Japan competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, from 4–13 August 2017.
Medalists The following competitors from Japan won medals at the Championships.
Medal Athlete Event Date Hirooki Arai Men's 50 km walk 13 August Shuhei TadaShota IizukaYoshihide KiryuKenji FujimitsuAsuka Cambridge* Men's 4 × 100 m relay 12 August Kai Kobayashi Men's 50 km walk 13 August * – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final
Results (q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best) Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAsuka Cambridge100 metres10.2120 q10.2516colspan=2 rowspan=3 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown10.05 PB6 Q10.2819Shuhei Tada10.1915 q10.2617Shota Iizuka200 metres20.5823 Q20.6216colspan=2 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown20.5218 Q20.4310 Q20.637Takamasa Kitagawa400 metres47.3545colspan=4 Hiroto InoueMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=3 2:16.5426Yuki Kawauchi2:12.199Kentaro Nakamoto2:12.4110Genta Masuno110 metres hurdles13.5825 Q13.7920colspan=2 Hideki Omuro13.7834colspan=4 rowspan=2 Shunya Takayama13.6532Takatoshi Abe400 metres hurdles49.6514 Q49.9314colspan=2 Yusuke Ishida50.3528colspan=4 rowspan=2 Ryo Kajiki51.3631Hironori Tsuetaki3000 metres steeplechase8:45.8138colspan=2 colspan=2 Shuhei TadaShota IizukaYoshihide KiryuKenji FujimitsuAsuka Cambridge*4 × 100 metres relay38.21 SB6 Qcolspan=2 38.04 SBKentaro SatoYuzo KanemaruKazushi KimuraKosuke Horii4 × 400 metres relay3:07.2915colspan=2 colspan=2 Isamu Fujisawa20 kilometres walkcolspan=4 rowspan=3 1:20:0411Daisuke Matsunaga1:23:3938Eiki Takahashi1:20:3614Hirooki Arai50 kilometres walkcolspan=4 rowspan=3 3:41:17 SBKai Kobayashi3:41:19 PBSatoshi Maruo3:43:03 PB5 * – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Takashi Eto High jump2.22=21colspan=2 Hiroki Ogita Pole vault5.45=18colspan=2 rowspan=2 Seito Yamamoto5.3026 Ryoma Yamamoto Triple jump16.0129colspan=2 Ryohei Arai Javelin throw77.3823colspan=2
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEventFinalRank Akihiko Nakamura Result11.067.2811.371.96 SB48.9814.4333.654.7054.22 SB4:22.62764619Points847881568767862920537819651794 Keisuke Ushiro Result11.536.6413.431.96 SB51.43 SB15.3547.64 SB4.6063.284:51.90749820Points746729693767750808821790787607
Women Track and road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankRina Nabeshima5000 metres15:11.83 PB18colspan=2 rowspan=2 colspan=2 rowspan=2 Ayuko Suzuki15:24.8626Mizuki Matsuda10,000 metrescolspan=4 rowspan=3 31:59.5419Ayuko Suzuki31:27.30 SB10Miyuki Uehara32:31.5824Yuka AndoMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=3 2:31:3117Mao Kiyota2:30:3616Risa Shigetomo2:36:0327Ayako Kimura100 metres hurdles13.1527 Q13.2923colspan=2 Hitomi Shimura13.2931colspan=4 Kumiko Okada20 kilometres walkcolspan=4 1:31:1918
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Yuki Ebihara Javelin throw57.5124colspan=2 rowspan=3 Risa Miyashita53.8329 Marina Saito60.8616
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