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Japan will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The delegation of athletes and officials will be represented by the Japanese Olympic Committee.

The present list of qualified entries for Japan are shown. In some cases, the country has qualified for a position in the Olympic Games, and the individual performance in the qualifying event was good enough to guarantee the same person a spot on Japan's team. In other cases, the Japan Olympic Committee may assign a competitor at a later date to fill some of the country's qualified positions, and the Olympic competitor may or may not be the same as the one who participated in the qualifying competition.

Medallists

Daily: Overall Medals
Day Date Total
Day 1 8th
Day 2 9th 0 0 1 1
Day 3 10th 2 0 1 3
Day 4 11th
Day 5 12th
Day 6 13th
Day 7 14th
Day 8 15th
Day 9 16th
Day 10 17th
Day 11 18th
Day 12 19th
Day 13 20th
Day 14 21th
Day 15 22th
Day 16 23th
Day 17 24th

Gold Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Masato Uchishiba Judo Men's 66 kg
 Gold Kosuke Kitajima Swimming Men's 100 meter Breaststroke

Bronze Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Ryoko Tani Judo Women -48 kg
 Bronze Misato Nakamura Judo Women -52 kg

Archery

Japan qualified four archers (two men and two women) through the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships individual competitions, and added a third women's qualification spot at the Asian Championships. This allows Japan to compete in the women's team competition at the Olympics, as well as having three women and two men compete in the individual competitions.

Takaharu Furukawa, Ryuichi Moriya, Nami Hayakawa, Sayoko Kitabatake, and Yuki Hayashi were the archers who earned the qualification spots for Japan. Japan has not yet announced its final selections for the Olympic team.

Japan has not yet won an Olympic gold medal in archery; its best results are a pair of silver medals, including Hiroshi Yamamoto's in the 2004 men's individual competition.

Men

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Rank
Takaharu Furukawa Individual 663 17  Maksim Kunda (BLR)
Ryuichi Moriya Individual 661 22  Piotr Piatek (POL)

Women

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Opposition<br\>Score Rank
Nami Hayakawa Individual 649 9  Elena Mousikou (CYP)
Yuki Hayashi Individual 616 48  Kristina Esebua (GEO)
Sayoko Kitabatake Individual 616 46  Justyna Mospinek (POL)
Nami Hayakawa<br\>Yuki Hayashi<br\>Sayoko Kitabatake Team 1881 7  Colombia (COL) (10)
W 206-199
 Great Britain (GBR) (2)
L 201-196
8

Athletics

Men

Men's hammer

Women

Women's marathon

Badminton

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Shoji Sato Singles
Shintaro Ikeda <br\>Shuichi Sakamoto Doubles  Koo Kien Keat <br\>Tan Boon Heong (MAS)
 
Keita Masuda <br\>Tadashi Ohtsuka Doubles  Luluk Hadiyanto <br\> and Alvent Yulianto (INA)
 

Women

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Eriko Hirose Singles  Ragna Ingólfsdóttir (ISL)
 
Miyuki Maeda <br\> Wong Pei Tty Doubles  Tania Luiz <br\> and Satoko Suetsuna (AUS)
 
Kumiko Ogura <br\> Reiko Shiota Doubles  Lena Frier Kristiansen <br\> and Kamilla Rytter (DEN)
 

Baseball

Japan's victory in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship qualified the Japan national baseball team for Olympic competition. Japan, along with Cuba, has appeared in every Olympic baseball tournament since the sport was elevated to official status. Japan has reached the semifinals each year and taken one silver and two bronze medals, but has yet to win the Olympic championship.

Boxing

Japan qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Masatsugu was the first when he qualified at the World Championships.[1] Satoshi was the second, qualifying at the first Asian qualifying event.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Satoshi Shimizu Featherweight
Masatsugu Kawachi Light welterweight

Canoeing

Flatwater

Women

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ayaka Kuno K-1 500 m
Shinobu Kitamoto<br\>Mikiko Takeya K-2 500 m
Shinobu Kitamoto<br\>Ayaka Kuno<br\>Yumiko Suzuki<br\>Takuya Haneda K-2 500 m

Slalom

Men

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Total Rank
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Takuya Haneda C-1
Hiroyuki Nagao<br\>Masatoshi Samma C-2
Kazuki Yazawa K-1

Women

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Total Rank
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yuriko Takeshita K-1

Cycling

BMX

Men

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Individual

Mountain biking

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Rie Katayama Cross-country

Road

Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Fumiyuki Beppu Road race did not finish
Time trial
Takashi Miyazawa Road race 6h 55' 24 (+31:35) 86th

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Road race

Track

Japan has qualified entries in Men's Keirin, Sprint, Team Sprint, and Points Race and Women's Points Race and Sprint.

Sprints

Athlete Event Qualifying 1/16 Finals
(Repechage)
1/8 Finals
(Repechage)
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
(5th-12th place)
Time
Speed
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Speed
Rank
Men's sprint
Men's sprint
Women's sprint




Men's team sprint

Keirin

Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd round Finals
(7th-12th Place)
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Men's keirin

Points Races

Athlete Event Points/Laps Rank
Men's points race
Women's points race

Diving

  • One Japanese member qualifies for the 3 meter springboard event, by virtue of Ken Terauchi's third place finish in the semifinal round at the 2007 World Championships. This was the first individual qualification spot earned by Japan for the 2008 Olympics. [1]
Men
Athlete Events Preliminary Semi-Final Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank
3 m Individual Springboard

Women

Athlete Events Preliminary Semi-Final Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank
10 m Individual Platform
10 m Individual Platform

Equestrian

Eiken Sato and Taizo Sugitani are in show jumping.

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Final
Score Rank Score Rank Total Score Rank Score Rank Total Score Rank
Hiroshi Hoketsu Whisper Individual
Yuko Kitai Rambo Individual
Mieko Yagi Dow Jones Individual
Hiroshi Hoketsu
Yuko Kitai
Mieko Yagi
as above Team

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Yoshiaki Oiwa Gorgeous George Individual

Individual Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Ind. Round 1 Ind. Round 2 Ind. Round 3 Final
Round A Round B Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Eiken Sato Cayak Individual
Taizo Sugitani California Individual

Fencing

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Shogo Nishida Individual épée
Kenta Chida Individual foil
Yuki Ota Individual foil
Satoshi Ogawa Individual sabre

Women

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Megumi Harada Individual épée
Chieko Sugawara Individual foil
Eugyenia Lamonova Individual foil
Madoka Hisagae Individual sabre

Field Hockey

Women's competition

Women's Team:


Football (Soccer)

Men's Competition

Team Roster

Results

Japan 0 – 1 United States
(Report) Holden 47'


Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Japan 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0

Women's Competition

Team Roster

Results



Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
 Japan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
 New Zealand 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
 United States 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Apparatus Qualification Final
Vault Floor Pommel horse Rings Parallel bars Horizontal bar Total Rank Total Rank
Takehiro Kashima All-around
Takuya Nakase All-around
Makoto Okiguchi All-around
Koki Sakamoto All-around
Hiroyuki Tomita All-around
Yuri Ryazanov All-around
Takehiro Kashima<br\>Takuya Nakase<br\>Makoto Okiguchi<br\>Koki Sakamoto<br\>Hiroyuki Tomita<br\>Kohei Uchimura Team
Women
Athlete Event Apparatus Qualification Final
Vault Floor Uneven Bars Balance Beam Total Rank Total Rank
Mayu Kuroda All-around
Yu Minobe All-around
Kyoko Oshima All-around
Yuko Shintake All-around
Koko Tsurumi All-around
Miki Uemura All-around
Mayu Kuroda<br\>Yu Minobe<br\>Kyoko Oshima<br\>Yuko Shintake<br\> Koko Tsurumi<br\>Miki Uemura Team


Rhythmic

Japan have qualified a rhythmic gymnastics group.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
5 Ribbons 3 Hoops&
2 Balls
Total Rank 5 Ribbons 3 Hoops&
2 Balls
Total Rank




Team

Trampoline

Men

Athlete Event Heats Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Individual
Individual

Women

Athlete Event Heats Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Individual


Judo

Men

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals First Repechage Round Repechage Quarterfinals Repechage Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Hiraoki Hiraoka −60 kg
Masato Uchishiba −66 kg  J.J. Jimenez (DOM)  A. Miresmaeili (IRI)  M. Sharipov (UZB)  Y. Arencibia (CUB)  B. Darbelet (FRA)
Yusuke Kanamaru −73 kg
Takashi Ono −81 kg  T. Camilo (BRA)
Hiroshi Izumi −90 kg
Keiji Suzuki −100 kg
Satoshi Ishii +100 kg

Women

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals First Repechage <br\>Round Repechage <br\>Quarterfinals Repechage <br\>Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Ryoko Tani −48 kg  S. Matsumoto (USA)
Misato Nakamura −52 kg  R. Tarangul  (GER)  I. Heylen (BEL)  An Kum-Ae (PRK)  Kim (KOR)
Aiko Sato −57 kg
Ayumi Tanimoto −63 kg
Masae Ueno −70 kg
Sae Nakazawa −78 kg
Maki Tsukada +78 kg

Modern Pentathlon

Men

Athlete Shoot Fence Swim Ride Run Total Points Rank
Yoshihiro Murakami

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank

Lightweight <br\> double sculls

Women

Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Akiko Iwamoto
Misaki Kumakura
Lightweight <br\> double sculls

Sailing

Men

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Makoto Tomizawa Sailboard
Yoichi Iijima Laser
Tetsuya Matsunaga
Taro Ueno
470

Women

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Yasuko Kosuge Sailboard
Naoko Kamata
Ai Kondo
470

Open

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Akira Ishibashi
Yukio Makino
49er

Shooting

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank
Toshikazu Yamashita 10 m air rifle
50 m rifle prone
50 m rifle
three positions
Susumu Kobayashi 10 m air pistol 577 23rd 23rd
50 m pistol
Tomoyuki Matsuda 10 m air pistol 579 19th 19th
50 m pistol

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank
Michiko Fukushima 10 m air pistol 373 38th 38th
25 m pistol
Yukie Nakayama Trap 67 6th 86 4th 4th

Softball

Women's competition

Swimming

Men
  • 4x100 meter freestyle relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#12) finish at the 2007 World Championships
  • 4x200 meter freestyle relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#7) finish at the 2007 World Championships
  • 4x100 meter medley relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#2) finish at the 2007 World Championships
Women
  • 4x200 meter freestyle relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#6) finish at the 2007 World Championships
  • 4x100 meter medley relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#6 finish at the 2007 World Championships

Synchronized swimming

Athlete Event Technical Routine Free Routine (Preliminary) Free Routine (Final)
Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank Points Rank Total Points Rank

Duet







Team

Table Tennis

All athletes will also participate in the team events.

Men

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Seiya Kishikawa Singles
Jun Mizutani Singles
Kan Yo Singles
Men's Team

August 13

 Japan ?–?  Nigeria
 Japan ?–?  Russia

August 14

 Japan ?–?  Hong Kong
Team (Group D) Pts Pld W L GW GL
 Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0

Women

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Ai Fukuhara Singles
Haruna Fukuoka Singles
Sayaka Hirano Singles
Women's Team

August 13

 Japan ?–?  Australia

August 14

 Japan ?–?  Spain
 Japan ?–?  South Korea
Team (Group D) Pts Pld W L GW GL
 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0

Taekwondo

Women

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
Quarterfinals
Repechage
Semifinals
Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Yoriko Okamoto −67 kg

Tennis

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
Kei Nishikori Singles  R Schuettler (GER)

Women

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
Ayumi Morita Singles  M Erakovic (NZL)
Ai Sugiyama Singles  D Hantuchova (SVK)
Ayumi Morita <br\>Ai Sugiyama Doubles  G Arn (HUN)
 A Szavay (HUN)

Triathlon

Men

Athlete Event Swim Cycling Run Total Rank
Hirokatsu Tayama Individual
Ryosyuke Yamamoto Individual

Women

Athlete Event Swim Cycling Run Total Rank
Juri Ide Individual
Kiyomi Niwata Individual
Ai Ueda Individual

Volleyball

Beach

Men

Athlete Event Preliminary Round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition <br\>Score Opposition <br\>Score Opposition <br\>Score Opposition <br\>Score Opposition <br\>Score
Kentaro Asahi<br\>Katsuhiro Shiratori
Seed 22
Doubles  Brink - Dieckmann Ch. (GER)<br\> 
 Boersma E. - Ronnes (NED)<br\> 
 Gibb - Rosenthal (USA)<br\> 

Women

Athlete Event Preliminary Round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition <br\>Score Opposition <br\>Score Opposition <br\>Score Opposition <br\>Score Opposition <br\>Score
Chiaki Kusuhara <br\>Mika Teru Saiki
Seed 22
Doubles  Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)<br\> 
 Hakedal - Torlen (NOR)<br\> 
 F. Grasset - L. Peraza (CUB)<br\> 

Indoor

Men's competition

Team Roster

Women's competition

Team Roster

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Yasunobu Sekikawa -56 kg
Masaharu Yamada -56 kg
Yoshito Shintani -69 kg

Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Hiromi Miyake -48 kg 80 6 105 6 185 6
Misaki Oshiro -48 kg 80 8 92 8 172 8
Rika Saito -69 kg

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 Final Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Tomohiro Matsunaga −55 kg
Kenichi Yumoto −60 kg
Kazuhiko Ikematsu −66 kg
Women's Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 Final Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Chiharu Icho −48 kg
Saori Yoshida −55 kg
Kaori Icho −63 kg
Kyoko Hamaguchi −72 kg
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 Final Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Makoto Sasamoto −60 kg
Shingo Matsumoto −84 kg
Kenzo Kato −84 kg

References

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