Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Japan is competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

Japan is not represented in basketball and handball at these Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kaori Matsumoto	Judo	Women's 57 kg	30 July
Gold	Kōhei Uchimura	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	1 August
Silver	Hiroaki Hiraoka	Judo	Men's 60 kg	28 July
Silver	Hiromi Miyake	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	28 July
Silver	Riki Nakaya	Judo	Men's 73 kg	30 July
Silver	Ryohei Kato Kazuhito Tanaka Yusuke Tanaka Kōhei Uchimura Koji Yamamuro	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	30 July
Silver	Satomi Suzuki	Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke	2 August
Silver	Ryosuke Irie	Swimming	Men's 200m backstroke	2 August
Silver	Takaharu Furukawa	Archery	Men's individual	3 August
Silver	Mika Sugimoto	Judo	Women's +78 kg	3 August
Silver	Ryosuke Irie Kosuke Kitajima Takeshi Matsuda Takuro Fujii	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100m medley relay	4 August
Silver	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Badminton	Women's Doubles	4 August
Silver	Kōhei Uchimura	Gymnastics	Men's Floor Exercise	5 August
Bronze	Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	Men's 400 metre I.M.	28 July
Bronze	Masashi Ebinuma	Judo	Men's 66 kg	29 July
Bronze	Kaori Kawanaka Ren Hayakawa Miki Kanie	Archery	Women's team	29 July
Bronze	Aya Terakawa	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	30 July
Bronze	Ryosuke Irie	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke	30 July
Bronze	Satomi Suzuki	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke	30 July
Bronze	Yoshie Ueno	Judo	Women's 63 kg	31 July
Bronze	Takeshi Matsuda	Swimming	Men's 200m butterfly	31 July
Bronze	Masashi Nishiyama	Judo	Men's 90 kg	1 August
Bronze	Ryo Tateishi	Swimming	Men's 200m breaststroke	1 August
Bronze	Natsumi Hoshi	Swimming	Women's 200 metre butterfly	1 August
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 4 x 100m medley relay	4 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Judo	1	3	3	7
Gymnastics	1	1	0	2
Swimming	0	3	8	11
Archery	0	1	1	2
Badminton	0	1	0	1
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Total	2	9	12	24

Archery

Japan has qualified one archer for the men's individual event and one archer for the women's individual event

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	679	5	Lee K W (HKG) (60) W 6–4	Hrachov (UKR) (28) W 6–4	Nesteng (NOR) (21) W 6–2	Mohamad (MAS) (20) W 6–2	van der Ven (NED) (16) W 6–5	Oh (KOR) (3) L 1–7
Yu Ishizu		671	15	Terry (GBR) (50) L 1–7	Did not advance
Hideki Kikuchi		659	44	Nesteng (NOR) (21) L 5–6	Did not advance
Takaharu Furukawa Yu Ishizu Hideki Kikuchi	Team	2009	5	—		India (IND) (12) W 214 (29)–214 (27)	United States (USA) (4) L 219–220	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
Ren Hayakawa	Individual	654	16	Bjerendal (SWE) (49) W 6–4	Stepanova (RUS) (17) W 7–3	Ki B-b (KOR) (1) L 0–6	Did not advance
Miki Kanie		665	6	Dorokhova (UKR) (59) W 7–1	Jing (CHN) (27) W 6–0	Román (MEX) (11) L 3–7	Did not advance
Kaori Kawanaka		646	28	Schuh (FRA) (37) L 2–6	Did not advance
Ren Hayakawa Miki Kanie Kaori Kawanaka	Team	1965	5	—		Ukraine (UKR) (12) W 207–192	Mexico (MEX) (4) W 219–209	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 221-206	Russia (RUS) (6) W 209–207

Athletics

Japanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[1]^[2]

Men
Track and road events^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masashi Eriguchi	100 m	BYE
Isamu Fujisawa	20 km walk	—						1:21:48	18
Arata Fujiwara	Marathon	—
Shota Iizuka	200 m
Yuzo Kanemaru	400 m	46.01	4	—		Did not advance
Takayuki Kishimoto	400 m hurdles	DSQ		—		Did not advance
Koichiro Morioka	50 km walk	—
Kentaro Nakamoto	Marathon	—
Akihiko Nakamura	400 m hurdles	DSQ		—		Did not advance
Takumi Saito	20 km walk	—						1:22:43	25
Yuki Sato	10000 m	—						28:44.06	22
Yusuke Suzuki	20 km walk	—						1:23:53	36
Shinji Takahira	200 m
Kei Takase	200 m
Takayuki Tanii	50 km walk	—
Tetsuya Tateno	400 m hurdles	49.95	25	—		Did not advance
Ryota Yamagata	100 m	BYE		10.07	2 Q
Ryo Yamamoto	Marathon	—
Yuki Yamazaki	50 km walk	—
Masato Yokota^[4]	800 m			—
Masashi Eriguchi Shota Iizuka Takumi Kuki Shinji Takahira Ryota Yamagata	4×100 m relay			—
Yoshihiro Azuma Yuzo Kanemaru Hiroyuki Nakano Kei Takase	4×400 m relay			—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Genki Dean	Javelin throw
Yukifumi Murakami	Javelin throw
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	78.48	2 Q
Seito Yamamoto	Pole vault

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Keisuke Ushiro	Result
Keisuke Ushiro	Points

Women
Track and road events^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masumi Fuchise	20 km walk	—
Kayoko Fukushi	10000 m	—						31:10.35	10
Chisato Fukushima	100 m	BYE		11.41	5	Did not advance
Chisato Fukushima	200 m
Mayumi Kawasaki	20 km walk	—
Ayako Kimura	100 m hurdles
Ryoko Kizaki	Marathon	—
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles			—
Hitomi Niiya	10,000 m	—						30:59.19	9
Kumi Otoshi	20 km walk	—
Yoshimi Ozaki	Marathon	—
Risa Shigetomo	Marathon	—
Mika Yoshikawa	5000 m			—
Mika Yoshikawa	10,000 m								16
Anna Doi Chisato Fukushima Kana Ichikawa Yumeka Sano Momoko Takahashi	4×100 m relay			—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tomomi Abiko	Pole vault	4.25	=19	Did not advance
Yuki Ebihara	Javelin throw

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sho Sasaki	Singles	Soeroredjo (SUR) W 21–12, 21–7	—		1 Q	Cordón (GUA) W 23–21, 21–10	Lin D (CHN) L 12–21, 21–16, 16–21	Did not advance
Kenichi Tago	Singles	Karunaratne (SRI) L 18–21, 16–21	—		2	Did not advance
Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	Doubles	Koo K K / Tan B H (MAS) L 12–21, 14–21	Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) L 21–16, 21–15	Bach / Gunawan (USA) W 21–15, 21–15	3	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sayaka Sato	Singles	Egelstaff (GBR) W 18–21, 21–16, 21-12	Tvrdy (SLO) W 22–20, 21–18	—	1 Q	Baun (DEN) W 15 ret.–14	Retired
Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Doubles	Gutta / Ponnappa (IND) W 21–16, 21–18	Cheng W-h / Chien Y-c (TPE) L 19–21, 11–21	Sari / Yao L (SIN) W 16–21, 21–10, 21–19	2 Q	—	Juhl / Pedersen (DEN) W 22–20, 21–10	Bruce / Li (CAN) W 21–12, 19–21, 21–13	Tian Q / Zhao Yl (CHN) 0
Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Doubles	Tian Q / Zhao Yl (CHN) L 16–21, 17–21	Poon L Y / Tse Y S (HKG) W 21–15, 21–19	Pedersen / Juhl (DEN) W 18–21, 21–14, 21–18	3	—	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	Doubles	Fischer Nielsen / Pedersen (DEN) L 11–21, 10–21	Mateusiak / Kostiuczyk (POL) L 18–21, 20–22	Ng / Gao (CAN) W 21–10, 11–21, 21–15	3	—	Did not advance

Boxing

Japan has so far qualified boxers for the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katsuaki Susa	Flyweight	Ramirez (CUB) L 14–13	Did not advance
Satoshi Shimizu	Bantamweight	Dogboe (GHA) W 10–9	Abdulhamidov (AZE) W RSC	Ouadahi (ALG) 0
Yasuhiro Suzuki	Welterweight	Khalsi (MAR) W 14–13	Sapiyev (KAZ) 0
Ryota Murata	Middleweight	BYE	Rahou (ALG) 0

Canoeing

Slalom

Japan has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	101.13	12	92.72	2	92.72	3 Q	104.16	6 Q	110.62	7
Kazuki Yazawa	Men's K-1	96.66	18	92.57	13	92.57	15 Q	99.99	9 Q	104.44	9
Moe Kaifuchi	Women's K-1	171.63	19	121.29	17	121.29	19	Did not advance – Report

Sprint

Japan has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Momotaro Matsushita	Men's K-1 200 m
Naoya Sakamoto	Men's C-1 200 m
Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Watanabe	Men's K-2 200 m
Shinobu Kitamoto	Women's K-1 200 m
Asumi Omura	Women's K-1 500 m
Shinobu Kitamoto Asumi Omura	Women's K-2 500 m

Cycling

Currently, Japan has qualified the following cyclists for the Games.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yukiya Arashiro	Men's road race	5:46:37	48
Fumiyuki Beppu	Men's road race	5:46:05	22
Fumiyuki Beppu	Men's time trial	55:40.64	24
Mayuko Hagiwara	Women's road race	Did not finish

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Heats	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)	Rank
Seiichiro Nakagawa	Men's sprint
Seiichiro Nakagawa Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	Men's team sprint	44.324 60.915	8 Q	—	Great Britain (GBR) L 43.964 61.413	—	Did not advance	8
Kayono Maeda	Women's sprint

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Kazunari Watanabe	Men's keirin

Mountain biking

^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kohei Yamamoto	Men's cross-country
Rie Katayama	Women's cross-country

Diving

Japan has qualified in the following events.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mai Nakagawa	10 m platform

Equestrian

Currently, Japan has qualified eight athletes for the Games.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1 (Grand Prix)		Round 2 (Grand Prix Special)				Final (Freestyle)
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total score	Rank
Hiroshi Hoketsu	Whisper	Individual

Eventing

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
Atsushi Negishi	Pretty Darling	Individual	50.40	33	25.60	76.00	40	12.00	88.00	39	Did not advance			88.00	39
Yoshiaki Oiwa	Noonday de Conde		38.10	1	Eliminated			Did not advance
Kenki Sato	Chippieh		42.20	15	Eliminated			Did not advance
Toshiyuki Tanaka	Marquis De Plescop		55.00	52	60.00	115.00	55	4.00	119.00	48	Did not advance			119.00	48
Takayuki Yumira	Latina		58.50	=58	Eliminated			Did not advance
Atsushi Negishi Yoshiaki Oiwa Kenki Sato Toshiyuki Tanaka Takayuki Yumira	See above	Team	130.70	6	1060.30	1191.00	13	—			16.00	1207.00	12	1207.00	12

Show 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	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Taizo Sugitani	Avenzio	Individual
Reiko Takeda	Ari	Individual

Fencing

Japan has qualified 8 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kenta Chida	Individual foil	BYE	Sintes (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Ryo Miyake		BYE	Baldini (ITA) L 6–15	Did not advance
Yuki Ota		BYE	Kleibrink (GER) W 15–5	Cassarà (ITA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Kenta Chida Ryo Miyake Yuki Ota	Team foil	—			China (CHN)

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nozomi Nakano	Individual épée	BYE	Fiamingo (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Kanae Ikehata	Individual foil	BYE	Gruchała (POL) W 9–8	Thibus (POL) W 15–11	Nam H-h (KOR) L 6–15	Did not advance
Shiho Nishioka		Heung (HKG) W 13–10	Vezzali (ITA) L 8–14	Did not advance
Chieko Sugawara		BYE	Jeon H-s (KOR) W 15–13	Maîtrejean (FRA) W 15–9	Di Francisca (ITA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Kyomi Hirata Shiho Nishioka Chieko Sugawara	Team foil	—			Russia (RUS) L 45–17	Classification semi-final United States (USA) L 22–44	7th place final Great Britain (GBR) W 30–21	7
Seira Nakayama	Individual sabre	—	Perrus (FRA) W 15–12	Zagunis (USA) L 9–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Japan has qualified 1 team.

Women's event – 1 team of 16 players.

Women's tournament

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Japan women's field hockey team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's field hockey group A standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A3 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A7 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A11 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A13

Football

Japan is qualified for the men's and women's event

Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players
Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Men's tournament

Squad

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Japan men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's football group D standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's football game D1 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's football game D4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's football game D5

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's football game E1

Semi-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's football game F1

Women's tournament

Squad

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Japan women's football team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football group F standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game B1 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game B3 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game B5

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game D3

Semi-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's football game E1

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
Ryohei Kato	Team	15.433	14.333	—	15.900	—				15.300	14.766	—	16.041	—
Kazuhito Tanaka		13.666	12.200	15.100	15.750	15.725 Q	14.400	86.841	22 *	13.733	13.433	—		15.366	15.166	—
Yusuke Tanaka		—		15.033	15.866	14.200 Q	—			—		15.200	—	15.500	16.000	—
Kohei Uchimura		15.766 Q	12.466	14.966	16.033	15.533 Q	15.000	89.764	9 Q	15.700	14.166	15.133	15.900	15.416	15.733	—
Koji Yamamuro		14.433	14.400	14.900	15.333	14.200	14.366	87.632	18 Q	—		15.366	14.033	—
Total		45.632	41.199	45.099	47.683	47.124	43.766	270.503	5 Q	44.733	42.365	45.699	45.971	46.282	46.899	271.952

"*" On 30 July, Koji Yamamuro was injured on vault during the men's team final. It was announced that he would not compete in the individuall all-around final as a result, and that his teammate, Kazuhito Tanaka would be able to compete instead.

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Kazuhito Tanaka	All-around	14.166	13.433	15.200	15.533	15.500	15.575	89.407	6
Kazuhito Tanaka	Parallel bars	—					—
Yusuke Tanaka	Parallel bars	—					—
Kohei Uchimura	All-around	15.100	15.066	15.333	16.266	15.325	15.600	92.690
Kohei Uchimura	Floor		—
Koji Yamamuro	All-around	Withdrew due to injury

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Yu Minobe	Team	12.966	—	13.066	14.133	—		13.100	—			—
Yuko Shintake		13.633	13.633	—	14.166	—		13.266	—		13.433	—
Rie Tanaka		13.300	13.000	14.633	13.400	54.333	27 Q	—	14.416	14.333	12.833	—
Asuka Teramoto		14.233	14.600	14.566	14.466	57.865	8 Q	14.233	14.700	14.200	13.900	—
Koko Tsurumi		—	13.800	15.033	—	—		—	13.766	14.466	—	—
Total		41.166	42.033	44.232	42.765	170.196	6 Q	40.599	42.882	42.999	40.166	166.646	8

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Rie Tanaka	All-around	14.166	14.500	13.700	13.266	55.632	16
Asuka Teramoto	All-around	14.766	14.300	14.300	13.966	57.332	11

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Natsuki Fukase Airi Hatakeyama Rie Matsubara Rina Miura Nina Saeed-Yokota Kotono Tanaka	Team

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Masaki Ito	Men's	109.810	4 Q	60.895	4
Yasuhiro Ueyama	Men's	109.809	5 Q	60.240	5
Ayano Kishi	Women's

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hiroaki Hiraoka	-60 kg	BYE	McKenzie (GBR) W 0111–0000	Arshanski (ISR) W 0012–0000	Milous (FRA) W 0012–0010	Verde (ITA) W 0110–0001	BYE		Galstyan (RUS) L 0000–1000
Masashi Ebinuma	-66 kg	BYE	Mehmedovic (CAN) W 0111–0000	Lim (KAZ) W 0010–0001	Cho (KOR) W 0001–0001	Shavdatuashvili (GEO) L 0000–0100	BYE	Zagrodnik (POL) W 0110–0101	Did not advance
Riki Nakaya	-73 kg	BYE	Maxwell (BAR) W 0100–0001	Palelashvili (ISR) W 0101–0000	Boqiev (TJK) W 0011–0002	Elmont (NED) W 0000–0001	BYE		Isaev (RUS) L 0001–0011
Takahiro Nakai	-81 kg	BYE	Munyonga (ZAM) W 1000–0000	Toma (MDA) W 0101–0003	Bischof (GER) L 0000–1010	Did not advance	Guilheiro (BRA) W 0011–0002	Nifontov (RUS) L 0000–0201	Did not advance	5
Masashi Nishiyama	-90 kg	—	Mamedov (KGZ) W 0110–0001	Bolat (KAZ) W 0010–0000	Song (KOR) L 0101–0011	Did not advance	Choriev (UZB) W 0012–0012 YUS	Denisov (RUS) W 0000–0000 YUS	Did not advance
Takamasa Anai	-100 kg	—	Austin (GBR) W 0101–0003	Krpálek (CZE) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Daiki Kamikawa	+100 kg	—	Castillo (GUA) W 0100–0000	Makarau (BLR) L 0001–0011	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomoko Fukumi	-48 kg	Blanco (ESP) W 0100–0001	Edwards (GBR) W 0020–0000	Pareto (ARG) W 0010–0002	Dumitru (ROM) L 0011–0102	BYE	Csernoviczki (HUN) L 0001–1001	Did not advance	5
Misato Nakamura	-52 kg	BYE	An K-a (PRK) L 0102–0002	Did not advance
Kaori Matsumoto	-57 kg	Đukić (SLO) W 0011–0002	Gasimova (AZE) W 0010–0000	Quintavalle (ITA) W 0010–0001	Pavia (FRA) W 0010–0000	BYE		Căprioriu (ROM) W 0100–0000
Yoshie Ueno	-63 kg	Chaudhary (IND) W 1000–0000	Mišković (CRO) W 0010–0000	Jung D-w (KOR) L 0010–0000	Did not advance	Willeboordse (NED) W 0010–0000	Tsedevsuren (MGL) W 0010–0002	Did not advance
Haruka Tachimoto	-70 kg	BYE	Cortés (CUB) W 0000–0001	Chen F (CHN) L 0020–0020 YUS	Did not advance	Bosch (NED) L 0002–0011	Did not advance		7
Akari Ogata	-78 kg	Jeong G-M (KOR) W 0001–0002	Verkerk (NED) L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Mika Sugimoto	+78 kg	BYE	Blanco (VEN) W 0100–0000	Altheman (BRA) W 0100–0000	Bryant (GBR) W 0011–0002	BYE		Ortíz (CUB) L 0001–0000

Modern pentathlon

Based on their results at the 2011 Asian/Oceania Championships three Japanese pentathletes have qualified for London; Shinichi Tomii has earnt places in the men's event; Shino Yamanaka and Narumi Kurosu have earnt places in the women's event.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)				Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Shooting rank	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Shinichi Tomii	Men's
Narumi Kurosu	Women's
Shino Yamanaka	Women's

Rowing

Japan has qualified the following boats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daisaku Takeda Kazushige Ura	Lightweight double sculls	6:54.01	5 R	6:39.81	2 SA/B	—		6:48.61	6 FB	6:48.27	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haruna Sakakibara	Single sculls	7:52.98	5 QF	BYE		8:12.26	5 SC/D	8:05.65	5 FD	8:42.90	23
Atsumi Fukumoto Akiko Iwamoto	Lightweight double sculls	7:30.29	3 R	7:23.79	2 SA/B	—		7:34.23	6 FB	7:32.12	12

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

Japan has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

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	25	25	25	29	24	26						125	28
Ryunosuke Harada Yugo Yoshida	470	21	12										33	17

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
Yuki Sunaga	RS:X	19	23	22	22	22	24						108	23
Manami Doi	Laser Radial	29	32	31	27	26	36						145	33
Ai Kondo Wakako Tabata	470

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
Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi	49er	16	13	17	14	18	11	18	16									105	18

M = Medal race

Shooting

Japan has gained four quota places in the shooting events;^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tomoyuki Matsuda	50 m pistol
Tomoyuki Matsuda	10 m air pistol	581	13	Did not advance
Midori Yajima	50 m rifle 3 positions
	50 m rifle prone	590	33	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	589	38	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yukari Konishi	25 m pistol	574	31	Did not advance
Yukari Konishi	10 m air pistol	377	31	Did not advance
Yukie Nakayama	Trap	65	15	Did not advance

Swimming

Japanese swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[8]^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuro Fujii	100 m butterfly	52.49	20	Did not advance
Kosuke Hagino	200 m individual medley	1:58.22	3 Q	1:57.95	5 Q	1:57.35	5
Kosuke Hagino	400 m individual medley	4:10.01	1 Q	—		4:08.94 NR
Yasunari Hirai	10 km open water	—
Yuya Horihata	400 m individual medley	4:13.09	7 Q	—		4:13.30	6
Ryosuke Irie	100 m backstroke	53.56	5 Q	53.29	4 Q	52.97
Ryosuke Irie	200 m backstroke	1:56.81	4 Q	1:55.68	4 Q	1:53.78
Kazuya Kaneda	200 m butterfly	1:55.70	7 Q	1:55.56	10	Did not advance
Kosuke Kitajima	100 m breaststroke	59.63	2 Q	59.69	6 Q	59.79	5
Kosuke Kitajima	200 m breaststroke	2:09.43	5 Q	2:09.03	5 Q	2:08.35	4
Takeshi Matsuda	100 m butterfly	52.36	=16 LSO	Did not advance
Takeshi Matsuda	200 m butterfly	1:55.81	8 Q	1:54.25	1 Q	1:53.21
Ken Takakuwa	200 m individual medley	1:58.82	9 Q	1:58.31	6 Q	1:58.53	6
Ryo Tateishi	100 m breaststroke	59.86	8 Q	59.93	10	Did not advance
Ryo Tateishi	200 m breaststroke	2:09.37	4 Q	2:09.13	7 Q	2:08.29
Kazuki Watanabe	200 m backstroke	1:58.17	13 Q	1:56.81	6 Q	1:57.03	6
Kosuke Hagino Chiaki Ishibashi Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda Sho Sotodate	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:11.74	9	—		Did not advance
Takuro Fujii Ryosuke Irie Kosuke Kitajima Takeshi Matsuda Ryo Tateishi	4×100 m medley relay	3:33.64	3 Q	—		3:31.26

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natsumi Hoshi	100 m butterfly	59.06	23	Did not advance
Natsumi Hoshi	200 m butterfly	2:08.04	6 Q	2:06.37	3 Q	2:05.48
Hanae Ito	200 m freestyle	1:58.93	15 Q	1:59.24	16	Did not advance
Izumi Kato	200 m individual medley	2:13.85	14 Q	2:14.47	14	Did not advance
Yuka Kato	100 m butterfly	58.72	15 Q	58.26	11	Did not advance
Yumi Kida	10 km open water	—
Yayoi Matsumoto	50 m freestyle	25.73	35	Did not advance
Mina Matsushima	100 m breaststroke	1:07.69	14 Q	1:08.26	16	Did not advance
Miyu Otsuka	200 m backstroke	2:11.65	21	Did not advance
Miyu Otsuka	400 m individual medley	4:39.13	12	—		Did not advance
Satomi Suzuki	100 m breaststroke	1:07.08	6 Q	1:07.10	7 Q	1:06.46
Satomi Suzuki	200 m breaststroke	2:23.22	3 Q	2:22.40	3 Q	2:20.70
Miho Takahashi	400 m individual medley	4:45.10	20	—		Did not advance
Aya Takano	400 m freestyle	4:12.33	36	—		Did not advance
Aya Terakawa	100 m backstroke	59.82	4 Q	59.34	3 Q	58.83
Haruka Ueda	100 m freestyle	54.35	12 Q	54.59	16	Did not advance
Kanako Watanabe	200 m breaststroke	2:26.38	12 Q	2:27.32	14	Did not advance
Hanae Ito Yayoi Matsumoto *Aya Takano Miki Uchida Haruka Ueda	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:38.06	5 Q	—		3:37.96	7
Hanae Ito Yayoi Matsumoto Aya Takano Miki Uchida Haruka Ueda	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:54.56	8 Q	—		7:56.73	8
Yuka Kato Yayoi Matsumoto Mina Matsushima Satomi Suzuki Aya Terakawa Haruka Ueda	4×100 m medley relay	3:57.87	2 Q	—		3:55.73

WSO - Win swim-off; LSO - Lost swim-off

Synchronized swimming

Japan has qualified 9 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Yukiko Inui Chisa Kobayashi	Duet
Yumi Adachi Aika Hakoyama Yukiko Inui Mayo Itoyama Chisa Kobayashi Risako Mitsui Mai Nakamura Mariko Sakai Kurumi Yoshida	Team			—

Table tennis

Japan has qualified 3 men and 3 women.

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	Rank
Seiya Kishikawa	Singles	BYE			Gionis (GRE) W (4–3)	Oh S-e (KOR) W (4–1)	Wang H (CHN) L (0–4)	Did not advance
Jun Mizutani	Singles	BYE			Lashin (EGY) W (4–1)	Maze (DEN) L (0–4)	Did not advance
Seiya Kishikawa Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa	Team	—				Canada (CAN)

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ai Fukuhara	Singles	BYE			Tikhomirova (RUS) W (4–0)	Li J (NED) W (4–3)	Ding N (CHN) L (0–4)	Did not advance
Kasumi Ishikawa	Singles	BYE			Li Qb (AUT) W (4–2)	Li Q (POL) W (4–1)	Wang Yg (SIN) W (4–1)	Li Xx (CHN) L (1–4)	Feng Tw (SIN) L 90–4)	4
Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa	Team	—				United States (USA) W (3–0)	Germany (GER) W (3–0)	Singapore (SIN)

Taekwondo

Japan has qualified the following quotas.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Erika Kasahara	Women's -49 kg
Mayu Hamada	Women's -57 kg

Tennis

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
Tatsuma Ito	Singles	Raonic (CAN) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Kei Nishikori		Tomic (AUS) W 7–6, 7–6	Davydenko (RUS) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1	Ferrer (ESP) W 6–0, 3–6, 6–4	del Potro (ARG) L 4–6, 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
Go Soeda		Baghdatis (CYP) L 7–6^(8–6) 6–7^(5–7) 2–6	Did not advance
Kei Nishikori Go Soeda	Doubles	—	Federer / Wawrinka (SUI) L 7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Japan has qualified 2 men and 3 women.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Yuichi Hosoda	Men's
Hirokatsu Tayama	Men's
Mariko Adachi	Women's	18:25	0:44	1:06:29	0:35	35:51	2:02:04	14
Juri Ide		19:46	0:43	1:06:56	0:35	36:43	2:04:43	34
Ai Ueda		20:48	0:45	1:09:42	0:31	34:48	2:06:34	39

Volleyball

Men's beach tournament

The men's team qualified after winning the AVC Continental Beach Volleyball Cup.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kentaro Asahi Katsuhiro Shiratori	Men's	Pool B Dalhausser – Rogers (USA) L 0 – 2 (15-21, 16-21) Beneš – Kubala (CZE) L 1 – 2 (21–17, 12–21, 7–15) Gavira – Herrera (ESP) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 20–22)	4	Did not advance

Women's indoor tournament

Japan has qualified a team to the women's indoor tournament through the World Qualification Tournament.

Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Team roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Japan women's volleyball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball group A standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A1 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A7 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A10 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A14

Weightlifting

Japan has qualified 1 man and 4 women.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Kazuo Ota	Men's -105 kg
Hiromi Miyake	Women's -48 kg	87	2	110	3	197
Honami Mizuochi	Women's -48 kg	80	=6	96	8	176	6
Kanae Yagi	Women's -53 kg	82	13	109	=8	191	13
Mami Shimamoto	Women's +75 kg

Wrestling

Japan has qualified in the following quota places.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shinichi Yumoto	-55 kg
Kenichi Yumoto	-60 kg
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu	-66 kg
Sosuke Takaya	-74 kg
Takao Isokawa	-96 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kohei Hasegawa	-55 kg
Ryutaro Matsumoto	-60 kg
Tsutomu Fujimura	-66 kg
Norikatsu Saikawa	-96 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hitomi Obara	-48 kg
Saori Yoshida	-55 kg
Kaori Icho	-63 kg
Kyoko Hamaguchi	-72 kg

References

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[2] IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011

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[4] Japan announces Olympic team as national champs conclude

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[6] "12 Athletes Qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games". Union International de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 23 May 2011.

[issf-7] "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.

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