Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Japan at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Japan at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	332 (167 men and 165 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearers	Ai Fukuhara (opening); Kosuke Kitajima (closing)
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 9 Silver 8 Bronze 8 Total 25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

Medalists

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

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

Archery

Japan qualified four archers (two men and two women) through the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships individual competitions, and added a third women's qualification spot at the Asian Championships. This allowed Japan to compete in the women's team competition at the Olympics, as well as having three women and two men compete in the individual competitions. Takaharu Furukawa, Ryuichi Moriya, Nami Hayakawa, Sayoko Kitabatake and Yuki Hayashi were the archers who earned the qualification spots for Japan.

Japan has not yet won an Olympic gold medal in archery; its best results are a pair of silver medals, including Hiroshi Yamamoto's in the 2004 men's individual competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Individual	663	17	Kunda (BLR) (48) L 111 (18)–111 (19)	Did not advance
Ryuichi Moriya	Individual	661	22	Piatek (POL) (43) W 109 (10)–109 (9)	Wang C-P (TPE) (11) W 114–109	Tsyrempilov (RUS) (6) W 113–110	Ruban (UKR) (3) L 106–115	Did not advance

Women

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

Athletics

Key

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

Men
Track & road events

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

Field events

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

Women
Track & road events

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

Field events

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

Badminton

Men

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

Women

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

Baseball

Japan's victory in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship qualified the Japan national baseball team for Olympic competition. Japan, along with Cuba, has appeared in every Olympic baseball tournament since the sport was elevated to official status. Japan has reached the semifinals each year and taken one silver and two bronze medals, but has yet to win the Olympic championship.

Roster

Pitchers:

Catchers:

Infielders:

Outfielders:

Group stage


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

Group table

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

Semifinal


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

Bronze medal game


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

Boxing

Japan qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Masatsugu was the first when he qualified at the World Championships.^[1] Satoshi was the second, qualifying at the first Asian qualifying event.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Satoshi Shimizu	Featherweight	Bye	Kılıç (TUR) L 9–12	Did not advance
Masatsugu Kawachi	Light welterweight	Bye	Boonjumnong (THA) L 1–8	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

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

Sprint

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

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

Cycling

Road

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

Track

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

Sprint

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

Keirin

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

Omnium

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

Mountain biking

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

BMX

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

Diving

One Japanese member qualified for the 3 meter springboard event, by virtue of Ken Terauchi's third-place finish in the semifinal round at the 2007 World Championships. This was the first individual qualification spot earned by Japan for the 2008 Olympics.^[3]

Men

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

Women

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

Equestrian

Dressage

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

Eventing

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

Show jumping

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

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

Fencing

Men

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

Women

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

Field hockey

Women's tournament

Team roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Japan women's field hockey team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B5 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game B13

9th–10th place

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game C2

Football (soccer)

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Japan men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game B1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game B3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game B5

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Japan women's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football group G standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game C1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game C3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game C5

Quarterfinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game D4

Semifinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game E2

Bronze medal game

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's football game F1

Final rank

4th place

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

*Due to a coaching decision, Hiroyuki Tomita started in the individual all-around final instead of Koki Sakamoto.^[4] Tomita had finished qualification in 6th place, but behind his teammates Uchimura and Sakamoto, and no more than two gymnasts from the same nation are allowed in the final.

Individual finals

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

Women
Team

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

Individual finals

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

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

Rhythmic

Japan have qualified a rhythmic gymnastics group.

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

Trampoline

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

Judo

Men

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

Women

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

Modern pentathlon

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

Rowing

Men

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

Women

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

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

Sailing

Men

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

Women

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

Open

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

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

Shooting

Men

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

Women

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

Softball

Team roster

Preliminary round


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


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


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


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


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
WP: Hiroko Sakai(1-0) LP: Sheng-Jung Lai(0-1) Home runs: JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(2) TPE: None


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) Home runs: USA: Natasha Watley(2), Jessica Mendoza(1,2), Crystl Bustos(3) JPN: None


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) Home runs: VEN: None 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


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 Home runs: USA: Crystl Bustos(5) JPN: None

Bronze medal game


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) Home runs: AUS: Kerry Wyborn, JPN: Megu Hirose

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

Final


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) Home runs: JPN: Eri Yamada (2) USA: Crystl Bustos (6)

Final rank:

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuro Fujii	100 m butterfly	51.50	7 Q	51.59	7 Q	51.50	6
Takuro Fujii	200 m individual medley	1:59.19	8 Q	1:59.59	10	Did not advance
Ryosuke Irie	200 m backstroke	1:57.68	7 Q	1:56.35	4 Q	1:55.72	5
Masayuki Kishida	100 m butterfly	52.45	26	Did not advance
Kosuke Kitajima	100 m breaststroke	59.52	2 Q	59.55	2 Q	58.91 WR
Kosuke Kitajima	200 m breaststroke	2:09.89	6 Q	2:08.61 OR	1 Q	2:07.64 OR
Takeshi Matsuda	400 m freestyle	3:44.99	10	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:09.17	18	—		Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:55.06	4 Q	1:54.02	2 Q	1:52.97
Junichi Miyashita	100 m backstroke	54.12	10 Q	53.69	7 Q	53.99	8
Tomomi Morita	100 m backstroke	54.21	12 Q	53.95	10	Did not advance
Takashi Nakano	200 m backstroke	1:59.59	21	Did not advance
Yoshihiro Okumura	200 m freestyle	1:46.89	8 Q	1:46.44	6 Q	1:47.14	7
Hisayoshi Sato	100 m freestyle	49.85	40	Did not advance
Ryuichi Shibata	200 m butterfly	1:55.82	11 Q	1:56.17	13	Did not advance
Yuta Suenaga	100 m breaststroke	1:00.67	13 Q	1:00.67	13	Did not advance
Yuta Suenaga	200 m breaststroke	2:11.30	=17	Did not advance
Ken Takakuwa	200 m individual medley	1:58.51	4 Q	1:58.49	5 Q	1:58.22	5
Sho Uchida	200 m freestyle	1:48.34	24	Did not advance
Takuro Fujii Masayuki Kishida Yoshihiro Okumura Hisayoshi Sato	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.28	14	—		Did not advance
Hisato Matsumoto Yasunori Mononobe Yoshihiro Okumura Sho Uchida	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:09.12	7 Q	—		7:10.31	7
Takuro Fujii Kosuke Kitajima Junichi Miyashita Hisayoshi Sato	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:32.81	3 Q	—		3:31.18

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maiko Fujino	800 m freestyle	8:35.60	21	—		Did not advance
Maiko Fujino	400 m individual medley	4:37.35	11	—		Did not advance
Saori Haruguchi	400 m individual medley	4:45.22	27	—		Did not advance
Natsumi Hoshi	200 m butterfly	2:07.02	6 Q	2:07.93	10	Did not advance
Hanae Ito	100 m backstroke	1:00.16	8 Q	1:00.13	7 Q	1:00.18	8
Hanae Ito	200 m backstroke	2:10.05	14 Q	2:09.86	12	Did not advance
Rie Kaneto	200 m breaststroke	2:24.62	5 Q	2:25.65	8 Q	2:25.14	7
Yuka Kato	100 m butterfly	58.94	23	Did not advance
Asami Kitagawa	100 m breaststroke	1:08.36	15 Q	1:08.23	5 Q	1:08.43	8
Asami Kitagawa	200 m individual medley	2:12.47	=9 Q	2:12.18	=8 WSO	2:11.56	6
Maki Mita	200 m freestyle	1:59.96	21	Did not advance
Reiko Nakamura	100 m backstroke	59.36	2 Q	59.64	3 Q	59.72	6
Reiko Nakamura	200 m backstroke	2:09.77	12 Q	2:08.21	4 Q	2:07.13
Yuko Nakanishi	100 m butterfly	58.61	=18	Did not advance
Yuko Nakanishi	200 m butterfly	2:06.62	3 Q	2:06.96	5 Q	2:07.32	5
Ai Shibata	400 m freestyle	4:17.96	31	—		Did not advance
Ai Shibata	800 m freestyle	8:41.63	27	—		Did not advance
Megumi Taneda	100 m breaststroke	1:08.45	17	Did not advance
Megumi Taneda	200 m breaststroke	2:24.75	6 Q	2:25.42	7 Q	2:25.23	8
Haruka Ueda	200 m freestyle	1:57.64	8 Q	1:58.44	13	Did not advance
Asami Kitagawa Maki Mita Haruka Ueda Misaki Yamaguchi	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.25	9	—		Did not advance
Maki Mita Emi Takanabe Haruka Ueda Misaki Yamaguchi	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.63	8 Q	—		7:57.56	7
Hanae Ito* Yuka Kato Asami Kitagawa Reiko Nakamura Haruka Ueda	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.91	6 Q	—		3:59.54	6

* Competed in heats only; WSO - Win swim-off; LSO - Lost swim-off

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
Saho Harada Emiko Suzuki	Duet	48.250	3	48.500	96.750	3 Q	48.917	97.167
Ai Aoki Saho Harada Yumiko Ishiguro Naoko Kawashima Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Masako Tachibana	Team	48.167	4	—			47.167	95.334	5

Table tennis

Men's singles

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
Yo Kan	Singles	Bye			Smirnov (RUS) W 4–1	Wang H (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Seiya Kishikawa		Bye	Zhang P (CAN) W 4–2	Tan Rw (CRO) L 1–4	Did not advance
Jun Mizutani		Bye		Éloi (FRA) W 4–3	Kreanga (GRE) L 1–4	Did not advance

Women's singles

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			Hu (TUR) W 4–1	Zhang Yn (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Haruna Fukuoka		Bye		Komwong (THA) W 4–0	Kim K-A (KOR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Sayaka Hirano		Bye			Gao J (USA) L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yo Kan Seiya Kishikawa Jun Mizutani	Men's team	Group D Hong Kong (HKG) W 3 – 0 Nigeria (NGR) W 3 – 0 Russia (RUS) W 3 – 0	1 Q	Germany (GER) L 2 – 3	Bye	Austria (AUT) L 1 – 3	Did not advance
Ai Fukuhara Haruna Fukuoka Sayaka Hirano	Women's team	Group D South Korea (KOR) L 0 – 3 Spain (ESP) W 3 – 2 Australia (AUS) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	Austria (AUT) W 3 – 0	Hong Kong (HKG) W 3 – 2	South Korea (KOR) L 0 – 3	Did not advance	4

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yoriko Okamoto	Women's −67 kg	Benabderrassoul (MAR) L 0–2	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kei Nishikori	Men's singles	Schüttler (GER) L 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6	Did not advance
Ayumi Morita	Women's singles	Erakovic (NZL) W 5–7, 7–6^(9–7), 6–4	Li N (CHN) L 2–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Ai Sugiyama	Women's singles	Hantuchová (SVK) L 2–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Ayumi Morita Ai Sugiyama	Women's doubles	—	Arn / Szávay (HUN) W 6–3, 6–3	S Williams / V Williams (USA) L 5–7, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Hirokatsu Tayama	Men's	18:04	0:30	59:12	0:29	37:58	1:56:13.68	48
Ryosuke Yamamoto	Men's	18:27	0:26	58:53	0:29	33:56	1:52:11.98	30
Juri Ide	Women's	19:50	0:29	1:04:24	0:35	35:05	2:00:23.77	5
Kiyomi Niwata		19:56	0:34	1:04:14	0:31	35:36	2:00:51.85	9
Ai Ueda		20:17	0:29	1:03:56	0:28	37:09	2:02:19.09	17

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kentaro Asahi Katsuhiro Shiratori	Men's	Pool F 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)	2 Q	Araújo – Luiz (BRA) L 0 – 2 (21–23, 15–21)	Did not advance
Chiaki Kusuhara Mika Teru Saiki	Women's	Pool B Walsh – May-Treanor (USA) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 15–21) Håkedal – Torlen (NOR) L 0 – 2 (8–21, 18–21) Grasset – Peraza (CUB) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 17–21)	4	Did not advance

Indoor

Japan qualified teams in both the men's and women's tournaments. The men's team lost all five matches in the group play, finishing last in their group, and failing to qualify for the final round. The men's final ranking was tied for 11th place. The women's team won two of the matches in the group play, and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Brazil. The women's final ranking was tied for 5th place.

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Japan men's volleyball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A6 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A15

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Japan women's volleyball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A6 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game A15

Quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game C2

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Yasunobu Sekikawa	Men's −56 kg	114	12	142	11	256	11
Masaharu Yamada	Men's −56 kg	106	17	153	6	259	9
Yoshito Shintani	Men's −69 kg	135	15	175	8	310	10
Hiromi Miyake	Women's −48 kg	80	6	105	6	185	6
Misaki Oshiro	Women's −48 kg	80	8	92	8	172	8
Rika Saito	Women's −69 kg	87	9	122	7	209	8

Wrestling

Japan has qualified in the following quota places.

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomohiro Matsunaga	−55 kg	Diatta (SEN) W 5–0 ^VT	Akgul (TUR) W 3–0 ^PO	Mansurov (UZB) W 3–1 ^PP	Kudukhov (RUS) W 5–0 ^VT	Bye		Cejudo (USA) L 0–3 ^PO
Kenichi Yumoto	−60 kg	Bye	Korjakin (TJK) W 5–0 ^VT	Dutt (IND) W 3–1 ^PP	Fedoryshyn (UKR) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Bazarguruev (KGZ) W 3–0 ^PO
Kazuhiko Ikematsu	−66 kg	Bye	Tushishvili (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					13

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Makoto Sasamoto	−60 kg	Mnatsakanyan (ARM) W 3–1 ^PP	Nazaryan (BUL) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					10
Shingo Matsumoto	−84 kg	Forov (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						15
Kenzo Kato	−96 kg	Timoncini (ITA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						19

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chiharu Icho	−48 kg	Bye	Li Xm (CHN) W 3–1 ^PP	Merleni (UKR) W 5–0 ^VT	Chun (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Huynh (CAN) L 1–3 ^PP
Saori Yoshida	−55 kg	—	Nerell (SWE) W 3–1 ^PP	Golts (RUS) W 3–0 ^PO	Verbeek (CAN) W 3–0 ^PO	Bye		Xu L (CHN) W 5–0 ^VT
Kaori Icho	−63 kg	Bye	Zamula (AZE) W 5–0 ^VT	Miller (USA) W 5–0 ^VT	Dugrenier (CAN) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Kartashova (RUS) W 3–0 ^PO
Kyoko Hamaguchi	−72 kg	—	Perepelkina (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	Conceição (BRA) W 5–0 ^VT	Wang J (CHN) L 0–5 ^VT	Bye		Bernard (USA) W 3–1 ^PP

References

^ World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament
^ "寺内が板飛び込みで五輪切符 : 北京五輪 : スポーツ : YOMIURI ONLINE(読売新聞)". Yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
^ "Tomita to Compete in All-Around Final". International GYMNAST Magazine Online. 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

External links

[BoxingQualWorld-1] World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine

[BoxingQualAsia-2] 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament

[3] "寺内が板飛び込みで五輪切符 : 北京五輪 : スポーツ : YOMIURI ONLINE(読売新聞)". Yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-10-22.

[4] "Tomita to Compete in All-Around Final". International GYMNAST Magazine Online. 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

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