Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports.

Medalists

| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Tadahiro Nomura Judo Men's extra lightweight 16 September Ryoko Tamura Judo Women's extra lightweight 16 September Makoto Takimoto Judo Men's half middleweight 19 September Kosei Inoue Judo Men's half heavyweight 21 September Naoko Takahashi Athletics Women's marathon 24 September Yasuko Tajima Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley 16 September Noriko Narazaki Judo Women's half lightweight 17 September Mai Nakamura Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 18 September Shinichi Shinohara Judo Men's heavyweight 22 September Reika UtsugiMiyo YamadaNoriko YamajiHaruka SaitoJuri TakayamaHiroko TamotoMariko MasubuchiNaomi MatsumotoEmi NaitoKazue ItoYoshimi KobayashiShiori KosekiMisako AndoYumiko FujiiTaeko Ishikawa Softball Women's competition 25 September Miya TachibanaMiho Takeda Synchronized swimming Women's duet 26 September Katsuhiko Nagata Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg 27 September Juri TatsumiYoko YonedaYuko YonedaRei JimboAyano EgamiRaika FujiiMiya TachibanaYoko IsodaMiho Takeda Synchronized swimming Women's team 29 September Kie Kusakabe Judo Women's lightweight 18 September Mayumi Yamashita Judo Women's heavyweight 22 September Miki Nakao Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke 22 September Junko OnishiMasami TanakaSumika MinamotoMai Nakamura Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 23 September Yoriko Okamoto Taekwondo Women's 67 kg 29 September

| width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalJudo 4 2 28Athletics 1 0 01Swimming 0 2 24Synchronized swimming 0 2 02Softball 0 1 01Wrestling 0 1 01Taekwondo 0 0 11 Total 5 8 5 18

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 2 5Athletics 28 12 40Badminton 2 7 9Baseball 24 – 24Boxing 2 – 2Canoeing 1 1 2Cycling 7 3 10Diving 1 0 1Equestrian 8 0 8Fencing 2 2 4Football 16 0 16Gymnastics 7 10 17Judo 7 7 14Rowing 6 2 8Sailing 6 4 10Shooting 4 5 9Softball – 15 15Swimming 9 12 21Synchronized swimming – 9 9Table tennis 4 5 9Taekwondo 1 1 2Tennis 2 3 5Triathlon 3 3 6Volleyball 0 4 4Weightlifting 5 3 8Wrestling 8 – 8 Total 156 110 266

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankYuji HamanoMen's individual62335L 158–163Did not advanceMasafumi Makiyama60450W 151–150W 162–159L 160–166Did not advanceTakayoshi Matsushita61444L 164–166Did not advanceYuji HamanoMasafumi MakiyamaTakayoshi MatsushitaMen's team184113colspan=2L 231–253Did not advanceMayumi AsanoWomen's individual62140L 154–156Did not advanceSayoko Kawauchi6546W 151–146W 160–158W 159–157L 110–114Did not advance

Athletics

Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKoji Ito100 m10.4531 Q10.2514 Q10.3913Did not advanceShingo Kawabata10.3929 Q10.6039Did not advanceShigeyuki Kojima10.5960Did not advanceKoji Ito200 m20.7516 Q20.5616 Q20.6713Did not advanceShingo Suetsugu20.609 Q20.3711 Q20.6914Did not advanceJun Osakada400 m45.8828 q46.1530Did not advanceKenji Tabata46.5947Did not advanceTakahiko Yamamura46.2539Did not advanceKatsuhiko Hanada5000 m13:41.3123colspan=4Did not advanceToshinari Takaoka13:29.9914 Qcolspan=413:46.9015Katsuhiko Hanada10,000 m27:45.133 Qcolspan=428:08.1115Toshinari Takaoka27:59.9516 Qcolspan=427:40.447Takayuki InubushiMarathoncolspan=6Shinji Kawashimacolspan=62:17:2121Nobuyuki Satocolspan=62:20:5241Satoru Tanigawa110 m hurdles13.7423 q13.9425Did not advanceHideaki Kawamura400 m hurdles50.6830colspan=2Did not advanceDai Tamesue1:01.8162colspan=2Did not advanceKazuhiko Yamazaki50.1526colspan=2Did not advanceShigeyuki KojimaKoji ItoShingo SuetsuguNobuharu AsaharaShingo Kawabata4 × 100 m relay38.523 Qcolspan=238.315 Q38.666Shunji KarubeJun OsakadaKenji TabataTakahiko Yamamura4 × 400 m relay3:05.2111 Qcolspan=23:13.6314Did not advanceDaisuke Ikeshima20 km walkcolspan=61:25:3427Satoshi Yanagisawacolspan=61:25:0322Fumio Imamura50 km walkcolspan=64:13:2836Akihiko Koikecolspan=6

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankTakahisa YoshidaHigh jump2.1527Did not advanceManabu YokoyamaPole vault5.5525Did not advanceMasaki MorinagaLong jump7.8423Did not advanceDaisuke WatanabeDid not advanceTakanori SugibayashiTriple jump16.6716Did not advanceKoji MurofushiHammer throw78.493 Q76.609

Women Track and road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYoshiko Ichikawa5000 m15:23.4118colspan=4Did not advanceMichiko Shimizu15:48.2033colspan=4Did not advanceMegumi Tanaka15:39.8326colspan=4Did not advanceHarumi Hiroyama10,000 m32:07.685 Qcolspan=432:24.1720Yuko Kawakami32:36.6016 Qcolspan=431:27.4410Chiemi Takahashi32:34.7013 Qcolspan=431:52.5915Ari IchihashiMarathoncolspan=62:30:3415Naoko Takahashicolspan=62:23:14Eri Yamaguchicolspan=62:27:037Yvonne Kanazawa100 m hurdles13.1320 q13.1116 q13.1615Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankMiki ImaiHigh jump1.9216Did not advanceYoko Ota1.9412 Q1.9011

Badminton

Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKeita MasudaSinglesL 4–15, 15–12, 8–15Did not advanceHidetaka YamadaL 5–15, 17–14, 8–15Did not advance

Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTakako IdaSinglesL 12–13, 7–11Did not advanceYasuko MizuiW 11–10, 11–6W 11–9, 11–5L 6–11, 3–11Did not advanceKanako YonekuraW 11–2, 11–1W 11–8, 11–2L 2–11, 5–11Did not advanceHaruko MatsudaYoshiko IwataDoublesW 15–2, 15–2L 5–15, 5–15Did not advanceHiroko NagamineSatomi IgawaL 9–15, 11–15Did not advance

Baseball

Summary TeamEventPreliminary roundSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJapan menMen's tournamentL 2–4 (F/13)W 10–2 W 7–3W 6–1W 8–0L 6–7 (F/10)L 2–6 4 QL 0–3L 1–34

Team roster

So Taguchi Fumihiro Suzuki Nobuhiko Matsunaka Jun Haima Norihiro Nakamura Yukio Tanaka Yoshinori Okihara Osamu Nogami Yoshihiko Kajiyama Yoshikazu Doi Masato Kawano Shunsuke Watanabe Yuji Yoshimi Masanori Ishikawa

Akichika Yamada Toshiya Sugiuchi Daisuke Matsuzaka Masanori Sugiura Shinnosuke Abe Kosuke Noda Tomohiro Iizuka Jun Hirose Norihiro Akahoshi Tomohiro Kuroki Manager: Kozo Ohtagaki Coach: Hiroyuki Hayashi Coach: Keiichi Nagasaki Coach: Osamu Nomura

Preliminary round

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKazumasa TsujimotoBantamweightW 12*–12L RSC R3Did not advanceHidehiko TsukamotoFeatherweightL RSC R3Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTaro AndoMen's K-1210.6923231.9523442.6423Did not advance

Sprint AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSayuri MaruyamaWomen's K-1 500 metres2:00.8338Did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRankYoshiyuki AbeMen's road raceMiho OkiWomen's road race3:12:4041

Track

Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankNarihiro InamuraMen's time trial1:05.0859

Sprint AthleteEventQualifying1/16 finals1/16 repechage1/8 finals1/8 repechageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / / TimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankTomohiro NagatsukaMen's sprint10.59567.95713L,LDid not advanceShinichi Ota10.60367.90514L,LDid not advance

Team sprint AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankNarihiro InamuraYuichiro KamiyamaTomohiro NagatsukaMen's team sprint45.40659.4645L 45.26259.6505Did not advance

Points race AthleteEventLaps behindPointsRankMakoto IijimaMen's points race2616Akemi MorimotoWomen's points race0016

Keirin AthleteEventFirst roundRepechageSecond roundFinalRankRankRankRankYuichiro KamiyamaMen's keirin6 RDid not advanceShinichi Ota3 R2 Q6Did not advance

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRankRaita SuzukiMen's cross-country–1 lap34Hiroko NambuWomen's cross-country2:06:13.8826

Diving

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalTotalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankPointsRankKen TerauchiMen's 3 m springboard389.8811 Q226.896616.779 Q407.587634.478Men's 10 m platform457.594 Q191.494649.085 Q445.415636.905

Equestrianism

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankDaisuke KatoAkwabaIndividual48.0016Masaru FuseShigeyuki HosonoDaisuke KatoTakeaki TsuchiyaVoyou du RocUrfe des LandesElusive WarlockRight on TimeTeam171.609

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound BPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankTadayoshi HayashiSwankyIndividual5.75188.0013.75198.0021.7524Did not advanceRyuma HirotaMan of Gold33.75718.0041.756740.5082.2566Did not advanceTakeshi ShiraiVicomte du Mesnil9.00278.0017.002620.0037.0048Did not advanceTaizo SugitaniMania Jolly8.752510.0018.753516.0034.7545 q12.0020 Q12.502424.5025Tadayoshi HayashiRyuma HirotaTakeshi Shirai|br>Taizo SugitaniSee aboveTeamcolspan=824.0010 Q44.001168.0011

Fencing

Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Japan in 2000.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNaoto OkazakiMen's foilL 6–15Did not advanceMasashi NagaraMen's sabreL 7–15Did not advanceYuko AraiWomen's foilW 15–3L 6–15Did not advanceMiwako ShimadaL 13–15Did not advance

Football

Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJapan menMen's tournamentW 2–1W 2–1L 0–12 QL 4–5P2–2 Did not advance

Men

Squad Head coach: Philippe Troussier

Stand-by players

Group D

Quarter-finals

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men Team AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankKenichi FujitaTeam9.4259.5879.4879.6628.8129.58756.56018 Q9.3259.5259.5259.7129.2129.700colspan=2 rowspan=6Mutsumi Harada9.1759.4509.4879.2629.60046.974589.2128.3509.3509.4509.650Norimasa Iwaicolspan=29.687 Q9.4509.56228.69986colspan=29.6759.7008.787Akihiro Kasamatsu9.3509.6629.6629.63738.311669.7129.6129.6509.637Yoshihiro Saito9.1509.5259.5759.5628.9759.70056.48720 Q9.3129.5509.5759.4379.5129.762Naoya Tsukahara9.1629.6379.6259.6129.2009.750 Q56.98610 Q9.5009.6379.6509.6629.5379.712Total37.11238.41138.37438.49836.99938.687228.0815 Q37.84938.32438.42538.72437.71138.824229.8574

Individual events AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankKenichi FujitaAll-around9.5129.6379.6009.5758.7508.80055.87425Norimasa IwaiRingscolspan=29.662colspan=39.6627Yoshihiro SaitoAll-around9.5129.6009.6629.4379.4259.72557.36112Naoya TsukaharaAll-around9.3628.4259.6509.5629.6629.76256.42318Horizontal barcolspan=58.8258.8258

Women Individual AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankMiho TakenakaAll-around9.1258.7509.3008.72535.90053Did not advanceKana Yamawaki9.3569.5009.0259.30037.18131 Q9.2939.0129.0259.31236.64227

Rhythmic

Group all-around