Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.jsad.or.jp Template:Jp icon
in London
Competitors	116
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 5 Silver 5 Bronze 6 Total 16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Japan's team consisted of 116 competitors.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Goalball team	Goalball	Women's tournament	7 September
Gold	Shingo Kunieda	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Singles	8 September
Gold	Kento Masaki	Judo	Men's +100 kg	1 September
Gold	Yasuhiro Tanaka	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14	6 September
Gold	Rina Akiyama	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke S11	2 September
Silver	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 200 metres T52	8 September
Silver	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T52	3 September
Silver	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 800 metres T52	7 September
Silver	Tomotaru Nakamura	Swimming	Men's 100 metre brestroke SB7	1 September
Silver	Keiichi Kimura	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB11	3 September
Bronze	Shinya Wada	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T11	7 September
Bronze	Masaki Fujita	Cycling	Men's road time trial C3	5 September
Bronze	Kyosuke Oyama	Swimming	Men's 50 metre butterfly S6	7 September
Bronze	Keiichi Kimura	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly S11	6 September
Bronze	Takayuki Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3	3 September
Bronze	Takayuki Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 150 metre individual medley SM4	2 September

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Shinichi Saito	Ind. compound W1	563	11	—	Murphy (CAN) (6) L 2–6	Did not advance
Yutaka Ajima	Ind. recurve W1/W2	539	22	Rodriguez (ESP) (11) L 0–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Miho Nagano	Ind. compound open	614	11	—	van Nest (CAN) (6) W 6–5	Clarke (GBR) (3) L 4–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Seeding matches	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuriko Shibayama	Individual BC1	Bye	Richardson (CAN) W 5–0	Smith (GBR) L 4–6	Did not advance
Takayuki Hirose	Individual BC2	Bye	Mello de Faria (BRA) W 12–0	Murray (GBR) L 0–8	Did not advance
Hidetaka Sugimura		Bye	Vongsa (THA) L 5–5	Did not advance
Keita Kato	Individual BC3	Hanson (USA) L 1–6	Cilissen (BEL) L 1–5	Did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Taemi Akimoto Yuriko Shibayama Takayuki Hirose Hidetaka Sugimura	Team BC1-2	Hong Kong (HKG) W 7–6	Spain (ESP) W 8–3	1 Q	Portugal (POR) L 2–10	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's individual pursuit C3	3:51.743	9	Did not advance
Masashi Ishii	Men's individual pursuit C4	5:02.100	9	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Yasufumi Ito (pilot)	Men's individual sprint B	10.639	5	Oost/Bos (NED) (4) W 10.935, L REL, W 11.002	Kappes/MacLean (GBR) (1) L, L	Bronze medal match  Porto/Villanueva (ESP) (3) L, L	4

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Yasufumi Ito (pilot)	Men's 1 km time trial B	1:04.266	6
Masaki Fujita	Men's 1 km time trial C1–3	1:14.998	20
Masashi Ishii	Men's 1 km time trial C4–5	1:09.241	6

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's road race C1-3	1:42:51	12
	Men's road time trial C3	23:55.54
Masashi Ishii	Men's road time trial C4	37:07.11	11

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Nobumasa Asakawa	Rosado	Ind. champ. test grade Ib	62.826	12
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ib	64.250	12

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

Group C

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hiroshi Miura	48 kg	117	9
Hideki Odo	82.5 kg	191	6
Hajime Ujiro	75 kg	180	7

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mari Ohtake	Women's single sculls	6:44.67	6 R	7:02.53	5 FB	6:50.67	5

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11*
Katsuya Nishiyama Shin'ya Yamamoto (sailor) Tsuneo Aso	Sonar - 3 person keelboat	(14)	14	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	—	121	14

* Due to a lack of wind race 11 was cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Akiko Sega	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	598	21	Did not advance
Aki Taguchi	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	589	44	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	581	22	Did not advance

Sitting volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Women's tournament

Roster

Group A

5th–8th place semi-final

7th/8th place match

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Junki Itai	Singles class 6	Fernandez (FRA) L 2–3	Chen (CHN) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
Yuki Kinoshita	Singles class 11	Palos (HUN) L 0–3	Son (KOR) L 0–3	3	—	Did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semi-finals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kimie Bessho	Singles class 5	Makishi (ARG) W 3–0	Abuawad (JOR) L 0–3	2	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men

Group B

9th/10th place match

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Group stage

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

See also

• Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics