| Iaaf: | JPN |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Japan |
| Games Link: | 2022 World Athletics Championships |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Games: | World Athletics Championships |
| Fedname: | Japan Association of Athletics Federations |
| Website: | https://www.jaaf.or.jp/english/ |
| Location: | Eugene, United States |
| Date: | 15 – 24 July 2022 |
| Competitors: | 68 |
| Competitors Men: | 41 |
| Competitors Women: | 27 |
| Events: | 30 |
| Rank: | 9 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2023 |
Japan competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon from 15 to 24 July 2022.[1] Japan entered 68 athletes.[2] They finished with one gold medal, two silver, and a bronze medal.
| Medal | Athlete | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshikazu Yamanishi | Men's 20 kilometres walk | 15 July | ||
| Koki Ikeda | Men's 20 kilometres walk | 15 July | ||
| Masatora Kawano | Men's 35 kilometres walk | 24 July | ||
| Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 22 July |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semi-final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| align:left | Ryuichiro Sakai | 100 metres | 10.12 (+0.2) | 20 Q | 10.23 (+0.1) | 21 | colspan=2 |
| Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | 9.98 (−0.3) SB | 6 Q | 10.05 (+0.3) | 7 q | 10.06 | 7 | |
| Shota Iizuka | 200 metres | 20.72 (+0.0) | 33 Q | 20.77 (−0.1) | 22 | colspan=2 | |
| Yuki Koike | colspan="4" | ||||||
| Koki Ueyama | 20.26 (+1.0) PB | 10 Q | 20.48 (+0.3) | 17 | colspan="2" | ||
| Kaito Kawabata | 400 metres | 46.34 | 27 | colspan="4" | |||
| Fuga Sato | 45.88 | 18 q | 45.71 | 17 | colspan="2" | ||
| Julian Jrummi Walsh | 45.90 | 19 q | 45.75 | 18 | colspan="2" | ||
| Hyuga Endo | 5000 metres | 13:47.07 | 31 | colspan="2" | |||
| Tatsuhiko Ito | 10,000 metres | 28:57.85 | 22 | ||||
| Ren Tazawa | 28:24.25 | 20 | |||||
| Gaku Hoshi | Marathon | 2:13:44 | 38 | ||||
| Yusuke Nishiyama | 2:08:35 | 13 | |||||
| Kengo Suzuki | |||||||
| Ryoma Aoki | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:33.89 | 33 | colspan="2" | |||
| Ryuji Miura | 8:21.80 | 16 | colspan="2" | ||||
| Kosei Yamaguchi | 8:30.92 | 28 | colspan="2" | ||||
| Shuhei Ishikawa | 110 metres hurdles | 13.53 (−0.3) | 20 Q | 13.68 (−0.6) | 24 | colspan="2" | |
| Shunsuke Izumiya | 13.56 (+0.4) | 22 Q | 13.42 (+0.3) | 14 | colspan="2" | ||
| Rachid Muratake | 13.73 (+0.2) | 30 | colspan="4" | ||||
| Takayuki Kishimoto | 400 metres hurdles | 50.66 | 29 | colspan="4" | |||
| Kazuki Kurokawa | 50.02 | 21 Q | 49.69 | 16 | colspan="2" | ||
| Yuki Koike Ryuichiro Sakai Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Ryota Suzuki Koki Ueyama Hiroki Yanagita | 4 × 100 metres relay | colspan="2" | |||||
| Ryuki Iwasaki Kaito Kawabata Mitsuki Kawauchi Yuki Joseph Nakajima Fuga Sato Julian Jrummi Walsh | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:01.53 SB | 2 Q | 2:59.51 | 4 | ||
| Toshikazu Yamanishi | 20 kilometres walk | 1:19:07 SB | |||||
| Koki Ikeda | 1:19:14 | ||||||
| Hiroto Jusho | 1:20:39 | 8 | |||||
| Eiki Takahashi | 1:26:46 | 29 | |||||
| Masatora Kawano | 35 kilometres walk | 2:23:15 | |||||
| Daisuke Matsunaga | 2:33:56 | 26 | |||||
| Tomohiro Noda | 2:25:29 | 9 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Ryoichi Akamatsu | High jump | 2.21 | 19 | colspan="2" | |
| Tomohiro Shinno | 2.28 | 6 q | 2.27 | 8 | |
| Seito Yamamoto | Pole vault | 5.65 | 15 | colspan="2" | |
| Yuki Hashioka | Long jump | 8.18 (+0.4) | 1 Q | 7.86 (+0.4) | 10 |
| Natsuki Yamakawa | 7.75 (+0.5) | 21 | colspan="2" | ||
| Roderick Genki Dean | Javelin | 82.34 SB | 7 q | 80.69 | 9 |
| Kenji Ogura | 78.48 | 19 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semi-final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Nozomi Tanaka | 800 metres | 2:03.56 | 38 | colspan="4" | |||
| Nozomi Tanaka | 1500 metres | 4:05.30 SB | 14 q | 4:05.79 | 15 | colspan="2" | |
| Ran Urabe | 4:14.82 | 40 | colspan="4" | ||||
| Nozomi Tanaka | 5000 metres | 15:00.21 SB | 14 q | 15:19.35 | 12 | ||
| Ririka Hironaka | 15:02.03 SB | 16 | colspan="2" | ||||
| Kaede Hagitani | 15:53.39 | 30 | colspan="2" | ||||
| Rino Goshima | 10,000 metres | 32:08.68 | 19 | ||||
| Ririka Hironaka | 30:39.71 PB | 12 | |||||
| Narumi Kobayashi | colspan="2" | ||||||
| Mao Ichiyama | Marathon | colspan="2" | |||||
| Hitomi Niiya | |||||||
| Mizuki Matsuda | 2:23:49 | 9 | |||||
| Yuno Yamanaka | 3000 metres steeplechase | 10:18.18 | 42 | colspan="2" | |||
| Reimi Yoshimura | 9:58.07 | 40 | colspan="2" | ||||
| Masumi Aoki | 100 metres hurdles | 13.12 (−0.4) | 22 q | 13.04 | 21 | colspan="2" | |
| Mako Fukube | 12.96 (+0.5) | 15 q | 12.82 | 16 | colspan="2" | ||
| Masumi Aoki Hanae Aoyama Arisa Kimishima Mei Kodama Midori Mikase | 4 × 100 metres relay | 43.33 NR | 12 | colspan="2" | |||
| Nanako Fujii | 20 kilometres walk | 1:29:01 SB | 6 | ||||
| Kumiko Okada | 1:31:53 | 14 | |||||
| Serena Sonoda | 35 kilometres walk | 2:45:09 PB | 9 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Sumire Hata | Long jump | 6.39 (+0.4) | 20 | colspan="2" | |
| Haruka Kitaguchi | Javelin | 64.32 SB | 1 Q | 63.27 | |
| Sae Takemoto | 59.15 | 11 q | 57.93 | 11 | |
| Momone Ueda | 50.70 | 27 | |||