Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Japan at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Japan.svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese and English)
in Sydney
Competitors266 (156 men and 110 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearer Kosei Inoue
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
5
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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. [1]

Contents

Medalists

Archery

Sayoko Kawauchi was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventual silver medallist Kim Nam-Soon.

Men's individual
Masafumi Makiyama Yuji Hamano Takayoshi Matsushita
1/32 eliminationsDefeated Alexandr Li
Kazakhstan		151–150Lost to Ilario Di Buò
Italy		163–158Lost to Grzegorz Targonski
Poland		166–164
1/16 eliminationsDefeated Matteo Bisiani
Italy		162–159------
1/8 eliminationsLost to Kyo-Moon Oh
Korea		166–160------
Quarterfinal---------
Semifinal---------
Final---------
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Women's individual
Sayoko Kawauchi Mayumi Asano
1/32 eliminationsDefeated Denisse Astrid van Lamoen
Chile		151–146Lost to Jianping Yang
China		156–154
1/16 eliminationsDefeated Kate Fairweather
Australia		160–156---
1/8 eliminationsDefeated Karen Scatotto
United States		159–157---
QuarterfinalLost to Nam-Soon Kim
Korea		114–100---
5th place40th place

Men's team competition:

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

  • Round 1 – 10.39
  • Round 2 – 10.6 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 10.45
  • Round 2 – 10.25
  • Semifinal – 10.39 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 10.59 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

  • Round 1 – 20.6
  • Round 2 – 20.37
  • Semifinal – 20.69 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 20.75
  • Round 2 – 20.56
  • Semifinal – 20.67 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Round 1 – 45.88
  • Round 2 – 46.15 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 46.25 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 46.59 (did not advance)

Men's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 – 13:29.99
  • Final – 13:46.90 (15th place)
  • Round 1 – 13:41.31 (did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m

  • Round 1 – 27:59.95
  • Final – 27:40.44 (7th place)
  • Round 1 – 27:45.13
  • Final – 28:08.11 (15th place)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 – 13.74
  • Round 2 – 13.94 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 – 50.15 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 50.68 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 01:01.81 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

  • Round 1 – 38.52
  • Semifinal – 38.31
  • Final – 38.66 (6th place)

Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Round 1 – 03:05.21
  • Semifinal – 03:13.63 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying – 78.49
  • Final – 76.60 (9th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualifying – 7.84 (did not advance)
  • Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualifying – 16.67 (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualifying – 2.15 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying – 5.55 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final – 1:25:03 (22nd place)
  • Final – 1:25:34 (27th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final – 4:13:28 (36th place)
  • Final – DQ

Men's marathon

  • Final – 2:17:21 (21st place)
  • Final – 2:20:52 (41st place)
  • Final – DNF

Women's competition

Women's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 – 15:23.41 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 15:39.83 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 15:48.20 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

  • Round 1 – 32:07.68
  • Final – 32:24.17 (20th place)
  • Round 1 – 32:34.70
  • Final – 31:52.59 (15th place)
  • Round 1 – 32:36.60
  • Final – 31:27.44 (10th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 – 13.13
  • Round 2 – 13.11
  • Semifinal – 13.16 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

  • Final – 01:56.49 (silver medal)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualifying – 1.94
  • Final – 1.90 (11th place)
  • Qualifying – 1.92 (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final – 2:23:14 (gold medal)
  • Final – 2:27:03 (7th place)
  • Final – 2:30:34 (15th place)

Badminton

Men's singles

  • Round of 64: Bye
  • Round of 32: Lost to Xia Xuanze of China

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Baseball

Men's Team Competition

Japan, which had won a bronze medal in the first Olympic baseball tournament and a silver medal in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and Africa but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: the United States, Korea, and Cuba. In the semifinals, Japan played Cuba for the second time in as many games, losing again to the two-time gold medallists. Playing for the bronze medal against Korea, the Japanese team was again defeated.

  • Lost to United States 2-4
  • Defeated Netherlands 10-2
  • Defeated Australia 7-3
  • Defeated Italy 6-1
  • Defeated South Africa 8-0
  • Lost to Korea 6-7
  • Lost to Cuba 2-6
  • Lost to Cuba 0-3
  • Lost to Korea 1-3

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat – 02:00.833 (did not advance)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

  • Qualifying – 442.64 (did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Final – Lapped (34th place)

Women's Mountain Bike

  • Final – 2:06:13.88 (26th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

  • Final – DNF

Women's Road Race

  • Final – 3:12:40 (40th place)

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Sprint

Men's 1 km Time Trial

Men's Point Race

Men's Keirin

  • Shinichi Ota
    • First round – Heat – 1; Place – 3
    • Repechage – Heat – 1; Place – 2
    • Second round – Heat – 2; Place – 6 (did not advance)
  • Yuichiro Kamiyama
    • First round – Heat – 3; Place – 6
    • Repechage – Heat – 3; DNF (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

Women's competition

Women's Point Race

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Preliminary – 389.88
  • Semi-final – 226.89 – 616.77
  • Final – 407.58 – 634.47 (8th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Preliminary – 457.59
  • Semi-final – 191.49 – 649.08
  • Final – 445.41 – 636.90 (5th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Men's foil
Men's sabre
Women's foil

Football

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster
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Attendance: 17,500
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Attendance: 15,289
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Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Attendance: 36,608
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Quarter-finals

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Five men and four women competed in six different Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics, including two top 10 finishes.

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 – 19
  • Race 2 – (22)
  • Race 3 – (26)
  • Race 4 – 13
  • Race 5 – 4
  • Race 6 – 16
  • Race 7 – 17
  • Race 8 – 18
  • Race 9 – 10
  • Race 10 – 16
  • Race 11 – 20
  • Final – 133 (18th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Race 1 – 6
  • Race 2 – 12
  • Race 3 – 10
  • Race 4 – 10
  • Race 5 – (15)
  • Race 6 – 5
  • Race 7 – 9
  • Race 8 – 11
  • Race 9 – (16)
  • Race 10 – 7
  • Race 11 – 8
  • Final – 78 (10th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Race 1 – 21
  • Race 2 – 13
  • Race 3 – 20
  • Race 4 – 22
  • Race 5 – 22
  • Race 6 – 17
  • Race 7 – 22
  • Race 8 – (24)
  • Race 9 – 22
  • Race 10 – (23)
  • Race 11 – 13
  • Final – 172 (23rd place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 – 9
  • Race 2 – 5
  • Race 3 – 10
  • Race 4 – 7
  • Race 5 – 1
  • Race 6 – (14)
  • Race 7 – 8
  • Race 8 – 3
  • Race 9 – (12)
  • Race 10 – 12
  • Race 11 – 11
  • Final – 66 (8th place)

Open Laser

  • Race 1 – (38)
  • Race 2 – 12
  • Race 3 – 19
  • Race 4 – 15
  • Race 5 – 32
  • Race 6 – (36)
  • Race 7 – 17
  • Race 8 – 25
  • Race 9 – 24
  • Race 10 – 30
  • Race 11 – 28
  • Final – 202 (27th place)

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

  • Race 1 – 4
  • Race 2 – 4
  • Race 3 – 10
  • Race 4 – 15
  • Race 5 – 9
  • Race 6 – 16
  • Race 7 – (17)
  • Race 8 – 15
  • Race 9 – 15
  • Race 10 – 13
  • Race 11 – 16
  • Race 12 – (17)
  • Race 13 – 14
  • Race 14 – 16
  • Race 15 – 14
  • Race 16 – 12
  • Final – 173 (16th place)

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

  • Defeated Cuba (4:1)
  • Defeated PR China (3:1)
  • Defeated United States (2:1)
  • Defeated Australia (1:0)
  • Defeated Canada (4:3)
  • Defeated Italy (2:0)
  • Defeated New Zealand (2:1)
  • Defeated Australia (1:0)
  • Lost to United States (1:2) → Med 2.png Silver Medal

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 03:51.41 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 15:14.43 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat – 15:18.20 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 52.91
  • Semi-final – 53.01
  • Final – 52.58 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:58.07
  • Semi-final – 01:57.66 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:59.00
  • Semi-final – 01:58.06 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:01.68
  • Semi-final – 01:01.31
  • Final – 01:01.00 (4th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:02.86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:15.54
  • Semi-final – 02:15.16 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:15.71 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:05.68 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:17.36 (did not advance)
  • Final – 04:20.93 (8th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 04:20.76 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 25.52
  • Semi-final – 25.43
  • Final – 25.65 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 55.8
  • Semi-final – 55.62
  • Final – 55.53 (7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:12.45 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat – 04:14.23 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 08:33.06
  • Final – 08:37.39 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 59.11
  • Semi-final – 59.04
  • Final – 59.13 (6th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:00.97 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:09.85
  • Semi-final – 02:09.88
  • Final – 02:09.66 (7th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:10.22
  • Semi-final – 02:09.89
  • Final – 02:10.72 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:09.12
  • Semi-final – 01:09.04
  • Final – 01:08.37 (6th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:27.39
  • Semi-final – 02:26.24
  • Final – 02:26.98 (7th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:29.60
  • Semi-final – 02:31.71 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:00.88
  • Semi-final – 01:01.07
  • Final – 01:00.55 (silver medal)
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:02.19
  • Semi-final – 01:01.25
  • Final – 01:01.14 (5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:11.69
  • Semi-final – 02:12.49
  • Final – 02:11.05 (bronze medal)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:12.15
  • Semi-final – 02:11.02
  • Final – 02:11.21 (4th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:15.16
  • Semi-final – 02:15.09
  • Final – 02:15.64 (8th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:21.65 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:40.35 (did not advance)
  • Final – 04:35.96 (silver medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:05.76
  • Final – 04:04.16 (bronze medal)

Synchronized swimming

Japan won two silver medals in the synchronized swimming competition at the 2000 Olympics.

Team

  • Technical Routine – 34.51
  • Free Routine – 64.35
  • Final – 98.86 (silver medal)

Duet

  • Technical Routine – 34.3
  • Free Routine – 64.35
  • Final – 98.65 (silver medal)

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Trampolining

Triathlon

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Weightlifting

Men

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
123123
Koki Tagashira – 56 kg 107.5112.5117.5135.0140.0142.5252.513
Yasuji Kikuzuma – 56 kg 105.0105.0105.0140.0140.0145.0250.015
Yoshihisa Miyaji – 69 kg 145.0145.0150.0170.0175.0175.0320.011
Hisaya Yoshimoto + 105 kg 170.0180.0182.5———DNF—

Wrestling

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References

  1. ↑ "Japan at the 2000 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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