Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The delegation of athletes and officials were represented by the Japanese Olympic Committee.

Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	332 (167 men and 165 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearers	Ai Fukuhara (opening) Kosuke Kitajima (closing)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 9 Silver 8 Bronze 8 Total 25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The list of qualified entries for Japan is shown. In some cases, the country qualified for a position in the Olympic Games, and the individual performance in the qualifying event was good enough to guarantee the same person a spot on Japan's team. In other cases, the Japan Olympic Committee assigned a competitor at a later date to fill some of the country's qualified positions, and the Olympic competitor may or may not be the same as the one who participated in the qualifying competition.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Masato Uchishiba Judo Men's 66 kg August 10  Gold Kosuke Kitajima Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke August 11  Gold Ayumi Tanimoto Judo Women's 63 kg August 12  Gold Masae Ueno Judo Women's 70 kg August 13  Gold Kosuke Kitajima Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 14  Gold Satoshi Ishii Judo Men's +100 kg August 15  Gold Saori Yoshida Wrestling Women's freestyle 55 kg August 16  Gold Kaori Icho Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg August 17  Gold Naho Emoto Motoko Fujimoto Megu Hirose Emi Inui Sachiko Ito Ayumi Karino Satoko Mabuchi Yukiyo Mine Masumi Mishina Rei Nishiyama Hiroko Sakai Rie Sato Mika Someya Yukiko Ueno Eri Yamada Softball Tournaments August 21  Silver Takehiro Kashima Takuya Nakase Makoto Okiguchi Koki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Tomita Kōhei Uchimura Gymnastics Team all-around August 12  Silver Yuki Ota Fencing Men's foil August 13  Silver Kōhei Uchimura Gymnastics Individual all-around August 14  Silver Maki Tsukada Judo Women's +78 kg August 15  Silver Chiharu Icho Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg August 16  Silver Tomohiro Matsunaga Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg August 19  Silver Kenichi Yumoto Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg August 19  Silver Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay August 22  Bronze Ryoko Tani Judo Women's 48 kg August 9  Bronze Misato Nakamura Judo Women's 52 kg August 10  Bronze Takeshi Matsuda Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly August 13  Bronze Reiko Nakamura Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke August 16  Bronze Kiyofumi Nagai Cycling Keirin August 16  Bronze Junichi Miyashita Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Hisayoshi Sato Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay August 17  Bronze Kyoko Hamaguchi Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg August 17  Bronze Saho Harada Emiko Suzuki Synchronized swimming Women's duet August 20

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 4 1 2 7 Wrestling 2 3 1 5 Swimming 2 0 3 5 Softball 1 0 0 1 Gymnastics 0 2 0 2 Athletics 0 1 0 1 Fencing 0 1 0 1 Cycling 0 0 1 1 Synchronized swimming 0 0 1 1 Total 9 8 8 25

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Japan qualified four archers (two men and two women) through the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships individual competitions, and added a third women's qualification spot at the Asian Championships. This allowed Japan to compete in the women's team competition at the Olympics, as well as having three women and two men compete in the individual competitions. Takaharu Furukawa, Ryuichi Moriya, Nami Hayakawa, Sayoko Kitabatake and Yuki Hayashi were the archers who earned the qualification spots for Japan.

Japan has not yet won an Olympic gold medal in archery; its best results are a pair of silver medals, including Hiroshi Yamamoto's in the 2004 men's individual competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Individual	663	17	Kunda (BLR) (48) L 111 (18)–111 (19)	did not advance
Ryuichi Moriya		661	22	Piatek (POL) (43) W 109 (10)–109 (9)	Wang C-P (TPE) (11) W 114–109	Tsyrempilov (RUS) (6) W 113–110	Ruban (UKR) (3) L 106–115	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nami Hayakawa	Individual	649	9	Mousikou (CYP) (56) W 112–103	Nichols (USA) (24) W 105–103	Folkard (GBR) (8) W 106–97	Park S-H (KOR) (1) L 103–112	did not advance
Yuki Hayashi		616	48	Esebua (GEO) (17) L 102 (8)–102 (9)	did not advance
Sayoko Kitabatake		616	46	Mosypinek (POL) (19) W 103–101	Schuh (FRA) (14) L 100–112	did not advance
Nami Hayakawa Yuki Hayashi Sayoko Kitabatake	Team	1881	7	—		Colombia (COL) (10) W 206–199	Great Britain (GBR) (2) L 196–201	did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nobuharu Asahara	100 m	10.25	4 q	10.37	8	Did not advance
Yoshitaka Iwamizu	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.80	9	—				Did not advance
Yuzo Kanemaru	400 m	46.39	7	—		Did not advance
Takayuki Matsumiya	5000 m	14:20.24	13	—				Did not advance
	10000 m	—						28:39.77	31
Koichiro Morioka	20 km walk	—						1:21:57	16
Masato Naito	110 m hurdles	13.96	7	Did not advance
Kenji Narisako	400 m hurdles	49.63	5	—		Did not advance
Tsuyoshi Ogata	Marathon	—						2:13:26	13
Satoshi Osaki		—						DNS
Atsushi Sato		—						2:41:08	76
Shingo Suetsugu	200 m	20.93	6	Did not advance
Shinji Takahira		20.58	4 q	20.63	7	Did not advance
Kensuke Takezawa	5000 m	13:49.42	7	—				Did not advance
	10000 m	—						28:23.28	28
Dai Tamesue	400 m hurdles	49.82	4	—		Did not advance
Takayuki Tanii	20 km walk	—						DSQ
	50 km walk	—						4:01:37	29
Naoki Tsukahara	100 m	10.39	2 Q	10.23	3 Q	10.16	7	Did not advance
Yuki Yamazaki	20 km walk	—						1:21:18	11
	50 km walk	—						3:45:47	7
Nobuharu Asahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Naoki Tsukahara	4 × 100 m relay	38.52	2 Q	—				38.15
Mitsuhiro Abiko Yoshihiro Horigome Kenji Narisako Dai Tamesue	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.18	6	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Naoyuki Daigo	High jump	2.15	36	Did not advance
Yukifumi Murakami	Javelin throw	78.21	15	Did not advance
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	78.16	5 Q	80.71	5
Daichi Sawano	Pole vault	5.55	16	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yukiko Akaba	5000 m	15:38.30	12	—				Did not advance
	10000 m	—						32:00.37	20
Kayoko Fukushi	5000 m	15:20.46	10	—				Did not advance
	10000 m	—						31:01.14	11
Chisato Fukushima	100 m	11.74	6	Did not advance
Minori Hayakari	3000 m steeplechase	9:49.70	16	—				Did not advance
Mayumi Kawasaki	20 km walk	—						1:29:43	14
Yuriko Kobayashi	5000 m	15:15.87	7	—				Did not advance
Sachiko Konishi	20 km walk	—						1:32:21	26
Yurika Nakamura	Marathon	—						2:30:19	13
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles	55.82 SB	3 Q	—		56.69	7	Did not advance
Yoko Shibui	10000 m	—						31:31.13	17
Asami Tanno	400 m	52.60	4	—		Did not advance
Reiko Tosa	Marathon	—						DNF
Sayaka Aoki Mayu Kida Satomi Kubokura Asami Tanno	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.52 SB	8	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kumiko Ikeda	Long jump	6.47	19	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shoji Sato	Singles	Bye	Sridhar (IND) W 21–13, 21–17	Gade (DEN) L 21–19, 20–22, 15–21	Did not advance
Shintaro Ikeda Shuichi Sakamoto	Doubles	—		Koo K K / Tan B H (MAS) L 12–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka		—		Hadiyanto / Yulianto (INA) W 19–21, 21–14, 21–14	Lee J-j / Hwang J-m (KOR) L 12–21, 21–18, 9–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eriko Hirose	Singles	Ingólfsdóttir (ISL) W 21–6, 19–7r	Nguyen (VIE) W 21–7, 21–12	Pi (FRA) L 12–21, 21–16, 6–21	Did not advance
Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	Doubles	—		Luiz / Tanaka (AUS) W 21–4, 21–8	Yang W / Zhang Jw (CHN) W 8–21, 23–21, 21–14	Lee K-w / Lee H-j (KOR) L 20–22, 15–21	Zhang Yw / Wei Yl (CHN) L 17–21, 10–21	4
Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota		—		Kristiansen / Juhl (DEN) W 18–21, 21–14, 21–18	Du J / Yu Y (CHN) L 8–21, 5–21	Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Japan's victory in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship qualified the Japan national baseball team for Olympic competition. Japan, along with Cuba, has appeared in every Olympic baseball tournament since the sport was elevated to official status. Japan has reached the semifinals each year and taken one silver and two bronze medals, but has yet to win the Olympic championship.

Roster

Pitchers: Yu Darvish Kyuji Fujikawa Hitoki Iwase Kenshin Kawakami Yoshihisa Naruse Toshiya Sugiuchi Masahiro Tanaka Koji Uehara Tsuyoshi Wada Hideaki Wakui Catchers: Shinnosuke Abe Tomoya Satozaki Akihiro Yano

Infielders: Takahiro Arai Masahiro Araki Munenori Kawasaki Shinya Miyamoto Shuichi Murata Hiroyuki Nakajima Tsuyoshi Nishioka Outfielders: Norichika Aoki Atsunori Inaba Masahiko Morino G. G. Sato

Group stage

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Japan 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 1  Cuba 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 9 1 WP: Norge Luis Vera (1-0)   LP: Yu Darvish (0-1)   Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1  Japan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 6 10 0 WP: Toshiya Sugiuchi (1-0)   LP: Alexander Smit (0-1) Home runs: NED: None JPN: Takahiko Sato (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1-0)   LP: Chris Begg (1-1)   Sv: Koji Uehara (1) Home runs: JPN: Atsunori Inaba (1) CAN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 WP: Jeff Stevens (1-2)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-2)   Sv: Casey Weathers (1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 6 9 1  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 WP: Hideaki Wakui (1-0)   LP: Fu-Te Ni (0-1) Home runs: JPN: Shinnosuke Abe (1) TPE: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 9 1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 7 1 WP: Suk-Min Yoon (2-0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-1)   Sv: Tae-Hyon Chong (1) Home runs: KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (2) JPN: Takahiro Arai (1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 2 0  Japan 0 3 1 0 0 6 X - - 10 10 0 WP: Hideaki Wakui (2-0)   LP: Nan Wang (0-1) Home runs: CHN: None JPN: Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1)

Group table

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1-0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0-1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1-0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0-1

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	X	6	10	1
WP: Kwang-Hyun Kim (1-0)   LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-3) Home runs: JPN: None KOR: Seung-Yeop Lee (1)

Bronze medal game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1
United States	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	X	8	9	0
WP: Brett Anderson (1-0)   LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0-1) Home runs: JPN: Masahiro Araki (1), Norichika Aoki (1) USA: Matt LaPorta (2), Matt Brown (2), Jason Donald (1)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Japan qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Masatsugu was the first when he qualified at the World Championships.^[1] Satoshi was the second, qualifying at the first Asian qualifying event.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Satoshi Shimizu	Featherweight	Bye	Kılıç (TUR) L 9–12	Did not advance
Masatsugu Kawachi	Light welterweight	Bye	Boonjumnong (THA) L 1–8	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	94.08	13	92.24	14	186.32	14	Did not advance
Kazuki Yazawa	Men's K-1	89.82	19	90.05	18	179.87	18	Did not advance
Hiroyuki Nagao Masatoshi Sanma	Men's C-2	99.47	8	113.09	10	212.56	10 Q	110.10	9	Did not advance
Yuriko Takeshita	Women's K-1	111.63	14	113.08	18	224.71	15 Q	107.86	6 Q	111.44	4	219.30	4

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shinobu Kitamoto	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.148	4 QS	2:01.105	9	Did not advance
Shinobu Kitamoto Mikiko Takeya	Women's K-2 500 m	1:46.980	6 QS	1:43.541	1 Q	1:43.291	5
Shinobu Kitamoto Ayaka Kuno Yumiko Suzuki Mikiko Takeya	Women's K-4 500 m	1:38.618	5 QS	1:37.449	2 Q	1:36.465	6

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fumiyuki Beppu	Men's road race	Did not finish
	Men's time trial	1:11:05	39
Takashi Miyazawa	Men's road race	6:55:24	85
Miho Oki	Women's road race	3:33:17	31

Track

Japan has qualified entries in men's Keirin, sprint, team sprint and points race, and women's points race and sprint.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Tsubasa Kitatsuru	Men's sprint	10.391 69.290	14	Bourgain (FRA) L	Awang (MAS)  Kwiatkowski (POL) L	Did not advance
Kazunari Watanabe		10.346 69.592	11	Chiappa (ITA) L	Blatchford (USA)  Zhang L (CHN) W 10.965 65.663	Hoy (GBR) L	Sireau (FRA)  Bayley (AUS) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Nimke (GER)  Chiappa (ITA)  Bayley (AUS) L	12
Kiyofumi Nagai Tomohiro Nagatsuka Kazunari Watanabe	Men's team sprint	44.454 60.736	6	Germany (GER) L 44.437 60.760	—					Did not advance	6
Sakie Tsukuda	Women's sprint	12.134 59.337	12	Pendleton (GBR) L	Tsylinskaya (BLR)  Guerra (CUB) L	—		Did not advance		9th place final  Grankovskaya (RUS)  Guerra (CUB)  Hijgenaar (NED) L	12

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Toshiaki Fushimi	Men's keirin	3 R	4	Did not advance
Kiyofumi Nagai		3 R	1 Q	2 Q

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Makoto Iijima	Men's points race	23	1	8
Satomi Wadami	Women's points race	Did not finish

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kohei Yamamoto	Men's cross-country	LAP (3 lap)	46
Rie Katayama	Women's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	20

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Akifumi Sakamoto	Men's BMX	40.548	32	19	7	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

One Japanese member qualified for the 3 meter springboard event, by virtue of Ken Terauchi's third-place finish in the semifinal round at the 2007 World Championships. This was the first individual qualification spot earned by Japan for the 2008 Olympics.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Terauchi	3 m springboard	452.80	10 Q	478.25	7 Q	442.50	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mai Nakagawa	10 m platform	331.40	9 Q	314.60	10 Q	296.30	11

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Hiroshi Hoketsu	Whisper	Individual	62.542	35	Did not advance
Yuko Kitai	Rambo		59.250	45	Did not advance
Mieko Yagi	Dow Jones		60.167	42	Did not advance
Hiroshi Hoketsu Yuko Kitai Mieko Yagi	See above	Team	—						60.653	9

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Yoshiaki Oiwa	Gorgeous George	Individual	52.40	40	76.40	128.80	55	8.00	136.80	49	Did not advance			136.80	49

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Eiken Sato	Cayak	Individual	1	14	24	25	51	Did not advance								25	51
Taizo Sugitani	California		0	=1	17	17	37 Q	9	26	37 Q	12	29	Did not advance			12	29

Taizo Sugitani finished qualifying in 37th place which made him a reserve rider for the final. After several qualified horses tested positive for use of capsaicin, he was moved up and participated in Final A.

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shogo Nishida	Individual épée	Inostroza (CHI) L 11–15	Did not advance
Kenta Chida	Individual foil	—	Lau K K (HKG) W 15–6	Kleibrink (GER) L 10–15	Did not advance
Yuki Ota		—	Souza (BRA) W 15–4	Choi B-C (KOR) W 15–14	Joppich (GER) W 15–12	Sanzo (ITA) W 15–14	Kleibrink (GER) L 9–15
Satoshi Ogawa	Individual sabre	Keita (SEN) L 14–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Megumi Harada	Individual épée	—	Parkinson (AUS) W 15–9	Brânză (ROU) L 11–15	Did not advance
Chieko Sugawara	Individual foil	Bye	Jung G-O (KOR) W 11–9	Golubytskyi (GER) W 6–5	Nam H-H (KOR) L 10–15	Did not advance
Madoka Hisagae	Individual sabre	Bye	Dyachenko (RUS) L 10–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head Coach: Yoo Seung-Jin

1. Ikuko Okamura (GK)
2. Keiko Miura
4. Mayumi Ono
5. Chie Kimura
6. Rika Komazawa
7. Miyuki Nakagawa
8. Sakae Morimoto
9. Kaori Chiba
10. Yukari Yamamoto
11. Toshie Tsukui
13. Sachimi Iwao
14. Akemi Kato (c)
15. Tomomi Komori
18. Misaki Ozawa
20. Chinami Kozakura
22. Yuka Yoshikawa (GK)

Reserve:

3. Hikari Suwa
19. Nichika Urata

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Advanced to semifinals
Argentina	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	8
United States	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: ^[5]

10 August 2008 08:30 Japan  2–1  New Zealand Morimoto  12' Tsukui  17' Report Claxton  25' Umpires: Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Minka Woolley (AUS)

12 August 2008 18:00 United States  1–1  Japan Barber  58' Report Chiba  12' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Lisa Roach (AUS)

14 August 2008 18:30 Japan  1–2  Argentina Miura  64' Report Gulla  38' Burkart  51' Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

16 August 2008 20:30 Great Britain  2–1  Japan Panter  32' Cullen  70' Report Miura  58' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)

18 August 2008 08:30 Germany  1–0  Japan Beermann  40' Report Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Miao Lin (CHN)

9th–10th place

20 August 2008 08:30 South Korea  2–1  Japan Park Jeong-sook  12', 49' Report Komazawa  43' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Lisa Roach (AUS)

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head coach: Yasuharu Sorimachi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shusaku Nishikawa	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Oita Trinita
2	3MF	Hajime Hosogai	(1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Urawa Red Diamonds
3	2DF	Maya Yoshida	(1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 19)	0	0	Nagoya Grampus
4	2DF	Hiroki Mizumoto (c)	(1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 22)	1	0	Kyoto Sanga
5	2DF	Yuto Nagatomo	(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 21)	3	0	FC Tokyo
6	2DF	Masato Morishige	(1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Oita Trinita
7	2DF	Atsuto Uchida	(1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 20)	9	1	Kashima Antlers
8	3MF	Keisuke Honda	(1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 22)	1	0	VVV-Venlo
9	4FW	Yohei Toyoda	(1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Montedio Yamagata
10	3MF	Yohei Kajiyama	(1985-09-24)24 September 1985 (aged 22)	0	0	FC Tokyo
11	4FW	Shinji Okazaki	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Shimizu S-Pulse
12	3MF	Hiroyuki Taniguchi	(1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Kawasaki Frontale
13	2DF	Michihiro Yasuda	(1987-12-20)20 December 1987 (aged 20)	5	0	Gamba Osaka
14	4FW	Shinji Kagawa	(1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 19)	3	0	Cerezo Osaka
15	4FW	Takayuki Morimoto	(1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Catania
16	3MF	Takuya Honda	(1985-04-17)17 April 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Shimizu S-Pulse
17	4FW	Tadanari Lee	(1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 22)	0	0	Kashiwa Reysol
18	1GK	Kaito Yamamoto	(1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Shimizu S-Pulse

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 August 2008

17:00

Japan	0–1	United States
	Report	Holden 47'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 57,102

Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

10 August 2008

17:00

Nigeria	2–1	Japan
Obinna 58' Anichebe 74'	Report	Toyoda 79'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 42,592

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

13 August 2008

17:00

Netherlands	1–0	Japan
Sibon 73' (pen.)	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 38,790

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Norio Sasaki

Japan named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[7][8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Miho Fukumoto	(1983-10-02)2 October 1983 (aged 24)	39	0	Okayama Yunogo Belle
2	2DF	Yukari Kinga	(1984-05-02)2 May 1984 (aged 24)	29	0	NTV Beleza
3	2DF	Hiromi Ikeda (captain)	(1975-12-22)22 December 1975 (aged 32)	112	4	Tasaki Perule
4	2DF	Azusa Iwashimizu	(1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 21)	33	5	NTV Beleza
5	3MF	Miyuki Yanagita	(1981-04-11)11 April 1981 (aged 27)	86	11	Urawa Reds Ladies
6	3MF	Tomoe Kato	(1978-05-27)27 May 1978 (aged 30)	112	8	NTV Beleza
7	2DF	Kozue Ando	(1982-07-09)9 July 1982 (aged 26)	61	10	Urawa Reds Ladies
8	3MF	Aya Miyama	(1985-01-28)28 January 1985 (aged 23)	60	18	Okayama Yunogo Belle
9	4FW	Eriko Arakawa	(1979-10-30)30 October 1979 (aged 28)	62	19	NTV Beleza
10	3MF	Homare Sawa	(1978-09-06)6 September 1978 (aged 29)	136	68	NTV Beleza
11	4FW	Shinobu Ohno	(1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 24)	57	22	NTV Beleza
12	4FW	Karina Maruyama	(1983-03-26)26 March 1983 (aged 25)	50	12	TEPCO Mareeze
13	3MF	Ayumi Hara	(1979-02-21)21 February 1979 (aged 29)	36	1	INAC Leonessa
14	2DF	Kyoko Yano	(1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 24)	44	1	Urawa Reds Ladies
15	3MF	Mizuho Sakaguchi	(1987-10-15)15 October 1987 (aged 20)	21	14	Tasaki Perule
16	3MF	Rumi Utsugi	(1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 19)	23	4	NTV Beleza
17	4FW	Yūki Nagasato	(1987-07-15)15 July 1987 (aged 21)	44	25	NTV Beleza
18	1GK	Ayumi Kaihori	(1986-09-04)4 September 1986 (aged 21)	2	0	INAC Leonessa

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 August 2008

17:00

Japan	2–2	New Zealand
Miyama 72' (pen.) Sawa 86'	Report	Yallop 37' Hearn 56' (pen.)

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 10,270

Referee: Deidre Mitchell (South Africa)

9 August 2008

17:00

United States	1–0	Japan
Lloyd 27'	Report

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 16,912

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

12 August 2008

19:45

Norway	1–5	Japan
Knutsen 27'	Report	Kinga 31' Følstad 51' (o.g.) Ohno 52' Sawa 71' Hara 83'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 16,872

Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

Quarterfinals

15 August 2008

21:00

China	0–2	Japan
	Report	Sawa 15' Nagasato 80'

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 28,459

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Semifinals

18 August 2008

21:00

Japan	2–4	United States
Ohno 16' Arakawa 90+3'	Report	Hucles 41', 80' Chalupny 44' O'Reilly 70'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 50,937

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Bronze medal game

21 August 2008

18:00

Germany	2–0	Japan
Bajramaj 68', 87'	Report

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 49,285

Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)

Final rank

4th place

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Takehiro Kashima	Team	—	14.425	—	15.975	15.550	15.150	—		—	15.575	—	15.200	—
Takuya Nakase		15.500	14.075	15.275	—	15.725	15.450 Q	—		15.000	—	15.425	—		15.525	—
Makoto Okiguchi		15.275	—		15.750	—				15.275	—
Koki Sakamoto		14.950	14.925	15.525	16.200	15.625	14.725	91.950	5*	—	14.850	15.525	15.400	15.000	—
Hiroyuki Tomita		15.175	15.175 Q	15.025	15.200	15.775	15.550 Q	91.900	6 Q	—	15.150	15.950	—	16.150	15.625	—
Kōhei Uchimura		15.725	14.100	14.675	16.200	16.025	15.325	92.050	4 Q	15.700	—		16.150	15.925	15.450	—
Total		61.675	58.625	60.500	64.125	63.150	61.475	369.550	2 Q	45.975	45.575	46.900	46.750	47.075	46.600	278.875

*Due to a coaching decision, Hiroyuki Tomita started in the individual all-around final instead of Koki Sakamoto.^[9] Tomita had finished qualification in 6th place, but behind his teammates Uchimura and Sakamoto, and no more than two gymnasts from the same nation are allowed in the final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Takuya Nakase	Horizontal bar	—					15.450	15.450	5
Koki Sakamoto	All-around	Withdrew due to coaching decision
Hiroyuki Tomita	All-around	15.100	15.425	13.850	16.200	16.000	15.675	91.750	4
	Pommel horse	—	15.375	—				15.375	5
	Horizontal bar	—					15.225	15.225	6
Kōhei Uchimura	All-around	15.825	13.275	15.200	16.300	15.975	15.400	91.975
	Floor	15.575	—					15.575	5

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Mayu Kuroda	Team	—		14.725	14.850	—		—		15.350	14.725	—
Yu Minobe		13.825	14.050	14.525	—			did not compete
Kyoko Oshima		14.175	14.700	14.450	14.300	57.625	27 Q	14.450	14.450	14.750	—
Yuko Shintake		14.175	14.675	—	15.050	—		14.025	14.625	—	15.000	—
Koko Tsurumi		14.325	14.200	15.025	15.425	58.975	17 Q	14.200	—	15.425	15.225	—
Miki Uemura		12.875	14.475	12.775	14.575	54.700	50	—	14.475	—
Total		56.500	58.050	58.725	59.900	233.175	8 Q	42.675	43.550	45.525	44.950	176.700	5

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Kyoko Oshima	All-around	14.400	14.575	14.675	14.975	57.625	20
Koko Tsurumi	All-around	13.675	14.075	14.950	15.400	58.100	17
	Balance beam	—			14.450	14.450	8

Kyoko Oshima qualified for the All-Around final of the top 24 gymnasts because the number of finalists from the same nation is limited to two. Thus, five gymnasts ranked ahead of her were ineligible. For the same reason, Koko Tsurumi appeared in the balance beam apparatus final.

Rhythmic

Japan have qualified a rhythmic gymnastics group.

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Yuko Endo Chihana Hara Saori Inagaki Nachi Misawa Kotono Tanaka Honami Tsuboi	Team	15.425	15.425	30.850	10	did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Tetsuya Sotomura	Men's	70.30	5 Q	39.80	4
Yasuhiro Ueyama		69.20	9	did not advance
Haruka Hirota	Women's	62.60	12	did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hiroaki Hiraoka	−60 kg	Bye	Williams-Murray (USA) L 0000–0001	did not advance
Masato Uchishiba	−66 kg	Bye	Jimenez (DOM) W 1001–0000	Miresmaeili (IRI) W 0020–0000	Sharipov (UZB) W 0201–0010	Arencibia (CUB) W 0020–0001	Bye			Darbelet (FRA) W 1000–0000
Yusuke Kanamaru	−73 kg	—	Maloumat (IRI) L 0001–1001	did not advance			Pina (POR) W 0011–0010	Dashdavaa (MGL) W 0100–0000	van Tichelt (BEL) L 0000–0211	did not advance
Takashi Ono	−81 kg	Bye	Camilo (BRA) L 0000–0120	did not advance
Hiroshi Izumi	−90 kg	—	Kelly (AUS) W 0010–0000	Kazusionak (BLR) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Keiji Suzuki	−100 kg	—	Naidangiin (MGL) L 0000–1000	did not advance			Behrla (GER) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Satoshi Ishii	+100 kg	Bye	Bianchessi (ITA) W 1011–0000	El Shehaby (EGY) W 1001–0000	Tmenov (RUS) W 1001–0000	Gujejiani (GEO) W 1011–0000	Bye			Tangriev (UZB) W 0010–0000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryoko Tani	−48 kg	Matsumoto (USA) W 0020–0000	Wu Sg (CHN) W 0100–0000	Pareto (ARG) W 0001–0000	Dumitru (ROU) L 0010–0100	Bye			Bogdanova (RUS) W 1000–0000
Misato Nakamura	−52 kg	Bye	Tarangul (GER) W 0001–0000	Heylen (BEL) W 0001–0000	An K-A (PRK) L 0000–0001	Bye			Kim K-O (KOR) W 0200–0000
Aiko Sato	−57 kg	Bye	Gasimova (AZE) W 1001–0100	Xu Y (CHN) L 0002–0010	Did not advance	Bye	Koivumäki (FIN) W 1011–0000	Quadros (BRA) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Ayumi Tanimoto	−63 kg	Bye	Barreto (VEN) W 1000–0000	Kong J-Y (KOR) W 1000–0001	Gonzalez (CUB) W 1011–0000	Bye			Décosse (FRA) W 1000–0000
Masae Ueno	−70 kg	Park K-Y (KOR) W 1010–0000	Wang J (CHN) W 1011–0001	Meszaros (HUN) W 0200–0000	Bosch (NED) W 0110–0001	Bye			Hernandez (CUB) W 1000–0000
Sae Nakazawa	−78 kg	Bye	Morico (ITA) L 0001–0010	did not advance
Maki Tsukada	+78 kg	Bye	Mondiere (FRA) W 1000–0001	Zambotti (MEX) W 1000–0000	Polavder (SLO) W 1010–0000	Bye			Tong W (CHN) L 0010–1001

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Yoshihiro Murakami	Men's	181	19	1108	12–23	33	688	2:10.74	31	1232	220	21	980	10:56.35	36	736	4744	31

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daisaku Takeda Kazushige Ura	Lightweight double sculls	6:24.21	4 R	6:43.03	3 SC/D	6:29.30	1 FC	6:23.02	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akiko Iwamoto Misaki Kumakura	Lightweight double sculls	7:05.67	3 R	7:30.92	3 SA/B	7:16.13	6 FB	7:08.49	9

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Makoto Tomizawa	RS:X	6	20	6	14	7	23	8	DSQ	12	2	18	116	10
Yoichi Iijima	Laser	36	32	16	17	31	BFD	31	DNF	28	CAN	EL	235	35
Tetsuya Matsunaga Taro Ueno	470	1	20	24	13	10	14	1	9	21	4	4	97	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Yasuko Kosuge	RS:X	9	12	4	17	14	18	18	11	10	7	EL	102	13
Naoko Kamata Ai Kondo	470	13	15	14	15	14	1	12	10	1	13	EL	93	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Akira Ishibashi Yukio Makino	49er	8	17	3	13	8	12	8	9	17	6	14	5	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	103	12

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Susumu Kobayashi	10 m air pistol	577	23	did not advance
	50 m pistol	558	10	did not advance
Tomoyuki Matsuda	10 m air pistol	579	19	did not advance
	50 m pistol	558	9	did not advance
Toshikazu Yamashita	10 m air rifle	590	28	did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	593	18	did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1167	16	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michiko Fukushima	10 m air pistol	373	38	did not advance
	25 m pistol	581	10	did not advance
Yukie Nakayama	Trap	67	6 Q	86	4

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team roster

• Naho Emoto
• Motoko Fujimoto
• Megu Hirose
• Emi Inui
• Sachiko Ito
• Ayumi Karino
• Satoko Mabuchi
• Yukiyo Mine
• Masumi Mishina
• Rei Nishiyama
• Hiroko Sakai
• Rie Sato
• Mika Someya
• Yukiko Ueno
• Eri Yamada

Preliminary round

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Australia 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1  Japan 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 1 WP: Yukiko Ueno(1-0)   LP: Melanie Roche(0-1) Home runs: AUS: Jodie Bowering(1), Natalie Titcume(1) JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1  Japan 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 8 0 WP: Hiroko Sakai(2-0)   LP: Judith van Kampen(0-1)   Sv: Naho Emoto(1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 WP: Yukiko Ueno(2-0)   LP: Wei Lu(1-2)   Sv: Hiroko Sakai(1) Home runs: JPN: Rie Sato(1) CHN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3  Japan 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 9 0 WP: Yukiko Ueno(3-0)   LP: Lauren Bay(2-2)   Sv: Mika Someya(1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 1  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 WP: Hiroko Sakai(1-0)   LP: Sheng-Jung Lai(0-1) Home runs: JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(2) TPE: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  United States 4 0 0 3 0 X X 7 9 0  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 1 1 WP: Monica Abbott(1-0)   LP: Naho Emoto(0-1) Home runs: USA: Natasha Watley(2), Jessica Mendoza(1,2), Crystl Bustos(3) JPN: None Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Venezuela 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 0  Japan 0 0 0 1 4 0 X 5 9 0 WP: Hiroko Sakai(3-0)   LP: Mariangee Bogado(2-2) Home runs: VEN: None JPN: Satoko Mabuchi(3), Eri Yamada (1)

Group table

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
United States	7	0	53	1	1.000	-	-
Japan	6	1	23	13	.857	1	-
Australia	5	2	30	11	.714	2	-
Canada	3	4	17	23	.429	4	-
Chinese Taipei	2	5	10	23	.286	5	2-0 vs. CHN/VEN
China	2	5	19	21	.286	5	1-1 vs. TPE/VEN
Venezuela	2	5	15	35	.286	5	0-2 vs. CHN/TPE
Netherlands	1	6	8	48	.143	6	-

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
WP: Monica Abbott(3-0)   LP: Yukiko Ueno(3-1)   Sv: Cat Osterman Home runs: USA: Crystl Bustos(5) JPN: None

Bronze medal game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Australia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	2
Japan	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	11	1
WP: Yukiko Ueno(4-1)   LP: Tanya Harding(3-2) Home runs: AUS: Kerry Wyborn, JPN: Megu Hirose

The winner of this game advanced to the final while the loser won bronze.

Final Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E  Japan 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 0  United States 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 WP: Yukiko Ueno(5-1)   LP: Cat Osterman(3-1) Home runs: JPN: Eri Yamada (2) USA: Crystl Bustos (6)

Final rank:

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuro Fujii	100 m butterfly	51.50	7 Q	51.59	7 Q	51.50	6
	200 m individual medley	1:59.19	8 Q	1:59.59	10	did not advance
Ryosuke Irie	200 m backstroke	1:57.68	7 Q	1:56.35	4 Q	1:55.72	5
Masayuki Kishida	100 m butterfly	52.45	26	did not advance
Kosuke Kitajima	100 m breaststroke	59.52	2 Q	59.55	2 Q	58.91 WR
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.89	6 Q	2:08.61 OR	1 Q	2:07.64 OR
Takeshi Matsuda	400 m freestyle	3:44.99	10	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:09.17	18	—		did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:55.06	4 Q	1:54.02	2 Q	1:52.97
Junichi Miyashita	100 m backstroke	54.12	10 Q	53.69	7 Q	53.99	8
Tomomi Morita		54.21	12 Q	53.95	10	did not advance
Takashi Nakano	200 m backstroke	1:59.59	21	did not advance
Yoshihiro Okumura	200 m freestyle	1:46.89	8 Q	1:46.44	6 Q	1:47.14	7
Hisayoshi Sato	100 m freestyle	49.85	40	did not advance
Ryuichi Shibata	200 m butterfly	1:55.82	11 Q	1:56.17	13	did not advance
Yuta Suenaga	100 m breaststroke	1:00.67	13 Q	1:00.67	13	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.30	=17	did not advance
Ken Takakuwa	200 m individual medley	1:58.51	4 Q	1:58.49	5 Q	1:58.22	5
Sho Uchida	200 m freestyle	1:48.34	24	did not advance
Takuro Fujii Masayuki Kishida Yoshihiro Okumura Hisayoshi Sato	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.28	14	—		did not advance
Hisato Matsumoto Yasunori Mononobe Yoshihiro Okumura Sho Uchida	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:09.12	7 Q	—		7:10.31	7
Takuro Fujii Kosuke Kitajima Junichi Miyashita Hisayoshi Sato	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:32.81	3 Q	—		3:31.18

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maiko Fujino	800 m freestyle	8:35.60	21	—		did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:37.35	11	—		did not advance
Saori Haruguchi	400 m individual medley	4:45.22	27	—		did not advance
Natsumi Hoshi	200 m butterfly	2:07.02	6 Q	2:07.93	10	did not advance
Hanae Ito	100 m backstroke	1:00.16	8 Q	1:00.13	7 Q	1:00.18	8
	200 m backstroke	2:10.05	14 Q	2:09.86	12	did not advance
Rie Kaneto	200 m breaststroke	2:24.62	5 Q	2:25.65	8 Q	2:25.14	7
Yuka Kato	100 m butterfly	58.94	23	did not advance
Asami Kitagawa	100 m breaststroke	1:08.36	15 Q	1:08.23	5 Q	1:08.43	8
	200 m individual medley	2:12.47	=9 Q	2:12.18	=8 WSO	2:11.56	6
Maki Mita	200 m freestyle	1:59.96	21	did not advance
Reiko Nakamura	100 m backstroke	59.36	2 Q	59.64	3 Q	59.72	6
	200 m backstroke	2:09.77	12 Q	2:08.21	4 Q	2:07.13
Yuko Nakanishi	100 m butterfly	58.61	=18	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:06.62	3 Q	2:06.96	5 Q	2:07.32	5
Ai Shibata	400 m freestyle	4:17.96	31	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:41.63	27	—		did not advance
Megumi Taneda	100 m breaststroke	1:08.45	17	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.75	6 Q	2:25.42	7 Q	2:25.23	8
Haruka Ueda	200 m freestyle	1:57.64	8 Q	1:58.44	13	did not advance
Asami Kitagawa Maki Mita Haruka Ueda Misaki Yamaguchi	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.25	9	—		did not advance
Maki Mita Emi Takanabe Haruka Ueda Misaki Yamaguchi	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.63	8 Q	—		7:57.56	7
Hanae Ito* Yuka Kato Asami Kitagawa Reiko Nakamura Haruka Ueda	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.91	6 Q	—		3:59.54	6

* Competed in heats only; WSO - Win swim-off; LSO - Lost swim-off

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Saho Harada Emiko Suzuki	Duet	48.250	3	48.500	96.750	3 Q	48.917	97.167
Ai Aoki Saho Harada Yumiko Ishiguro Naoko Kawashima Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Masako Tachibana	Team	48.167	4	—			47.167	95.334	5

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yo Kan	Singles	Bye			Smirnov (RUS) W 4–1	Wang H (CHN) L 1–4	did not advance
Seiya Kishikawa		Bye	Zhang P (CAN) W 4–2	Tan Rw (CRO) L 1–4	did not advance
Jun Mizutani		Bye		Éloi (FRA) W 4–3	Kreanga (GRE) L 1–4	did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ai Fukuhara	Singles	Bye			Hu (TUR) W 4–1	Zhang Yn (CHN) L 1–4	did not advance
Haruna Fukuoka		Bye		Komwong (THA) W 4–0	Kim K-A (KOR) L 2–4	did not advance
Sayaka Hirano		Bye			Gao J (USA) L 1–4	did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yo Kan Seiya Kishikawa Jun Mizutani	Men's team	Group D  Hong Kong (HKG) W 3 – 0  Nigeria (NGR) W 3 – 0  Russia (RUS) W 3 – 0	1 Q	Germany (GER) L 2 – 3	Bye	Austria (AUT) L 1 – 3	did not advance
Ai Fukuhara Haruna Fukuoka Sayaka Hirano	Women's team	Group D  South Korea (KOR) L 0 – 3  Spain (ESP) W 3 – 2  Australia (AUS) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	Austria (AUT) W 3 – 0	Hong Kong (HKG) W 3 – 2	South Korea (KOR) L 0 – 3	Did not advance	4

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yoriko Okamoto	Women's −67 kg	Benabderrassoul (MAR) L 0–2	did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kei Nishikori	Men's singles	Schüttler (GER) L 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6	did not advance
Ayumi Morita	Women's singles	Erakovic (NZL) W 5–7, 7–6(9–7), 6–4	Li N (CHN) L 2–6, 5–7	did not advance
Ai Sugiyama		Hantuchová (SVK) L 2–6, 5–7	did not advance
Ayumi Morita Ai Sugiyama	Women's doubles	—	Arn / Szávay (HUN) W 6–3, 6–3	S Williams / V Williams (USA) L 5–7, 2–6	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Hirokatsu Tayama	Men's	18:04	0:30	59:12	0:29	37:58	1:56:13.68	48
Ryosuke Yamamoto		18:27	0:26	58:53	0:29	33:56	1:52:11.98	30
Juri Ide	Women's	19:50	0:29	1:04:24	0:35	35:05	2:00:23.77	5
Kiyomi Niwata		19:56	0:34	1:04:14	0:31	35:36	2:00:51.85	9
Ai Ueda		20:17	0:29	1:03:56	0:28	37:09	2:02:19.09	17

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kentaro Asahi Katsuhiro Shiratori	Men's	Pool F  Brink – Dieckmann (GER) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 18–21)  Boersma – Ronnes (NED) W 2 – 1 (21–15, 23–25, 15–11)  Gibb – Rosenthal (USA) L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–19, 16–18)	2 Q	Araújo – Luiz (BRA) L 0 – 2 (21–23, 15–21)	did not advance
Chiaki Kusuhara Mika Teru Saiki	Women's	Pool B  Walsh – May-Treanor (USA) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 15–21)  Håkedal – Torlen (NOR) L 0 – 2 (8–21, 18–21)  Grasset – Peraza (CUB) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 17–21)	4	did not advance

Indoor

Japan qualified teams in both the men's and women's tournaments. The men's team lost all five matches in the group play, finishing last in their group, and failing to qualify for the final round. The men's final ranking was tied for 11th place. The women's team won two of the matches in the group play, and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Brazil. The women's final ranking was tied for 5th place.

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Head Coach: Tatsuya Ueta

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Nobuharu Saito	29 September 1973	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Toray Arrows
5	Daisuke Usami	29 March 1979	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Panasonic Panthers
7	Takahiro Yamamoto	12 July 1978	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	331 cm (130 in)	Panasonic Panthers
8	Masaji Ogino (c)	8 January 1970	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Suntory Sunbirds
11	Yoshihiko Matsumoto	7 January 1981	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	340 cm (130 in)	NEC Blue Rockets
12	Kota Yamamura	20 October 1980	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Suntory Sunbirds
13	Kunihiro Shimizu	11 August 1986	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Tokai University
14	Tatsuya Fukuzawa	1 July 1986	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Chuo University
15	Katsutoshi Tsumagari (L)	2 November 1975	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Suntory Sunbirds
16	Yusuke Ishijima	9 January 1984	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Osaka Blazers Sakai
17	Yu Koshikawa	30 June 1984	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Suntory Sunbirds
18	Kosuke Tomonaga	22 July 1980	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Osaka Blazers Sakai

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	5	2	3	7	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	5	1	4	6	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	0	5	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008 (2008-08-10) 12:10	Italy	3–1	Japan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Humberto Salas (MEX), Victor Rodriguez (PUR)
	(25–19, 25–18, 23–25, 25–17) Results Statistics

12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) 22:45	Japan	1–3	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Mitch Davidson (CAN), Victor Rodriguez (PUR)
	(27–29, 25–23, 21–25, 19–25) Results Statistics

14 August 2008 20:00	China	3–2	Japan	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Frank Leuthauser (GER)
	(25–20, 25–23, 17–25, 16–25, 15–10) result statistics

16 August 2008 22:00	Venezuela	3–0	Japan	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Mitch Davidson (CAN), Victor Rodriguez (PUR)
	(25–23, 25–21, 25–23) result statistics

18 August 2008 22:35	Japan	0–3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Dejan Jovanovic (SRB), Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA)
	(18–25, 12–25, 21–25) result statistics

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Megumi Kurihara	31 July 1984	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Pioneer Red Wings
2	Asako Tajimi	26 June 1972	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	309 cm (122 in)	304 cm (120 in)	Pioneer Red Wings
3	Yoshie Takeshita (C)	18 March 1978	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	270 cm (110 in)	JT Marvelous
4	Kanako Omura	15 December 1976	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	319 cm (126 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
5	Miyuki Takahashi	25 December 1978	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	285 cm (112 in)	NEC Red Rockets
6	Yuko Sano (L)	26 July 1979	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	260 cm (100 in)	250 cm (98 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
7	Sachiko Sugiyama	19 October 1979	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	NEC Red Rockets
8	Yuka Sakurai	2 September 1974	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	275 cm (108 in)	Denso Airybees
9	Miyuki Kano	17 May 1977	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	275 cm (108 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
11	Erika Araki	3 August 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	298 cm (117 in)	Toray Arrows
12	Saori Kimura	19 August 1986	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Toray Arrows
14	Yuki Kawai	22 January 1990	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	275 cm (108 in)	JT Marvelous

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	10	426	371	1.148	15	3	5.000	Quarterfinals
2	United States	5	4	1	9	459	441	1.041	12	9	1.333
3	China	5	3	2	8	467	395	1.182	13	7	1.857
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	381	389	0.979	7	11	0.636
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	441	445	0.991	9	12	0.750
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	5	262	395	0.663	1	15	0.067

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 August 2008 22:00	Japan	1–3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Massimo Menghini (Italy), Andrei Zenovich (Russia)
	(20–25, 25–20, 19–25, 21–25) result statistics

11 August 2008 22:15	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic), Frans Loderus (Netherlands)
	(25–12, 25–17, 25–12) result statistics

13 August 2008 22:30	Poland	2–3	Japan	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Humberto Salas (Mexico), Francisco de Souza (Brazil)
	(21–25, 20–25, 25–18, 25–23, 11–15) result statistics

15 August 2008 22:45	Japan	0–3	Cuba	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Massimo Menghini (Italy)
	(17–25, 22–25, 22–25) result statistics

17 August 2008 20:00	China	3–0	Japan	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand)
	(26–24, 25–16, 25–14) result statistics

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 12:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
	(12–25, 20–25, 16–25) result statistics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yasunobu Sekikawa	Men's −56 kg	114	12	142	11	256	11
Masaharu Yamada		106	17	153	6	259	9
Yoshito Shintani	Men's −69 kg	135	15	175	8	310	10
Hiromi Miyake	Women's −48 kg	80	4	105	4	185	4[12][13]	IOC document moved up from 6th to 4th on November 6, 2018
Misaki Oshiro		80	6	92	6	172	6[12][13]	IOC document moved up from 8th to 6th on November 6, 2018
Rika Saito	Women's −69 kg	87	7	122	5	209	6[12][13]	IOC document moved up from 8th to 6th on November 6, 2018

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified in the following quota places.

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomohiro Matsunaga	−55 kg	Diatta (SEN) W 5–0 VT	Akgul (TUR) W 3–0 PO	Mansurov (UZB) W 3–1 PP	Kudukhov (RUS) W 5–0 VT	Bye		Cejudo (USA) L 0–3 PO
Kenichi Yumoto	−60 kg	Bye	Korjakin (TJK) W 5–0 VT	Dutt (IND) W 3–1 PP	Fedoryshyn (UKR) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Bazarguruev (KGZ) W 3–0 PO
Kazuhiko Ikematsu	−66 kg	Bye	Tushishvili (GEO) L 1–3 PP	did not advance					13

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Makoto Sasamoto	−60 kg	Mnatsakanyan (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Nazaryan (BUL) L 1–3 PP	did not advance					10
Shingo Matsumoto	−84 kg	Forov (ARM) L 1–3 PP	did not advance						15
Kenzo Kato	−96 kg	Timoncini (ITA) L 0–3 PO	did not advance						19

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chiharu Icho	−48 kg	Bye	Li Xm (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Merleni (UKR) W 5–0 VT	Chun (USA) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Huynh (CAN) L 1–3 PP
Saori Yoshida	−55 kg	—	Nerell (SWE) W 3–1 PP	Golts (RUS) W 3–0 PO	Verbeek (CAN) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Xu L (CHN) W 5–0 VT
Kaori Icho	−63 kg	Bye	Zamula (AZE) W 5–0 VT	Miller (USA) W 5–0 VT	Dugrenier (CAN) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Kartashova (RUS) W 3–0 PO
Kyoko Hamaguchi	−72 kg	—	Perepelkina (RUS) W 3–1 PP	Conceição (BRA) W 5–0 VT	Wang J (CHN) L 0–5 VT	Bye		Bernard (USA) W 3–1 PP