Japan at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics

Japan sent 41 athletes to the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. The Japan team were announced by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations after the 2013 Japan Championships in Athletics.

Medallists Medal Name Event Date Kayoko Fukushi Marathon 11 August

Team selection

Track and road events EventAthletesMenWomenSprintRyota Yamagata Yoshihide Kiryu Shota Iizuka Yuichi Kobayashi Kei Takase Kenji Fujimitsu Yuzo KanemaruChisato FukushimaDistanceYuki Sato Suguru Osako Tsuyoshi UgachiMisaki Onishi Hitomi NiiyaHurdleTakayuki Kishimoto Yasuhiro Fueki Takatoshi AbeHitomi Shimura Satomi KubokuraMile RelayYuzo Kanemaru Kengo Yamazaki Hiroyuki Nakano Hideyuki Hirose - MarathonKazuhiro Maeda Hiroyuki Horibata Yuki Kawauchi Masakazu Fujiwara Kentaro NakamotoRyoko Kizaki Kayoko Fukushi Mizuki NoguchiRace walkingYusuke Suzuki Takumi Saito Takayuki Tanii Hirooki Arai Koichiro MoriokaMasumi Fuchise Kumi Otoshi

Field and combined events EventAthletesMenWomenJumpingSeito Yamamoto Daichi Sawano Hiroki OgitaMiyuki FukumotoThrowingKoji Murofushi Yukifumi MurakamiYuki EbiharaCombined eventKeisuke Ushiro -

Women Track & road events AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChisato Fukushima200 metres23.8537 Did not advanceMisaki Onishi5000 metres16:16.5219 Did not advanceHitomi Niiya10,000 metres30:56.705Hitomi Shimura13.7234 Did not advanceSatomi Kubokura40056.3316:16.52 Did not advanceKayoko Fukushi2:27:45Ryoko Kizaki2:31:284thMizuki Noguchi DNFKumi Otoshi20 kilometres walk1:32:4426thMasumi Fuchise20 kilometres walk1:33:1328th

Field AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionYuki EbiharaJavelin59.8016did not advanceMiyuki FukumotoHigh Jump1.7827did not advance

References . Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 4 July 2013.