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Japan
Career
1928 - 2026
Best year
2018
Total points
1927
Best results
2x 2. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#15
10-year rank
#11
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 36 | - |
| 2026 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Half marathon team walk | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2026 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Marathon team walk | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2003 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2005 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2007 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2018 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Teams 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2018 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Teams 50 km walk | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 24 | Koji Murofushi |
| 1928 | Olympic Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 24 | Mikio Oda |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 24 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 24 | Naoto Tajima |
| 2002 | World Road Running Championships | Half marathon team | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2019 | World Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 12 | Toshikazu Yamanishi |
| 2022 | World Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 12 | Toshikazu Yamanishi |
| 2019 | World Championship | 50 km walk | Men | 1 | 12 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2011 | World Championship | Hammer | Men | 1 | 12 | Koji Murofushi |
| 1991 | World Championship | Marathon | Men | 1 | 12 | Hiromi Taniguchi |
| 1985 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1987 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1999 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2001 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2011 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2022 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Teams 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2024 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Teams 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2021 | World Relays | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2021 | World Relays | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 12 | Koki Ikeda |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 12 | Kenji Kimihara |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 12 | Kōichi Morishita |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 12 | Shuhei Nishida |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 12 | Shuhei Nishida |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 12 | Masao Harada |
| 2017 | World Championship | 4x100m | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2019 | World Championship | 4x100m | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2026 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Marathon walk | Men | 1 | 8 | Hayato Katsuki |
| 2018 | World Race Walking Team Championships | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 8 | Koki Ikeda |
| 2022 | World Race Walking Team Championships | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 8 | Toshikazu Yamanishi |
| 2018 | World Race Walking Team Championships | 50 km walk | Men | 1 | 8 | Hirooki Arai |
| 1935 | World record - improvement | 100m | Men | 1 | 8 | Takayoshi Yoshioka |
| 2015 | World record - improvement | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 8 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2025 | World record - improvement | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 8 | Toshikazu Yamanishi |
| 1977 | World record - improvement | Half marathon | Men | 1 | 8 | Toshihiro Matsumoto |
| 1931 | World record - improvement | Long jump | Men | 1 | 8 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1935 | World record - improvement | Marathon | Men | 1 | 8 | Fusashige Suzuki |
| 1935 | World record - improvement | Marathon | Men | 1 | 8 | Yasuo Ikenaka |
| 1963 | World record - improvement | Marathon | Men | 1 | 8 | Toru Terasawa |
| 1965 | World record - improvement | Marathon | Men | 1 | 8 | Morio Shigematsu |
| 1978 | World record - improvement | Marathon | Men | 1 | 8 | Shigeru So |
| 1931 | World record - improvement | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 8 | Mikio Oda |
| 1932 | World record - improvement | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 8 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1936 | World record - improvement | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 8 | Naoto Tajima |
| 2002 | World Athletics Final | Hammer | Men | 1 | 7 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2006 | World Athletics Final | Hammer | Men | 1 | 7 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2014 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Teams 20 km walk | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2015 | World Relays | 4x100m | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2022 | World Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 6 | Koki Ikeda |
| 2022 | World Championship | 35 km walk | Men | 2 | 6 | Masatora Kawano |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 20 km walk | Men | 3 | 6 | Toshikazu Yamanishi |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50 km walk | Men | 2 | 6 | Hirooki Arai |
| 2001 | World Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 6 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 6 | Hirooki Arai |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | Hammer | Men | 3 | 6 | Koji Murofushi |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | Long jump | Men | 3 | 6 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Long jump | Men | 3 | 6 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 3 | 6 | Nam Sung-yong |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 3 | 6 | Kōkichi Tsuburaya |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | Pole vault | Men | 3 | 6 | Sueo Ōe |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | Triple jump | Men | 3 | 6 | Kenkichi Oshima |
| 1996 | World Road Running Championships | Half marathon team | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2005 | World Road Running Championships | Half marathon team | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2009 | World Marathon Cup | Marathon team | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1986 | London Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Toshihiko Seko |
| 1987 | London Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Hiromi Taniguchi |
| 1951 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Shigeki Tanaka |
| 1953 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Keizo Yamada |
| 1955 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Hideo Hamamura |
| 1965 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Morio Shigematsu |
| 1966 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Kenji Kimihara |
| 1969 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Yoshiaki Unetani |
| 1981 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Toshihiko Seko |
| 1987 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Toshihiko Seko |
| 2018 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Yuki Kawauchi |
| 1989 | IAAF Grand Prix | Javelin | Men | 2 | 4 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Marathon walk | Men | 1 | 4 | Hayato Katsuki |
| 2022 | World Race Walking Team Championships | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 4 | Koki Ikeda |
| 2018 | World Race Walking Team Championships | 50 km walk | Men | 2 | 4 | Hayato Katsuki |
| 2000 | World Athletics Final | Hammer | Men | 2 | 4 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 1 | 4 | Takayuki Tanii |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 1 | 4 | Hayato Katsuki |
| 1962 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 1 | 4 | Kuniyoshi Sugioka |
| 1978 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 1 | 4 | Takao Sakamoto |
| 1994 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 1 | 4 | Takahisa Yoshida |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 1 | 4 | Haruo Nagayasu |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 1 | 4 | Takashi Miki |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 1 | 4 | Hisao Yamamoto |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 1 | 4 | Toshihiro Yamada |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 1 | 4 | Toshihiko Takeda |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 1 | 4 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi |
| 1990 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 1 | 4 | Masami Yoshida |
| 2010 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 1 | 4 | Yukifumi Murakami |
| 2023 | Diamond League | Long Jump | Men | 3 | 3 | Yuki Hashioka |
| 1986 | Chicago Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Toshihiko Seko |
| 2010 | Tokyo Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Masakazu Fujiwara |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 3 | Yoshio Morikawa |
| 1989 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 3 | Hirofumi Sakai |
| 2002 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 3 | Eiichi Yoshizawa |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 3 | Yutaro Murayama |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2011 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1987 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1989 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1991 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1993 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2011 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 1 | 3 | Kazunori Koshikawa |
| 1985 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 1 | 3 | Shuji Ujino |
| 2015 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 1 | 3 | Takashi Eto |
| 2003 | World Championship | 200m | Men | 3 | 3 | Shingo Suetsugu |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 1 | 3 | Toshihiro Yamada |
| 1983 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 1 | 3 | Masami Yoshida |
| 1987 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 1 | 3 | Takahiro Yamada |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 1 | 3 | Yukifumi Murakami |
| 2011 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 1 | 3 | Yukifumi Murakami |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 1 | 3 | Genki Dean |
| 2023 | World Championship | 35 km walk | Men | 3 | 3 | Masatora Kawano |
| 2025 | World Championship | 35 km walk | Men | 3 | 3 | Hayato Katsuki |
| 2001 | World Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 3 | 3 | Dai Tamesue |
| 2005 | World Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 3 | 3 | Dai Tamesue |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Chikashi Watanabe |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Yoshifumi Fujimori |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Shunya Takayama |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Susumu Takahashi |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Susumu Takahashi |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Taketsugu Saruwatari |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Nobuyoshi Miura |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Takaharu Koyama |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Masanari Shintaku |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Tadasu Kawano |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Shigeyuki Aikyo |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Kazuhito Yamada |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Yasunori Uchitomi |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Ryuji Miura |
| 2015 | World Championship | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 3 | Takayuki Tanii |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 3 | Kai Kobayashi |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Masayuki Nagata |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Kenji Kimihara |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Kenji Kimihara |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Mineteru Sakamoto |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Takeyuki Nakayama |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Hiroto Inoue |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 1 | 3 | Ichitaka Yamashita |
| 2003 | World Championship | Hammer | Men | 3 | 3 | Koji Murofushi |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Fumio Kamamoto |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Yoshio Kojima |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Noboru Okamoto |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Takeo Sugawara |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Shigenobu Murofushi |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Shigenobu Murofushi |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Shigenobu Murofushi |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Shigenobu Murofushi |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Shigenobu Murofushi |
| 1998 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2002 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 1 | 3 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2009 | World Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 3 | Yukifumi Murakami |
| 1999 | World Championship | Marathon | Men | 3 | 3 | Nobuyuki Sato |
| 2005 | World Championship | Marathon | Men | 3 | 3 | Tsuyoshi Ogata |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2018 | World Race Walking Team Championships | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 2 | Satoshi Maruo |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Kazunori Koshikawa |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Yoshikazu Okuda |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Takao Sakamoto |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Takao Sakamoto |
| 1985 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Takao Sakamoto |
| 1991 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Shigeki Toyoshima |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Naoyuki Daigo |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Takashi Eto |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Tomohiro Shinno |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Toshiyuki Shimada |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Toshihiro Yamada |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Yoshinori Kuriyama |
| 1983 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi |
| 1991 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Masami Yoshida |
| 2003 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Yukifumi Murakami |
| 2026 | World Race Walking Team Championships | Marathon walk | Men | 3 | 2 | Kazuya Iwai |
| 2007 | World Athletics Final | Hammer | Men | 3 | 2 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2008 | World Athletics Final | Hammer | Men | 3 | 2 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Half marathon walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Toshikazu Yamanishi |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Shigeo Oki |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Yoshifumi Fujimori |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Yoshifumi Fujimori |
| 2007 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Tasuku Tanonaka |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Shunya Takayama |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Rachid Muratake |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Takaharu Koyama |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Masanari Shintaku |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Masanari Shintaku |
| 1985 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Shigeyuki Aikyo |
| 1987 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Masashi Otokita |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Ryoma Aoki |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 1 | 2 | Yoshihisa Ishida |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 1 | 2 | Shigenobu Murofushi |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 1 | 2 | Shigenobu Murofushi |
| 2000 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 1 | 2 | Wataru Ebihara |
| 2002 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 1 | 2 | Koji Murofushi |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | Marathon | Men | 1 | 2 | Sueki Tanaka |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 100m | Men | 1 | 2 | Masahide Jinno |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 100m | Men | 1 | 2 | Koji Ito |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 1 | 2 | Susumu Takano |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 1 | 2 | Koji Ito |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 1 | 2 | Shingo Suetsugu |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 1 | 2 | Shingo Suetsugu |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 1 | 2 | Yuki Koike |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 1 | 2 | Koki Ueyama |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 400m | Men | 1 | 2 | Eitaro Okano |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 400m | Men | 1 | 2 | Kanji Akagi |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 400m | Men | 1 | 2 | Yoshiharu Tomonaga |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 400m | Men | 1 | 2 | Susumu Takano |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 400m | Men | 1 | 2 | Susumu Takano |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 800m | Men | 1 | 2 | Yoshitaka Muroya |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 800m | Men | 1 | 2 | Yoshitaka Muroya |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 800m | Men | 1 | 2 | Mamoru Morimoto |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 800m | Men | 1 | 2 | Ko Ochiai |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 1 | 2 | Keisuke Sawaki |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 1 | 2 | Susumu Noro |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 1 | 2 | Takashi Ishii |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 1 | 2 | Shuji Oshida |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 1 | 2 | Kazuto Iizawa |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Osamu Inoue |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Osamu Inoue |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Keisuke Sawaki |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Masanari Shintaku |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Toshinari Takaoka |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Soichi Tamoi |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Takashi Baba |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Kazuo Tsuchiya |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Yasunori Hamada |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Masanari Shintaku |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Kōichi Morishita |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Toshinari Takaoka |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 1 | 2 | Kenji Takao |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Eitaro Okano |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Keiji Ogushi |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Kiyoo Yui |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Yukitaka Shigeta |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Takashi Nagao |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Shunji Karube |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Hideaki Kawamura |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | Kenji Narisako |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Bunkichi Sawada |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Bunkichi Sawada |
| 1958 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Noriaki Yasuda |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Hisao Morita |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Tetsuo Hirota |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Kyoichiro Inoue |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Yosuhiro Kigawa |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Tomomi Takahashi |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Tomomi Takahashi |
| 2006 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Daichi Sawano |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 2 | Seito Yamamoto |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Masaji Tajima |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Noriaki Sagawa |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Takayuki Okazaki |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Hiroomi Yamada |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Shinji Ogura |
| 1998 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Masaki Morinaga |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Yoshio Iimuro |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Noriaki Sagawa |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Koji Sakurai |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Kosei Gushiken |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Toshiaki Inoue |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Masami Nakanishi |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 2 | Norifumi Yamashita |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Shot put | Men | 1 | 2 | Teruo Itokawa |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Discus | Men | 1 | 2 | Shozo Yanagawa |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 2 | Fumio Nishiuchi |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 2 | Junichi Onizuka |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 2 | Hisashi Iwai |
| 1990 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 2 | Munehiro Kaneko |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 2 | Keisuke Ushiro |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 2 | Keisuke Ushiro |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 2 | Yuma Maruyama |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 3 | 2 | Shunji Karube |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Hirofumi Sakai |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Toshikazu Yamanishi |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Fumio Imamura |
| 1951 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Yukio Ishikawa |
| 1954 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Yukio Ishikawa |
| 1958 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Noboru Kasamatsu |
| 1966 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Osamu Shimizu |
| 1970 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Hidehiko Tomizawa |
| 1978 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Kazunori Koshikawa |
| 2010 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Hiromi Takahari |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Takeshi Ikeda |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Minoru Onda |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Toshihiko Takeda |
| 2002 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Yukifumi Murakami |
| 2006 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Yukifumi Murakami |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 2 | 2 | Ryohei Arai |
| 1991 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Hideharu Fuchida |
| 1993 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Hirofumi Sakai |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Yoshima Hara |
| 2000 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Hironori Kawai |
| 2002 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Toshihito Fujinohara |
| 2003 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Yuki Yamazaki |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 2 | 2 | Kento Yoshikawa |
| 1989 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1993 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 2000 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 2013 | Asian Championship | 4x100m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1985 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1995 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 2003 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 2013 | Asian Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Nobuyuki Ifuku |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Masayuki Kawata |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Masayuki Kawata |
| 1983 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Masayuki Kawata |
| 1987 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Akiyoshi Ikeda |
| 1989 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Nobuhiro Todoroki |
| 1991 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Nobuhiro Todoroki |
| 1993 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Koji Murofushi |
| 1995 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Koji Murofushi |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2002 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Hiroaki Doi |
| 2003 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Hiroaki Doi |
| 2011 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Hiroshi Noguchi |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Tatsuto Nakagawa |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Susumu Sato |
| 1985 | Asian Championship | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Tomio Sueyoshi |
| 1989 | Grand Prix Final | Javelin | Men | 2 | 1 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 3 | 1 | - |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 4x100m | Men | 3 | 1 | - |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 1 | - |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 1 | - |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 20 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Satoshi Yanagisawa |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 20 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Koichiro Morioka |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 20 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Yutaro Murayama |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Takeo Sato |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Akira Fujisaki |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Tadahiro Kosaka |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Tadahiro Kosaka |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Fumio Imamura |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 50 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Koichiro Morioka |
| 1958 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Yukio Ishikawa |
| 1974 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Yoshikazu Okuda |
| 1982 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Takao Sakamoto |
| 1986 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Shuji Ujino |
| 1990 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Takahisa Yoshida |
| 1998 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Shigeki Toyoshima |
| 2006 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Naoyuki Daigo |
| 2018 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Naoto Tobe |
| 2022 | Asian Games | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Tomohiro Shinno |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Haruo Nagayasu |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Hideta Kanai |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Yumio Miyoshi |
| 1990 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi |
| 2022 | Asian Games | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Genki Dean |
| 2016 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2017 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2018 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2019 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2020 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2021 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2022 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2023 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2024 | World record - annual holding | 20 km walk | Men | 1 | 1 | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 10000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Ichio Sato |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 10000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Toshihiko Seko |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 10000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Kunimitsu Ito |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | 10000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Ren Tazawa |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | 100m | Men | 1 | 1 | Yoshihide Kiryū |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | 100m | Men | 1 | 1 | Hiroki Yanagita |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 100m | Men | 1 | 1 | Hiroki Yanagita |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 1500m | Men | 1 | 1 | Kazuyoshi Mizuno |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | 1500m | Men | 1 | 1 | Takashi Ishii |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 1500m | Men | 1 | 1 | Takashi Ishii |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 1500m | Men | 1 | 1 | Kazuto Iizawa |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 200m | Men | 1 | 1 | Yasuhiro Harada |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 200m | Men | 1 | 1 | Toshio Toyota |
| 1989 | Asian Championship | 200m | Men | 1 | 1 | Yoshiyuki Okuyama |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | 200m | Men | 1 | 1 | Koji Ito |
| 2000 | Asian Championship | 200m | Men | 1 | 1 | Masahiko Fukunaga |
| 2007 | Asian Championship | 200m | Men | 1 | 1 | Kenji Fujimitsu |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | 200m | Men | 1 | 1 | Towa Uzawa |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 200m | Men | 1 | 1 | Towa Uzawa |
| 1932 | World record - annual holding | Long jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1933 | World record - annual holding | Long jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1934 | World record - annual holding | Long jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 1 | Yoshiharu Tomonaga |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 1 | Shoichi Handa |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 1 | Takayuki Isobe |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 1 | Yuzo Kanemaru |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 1 | Kentaro Sato |
| 1966 | World record - annual holding | Marathon | Men | 1 | 1 | Morio Shigematsu |
| 1979 | World record - annual holding | Marathon | Men | 1 | 1 | Shigeru So |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Takashi Nagao |
| 1987 | Asian Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Shigenori Ohmori |
| 1991 | Asian Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Yoshihiko Saito |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Kenji Narisako |
| 2011 | Asian Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Takatoshi Abe |
| 2013 | Asian Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Yasuhiro Fueki |
| 2015 | Asian Championship | 400m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Yuta Konishi |
| 1933 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1934 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Chuhei Nambu |
| 1937 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1938 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1939 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1940 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1941 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1942 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1943 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1944 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1945 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1946 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1947 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1948 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1949 | World record - annual holding | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Naoto Tajima |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Ichio Sato |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Kunimitsu Ito |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Hideki Kita |
| 1985 | Asian Championship | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Kozu Akutsu |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Toshinari Takaoka |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Hyuga Endo |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 1 | Atsushi Kasai |
| 1995 | Asian Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 1 | Hitoshi Maruono |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 1 | Toru Yasui |
| 2000 | Asian Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 1 | Hitoshi Maruono |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 1 | Hiromasa Tanaka |
| 2015 | Asian Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 1 | Akihiko Nakamura |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 1 | Keisuke Ushiro |
| 2023 | Asian Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 1 | Yuma Maruyama |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | Discus | Men | 1 | 1 | Kiyotaka Kawasaki |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | Long jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Junichi Usui |
| 1993 | Asian Championship | Long jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Nobuharu Asahara |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | Long jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Masaki Morinaga |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Long jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Yuki Hashioka |
| 1973 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Hisaki Suzuki |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Yoshiomi Iwama |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Itsuo Takanezawa |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Tomomi Takahashi |
| 1991 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Hideyuki Takei |
| 1995 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Hideyuki Takei |
| 2002 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Daichi Sawano |
| 2005 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Daichi Sawano |
| 2011 | Asian Championship | Pole vault | Men | 1 | 1 | Daichi Sawano |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Toshihisa Yoshimoto |
| 2003 | Asian Championship | Triple jump | Men | 1 | 1 | Kazuyoshi Ishikawa |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Nobu Nakamichi |
| 1987 | Asian Championship | 20 km walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Yoshihiro Oie |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Takeyoshi Sawa |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Takashi Katamine |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Shuji Ujino |
| 2000 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Yoshiteru Kaihoko |
| 2003 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Naoyuki Daigo |
| 2007 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Satoru Kubota |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Naoto Tobe |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Masahiko Takita |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Masami Yoshida |
| 1985 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi |
| 1993 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Kota Suzuki |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Mikio Tamura |
| 2015 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Yukifumi Murakami |
| 2019 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Ryohei Arai |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | Javelin | Men | 3 | 1 | Yuta Sakiyama |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Marathon walk | Men | 3 | 1 | Motofumi Suwa |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 100m | Men | 2 | 1 | Toshihiro Ohashi |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 100m | Men | 2 | 1 | Kyohei Ushio |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 100m | Men | 2 | 1 | Masahide Jinno |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 100m | Men | 2 | 1 | Hiroki Fuwa |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 100m | Men | 2 | 1 | Nobuharu Asahara |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 100m | Men | 2 | 1 | Naoki Tsukahara |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 2 | 1 | Hideo Iijima |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 2 | 1 | Masahide Jinno |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 2 | 1 | Takao Ishizawa |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 2 | 1 | Yasuhiro Harada |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 2 | 1 | Toshio Toyota |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 2 | 1 | Koji Ito |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 200m | Men | 2 | 1 | Kenji Fujimitsu |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshinori Sakai |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 1 | Yuzo Kanemaru |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 400m | Men | 2 | 1 | Kentaro Sato |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 2 | 1 | Susumu Takahashi |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshitaka Muroya |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 2 | 1 | Michio Okayama |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 2 | 1 | Susumu Noro |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 1500m | Men | 2 | 1 | Yutaka Hirai |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Saburo Yokomizo |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Kazuo Tsuchiya |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Takao Nakamura |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Masanari Shintaku |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Kōichi Morishita |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 5000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Tomonori Yamaguchi |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Ryosuke Takasugi |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Jiro Yamauchi |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Teruo Funai |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Sunao Shirai |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Kenichi Otsuki |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Kenji Ide |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Jun Hiratsuka |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 1 | Suguru Osako |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Michitaka Kinami |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yukiyoshi Kawata |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshinobu Hamada |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshifumi Fujimori |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Toshihiko Iwasaki |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Satoru Tanigawa |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Rachid Muratake |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Keiji Ogushi |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Keiki Iijima |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Kazuhiko Itagaki |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Takashi Nagao |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Shigenori Ohmori |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Ryoichi Yoshida |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshihiko Saito |
| 1998 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshihiko Saito |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Takayuki Kishimoto |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 400m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Taiju Goto |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yasumasa Shirasagi |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Masayuki Nunogami |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Saburo Yokomizo |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Susumu Noro |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshitaka Iwamizu |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Ryoma Aoki |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Ryoma Aoki |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Katsuo Nishida |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Morio Shigematsu |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshiro Mifune |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Fumiaki Abe |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Hiromi Taniguchi |
| 1990 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Satoru Shimizu |
| 1994 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Toshiyuki Hayata |
| 1998 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Akira Manai |
| 2002 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Koji Shimizu |
| 2010 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Yukihiro Kitaoka |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Kohei Matsumura |
| 1951 | Asian Games | 10 km walk | Men | 2 | 1 | Takeo Sato |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 1 | Toyokichi Matsumoto |
| 1958 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 1 | Kozo Akasaka |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 1 | Kuniaki Yamazaki |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshizo Uryu |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 1 | Masanori Araya |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 1 | Teruhisa Kamiya |
| 2002 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 1 | Satoru Yasuda |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Pole vault | Men | 2 | 1 | Daichi Sawano |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshiro Sonoda |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Kaihei Oda |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Takayuki Okazaki |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Hiroomi Yamada |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Takayoshi Kawagoe |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Junichi Usui |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Long jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Junichi Usui |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Takashi Aso |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshio Iimuro |
| 1958 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Koji Sakurai |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Tomio Ota |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Satoshi Shimo |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Yasushi Ueta |
| 1994 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Takashi Komatsu |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Triple jump | Men | 2 | 1 | Manato Miyao |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Shot put | Men | 2 | 1 | Sukeo Denda |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Shot put | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshio Kojima |
| 1958 | Asian Games | Shot put | Men | 2 | 1 | Hitoshi Goto |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Shot put | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshihisa Ishida |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 1 | Norimi Sato |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Discus | Men | 2 | 1 | Yuko Maeda |
| 1958 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Masaru Urushibata |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Takeo Sugawara |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Shigenobu Murofushi |
| 1970 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoshihisa Ishida |
| 1978 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Yoji Kitano |
| 1982 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Masayuki Kawata |
| 1994 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Koji Murofushi |
| 2002 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Hiroaki Doi |
| 2026 | Asian Games | Hammer | Men | 2 | 1 | Shota Fukuda |
| 1951 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 2 | 1 | Bunkichi Sawada |
| 1954 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 2 | 1 | Fumio Nishiuchi |
| 1958 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 2 | 1 | Kiyoshi Katsuki |
| 1962 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 2 | 1 | Shosuke Suzuki |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 2 | 1 | Yukuo Nogami |
| 1974 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 2 | 1 | Junichi Onizuka |
| 1986 | Asian Games | Decathlon | Men | 2 | 1 | Takeshi Kojo |
| 1981 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Katsumi Kashiwazaki |
| 1985 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Masahiko Sugi |
| 1995 | Asian Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Takahiro Matsuhisa |
| 1975 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Hitoshi Iwabuchi |
| 1979 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Hitoshi Iwabuchi |
| 1998 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yasunori Uchitomi |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 2 | 1 | Yutaro Niinae |
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