Japan at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Japan at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	JPN
National federation	Japan Association of Athletics Federations
in Berlin
Competitors	57
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 1 2

Japan will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 57 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Koji Murofushi (hammer throw), Yuki Yamazaki (50 km walk), and the athletes from the Marathon team are considered the country's best medal chances.^[1]

Team selection

Track and road events Event Athletes Men Women 100 metres Masashi Eriguchi Shintaro Kimura Naoki Tsukahara Momoko Takahashi Chisato Fukushima 200 meters Shinji Takahira Hitoshi Saito Kenji Fujimitsu Chisato Fukushima Momoko Takahashi 400 metres Yuzo Kanemaru Hideyuki Hirose Asami Tanno 4 x 100 metres relay Masashi Eriguchi Shintaro Kimura Naoki Tsukahara Shinji Takahira Hitoshi Saito Kenji Fujimitsu Momoko Takahashi Chisato Fukushima Mayumi Watanabe Maki Wada Asuka Terada 4 x 400 metres relay Asami Tanno Satomi Kubokura Sayaka Aoki Mayu Sato Miho Shingu 5000 metres Yuichiro Ueno Yurika Nakamura Yuriko Kobayashi 10,000 metres Yuki Iwai Yukari Sahaku Kayoko Fukushi Yurika Nakamura Marathon Satoshi Irifune Masaya Shimizu Kazuhiro Maeda Arata Fujiwara Atsushi Sato Yoshimi Ozaki Yoko Shibui Yoshiko Fujinaga Yuri Kano Yukiko Akaba 100 metres hurdles — Asuka Terada 110 metres hurdles Tasuku Tanonaka — 400 metres hurdles Kenji Narisako Kazuaki Yoshida Satomi Kubokura Sayaka Aoki 3000 m steeplechase Yoshitaka Iwamizu Minori Hayakari 20 km race walk Koichiro Morioka Isamu Fujisawa Yusuke Suzuki Masumi Fuchise Mayumi Kawasaki Kumi Otoshi 50 km race walk Yuki Yamazaki Koichiro Morioka Takayuki Tanii —

Field and combined events Event Athletes Men Women Pole vault Daichi Sawano Takafumi Suzuki Takayo Kondo High jump Naoyuki Daigo Long jump Daisuke Arakawa Sachiko Masumi Hammer throw Koji Murofushi Javelin throw Yukifumi Murakami Yuki Ebihara Decathlon Daisuke Ikeda —

Results

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Masashi Eriguchi	10.38	3	10.45	8	Did not advance
	Shintaro Kimura	10.47	3	10.54	8	Did not advance
	Naoki Tsukahara	10.28	2	10.15	3	10.25	8	Did not advance
200 m	Shinji Takahira	20.86	2	20.69	4	Did not advance
	Hitoshi Saito	21.38	6	Did not advance
	Kenji Fujimitsu	20.69	3	20.97	6	Did not advance
400 m	Yuzo Kanemaru	46.83	4	—		Did not advance
	Hideyuki Hirose	46.80	7	—		Did not advance
5000 m	Yuichiro Ueno	14:30.76	16	—				Did not advance
10,000 m	Yuki Iwai	—						29:24.12	25
110 m hurdles	Tasuku Tanonaka	13.84	7	—		Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Kenji Narisako	49.60	5	—		Did not advance
	Kazuaki Yoshida	49.45 PB	3	—		50.34	8	Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Yoshitaka Iwamizu	8:39.03	9	—				Did not advance
4×100 m relay	Masashi Eriguchi Naoki Tsukahara Shinji Takahira Kenji Fujimitsu	38.53	2	—				38.30	4
Marathon	Satoshi Irifune	—						2:14:54	14
	Masaya Shimizu	—						2:14:06	11
	Kazuhiro Maeda	—						2:19:59	39
	Arata Fujiwara	—						2:31:06	61
	Atsushi Sato	—						2:12:05	6
20 km walk	Koichiro Morioka	—						1:21:48	11
	Isamu Fujisawa	—						1:25:12	30
	Yusuke Suzuki	—						1:30:21	42
50 km walk	Yuki Yamazaki	—						DQ	—
	Koichiro Morioka	—						3:56:21	18
	Takayuki Tanii	—						DQ	—

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Daisuke Arakawa	7.53	22	Did not advance
High jump	Naoyuki Daigo	2.20	11	Did not advance
Pole vault	Daichi Sawano	5.55	5	5.50	10
	Takafumi Suzuki	5.25	17	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Yukifumi Murakami	83.10 PB	1	82.97
Decathlon	Daisuke Ikeda	—		7788 PB	26

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Momoko Takahashi	11.75	4	Did not advance
	Chisato Fukushima	11.52	4	11.43	7	Did not advance
200 m	Chisato Fukushima	23.40	4	—		Did not advance
	Momoko Takahashi	23.61	7	—		Did not advance
400 m	Asami Tanno	53.30	5	—		Did not advance
5000 m	Yurika Nakamura	15:21.01 PB	6	—				15:13.01 PB	12
	Yuriko Kobayashi	15:23.96	8	—				15:12.44	11
10,000 m	Yukari Sahaku	—						33:41.17	20
	Kayoko Fukushi	—						31:23.49	9
	Yurika Nakamura	—						31:14.39 PB	7
100 m hurdles	Asuka Terada	13.41	6	—		Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Satomi Kubokura	56.91	5	—		Did not advance
	Sayaka Aoki	1:03.56	7	—		Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Minori Hayakari	9:39.28	10	—				Did not advance
4×100 m relay	Chisato Fukushima Momoko Takahashi Mayumi Watanabe Maki Wada	44.24	4	—				Did not advance
4×400 m relay	Sayaka Aoki Asami Tanno Mayu Sato Satomi Kubokura	3:34.46	8	—				Did not advance
Marathon	Yoshimi Ozaki	—						2:25:25
	Yoshiko Fujinaga	—						2:29:53	14
	Yuri Kano	—						2:26:57	7
	Yukiko Akaba	—						2:37:43	31
20 km walk	Masumi Fuchise	—						1:31:15	7
	Mayumi Kawasaki	—						DQ	—
	Kumi Otoshi	—						1:33:05	12

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Sachiko Masumi	6.23	15	Did not advance
Pole vault	Takayo Kondo	4.10	15	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Yuki Ebihara	54.81	12	Did not advance

References

1. Japan assembles a 57 strong Berlin squad . IAAF (2009-08-05). Retrieved on 2009-08-07.

External links

• Official competition website