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Latest Japan Medals
| Medal | Sport | Event | Athlete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 66 kg | Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu |
| Gold | Boxing | Men's Middleweight (69-75 kg) | Ryota Murata |
| Bronze | Boxing | Men's Bantamweight (52-56 kg) | Satoshi Shimizu |
| Bronze | Volleyball | Women | |
| Bronze | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 55 kg | Shinichi Yumoto |
| Silver | Football | Women | |
| Gold | Wrestling | Women's Freestyle 55 kg | Saori Yoshida |
| Gold | Wrestling | Women's Freestyle 48 kg | Hitomi Obara |
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| Event Type | Sport | Event | Stage | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Pentathlon | Women's Modern Pentathlon | Final | See Results | |
| Medal/Final | Modern Pentathlon | Women's Modern Pentathlon | Combined Event | See Results |
| Modern Pentathlon | Women's Modern Pentathlon | Riding | See Results | |
| Medal/Final | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 66 kg | Final | See Results |
| Medal/Final | Cycling | Men's Cross-Country | Final | See Results |
| Gymnastics | Rhythmic Gymnastics Group Competition | Final | See Results |
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Schedule
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- Medals
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- Rank 11
- Gold 7
- Silver 14
- Bronze 17
- Total 38
- Capital City
- Tokyo
- Official Languages
- Japanese
- National Languages
- Japanese
- Total Area
- 145,883 miles² (377,835 km²)
- Population
- 127,288,419 people
Overall Medal Count
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| 2 | China | 38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| 4 | Russia | 24 | 26 | 32 | 82 |
| 5 | South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Germany | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
| 7 | France | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 10 | Australia | 7 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
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