Japan competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 256 competitors, 175 men and 81 women, took part in 166 events in 24 sports.
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Kyoko Iwasaki Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke July 27 Hidehiko Yoshida Judo Men's half middleweight July 30 Toshihiko Koga Judo Men's lightweight July 31 Naoya Ogawa Judo Men's heavyweight July 27 Yoko Tanabe Judo Women's half heavyweight July 28 Noriko Mizoguchi Judo Women's half lightweight August 1 Yuko Arimori Athletics Women's marathon August 1 Ryoko Tani Judo Women's extra lightweight August 2 Kazumi Watanabe Shooting Mixed trap August 2 Yukio Iketani Gymnastics Men's floor August 2 Koichi Morishita Athletics Men's marathon August 9 Yoko Sakaue Judo Women's heavyweight July 27 Hirotaka Okada Judo Men's middleweight July 29 Chiyori Tateno Judo Women's lightweight July 31 Ryohei Koba Shooting Men's rifle three positions July 31 Masayuki Matsunaga Gymnastics Men's parallel bars August 2 Masayuki MatsunagaDaisuke NishikawaYutaka AiharaTakashi ChinenYoshiaki HatakedaYukio Iketani Gymnastics Men's team all-around August 2 Tadanori Koshino Judo Men's extra lightweight August 2 Kosei Akaishi Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg August 5 Shigeki WakabayashiKatsumi WatanabeYasunori TakamiAkihiro TogoKoji TokunagaYasuhiro SatoMasanori SugiuraKento SugiyamaKoichi OshimaHiroyuki SakaguchiShinichi SatoHiroshi NakamotoKazutaka NishiyamaMasafumi NishiHirotami KojimaHiroki KokuboTakashi Miwa Tomohito ItoShinichiro KawabataMasahito Kohiyama Baseball Men's tournament August 5 Fumiko Okuno Synchronized swimming Women's solo August 6 Fumiko OkunoAki Takayama Synchronized swimming Women's duet August 7
| width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalJudo 2 4 410Swimming 1 0 01Athletics 0 2 02Gymnastics 0 1 23Shooting 0 1 12Synchronized swimming 0 0 22Baseball 0 0 11Wrestling 0 0 11 Total 3 8 11 22
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 22 9 31Badminton 5 6 11Baseball 20 – 20Boxing 4 – 4Canoeing 3 3 6Cycling 9 3 12Diving 2 1 3Equestrian 9 0 9Fencing 5 1 6Gymnastics 6 5 11Judo 7 7 14Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Rowing 11 2 13Sailing 5 2 7Shooting 8 3 11Swimming 12 13 25Synchronized swimming – 3 3Table tennis 4 4 8Tennis 1 4 5Volleyball 12 12 24Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 16 – 16 Total 175 81 256
Archery
In the nation's fifth Olympic archery competition, five of Japan's six archers failed to qualify for the elimination round. The one that did, Hiroshi Yamamoto, lost his match. Both teams lost their first matches in the team round as well.
Women's Individual Competition: Keiko Nakagomi — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0) Reiko Fujita — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0) Yukiko Ikeda — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0)
Men's Individual Competition: Hiroshi Yamamoto — Round of 32, 17th place (0-1) Naoto Oku — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0) Kiyokazu Nishikawa— Ranking round, 61st place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition: Nakagomi, Fujita, and Ikeda — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)
Men's Team Competition: Yamamoto, Oku, and Nishikawa — Round of 16, 15th place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Tatsuo Sugimoto Heat — 10.56 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres Haruo Urata Heat — 28:24.08 Final — 28:37.61 (→ 14th place)
Sakae Osaki Heat — 29:20.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Masayoshi Kan, Susumu Takano, Yoshihiko Saito, and Takahiro Watanabe Heat — 3:01.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Koichi Morishita — 2:13.45 (→ Silver Medal) Takeyuki Nakayama — 2:14.02 (→ 4th place) Hiromi Taniguchi — 2:14.42 (→ 8th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Fumio Imamura — 4:07:45 (→ 18th place) Takehiro Sonohara — 4:13:22 (→ 22nd place) Tadahiro Kosaka — 4:14:24 (→ 24th place)
Men's 110m Hurdles Toshihiko Iwasaki Quarterfinals — 13.88 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles Kazuhiko Yamazaki Heat — 50.30 (→ did not advance)
Yoshihiko Saito Heat — 49.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Masami Yoshida Qualification — 72.88 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump Masaki Morinaga Qualification — 7.79 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump Norifumi Yamashita Qualification — 15.97 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres Izumi Maki Heat — 32:07.91 Final — 31:55.06 (→ 12th place)
Miki Igarashi Heat — 32:45.47 Final — 32:09.58 (→ 14th place)
Hiromi Suzuki Heat — 34:29.64 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10 km Walk Miki Itakura Final — 47:11 (→ 23rd place)
Yuko Sato Final — 47:43 (→ 24th place)
Women's Marathon Yuko Arimori — 2:32.49 (→ Silver Medal) Sachiko Yamashita — 2:36.26 (→ 4th place) Yumi Kokamo — 2:58.18 (→ 29th place)
Women's High Jump Megumi Sato Qualification — 1.92 m Final — 1.91 m (→ 7th place)
Badminton
Baseball
Japan was one of the eight teams to play in the first Olympic baseball tournament. In the preliminary round, the Japanese team defeated the United States and four other teams, but lost to Cuba and Chinese Taipei to come in third place in the round after those two teams. In the semifinal, Japan again played against Taipei, losing once more to be relegated to the bronze medal game. There, they again faced the United States and repeated their victory to take home the medal.
Men's Team Competition: Japan → Bronze Medal (6-3) Team Roster Tomohito Ito Shinichiro Kawabata Masahito Kohiyama Hirotami Kojima Hiroki Kokubo Takashi Miwa Hiroshi Nakamoto Masafumi Nishi Kazutaka Nishiyama Koichi Oshima Hiroyuki Sakaguchi Shinichi Sato Yasuhiro Sato Masanori Sugiura Kento Sugiyama Yasunori Takami Akihiro Togo Koji Tokunaga Shigeki Wakabayashi Katsumi Watanabe
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Tadahiro Sasaki First Round — Defeated Domenic Figliomeni (CAN), 5:3 Second Round — Lost to Valentin Barbu (ROM), 7:10
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Shigeyuki Dobashi First Round — Defeated Delroy Leslie (JAM), 11:5 Second Round — Lost to Julien Lorcy (FRA), RSC-2
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Masashi Kawakami First Round — Lost to Adrian Dodson (GBR), RSC-3
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) Hiroshi Nagashima First Round — Lost to Maselino Masoe (ASA), RSCI-3 (00:54)
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists, nine men and three women, represented Japan in 1992.
Men's road race Tomokazu Fujino Kozo Fujita Mitsuteru Tanaka
Men's sprint Keiji Kojima
Men's 1 km time trial Keiji Kojima
Men's individual pursuit Masamitsu Ehara
Men's team pursuit Yasuhiro Ando Masamitsu Ehara Naokiyo Hashisako Makio Madarame
Men's points race Hiroshi Daimon
Women's road race Yumiko Suzuki — 2:29:22 (→ 50th place)
Women's sprint Mika Kuroki
Women's individual pursuit Seiko Hashimoto
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Isao Yamagishi Preliminary Round — 344.40 points (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Keita Kaneto Preliminary Round — 295.74 points (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 10m Platform Keita Kaneto Preliminary Round — 391.05 points Final — 529.14 points (→ 8th place)
Isao Yamagishi Preliminary Round — 331.23 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 3m Springboard Yuki Motobuchi Preliminary Round — 301.23 points Final — 443.76 points (→ 11th place)
Women's 10m Platform Yuki Motobuchi Preliminary Round — 239.01 points (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Japan in 1992.
Men's foil Yoshihide Nagano Hiroki Ichigatani Kinya Abe
Men's épée Norikazu Tanabe
Men's sabre Hiroshi Hashimoto
Women's foil Yuko Takayanagi
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Japan in 1992.
Men's Individual Competition Hiroshi Miyagahara — 4859 points (→ 48th place)
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Women's 470 Class Yumiko Shige and Alicia Kinoshita Final Ranking — 53.7 points (→ 5th place)
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle Toshiaki Kurasawa Heat — 24.61 (→ did not advance, 47th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle Tsutomu Nakano Heat — 51.63 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Shigeo Ogata Heat — 52.74 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Shigeo Ogata Heat — 1:53.42 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Toshiaki Kurasawa Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Shigeo Ogata Heat — 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Masashi Kato Heat — 4:00.66 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Masashi Kato Heat — 15:40.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Hajime Itoi Heat — 56.18 B-Final — 56.64 (→ 12th place)
Keita Soraoka Heat — 57.64 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Hajime Itoi Heat — 1:59.95 Final — 1:59.52 (→ 4th place)
Keita Soraoka Heat — 2:03.10 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Akira Hayashi Heat — 1:01.76 Final — 1:01.86 (→ 4th place)
Kenji Watanabe Heat — 1:03.29 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Kenji Watanabe Heat — 2:14.35 Final — 2:14.70 (→ 7th place)
Akira Hayashi Heat — 2:14.61 Final — 2:15.11 (→ 8th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Keiichi Kawanaka Heat — 55.18 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Tomohiro Miyoshi Heat — 55.98 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Keiichi Kawanaka Heat — 1:59.96 Final — 1:58.97 (→ 5th place)
Tomohiro Miyoshi Heat — 2:01.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Tatsuya Kinugasa Heat — 2:03.32 B-Final — 2:04.29 (→ 13th place)
Takahiro Fujimoto Heat — 2:04.89 Final — 2:07.74 (→ 15th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley Takahiro Fujimoto Heat — 4:20.07 Final — 4:23.80 (→ 8th place)
Toshiaki Kurasawa Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Hajime Itoi, Akira Hayashi, Keiichi Kawanaka, and Tsutomu Nakano Heat — 3:43.88 Final — 3:43.25 (→ 8th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle Ayako Nakano Heat — 26.74 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Shina Matsudo Heat — 27.36 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Suzu Chiba Heat — 56.26 B-Final — 55.97 (→ 9th place)
Ayako Nakano Heat — 57.71 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle Suzu Chiba Heat — 2:00.96 Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place)
Yoko Koikawa Heat — 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Suzu Chiba Heat — 4:13.85 Final — 4:15.71 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Yoko Koikawa Heat — 1:02.83 Final — 1:03.23 (→ 8th place)
Noriko Inada Heat — 1:03.21 B-Final — 1:03.42 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Junko Torikai Heat — 2:16.13 B-Final — 2:15.20 (→ 11th place)
Noriko Inada Heat — 2:15.74 B-Final — 2:17.68 (→ 15th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Kyoko Iwasaki Heat — 1:11.00 B-Final — 1:11.16 (→ 13th place)
Kyoko Kasuya Heat — 1:11.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Kyoko Iwasaki Heat — 2:27.78 Final — 2:26.65 (→ Gold Medal)
Kyoko Kasuya Heat — 2:32.55 B-Final — 2:32.97 (→ 13th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Rie Shito Heat — 1:01.04 Final — 1:01.16 (→ 8th place)
Yoko Kando Heat — 1:01.56 B-Final — 1:01.32 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Mika Haruna Heat — 2:11.21 Final — 2:09.88 (→ 4th place)
Rie Shito Heat — 2:11.00 Final — 2:10.24 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Hideko Hiranaka Heat — 2:18.13 B-Final — 2:18.47 (→ 9th place)
Eri Kimura Heat — 2:18.63 B-Final — 2:18.91 (→ 12th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Hideko Hiranaka Heat — 4:47.92 Final — 4:46.24 (→ 5th place)
Eri Kimura Heat — 4:46.17 Final — 4:47.78 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Ayako Nakano, Yoko Koikawa, Shina Matsudo, and Suzu Chiba Heat — 3:49.91 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Yoko Koikawa, Kyoko Iwasaki, Yoko Kando, and Suzu Chiba Heat — 4:11.48 Final — 4:09.92 (→ 7th place)
Synchronized swimming