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Japanese Judo golds bring up the century
14 Aug 2004 13:30
Japanese victories in both of today’s Judo events means that Japan have now won a total of 100 Olympic gold medals. The Men’s 60kg class was won by Tadahiro Nomura, who became the first judoka ever to win three Olympic gold medals. His compatriot, Ryoko Tani won the Women’s 48kg class and became the first female judoka to win two Olympic golds.
Judo is not the number one sport for Japanese golds but stands in second place behind Artistic Gymnastics. Gold medals have been won by Japan in 11 sports in total.
Nations that have won 100+ gold medals
858 United States USA
395 Soviet Union URS
176 Great Britain GBR
174 Italy ITA
173 France FRA
160 Germany GER
153 East Germany GDR
148 Hungary HUN
135 Sweden SWE
100 Australia AUS
100 Japan JPN
99 Finland FIN
Includes only gold medals awarded today in Shooting, Judo and Cycling.
Number of gold medals won by sport - Japan
# Sport 27 Gymnastics - Artistic
25 Judo
16 Wrestling - Freestyle
15 Swimming
5 Athletics
4 Wrestling - Greco-Roman
3 Volleyball
2 Weightlifting
1 Boxing
1 Equestrian - Jumping
1 Shooting
100
Includes only gold medals awarded today in Shooting, Judo and Cycling.
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