Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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IOC code:   JPN
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Medals	Gold  3	Silver 6	Bronze 5	Total 14
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Japan competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Baseball 2.4 Boxing 2.5 Swimming 2.6 Tennis

[edit] Medals

Japan finished in 23th position in the final medal rankings, with three gold medals and 14 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

• Tadahiro Nomura — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

• Kenzo Nakamura — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

• Yuko Emoto — Judo, Women's Half Middleweight (61 kg)

[edit] Silver

• Masanori Sugiura, Takayuki Takabayashi, Yoshitomo Tani, Hitoshi Ono, Yasuyuki Saigou, Tomoaki Sato, Daishin Nakamura, Masahiro Nojima, Hideaki Okubo, Koichi Misawa, Masahiko Mori, Masao Morinaka, Takashi Kurosu, Takao Kuwamoto, Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Takeo Kawamura, Jutaro Kimura, Kosuke Fukudome, Tadahito Iguchi, Makoto Imaoka — Baseball, Men's Team Competition

• Yukimasa Nakamura — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

• Toshihiko Koga — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)

• Ryoko Tani — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)

• Yoko Tanabe — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)

• Alicia Kinoshita and Yumiko Shige — Sailing, Women's 470 Team Competition

[edit] Bronze

• Yuko Arimori — Athletics, Women's Marathon

• Takanobu Jumonji — Cycling, Men's 1.000 m Time Trial

• Noriko Narazaki — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)

• Junko Tanaka, Miya Tachibana, Kaori Takahashi, Miho Takeda, Miho Kawabe, Akiko Kawase, Riho Nakajima, Raika Fujii, Mayuko Fujiki, and Rei Jinbo — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Team Competition

• Takuya Ota — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In the nation's sixth Olympic archery competition, three of Japan's five archers won their first matches. All three lost in the second round, however.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Kinue Kodama → Round of 32, 24th place (1-1)
• Ai Ouchi → Round of 64, 41st place (0-1)
• Misato Koide → Round of 64, 56th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Hiroshi Yamamoto → Round of 32, 19th place (1-1)
• Takayoshi Matsushita → Round of 32, 27th place (1-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Kodama, Ouchi, and Koide → Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Shunji Karube
  1. Heat — 48.96s (→ did not advance)

• Hideaki Kawamura
  1. Heat — 49.88s (→ did not advance)

• Kazuhiko Yamazaki
  1. Heat — 49.07s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Hiromi Taniguchi — 2:17.26 (→ 19th place)

• Masaki Oya — 2:22.13 (→ 54th place)

• Kenjiro Jitsui — 2:33.27 (→ 93th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Akiko Miyajima

• Qualification — 53.98m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Yuko Arimori — 2:28.39 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Izumi Maki — 2:32.35 (→ 12th place)

• Junko Asari — 2:34.31 (→ 17th place)

Women's 10km Walk

• Yuka Mitsumori — dsq (→ no ranking)

[edit] Baseball

Defending bronze medalist Japan competed for the second time in the Olympic baseball tournament. They got off to a rough start, losing three of their first four games to Australia, Cuba, and the United States. After winning their next three, however, the Japanese were in a tie with the Nicaraguans for third and fourth places. Since Japan had beat Nicaragua in head-to-head competition, they won the tie-breaker and faced the United States in the semifinals rather than the Cubans, which had not lost any of their 16 games in the 1992 and 1996 Olympiads. Japan defeated the United States to advance to the final, where they became the Cubans' 18th victim (Nicaragua's loss in the semifinals being the 17th win for Cuba).

Men's Team Competition:

• Japan - Silver Medal (5-4)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Kazumasa Tsujimoto
  1. First Round — Lost to Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 5-10

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Nitami Fumitaka
  1. First Round — Lost to Edward Zakharov (Russia), 6-21

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Hirokuni Moto
  1. First Round — Defeated Tao Chen (China), 15-10
  2. First Round — Lost to Tomasz Borowski (Poland), 6-11

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 metres Freestyle:

• Yukihiro Matsushita
  1. Heat – 23.60 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100 metres Freestyle:

• Shunsuke Ito
  1. Heat – 51.29 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 metres Freestyle:

• Shunsuke Ito
  1. Heat – 1:51.97 (→ did not advance, 23th place)

Men's 400 metres Freestyle:

• Hisato Yasui
  1. Heat – 4:00.19 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Masato Hirano
  1. Heat – 15:19.48
  2. B-Final – 15:17.28 (→ 6th place)

• Hisato Yasui
  1. Heat – 15:43.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Keitaro Konnai
  1. Heat – 56.35
  2. B-Final – 55.74 (→ 9th place)

• Hajime Itoi
  1. Heat – 56.22
  2. B-Final – 56.23 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Hajime Itoi
  1. Heat – 2:00.43
  2. Final – 2:00.10 (→ 5th place)

• Ryuji Horii
  1. Heat – 2:02.33
  2. B-Final – 2:01.54 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Akira Hayashi
  1. Heat – 1:02.63
  2. B-Final – 1:02.75 (→ 12th place)

• Yoshinobu Miyazaki
  1. Heat – 1:03.13 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Akira Hayashi
  1. Heat – 2:15.37
  2. B-Final – 2:16.69 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Takashi Yamamoto
  1. Heat – 53.95
  2. B-Final – 53.98 (→ 13th place)

• Yukihiro Matsushita
  1. Heat – 54.50 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Takashi Yamamoto
  1. Heat – 2:00.87 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Tatsuya Kinugasa
  1. Heat – 2:03.42
  2. B-Final – 2:04.59 (→ 14th place)

• Jo Yoshimi
  1. Heat – 2:04.49
  2. B-Final – 2:05.42 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Toshiaki Kurasawa
  1. Heat – 4:24.83
  2. B-Final – 4:23.36 (→ 10th place)

• Tatsuya Kinugasa
  1. Heat – 4:26.73
  2. B-Final – 4:24.25 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Keitaro Konnai, Akira Hayashi, Takashi Yamamoto and Shunsuke Ito
  1. Heat – 3:41.78
  2. Final – 3:40.51 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Sumika Minamoto
  1. Heat – 25.89
  2. B-Final – 26.05 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Sumika Minamoto
  1. Heat – 57.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 2:01.11
  2. B-Final – 2:01.00 (→ 10th place)

• Naoko Imoto
  1. Heat – 2:03.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Eri Yamanoi
  1. Heat – 4:13.40
  2. Final – 4:11.68 (→ 7th place)

• Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 4:16.07
  2. B-Final – 4:16.60 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Eri Yamanoi
  1. Heat – 8:40.47 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

• Aiko Miyake
  1. Heat – 8:55.77 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Mai Nakamura
  1. Heat – 1:02.35
  2. Final – 1:02.33 (→ 4th place)

• Miki Nakao
  1. Heat – 1:02.90
  2. Final – 1:02.78 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Mai Nakamura
  1. Heat – 2:15.05
  2. B-Final – 2:13.40 (→ 9th place)

• Miki Nakao
  1. Heat – 2:12.92
  2. Final – 2:13.57 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Masami Tanaka
  1. Heat – 1:09.89
  2. B-Final – 1:10.43 (→ 13th place)

• Kyoko Iwasaki
  1. Heat – 1:11.33 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Masami Tanaka
  1. Heat – 2:29.36
  2. Final – 2:28.05 (→ 5th place)

• Kyoko Iwasaki
  1. Heat – 2:30.84
  2. B-Final – 2:29.32 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Hitomi Kashima
  1. Heat – 1:00.85
  2. Final – 1:00.11 (→ 4th place)

• Ayari Aoyama
  1. Heat – 1:00.20
  2. Final – 1:00.18 (→ 6th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Hitomi Kashima
  1. Heat – 2:16.04
  2. B-Final – 2:13.97 (→ 14th place)

• Mika Haruna
  1. Heat – 2:12.59
  2. Final – 2:11.93 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Fumie Kurotori
  1. Heat – 2:20.58 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Fumie Kurotori
  1. Heat – 4:48.51
  2. B-Final – 4:47.98 (→ 12th place)

• Hideko Hiranaka
  1. Heat – 4:49.32
  2. B-Final – 4:48.72 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Sumika Minamoto, Naoko Imoto, Eri Yamanoi and Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 3:48.77 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Eri Yamanoi, Naoko Imoto, Aiko Miyake and Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 8:09.46
  2. Final – 8:07.46 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, Ayari Aoyama and Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 4:10.71 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Shuzo Matsuoka
  1. First round — Lost to Tim Henman (Great Britain) 6-7 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki
  1. First round — Defeated Juan-Carlos Bianchi and Nicolas Pereira (Venezuela) 6-4, 6-7, 8-6
  2. Second round — Lost to Sergi Bruguera and Tomas Carbonell (Spain) 7-6, 2-6, 5-7

Women's Singles Competition

• Ai Sugiyama
  1. First round — Defeated Katarina Studenikova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 6-4 6-4
  3. Third round — Lost to Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) 3-6 4-6

• Kimiko Date
  1. First round — Defeated Dally Randriantefy (Madagascar) 6-0 6-1
  2. Second round — Defeated Virag Csurgo (Hungary) 6-2 6-3
  3. Third round — Defeated Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-4 6-4
  4. Quarter Finals — Lost to Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) 6-4 3-6 8-10

• Naoko Sawamatsu
  1. First round — Defeated Sung-Hee Park (South Korea) 6-3 4-6 6-3
  2. Second round — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (United States) 2-6 2-6

Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States

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