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Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team

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Japan
Continental unionAsian Gymnastics Union
National federationJapan Gymnastics Association
Olympic Games
Appearances13
Medals Bronze: 1964
World Championships
Medals Bronze: 1962, 1966
Junior World Championships
Medals Gold: 2023

The Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Japan in FIG international competitions.

History

Japan has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 13 times and has won one team medal, a bronze in 1964.[1] Mai Murakami won Japan's first individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics: a bronze on floor exercise at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[2] The team has also won two medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Olympic Games team competition results

  • 1928 — did not participate
  • 1936 — did not participate
  • 1948 — did not participate
  • 1952 — did not participate
  • 1956 — 6th place
  • 1960 — 4th place
  • 1964 bronze medal
  • 1968 — 4th place
  • 1972 — 7th place
  • 1976 — 8th place
  • 1980 — did not participate
  • 1984 — 6th place
  • 1988 — 12th place
  • 1992 — did not participate
  • 1996 — 12th place
  • 2000 — did not participate
  • 2004 — did not participate
  • 2008 — 5th place
  • 2012 — 8th place
  • 2016 — 4th place
  • 2020 — 5th place

World Championships results

Junior World Championships

Most decorated gymnasts

This list includes all Japanese female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Rank Gymnast Team AA VT UB BB FX Olympic Total World Total Total
1 Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 1964
1962
1966
1966 1966 1954
1958
1962
1958 1 8 9
2 Mai Murakami 2018 2021 2020
2017
2021
2018
1 5 6
3 Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri 1964
1962
1966
1966 1 3 4
4 Kōko Tsurumi 2009 2009 0 2 2
5 Ginko Abukawa-Chiba, Kiyoko Ono, Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, Hiroko Tsuji 1964
1962
1 1 2
9 Urara Ashikawa 2021 0 1 1
Hazuki Watanabe 2022 0 1 1
11 Taki Shibuya, Hiroko Ikenada, Yasuko Furuyama, Mitsuko Kandori 1966 0 1 1
Miyata Shoko 2022 0 1 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Japan Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Japan's Mai Murakami wins bronze in women's floor exercise". The Japan Times. August 2, 2021.