Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	332 (167 men and 165 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearers	Ai Fukuhara (opening) Kosuke Kitajima (closing)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 9 Silver 8 Bronze 8 Total 25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The list of qualified entries for Japan is shown. In some cases, the country 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 assigned 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.

Medalists Edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Masato Uchishiba	Judo	Men's 66 kg	August 10
Gold	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 11
Gold	Ayumi Tanimoto	Judo	Women's 63 kg	August 12
Gold	Masae Ueno	Judo	Women's 70 kg	August 13
Gold	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 14
Gold	Satoshi Ishii	Judo	Men's +100 kg	August 15
Gold	Saori Yoshida	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg	August 16
Gold	Kaori Icho	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 63 kg	August 17
Gold	Naho Emoto Motoko Fujimoto Megu Hirose Emi Inui Sachiko Ito Ayumi Karino Satoko Mabuchi Yukiyo Mine Masumi Mishina Rei Nishiyama Hiroko Sakai Rie Sato Mika Someya Yukiko Ueno Eri Yamada	Softball	Tournaments	August 21
Silver	Takehiro Kashima Takuya Nakase Makoto Okiguchi Koki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Tomita Kōhei Uchimura	Gymnastics	Team all-around	August 12
Silver	Yuki Ota	Fencing	Men's foil	August 13
Silver	Kōhei Uchimura	Gymnastics	Individual all-around	August 14
Silver	Maki Tsukada	Judo	Women's +78 kg	August 15
Silver	Chiharu Icho	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg	August 16
Silver	Tomohiro Matsunaga	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 55 kg	August 19
Silver	Kenichi Yumoto	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	August 19
Silver	Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	August 22
Bronze	Ryoko Tani	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 9
Bronze	Misato Nakamura	Judo	Women's 52 kg	August 10
Bronze	Takeshi Matsuda	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	August 13
Bronze	Reiko Nakamura	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	August 16
Bronze	Kiyofumi Nagai	Cycling	Keirin	August 16
Bronze	Junichi Miyashita Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Hisayoshi Sato	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	August 17
Bronze	Kyoko Hamaguchi	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 72 kg	August 17
Bronze	Saho Harada Emiko Suzuki	Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	August 20

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Judo	4	1	2	7
Wrestling	2	3	1	5
Swimming	2	0	3	5
Softball	1	0	0	1
Gymnastics	0	2	0	2
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Fencing	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Synchronized swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	9	8	8	25

Archery Edit

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 allowed 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 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 / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Individual	663	17	Kunda (BLR) (48) L 111 (18)–111 (19)	did not advance
Ryuichi Moriya	Individual	661	22	Piatek (POL) (43) W 109 (10)–109 (9)	Wang C-P (TPE) (11) W 114–109	Tsyrempilov (RUS) (6) W 113–110	Ruban (UKR) (3) L 106–115	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nami Hayakawa	Individual	649	9	Mousikou (CYP) (56) W 112–103	Nichols (USA) (24) W 105–103	Folkard (GBR) (8) W 106–97	Park S-H (KOR) (1) L 103–112	did not advance
Yuki Hayashi		616	48	Esebua (GEO) (17) L 102 (8)–102 (9)	did not advance
Sayoko Kitabatake		616	46	Mosypinek (POL) (19) W 103–101	Schuh (FRA) (14) L 100–112	did not advance
Nami Hayakawa Yuki Hayashi Sayoko Kitabatake	Team	1881	7	—		Colombia (COL) (10) W 206–199	Great Britain (GBR) (2) L 196–201	did not advance

Athletics Edit

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nobuharu Asahara	100 m	10.25	4 q	10.37	8	Did not advance
Yoshitaka Iwamizu	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.80	9	—				Did not advance
Yuzo Kanemaru	400 m	46.39	7	—		Did not advance
Takayuki Matsumiya	5000 m	14:20.24	13	—				Did not advance
Takayuki Matsumiya	10000 m	—						28:39.77	31
Koichiro Morioka	20 km walk	—						1:21:57	16
Masato Naito	110 m hurdles	13.96	7	Did not advance
Kenji Narisako	400 m hurdles	49.63	5	—		Did not advance
Tsuyoshi Ogata	Marathon	—						2:13:26	13
Satoshi Osaki		—						DNS
Atsushi Sato		—						2:41:08	76
Shingo Suetsugu	200 m	20.93	6	Did not advance
Shinji Takahira	200 m	20.58	4 q	20.63	7	Did not advance
Kensuke Takezawa	5000 m	13:49.42	7	—				Did not advance
Kensuke Takezawa	10000 m	—						28:23.28	28
Dai Tamesue	400 m hurdles	49.82	4	—		Did not advance
Takayuki Tanii	20 km walk	—						DSQ
Takayuki Tanii	50 km walk	—						4:01:37	29
Naoki Tsukahara	100 m	10.39	2 Q	10.23	3 Q	10.16	7	Did not advance
Yuki Yamazaki	20 km walk	—						1:21:18	11
Yuki Yamazaki	50 km walk	—						3:45:47	7
Nobuharu Asahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Naoki Tsukahara	4 × 100 m relay	38.52	2 Q	—				38.15
Mitsuhiro Abiko Yoshihiro Horigome Kenji Narisako Dai Tamesue	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.18	6	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Naoyuki Daigo	High jump	2.15	36	Did not advance
Yukifumi Murakami	Javelin throw	78.21	15	Did not advance
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	78.16	5 Q	80.71	5
Daichi Sawano	Pole vault	5.55	16	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yukiko Akaba	5000 m	15:38.30	12	—				Did not advance
Yukiko Akaba	10000 m	—						32:00.37	20
Kayoko Fukushi	5000 m	15:20.46	10	—				Did not advance
Kayoko Fukushi	10000 m	—						31:01.14	11
Chisato Fukushima	100 m	11.74	6	Did not advance
Minori Hayakari	3000 m steeplechase	9:49.70	16	—				Did not advance
Mayumi Kawasaki	20 km walk	—						1:29:43	14
Yuriko Kobayashi	5000 m	15:15.87	7	—				Did not advance
Sachiko Konishi	20 km walk	—						1:32:21	26
Yurika Nakamura	Marathon	—						2:30:19	13
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles	55.82 SB	3 Q	—		56.69	7	Did not advance
Yoko Shibui	10000 m	—						31:31.13	17
Asami Tanno	400 m	52.60	4	—		Did not advance
Reiko Tosa	Marathon	—						DNF
Sayaka Aoki Mayu Kida Satomi Kubokura Asami Tanno	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.52 SB	8	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kumiko Ikeda	Long jump	6.47	19	Did not advance

Badminton Edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shoji Sato	Singles	Bye	Sridhar (IND) W 21–13, 21–17	Gade (DEN) L 21–19, 20–22, 15–21	Did not advance
Shintaro Ikeda Shuichi Sakamoto	Doubles	—		Koo K K / Tan B H (MAS) L 12–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Doubles	—		Hadiyanto / Yulianto (INA) W 19–21, 21–14, 21–14	Lee J-j / Hwang J-m (KOR) L 12–21, 21–18, 9–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eriko Hirose	Singles	Ingólfsdóttir (ISL) W 21–6, 19–7^r	Nguyen (VIE) W 21–7, 21–12	Pi (FRA) L 12–21, 21–16, 6–21	Did not advance
Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Doubles	—		Luiz / Tanaka (AUS) W 21–4, 21–8	Yang W / Zhang Jw (CHN) W 8–21, 23–21, 21–14	Lee K-w / Lee H-j (KOR) L 20–22, 15–21	Zhang Yw / Wei Yl (CHN) L 17–21, 10–21	4
Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Doubles	—		Kristiansen / Juhl (DEN) W 18–21, 21–14, 21–18	Du J / Yu Y (CHN) L 8–21, 5–21	Did not advance

Baseball Edit

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.

Roster

Pitchers:

Catchers:

Infielders:

Outfielders:

Group stage


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
Cuba	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	4	9	1
WP: Norge Luis Vera (1-0) LP: Yu Darvish (0-1) Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Japan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	6	10	0
WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1-0) LP: Alexander Smit (0-1) Home runs: NED: None JPN: Takahiko Sato (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1-0) LP: Chris Begg (1-1) Sv: Koji Uehara (1) Home runs: JPN: Atsunori Inaba (1) CAN: None


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
WP: Jeff Stevens (1-2) LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-2) Sv: Casey Weathers (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	6	9	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
WP: Hideaki Wakui (1-0) LP: Fu-Te Ni (0-1) Home runs: JPN: Shinnosuke Abe (1) TPE: None


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	9	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	7	1
WP: Suk-Min Yoon (2-0) LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-1) Sv: Tae-Hyon Chong (1) Home runs: KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (2) JPN: Takahiro Arai (1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	2	0
Japan	0	3	1	0	0	6	X	-	-	10	10	0
WP: Hideaki Wakui (2-0) LP: Nan Wang (0-1) Home runs: CHN: None JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1)

Group table

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1-0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0-1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1-0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0-1

Semifinal


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	X	6	10	1
WP: Kwang-Hyun Kim (1-0) LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-3) Home runs: JPN: None KOR: Seung-Yeop Lee (1)

Bronze medal game


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1
United States	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	X	8	9	0
WP: Brett Anderson (1-0) LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0-1) Home runs: JPN: Masahiro Araki (1), Norichika Aoki (1) USA: Matt LaPorta (2), Matt Brown (2), Jason Donald (1)

Boxing Edit

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Satoshi Shimizu	Featherweight	Bye	Kılıç (TUR) L 9–12	Did not advance
Masatsugu Kawachi	Light welterweight	Bye	Boonjumnong (THA) L 1–8	Did not advance

Canoeing Edit

Slalom Edit

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	94.08	13	92.24	14	186.32	14	Did not advance
Kazuki Yazawa	Men's K-1	89.82	19	90.05	18	179.87	18	Did not advance
Hiroyuki Nagao Masatoshi Sanma	Men's C-2	99.47	8	113.09	10	212.56	10 Q	110.10	9	Did not advance
Yuriko Takeshita	Women's K-1	111.63	14	113.08	18	224.71	15 Q	107.86	6 Q	111.44	4	219.30	4

Sprint Edit

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shinobu Kitamoto	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.148	4 QS	2:01.105	9	Did not advance
Shinobu Kitamoto Mikiko Takeya	Women's K-2 500 m	1:46.980	6 QS	1:43.541	1 Q	1:43.291	5
Shinobu Kitamoto Ayaka Kuno Yumiko Suzuki Mikiko Takeya	Women's K-4 500 m	1:38.618	5 QS	1:37.449	2 Q	1:36.465	6

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling Edit

Road Edit

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fumiyuki Beppu	Men's road race	Did not finish
Fumiyuki Beppu	Men's time trial	1:11:05	39
Takashi Miyazawa	Men's road race	6:55:24	85
Miho Oki	Women's road race	3:33:17	31

Track Edit

Japan has qualified entries in men's Keirin, sprint, team sprint and points race, and women's points race and sprint.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Tsubasa Kitatsuru	Men's sprint	10.391 69.290	14	Bourgain (FRA) L	Awang (MAS) Kwiatkowski (POL) L	Did not advance
Kazunari Watanabe	Men's sprint	10.346 69.592	11	Chiappa (ITA) L	Blatchford (USA) Zhang L (CHN) W 10.965 65.663	Hoy (GBR) L	Sireau (FRA) Bayley (AUS) L	Did not advance		9th place final Nimke (GER) Chiappa (ITA) Bayley (AUS) L	12
Kiyofumi Nagai Tomohiro Nagatsuka Kazunari Watanabe	Men's team sprint	44.454 60.736	6	Germany (GER) L 44.437 60.760	—					Did not advance	6
Sakie Tsukuda	Women's sprint	12.134 59.337	12	Pendleton (GBR) L	Tsylinskaya (BLR) Guerra (CUB) L	—		Did not advance		9th place final Grankovskaya (RUS) Guerra (CUB) Hijgenaar (NED) L	12

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Toshiaki Fushimi	Men's keirin	3 R	4	Did not advance
Kiyofumi Nagai	Men's keirin	3 R	1 Q	2 Q

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Makoto Iijima	Men's points race	23	1	8
Satomi Wadami	Women's points race	Did not finish

Mountain biking Edit

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kohei Yamamoto	Men's cross-country	LAP (3 lap)	46
Rie Katayama	Women's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	20

BMX Edit

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Akifumi Sakamoto	Men's BMX	40.548	32	19	7	Did not advance

Diving Edit

One Japanese member qualified 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.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Terauchi	3 m springboard	452.80	10 Q	478.25	7 Q	442.50	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mai Nakagawa	10 m platform	331.40	9 Q	314.60	10 Q	296.30	11

Equestrian Edit

Dressage Edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Hiroshi Hoketsu	Whisper	Individual	62.542	35	Did not advance
Yuko Kitai	Rambo		59.250	45	Did not advance
Mieko Yagi	Dow Jones		60.167	42	Did not advance
Hiroshi Hoketsu Yuko Kitai Mieko Yagi	See above	Team	—						60.653	9

Eventing Edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Yoshiaki Oiwa	Gorgeous George	Individual	52.40	40	76.40	128.80	55	8.00	136.80	49	Did not advance			136.80	49

Show jumping Edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Eiken Sato	Cayak	Individual	1	14	24	25	51	Did not advance								25	51
Taizo Sugitani	California	Individual	0	=1	17	17	37 Q	9	26	37 Q	12	29	Did not advance			12	29

Taizo Sugitani finished qualifying in 37th place which made him a reserve rider for the final. After several qualified horses tested positive for use of capsaicin, he was moved up and participated in Final A.

Fencing Edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shogo Nishida	Individual épée	Inostroza (CHI) L 11–15	Did not advance
Kenta Chida	Individual foil	—	Lau K K (HKG) W 15–6	Kleibrink (GER) L 10–15	Did not advance
Yuki Ota	Individual foil	—	Souza (BRA) W 15–4	Choi B-C (KOR) W 15–14	Joppich (GER) W 15–12	Sanzo (ITA) W 15–14	Kleibrink (GER) L 9–15
Satoshi Ogawa	Individual sabre	Keita (SEN) L 14–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Megumi Harada	Individual épée	—	Parkinson (AUS) W 15–9	Brânză (ROU) L 11–15	Did not advance
Chieko Sugawara	Individual foil	Bye	Jung G-O (KOR) W 11–9	Golubytskyi (GER) W 6–5	Nam H-H (KOR) L 10–15	Did not advance
Madoka Hisagae	Individual sabre	Bye	Dyachenko (RUS) L 10–15	Did not advance

Field hockey Edit

Women's tournament Edit

Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head Coach: Yoo Seung-Jin

Reserve:

Hikari Suwa
Nichika Urata

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Advanced to semifinals
Argentina	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11	Advanced to semifinals
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	8
United States	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008
08:30

Japan	2–1	New Zealand
Morimoto 12' Tsukui 17'	Report	Claxton 25'

Umpires:
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Minka Woolley (AUS)

12 August 2008
18:00

United States	1–1	Japan
Barber 58'	Report	Chiba 12'

Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

14 August 2008
18:30

Japan	1–2	Argentina
Miura 64'	Report	Gulla 38' Burkart 51'

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

16 August 2008
20:30

Great Britain	2–1	Japan
Panter 32' Cullen 70'	Report	Miura 58'

Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

18 August 2008
08:30

Germany	1–0	Japan
Beermann 40'	Report

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Miao Lin (CHN)

9th–10th place

20 August 2008
08:30

South Korea	2–1	Japan
Park Jeong-sook 12', 49'	Report	Komazawa 43'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Lisa Roach (AUS)

Football (soccer) Edit

Men's tournament Edit

Roster

The following is the Japan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Yasuharu Sorimachi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shusaku Nishikawa	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Oita Trinita
2	3MF	Hajime Hosogai	(1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Urawa Red Diamonds
3	2DF	Maya Yoshida	(1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 19)	0	0	Nagoya Grampus
4	2DF	Hiroki Mizumoto (c)	(1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 22)	1	0	Kyoto Sanga
5	2DF	Yuto Nagatomo	(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 21)	3	0	FC Tokyo
6	2DF	Masato Morishige	(1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Oita Trinita
7	2DF	Atsuto Uchida	(1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 20)	9	1	Kashima Antlers
8	3MF	Keisuke Honda	(1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 22)	1	0	VVV-Venlo
9	4FW	Yohei Toyoda	(1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Montedio Yamagata
10	3MF	Yohei Kajiyama	(1985-09-24)24 September 1985 (aged 22)	0	0	FC Tokyo
11	4FW	Shinji Okazaki	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Shimizu S-Pulse
12	3MF	Hiroyuki Taniguchi	(1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Kawasaki Frontale
13	2DF	Michihiro Yasuda	(1987-12-20)20 December 1987 (aged 20)	5	0	Gamba Osaka
14	4FW	Shinji Kagawa	(1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 19)	3	0	Cerezo Osaka
15	4FW	Takayuki Morimoto	(1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Catania
16	3MF	Takuya Honda	(1985-04-17)17 April 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Shimizu S-Pulse
17	4FW	Tadanari Lee	(1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 22)	0	0	Kashiwa Reysol
18	1GK	Kaito Yamamoto	(1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Shimizu S-Pulse

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Qualified for the quarterfinals
3	United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

7 August 2008

17:00

Japan	0–1	United States
	Report	Holden 47'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 57,102

Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

10 August 2008

17:00

Nigeria	2–1	Japan
Obinna 58' Anichebe 74'	Report	Toyoda 79'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 42,592

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

13 August 2008

17:00

Netherlands	1–0	Japan
Sibon 73' (pen.)	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 38,790

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Women's tournament Edit

Roster

Head coach: Norio Sasaki

Japan named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[6]^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Miho Fukumoto	(1983-10-02)2 October 1983 (aged 24)	39	0	Okayama Yunogo Belle
2	2DF	Yukari Kinga	(1984-05-02)2 May 1984 (aged 24)	29	0	NTV Beleza
3	2DF	Hiromi Ikeda (captain)	(1975-12-22)22 December 1975 (aged 32)	112	4	Tasaki Perule
4	2DF	Azusa Iwashimizu	(1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 21)	33	5	NTV Beleza
5	3MF	Miyuki Yanagita	(1981-04-11)11 April 1981 (aged 27)	86	11	Urawa Reds Ladies
6	3MF	Tomoe Kato	(1978-05-27)27 May 1978 (aged 30)	112	8	NTV Beleza
7	2DF	Kozue Ando	(1982-07-09)9 July 1982 (aged 26)	61	10	Urawa Reds Ladies
8	3MF	Aya Miyama	(1985-01-28)28 January 1985 (aged 23)	60	18	Okayama Yunogo Belle
9	4FW	Eriko Arakawa	(1979-10-30)30 October 1979 (aged 28)	62	19	NTV Beleza
10	3MF	Homare Sawa	(1978-09-06)6 September 1978 (aged 29)	136	68	NTV Beleza
11	4FW	Shinobu Ohno	(1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 24)	57	22	NTV Beleza
12	4FW	Karina Maruyama	(1983-03-26)26 March 1983 (aged 25)	50	12	TEPCO Mareeze
13	3MF	Ayumi Hara	(1979-02-21)21 February 1979 (aged 29)	36	1	INAC Leonessa
14	2DF	Kyoko Yano	(1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 24)	44	1	Urawa Reds Ladies
15	3MF	Mizuho Sakaguchi	(1987-10-15)15 October 1987 (aged 20)	21	14	Tasaki Perule
16	3MF	Rumi Utsugi	(1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 19)	23	4	NTV Beleza
17	4FW	Yūki Nagasato	(1987-07-15)15 July 1987 (aged 21)	44	25	NTV Beleza
18	1GK	Ayumi Kaihori	(1986-09-04)4 September 1986 (aged 21)	2	0	INAC Leonessa

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

6 August 2008

17:00

Japan	2–2	New Zealand
Miyama 72' (pen.) Sawa 86'	Report	Yallop 37' Hearn 56' (pen.)

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 10,270

Referee: Deidre Mitchell (South Africa)

9 August 2008

17:00

United States	1–0	Japan
Lloyd 27'	Report

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 16,912

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

12 August 2008

19:45

Norway	1–5	Japan
Knutsen 27'	Report	Kinga 31' Følstad 51' (o.g.) Ohno 52' Sawa 71' Hara 83'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 16,872

Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

Quarterfinals

15 August 2008

21:00

China	0–2	Japan
	Report	Sawa 15' Nagasato 80'

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 28,459

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Semifinals

18 August 2008

21:00

United States	4–2	Japan
Hucles 41', 80' Chalupny 44' O'Reilly 70'	Report	Ohno 16' Arakawa 90+3'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 50,937

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Bronze medal game

21 August 2008

18:00

Germany	2–0	Japan
Bajramaj 68', 87'	Report

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 49,285

Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

Final rank

4th place

Gymnastics Edit

Artistic Edit

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Takehiro Kashima	Team	—	14.425	—	15.975	15.550	15.150	—		—	15.575	—	15.200	—
Takuya Nakase		15.500	14.075	15.275	—	15.725	15.450 Q	—		15.000	—	15.425	—		15.525	—
Makoto Okiguchi		15.275	—		15.750	—				15.275	—
Koki Sakamoto		14.950	14.925	15.525	16.200	15.625	14.725	91.950	5*	—	14.850	15.525	15.400	15.000	—
Hiroyuki Tomita		15.175	15.175 Q	15.025	15.200	15.775	15.550 Q	91.900	6 Q	—	15.150	15.950	—	16.150	15.625	—
Kōhei Uchimura		15.725	14.100	14.675	16.200	16.025	15.325	92.050	4 Q	15.700	—		16.150	15.925	15.450	—
Total		61.675	58.625	60.500	64.125	63.150	61.475	369.550	2 Q	45.975	45.575	46.900	46.750	47.075	46.600	278.875

*Due to a coaching decision, Hiroyuki Tomita started in the individual all-around final instead of Koki Sakamoto.^[8] Tomita had finished qualification in 6th place, but behind his teammates Uchimura and Sakamoto, and no more than two gymnasts from the same nation are allowed in the final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Takuya Nakase	Horizontal bar	—					15.450	15.450	5
Koki Sakamoto	All-around	Withdrew due to coaching decision
Hiroyuki Tomita	All-around	15.100	15.425	13.850	16.200	16.000	15.675	91.750	4
	Pommel horse	—	15.375	—				15.375	5
	Horizontal bar	—					15.225	15.225	6
Kōhei Uchimura	All-around	15.825	13.275	15.200	16.300	15.975	15.400	91.975
Kōhei Uchimura	Floor	15.575	—					15.575	5

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Mayu Kuroda	Team	—		14.725	14.850	—		—		15.350	14.725	—
Yu Minobe		13.825	14.050	14.525	—			did not compete
Kyoko Oshima		14.175	14.700	14.450	14.300	57.625	27 Q	14.450	14.450	14.750	—
Yuko Shintake		14.175	14.675	—	15.050	—		14.025	14.625	—	15.000	—
Koko Tsurumi		14.325	14.200	15.025	15.425	58.975	17 Q	14.200	—	15.425	15.225	—
Miki Uemura		12.875	14.475	12.775	14.575	54.700	50	—	14.475	—
Total		56.500	58.050	58.725	59.900	233.175	8 Q	42.675	43.550	45.525	44.950	176.700	5

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Kyoko Oshima	All-around	14.400	14.575	14.675	14.975	57.625	20
Koko Tsurumi	All-around	13.675	14.075	14.950	15.400	58.100	17
Koko Tsurumi	Balance beam	—			14.450	14.450	8

Kyoko Oshima qualified for the All-Around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, five gymnasts ranked ahead of her were ineligible. For the same reason, Koko Tsurumi appeared in the balance beam apparatus final.

Rhythmic Edit

Japan have qualified a rhythmic gymnastics group.

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Yuko Endo Chihana Hara Saori Inagaki Nachi Misawa Kotono Tanaka Honami Tsuboi	Team	15.425	15.425	30.850	10	did not advance

Trampoline Edit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Tetsuya Sotomura	Men's	70.30	5 Q	39.80	4
Yasuhiro Ueyama	Men's	69.20	9	did not advance
Haruka Hirota	Women's	62.60	12	did not advance

Judo Edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hiroaki Hiraoka	−60 kg	Bye	Williams-Murray (USA) L 0000–0001	did not advance
Masato Uchishiba	−66 kg	Bye	Jimenez (DOM) W 1001–0000	Miresmaeili (IRI) W 0020–0000	Sharipov (UZB) W 0201–0010	Arencibia (CUB) W 0020–0001	Bye			Darbelet (FRA) W 1000–0000
Yusuke Kanamaru	−73 kg	—	Maloumat (IRI) L 0001–1001	did not advance			Pina (POR) W 0011–0010	Dashdavaa (MGL) W 0100–0000	van Tichelt (BEL) L 0000–0211	did not advance
Takashi Ono	−81 kg	Bye	Camilo (BRA) L 0000–0120	did not advance
Hiroshi Izumi	−90 kg	—	Kelly (AUS) W 0010–0000	Kazusionak (BLR) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Keiji Suzuki	−100 kg	—	Naidangiin (MGL) L 0000–1000	did not advance			Behrla (GER) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Satoshi Ishii	+100 kg	Bye	Bianchessi (ITA) W 1011–0000	El Shehaby (EGY) W 1001–0000	Tmenov (RUS) W 1001–0000	Gujejiani (GEO) W 1011–0000	Bye			Tangriev (UZB) W 0010–0000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryoko Tani	−48 kg	Matsumoto (USA) W 0020–0000	Wu Sg (CHN) W 0100–0000	Pareto (ARG) W 0001–0000	Dumitru (ROU) L 0010–0100	Bye			Bogdanova (RUS) W 1000–0000
Misato Nakamura	−52 kg	Bye	Tarangul (GER) W 0001–0000	Heylen (BEL) W 0001–0000	An K-A (PRK) L 0000–0001	Bye			Kim K-O (KOR) W 0200–0000
Aiko Sato	−57 kg	Bye	Gasimova (AZE) W 1001–0100	Xu Y (CHN) L 0002–0010	Did not advance	Bye	Koivumäki (FIN) W 1011–0000	Quadros (BRA) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Ayumi Tanimoto	−63 kg	Bye	Barreto (VEN) W 1000–0000	Kong J-Y (KOR) W 1000–0001	Gonzalez (CUB) W 1011–0000	Bye			Décosse (FRA) W 1000–0000
Masae Ueno	−70 kg	Park K-Y (KOR) W 1010–0000	Wang J (CHN) W 1011–0001	Meszaros (HUN) W 0200–0000	Bosch (NED) W 0110–0001	Bye			Hernandez (CUB) W 1000–0000
Sae Nakazawa	−78 kg	Bye	Morico (ITA) L 0001–0010	did not advance
Maki Tsukada	+78 kg	Bye	Mondiere (FRA) W 1000–0001	Zambotti (MEX) W 1000–0000	Polavder (SLO) W 1010–0000	Bye			Tong W (CHN) L 0010–1001

Modern pentathlon Edit

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Yoshihiro Murakami	Men's	181	19	1108	12–23	33	688	2:10.74	31	1232	220	21	980	10:56.35	36	736	4744	31

Rowing Edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daisaku Takeda Kazushige Ura	Lightweight double sculls	6:24.21	4 R	6:43.03	3 SC/D	6:29.30	1 FC	6:23.02	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akiko Iwamoto Misaki Kumakura	Lightweight double sculls	7:05.67	3 R	7:30.92	3 SA/B	7:16.13	6 FB	7:08.49	9

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing Edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Makoto Tomizawa	RS:X	6	20	6	14	7	23	8	~~DSQ~~	12	2	18	116	10
Yoichi Iijima	Laser	36	32	16	17	31	~~BFD~~	31	DNF	28	CAN	EL	235	35
Tetsuya Matsunaga Taro Ueno	470	1	20	24	13	10	14	1	9	21	4	4	97	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Yasuko Kosuge	RS:X	9	12	4	17	14	18	18	11	10	7	EL	102	13
Naoko Kamata Ai Kondo	470	13	15	14	15	14	1	12	10	1	13	EL	93	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Akira Ishibashi Yukio Makino	49er	8	17	3	13	8	12	8	9	17	6	14	5	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	103	12

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting Edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Susumu Kobayashi	10 m air pistol	577	23	did not advance
Susumu Kobayashi	50 m pistol	558	10	did not advance
Tomoyuki Matsuda	10 m air pistol	579	19	did not advance
Tomoyuki Matsuda	50 m pistol	558	9	did not advance
Toshikazu Yamashita	10 m air rifle	590	28	did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	593	18	did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1167	16	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michiko Fukushima	10 m air pistol	373	38	did not advance
Michiko Fukushima	25 m pistol	581	10	did not advance
Yukie Nakayama	Trap	67	6 Q	86	4

Softball Edit

Team roster

Preliminary round


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
Japan	3	1	0	0	0	0	X	4	5	1
WP: Yukiko Ueno(1-0) LP: Melanie Roche(0-1) Home runs: AUS: Jodie Bowering(1), Natalie Titcume(1) JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Japan	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3	8	0
WP: Hiroko Sakai(2-0) LP: Judith van Kampen(0-1) Sv: Naho Emoto(1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2
WP: Yukiko Ueno(2-0) LP: Wei Lu(1-2) Sv: Hiroko Sakai(1) Home runs: JPN: Rie Sato(1) CHN: None


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Japan	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	6	9	0
WP: Yukiko Ueno(3-0) LP: Lauren Bay(2-2) Sv: Mika Someya(1)


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	1
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Tanimoto Judo Women s 63 kg August 12 nbsp Gold Masae Ueno Judo Women s 70 kg August 13 nbsp Gold Kosuke Kitajima Swimming Men s 200 m breaststroke August 14 nbsp Gold Satoshi Ishii Judo Men s 100 kg August 15 nbsp Gold Saori Yoshida Wrestling Women s freestyle 55 kg August 16 nbsp Gold Kaori Icho Wrestling Women s freestyle 63 kg August 17 nbsp Gold Naho EmotoMotoko FujimotoMegu HiroseEmi InuiSachiko ItoAyumi KarinoSatoko MabuchiYukiyo MineMasumi MishinaRei NishiyamaHiroko SakaiRie SatoMika SomeyaYukiko UenoEri Yamada Softball Tournaments August 21 nbsp Silver Takehiro Kashima Takuya Nakase Makoto Okiguchi Koki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Tomita Kōhei Uchimura Gymnastics Team all around August 12 nbsp Silver Yuki Ota Fencing Men s foil August 13 nbsp Silver Kōhei Uchimura Gymnastics Individual all around August 14 nbsp Silver Maki Tsukada Judo Women s 78 kg August 15 nbsp Silver Chiharu Icho Wrestling Women s freestyle 48 kg August 16 nbsp Silver Tomohiro Matsunaga Wrestling Men s freestyle 55 kg August 19 nbsp Silver Kenichi Yumoto Wrestling Men s freestyle 60 kg August 19 nbsp Silver Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara Athletics Men s 4 100 m relay August 22 nbsp Bronze Ryoko Tani Judo Women s 48 kg August 9 nbsp Bronze Misato Nakamura Judo Women s 52 kg August 10 nbsp Bronze Takeshi Matsuda Swimming Men s 200 m butterfly August 13 nbsp Bronze Reiko Nakamura Swimming Women s 200 m backstroke August 16 nbsp Bronze Kiyofumi Nagai Cycling Keirin August 16 nbsp Bronze Junichi Miyashita Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Hisayoshi Sato Swimming Men s 4 100 m medley relay August 17 nbsp Bronze Kyoko Hamaguchi Wrestling Women s freestyle 72 kg August 17 nbsp Bronze Saho Harada Emiko Suzuki Synchronized swimming Women s duet August 20 Medals by sportSport nbsp nbsp nbsp TotalJudo 4 1 2 7Wrestling 2 3 1 5Swimming 2 0 3 5Softball 1 0 0 1Gymnastics 0 2 0 2Athletics 0 1 0 1Fencing 0 1 0 1Cycling 0 0 1 1Synchronized swimming 0 0 1 1Total 9 8 8 25Archery EditMain article Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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 allowed 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 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 MenAthlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final BMScore Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore RankTakaharu Furukawa Individual 663 17 nbsp Kunda BLR 48 L 111 18 111 19 did not advanceRyuichi Moriya 661 22 nbsp Piatek POL 43 W 109 10 109 9 nbsp Wang C P TPE 11 W 114 109 nbsp Tsyrempilov RUS 6 W 113 110 nbsp Ruban UKR 3 L 106 115 did not advanceWomenAthlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final BMScore Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore RankNami Hayakawa Individual 649 9 nbsp Mousikou CYP 56 W 112 103 nbsp Nichols USA 24 W 105 103 nbsp Folkard GBR 8 W 106 97 nbsp Park S H KOR 1 L 103 112 did not advanceYuki Hayashi 616 48 nbsp Esebua GEO 17 L 102 8 102 9 did not advanceSayoko Kitabatake 616 46 nbsp Mosypinek POL 19 W 103 101 nbsp Schuh FRA 14 L 100 112 did not advanceNami HayakawaYuki HayashiSayoko Kitabatake Team 1881 7 nbsp Colombia COL 10 W 206 199 nbsp Great Britain GBR 2 L 196 201 did not advanceAthletics EditMain article Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics KeyNote Ranks given for track events are within the athlete s heat only Q Qualified for the next round q Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or in field events by position without achieving the qualifying target NR National record N A Round not applicable for the event Bye Athlete not required to compete in round Men Track amp road eventsAthlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal FinalResult Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result RankNobuharu Asahara 100 m 10 25 4 q 10 37 8 Did not advanceYoshitaka Iwamizu 3000 m steeplechase 8 29 80 9 Did not advanceYuzo Kanemaru 400 m 46 39 7 Did not advanceTakayuki Matsumiya 5000 m 14 20 24 13 Did not advance10000 m 28 39 77 31Koichiro Morioka 20 km walk 1 21 57 16Masato Naito 110 m hurdles 13 96 7 Did not advanceKenji Narisako 400 m hurdles 49 63 5 Did not advanceTsuyoshi Ogata Marathon 2 13 26 13Satoshi Osaki DNSAtsushi Sato 2 41 08 76Shingo Suetsugu 200 m 20 93 6 Did not advanceShinji Takahira 20 58 4 q 20 63 7 Did not advanceKensuke Takezawa 5000 m 13 49 42 7 Did not advance10000 m 28 23 28 28Dai Tamesue 400 m hurdles 49 82 4 Did not advanceTakayuki Tanii 20 km walk DSQ50 km walk 4 01 37 29Naoki Tsukahara 100 m 10 39 2 Q 10 23 3 Q 10 16 7 Did not advanceYuki Yamazaki 20 km walk 1 21 18 1150 km walk 3 45 47 7Nobuharu AsaharaShingo SuetsuguShinji TakahiraNaoki Tsukahara 4 100 m relay 38 52 2 Q 38 15 nbsp Mitsuhiro AbikoYoshihiro HorigomeKenji NarisakoDai Tamesue 4 400 m relay 3 04 18 6 Did not advanceField eventsAthlete Event Qualification FinalDistance Position Distance PositionNaoyuki Daigo High jump 2 15 36 Did not advanceYukifumi Murakami Javelin throw 78 21 15 Did not advanceKoji Murofushi Hammer throw 78 16 5 Q 80 71 5Daichi Sawano Pole vault 5 55 16 Did not advanceWomen Track amp road eventsAthlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal FinalResult Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result RankYukiko Akaba 5000 m 15 38 30 12 Did not advance10000 m 32 00 37 20Kayoko Fukushi 5000 m 15 20 46 10 Did not advance10000 m 31 01 14 11Chisato Fukushima 100 m 11 74 6 Did not advanceMinori Hayakari 3000 m steeplechase 9 49 70 16 Did not advanceMayumi Kawasaki 20 km walk 1 29 43 14Yuriko Kobayashi 5000 m 15 15 87 7 Did not advanceSachiko Konishi 20 km walk 1 32 21 26Yurika Nakamura Marathon 2 30 19 13Satomi Kubokura 400 m hurdles 55 82 SB 3 Q 56 69 7 Did not advanceYoko Shibui 10000 m 31 31 13 17Asami Tanno 400 m 52 60 4 Did not advanceReiko Tosa Marathon DNFSayaka AokiMayu KidaSatomi KubokuraAsami Tanno 4 400 m relay 3 30 52 SB 8 Did not advanceField eventsAthlete Event Qualification FinalDistance Position Distance PositionKumiko Ikeda Long jump 6 47 19 Did not advanceBadminton EditMain article Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics MenAthlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final BMOppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore RankShoji Sato Singles Bye nbsp Sridhar IND W 21 13 21 17 nbsp Gade DEN L 21 19 20 22 15 21 Did not advanceShintaro IkedaShuichi Sakamoto Doubles nbsp Koo K K Tan B H MAS L 12 21 16 21 Did not advanceKeita MasudaTadashi Ohtsuka nbsp Hadiyanto Yulianto INA W 19 21 21 14 21 14 nbsp Lee J j Hwang J m KOR L 12 21 21 18 9 21 Did not advanceWomenAthlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final BMOppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore RankEriko Hirose Singles nbsp Ingolfsdottir ISL W 21 6 19 7r nbsp Nguyen VIE W 21 7 21 12 nbsp Pi FRA L 12 21 21 16 6 21 Did not advanceMiyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna Doubles nbsp Luiz Tanaka AUS W 21 4 21 8 nbsp Yang W Zhang Jw CHN W 8 21 23 21 21 14 nbsp Lee K w Lee H j KOR L 20 22 15 21 nbsp Zhang Yw Wei Yl CHN L 17 21 10 21 4Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota nbsp Kristiansen Juhl DEN W 18 21 21 14 21 18 nbsp Du J Yu Y CHN L 8 21 5 21 Did not advanceBaseball EditMain article Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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 RosterPitchers Yu Darvish Kyuji Fujikawa Hitoki Iwase Kenshin Kawakami Yoshihisa Naruse Toshiya Sugiuchi Masahiro Tanaka Koji Uehara Tsuyoshi Wada Hideaki WakuiCatchers Shinnosuke Abe Tomoya Satozaki Akihiro Yano Infielders Takahiro Arai Masahiro Araki Munenori Kawasaki Shinya Miyamoto Shuichi Murata Hiroyuki Nakajima Tsuyoshi NishiokaOutfielders Norichika Aoki Atsunori Inaba Masahiko Morino G G Sato Group stage Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 nbsp Cuba 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 9 1WP Norge Luis Vera 1 0 LP Yu Darvish 0 1 Sv Pedro Luis Lazo 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 nbsp Japan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 6 10 0WP Toshiya Sugiuchi 1 0 LP Alexander Smit 0 1 Home runs NED NoneJPN Takahiko Sato 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 nbsp Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2WP Yoshihisa Naruse 1 0 LP Chris Begg 1 1 Sv Koji Uehara 1 Home runs JPN Atsunori Inaba 1 CAN None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E nbsp United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 0 nbsp Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0WP Jeff Stevens 1 2 LP Hitoki Iwase 0 2 Sv Casey Weathers 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 6 9 1 nbsp Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0WP Hideaki Wakui 1 0 LP Fu Te Ni 0 1 Home runs JPN Shinnosuke Abe 1 TPE None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 9 1 nbsp Japan 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 7 1WP Suk Min Yoon 2 0 LP Hitoki Iwase 0 1 Sv Tae Hyon Chong 1 Home runs KOR Dae Ho Lee 2 JPN Takahiro Arai 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 nbsp Japan 0 3 1 0 0 6 X 10 10 0WP Hideaki Wakui 2 0 LP Nan Wang 0 1 Home runs CHN NoneJPN Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1 Group table Team G W L RS RA WIN GB Tiebreaker nbsp South Korea 7 7 0 41 22 1 000 nbsp Cuba 7 6 1 52 23 857 1 nbsp United States 7 5 2 40 22 714 2 nbsp Japan 7 4 3 30 14 571 3 nbsp Chinese Taipei 7 2 5 29 33 286 5 1 0 nbsp Canada 7 2 5 29 20 286 5 0 1 nbsp Netherlands 7 1 6 9 50 143 6 1 0 nbsp China 7 1 6 14 60 143 6 0 1Semifinal Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 nbsp South Korea 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 X 6 10 1WP Kwang Hyun Kim 1 0 LP Hitoki Iwase 0 3 Home runs JPN NoneKOR Seung Yeop Lee 1 Bronze medal game Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E nbsp Japan 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 nbsp United States 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 X 8 9 0WP Brett Anderson 1 0 LP Kenshin Kawakami 0 1 Home runs JPN Masahiro Araki 1 Norichika Aoki 1 USA Matt LaPorta 2 Matt Brown 2 Jason Donald 1 Boxing EditMain article Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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 FinalOppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult RankSatoshi Shimizu Featherweight Bye nbsp Kilic TUR L 9 12 Did not advanceMasatsugu Kawachi Light welterweight Bye nbsp Boonjumnong THA L 1 8 Did not advanceCanoeing EditMain article Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Slalom Edit Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal FinalRun 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank Total RankTakuya Haneda Men s C 1 94 08 13 92 24 14 186 32 14 Did not advanceKazuki Yazawa Men s K 1 89 82 19 90 05 18 179 87 18 Did not advanceHiroyuki NagaoMasatoshi Sanma Men s C 2 99 47 8 113 09 10 212 56 10 Q 110 10 9 Did not advanceYuriko Takeshita Women s K 1 111 63 14 113 08 18 224 71 15 Q 107 86 6 Q 111 44 4 219 30 4Sprint Edit Athlete Event Heats Semifinals FinalTime Rank Time Rank Time RankShinobu Kitamoto Women s K 1 500 m 1 52 148 4 QS 2 01 105 9 Did not advanceShinobu KitamotoMikiko Takeya Women s K 2 500 m 1 46 980 6 QS 1 43 541 1 Q 1 43 291 5Shinobu KitamotoAyaka KunoYumiko SuzukiMikiko Takeya Women s K 4 500 m 1 38 618 5 QS 1 37 449 2 Q 1 36 465 6Qualification Legend QS Qualify to semi final QF Qualify directly to finalCycling EditMain article Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Road Edit Athlete Event Time RankFumiyuki Beppu Men s road race Did not finishMen s time trial 1 11 05 39Takashi Miyazawa Men s road race 6 55 24 85Miho Oki Women s road race 3 33 17 31Track Edit Japan has qualified entries in men s Keirin sprint team sprint and points race and women s points race and sprint SprintAthlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals FinalTimeSpeed km h Rank OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h RankTsubasa Kitatsuru Men s sprint 10 39169 290 14 nbsp Bourgain FRA L nbsp Awang MAS nbsp Kwiatkowski POL L Did not advanceKazunari Watanabe 10 34669 592 11 nbsp Chiappa ITA L nbsp Blatchford USA nbsp Zhang L CHN W 10 96565 663 nbsp Hoy GBR L nbsp Sireau FRA nbsp Bayley AUS L Did not advance 9th place final nbsp Nimke GER nbsp Chiappa ITA nbsp Bayley AUS L 12Kiyofumi NagaiTomohiro NagatsukaKazunari Watanabe Men s team sprint 44 45460 736 6 nbsp Germany GER L 44 43760 760 Did not advance 6Sakie Tsukuda Women s sprint 12 13459 337 12 nbsp Pendleton GBR L nbsp Tsylinskaya BLR nbsp Guerra CUB L Did not advance 9th place final nbsp Grankovskaya RUS nbsp Guerra CUB nbsp Hijgenaar NED L 12KeirinAthlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round FinalRank Rank Rank RankToshiaki Fushimi Men s keirin 3 R 4 Did not advanceKiyofumi Nagai 3 R 1 Q 2 Q nbsp OmniumAthlete Event Points Laps RankMakoto Iijima Men s points race 23 1 8Satomi Wadami Women s points race Did not finishMountain biking Edit Athlete Event Time RankKohei Yamamoto Men s cross country LAP 3 lap 46Rie Katayama Women s cross country LAP 1 lap 20BMX Edit Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals FinalResult Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result RankAkifumi Sakamoto Men s BMX 40 548 32 19 7 Did not advanceDiving EditMain article Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics One Japanese member qualified 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 3 MenAthlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals FinalPoints Rank Points Rank Points RankKen Terauchi 3 m springboard 452 80 10 Q 478 25 7 Q 442 50 11WomenAthlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals FinalPoints Rank Points Rank Points RankMai Nakagawa 10 m platform 331 40 9 Q 314 60 10 Q 296 30 11Equestrian EditMain article Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics Dressage Edit Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle OverallScore Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score RankHiroshi Hoketsu Whisper Individual 62 542 35 Did not advanceYuko Kitai Rambo 59 250 45 Did not advanceMieko Yagi Dow Jones 60 167 42 Did not advanceHiroshi HoketsuYuko KitaiMieko Yagi See above Team 60 653 9Eventing Edit Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross country Jumping TotalQualifier FinalPenalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties RankYoshiaki Oiwa Gorgeous George Individual 52 40 40 76 40 128 80 55 8 00 136 80 49 Did not advance 136 80 49Show jumping Edit Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final TotalRound 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round BPenalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties RankEiken Sato Cayak Individual 1 14 24 25 51 Did not advance 25 51Taizo Sugitani California 0 1 17 17 37 Q 9 26 37 Q 12 29 Did not advance 12 29Taizo Sugitani finished qualifying in 37th place which made him a reserve rider for the final After several qualified horses tested positive for use of capsaicin he was moved up and participated in Final A Fencing EditMain article Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics MenAthlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final BMOpposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score RankShogo Nishida Individual epee nbsp Inostroza CHI L 11 15 Did not advanceKenta Chida Individual foil nbsp Lau K K HKG W 15 6 nbsp Kleibrink GER L 10 15 Did not advanceYuki Ota nbsp Souza BRA W 15 4 nbsp Choi B C KOR W 15 14 nbsp Joppich GER W 15 12 nbsp Sanzo ITA W 15 14 nbsp Kleibrink GER L 9 15 nbsp Satoshi Ogawa Individual sabre nbsp Keita SEN L 14 15 Did not advanceWomenAthlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final BMOpposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score RankMegumi Harada Individual epee nbsp Parkinson AUS W 15 9 nbsp Branză ROU L 11 15 Did not advanceChieko Sugawara Individual foil Bye nbsp Jung G O KOR W 11 9 nbsp Golubytskyi GER W 6 5 nbsp Nam H H KOR L 10 15 Did not advanceMadoka Hisagae Individual sabre Bye nbsp Dyachenko RUS L 10 15 Did not advanceField hockey EditMain article Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Edit Main article Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Team rosterThe following is the Japanese roster in the women s field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics 4 Head Coach Yoo Seung Jin Ikuko Okamura GK Keiko Miura Mayumi Ono Chie Kimura Rika Komazawa Miyuki Nakagawa Sakae Morimoto Kaori Chiba Yukari Yamamoto Toshie Tsukui Sachimi Iwao Akemi Kato c Tomomi Komori Misaki Ozawa Chinami Kozakura Yuka Yoshikawa GK Reserve Hikari Suwa Nichika UrataGroup playTeamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp Germany 5 4 0 1 12 8 4 12 Advanced to semifinals nbsp Argentina 5 3 2 0 13 7 6 11 nbsp Great Britain 5 2 2 1 7 9 2 8 nbsp United States 5 1 3 1 9 8 1 6 nbsp Japan 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 4 nbsp New Zealand 5 0 0 5 6 13 7 0Source citation needed 10 August 2008 08 30Japan nbsp 2 1 nbsp New ZealandMorimoto nbsp 12 Tsukui nbsp 17 Report Claxton nbsp 25 Umpires Lee Keum ju KOR Minka Woolley AUS 12 August 2008 18 00United States nbsp 1 1 nbsp JapanBarber nbsp 58 Report Chiba nbsp 12 Umpires Sarah Garnett NZL Lisa Roach AUS 14 August 2008 18 30Japan nbsp 1 2 nbsp ArgentinaMiura nbsp 64 Report Gulla nbsp 38 Burkart nbsp 51 Umpires Miao Lin CHN Gina Spitaleri ITA 16 August 2008 20 30Great Britain nbsp 2 1 nbsp JapanPanter nbsp 32 Cullen nbsp 70 Report Miura nbsp 58 Umpires Minka Woolley AUS Carol Metchette IRL 18 August 2008 08 30Germany nbsp 1 0 nbsp JapanBeermann nbsp 40 ReportUmpires Julie Ashton Lucy AUS Miao Lin CHN 9th 10th place20 August 2008 08 30South Korea nbsp 2 1 nbsp JapanPark Jeong sook nbsp 12 49 Report Komazawa nbsp 43 Umpires Gina Spitaleri ITA Lisa Roach AUS Football soccer EditMain article Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men s tournament Edit RosterThe following is the Japan squad in the men s football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics 5 Head coach Yasuharu Sorimachi No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club1 1 GK Shusaku Nishikawa 1986 06 18 18 June 1986 aged 22 0 0 nbsp Oita Trinita2 3 MF Hajime Hosogai 1986 06 10 10 June 1986 aged 22 0 0 nbsp Urawa Red Diamonds3 2 DF Maya Yoshida 1988 08 24 24 August 1988 aged 19 0 0 nbsp Nagoya Grampus4 2 DF Hiroki Mizumoto c 1985 09 12 12 September 1985 aged 22 1 0 nbsp Kyoto Sanga5 2 DF Yuto Nagatomo 1986 09 12 12 September 1986 aged 21 3 0 nbsp FC Tokyo6 2 DF Masato Morishige 1987 05 21 21 May 1987 aged 21 0 0 nbsp Oita Trinita7 2 DF Atsuto Uchida 1988 03 27 27 March 1988 aged 20 9 1 nbsp Kashima Antlers8 3 MF Keisuke Honda 1986 06 13 13 June 1986 aged 22 1 0 nbsp VVV Venlo9 4 FW Yohei Toyoda 1985 04 11 11 April 1985 aged 23 0 0 nbsp Montedio Yamagata10 3 MF Yohei Kajiyama 1985 09 24 24 September 1985 aged 22 0 0 nbsp FC Tokyo11 4 FW Shinji Okazaki 1986 04 16 16 April 1986 aged 22 0 0 nbsp Shimizu S Pulse12 3 MF Hiroyuki Taniguchi 1985 06 27 27 June 1985 aged 23 0 0 nbsp Kawasaki Frontale13 2 DF Michihiro Yasuda 1987 12 20 20 December 1987 aged 20 5 0 nbsp Gamba Osaka14 4 FW Shinji Kagawa 1989 03 17 17 March 1989 aged 19 3 0 nbsp Cerezo Osaka15 4 FW Takayuki Morimoto 1988 05 07 7 May 1988 aged 20 0 0 nbsp Catania16 3 MF Takuya Honda 1985 04 17 17 April 1985 aged 23 0 0 nbsp Shimizu S Pulse17 4 FW Tadanari Lee 1985 12 19 19 December 1985 aged 22 0 0 nbsp Kashiwa Reysol18 1 GK Kaito Yamamoto 1985 07 10 10 July 1985 aged 23 0 0 nbsp Shimizu S Pulse Over aged player Group playPos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Nigeria 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 7 Qualified for the quarterfinals2 nbsp Netherlands 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 53 nbsp United States 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 44 nbsp Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 0Source citation needed 7 August 200817 00Japan nbsp 0 1 nbsp United StatesReport Holden nbsp 47 Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium TianjinAttendance 57 102Referee Badara Diatta Senegal 10 August 200817 00Nigeria nbsp 2 1 nbsp JapanObinna nbsp 58 Anichebe nbsp 74 Report Toyoda nbsp 79 Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium TianjinAttendance 42 592Referee Masoud Moradi Iran 13 August 200817 00Netherlands nbsp 1 0 nbsp JapanSibon nbsp 73 pen ReportShenyang Olympic Stadium ShenyangAttendance 38 790Referee Hector Baldassi Argentina Women s tournament Edit RosterHead coach Norio SasakiJapan named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament 6 7 No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club1 1 GK Miho Fukumoto 1983 10 02 2 October 1983 aged 24 39 0 nbsp Okayama Yunogo Belle2 2 DF Yukari Kinga 1984 05 02 2 May 1984 aged 24 29 0 nbsp NTV Beleza3 2 DF Hiromi Ikeda captain 1975 12 22 22 December 1975 aged 32 112 4 nbsp Tasaki Perule4 2 DF Azusa Iwashimizu 1986 10 14 14 October 1986 aged 21 33 5 nbsp NTV Beleza5 3 MF Miyuki Yanagita 1981 04 11 11 April 1981 aged 27 86 11 nbsp Urawa Reds Ladies6 3 MF Tomoe Kato 1978 05 27 27 May 1978 aged 30 112 8 nbsp NTV Beleza7 2 DF Kozue Ando 1982 07 09 9 July 1982 aged 26 61 10 nbsp Urawa Reds Ladies8 3 MF Aya Miyama 1985 01 28 28 January 1985 aged 23 60 18 nbsp Okayama Yunogo Belle9 4 FW Eriko Arakawa 1979 10 30 30 October 1979 aged 28 62 19 nbsp NTV Beleza10 3 MF Homare Sawa 1978 09 06 6 September 1978 aged 29 136 68 nbsp NTV Beleza11 4 FW Shinobu Ohno 1984 01 23 23 January 1984 aged 24 57 22 nbsp NTV Beleza12 4 FW Karina Maruyama 1983 03 26 26 March 1983 aged 25 50 12 nbsp TEPCO Mareeze13 3 MF Ayumi Hara 1979 02 21 21 February 1979 aged 29 36 1 nbsp INAC Leonessa14 2 DF Kyoko Yano 1984 06 03 3 June 1984 aged 24 44 1 nbsp Urawa Reds Ladies15 3 MF Mizuho Sakaguchi 1987 10 15 15 October 1987 aged 20 21 14 nbsp Tasaki Perule16 3 MF Rumi Utsugi 1988 12 05 5 December 1988 aged 19 23 4 nbsp NTV Beleza17 4 FW Yuki Nagasato 1987 07 15 15 July 1987 aged 21 44 25 nbsp NTV Beleza18 1 GK Ayumi Kaihori 1986 09 04 4 September 1986 aged 21 2 0 nbsp INAC LeonessaGroup playPos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp United States 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals2 nbsp Norway 3 2 0 1 4 5 1 63 nbsp Japan 3 1 1 1 7 4 3 44 nbsp New Zealand 3 0 1 2 2 7 5 1Source citation needed 6 August 200817 00Japan nbsp 2 2 nbsp New ZealandMiyama nbsp 72 pen Sawa nbsp 86 Report Yallop nbsp 37 Hearn nbsp 56 pen Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium QinhuangdaoAttendance 10 270Referee Deidre Mitchell South Africa 9 August 200817 00United States nbsp 1 0 nbsp JapanLloyd nbsp 27 ReportQinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium QinhuangdaoAttendance 16 912Referee Pannipar Kamnueng Thailand 12 August 200819 45Norway nbsp 1 5 nbsp JapanKnutsen nbsp 27 Report Kinga nbsp 31 Folstad nbsp 51 o g Ohno nbsp 52 Sawa nbsp 71 Hara nbsp 83 Shanghai Stadium ShanghaiAttendance 16 872Referee Shane de Silva Trinidad and Tobago Quarterfinals15 August 200821 00China nbsp 0 2 nbsp JapanReport Sawa nbsp 15 Nagasato nbsp 80 Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium QinhuangdaoAttendance 28 459Referee Christine Beck Germany Semifinals18 August 200821 00United States nbsp 4 2 nbsp JapanHucles nbsp 41 80 Chalupny nbsp 44 O Reilly nbsp 70 Report Ohno nbsp 16 Arakawa nbsp 90 3 Beijing Workers Stadium BeijingAttendance 50 937Referee Nicole Petignat Switzerland Bronze medal game21 August 200818 00 nbsp Germany nbsp 2 0 nbsp JapanBajramaj nbsp 68 87 ReportBeijing Workers Stadium BeijingAttendance 49 285Referee Estela Alvarez Argentina Final rank4th placeGymnastics EditMain article Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Artistic Edit Men TeamAthlete Event Qualification FinalApparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total RankF PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HBTakehiro Kashima Team 14 425 15 975 15 550 15 150 15 575 15 200 Takuya Nakase 15 500 14 075 15 275 15 725 15 450 Q 15 000 15 425 15 525 Makoto Okiguchi 15 275 15 750 15 275 Koki Sakamoto 14 950 14 925 15 525 16 200 15 625 14 725 91 950 5 14 850 15 525 15 400 15 000 Hiroyuki Tomita 15 175 15 175 Q 15 025 15 200 15 775 15 550 Q 91 900 6 Q 15 150 15 950 16 150 15 625 Kōhei Uchimura 15 725 14 100 14 675 16 200 16 025 15 325 92 050 4 Q 15 700 16 150 15 925 15 450 Total 61 675 58 625 60 500 64 125 63 150 61 475 369 550 2 Q 45 975 45 575 46 900 46 750 47 075 46 600 278 875 nbsp Due to a coaching decision Hiroyuki Tomita started in the individual all around final instead of Koki Sakamoto 8 Tomita had finished qualification in 6th place but behind his teammates Uchimura and Sakamoto and no more than two gymnasts from the same nation are allowed in the final Individual finalsAthlete Event Apparatus Total RankF PH R V PB HBTakuya Nakase Horizontal bar 15 450 15 450 5Koki Sakamoto All around Withdrew due to coaching decisionHiroyuki Tomita All around 15 100 15 425 13 850 16 200 16 000 15 675 91 750 4Pommel horse 15 375 15 375 5Horizontal bar 15 225 15 225 6Kōhei Uchimura All around 15 825 13 275 15 200 16 300 15 975 15 400 91 975 nbsp Floor 15 575 15 575 5Women TeamAthlete Event Qualification FinalApparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total RankF V UB BB F V UB BBMayu Kuroda Team 14 725 14 850 15 350 14 725 Yu Minobe 13 825 14 050 14 525 did not competeKyoko Oshima 14 175 14 700 14 450 14 300 57 625 27 Q 14 450 14 450 14 750 Yuko Shintake 14 175 14 675 15 050 14 025 14 625 15 000 Koko Tsurumi 14 325 14 200 15 025 15 425 58 975 17 Q 14 200 15 425 15 225 Miki Uemura 12 875 14 475 12 775 14 575 54 700 50 14 475 Total 56 500 58 050 58 725 59 900 233 175 8 Q 42 675 43 550 45 525 44 950 176 700 5Individual finalsAthlete Event Apparatus Total RankF V UB BBKyoko Oshima All around 14 400 14 575 14 675 14 975 57 625 20Koko Tsurumi All around 13 675 14 075 14 950 15 400 58 100 17Balance beam 14 450 14 450 8Kyoko Oshima qualified for the All Around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two Thus five gymnasts ranked ahead of her were ineligible For the same reason Koko Tsurumi appeared in the balance beam apparatus final Rhythmic Edit Japan have qualified a rhythmic gymnastics group Athlete Event Qualification Final5 ropes 3 hoops2 clubs Total Rank 5 ropes 3 hoops2 clubs Total RankYuko EndoChihana HaraSaori InagakiNachi MisawaKotono TanakaHonami Tsuboi Team 15 425 15 425 30 850 10 did not advanceTrampoline Edit Athlete Event Qualification FinalScore Rank Score RankTetsuya Sotomura Men s 70 30 5 Q 39 80 4Yasuhiro Ueyama 69 20 9 did not advanceHaruka Hirota Women s 62 60 12 did not advanceJudo EditMain article Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics MenAthlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final BMOppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult RankHiroaki Hiraoka 60 kg Bye nbsp Williams Murray USA L 0000 0001 did not advanceMasato Uchishiba 66 kg Bye nbsp Jimenez DOM W 1001 0000 nbsp Miresmaeili IRI W 0020 0000 nbsp Sharipov UZB W 0201 0010 nbsp Arencibia CUB W 0020 0001 Bye nbsp Darbelet FRA W 1000 0000 nbsp Yusuke Kanamaru 73 kg nbsp Maloumat IRI L 0001 1001 did not advance nbsp Pina POR W 0011 0010 nbsp Dashdavaa MGL W 0100 0000 nbsp van Tichelt BEL L 0000 0211 did not advanceTakashi Ono 81 kg Bye nbsp Camilo BRA L 0000 0120 did not advanceHiroshi Izumi 90 kg nbsp Kelly AUS W 0010 0000 nbsp Kazusionak BLR L 0000 1000 did not advanceKeiji Suzuki 100 kg nbsp Naidangiin MGL L 0000 1000 did not advance nbsp Behrla GER L 0000 1000 did not advanceSatoshi Ishii 100 kg Bye nbsp Bianchessi ITA W 1011 0000 nbsp El Shehaby EGY W 1001 0000 nbsp Tmenov RUS W 1001 0000 nbsp Gujejiani GEO W 1011 0000 Bye nbsp Tangriev UZB W 0010 0000 nbsp WomenAthlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final BMOppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult RankRyoko Tani 48 kg nbsp Matsumoto USA W 0020 0000 nbsp Wu Sg CHN W 0100 0000 nbsp Pareto ARG W 0001 0000 nbsp Dumitru ROU L 0010 0100 Bye nbsp Bogdanova RUS W 1000 0000 nbsp Misato Nakamura 52 kg Bye nbsp Tarangul GER W 0001 0000 nbsp Heylen BEL W 0001 0000 nbsp An K A PRK L 0000 0001 Bye nbsp Kim K O KOR W 0200 0000 nbsp Aiko Sato 57 kg Bye nbsp Gasimova AZE W 1001 0100 nbsp Xu Y CHN L 0002 0010 Did not advance Bye nbsp Koivumaki FIN W 1011 0000 nbsp Quadros BRA L 0000 1000 did not advanceAyumi Tanimoto 63 kg Bye nbsp Barreto VEN W 1000 0000 nbsp Kong J Y KOR W 1000 0001 nbsp Gonzalez CUB W 1011 0000 Bye nbsp Decosse FRA W 1000 0000 nbsp Masae Ueno 70 kg nbsp Park K Y KOR W 1010 0000 nbsp Wang J CHN W 1011 0001 nbsp Meszaros HUN W 0200 0000 nbsp Bosch NED W 0110 0001 Bye nbsp Hernandez CUB W 1000 0000 nbsp Sae Nakazawa 78 kg Bye nbsp Morico ITA L 0001 0010 did not advanceMaki Tsukada 78 kg Bye nbsp Mondiere FRA W 1000 0001 nbsp Zambotti MEX W 1000 0000 nbsp Polavder SLO W 1010 0000 Bye nbsp Tong W CHN L 0010 1001 nbsp Modern pentathlon EditMain article Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athlete Event Shooting 10 m air pistol Fencing epee one touch Swimming 200 m freestyle Riding show jumping Running 3000 m Total points Final rankPoints Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP PointsYoshihiro Murakami Men s 181 19 1108 12 23 33 688 2 10 74 31 1232 220 21 980 10 56 35 36 736 4744 31Rowing EditMain article Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics MenAthlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals FinalTime Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time RankDaisaku TakedaKazushige Ura Lightweight double sculls 6 24 21 4 R 6 43 03 3 SC D 6 29 30 1 FC 6 23 02 13WomenAthlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals FinalTime Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time RankAkiko IwamotoMisaki Kumakura Lightweight double sculls 7 05 67 3 R 7 30 92 3 SA B 7 16 13 6 FB 7 08 49 9Qualification Legend FA Final A medal FB Final B non medal FC Final C non medal FD Final D non medal FE Final E non medal FF Final F non medal SA B Semifinals A B SC D Semifinals C D SE F Semifinals E F QF Quarterfinals R RepechageSailing EditMain article Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics MenAthlete Event Race Net points Final rank1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M Makoto Tomizawa RS X 6 20 6 14 7 23 8 DSQ 12 2 18 116 10Yoichi Iijima Laser 36 32 16 17 31 BFD 31 DNF 28 CAN EL 235 35Tetsuya MatsunagaTaro Ueno 470 1 20 24 13 10 14 1 9 21 4 4 97 7WomenAthlete Event Race Net points Final rank1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M Yasuko Kosuge RS X 9 12 4 17 14 18 18 11 10 7 EL 102 13Naoko Kamata Ai Kondo 470 13 15 14 15 14 1 12 10 1 13 EL 93 14OpenAthlete Event Race Net points Final rank1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M Akira IshibashiYukio Makino 49er 8 17 3 13 8 12 8 9 17 6 14 5 CAN CAN CAN EL 103 12M Medal race EL Eliminated did not advance into the medal race CAN Race cancelled Shooting EditMain article Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics MenAthlete Event Qualification FinalPoints Rank Points RankSusumu Kobayashi 10 m air pistol 577 23 did not advance50 m pistol 558 10 did not advanceTomoyuki Matsuda 10 m air pistol 579 19 did not advance50 m pistol 558 9 did not advanceToshikazu Yamashita 10 m air rifle 590 28 did not advance50 m rifle prone 593 18 did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions 1167 16 did not advanceWomenAthlete Event Qualification FinalPoints Rank Points RankMichiko Fukushima 10 m air pistol 373 38 did not advance25 m pistol 581 10 did not advanceYukie Nakayama Trap 67 6 Q 86 4Softball EditMain article Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Team roster Naho Emoto Motoko Fujimoto Megu Hirose Emi Inui Sachiko Ito Ayumi Karino Satoko Mabuchi Yukiyo Mine Masumi Mishina Rei Nishiyama Hiroko Sakai Rie Sato Mika Someya Yukiko Ueno Eri Yamada Preliminary round Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E nbsp Australia 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 nbsp Japan 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 1WP Yukiko Ueno 1 0 LP Melanie Roche 0 1 Home runs AUS Jodie Bowering 1 Natalie Titcume 1 JPN Satoko Mabuchi 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E nbsp Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 nbsp Japan 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 8 0WP Hiroko Sakai 2 0 LP Judith van Kampen 0 1 Sv Naho Emoto 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E nbsp Japan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 nbsp China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2WP Yukiko Ueno 2 0 LP Wei Lu 1 2 Sv Hiroko Sakai 1 Home runs JPN Rie Sato 1 CHN None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E nbsp Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 nbsp Japan 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 9 0WP Yukiko Ueno 3 0 LP Lauren Bay 2 2 Sv Mika Someya 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E nbsp Japan 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 1 span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved \| www.wiki3.en-us.nina.az Rss Feed SiteMap Ping DMCA Contact Us HomePage Closed Call:

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