Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| IOC code | JPN | ||||||||
| NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 338 in 30 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Keisuke Ushiro | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Japan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Japanese athletes had appeared at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for two editions; they were not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's role in World War II, and were also part of the United States-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.
As Tokyo will be the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics, a Japanese segment was performed during the closing ceremony. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was present in the ceremony, dressed as Nintendo's Mario character.
The following Japanese competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:
Three Japanese archers qualified for the women's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Another Japanese archer also qualified for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the same tournament.
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