Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	JPN
Npcname:	Japan Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2012
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	116
Rank:	24
Gold:	5
Silver:	5
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1964

Japan competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Japan's team consisted of 116 competitors.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Goalball team			7 September
				8 September
				1 September
				6 September
				2 September
				8 September
				3 September
				7 September
				1 September
				3 September
				7 September
				5 September
				7 September
				6 September
				3 September
				2 September

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men|-|align=left|Shinichi Saito|align=left|Ind. compound W1|563|11|| (6)
L 2–6|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Yutaka Ajima|align=left|Ind. recurve W1/W2|539|22| (11)
L 0–6|colspan=5|did not advance|}

Women|-|align=left|Miho Nagano|align=left|Ind. compound open|614|11|| (6)
W 6–5| (3)
L 4–6|colspan=3|did not advance|}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Seeding matches	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuriko Shibayama	Individual BC1		W 5–0	L 4–6	did not advance
Takayuki Hirose	align=left rowspan=2	Individual BC2		W 12–0	L 0–8	did not advance
Hidetaka Sugimura		L 5–5	did not advance
Keita Kato	Individual BC3	L 1–6	L 1–5	did not advance

Teams

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's individual pursuit C3	3:51.743	9	did not advance
Masashi Ishii	Men's individual pursuit C4	5:02.100	9	did not advance

Sprint

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Yasufumi Ito (pilot)	Men's 1 km time trial B	1:04.266	6
Masaki Fujita	Men's 1 km time trial C1–3	1:14.998	20
Masashi Ishii	Men's 1 km time trial C4–5	1:09.241	6

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Masaki Fujita	Men's road race C1-3	1:42:51	12
Men's road time trial C3	23:55.54
Masashi Ishii	Men's road time trial C4	37:07.11	11

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Nobumasa Asakawa	Rosado	Ind. champ. test grade Ib	62.826	12
		Ind. freestyle test grade Ib	64.250	12

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament.

Group C------------

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hiroshi Miura	48 kg	117	9
Hideki Odo	82.5 kg	191	6
Hajime Ujiro	75 kg	180	7

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

• Due to a lack of wind race 11 was cancelled

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Akiko Sega	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	598	21	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Aki Taguchi	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	589	44	did not advance
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	581	22	did not advance

Sitting volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Women's tournament

Roster

Group A--------

5th–8th place semi-final

7th/8th place match

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Junki Itai	Singles class 6	L 2–3	L 0–3	3	did not advance
Yuki Kinoshita	Singles class 11	L 0–3	L 0–3	3	did not advance

Women's singles

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men.

Group B----------------

9th/10th place match

Wheelchair rugby

See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Group stage--------

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

See also

• Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Japan. 2012 Summer Olympics. 28 August 2012. 29 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829003147/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athletes/country=japan/index.htmx. dead.