Japan vs Russia Olympic Medals

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All-time medal tallies and results for every Summer and Winter Games, side by side.

Olympic Medals

Japan flag
Japan
211 Gold
198 Silver
235 Bronze
644 Total Medals
☀ Summer: 544 ❄ Winter: 100
Russia flag
Russia
192 Gold
164 Silver
184 Bronze
540 Total Medals
☀ Summer: 422 ❄ Winter: 118

Medals by Games Year — Gold, Silver, Bronze & Total

Stacked bars show gold, silver, and bronze each Games year (Summer + Winter combined). Lines track total medals per country.

Medals vs Population & GDP (by Games Year)

Each point is one Olympic year: medals won that year divided by that year’s population or GDP (not all-time totals). Years before our historical series (~1973) are omitted.

Medals per 10M People

Medals per $100B GDP

All-Time Totals — Head to Head

Gold Medals (All-Time)
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211
Russia flag
192
Silver Medals (All-Time)
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198
Russia flag
164
Bronze Medals (All-Time)
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235
Russia flag
184
Total Medals (All-Time)
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644
Russia flag
540

Summer Games — Medals by Olympics

Games
Japan flag Japan
Russia flag Russia
G   S   B  ·  Total G   S   B  ·  Total
2024 20 · 12 · 13  ·  45
2020 27 · 14 · 17  ·  58
2016 12 · 8 · 21  ·  41 19 · 17 · 20  ·  56
2012 7 · 14 · 17  ·  38 18 · 20 · 26  ·  64
2008 9 · 8 · 8  ·  25 24 · 13 · 23  ·  60
2004 16 · 9 · 12  ·  37 28 · 26 · 36  ·  90
2000 5 · 8 · 5  ·  18 32 · 28 · 29  ·  89
1996 3 · 6 · 5  ·  14 26 · 21 · 16  ·  63
1992 3 · 8 · 11  ·  22
1988 4 · 3 · 7  ·  14
1984 10 · 8 · 14  ·  32
1976 9 · 6 · 10  ·  25
1972 13 · 8 · 8  ·  29
1968 11 · 7 · 7  ·  25
1964 16 · 5 · 8  ·  29
1960 4 · 7 · 7  ·  18
1956 4 · 10 · 5  ·  19
1952 1 · 6 · 2  ·  9
1936 6 · 4 · 10  ·  20
1932 7 · 7 · 4  ·  18
1928 2 · 2 · 1  ·  5
1924 0 · 0 · 1  ·  1
1920 0 · 2 · 0  ·  2

Winter Games — Medals by Olympics

Games
Japan flag Japan
Russia flag Russia
G   S   B  ·  Total G   S   B  ·  Total
2026 5 · 7 · 12  ·  24
2022 3 · 7 · 8  ·  18
2018 4 · 5 · 4  ·  13
2014 1 · 4 · 3  ·  8 10 · 10 · 9  ·  29
2010 0 · 3 · 2  ·  5 2 · 5 · 6  ·  13
2006 1 · 0 · 0  ·  1 8 · 6 · 8  ·  22
2002 0 · 1 · 1  ·  2 5 · 4 · 4  ·  13
1998 5 · 1 · 4  ·  10 9 · 6 · 3  ·  18
1994 1 · 2 · 2  ·  5 11 · 8 · 4  ·  23
1992 1 · 2 · 4  ·  7
1988 0 · 0 · 1  ·  1
1984 0 · 1 · 0  ·  1
1980 0 · 1 · 0  ·  1
1972 1 · 1 · 1  ·  3
1956 0 · 1 · 0  ·  1
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Data compiled from World Bank, IMF, Global Firepower, SIPRI, Numbeo, and Pew Research. Last updated June 2026. Sources & methodology