Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	JPN
Nocname:	Japanese Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	306 (139 men and 167 women)
Sports:	31
Flagbearer:	Kyoko Hamaguchi^[1]
Rank:	5
Gold:	16
Silver:	9
Bronze:	12
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1912

Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Japanese athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since 1912 except for two editions; it was not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London for its role in World War II, and was also part of the US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The Japanese Olympic Committee sent a total of 306 athletes, 139 men and 167 women, to compete in 27 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Japan was represented by more female than male athletes.

Japan left Athens with a total of 37 medals (16 gold, 9 silver, and 12 bronze), finishing fifth in the overall medal rankings.^[2] This was also the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the largest number of gold and overall medals in non-boycotting games and surpassing three gold medals short of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Ten of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, eight in swimming, six in wrestling, four in gymnastics, and two each in athletics and synchronized swimming. Eight Japanese athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in Athens. Japan's team-based athletes came strong and successful in Athens, as the baseball and softball teams managed to produce two bronze medals.

Among the nation's medalists were freestyle wrestlers Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho, who both claimed their gold medals in women's wrestling for the first time, and judoka Tadahiro Nomura and Ryoko Tani, who both successfully defended Olympic titles in their respective classes. Swimmer Kosuke Kitajima became the most successful Japanese athlete in these games, striking a breaststroke double with two golds and adding a bronze to his career hardware for the team in men's medley relay.^[3] Meanwhile, synchronized swimmers Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda managed to repeat their silver medals from Sydney in both women's duet and team routines. Takehiro Kashima, Hiroyuki Tomita, and Isao Yoneda claimed two individual medals each in men's artistic gymnastics, including their coveted gold in the team all-around.

On August 29, 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Hungary's Adrián Annus hammer throw title after failing the doping test, and the gold medal was subsequently awarded to Koji Murofushi at the conclusion of the Games, making him the nation's first ever Olympic champion in the field event.^[4]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Ryoji Aikawa Yuya Ando Kosuke Fukudome Hisashi Iwakuma Hitoki Iwase Kenji Jojima Makoto Kaneko Takuya Kimura Masahide Kobayashi Hiroki Kuroda Daisuke Matsuzaka Daisuke Miura Shinya Miyamoto Arihito Muramatsu Norihiro Nakamura Michihiro Ogasawara Naoyuki Shimizu Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshitomo Tani Koji Uehara Kazuhiro Wada Tsuyoshi Wada

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	8	2	0	10
	3	1	4	8
	2	1	3	6
	2	0	0	2
	1	1	2	4
	0	2	0	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	16	9	12	37

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Japanese archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	646	37	W 146–143	L 163–166	Did not advance
Yuji Hamano	660	17	L 150–155	Did not advance
Hiroshi Yamamoto	664	9	W 155-147	W 162–154	W 168–160	W 111–110	W 115 (10–115) (9)	L 109–111
Takaharu Furukawa Yuji Hamano Hiroshi Yamamoto	Team	1970	5	W 254–241	L 236–242	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yukari Kawasaki	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	622	37	L 106–119	Did not advance
Sayoko Kawauchi	601	53	W 137–129	L 150–154	Did not advance
Sayami Matsushita	624	35	W 165–157	L 149–173	Did not advance
Yukari Kawasaki Sayoko Kawauchi Sayami Matsushita	Team	1847	14	L 226–240	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Japanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[5] [6]} The team was selected based on the results of the 2004 Japan Championships in Athletics.

Koji Murofushi originally claimed a silver medal in men's hammer throw. On August 29, 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Hungary's Adrián Annus hammer throw title after failing the doping test. Following the announcement of Annus' disqualification, Murofushi's medal was eventually upgraded to gold.^{[4] [7]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shigeru Aburaya	Marathon	2:13:11	5
Nobuharu Asahara	100 m	10.33	1 Q	10.24	4	Did not advance
Tomoaki Kunichika	Marathon	2:21:13	42
Ryo Matsuda	200 m	24.59	8	Did not advance
Masato Naito	110 m hurdles	13.56	5 q	13.54	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ryuji Ono	10000 m	29:06.50	19
3000 m steeplechase	8:29.07	6	Did not advance
Jun Osakada	400 m	46.39	5	Did not advance
Mitsuhiro Sato	400 m	46.70	6	Did not advance
Shingo Suetsugu	100 m	10.27	3 Q	10.19	5	Did not advance
Toshinari Suwa	Marathon	2:13:24	6
Shinji Takahira	200 m	21.05	6	Did not advance
Dai Tamesue	400 m hurdles	48.80	3 Q	48.46	3	Did not advance
Satoru Tanigawa	110 m hurdles	13.39 NR	3 Q	13.70	7	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Takayuki Tanii	20 km walk	1:23:38	15
50 km walk
Hiroyasu Tsuchie	100 m	10.37	5	Did not advance
Yuki Yamaguchi	400 m	46.16	5	Did not advance
Ken Yoshizawa	400 m hurdles	50.95	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yuki Yamazaki	20 km walk
50 km walk	3:57:00	16
Nobuharu Asahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Hiroyasu Tsuchie	4 × 100 m relay	38.53	5 q	38.49	4
Tomohiro Ito Jun Osakada Mitsuhiro Sato Yuki Yamaguchi	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.71	2 Q	3:00.99	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yukifumi Murakami	Javelin throw	78.59	18	Did not advance
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	79.55	3 Q	82.91
Daichi Sawano	Pole vault	5.70	15 Q	5.55	=13
Takanori Sugibayashi	Triple jump	15.95	38	Did not advance
Shinichi Terano	Long jump	7.70	29	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kayoko Fukushi	align=left rowspan=2	10000 m	33:48.66	26
Harumi Hiroyama	32:15.12	18
Mayumi Kawasaki	20 km walk	1:37:56	40
Mizuki Noguchi	Marathon	2:26:20
Megumi Oshima	10000 m	31:42.18	13
Naoko Sakamoto	Marathon	2:31:43	7
Miho Sugimori	800 m	2:02.82	6	Did not advance
Reiko Tosa	Marathon	2:28:44	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Maho Hanaoka	Long jump	6.31	34	Did not advance
Takayo Kondo	Pole vault	4.15	32	Did not advance
Chinatsu Mori	Shot put	15.86	31	Did not advance
Yuka Murofushi	Hammer throw	65.33	27	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Yuki Nakata	Result	13.94	1.76	11.54	25.76		39.75	2:18.46	4871	28
Points	987	928	631	818	0	662	845

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shōji Satō	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L 6–15, 5–15	Did not advance
Hidetaka Yamada	L 8–15, 10–15	Did not advance
Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Doubles		L 7–15, 17–16, 9–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kaori Mori	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W 11–5, 11–4	L 2–11, 4–11	Did not advance
Miho Tanaka	L 7–11, 11–5, 8–11	Did not advance
Kanako Yonekura	L 4–11, 7–11	Did not advance
Chikako Nakayama Keiko Yoshitomi	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 4–15, 11–15	Did not advance
Seiko Yamada Shizuka Yamamoto	L 7–15, 9–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Baseball

See main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

RosterManager: 33 – Kiyoshi Nakahata

Coaches: 31 – Yutaka Takagi, 32 – Yutaka Ohno

Preliminary round

width=170	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=100	Tiebreaker
	6	1	1-0
	6	1	0-1
	5	2	-
	4	3	-
	3	4	-
	2	5	-
	1	6	1-0
	1	6	0-1

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Final

Won Bronze Medal

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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9th-10th Place Final

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Japan sent one boxer to the 2004 Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miyuki Shirata	Women's K-1 500 m	2:00.860	7 q	2:03.076	7	Did not advance
Shinobu Kitamoto Yumiko Suzuki	Women's K-2 500 m	1:44.730	4 q	1:47.614	8	Did not advance
Miho Adachi Shinobu Kitamoto Yumiko Suzuki Mikiko Takeya	Women's K-4 500 m	1:36.873	4 q	1:35.493	2 Q	1:40.188	9

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Shinri Suzuki	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	Did not finish
Yasutaka Tashiro	5:50:35	56
Miyoko Karami	align=left rowspan=2	Women's road race	3:30:30	41
Miho Oki	3:25:42	20

Track

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
Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Men's sprint	10.646 67.631	14	Withdrew
Toshiaki Fushimi Masaki Inoue Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Men's team sprint	44.355 60.872	3 Q	W 44.081 61.250	L 44.246 61.022

Time trial

Keirin

Omnium

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kenji Takeya	Men's cross-country	(1 lap)	38
Yukari Nakagome	Women's cross-country	(1 lap)	22

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Japanese divers qualified two spots each in men's springboard and women's platform.

Men

Women

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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
Tadayoshi Hayashi	Swanky	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	8	=47	17	25	54 Q	Retired			Did not advance
Ryuichi Obata	Oliver Q	14	=66	Eliminated			Did not advance
Taizo Sugitani	Lamalushi	12	=60	16	28	61 Q	9	37	=51 Q	8	=12 Q	12	20	=16	20	=16
Yuka Watanabe	Nike	3	18	3	6	=13 Q	18	24	=37 Q	17	39	Did not advance
Tadayoshi Hayashi Ryuichi Obata Taizo Sugitani Yuka Watanabe	See above	Team	36	13	Did not advance			36	13

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Japan in 2004.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuki Ota	Individual foil		W 15–9	L 8–15	Did not advance
Masashi Nagara	Individual sabre	W 15–8	L 9–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Megumi Harada	Individual épée	W 15–6	L 14–15	Did not advance
Chieko Sugawara	Individual foil		W 15–6	L 2–15	Did not advance
Madoka Hisagae	Individual sabre		W 15–14	L 13–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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5th-8th Place Semifinal

7th-8th Place Final

Football

See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Women's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

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Quarterfinal

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Takehiro Kashima	align=left rowspan=7	Team	9.150	9.812 Q		9.625	9.475	9.737		9.750		9.600	9.737	9.825	colspan=2
Hisashi Mizutori		9.450	9.650	9.500		9.737	9.625	colspan=5
Daisuke Nakano	9.725 Q		9.012		9.800 Q	9.775 Q	9.412	colspan=7
Hiroyuki Tomita	8.987	9.750 Q	9.750 Q	9.650	9.787 Q	9.725	57.649	3 Q		9.675	9.787	9.687	9.700	9.850	colspan=2
Naoya Tsukahara	9.725	9.687	9.700	9.425	9.650	9.312	9.650	9.712		9.575	colspan=3
Isao Yoneda	9.725 Q	8.450	9.625	9.637	9.687	9.800 Q	56.924	10 Q	9.587	9.550		9.787	colspan=2
Total	38.325	38.699	38.725	38.412	38.924	39.049	232.134	1 Q	28.311	29.075	29.124	28.837	29.012	29.462	173.821

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Takehiro Kashima	Pommel horse		9.787	9.787
align=left rowspan=3	Daisuke Nakano	Floor	9.712	9.712	6
Parallel bars	9.762		9.762	5
Horizontal bar	8.750	8.750	9
align=left rowspan=4	Hiroyuki Tomita	All-around	9.062	9.737	9.762	9.625	9.637	9.662	57.485	6
Pommel horse		9.062	9.062	8
Rings	9.800	9.800	4
Parallel bars	9.775		9.775
align=left rowspan=3	Isao Yoneda	All-around	9.650	9.575	9.337	9.700	9.612	9.025	56.899	10
Floor	9.662	9.662	7
Horizontal bar	9.787	9.787

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Manami Ishizaka	align=left rowspan=2		9.125	9.187	8.637	9.262	36.211	33	Did not advance
Kyoko Oshima	8.662	9.362	8.437	8.500	34.961	51	Did not advance

Trampoline

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Fourteen Japanese judoka (seven males and five females) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tadahiro Nomura	−60 kg		W 1120–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	W 0100–0001
Masato Uchishiba	−66 kg		W 1011–0000	W 1001–0000	W 1001–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000
Masahiro Takamatsu	−73 kg		L 0010–0101	Did not advance
Masahiko Tomouchi	−81 kg		L 0001–0201	Did not advance			L 0001–0102	Did not advance
Hiroshi Izumi	−90 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1010–0010	W 0001–0000	W 0101–0001	L 0000–1001
Kosei Inoue	−100 kg	W 1010–0000	W 0002–0001	W 1000–0000	L 0010–1020	Did not advance		L 0000–1011	Did not advance
Keiji Suzuki	+100 kg		W 0120–0010	W 1101–0001	W 1011-0100	W 1010–0001	W 1000–0000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryoko Tani	−48 kg		W 0220–0001	W 1011–0001	W 0211–0001	W 0112–0001
Yuki Yokosawa	−52 kg	W 1000–0000	W 0101–0100	W 1001–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–1000
Kie Kusakabe	−57 kg	W 1000–0000	W 0020–0002	L 0000–0200	Did not advance		L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Ayumi Tanimoto	−63 kg	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	W	W 0200–0000
Masae Ueno	−70 kg	W 1000–0001	W 0012–0001	W 1000–0000	W 1002–0000	W 1000–0001
Noriko Anno	−78 kg		W 1011–0000	W 0101–0001	W 0010–0000	W 1010–0001
Maki Tsukada	+78 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1012–0100	W 0210–0000	W 1000–0100

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The Japanese rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Women

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Japanese sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Motokazu Kenjo	Mistral	16	23	18	23	OCS	4	12	12	15	19	28	170	19
Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki	470	3	7	21	18	7	12	1	9	5	17	11	90

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Masako Imai	Mistral	12	14	17	11	5	16	17	10	16	17	18	135	17
Maiko Sato	Europe	24	16	24	16	23	11	23	10	24	22	23	192	24
Mitsuko Satake Yuka Yoshisako	470	DSQ	17	16	10	8	12	4	12	3	18	1	101	11

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Kunio Suzuki	Laser	30	22	39	OCS	29	25	30	28	22	29	27	281	35
Kenji Nakamura Masato Takaki	49er	12	14	19	OCS	4	2	19	4	2	14	4	7	17	18	14	15	146	15

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Nine Japanese shooters (three men and six women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Masaru Nakashige	10 m air pistol	576	=23	Did not advance
50 m pistol	537	38	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Shuji Tazawa	10 m air pistol	573	=30	Did not advance
25 m rapid fire pistol	573	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Masaru Yanagida	10 m air rifle	594	=9	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	591	=24	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1159	=16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Michiko Fukushima	10 m air pistol	378	25	Did not advance
25 m pistol	577	=13	Did not advance
Yoko Inada	10 m air pistol	382	=10	Did not advance
Megumi Inoue	Double trap	109	3 Q	140	5
Yukari Konishi	25 m pistol	575	=19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Hiromi Misaki	10 m air rifle	392	=22	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	569	24	Did not advance
Taeko Takeba	Trap	59	8	Did not advance

Softball

See main article: Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In the final game of the preliminary round, Yukiko Ueno of Japan pitched the first perfect game in Olympic softball history as Japan defeated China 2-0. Two days later, Japan again defeated China in the 3rd/4th semifinal to guarantee a medal. Their loss in the bronze medal game left them with the bronze.

Team Roster

Japan
Position	No.	Player	Birth	Club in 2004
IF	3	Masumi Mishina	MAR/12/1982	Hitachi Takasaki
IF	4	Emi Naito	OCT/06/1979	Toyota Industries Corp.
IF	5	Rie Sato	AUG/14/1980	Leo Palace 21
OF	7	Yumi Iwabuchi	SEP/10/1979	Hitachi Takasaki
OF	8	Eri Yamada	MAR/08/1984	Hitachi Software
P	12	Naoko Sakamoto	MAY/11/1985	Hitachi Takasaki
P	15	Yuki Sato	NOV/03/1980	Leo Palace 21
P	17	Yukiko Ueno	JUL/22/1982	Hitachi Takasaki
P	18	Juri Takayama	OCT/21/1976	Toyota Industries Corp.
IF	19	Kazue Ito	DEC/22/1977	Hitachi Takasaki
P	21	Hiroko Sakai	NOV/03/1978	Toda Chūō General Hospital
C	23	Emi Inui	OCT/26/1983	Hitachi Takasaki
C	25	Noriko Yamaji	SEP/17/1970	Taiyo Yuden
OF	26	Haruka Saito	MAR/14/1970	Hitachi Software
IF	28	Reika Utsugi	JUN/01/1963	Hitachi Takasaki
Bench Coaches
Team Manager	30	Taeko Utsugi	APR/06/1953
Coach		Mitsufumi Urano	JAN/25/1953
Coach		Yoshimi Kobayashi	AUG/11/1968

Preliminary Round

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
	7	7	0	41	0	1.000
	7	6	1	22	14	0.857
	7	4	3	17	8	0.571
	7	3	4	15	20	0.429
	7	3	4	6	14	0.429
	7	2	5	3	13	0.286
	7	2	5	6	24	0.286
	7	1	6	8	24	0.143

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Game

Won Bronze Medal

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Japanese swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Genki Imamura	200 m breaststroke	2:14.10	11 Q	2:12.86	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kosuke Kitajima	100 m breaststroke	1:00.03	1 Q	1:00.01	1 Q	1:00.08
200 m breaststroke	2:11.97	2 Q	2:10.86	3 Q	2:09.44
align=left rowspan=3	Takeshi Matsuda	400 m freestyle	3:49.05 AS	8 Q	3:48.96 AS	8
1500 m freestyle	15:16.42	13	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	1:58.23	12 Q	1:58.13	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Jiro Miki	200 m individual medley	2:00.93	4 Q	2:01.09	8 Q	2:02.16	8
400 m individual medley	4:16.32	4 Q	4:19.97	7
Takahiro Mori	200 m individual medley	2:01.33	9 Q	2:00.57	7 Q	2:00.60	6
align=left rowspan=2	Tomomi Morita	100 m backstroke	54.41	1 Q	54.62	3 Q	54.36 AS
200 m backstroke	2:01.19	16 Q	1:59.52	8 Q	1:58.40 AS	5
align=left rowspan=2	Yoshihiro Okumura	100 m freestyle	50.24	27	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:49.54	13 Q	1:49.49	10	Did not advance
Susumu Tabuchi	400 m individual medley	4:22.46	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Takashi Yamamoto	100 m butterfly	52.71	10 Q	52.81	9	Did not advance
200 m Butterfly	1:57.36	2 Q	1:56.69	4 Q	1:54.56 AS
Kosuke Kitajima Tomomi Morita Yoshihiro Okumura Takashi Yamamoto	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.04	4 Q	3:35.22

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Misa Amano	200 m individual medley	2:17.88	17	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:45.61	10	Did not advance
Noriko Inada	100 m backstroke	1:01.67	5 Q	1:01.74	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Tomoko Nagai	100 m freestyle	55.76	12 Q	56.03	16	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	2:00.73	13 Q	2:00.09	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Reiko Nakamura	100 m backstroke	1:01.39	2 Q	1:01.24	8 Q	1:01.05	4
200 m backstroke	2:11.14	2 Q	2:10.14	3 Q	2:09.88
align=left rowspan=2	Yuko Nakanishi	100 m butterfly	1:00.16	17 Q	59.53	14	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:10.04	2 Q	2:08.83	2 Q	2:08.04
Junko Onishi	100 m butterfly	59.22	7 Q	59.24	8 Q	59.83	8
Yukiko Osada	200 m butterfly	2:11.20	8 Q	2:11.35	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ai Shibata	400 m freestyle	4:07.63	4 Q	4:07.51	5
800 m freestyle	8:30.08	3 Q	8:24.54
align=left rowspan=2	Masami Tanaka	100 m breaststroke	1:09.44	10 Q	1:09.11	9	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:26.91	5 Q	2:26.38	2 Q	2:25.87	4
Aya Terakawa	200 m backstroke	2:13.55	10 Q	2:12.21	7 Q	2:12.90	8
align=left rowspan=2	Sachiko Yamada	400 m freestyle	4:09.10	8 Q	4:10.91	6
800 m freestyle	8:36.48	12	Did not advance
Noriko Inada Tomoko Nagai Reiko Nakamura Junko Onishi Masami Tanaka	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.99	6 Q	4:04.83	5

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Nine Japanese synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda	Duet	49.000	2	49.000	98.000	2 Q	49.417	98.417
Michiyo Fujimaru Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Emiko Suzuki Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda Juri Tatsumi Yoko Yoneda	Team	49.167	2	49.334	98.501

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Eight Japanese table tennis players (five men and three women) qualified for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shu Arai	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 1–4	Did not advance
Koji Matsushita	W 4–0	W 4–0	L 0–4	Did not advance
Ryo Yuzawa	L 1–4	Did not advance
Shu Arai Ryo Yuzawa	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		W 4–0	L 0–4	Did not advance
Akira Kito Toshio Tasaki			W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ai Fujinuma	align=left rowspan=3	Singles		W 4–0	W 4–3	L 2–4	Did not advance
Ai Fukuhara		W 4-3	W 4–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Aya Umemura	W 4–2	L 2–4	Did not advance
Ai Fujinuma Aya Umemura	Doubles	W 4–2	L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Japan has qualified one taekwondo jin.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shinobu Asagoe	align=left rowspan=4	Women's singles	L 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
Akiko Morigami	W 6–1, 6–4	L 6–7^(5–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Saori Obata	L 6–7^(3–7), 5–7	Did not advance
Ai Sugiyama	W 4–6, 6–3, 8–6	W 7–5, 6–4	W 7–6^(8–6), 6–1	L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama	align=left rowspan=2	Women's doubles		W 5–7, 7–5, 6–3	W 6–3, 7–5	W 6–4, 4–6, 6–4	L 3–6, 0–6	L 3–6, 3–6	4
Akiko Morigami Saori Obata		W 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Five Japanese triathletes qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	18:20	0:18	1:05:34	0:19	33:49	1:57:43.51	32
Hirokatsu Tayama	18:03	0:17	1:01:43	0:17	33:42	1:53:28.41	13
Machiko Nakanishi	align=left rowspan=3	Women's	19:40	0:18	1:10:45	0:23	38:26	2:08:51.06	20
Kiyomi Niwata	20:35	0:22	1:09:54	0:23	37:13	2:07:42.79	14
Akiko Sekine	20:37	0:20	1:09:49	0:23	37:08	2:07:34.02	12

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Four Japanese weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masaharu Yamada	Men's −56 kg	102.5		—	—	—
Toshio Imamura	Men's −62 kg	120	=12	150	=12	270	11
Takanobu Iwazaki	Men's +105 kg	170	14	215	12	385	12
Hiromi Miyake	Women's −48 kg	77.5	=9	97.5	8	175	9

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chikara Tanabe	−55 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1		1 Q	W 4–0	L 0–3	W 3–0
Kenji Inoue	−60 kg	L 1–3	W 3–1	W 4–0	1 Q		L 1–3	W 3–1
Kazuhiko Ikematsu	−66 kg	W 5–0	W 3–1		1 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance	W 3–1	5
Kunihiko Obata	−74 kg	W 3–0	L 0–3		2	Did not advance			12
Hidekazu Yokoyama	−84 kg	L 1–3	W 3–1		2	Did not advance			10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Masatoshi Toyota	−55 kg	L 1–3	W 4–0		2	Did not advance			10
Makoto Sasamoto	−60 kg	W 4–0	W 3–1		1 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance	W 3–0	5
Katsuhiko Nagata	−74 kg	L 1–3	L 0–3		3	Did not advance			16
Shingo Matsumoto	−84 kg	L 0–3	W 3–1	W 3–1	2	Did not advance			7

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chiharu Icho	−48 kg	W 4–0	W 5–0	1 Q		W 4–1	L 1–3
Saori Yoshida	−55 kg	W 4–0	W 4–0	1 Q		W 3–1	W 3–0
Kaori Icho	−63 kg	W 4–0	W 3–1	1 Q		W 3–0	W 3–1
Kyoko Hamaguchi	−72 kg	W 3–1	W 4–0	1 Q		L 1–3	W 3–0

See also

• Japan at the 2002 Asian Games
• Japan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Japanese Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. News: Hamaguchi leads in Japan. The Japan Times. 15 August 2004. 8 April 2014.
2. News: Holmes. Tracey. Big bag of surprises at Athens. CNN. 24 August 2004. 8 April 2014.
3. News: Japan's Kitajima wins men's 200m breaststroke for 2nd gold. Xinhua. People's Daily. 19 August 2004. 8 April 2014.
4. News: IOC strips Annus of hammer gold. CNN. 29 August 2004. 8 April 2014.
5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
7. News: Annus loses hammer gold. BBC Sport. 29 August 2004. 4 April 2014.