Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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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.

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.

1 Medalists
2 Archery
3 Athletics
- 3.1 Men
- 3.2 Women
4 Badminton
5 Baseball
6 Boxing
7 Canoeing
- 7.1 Flatwater
- 7.2 Slalom
8 Cycling
- 8.1 BMX
- 8.2 Mountain biking
- 8.3 Road
- 8.4 Track
9 Diving
10 Equestrian
11 Fencing
12 Field Hockey
- 12.1 Women's Team Competition
13 Football (Soccer)
- 13.1 Men's Competition
  - 13.1.1 Results
- 13.2 Women's Competition
  - 13.2.1 Results
14 Gymnastics
- 14.1 Artistic
- 14.2 Rhythmic
- 14.3 Trampoline
15 Judo
16 Modern Pentathlon
17 Rowing
18 Sailing
19 Shooting
20 Softball
21 Swimming
22 Synchronized swimming
23 Table Tennis
24 Taekwondo
25 Tennis
26 Triathlon
27 Volleyball
- 27.1 Beach
- 27.2 Indoor
  - 27.2.1 Men's competition
  - 27.2.2 Women's competition
28 Weightlifting
29 Wrestling
30 References

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Uchishiba, MasatoMasato Uchishiba	Judo	Men's 66 kg	August 10
1 Gold	Kitajima, KosukeKosuke Kitajima	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke	August 11
1 Gold	Tanimoto, AyumiAyumi Tanimoto	Judo	Women's 63 kg	August 12
1 Gold	Ueno, MasaeMasae Ueno	Judo	Women's 70 kg	August 13
1 Gold	Kitajima, KosukeKosuke Kitajima	Swimming	Men's 200 m Breaststroke	August 14
1 Gold	Ishii, SatoshiSatoshi Ishii	Judo	Men's +100 kg	August 15
1 Gold	Yoshida, SaoriSaori Yoshida	Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 55 kg	August 16
1 Gold	Icho, KaoriKaori Icho	Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 63 kg	August 17
1 Gold	Emoto, NahoNaho Emoto Fujimoto, MotokoMotoko Fujimoto Hirose, MeguMegu Hirose Inui, EmiEmi Inui Ito, SachikoSachiko Ito Karino, AyumiAyumi Karino Mabuchi, SatokoSatoko Mabuchi Mine, YukiyoYukiyo Mine Mishina, MasumiMasumi Mishina Nishiyama, ReiRei Nishiyama Sakai, HirokoHiroko Sakai Sato, RieRie Sato Someya, MikaMika Someya Ueno, YukikoYukiko Ueno Yamada, EriEri Yamada	Softball		August 21
2 Silver	Kashima, TakehiroTakehiro Kashima Nakase, TakuyaTakuya Nakase Okiguchi, MakotoMakoto Okiguchi Sakamoto, KokiKoki Sakamoto Tomita, HiroyukiHiroyuki Tomita Uchimura, KoheiKohei Uchimura	Gymnastics	Team All-Around	August 12
2 Silver	Ota, YukiYuki Ota	Fencing	Men's Foil	August 13
2 Silver	Uchimura, KoheiKohei Uchimura	Gymnastics	Individual All-Around	August 14
2 Silver	Tsukada, MakiMaki Tsukada	Judo	Women's +78 kg	August 15
2 Silver	Icho, ChiharuChiharu Icho	Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 48 kg	August 16
2 Silver	Matsunaga, TomohiroTomohiro Matsunaga	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 55 kg	August 19
3 Bronze	Tani, RyokoRyoko Tani	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 9
3 Bronze	Nakamura, MisatoMisato Nakamura	Judo	Women's 52 kg	August 10
3 Bronze	Matsuda, TakeshiTakeshi Matsuda	Swimming	Men's 200 m Butterfly	August 13
3 Bronze	Nakamura, ReikoReiko Nakamura	Swimming	Women's 200 m Backstroke	August 16
3 Bronze	Nagai, KiyofumiKiyofumi Nagai	Cycling	Keirin	August 16
3 Bronze	Miyashita, JunichiJunichi Miyashita Kitajima, KosukeKosuke Kitajima Fujii, TakuroTakuro Fujii Sato, HisayoshiHisayoshi Sato	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	August 17
3 Bronze	Hamaguchi, KyokoKyoko Hamaguchi	Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 72 kg	August 17
3 Bronze	Murofushi, KojiKoji Murofushi	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	August 17*
3 Bronze	Yumoto, KenichiKenichi Yumoto	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 60 kg	August 19
3 Bronze	Harada, SahoSaho Harada Suzuki, EmikoEmiko Suzuki	Synchronized Swimming	Women's Duet	August 20
3 Bronze	Tsukahara, NaokiNaoki Tsukahara Suetsugu, ShingoShingo Suetsugu Takahira, ShinjiShinji Takahira Asahara, NobuharuNobuharu Asahara	Athletics	Men's 4x100 m Relay	August 22

*Confirmed on December 11 after IOC decision.

[edit] Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Individual	663	17	Maksim Kunda (BLR)(48) L 111(+18)-111(+19)#	Did not advance					33
Ryuichi Moriya	Individual	661	22	Piotr Piatek (POL)(43) W 109(+10)-109(+9)#	Wang Cheng Pang (TPE)(11) W 114-109	Baljinima Tsyrempilov (RUS)(6) W 113-110	Viktor Ruban (UKR)(3) L 106-115	Did not advance		6

'#' after Shoot-off

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nami Hayakawa	Individual	649	9	Elena Mousikou (CYP)(56) W 112-103	Jennifer Nichols (USA)(24) W 105-103	Naomi Folkard (GBR)(8) W 106-97	Park Sung-Hyun (KOR)(1) L 103-112	Did not advance		6
Yuki Hayashi	Individual	616	48	Kristina Esebua (GEO)(17) L 102(+8)-102(+9)#	Did not advance					45
Sayoko Kitabatake	Individual	616	46	Justyna Mospinek (POL)(19) W 103-101	Berangere Schuh (FRA)(14) L 100-112	Did not advance				29
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		8

'#' after Shoot-off

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Naoki Tsukahara	100 metres	10.39	2	10.23	3	10.16	7	Did not advance
Nobuharu Asahara	100 metres	10.25	7	10.37	8	Did not advance
Shinji Takahira	200 metres	20.58	4	20.63	7	Did not advance
Shingo Suetsugu	200 metres	20.93	6	Did not advance
Yuzo Kanemaru	400 metres	46.39	7			Did not advance
Kensuke Takezawa	5000 m	13:49.42	21					Did not advance
Takayuki Matsumiya	5000 m	14:20.24	36					Did not advance
Takayuki Matsumiya	10000 m							28:39.77	31
Masato Naito	110 m hurdles	13.96	37	Did not advance
Kenji Narisako	400 m hurdles	49.63	17			Did not advance
Dai Tamesue	400 m hurdles	49.82	19			Did not advance
Yoshitaka Iwamizu	steeplechase	8:29.80	9					Did not advance
Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	4x100 m relay	38.52	3					38.15
Mitsuhiro Abiko Dai Tamesue Yoshihiro Horigome Kenji Narisako	4x400 m relay	3:04.18	14					Did not advance
Tsuyoshi Ogata	marathon							2:13:26	13
Atsushi Sato	marathon							2:41:08	76
Satoshi Osaki	marathon							DNS
Yuki Yamazaki	20K walk							1:21:18	11
Koichiro Morioka								1:21:57	16
Takayuki Tanii								DQ
Yuki Yamazaki	50K walk							3:45:47	7
Takayuki Tanii	50K walk							4:01:37	29

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Naoyuki Daigo	high jump	2.15	36	Did not advance
Daichi Sawano	pole vault	5.55	16	Did not advance
Yukifumi Murakami	javelin throw	78.21	15	Did not advance
Koji Murofushi^[1]	hammer throw	78.16	5 Q	80.71

[edit] Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chisato Fukushima	100 metres	11.74	47	Did not advance
Asami Tanno	400 metres	52.60	28			Did not advance
Yuriko Kobayashi	5000 m	15:15.87	16					Did not advance
Yoko Shibui	10000 m							31:31:13	17
Yukiko Akaba	10000 m							32:00.37	20
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles	55.82	11 Q, SB			56.69	15	Did not advance
Minori Hayakari	steeplechase	9:49.70	35					Did not advance
Satomi Kubokura Asami Tanno Mayu Kida Sayaka Aoki	4x400m relay	3:30.52 SB	15					Did not advance
Yurika Nakamura	marathon							2:30:19	13
Reiko Tosa^[2]	marathon							DNF
Mayumi Kawasaki	20K walk							1:29:43	14
Sachiko Konishi	20K walk							1:32:21	26

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kumiko Ikeda	long jump	6.47	19	Did not advance

[edit] Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eriko Hirose	Singles	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir (ISL)
Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Doubles			Tania Luiz and Eugenia Tanaka (AUS) W 4-21 8-21	Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen (CHN) W 21-8 21-23 14-21	Lee Kyung-won and Lee Hyo-jung (KOR) L 20-22 15-21
Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota	Doubles			Lena Frier Kristiansen and Kamilla Rytter (DEN) W 21-18 14-21 18-21	Du Jing and Yu Yang (CHN) L 8-21 5-21

[edit] Baseball

Main articles: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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.

Team roster

Pitchers:

Catchers:

Infielders:

Outfielders:

Group Stage

August 13 – 19:00 at WKB Main Field^[3]
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)

August 15 – 19:00 at WKB Main Field^[4]
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)
HRs: JPN – Takahiko Sato (1)

August 18 – 10:30 at WKB Field 2^[5]
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)
HRs: JPN – Atsunori Inaba (1)

August 20 – 19:00 at WKB Main Field^[6]
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)

August 14 – 20:00 at WKB Main Field^[7]
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)
HRs: JPN – Shinnosuke Abe (1)

August 16 – 19:00 at WKB Main Field^[8]
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)
HRs: KOR – Dae-Ho Lee (2) JPN – Takahiro Arai (1)

August 19 – 18:00 at WKB Field 2^[9]
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)
HRs: 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

August 22 – 10:30 at WKB Main Field^[10]
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)
HRs: KOR – Seung-Yeop Lee (1)

Bronze medal game

August 23 – 10:30 at WKB Main Field ^[11]
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)
HRs: JPN – Masahiro Araki (1), Norichika Aoki (1) USA – Matt LaPorta (2), Matt Brown (2), Jason Donald (1)

[edit] Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Japan qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Masatsugu was the first when he qualified at the World Championships.^[12] Satoshi was the second, qualifying at the first Asian qualifying event.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Flatwater

Women

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

[edit] Slalom

Men

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

Women

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

[edit] Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] BMX

Men

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

[edit] Mountain biking

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rie Katayama	Cross-country

[edit] Road

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Miho Oki	Road race	3:33:17 (+0:53)	31

[edit] Track

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

Sprints

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

Keirin

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

Points Races

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

[edit] Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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. [1]

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Terauchi	3 m Individual Springboard	452.80	10 Q	478.25	7 Q	442.50	11

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mai Nakagawa	10 m Individual Platform	331.40	9 Q	314.60	10 Q	296.30	11

[edit] Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix/ Team Final		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle/ Individual Final		Final Results
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Hiroshi Hoketsu	Whisper	Individual	62.542	35	Did not advance					35
Yuko Kitai	Rambo	Individual	59.250	45	Did not advance					45
Mieko Yagi	Dow Jones	Individual	60.167	42	Did not advance					42
Hiroshi Hoketsu Yuko Kitai Mieko Yagi	as above	Team	60.653	10

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping					Final Rank
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total
Yoshiaki Oiwa	Gorgeous George	Individual	52.40	40	76.40	128.80	55	8	136.80	49	Did not advance		49

Individual Jumping

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

[edit] Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
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 (HKG) W 15-6	Kleibrink (GER) L 10-15	Did not advance			11
Yuki Ota	Individual foil		Souza (BRA) W 15-4	Choi (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	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Megumi Harada	Individual épée		Parkinson (AUS) W 15-9	Branza (ROU) L 11-15	Did not advance
Chieko Sugawara	Individual foil		Jung (KOR) W 11-9	Golubytskyi (GER) W 6-5	Nam (KOR) L 10-15	Did not advance
Madoka Hisagae	Individual sabre		Dyachenko (RUS) L 10-15	Did not advance

[edit] Field Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Women's Team Competition

Team roster

Preliminary round

	Discipline
10 August 2008 08:30
	Japan	2 – 1	New Zealand	Umpires: Lee Keum-Ju (KOR) Minka Woolley (AUS)
	Morimoto 12' Tsukui 17'		Claxton 25'
	Ozawa 62' Tsukui 70'

	Discipline
12 August 2008 18:00
	USA	1 – 1	Japan	Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Lisa Roach (AUS)
	Barber 58'		Chiba 12'
			Yamamoto 25' Iwao 33' Kato 46'

	Discipline
14 August 2008 18:30
	Japan	1 – 2	Argentina	Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
	Miura 64'		Gulla 38' Burkart 51'
			Aymar 12' Luchetti 57' Gulla 68'

	Discipline
16 August 2008 20:30
	Great Britain	2 – 1	Japan	Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)
	Panter 32' Cullen 70'		Miura 58'
	Rogers 12' 47' Walsh 41' Craddock 66'		Komazawa 27'

	Discipline
18 August 2008 08:30
	Germany	1 – 0	Japan	Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Miao Lin (CHN)
	Beermann 40'
			Iwao 61'

Group table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	12	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4
Argentina	11	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6
Great Britain	8	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2
USA	6	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1
Japan	4	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2
New Zealand	0	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7

9th place classification match

	Discipline
20 August 2008 08:30
	Korea	2 – 1	Japan	Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Lisa Roach (AUS)
	Park Jeong-Sook 12' 49'		Komazawa 43'
	Lee Seon-Ok 27' Kim Jin-Kyoung 67'

[edit] Football (Soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men's Competition

Team Roster

[edit] Results

2008-08-07 17:00	Japan	0 – 1	United States	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 57,102 Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
		(Report)	Holden 47'

2008-08-10 17:00	Nigeria	2 – 1	Japan	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 42,592 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Obinna 58' Anichebe 74'	(Report)	Toyoda 79'

2008-08-13 17:00	Netherlands	1 – 0	Japan	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 38,790 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
	Sibon 73' (pen.)	(Report)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

[edit] Women's Competition

Team Roster

[edit] Results

[edit] Group F

2008-08-06 17:00	Japan	2 – 2	New Zealand	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 10,270 Referee: Deidre Mitchell (South Africa)
	Miyama 72' (pen.) Sawa 86'	Report	Yallop 37' Hearn 56' (pen.)

2008-08-09 17:00	United States	1 – 0	Japan	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 16,912 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)
	Lloyd 27'	Report

2008-08-12 19:45	Norway	1 – 5	Japan	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 16,872 Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Knutsen 27'	Report	Kinga 31' Følstad 51' (o.g.) Ohno 52' Sawa 71' Hara 83'

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Norway	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
Japan	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

[edit] Quarterfinals

2008-08-15 21:00	China PR	0 – 2	Japan	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 28,459 Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)
		Report	Sawa 15' Nagasato 79'

[edit] Semifinals

2008-08-18 21:00	United States	4 – 2	Japan	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 50,937 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
	Hucles 41' 80' Chalupny 44' O'Reilly 70'	(Report)	Ohno 16' Arakawa 90+3'

[edit] Bronze medal match

2008-08-21 18:00	Germany	2 – 0	Japan	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 49,285 Referee: Estella Alvares (Argentina)
	Bajramaj 68' 87'	(Report)

[edit] Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Floor	Rank	Pommel horse	Rank	Rings	Rank	Vault	Rank	Parallel bars	Rank	Horizontal bar	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Takehiro Kashima	All-around			14.425	33			15.975	33	15.550#	21	15.150	17	61.100	61	Did not advance
Takuya Nakase	All-around	15.500	12	14.075#	43	15.275	20			15.725	16	15.450	8 Q	76.025	48	Did not advance
Takuya Nakase	Horizontal bar													15.450	8 Q	15.450	5
Makoto Okiguchi	All-around	15.275	20					15.750	40					31.025	86	Did not advance
Koki Sakamoto	All-around	14.950#	34	14.925	14	15.525	13	16.200	19	15.625	18	14.725#	33	91.950	5 Q	Withdrew
Hiroyuki Tomita	All-around	15.175	23	15.175	8 Q	15.025	32	15.200#	66	15.775	15	15.550	7 Q	91.900	6	91.750	4
	Pommel horse													15.175	8 Q	15.375	5
	Horizontal bar													15.550	7 Q	15.225	6
Kohei Uchimura	All-around	15.725	5 Q	14.100	42	14.675	43	16.200	18	16.025	10	15.325	15	92.050	4 Q	91.975
Kohei Uchimura	Floor													15.725	5 Q	15.575	5
Takehiro Kashima Takuya Nakase Makoto Okiguchi Koki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Tomita Kohei Uchimura	Team	61.675	1	58.625	4	60.500	5	64.125	6	63.150	3	61.475	1	369.550	2 Q	278.875

'#' denotes the results that did not count toward the team total.
Due to a coaching decision, Hiroyuki Tomita started in the Individual All-Around final instead of Koki Sakamoto^[14]. 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.

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Rank	Uneven bars	Rank	Balance beam	Rank	Floor	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Mayu Kuroda	All-around			14.725	28	14.850	28			29.575	84	Did not advance
Yu Minobe	All-around	14.050#	68	14.525	37			13.825	59	42.400	76	Did not advance
Kyoko Oshima	All-around	14.700	43	14.450	42	14.300#	47	14.175	42	57.625	27 Q	57.625	20
Yuko Shintake	All-around	14.675	48			15.050	23	14.175	41	43.900	67	Did not advance
Koko Tsurumi	All-around	14.200	58	15.025	17	15.425	13 Q	14.325	34	58.975	17	58.100	17
Koko Tsurumi	Balance beam									15.425	13 Q	14.450	8
Miki Uemura	All-around	14.475	50	12.775#	76	14.575	38	12.875#	76	54.700	50	Did not advance
Mayu Kuroda Yu Minobe Kyoko Oshima Yuko Shintake Koko Tsurumi Miki Uemura	Team	58.050	11	58.725	7	59.900	5	56.500	11	233.175	8 Q	176.700	5

'#' denotes the results that did not count toward the team total.
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.

[edit] Rhythmic

Japan have qualified a rhythmic gymnastics group.

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

[edit] Trampoline

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Individual
	Individual

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Individual

[edit] Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hiraoki Hiraoka	−60 kg		Williams-Murray (USA) L 0000-0001	Did not advance
Masato Uchishiba	−66 kg		Jimenez (DOM) W 1001-0000	Miresmaeili (IRI) W 0020-0000	Sharipov (UZB) W 0201-0010	Arencibia (CUB) W 0020-0001				Darbelet (FRA) W 1000-0000
Yusuke Kanamaru	−73 kg		Malomat (IRI) L 0001-1001	Did not advance			Pina (POR) W 0011-0010	Gantumur (MGL) W 0100-0000	Van Tichelt (BEL) L 0000-0211	Did not advance
Takashi Ono	−81 kg		Camilo (BRA) L 0000-0120	Did not advance
Hiroshi Izumi	−90 kg		Kelly (AUS) W 0010-0000	Kazusenok (BLR) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Keiji Suzuki	−100 kg		Naidan (MGL) L 0000-1000	Did not advance			Behrla (GER) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Satoshi Ishii	+100 kg		Bianchessi (ITA) W 1011-0000	El Shehaby (EGY) W 1001-0000	Tmenov (RUS) W 1001-0000	Gujejiani (GEO) W 1011-0000				Tangriev (UZB) W 0010-0000

Women

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

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Main article: Modern Pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Shooting			Fencing			Swimming			Riding			Running			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rings	Points	Rank	Record	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Time/Penalty	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Yoshihiro Murakami	Individual	181	1108	19	12-23	688	33	2:10.74	1232	31	98.33/124	980	21	10:56.35	736	36	4744	31

[edit] Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final A/B/C		Final Rank
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Final Rank
Kazushige Ura Daisaku Takeda	Lightweight double sculls	6:24.21	4	6:43.03	3	6:29.30	1 QFC	6:23.02	1	13

QFC - Qualified for Final C

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final A/B/C		Final Rank
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Final Rank
Akiko Iwamoto Misaki Kumakura	Lightweight double sculls	7:05.67	3	7:30.92	3 Q	7:16.13	6 QFB	7:08.49	3	9

QFB - Qualified for Final B

[edit] Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal	Score	Rank
Makoto Tomizawa	Sailboard	6	20	6	14	7	23	8	36 DSQ	12	2	18	116	10
Yoichi Iijima	Laser	36	32	16	17	31	44 BFD	31	44 DNF	28	CAN	Did not advance	235	35
Tetsuya Matsunaga Taro Ueno	470	1	20	24	13	10	14	1	9	21	4	4	97	7

BFD - Black flag disqualification (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)
DSQ - Disqualified (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)
DNF - Did not finish (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)
CAN - Race cancelled

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal	Score	Rank
Yasuko Kosuge	Sailboard	9	12	4	17	14	18	18	11	10	7	Did not advance	102	13
Naoko Kamata Ai Kondo	470	13	15	14	15	14	1	12	10	1	13	Did not advance	93	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Medal	Score	Rank
Akira Ishibashi Yukio Makino	49er	8	17	3	13	8	12	8	9	17	6	14	5	CAN	CAN	CAN	Did not advance	103	12

CAN - Race cancelled

[edit] Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

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

Women

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

[edit] Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team roster

Preliminary round

August 12 – 19:30 at Fengtai Softball Field
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)
HRs: AUS – Jodie Bowering(1),Natalie Titcume(1) JPN – Satoko Mabuchi(1)

August 14 – 17:00 at Fengtai Softball Field
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)

August 16 – 9:30 at Fengtai Softball Field
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)
HRs: JPN – Rie Sato(1)

August 18 – 17:00 at Fengtai Softball Field
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)

August 13 – 17:00 at Fengtai Softball Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1

WP: Hiroko Sakai(1-0) LP: Sheng-Jung Lai(0-1)
HRs: JPN – Satoko Mabuchi(2)

August 15 – 12:00 at Fengtai Softball Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	4	0	0	3	0	X	X	7	9	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	1	1

WP: Monica Abbott(1-0) LP: Naho Emoto(0-1)
HRs: USA – Natasha Watley(2), Jessica Mendoza(1,2), Crystl Bustos(3)

August 17 – 12:00 at Fengtai Softball Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	7	0
Japan	0	0	0	1	4	0	X	5	9	0

WP: Hiroko Sakai(3-0) LP: Mariangee Bogado(2-2)
HRs: JPN – Satoko Mabuchi(3), Eri Yamada (1)

Group table

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
United States	7	0	53	1	1.000	-	-
Japan	6	1	23	13	.857	1	-
Australia	5	2	30	11	.714	2	-
Canada	3	4	17	23	.429	4	-
Chinese Taipei	2	5	10	23	.286	5	2-0 vs. CHN/VEN
China	2	5	19	21	.286	5	1-1 vs. TPE/VEN
Venezuela	2	5	15	35	.286	5	0-2 vs. CHN/TPE
Netherlands	1	6	8	48	.143	6	-

Semifinal

August 20 – 9:30 at Fengtai Softball Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0

WP: Monica Abbott(3-0) LP: Yukiko Ueno(3-1) SV: Cat Osterman
HRs: USA – Crystl Bustos(5)

Bronze medal game

August 20 – 17:00 at Fengtai Softball Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Australia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	2
Japan	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	11	1

WP: Yukiko Ueno(4-1) LP: Tanya Harding(3-2)
HRs: AUS – Kerry Wyborn, JPN – Megu Hirose

The winner of this game advanced to the final while the loser won bronze.

Final

August 21 – 18:30 at Fengtai Softball Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	4	0
United States	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2

WP: Yukiko Ueno(5-1) LP: Cat Osterman(3-1)
HRs: JPN – Eri Yamada (2) USA – Crystl Bustos (6)

Final Rank:

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Women

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

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Saho Harada Emiko Suzuki	Duet	48.250	3	48.500	3	96.750	3	48.917	3	97.167
From: Ai Aoki Saho Harada Yumiko Ishiguro Naoko Kawashima Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Masako Tachibana	Team	48.167	4	N/A				47.167	6	95.334	5

[edit] Table Tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Seiya Kishikawa	Singles	Bye	Zhang (CAN) W 4-2	Tan (CRO) L 1-4	Did not advance
Jun Mizutani	Singles	Bye		Eloi (FRA) W 4-3	Kreanga (GRE) L 1-4	Did not advance
Kan Yo	Singles	Bye			Smirnov (RUS) W 4-1	Wang (CHN) L 1-4	Did not advance

Team

Seiya Kishikawa
Jun Mizutani
Kan Yo

Group Stage

August 13


Japan	3–0	Nigeria
Japan	3–0	Russia

August 14


Japan	3–0	Hong Kong, China

Team (Group D)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Japan	6	3	3	0	9	0
Hong Kong, China	5	3	2	1	6	4
Nigeria	4	3	1	2	3	8
Russia	3	3	0	3	3	9

Semifinal

August 16


Japan	2–3	Germany

Bronze medal play-off round 2

August 17


Japan	1–3	Austria

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ai Fukuhara	Singles	Bye			Hu (TUR) W 4-1	Zhang (CHN) L 1-4	Did not advance
Haruna Fukuoka	Singles	Bye		Komwong (THA) W 4-0	Kim (KOR) L 2-4	Did not advance
Sayaka Hirano	Singles	Bye			Gao (USA) L 1-4	Did not advance

Team

Ai Fukuhara
Haruna Fukuoka
Sayaka Hirano

Group Stage

August 13


Japan	3–0	Australia

August 14


Japan	3–2	Spain
Japan	0–3	South Korea

Team (Group D)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	6	0	3	0	9	0
Japan	5	3	2	1	6	5
Spain	4	3	1	2	5	6
Australia	3	3	0	3	0	9

Bronze medal play-off round 1

August 15


Japan	3–0	Austria

Bronze medal play-off round 2

August 16


Japan	3–2	Hong Kong, China

Bronze medal contest

August 17


Japan	0–3	South Korea

[edit] Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yoriko Okamoto	−67 kg	Benabderrassoul (MAR) L 0-2	Did not advance

[edit] Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kei Nishikori	Singles	Schuettler (GER) L 4-6, 7-6(5), 3-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ayumi Morita	Singles	Erakovic (NZL) W 5-7, 7-6(7), 6-4	Li (CHN) L 2-6, 5-7	Did not advance
Ai Sugiyama	Singles	Hantuchova (SVK) L 2-6, 5-7	Did not advance
Ayumi Morita Ai Sugiyama	Doubles	N/A	Arn (HUN) Szavay (HUN) W 6-3, 6-3	S Williams (USA) V Williams (USA) L 5-7, 2-6	Did not advance

[edit] Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5km)		Trans 1	Cycling (40km)		Trans 2	Run (10km)		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Trans 1	Time	Rank	Trans 2	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Hirokatsu Tayama	Individual	18:04	5	0:30	59:12	46	0:29	37:58	48	1:56:13.68	48
Ryosuke Yamamoto	Individual	18:27	40	0:26	58:53	21	0:29	33:56	29	1:52:11.98	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5km)		Trans 1	Cycling (40km)		Trans 2	Run (10km)		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Trans 1	Time	Rank	Trans 2	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Juri Ide	Individual	19:50	4	0:29	1:04:24	18	0:35	35:05	5	2:00:23.77	5
Kiyomi Niwata	Individual	19:56	14	0:34	1:04:14	6	0:31	35:36	11	2:00:51.85	9
Ai Ueda	Individual	20:17	37	0:29	1:03:56	2	0:28	37:09	25	2:02:19.09	17

[edit] Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Beach

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kentaro Asahi Katsuhiro Shiratori No. 22 Seeds	Doubles	Brink - Dieckmann (GER) L 0-2 (18-21, 18-21) Boersma - Ronnes (NED) W 2-1 (21-15, 23-25, 15-11) Gibb - Rosenthal (USA) L 1-2 (15-21, 21-19, 16-18)	Pool F 2 Q	Araujo - Luiz (BRA) L 0-2 (21-23, 15-21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Chiaki Kusuhara Mika Teru Saiki No. 22 Seeds	Doubles	Walsh - May-Treanor (USA) L 0-2 (12-21, 15-21) Hakedal - Torlen (NOR) L 0-2 (8-21, 18-21) Grasset - Peraza (CUB) L 0-2 (18-21, 17-21)	Pool B 4	Did not advance

[edit] Indoor

[edit] Men's competition

Team Roster

[edit] Women's competition

Team Roster

[edit] Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Yasunobu Sekikawa	-56 kg	114	12	142	11	256	11
Masaharu Yamada	-56 kg	106	17	153	6	259	9
Yoshito Shintani	-69 kg	135	15	175	8	320	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Hiromi Miyake	-48 kg	80	6	105	6	185	6
Misaki Oshiro	-48 kg	80	8	92	8	172	8
Rika Saito	-69 kg	87	9	122	7	209	8

[edit] Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final/ Bronze medal bout
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tomohiro Matsunaga	−55 kg	Diatta (SEN) W 1-0, F	Akgul (TUR) W 5-0, 3-0	Mansurov (UZB) W 2-1, 0-1, 2-1	Kudukhov (RUS) W 3-0, F	N/A		Cejudo (USA) L 2-2, 0-3
Kenichi Yumoto	−60 kg	Bye	Koryakin (TJK) W 2-2, F	Dutt (IND) W 0-1, 4-1, 2-1	Fedoryshyn (UKR) L 2-3, 0-1	N/A		Bazarguruev (KGZ) W 1-0, 2-0
Kazuhiko Ikematsu	−66 kg	Bye	Tushishvili (GEO) L 1-4, 3-0, 0-1	Did not advance

'F' denotes decision by fall
Bold type denotes round winner in case of a tie on technical points

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final/ Bronze medal bout
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Makoto Sasamoto	−60 kg	Mnatsakanyan (ARM) W 2-1, 3-0	Nazarian (BUL) L 4-0, 0-2, 0-2	Did not advance
Shingo Matsumoto	−84 kg	Forov (ARM) L 2-4, 0-6	Did not advance
Kenzo Kato	−96 kg	Timoncini (ITA) L 0-2, 0-6	Did not advance

Women

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final/ Bronze medal bout
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Chiharu Icho	−48 kg	Bye	Li (CHN) W 0-1, 1-0, 1-0	Merleni (UKR) W 0-1, F	Chun (USA) W 1-0, 0-3, 1-1	N/A		Huynh (CAN) L 0-4, 1-2
Saori Yoshida	−55 kg	N/A	Nerell (SWE) W 3-1, 4-0	Golts (RUS) W 2-1, 4-0	Verbeek (CAN) W 2-0, 6-0	N/A		Xu (CHN) W 2-0, F
Kaori Icho	−63 kg	Bye	Zamula (AZE) W 2-0, F	Miller (USA) W 3-0, F	Dugrenier (CAN) W 1-0, 0-1, 1-1	N/A		Kartashova (RUS) W 1-0, 2-0
Kyoko Hamaguchi	−72 kg	N/A	Perepelkina (RUS) W 1-0, 0-1, 1-0	Conceicao (BRA) W 1-0, F	Wang (CHN) L 2-5, F	N/A		Bernard (USA) W 3-0, 3-1

'F' denotes decision by fall
Bold type denotes round winner in case of a tie on technical points

[edit] References

^ qualified, by virtue of finishing in the top 8 (#6) at the 2007 World Championships
^ Reiko Tosa has qualified, by virtue of finishing in the top 3 (#3) at the 2007 World Championships
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 4". IBAF. 2008-08-13. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400904.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 12". IBAF. 2008-08-15. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400912.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 17". IBAF. 2008-08-18. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400917.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 28". IBAF. 2008-08-20. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400928.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 8". IBAF. 2008-08-14. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400908.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 16". IBAF. 2008-08-16. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400916.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 23". IBAF. 2008-08-19. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400923.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Semifinal - Game 29". IBAF. 2008-08-22. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400201.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
^ "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Bronze Medal Match - Game 31". IBAF. 2008-08-23. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400102.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
^ World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007
^ 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament
^ "Tomita to Compete in All-Around Final". International GYMNAST Magazine Online. 2008-08-11. http://www.intlgymnast.com/olympics/600.html. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

sports-reference
Athletics qualifiers at Yahoo! Japan
Aquatics qualifiers at Yahoo! Japan
"Japan preview: Veterans lead Olympic delegation to Beijing", Xinhua, July 14, 2007

[0] qualified, by virtue of finishing in the top 8 (#6) at the 2007 World Championships

[1] Reiko Tosa has qualified, by virtue of finishing in the top 3 (#3) at the 2007 World Championships

[Game4Summary-2] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 4". IBAF. 2008-08-13. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400904.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[Game12Summary-3] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 12". IBAF. 2008-08-15. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400912.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[Game17Summary-4] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 17". IBAF. 2008-08-18. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400917.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

[Game28Summary-5] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 28". IBAF. 2008-08-20. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400928.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-20.

[Game8Summary-6] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 8". IBAF. 2008-08-14. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400908.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[Game16Summary-7] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 16". IBAF. 2008-08-16. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400916.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[Game23Summary-8] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Preliminaries - Game 23". IBAF. 2008-08-19. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400923.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-19.

[Game29Summary-9] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Semifinal - Game 29". IBAF. 2008-08-22. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400201.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-22.

[Game31Summary-10] "Game Summary(Box Score) - Men's Bronze Medal Match - Game 31". IBAF. 2008-08-23. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BB/C73/BBM400102.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-23.

[BoxingQualWorld-11] World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007

[BoxingQualAsia-12] 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament

[13] "Tomita to Compete in All-Around Final". International GYMNAST Magazine Online. 2008-08-11. http://www.intlgymnast.com/olympics/600.html. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

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[edit] Women's Team Competition

[edit] Football (Soccer)

[edit] Men's Competition

[edit] Results

[edit] Women's Competition

[edit] Results

[edit] Group F

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[edit] Bronze medal match

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