Japan at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	JPN
Nocname:	Japanese Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2010
Location:	Singapore
Competitors:	71
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Ayuka Tanioka^[1]
Rank:	7
Gold:	8
Silver:	5
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

Japan competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				15 Aug
				16 Aug
				17 Aug
				18 Aug
				22 Aug
				23 Aug
				23 Aug
				26 Aug
				21 Aug
				21 Aug
				22 Aug
				22 Aug
				22 Aug
				20 Aug
				20 Aug
				20 Aug

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
	2	0	0	2
	2	0	0	2
	2	0	0	2
	1	1	2	4
	1	0	0	1
	0	4	0	4
	0	0	1	1
Total	8	5	3	16

Medals by day
Day				Total
August 15	1	0	0	1
August 16	1	0	0	1
August 17	1	0	0	1
August 18	1	0	0	1
August 19	0	0	0	0
August 20	0	0	3	3
August 21	0	2	0	2
August 22	1	3	0	4
August 23	2	0	0	2
August 24	0	0	0	0
August 25	0	0	0	0
August 26	1	0	0	1
Total	8	5	3	16

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Girls

Mixed Team

Athlete	Event	Partner	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
			Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tsukushi Koiwa	Mixed Team		/ W 7–3	/ W 7–3	/ L 5–6	Did not advance	5
Mai Okubo	Mixed Team		/ W 6–0	/ L 0–6	Did not advance	9

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics.

Boys

Track and road events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masaki Nashimoto	Boys' 100m	10.74	4 Q	10.51
Keisuke Homma	Boys' 200m	21.74	4 Q	21.27
Koki Takada	Boys' 1000m	align=center colspan=2	DSQ qB	2:29.29	15
Kazuto Nishiike	Boys' 3000m	8:13.05	4 Q	8:08.57	4
Genki Naruse	Boys' 400m hurdles	54.71	14 qC	52.86	12
	Boys' medley relay		1:54.14	5

Field Events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daichi Nakamura	Boys' Discus Throw	52.84	11 qB	51.82	12
Sho Matsubara	Boys' Long Jump	7.51	4 Q	7.65
Wataru Tanaka	Boys' Pole Vault	4.80	1 Q	4.70	7

Girls

Track and road events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mai Nishiwaki	Girls' 1000m	2:52.85	10 Q	2:54.39	9
Moe Kyuma	Girls' 3000m	9:35.33	2 Q	9:23.70
Motoko Nakahara	Girls' 100m hurdles	14.32	13 qB	14.29	13

Field events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shoko Matsuda	Girls' shot put	13.08	12 qB	13.53	10
Tsukasa Okumura	Girls' javelin throw	42.62	10 qB	46.24	9
Yuka Takahashi	Girls' long jump	5.99	5 Q	6.08	5
Remi Odajima	Girls' pole vault	3.80	8 Q	3.65	6

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Girls

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Knock-Out Stage
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Misaki Matsutomo	Girls' singles	L 1–2 (17–21, 21–5, 19–21)	W 2–0 (21–4, 21–2)	W 2–0 (21–11, 21–9)	2	Did not advance
Naoko Fukuman	Girls' singles	W 2–0 (21–8, 21–8)	L 0–2 (15–21, 14–21)	L 1–2 (15–21, 21–16, 10–21)	3	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Girls

Squad list	Event	Group stage		Placement stage			Rank
		Group D	Rank	1st–8th	5th–8th	5th–6th
Misato Kuma Hikari Itaya Maria Imanaka Moeko Nagaoka (C)	Girls' basketball	L 17–26	2	L 23–26	W 28–18	W 32–29	5
		W 17–10
		W 24–17
		W 34–20

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Cross country

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Idomu Yamamoto	Boys' cross country	1:05:14	19	72
Manami Iwade	Girls' cross country	54:19	11	32

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Koji Nagase	Boys' time trial	4:14.07	15	28
Manami Iwade	Girls' time trial	3:42.29	20	40

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding round	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Rank	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points
Yoshitaku Nagasako	Boys' BMX	32.353	7	36.726	2	33.045	2	32.581	2	2 Q	32.907	5	32.839	2	55.485	6	4 Q	31.938	5	30
Manami Iwade	Girls' BMX	43.321	10	43.573	3	42.648	3	42.540	3	3 Q	44.103	6	43.318	5	43.916	6	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance	30

Road race

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points
Koji Nagase	Boys' Road race	1:05:44	21	72
Idomu Yamamoto	Boys' Road race	1:05:44	26
Yoshitaku Nagasako	Boys' Road race	align=center colspan=2	DNF

Overall

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic gymnastics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Floor		Pommel horse		Rings		Vault		Parallel bars		Horizontal bar		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yuya Kamoto	Boys' qualification	14.500	2 Q	13.650	5 Q	14.500	2 Q	15.750	5	14.850	1 Q	13.950	5 Q	87.200	1 Q
	Boys' individual all-around	14.250	2	13.350	6	14.400	2	15.700	3	14.600	1	14.050	2	86.350

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Yuya Kamoto	Boys' floor	13.050	8
	Boys' pommel horse	13.325	6
	Boys' rings	14.200
	Boys' parallel bars	13.750	6
	Boys' horizontal bar	14.075	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Vault		Uneven bars		Beam		Floor		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Natsumi Sasada	Girls' qualification	14.000	4 Q	13.200	9	13.550	9	12.800	13	53.550	10 Q
	Girls' individual all-around	13.800	6	14.050	3	14.100	5	13.150	8	55.100	4

Rhythmic gymnastics

Team

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Routine 1	Routine 2	Total	Rank	Routine 1	Rank
Ginga Munetomo	Boys' trampoline	27.500	38.700	66.200	3 Q	40.000
Chisato Doihata	Girls' trampoline	26.600	35.800	62.400	4 Q	36.700

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ryosuke Igarashi	Boys' −100 kg	BYE	W 021–000		W 100–000	W 002–000
Miku Tashiro	Girls' −63 kg	BYE	W 100–000	W 101–000	W 100–001	W 100–000

Team

Team	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Chiba	Mixed Team	BYE	Essen L 2–5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance	5
Essen	Mixed Team	Munich W 4–3	Chiba W 5–2	Cairo W 5–2	Belgrade W 6–1

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Windsurfing

Athlete	Event	Race											Points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Dauya Kuramochi	Boys' Techno 293	4	7	10	8	7	11	7	OCS	9	4	10	77	8
Shiori Yuri	Girls' Techno 293	12	11	12	14	12	OCS	12	18	12	12	11	126	13

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Yusuke Yamagishi	Boys' 100m backstroke	58.97	19	Did not advance
	Boys' 200m backstroke	2:05.32	7 Q		2:04.67	5
Tatsunari Shoda	Boys' 200m breaststroke	2:21.54	15		Did not advance
	Boys' 200m individual medley	2:08.29	18		Did not advance
Jun Isaji	Boys' 100m butterfly	55.88	19	Did not advance
	Boys' 200m butterfly	2:04.13	10		Did not advance
Takahiro Tsutsumi	Boys' 200m individual medley	2:03.73	5 Q		2:06.18	8
Jun Isaji Tatsunari Shoda Takahiro Tsutsumi Yusuke Yamagishi	Boys' 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:32.20	10		Did not advance
Jun Isaji Tatsunari Shoda Takahiro Tsutsumi Yusuke Yamagishi	Boys' 4 × 100 m medley relay	3:52.55	9		Did not advance

Girls

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Yukiko Watanabe	Girls' 100m backstroke	1:04.23	6 Q	1:04.24	9	Did not advance
	Girls' 200m backstroke	2:16.82	8 Q		2:18.36	8
Mina Ochi	Girls' 100m backstroke	1:05.52	18	Did not advance
	Girls' 200m backstroke	2:18.26	12		Did not advance
Maya Hamano	Girls' 100m breaststroke	1:11.32	5 Q	1:10.91	5 Q	1:10.18	4
	Girls' 200m breaststroke	2:31.67	3 Q		2:29.75
Mayuko Okada	Girls' 100m butterfly	1:03.75	21	Did not advance
	Girls' 200m butterfly	2:18.72	15		Did not advance
Yukiko Watanabe Mina Ochi Maya Hamano Mayuko Okada	Girls' 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:02.29	10		Did not advance
Yukiko Watanabe Mina Ochi Maya Hamano Mayuko Okada	Girls' 4 × 100 m medley relay	4:19.00	6 Q		4:16.80	5

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Jun Isaji Yusuke Yamagishi Mina Ochi Maya Hamano	Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:49.23	14		Did not advance
Yukiko Watanabe Tatsinari Shoda Mayuko Okada Takahiro Tsutsumi	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay	4:06.13	8 Q		4:06.18	7

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Group Matches	Rank	Group Matches	Rank
Koki Niwa	Boys' singles	W 3–0 (11–6, 11–4, 11–7)	1 Q	W 3–0 (11–3, 11–6, 11–2)	1 Q	W 4–2 (8–11, 8–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–9, 13–11)	W 4–0 (11–7, 14–12, 11–4, 11–8)	W 4–2 (9–11, 11–8, 13–11, 13–15, 11–7, 15–13)
		W 3–0 (11–7, 11–5, 11–7)	W 3–0 (11–5, 11–7, 11–2)
		W 3–0 (11–4, 11–5, 11–4)	W 3–0 (11–7, 11–4, 7–11 11–3)
Ayuka Tanioka	Girls' singles	W 3–0 (11–7, 11–3, 11–4)	1 Q	W 3–1 (12–10, 10–12, 11–7, 11–4)	2 Q	L 0–4 (7–11, 4–11, 10–12, 8–11)	Did not advance	5
		W 3–2 (11–9, 11–5, 9–11, 16–18, 11–6)	W 3–1 (11–7, 7–11, 12–10, 11–7)
		W 3–1 (9–11, 11–6, 11–4, 11–2)	L 0–3 (2–11, 2–11, 10–12)

Team

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Group matches	Rank
Japan	Mixed team	Brazil W 3–0 (3–0, 3–0, 3–0)	1 Q	align=center rowspan=3	Hong Kong W 2–0 (3–2, 3–2)	align=center rowspan=3	Singapore W 2–1 (0–3, 3–1, 3–2)	align=center rowspan=3	Intercontinental 1 W 2–1 (0–3, 3–0, 3–1)	align=center rowspan=3	Korea W 2–1 (2–3, 3–2, 3–2)
		Pan America 1 W 3–0 (3–2, 3–0, 3–0)
		BYE

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Yasutaka Uchiyama	Boys' singles	L 0–2 (5–7, 2–6)	Consolation L 1–2 (3–6, 6–4, ['''4'''–10])	Did not advance
Sachie Ishizu	Girls' singles	L 0–2 (3–6, 3–6)	Consolation W 2–0 (w/o)	Consolation W 2–0 (6–1, 6–3)	Consolation W 2–0 (6–1, 7–6)	Consolation W 2–0 (6–2, 7–5)
Emi Mutaguchi	Girls' singles	L 0–2 (3–6, 4–6)	Consolation W 2–0 (6–1, 6–4)	Consolation W 2–0 (3–0RET)	Consolation L 0–2 (0–6, 3–6)	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
	Boys' doubles	L 0–2 (4–6, 4–6)	Did not advance
	Girls' doubles	W 2–0 (6–1, 6–4)	L 1–2 (6–4, 3–6, ['''12'''–14])	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. Yuka Sato won the first gold medal of the Youth Olympic Games.^[2]

Girls

Men's

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Total times per athlete (swim 250 m, bike 7 km, run 1.7 km)	Total group time	Rank
	Mixed team relay Asia 2	22:55 20:43 23:54 20:08	1:27:40.62	13
	Mixed team relay Asia 1	20:16 20:06 22:19 20:39	1:23:20.88	8

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Squad List	Event	Group Stage		Semifinal	Bronze Medal Match	Rank
		Group A	Rank
Yoko Onuma Nozomi Inoue Chizu Ichikawa Anna Fukami (C) Yui Kageyama Yukiko Akashi Saaya Karaki Ayaka Mori Mami Ogonuki Sayaka Tokiwa Akari Imakado Mayu Koizumi	Girls' Volleyball	W 3–0 (25–9, 25–16, 25–9)	2 Q	L 0–3 (20–25, 23–25, 22–25)	L 1–3 (25–22, 28–30, 11–25, 17–25)	4
		L 0–3 (22–25, 19–25, 18–25)

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

freestyle

Athlete	Event	Pools		Final	Rank
		Groups	Rank
Yuki Takahashi	Boys' 54 kg	W T. Fall (6–0, 7–0)	1	align=center rowspan=4	W 2–0 (4–0, 4–0)
		W 2–0 (3–0, 3–0)
		W Fall (6–0)
		W T. Fall (7–0, 7–0)
Yu Miyahara	Girls' 46kg	W 2–0 (1+–1, 5–0)	1	align=center rowspan=2	W 2–0 (4–2, 6–0)
		W 2–0 (4–1, 2–0)

External links

• Competitors List: Japan – Singapore 2010 official site
• Schedule/Results – Singapore 2010 official site

Notes and References

1. List of NOC Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony . . 14 August 2010 . 2010-08-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821075645/http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en/en_news/en_media_releases/en_2010814_list_of_noc_flag_bearers_for_opening_ceremony/MainPar/0/text_files/file0/RP%20-%20NOC%20Flag%20Bearers.pdf . 21 August 2010 .
2. News: Sim . Royston . Yuka bags first YOG gold . . 15 August 2010 . 15 August 2010.