating$
German Ladies At Their Best
[3/2/2010]
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$London 2012 - Tyler Clary took gold in the men\'s 200m backstroke while favourite Ryan Lochte had to settle for bronze. The American clocked an Olympic record of 1:53.41, with Japan\'s Ryosuke Irie taking silver. Watch the race now.$
Clary Beats Lochte To Backstroke Gold
[8/2/2012]
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$Dream Comes True For South Korea\'s Footballers$
Dream Comes True For South Korea\'s Footballers
[8/11/2012]
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$Carol Huynh of Canada collects gold against Chiharu Icho of Japan by winning the first two rounds in women\'s freestyle wrestling. Icho hopes to better her silver medal from Athens, but Huynh scores 4 points in the first round and two points in the second round to claim Canada\'s first gold medal in Beijing and in women\'s wrestling. Wrestling Freestyle -48kg Women Final - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - Carol Huynh (CAN), Chiharu Icho (JPN)$
Huynh Claims First Gold For Canada
[8/17/2008]
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$Table Tennis Battle For Women\'s Singles Bronze - Full Replay$
Table Tennis Battle For Women\'s Singles Bronze - Full Replay
[8/3/2012]
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The Olympic Podium
[3/1/2010]
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$Women\'s 48kg Weightlifting Group A - Highlights$
Women\'s 48kg Weightlifting Group A - Highlights
[7/30/2012]
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$Japan surprises the sports world by ending the United States Olympic softball winning streak. Led by pitcher Yukiko Ueno, Japan dominates the game from start to finish, Ayumi Karino\'s single helps third-based Masumi Mishina to score the first run, Eri Yamada adds a homer extending Japan\'s lead to 2-0 in the 4th inning. The Japanese achieve a 3-1 victory over team US, claiming the first softball gold medal for their country. Softball Women\'s Final - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - JPN, USA, AUS$
Japan Ends American Winning Streak
[8/21/2008]
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Amsterdam 1928 - Oda Mikio
[8/2/1928]
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- United States Of America, Japan
[8/9/2008]
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The Olympic Podium
[3/1/2010]
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Kato Competes For Bronze Medal
[3/1/2010]
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$London 2012 - Hitomi Obara of Japan beat Azerbaijan\'s Mariya Stadnyk to claim the first gold in the women\'s Wrestling, defeating her 0-4 1-0 2-0 in a thrilling fight played out in front of a raucous Japanese following.$
Obara Takes 48kg Freestyle Wrestling Gold
[8/8/2012]
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$London 2012 - Feng Tianwei of Singapore takes on Japan\'s Kasumi Ishikawa for the women\'s table tennis singles bronze medal. Watch highlights of the match at the ExCel arena.$
Tianwei And Ishikawa Battle For Table Tennis Bronze - Highlights
[8/1/2012]
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KLEIBRINK Benjamin, DUENAS Crispin, KRAVETS Volodymyr - Germany, Japan, Italy
[8/13/2008]
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$China Take Women\'s Table Tennis Team Gold$
China Take Women\'s Table Tennis Team Gold
[8/7/2012]
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Oda Ends Epic Journey With Landmark Gold
[11/21/2012]
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$Women rowers compete in the lightweight double sculls heats to secure a place in the final, keeping the Olympic dream alive. The Dutch duo wins heat 1 in a time of 6:50.84, followed by Australia and USA. The second heat is won by Germany in 6:51.96, Canada finishes in second and Great Britain in third. In heat 3, China crosses the line clocking 6:57.58, followed closely by Denmark, Japan finishes third. Rowing Women\'s Lightweight Double Sculls Heats - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - NED, GER, CHN$
Female Rowers Race To Keep Olympic Dream Alive
[8/10/2008]
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$London 2012 - Saori Yoshida takes her third successive Olympic gold to maintain Japan\'s dominance of women\'s Freestyle Wrestling at London 2012. Watch highlights of her bout with Canada\'s Tonya Lynn Verbeek.$
Yoshida Completes Olympic Wrestling Hat-trick - Highlights
[8/9/2012]
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Lysacek Skates Into History
[3/1/2010]
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- Argentina, Canada, Germany, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand
[8/6/2008]
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$Women\'s 57kg Judo Final - Full Replay$
Women\'s 57kg Judo Final - Full Replay
[7/31/2012]
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$London 2012 - Japan won their first male Wrestling gold in 24 years after Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu defeated India\'s Sushil Kumar to take the Olympic men\'s 66kg Freestyle Wrestling title. Watch the final in full.$
Yonemitsu Takes 66kg Wrestling Gold - Full Replay
[8/12/2012]
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$Ayumi Tanimoto of Japan Judo defends her gold medal in Athens by defeating Lucie Decosse of France in the half-middleweight division of women\'s judo. The match begins with no scoring moves, but in the second minute, Tanimoto is awarded an ippon for throwing her opponent onto her back. It\'s another gold to Ayumi Tanimoto. 63kg Women Final - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - Ayumi Tanimoto (JPN), Lucie Decosse (FRA)$
Tanimoto Of Japan Repeats As Olympic Champion
[8/12/2008]
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TOP MEDALISTS

ATHLETE MEDALS	Game	Medals
Sawao KATO	Montreal 1976 Munich 1972 Mexico 1968	2 1 3 2 3 1
Akinori NAKAYAMA	Munich 1972 Mexico 1968	2 1 1 4 1 1
Takashi ONO	Tokyo 1964 Rome 1960 Melbourne / Stockholm 1956 Helsinki 1952	1 3 1 2 1 3 1 1
Yukio ENDO	Mexico 1968 Tokyo 1964 Rome 1960	1 1 3 1 1
Mitsuo TSUKAHARA	Montreal 1976 Munich 1972 Mexico 1968	2 1 2 2 1 1

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India and hockey India won all six gold medals between 1928 and 1956. The game took off there after its introduction by the British in the 19th century.

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China and table tennis China is the dominant force in table tennis. It helps that 10 million members of its 1.3 billion population play the sport regularly.

Identity Card

Address	Kishi Memorial Hall 1-1-1 Jinnan Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8050 Japan
Phone	+81 3 3481 2286
Fax	+81 3 3481 0977
Email	jpn-noc@joc.or.jp
Website	http://www.joc.or.jp

HCard

Creation date	1911
Recognition date	1912
President	Mr Tsunekazu TAKEDA
Secretary General	Mr Tsuyoshi AOKI

Japanese Olympic Committee

Olympic Games in Japan

Nagano 1998

Sapporo 1972

Tokyo 1964

Olympic Medals

Olympic Summer Games

Olympic Games

Medals

London 2012	-	Gold medals: 7	Silver medals: 14	Bronze medals: 17
Beijing 2008	-	Gold medals: 9	Silver medals: 6	Bronze medals: 10
Athens 2004	-	Gold medals: 16	Silver medals: 9	Bronze medals: 12
Sydney 2000	-	Gold medals: 5	Silver medals: 8	Bronze medals: 5
Atlanta 1996	-	Gold medals: 3	Silver medals: 6	Bronze medals: 5
Barcelona 1992	-	Gold medals: 3	Silver medals: 8	Bronze medals: 11
Seoul 1988	-	Gold medals: 4	Silver medals: 3	Bronze medals: 7
Los Angeles 1984	-	Gold medals: 10	Silver medals: 8	Bronze medals: 14
Montreal 1976	-	Gold medals: 9	Silver medals: 6	Bronze medals: 10
Munich 1972	-	Gold medals: 13	Silver medals: 8	Bronze medals: 8
Mexico 1968	-	Gold medals: 11	Silver medals: 7	Bronze medals: 7
Tokyo 1964	-	Gold medals: 16	Silver medals: 5	Bronze medals: 8
Rome 1960	-	Gold medals: 4	Silver medals: 7	Bronze medals: 7
Melbourne / Stockholm 1956	-	Gold medals: 4	Silver medals: 10	Bronze medals: 5
Helsinki 1952	-	Gold medals: 1	Silver medals: 6	Bronze medals: 2
Berlin 1936	-	Gold medals: 6	Silver medals: 4	Bronze medals: 8
Los Angeles 1932	-	Gold medals: 7	Silver medals: 7	Bronze medals: 4
Amsterdam 1928	-	Gold medals: 2	Silver medals: 2	Bronze medals: 1
Paris 1924	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 0	Bronze medals: 1
Antwerp 1920	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 2	Bronze medals: 0

Olympic Winter Games

Olympic Games

Medals

Vancouver 2010	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 3	BBronze medals: 2
Turin 2006	-	Gold medals: 1	Silver medals: 0	BBronze medals: 0
Salt Lake City 2002	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 1
Nagano 1998	-	Gold medals: 5	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 4
Lillehammer 1994	-	Gold medals: 1	Silver medals: 2	BBronze medals: 2
Albertville 1992	-	Gold medals: 1	Silver medals: 2	BBronze medals: 4
Calgary 1988	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 0	BBronze medals: 1
Sarajevo 1984	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 0
Lake Placid 1980	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 0
Sapporo 1972	-	Gold medals: 1	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 1
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956	-	Gold medals: 0	Silver medals: 1	BBronze medals: 0