Japan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:JPN
Npcname:Japan Paralympic Committee
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2008
Website: 
Location:Beijing
Competitors:151
Sports:17
Flagbearer:Toru Suzuki
Rank:17
Gold:5
Silver:14
Bronze:8
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1964

Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Men's 400m T52 12 September
Men's 800m T52 16 September
Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) 9 September
Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3 11 September
Men's Singles 15 September
Women's Individual Compound Open 13 September
Men's 400m T52 12 September
Men's 800m T52 16 September
Men's Marathon T52 17 September
Men's Marathon T54 17 September
Men's Long Jump F42/44 14 September
Women's 100m T52 11 September
Women's 200m T52 15 September
Men's Individual Pursuit (LC 3) 9 September
Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 4) 7 September
Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) 7 September
Men −66 kg 7 September
Men's 50m Butterfly S6 13 September
Men's 50m Freestyle S11 14 September
Men's Marathon T52 17 September
Men's Discus Throw F53/54 14 September
Women's 100m T52 15 September
Men's Individual Time Trial LC3 12 September
Men's Individual Time Trial CP 4 12 September
Men's 100m Butterfly S11 9 September
Men's 150m Individual Medley SM4 14 September
Men's Doubles Open 14 September

Sports

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

|-|align=left|Akira Haraguchi|rowspan=3 align=left|Men's individual recurve standing|557|20|
L 83–109|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Takahiro Hasegawa|611|7|Bye|
L 94–100|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Kimimasa Onodera|620|5|Bye|
L 96–100|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Tsunehiko Naganuma|rowspan=2 align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2|576|20|
L 80–93|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Nobuji Yoshida|560|22|
W 89–74|
L 98–106|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Takahiro Hasegawa
Tsunehiko Naganuma
Kimimasa Onodera|align=left|Men's team recurve|1807|4|colspan=2 |
W 188–183|
L 188–201|
L 194–207|4|}

Women

|-|align=left|Chieko Kamiya|align=left|Women's individual compound open|627|7|colspan=2 |
W 107–106|
W 106–104|
L 98–112||-|align=left|Kimiko Konishi|rowspan=2 align=left|Women's individual recurve standing|536|12||
L 90–93|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Yae Yamakawa|561|8||
L 79–85|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Aya Nakanishi|rowspan=2 align=left|Women's individual recurve W1/W2|447|19|
W 82–78|
W 82–74|
W 90–84|
L 76–82|
L 94–98|4|-|align=left|Ayako Saitoh|543|9|Bye|
W 86–76|
L 90–96|colspan=3|did not advance|-|align=left|Kimiko Konishi
Ayako Saitoh
Yae Yamakawa|align=left|Women's team recurve|1640|3|colspan=2 |
L 167–174|colspan=3|did not advance|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Jun HiromichiT53400m52.787 q51.548
800m1:40.387 Q1:37.868
T545000m10:52.2820did not advance
Kota HokinoueT545000m10:14.553 Q10:23.705
Marathon1:23:225
Tadashi HorikoshiT131500m4:11.3611did not advance
5000m16:27.3612did not advance
Tomoya ItoT52400m59.211 Q57.25 PR
800m1:52.31 WR1 Q1:53.42
Hirokai KajisaT12Marathon2:56:3121
Susumu KangawaT53400m54.6715did not advance
800m1:46.6516did not advance
Kenji KotaniT54400m50.3218did not advance
800mDNF q1:35.8310did not advance
Hitoshi MatsunagaT53400m55.3816did not advance
800m1:42.5513did not advance
Yoshifumi NagaoT54200m26.1411did not advance
400m49.7512 Q51.6610did not advance
Masahito NiinoT12Marathon2:51:1421
Naohiro NinomiyaT461500m4:16.7922did not advance
5000m15:35.4410
Hiroki SasaharaT54800m1:37.425 Q1:41.2817did not advance
Marathon1:23:17
Masazumi SoejimaT541500m3:14.1718 Q3:10.6919did not advance
5000m10:22.4311did not advance
Marathon1:23:5512
Tomoki TagawaT46100m11.3912did not advance
200m23.3812did not advance
Koichi TakadaT11100m12.1621did not advance
Toshihiro TakadaT52400m1:02.917 q1:00.32
800m1:58.912 Q1:53.67
Marathon1:40:20
Yuichi TakahashiT12Marathon2:43:3816
Hirokazu UeyonabaruT52200m32.466
400m1:01.114 Q1:02.676
800m2:00.846 Q2:00.654
Marathon1:40:10
Atsushi YamamotoT42100m13.685
Hiroyuki YamamotoT541500m3:15.9221 q3:10.3716did not advance
Marathon1:23:226
Choke YasuokaT54200m26.5718did not advance
400m50.2417did not advance
800m1:36.512 Q1:40.3913did not advance
1500m3:17.2823 Q3:10.5318did not advance
Marathon1:24:0413
Naohiro Ninomiya
Toru Suzuki
Tomoki Tagawa
Atsushi Yamamoto		T42-464x100m relayDSQ
Susumu Kangawa
Kenji Kotani
Yoshifumi Nagao
Hitoshi Matsunaga		T53-544x400m relay3:23.177did not advance

Men's field

AthleteClassEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Toshie OiF53-54Discus throw26.211032
Mineho OzakiF11-12Javelin throw44.469086
Toru SuzukiF44/46High jump1.939655
Koichi TakadaF11Long jump5.74style="text-align:center;"-5
Atsushi YamamotoF42/44Long jump5.84989

Women's track

AthleteClassEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Yuki KatoT36100m15.424
200m33.535
Maya NakanishiT44100m13.935 q14.246
200m28.984
Uran SawadaT13100m14.1816did not advance
Teruyo TanakaT52100m21.33
200m40.364
Tomomi YamakiT52100m21.00
200m37.44

Women's field

AthleteClassEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Mariko FujitaF35-36Discus throw15.517219
Shot put6.627449
Uran SawadaF13Long jump4.93style="text-align:center;"-9

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
OpponentOpposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Takayuki KitaniMixed individual BC1L 2–55did not advance
L 4–8
W 4–3
L 2–6
Takayuki HiroseMixed individual BC2L 0–102did not advance
W 4–3
W 8–1
Risa KainumaL 2–83did not advance
L 2–5
W 4–2
Keizo UchidaW 5–41 Q
L 1–3		did not advance
W 6–0
W 6–2
Takayuki Hirose
Risa Kainuma
Takayuki Kitani
Keizo Uchida		Mixed team BC1-2L 4–73did not advance
L 4–7

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Masaki FujitaMen's road race LC3/LC4/CP31:41:0319
Men's road time trial LC338:38.96
Masashi IshiiMen's road race LC1/LC2/CP4DNF
Men's road time trial CP436:10.20
Mutsuhiko OgawaMixed road race49:474
Mixed road time trial25:35.808
Tatsuyuki Oshiro
Hitoshi Takahashi (pilot)		Men's road race B&VI 1–32:29:1813
Men's road time trial B&VI 1–335:10.0014

Men's track

AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOpposition
Time		Rank
Masaki FujitaMen's individual pursuit LC33:52.252 Q
L 3:59.02
Men's time trial LC3-41:17.314
Masashi IshiiMen's individual pursuit CP43:37.8481 Q
L 3:40.157
Men's time trial CP41:08.77 WR
Tatsuyuki Oshiro
Hitoshi Takahashi		Men's sprint B&VI 1–310.4824 Q

W 12.168
W 12.431		Q

L 0–2		q

L 1–2		4
Men's time trial B&VI 1–31:04.5935

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

AthleteHorseEventTotal
ScoreRank
Yutaka ShibuyaEleganceMixed individual championship test grade III48.32012
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III48.72812

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The women's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were in seventh place in the preliminary stage.

Players

Tournament

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

AthleteEventFirst RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage
round 1		Repechage
round 2		Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Satoshi FujimotoMen's 66kgBye
W 0101-0000

L 0000-0100
Yusuke HatsuseMen's 90kgBye
L 0001-0010
L 0000-1000		did not advance
Haruka HiroseMen's 100kg
W 0002-0001
L 0001-1001		Bye
W 0100-0010
L 0001-0100
Makoto HiroseMen's 60kg
W 1010-0000
L 0001–1000		Bye
L 0101-1000		Did not advance
Takayuki KimuraMen's 73kg
L 0000-1001		did not advance
Kenji OgaMen's 81kg
W 0210-0001
L 0000-0010		Bye

L 0000-1010

Women

AthleteEventFirst RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result
Masami AkatsukaWomen's 48kg
L 0000–1000
L 0000-0200		Did not advance
Rikei KomatsuWomen's +70kg
L 0010-1011
L 0000-1011
L 0000-0201
Minako TsuchiyaWomen's 52kg
L 0000-1010		Bye
L 0000-0200

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Kiyoto MatayoshiMen's 10m air rifle standing SH157520align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1113510align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH159620align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH157928align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Kenji OhashiMen's 10m air pistol SH155521align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH151913align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Aki TaguchiMixed 10m air rifle prone SH15995 Q103.0702.08
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH158318align=center colspan="3"did not advance

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Yukiko KinoshitaMixed 10m air rifle prone SH258523align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH257522align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Izumi TakehiWomen's 10 metre air rifle standing SH137520align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH154513align=center colspan="3"did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH159434align=center colspan="3"did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

AthleteClassEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Daisuke EjimaS7100m backstroke1:17.125 Q1:16.425
50m butterfly33.124 Q33.694
SM7200m individual medley2:58.389did not advance
Junichi KawaiS11100m backstroke1:13.175 Q1:09.464
100m butterfly1:05.892 Q1:05.79
50m freestyle27.433 Q27.16
Jumpei KimuraS7100m freestyle1:13.3413did not advance
400m freestyle5:29.678 Q5:28.108
SB6100m breaststroke1:34.624 Q1:35.885
SM7200m individual medley2:56.737 Q2:55.037
Keiichi KimuraS11100m butterfly1:10.116 Q1:09.396
50m freestyle28.359did not advance
100m freestyle1:03.846 Q1:02.725
400m freestyle5:15.049did not advance
SB11100m breaststroke1:18.275 Q1:17.255
Tomotaro NakamuraSB7100m breaststroke1:25.163 Q1:25.345
Kyosuke OyamaS650m butterfly32.592 Q31.01
50m freestyle32.877 Q31.375
100m freestyle1:12.257 Q1:12.247
400m freestyle5:38.868 Q5:28.387
Takayuki SuzukiS550m freestyle39.3510did not advance
100m freestyle1:25.517 Q1:25.297
200m freestyle3:02.808
SB350m breaststroke48.49 WR1 Q49.06
SM4150m individual medley2:44.912 Q2:41.11
Takuro YamadaS950m freestyle27.0410did not advance
100m freestyle57.825 Q57.295
400m freestyle4:28.987 Q4:25.786
SB8100m breaststroke1:17.766 Q1:18.407
SM9200m individual medley2:25.444 Q2:24.205

Women

AthleteClassEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Rina AkiyamaS1150m freestyle33.777 Q33.888
100m freestyle1:20.5712did not advance
Naomi IkinagaS1150m freestyle33.386 Q32.815
100m freestyle1:16.649did not advance
Noriko KajiwaraSB4100m breaststroke2:04.224 Q2:04.225
Akari KasamotoS13100m backstroke1:14.436 Q1:14.857
100m butterfly1:27.639did not advance
SM13200m individual medley2:55.168
Yuka KawamuraS550m backstroke55.017 Q55.418
50m freestyle46.5612did not advance
100m freestyle1:35.827 Q1:35.727
200m freestyle3:22.295 Q3:24.316
Yuri KitamuraSB5100m breaststroke2:02.687 Q2:03.417
Erika NaraS650m freestyle37.462 Q38.326
100m freestyle1:25.177 Q1:21.816
400m freestyle6:31.928 Q6:26.608
Mayumi NaritaS550m backstroke51.856 Q51.235
50m freestyle39.965 Q39.995
100m freestyle1:27.535 Q1:27.905
Manami NomuraS8100m butterfly1:21.948 Q1:20.648
SB8100m breaststroke1:27.154 Q1:25.874
SM8200m individual medley3:03.259did not advance
Sugako TakeuchiS550m freestyle43.726 Q44.046
100m freestyle1:39.928 Q1:38.218
200m freestyle3:40.0211did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Toshihiko OkaMen's singles C4-5
L 0–3
W 3–0		2did not advance
Kimie BesshoWomen's singles C5
L 2–3
W 3–0
W 3–1		2did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's tournament

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players
Results
  • 5–8th Semifinals
  • 7–8th Classification

    • Women's tournament

    The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

    Players
    Results
  • 5–8th Semifinals
  • 7th–8th Classification

    • Wheelchair basketball

    See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

    Men's tournament

    The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

    Players
    Results-------- -------- --------
  • Quarterfinals--------
  • 5–8th Classification----
  • 7th–8th Classification--------

    • Women's tournament

    The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Australia in the bronze medal match.

    Players
    Tournament-------- ---- --------
  • Quarterfinals--------
  • Semifinals--------
  • Bronze medal game--------

    • Wheelchair fencing

    See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    OppositionScoreRankOpposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Toyoaki HisakawaMen's épée BL 1–56did not advance
    L 1–5
    L 3–5
    L 0–5
    L 1–5
    Men's foil BL 3–54 Q
    L 6–15    		did not advance
    L 3–5
    W 5–4
    L 2–5
    W 5–4

    Wheelchair rugby

    See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

    Wheelchair tennis

    See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

    Men

    AthleteClassEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result
    Yoshinobu FujimotoOpenMen's singles
    W 7–5, 6–4
    W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
    L 1–6, 1–6    		did not advance
    Toshio Ikenoya
    L 1–6, 0–6    		did not advance
    Shingo Kunieda
    W 6–1, 6–0
    W 6–2, 6–1
    W 6–1, 6–1
    W 6–0, 6–1
    W 6–1, 6–1
    W 6–3, 6–0
    Satoshi Saida
    W 6–0, 6–0
    W 6–0, 6–1
    W 6–2, 6–3
    L 4–6, 2–6    		did not advance
    Yoshinobu Fujimoto
    Toshio Ikenoya    		Men's doubles /

    W 6–2, 5–7, 6–1    		 /

    L 2–6, 2–6    		did not advance
    Shingo Kunieda
    Satoshi Saida    		Bye /

    W 6–1, 6–1    		 /

    W 6–2, 6–1    		 /

    L 6–7, 6–3, 2–6    		 /

    W 3–6, 6–0, 6–2

    Women

    AthleteClassEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result
    Kanako DomoriOpenWomen's singles
    L 1–6, 3–6    		did not advance
    Chiyoko Ohmae
    L 4–6, 0–6    		did not advance
    Mie Yaosa
    L 4–6, 4–6    		did not advance
    Yuko Okabe
    L 2–6, 4–6    		did not advance
    Kanako Domori
    Chiyoko Ohmae    		Women's doublesBye /

    L 4–6, 5–7    		did not advance
    Yuko Okabe
    Mie Yaosa    		 /

    W 6–4, 6–0    		 /

    L 1–6, 2–6    		did not advance

    Quads

    See also

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