Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 226 (174 men and 52 women) in 22 sports | |||||||||||
Flag bearer | Shigenobu Murofushi | |||||||||||
Medals Rank: 7 |
Gold 10 |
Silver 8 |
Bronze 14 |
Total 32 |
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Japan competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Japan returned to the Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 226 competitors, 174 men and 52 women, took part in 147 events in 22 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- Kōji Gushiken — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual Competition
- Kōji Gushiken — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Shinji Morisue — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Shinji Hosokawa — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
- Yoshiyuki Matsuoka — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
- Hitoshi Saito — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Yasuhiro Yamashita — Judo, Men's Open Class
- Takeo Kamachi — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
- Atsuji Miyahara — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
- Hideaki Tomiyama — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)
Silver
- Noboyuki Kajitani — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Masaki Eto — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
- Takashi Irie — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight (48 kg)
- Kosei Akaishi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
- Hideyuki Nagashima — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight (82 kg)
- Akira Ota — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight (90 kg)
Bronze
- Hiroshi Yamamoto — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
- Tsutomu Sakamoto — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
- Yumi Egami, Norie Hiro, Miyoko Hirose, Kyoko Ishida, Yoko Kagabu, Yuko Mitsuya, Keiko Miyajima, Kimie Morita, Kumi Nakada, Emiko Odaka, Sachiko Otani, and Kayoko Sugiyama — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
- Kōji Gushiken — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Koji Sotomura — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
- Kōji Gushiken, Noritoshi Hirata, Noboyuki Kajitani, Shinji Morisue, Koji Sotomura, and Kyoji Yamawaki — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
- Seiki Nose — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
- Miwako Motoyoshi — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Solo
- Saeko Kimura and Miwako Motoyoshi — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Duet
- Kazushito Manabe — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (52 kg)
- Masahiro Kotaka — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (56 kg)
- Ryoji Isaoka — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (82½ kg)
- Ikuzo Saito — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
- Yuji Takada — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)
Archery
In their third Olympic archery competition, Japan won a bronze medal in the men's division as well as having a fourth place competitor in each division.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Hiroko Ishizu – 2525 points (4th place)
- Minako Hokari – 2481 points (10th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Hiroshi Yamamoto – 2563 points (Bronze Medal)
- Takayoshi Matsushita – 2552 points (4th place)
- Ichiro Shimamura – 2312 points (52nd place)
Athletics
Men's 400 metres
- Susumu Takana
- Heat — 46.26
- Quarterfinals — 45.91
- Semifinals — 45.88 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Yutaka Kanai
- Qualifying Heat — 28:14.67
- Final — 28:27.06 (→ 7th place)
- Qualifying Heat — 28:24.30
- Final — 28:55.54 (→ 16th place)
- Final — 2:10:55 (→ 4th place)
- Final — 2:14:13 (→ 14th place)
- Final — 2:14:38 (→ 17th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — 8.02m
- Final — 7.87m (→ 7th place)
Men's High Jump
- Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Qualification — 81.42m
- Final — 81.98m (→ 5th place)
- Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Qualification — 70.92m (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
- Qualifying Round — 5.30m
- Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon
- Final — 2:37:04 (→ 19th place)
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's High Jump
- Qualification — 1.87m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Qualification — 57.72m (→ did not advance)
- Minori Mori
- Qualification — 56.60m (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Mamoru Kuroiwa
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Francisco Tejedor (COL), 4:1
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Keith Mwila (KEN), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Hiroaki Takami
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Gamaleldin El-Koumy (EGY), 4:1
- Third Round — Lost to Dale Walters (CAN), 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Nine cyclists, eight men and one woman, represented Japan in 1984. Tsutomu Sakamoto won a bronze medal in the sprint event.
- Matsuyoshi Takahashi — 45th place
- Wakako Abe — 40th place
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Isao Yamagishi
- Preliminary Round — 427.14 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented Japan in 1984.
Gymnastics
Handball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (15:32)
- Lost to Romania (22:28)
- Lost to Iceland (17:21)
- Lost to Switzerland (13:20)
- Defeated Algeria (17:16)
- Classification Match
- 9th/10th place: Lost to United States (16:24) → 10th place
- Team Roster
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1984.
- Individual
- Team
- Shoji Uchida
- Hiroyuki Kawazoe
- Daizou Araki
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Heat — 52.96 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
- Heat — 53.83 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Heat — 1:54.71 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
- Heat — 1:55.97 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Heat — 4:02.97 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
- Heat — 4:06.31 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Heat — 58.37
- B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Heat — 2:06.24
- B-Final — 2:06.02 (→ 16th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Heat — 1:04.71
- B-Final — 1:04.41 (→ 10th place)
- Heat — 1:06.10 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Heat — 2:19.98
- B-Final — 2:20.93 (→ 12th place)
- Heat — 2:22.33
- B-Final — 2:22.29 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Heat — 56.40 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
- Heat — 56.52 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Heat — 2:00.66
- B-Final — 2:00.31 (→ 9th place)
- Heat — 2:03.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Heat — 2:07.76
- B-Final — 2:06.07 (→ 10th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Heat — 4:30.52
- B-Final — 4:29.76 (→ 13th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Heat — 3:30.45 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Heat — 3:50.14
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Heat — 58.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Heat — 59.00 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
- Heat — 2:03.94
- B-Final — 2:04.11 (→ 13th place)
- Heat — 2:04.38
- B-Final — 2:05.24 (→ 16th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
- Heat — 4:20.13
- B-Final — 4:20.18 (→ 14th place)
- Heat — 4:28.68 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
- Heat — 9:13.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Heat — 3:54.68 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Naomi Sekido, Hiroko Nagasaki, Naoko Ku, and Kaori Yanase
- Heat — 4:17.59
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Naomi Sekido
- Heat — 1:05.60 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
- Nozomi Sunouchi
- Heat — 1:07.23 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Naomi Sekido
- Heat — 2:18.52
- B-Final — 2:18.87 (→ 14th place)
- Nozomi Sunouchi
- Heat — 2:25.05 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
- Naoko Kume
- Heat — 2:13.31
- Final — 2:12.57 (→ 6th place)
- Heat — 2:14.37
- B-Final — 2:16.27 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
- Hideka Koshimizu
- Heat — 2:23.38
- B-Final — 2:22.81 (→ 15th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Hideka Koshimizu
- Heat — 4:59.18
- B-Final — 4:58.02 (→ 14th place)
Synchronized swimming
Volleyball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Defeated China (3-0)
- Defeated Italy (3-2)
- Defeated Egypt (3-0)
- Lost to Canada (0-3)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Argentina (1-3)
- 7th/8th place: Defeated China (3-0) → 7th place
- Team Roster
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated South Korea (3-1)
- Defeated Peru (3-0)
- Defeated Canada (3-0)
- Semi Finals
- Lost to China (0-3)
- Bronze Medal Match
- Defeated United States (3-1) → Bronze Medal
- Team Roster
Water polo
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group C)
- Lost to Italy (5-15)
- Lost to West Germany (8-15)
- Lost to Australia (2-15)
- Final Round (Group E)
- Lost to China (4-10)
- Lost to Greece (7-14)
- Lost to Canada (5-8)
- Defeated Brazil (9-8) → 11th place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- ↑ "Japan at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-05-08.