Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Japan at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Japan at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	266 (156 men and 110 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearer	Kosei Inoue
Medals; Ranked 15th	Gold 5 Silver 8 Bronze 5 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tadahiro Nomura	Judo	Men's extra lightweight	16 September
Gold	Ryoko Tamura	Judo	Women's extra lightweight	16 September
Gold	Makoto Takimoto	Judo	Men's half middleweight	19 September
Gold	Kosei Inoue	Judo	Men's half heavyweight	21 September
Gold	Naoko Takahashi	Athletics	Women's marathon	24 September
Silver	Yasuko Tajima	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	16 September
Silver	Noriko Narazaki	Judo	Women's half lightweight	17 September
Silver	Mai Nakamura	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	18 September
Silver	Shinichi Shinohara	Judo	Men's heavyweight	22 September
Silver	Reika Utsugi Miyo Yamada Noriko Yamaji Haruka Saito Juri Takayama Hiroko Tamoto Mariko Masubuchi Naomi Matsumoto Emi Naito Kazue Ito Yoshimi Kobayashi Shiori Koseki Misako Ando Yumiko Fujii Taeko Ishikawa	Softball	Women's competition	25 September
Silver	Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda	Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	26 September
Silver	Katsuhiko Nagata	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg	27 September
Silver	Juri Tatsumi Yoko Yoneda Yuko Yoneda Rei Jimbo Ayano Egami Raika Fujii Miya Tachibana Yoko Isoda Miho Takeda	Synchronized swimming	Women's team	29 September
Bronze	Kie Kusakabe	Judo	Women's lightweight	18 September
Bronze	Mayumi Yamashita	Judo	Women's heavyweight	22 September
Bronze	Miki Nakao	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	22 September
Bronze	Junko Onishi Masami Tanaka Sumika Minamoto Mai Nakamura	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	23 September
Bronze	Yoriko Okamoto	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg	29 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Judo	4	2	2	8
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Swimming	0	2	2	4
Synchronized swimming	0	2	0	2
Softball	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	5	8	5	18

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	2	5
Athletics	28	12	40
Badminton	2	7	9
Baseball	24	–	24
Boxing	2	–	2
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	7	3	10
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	8	0	8
Fencing	2	2	4
Football	16	0	16
Gymnastics	7	10	17
Judo	7	7	14
Rowing	6	2	8
Sailing	6	4	10
Shooting	4	5	9
Softball	–	15	15
Swimming	9	12	21
Synchronized swimming	–	9	9
Table tennis	4	5	9
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Tennis	2	3	5
Triathlon	3	3	6
Volleyball	0	4	4
Weightlifting	5	3	8
Wrestling	8	–	8
Total	156	110	266

Archery

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
Yuji Hamano	Men's individual	623	35	di Buó (ITA) L 158–163	Did not advance
Masafumi Makiyama		604	50	Li (KAZ) W 151–150	Bisiani (ITA) W 162–159	Oh (KOR) L 160–166	Did not advance
Takayoshi Matsushita		614	44	Targoński (POL) L 164–166	Did not advance
Yuji Hamano Masafumi Makiyama Takayoshi Matsushita	Men's team	1841	13	N/a	Turkey (TUR) L 231–253	Did not advance
Mayumi Asano	Women's individual	621	40	Yang (CHN) L 154–156	Did not advance
Sayoko Kawauchi	Women's individual	654	6	van Lamoen (CHI) W 151–146	Fairweather (AUS) W 160–158	Scavotto (USA) W 159–157	Kim (KOR) L 110–114	Did not advance

Athletics

Key

Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Koji Ito	100 m	10.45	31 Q	10.25	14 Q	10.39	13	Did not advance
Shingo Kawabata		10.39	29 Q	10.60	39	Did not advance
Shigeyuki Kojima		10.59	60	Did not advance
Koji Ito	200 m	20.75	16 Q	20.56	16 Q	20.67	13	Did not advance
Shingo Suetsugu	200 m	20.60	9 Q	20.37	11 Q	20.69	14	Did not advance
Jun Osakada	400 m	45.88	28 q	46.15	30	Did not advance
Kenji Tabata		46.59	47	Did not advance
Takahiko Yamamura		46.25	39	Did not advance
Katsuhiko Hanada	5000 m	13:41.31	23	N/a	Did not advance
Toshinari Takaoka	5000 m	13:29.99	14 Q	N/a	13:46.90	15
Katsuhiko Hanada	10,000 m	27:45.13	3 Q	N/a	28:08.11	15
Toshinari Takaoka	10,000 m	27:59.95	16 Q	N/a	27:40.44	7
Takayuki Inubushi	Marathon	N/a	DNF
Shinji Kawashima		N/a	2:17:21	21
Nobuyuki Sato		N/a	2:20:52	41
Satoru Tanigawa	110 m hurdles	13.74	23 q	13.94	25	Did not advance
Hideaki Kawamura	400 m hurdles	50.68	30	N/a	Did not advance
Dai Tamesue		1:01.81	62	N/a	Did not advance
Kazuhiko Yamazaki		50.15	26	N/a	Did not advance
Shigeyuki Kojima Koji Ito Shingo Suetsugu Nobuharu Asahara Shingo Kawabata	4 × 100 m relay	38.52	3 Q	N/a	38.31	5 Q	38.66	6
Shunji Karube Jun Osakada Kenji Tabata Takahiko Yamamura	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.21	11 Q	N/a	3:13.63	14	Did not advance
Daisuke Ikeshima	20 km walk	N/a	1:25:34	27
Satoshi Yanagisawa	20 km walk	N/a	1:25:03	22
Fumio Imamura	50 km walk	N/a	4:13:28	36
Akihiko Koike	50 km walk	N/a	DQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Takahisa Yoshida	High jump	2.15	27	Did not advance
Manabu Yokoyama	Pole vault	5.55	25	Did not advance
Masaki Morinaga	Long jump	7.84	23	Did not advance
Daisuke Watanabe	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Takanori Sugibayashi	Triple jump	16.67	16	Did not advance
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	78.49	3 Q	76.60	9

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoshiko Ichikawa	5000 m	15:23.41	18	N/a	Did not advance
Michiko Shimizu		15:48.20	33	N/a	Did not advance
Megumi Tanaka		15:39.83	26	N/a	Did not advance
Harumi Hiroyama	10,000 m	32:07.68	5 Q	N/a	32:24.17	20
Yuko Kawakami		32:36.60	16 Q	N/a	31:27.44	10
Chiemi Takahashi		32:34.70	13 Q	N/a	31:52.59	15
Ari Ichihashi	Marathon	N/a	2:30:34	15
Naoko Takahashi		N/a	2:23:14
Eri Yamaguchi		N/a	2:27:03	7
Yvonne Kanazawa	100 m hurdles	13.13	20 q	13.11	16 q	13.16	15	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Miki Imai	High jump	1.92	16	Did not advance
Yoko Ota	High jump	1.94	12 Q	1.90	11

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keita Masuda	Singles	Bye	Xia (CHN) L 4–15, 15–12, 8–15	Did not advance
Hidetaka Yamada	Singles	Bye	Hidayat (INA) L 5–15, 17–14, 8–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Takako Ida	Singles	Bye	Sørensen (DEN) L 12–13, 7–11	Did not advance
Yasuko Mizui		Bye	Yakusheva (RUS) W 11–10, 11–6	Mann (GBR) W 11–9, 11–5	Gong (CHN) L 6–11, 3–11	Did not advance
Kanako Yonekura		Vattier (FRA) W 11–2, 11–1	Weckström (FIN) W 11–8, 11–2	Dai (CHN) L 2–11, 5–11	Did not advance
Haruko Matsuda Yoshiko Iwata	Doubles	N/a	Valérie-Pierre / Sawaram (MRI) W 15–2, 15–2	Gao / Qin (CHN) L 5–15, 5–15	Did not advance
Hiroko Nagamine Satomi Igawa	Doubles	N/a	Ruslyakova / Yakusheva (RUS) L 9–15, 11–15	Did not advance

Baseball

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men	Men's tournament	United States L 2–4 (F/13)	Netherlands W 10–2	Australia W 7–3	Italy W 6–1	South Africa W 8–0	South Korea L 6–7 (F/10)	Cuba L 2–6	4 Q	Cuba L 0–3	South Korea L 1–3	4

Team roster

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	7	6	1	50	17	+33	.857^[a]	—	Advance to knockout round
2	United States	7	6	1	42	14	+28	.857^[a]	—
3	South Korea	7	4	3	40	26	+14	.571^[b]	2
4	Japan	7	4	3	41	23	+18	.571^[b]	2
5	Netherlands	7	3	4	19	29	−10	.429	3
6	Italy	7	2	5	33	43	−10	.286^[c]	4
7	Australia (H)	7	2	5	30	41	−11	.286^[c]	4
8	South Africa	7	1	6	11	73	−62	.143	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Cuba defeated the United States 6–1.
^ ^a ^b South Korea defeated Japan 7–6.
^ ^a ^b Italy defeated Australia 8–7.

17 September	United States	4–2 (F/13)	Japan	Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance: 13,404
		Boxscore

18 September	Japan	10–2	Netherlands	Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance: 11,360
		Boxscore

19 September	Australia	3–7	Japan	Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance: 13,093
		Boxscore

20 September	Italy	1–6	Japan	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 3,245
		Boxscore

22 September	South Africa	0–8	Japan	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 3,512
		Boxscore

23 September	Japan	6–7 (F/10)	South Korea	Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance: 13,970
		Boxscore

24 September	Japan	2–6	Cuba	Blacktown Olympic Park Attendance: 3,479
		Boxscore

Semifinal

26 September	Cuba	3–0	Japan	Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance: 13,727

Bronze medal game

27 September	South Korea	3 – 1	Japan	Sydney Baseball Stadium Attendance: 14,058

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kazumasa Tsujimoto	Bantamweight	Oucheikh (MAR) W 12*–12	Rigondeaux (CUB) L RSC R3	Did not advance
Hidehiko Tsukamoto	Featherweight	Aguilera (CUB) L RSC R3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Taro Ando	Men's K-1	210.69	23	231.95	23	442.64	23	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sayuri Maruyama	Women's K-1 500 metres	2:00.833	8	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yoshiyuki Abe	Men's road race	DNF
Miho Oki	Women's road race	3:12:40	41

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Narihiro Inamura	Men's time trial	1:05.085	9

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals	1/16 repechage	1/8 finals	1/8 repechage	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
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
Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Men's sprint	10.595 67.957	13	Buráň (CZE) L	Arrue (USA), Lepka (SVK) L	Did not advance
Shinichi Ota	Men's sprint	10.603 67.905	14	Bērziņš (LAT) L	MacLean (GBR), Herrera (CUB) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Narihiro Inamura Yuichiro Kamiyama Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Men's team sprint	45.406 59.464	5	Greece L 45.262 59.650	5	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Laps behind	Points	Rank
Makoto Iijima	Men's points race	2	6	16
Akemi Morimoto	Women's points race	0	0	16

Keirin

Athlete	Event	First round	Repechage	Second round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Yuichiro Kamiyama	Men's keirin	6 R	DQ	Did not advance
Shinichi Ota	Men's keirin	3 R	2 Q	6	Did not advance

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Raita Suzuki	Men's cross-country	–1 lap	34
Hiroko Nambu	Women's cross-country	2:06:13.88	26

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Terauchi	Men's 3 m springboard	389.88	11 Q	226.89	6	616.77	9 Q	407.58	7	634.47	8
Ken Terauchi	Men's 10 m platform	457.59	4 Q	191.49	4	649.08	5 Q	445.41	5	636.90	5

Equestrianism

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Daisuke Kato	Akwaba	Individual	48.00	16	DNF
Masaru Fuse Shigeyuki Hosono Daisuke Kato Takeaki Tsuchiya	Voyou du Roc Urfe des Landes Elusive Warlock Right on Time	Team	171.60	9	DNF

Jumping

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	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Tadayoshi Hayashi	Swanky	Individual	5.75	18	8.00	13.75	19	8.00	21.75	24	Did not advance
Ryuma Hirota	Man of Gold		33.75	71	8.00	41.75	67	40.50	82.25	66	Did not advance
Takeshi Shirai	Vicomte du Mesnil		9.00	27	8.00	17.00	26	20.00	37.00	48	Did not advance
Taizo Sugitani	Mania Jolly		8.75	25	10.00	18.75	35	16.00	34.75	45 q	12.00	20 Q	12.50	24	24.50	25
Tadayoshi Hayashi Ryuma Hirota Takeshi Shirai\|br>Taizo Sugitani	See above	Team	N/a	24.00	10 Q	44.00	11	68.00	11

Fencing

Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Japan in 2000.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naoto Okazaki	Men's foil	Shahrayen (KUW) L 6–15	Did not advance
Masashi Nagara	Men's sabre	Lukashenko (UKR) L 7–15	Did not advance
Yuko Arai	Women's foil	Rédouane (ALG) W 15–3	Mohamed (HUN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Miwako Shimada	Women's foil	Carbone (ARG) L 13–15	Did not advance

Football

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men	Men's tournament	South Africa W 2–1	Slovakia W 2–1	Brazil L 0–1	2 Q	United States L 4–5^P 2–2 (a.e.t.)	Did not advance

Men

Squad

Head coach: Philippe Troussier

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Seigo Narazaki*	(1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 24)	Nagoya Grampus Eight
2	2DF	Yuji Nakazawa	(1978-02-25)25 February 1978 (aged 22)	Verdy Kawasaki
3	2DF	Naoki Matsuda	(1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 23)	Yokohama F. Marinos
4	2DF	Ryuzo Morioka*	(1975-10-07)7 October 1975 (aged 24)	Shimizu S-Pulse
5	2DF	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	(1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 23)	Gamba Osaka
6	3MF	Junichi Inamoto	(1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 20)	Gamba Osaka
7	3MF	Hidetoshi Nakata	(1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (aged 23)	Roma
8	3MF	Tomakazu Myojin	(1978-01-24)24 January 1978 (aged 22)	Kashiwa Reysol
9	4FW	Tomoyuki Hirase	(1977-05-23)23 May 1977 (aged 23)	Kashima Antlers
10	3MF	Shunsuke Nakamura	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 22)	Yokohama F. Marinos
11	3MF	Atsuhiro Miura*	(1974-07-24)24 July 1974 (aged 26)	Yokohama F. Marinos
12	3MF	Tomoyuki Sakai	(1979-06-29)29 June 1979 (aged 21)	JEF United Ichihara Chiba
13	4FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa	(1977-05-27)27 May 1977 (aged 23)	Kashima Antlers
14	3MF	Masashi Motoyama	(1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 21)	Kashima Antlers
15	3MF	Norihiro Nishi	(1980-05-09)9 May 1980 (aged 20)	Júbilo Iwata
16	2DF	Koji Nakata	(1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 21)	Kashima Antlers
17	4FW	Naohiro Takahara	(1979-06-04)4 June 1979 (aged 21)	Júbilo Iwata
18	1GK	Ryota Tsuzuki	(1978-04-18)18 April 1978 (aged 22)	Gamba Osaka

Stand-by players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
19	4FW	Kota Yoshihara	(1978-02-02)2 February 1978 (aged 22)	Gamba Osaka
20	2DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi	(1978-04-17)17 April 1978 (aged 22)	JEF United Ichihara Chiba
21	3MF	Yasuhito Endo	(1980-01-28)28 January 1980 (aged 20)	Kyoto Purple Sanga
22	1GK	Hitoshi Sogahata	(1979-08-02)2 August 1979 (aged 21)	Kashima Antlers

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6
Japan	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
South Africa	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
Slovakia	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 September 2000

20:00

South Africa	1–2	Japan
Nomvethe 31'	Report	Takahara 45+1', 79'

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

17 September 2000

20:00

Slovakia	1–2	Japan
Porázik 83'	Report	Nakata 67' Inamoto 74'

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 15,289

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

20 September 2000

19:00

Brazil	1–0	Japan
Alex 5'	Report

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Attendance: 36,608

Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

Quarter-finals

23 September 2000

18:30

United States	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Japan
Wolff 68' Vagenas 90' (pen.)	Report	Yanagisawa 30' Takahara 72'
Penalties
Vagenas Agoos Donovan Wolff Victorine	5–4	Nakamura Inamoto Morioka Nakata Myojin

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 18,345

Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

Gymnastics

Artistic

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
Kenichi Fujita	Team	9.425	9.587	9.487	9.662	8.812	9.587	56.560	18 Q	9.325	9.525	9.525	9.712	9.212	9.700	N/a
Mutsumi Harada		9.175	9.450	9.487	N/a	9.262	9.600	46.974	58	9.212	8.350	9.350	N/a	9.450	9.650
Norimasa Iwai		N/a	9.687 Q	9.450	9.562	N/a	28.699	86	N/a	9.675	9.700	8.787	N/a
Akihiro Kasamatsu		9.350	9.662	N/a	9.662	N/a	9.637	38.311	66	9.712	9.612	N/a	9.650	N/a	9.637
Yoshihiro Saito		9.150	9.525	9.575	9.562	8.975	9.700	56.487	20 Q	9.312	9.550	9.575	9.437	9.512	9.762
Naoya Tsukahara		9.162	9.637	9.625	9.612	9.200	9.750 Q	56.986	10 Q	9.500	9.637	9.650	9.662	9.537	9.712
Total		37.112	38.411	38.374	38.498	36.999	38.687	228.081	5 Q	37.849	38.324	38.425	38.724	37.711	38.824	229.857	4

Individual events

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Kenichi Fujita	All-around	9.512	9.637	9.600	9.575	8.750	8.800	55.874	25
Norimasa Iwai	Rings	N/a	9.662	N/a	9.662	7
Yoshihiro Saito	All-around	9.512	9.600	9.662	9.437	9.425	9.725	57.361	12
Naoya Tsukahara	All-around	9.362	8.425	9.650	9.562	9.662	9.762	56.423	18
Naoya Tsukahara	Horizontal bar	N/a	8.825	8.825	8

Women

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Miho Takenaka	All-around	9.125	8.750	9.300	8.725	35.900	53	Did not advance
Kana Yamawaki	All-around	9.356	9.500	9.025	9.300	37.181	31 Q	9.293	9.012	9.025	9.312	36.642	27

Rhythmic

Group all-around

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Clubs	Hoops + Ribbon	Total	Rank	Clubs	Hoops + Ribbon	Total	Rank
Ayako Inada Yukari Mizobe Yukari Murata Rie Nakashima Masami Nakata Madoka Okamori	Group all-around	19.500	19.266	38.766	4 Q	19.350	19.200	38.550	5

Individual all-around

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Rieko Matsunaga	Individual	9.541	9.608	9.633	9.625	38.407	16	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tadahiro Nomura	–60 kg	Bye	Jia (CHN) W 1000–0000	Greczkowski (USA) W 1001–0000	Matuszek (SVK) W 1000–0000	Poulot (CUB) W 0010–0002	N/a	Jung (KOR) W 1000–0000
Yukimasa Nakamura	–66 kg	Ayad (LBA) W 1010–0001	Lounifi (TUN) W 0201–0100	van Kalken (NED) L 0020–1100	Did not advance		N/a	Pürevdorjiin (MGL) W 0011–0010	Baglayev (KAZ) W 1010–0000	Miresmaeili (IRI) W 1000–0000	Giovinazzo (ITA) L 0010–0010	5
Kenzo Nakamura	–73 kg	Bye	Baștea (ROU) W 0110–0010	Lewak (POL) W 1001–0000	Choi (KOR) L 0001–1010	Did not advance	N/a	Pedro (USA) L 0010–0200	Did not advance
Makoto Takimoto	–81 kg	Bye	Seilkhanov (KAZ) W 0210–0010	García (ARG) W 1000–0000	Paseyro (URU) W 0001–0001	Bouras (FRA) W 0100–0001	N/a	Cho (KOR) W 0021–0001
Hidehiko Yoshida	–90 kg	N/a	Shakimov (KAZ) W 0012–0002	Hachicha (TUN) W 0010–0010	Honorato (BRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	N/a	González (ESP) L walkover	Did not advance
Kosei Inoue	–100 kg	Bye	Kessel (CUB) W 1000–0000	Gowing (NZL) W 1000–0000	Ze'evi (ISR) W 1011–0000	Guido (ITA) W 0210–0000	N/a	Gill (CAN) W 1001–0001
Shinichi Shinohara	+100 kg	Bye	Sharapou (BLR) W 1000–0000	Berduta (KAZ) W 1001–0010	Sánchez (CUB) W 0010–0001	Tmenov (RUS) W 1011–0021	N/a	Douillet (FRA) L 0010–0020

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 Tamura	–48 kg	Bye	Zhao (CHN) W 0010–0000	Lusnikova (UKR) W 1010–0000	Cha (PRK) W 0010–0010	N/a	Bruletova (RUS) W 1000–0000
Noriko Narazaki	–52 kg	Baillargeon (CAN) W 1001–0001	Jang (KOR) W 1001–0000	Souakri (ALG) W 0020–0001	Liu (CHN) W 1000–0001	N/a	Verdecia (CUB) L 0100–1001
Kie Kusakabe	–57 kg	Bye	Peel (GBR) W 0220–0010	Fernández (ESP) L 0001–0001	Did not advance	N/a	Khishigbatyn (MGL) W 0010–0000	Hüseynova (AZE) W 1000–0000	Shen (CHN) W 1010–0000
Keiko Maeda	–63 kg	Bye	Schutz (USA) L 0102–0120	Did not advance
Masae Ueno	–70 kg	Bye	Dorjgotovyn (MGL) W 1140–0000	Martín (ESP) L 0010–1001	Did not advance	N/a	Werbrouck (BEL) L 0001–0200	Did not advance
Noriko Anno	–78 kg	Bye	Pierantozzi (ITA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Mayumi Yamashita	+78 kg	Bye	Rodina (RUS) W 1021–0001	Rosensteel (USA) W 0202–0000	Beltrán (CUB) L 0000–0201	N/a	Cicot (FRA) W 1001–0001

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hitoshi Hase Daisaku Takeda	Men's lightweight double sculls	6:27.00	2 R	6:33.81	1 SA/B	6:23.37	3 FA	6:29.74	6
Keisuke Murai Atsushi Obata Hiroya Sato Yasunori Tanabe	Men's lightweight coxless four	6:22.31	5 R	6:18.56	5	Did not advance			14
Ayako Yoshida Akiko Iwamoto	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:27.12	4 R	7:23.36	5 FC	N/a	7:15.01	14

Sailing

Five men and four women competed in six different Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics, including two top 10 finishes.

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

Eiichiro Hamazaki and Yuji Miyai

Race 1 – 19
Race 2 – (22)
Race 3 – (26)
Race 4 – 13
Race 5 – 4
Race 6 – 16
Race 7 – 17
Race 8 – 18
Race 9 – 10
Race 10 – 16
Race 11 – 20
Final – 133 (18th place)

Women's Mistral

Masako Imai

Race 1 – 6
Race 2 – 12
Race 3 – 10
Race 4 – 10
Race 5 – (15)
Race 6 – 5
Race 7 – 9
Race 8 – 11
Race 9 – (16)
Race 10 – 7
Race 11 – 8
Final – 78 (10th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

Maiko Sato

Race 1 – 21
Race 2 – 13
Race 3 – 20
Race 4 – 22
Race 5 – 22
Race 6 – 17
Race 7 – 22
Race 8 – (24)
Race 9 – 22
Race 10 – (23)
Race 11 – 13
Final – 172 (23rd place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

Yumiko Shige and Yurie Alicia Kinoshita

Race 1 – 9
Race 2 – 5
Race 3 – 10
Race 4 – 7
Race 5 – 1
Race 6 – (14)
Race 7 – 8
Race 8 – 3
Race 9 – (12)
Race 10 – 12
Race 11 – 11
Final – 66 (8th place)

Open Laser

Kunio Suzuki

Race 1 – (38)
Race 2 – 12
Race 3 – 19
Race 4 – 15
Race 5 – 32
Race 6 – (36)
Race 7 – 17
Race 8 – 25
Race 9 – 24
Race 10 – 30
Race 11 – 28
Final – 202 (27th place)

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

Kenji Nakamura and Tomoyuki Sasaki

Race 1 – 4
Race 2 – 4
Race 3 – 10
Race 4 – 15
Race 5 – 9
Race 6 – 16
Race 7 – (17)
Race 8 – 15
Race 9 – 15
Race 10 – 13
Race 11 – 16
Race 12 – (17)
Race 13 – 14
Race 14 – 16
Race 15 – 14
Race 16 – 12
Final – 173 (16th place)

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round Robin

Defeated Cuba (4:1)
Defeated PR China (3:1)
Defeated United States (2:1)
Defeated Australia (1:0)
Defeated Canada (4:3)
Defeated Italy (2:0)
Defeated New Zealand (2:1)

Semifinals

Defeated Australia (1:0)

Final

Lost to United States (1:2) → Silver Medal

Team Roster

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Masato Hirano

Preliminary Heat – 03:51.41 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Masato Hirano

Preliminary Heat – 15:14.43 (did not advance)

Yota Arase

Preliminary Heat – 15:18.20 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Takashi Yamamoto

Preliminary Heat – 52.91
Semi-final – 53.01
Final – 52.58 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Takashi Yamamoto

Preliminary Heat – 01:58.07
Semi-final – 01:57.66 (did not advance)

Hisayoshi Tanaka

Preliminary Heat – 01:59.00
Semi-final – 01:58.06 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Kosuke Kitajima

Preliminary Heat – 01:01.68
Semi-final – 01:01.31
Final – 01:01.00 (4th place)

Akira Hayashi

Preliminary Heat – 01:02.86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Akira Hayashi

Preliminary Heat – 02:15.54
Semi-final – 02:15.16 (did not advance)

Kosuke Kitajima

Preliminary Heat – 02:15.71 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Susumu Tabuchi

Preliminary Heat – 02:05.68 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Shinya Taniguchi

Preliminary Heat – 04:17.36 (did not advance)
Final – 04:20.93 (8th place)

Susumu Tabuchi

Preliminary Heat – 04:20.76 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Sumika Minamoto

Preliminary Heat – 25.52
Semi-final – 25.43
Final – 25.65 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Sumika Minamoto

Preliminary Heat – 55.8
Semi-final – 55.62
Final – 55.53 (7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Sachiko Yamada

Preliminary Heat – 04:12.45 (did not advance)

Yasuko Tajima

Preliminary Heat – 04:14.23 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Sachiko Yamada

Preliminary Heat – 08:33.06
Final – 08:37.39 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Junko Onishi

Preliminary Heat – 59.11
Semi-final – 59.04
Final – 59.13 (6th place)

Maki Mita

Preliminary Heat – 01:00.97 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Maki Mita

Preliminary Heat – 02:09.85
Semi-final – 02:09.88
Final – 02:09.66 (7th place)

Yuko Nakanishi

Preliminary Heat – 02:10.22
Semi-final – 02:09.89
Final – 02:10.72 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Masami Tanaka

Preliminary Heat – 01:09.12
Semi-final – 01:09.04
Final – 01:08.37 (6th place)

Junko Isoda

Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Masami Tanaka

Preliminary Heat – 02:27.39
Semi-final – 02:26.24
Final – 02:26.98 (7th place)

Junko Isoda

Preliminary Heat – 02:29.60
Semi-final – 02:31.71 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Mai Nakamura

Preliminary Heat – 01:00.88
Semi-final – 01:01.07
Final – 01:00.55 (silver medal)

Noriko Inada

Preliminary Heat – 01:02.19
Semi-final – 01:01.25
Final – 01:01.14 (5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Miki Nakao

Preliminary Heat – 02:11.69
Semi-final – 02:12.49
Final – 02:11.05 (bronze medal)

Tomoko Hagiwara

Preliminary Heat – 02:12.15
Semi-final – 02:11.02
Final – 02:11.21 (4th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Tomoko Hagiwara

Preliminary Heat – 02:15.16
Semi-final – 02:15.09
Final – 02:15.64 (8th place)

Yasuko Tajima

Preliminary Heat – 02:21.65 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Yasuko Tajima

Preliminary Heat – 04:40.35 (did not advance)
Final – 04:35.96 (silver medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley

Sumika Minamoto, Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, Masami Tanaka

Preliminary Heat – 04:05.76
Final – 04:04.16 (bronze medal)

Synchronized swimming

Japan won two silver medals in the synchronized swimming competition at the 2000 Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)				Free routine (final)		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda	Duet	98.000	2	98.400	2	98.260	2 Q	99.000	2	98.650
Ayano Egami Raika Fujii Yoko Isoda Rei Jimbo Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda Juri Tatsumi Yoko Yoneda Yuko Yoneda	Team	98.600	2	N/a	99.000	2	98.860

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Trampolining

Triathlon

Women's Individual Competition:

Kiyomi Niwata – 2:03:53.01 (14th place)
Akiko Hirao – 2:04:18.70 (17th place)
Haruna Hosoya – DNF

Men's Individual Competition:

Takumi Obara – 1:50:29.95 (21st place)
Hideo Fukui – 1:52:04.79 (36th place)
Hiroyuki Nishiuchi – 1:56:59.76 (46th place)

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Preliminary elimination		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuki Ishizaka Rii Seike	Women's	Takahashi / Saiki (JPN) L 3–15	Gattelli / Perrotta (ITA) L 5–15	Did not advance
Yukiko Takahashi Mika Saiki	Women's	Ishizaka / Seike (JPN) W 15–3	Bye	Celbová / Dosoudilová (CZE) W 15–2	Davis / Johnson Jordan (USA) W 15–9	Shelda / Behar (BRA) L 10–15	Pires / Samuel (BRA) L 4–12, 6–12	4

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Koki Tagashira	– 56 kg	107.5	112.5	~~117.5~~	135.0	140.0	142.5	252.5	13
Yasuji Kikuzuma	– 56 kg	~~105.0~~	~~105.0~~	105.0	~~140.0~~	140.0	145.0	250.0	15
Yoshihisa Miyaji	– 69 kg	~~145.0~~	145.0	150.0	170.0	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	320.0	11
Hisaya Yoshimoto	+ 105 kg	170.0	180.0	~~182.5~~	—	—	—	DNF	—

Wrestling

Notes

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

^ "Japan at the 2000 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^ Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

[table_hth_CUB0.73474454029219-3] Cuba defeated the United States 6–1.

[table_hth_KOR0.73474454029219-4] South Korea defeated Japan 7–6.

[table_hth_ITA0.73474454029219-5] Italy defeated Australia 8–7.

[sports-reference-1] "Japan at the 2000 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

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