Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Japan at the Olympic Games
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	295 in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Saori Yoshida[1]
Medals Rank: 11	Gold 7	Silver 14	Bronze 17	Total 38
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Japan, represented by Japanese Olympic Committee, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Despite being London's third Olympic games, Japan marked their London debut at this games. The nation also celebrated its centennial anniversary in the Olympics, having participated at every games since 1912 except for two editions; it was not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London for its instigation of World War II, and was also part of the US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Japan sent a total of 295 athletes to the Games, 138 men and 157 women, to compete in 24 sports.

Japan left London with a total of 38 medals (7 gold, 14 silver, and 17 bronze), finishing eleventh in the gold medal rankings and sixth in the overall medal rankings. This was also the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the largest number of medals in non-boycotted games. Eleven of these medals were awarded to the athletes in swimming, seven in judo, six in wrestling, and three in gymnastics. Five Japanese athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. With the absence of baseball and softball at the Olympics, Japan's team-based athletes proved successful in London, as women's football and women's volleyball teams won silver and bronze medals, respectively. For the first time since 1968, Japan had won two Olympic medals in men's boxing.

Among the nation's medalists were freestyle wrestlers Kaori Icho and Saori Yoshida, who successfully defended their Olympic titles in their respective events. Two-time Olympic silver medalist and gymnast Kōhei Uchimura won the coveted gold medal in individual all-around,^[2] becoming the fourth Japanese man to claim the title after 28 years. Meanwhile, Ryōta Murata became the first Japanese boxer to win an Olympic gold medal since 1960, in the men's middleweight division. Defending swimming champion Kosuke Kitajima, who aimed to win gold in two breaststroke events for third Games in succession, missed out on the medal standings in the finals.

Medalists

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Kaori Matsumoto Judo Women's 57 kg 30 July  Gold Kōhei Uchimura Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 1 August  Gold Hitomi Obara Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg 8 August  Gold Kaori Icho Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg 8 August  Gold Saori Yoshida Wrestling Women's freestyle 55 kg 9 August  Gold Ryōta Murata Boxing Men's middleweight 11 August  Gold Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg 12 August  Silver Hiroaki Hiraoka Judo Men's 60 kg 28 July  Silver Hiromi Miyake Weightlifting Women's 48 kg 28 July  Silver Riki Nakaya Judo Men's 73 kg 30 July  Silver Ryohei Kato Kazuhito Tanaka Yusuke Tanaka Kōhei Uchimura Koji Yamamuro Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 30 July  Silver Satomi Suzuki Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke 2 August  Silver Ryosuke Irie Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke 2 August  Silver Takaharu Furukawa Archery Men's individual 3 August  Silver Mika Sugimoto Judo Women's +78 kg 3 August  Silver Ryosuke Irie Kosuke Kitajima Takeshi Matsuda Takuro Fujii Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4 August  Silver Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa Badminton Women's doubles 4 August  Silver Kōhei Uchimura Gymnastics Men's floor 5 August  Silver Suguru Awaji Kenta Chida Ryo Miyake Yuki Ota Fencing Men's team foil 5 August  Silver Kasumi Ishikawa Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Table tennis Women's team 7 August  Silver Japan women's national football team Miho Fukumoto   Kyoko Yano   Kozue Ando Ayumi Kaihori   Mizuho Sakaguchi   Shinobu Ohno Yukari Kinga   Aya Miyama   Karina Maruyama Azusa Iwashimizu   Nahomi Kawasumi   Megumi Takase Saki Kumagai   Homare Sawa   Mana Iwabuchi Aya Sameshima   Asuna Tanaka   Yūki Ōgimi Football Women's tournament 9 August  Bronze Kosuke Hagino Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley 28 July  Bronze Masashi Ebinuma Judo Men's 66 kg 29 July  Bronze Kaori Kawanaka Ren Hayakawa Miki Kanie Archery Women's team 29 July  Bronze Aya Terakawa Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 30 July  Bronze Ryosuke Irie Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke 30 July  Bronze Satomi Suzuki Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 30 July  Bronze Yoshie Ueno Judo Women's 63 kg 31 July  Bronze Takeshi Matsuda Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly 31 July  Bronze Masashi Nishiyama Judo Men's 90 kg 1 August  Bronze Ryo Tateishi Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke 1 August  Bronze Natsumi Hoshi Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly 1 August  Bronze Aya Terakawa Satomi Suzuki Yuka Kato Haruka Ueda Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4 August  Bronze Koji Murofushi Athletics Men's hammer throw 5 August  Bronze Ryūtarō Matsumoto Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 6 August  Bronze Satoshi Shimizu Boxing Men's bantamweight 10 August  Bronze Shinichi Yumoto Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg 10 August  Bronze Japan women's national volleyball team Hitomi Nakamichi   Yuko Sano Yoshie Takeshita   Ai Otomo Mai Yamaguchi   Risa Shinnabe Erika Araki   Saori Sakoda Kaori Inoue   Yukiko Ebata Maiko Kano   Saori Kimura Volleyball Women's tournament 11 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Wrestling 4 0 2 6 Judo 1 3 3 7 Gymnastics 1 2 0 3 Boxing 1 0 1 2 Swimming 0 3 8 11 Archery 0 1 1 2 Badminton 0 1 0 1 Weightlifting 0 1 0 1 Fencing 0 1 0 1 Table tennis 0 1 0 1 Football 0 1 0 1 Athletics 0 0 1 1 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Total 7 14 17 38

Delegation

Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) selected a team of 295 athletes, 138 men and 157 women, to compete in all sports except basketball, and handball; it was the nation's fifth-largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. For the second time in its Olympic history, Japan was represented by more female than male athletes. There was only a single competitor in diving and in equestrian dressage.

The Japanese team included several past Olympic champions, three of them defending (freestyle wrestlers Kaori Icho and Saori Yoshida, and breaststroke swimmer Kosuke Kitajima). Yoshida, who won two consecutive gold medals in the Olympics before, became Japan's third female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 2004, and the sixth in Olympic history.^[3] Javelin thrower and one-time world and Asian champion Yukifumi Murakami, on the other hand, served as the nation's team captain.^[1]

Dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu repeated his record from Beijing, as the oldest athlete to compete in these Olympic games, at age 71. Single sculls rower Daisaku Takeda and show jumper Taizo Sugitani made their fifth appearance, having participated at every Olympic games since 1996. Hammer thrower and former Olympic gold medalist Koji Murofushi, along with swimmer Kosuke Kitajima, was among the Japanese athletes who competed at their fourth Olympics. Meanwhile, breaststroke swimmer Kanako Watanabe, at age 15, was the youngest athlete of the team.

Other Japanese athletes featured gymnast and two-time Olympic silver medalist Kōhei Uchimura, javelin thrower and world junior champion Genki Dean, who embraced his British roots to represent the nation,^[4] table tennis player Ai Fukuhara, who became highly popular in China and Japan because of her nickname "China-dolls", and swimmers Ryosuke Irie and Takeshi Matsuda, who previously won the bronze medal in Beijing.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves for fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: Sport Men Women Total Archery 3 3 6 Athletics 28 18 46 Badminton 6 5 11 Boxing 4 0 4 Canoeing 5 3 8 Cycling 6 3 9 Diving 0 1 1 Equestrian 7 1 8 Fencing 3 5 8 Field hockey 0 16 16 Football 18 18 36 Gymnastics 7 12 19 Judo 7 7 14 Modern pentathlon 1 2 3 Rowing 2 3 5 Sailing 5 4 9 Shooting 2 2 4 Swimming 14 15 29 Synchronized swimming 0 9 9 Table tennis 3 3 6 Taekwondo 0 2 2 Tennis 3 0 3 Triathlon 2 3 5 Volleyball 2 14 16 Weightlifting 1 4 5 Wrestling 9 4 13 Total 138 157 295

Archery

Japan has qualified one archer for the men's individual event and one archer for the women's individual event

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Individual	679	5	Lee K W (HKG) (60) W 6–4	Hrachov (UKR) (28) W 6–4	Nesteng (NOR) (21) W 6–2	Mohamad (MAS) (20) W 6–2	van der Ven (NED) (16) W 6–5	Oh (KOR) (3) L 1–7
Yu Ishizu		671	15	Terry (GBR) (50) L 1–7	Did not advance
Hideki Kikuchi		659	44	Nesteng (NOR) (21) L 5–6	Did not advance
Takaharu Furukawa Yu Ishizu Hideki Kikuchi	Team	2009	5	N/A		India (IND) (12) W 214 (29)–214 (27)	United States (USA) (4) L 219–220	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ren Hayakawa	Individual	654	16	Bjerendal (SWE) (49) W 6–4	Stepanova (RUS) (17) W 7–3	Ki B-b (KOR) (1) L 0–6	Did not advance
Miki Kanie		665	6	Dorokhova (UKR) (59) W 7–1	Xu J (CHN) (27) W 6–0	Román (MEX) (11) L 3–7	Did not advance
Kaori Kawanaka		646	28	Schuh (FRA) (37) L 2–6	Did not advance
Ren Hayakawa Miki Kanie Kaori Kawanaka	Team	1965	5	N/A		Ukraine (UKR) (12) W 207–192	Mexico (MEX) (4) W 219–209	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 221-206	Russia (RUS) (6) W 209–207

Athletics

Japanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[5][6]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Kentaro Nakamoto finished sixth in men's marathon.

Men

Track & road events^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masashi Eriguchi	100 m	BYE		10.30	6	Did not advance
Isamu Fujisawa	20 km walk	N/A						1:21:48	18
Arata Fujiwara	Marathon	N/A						2:19:11	45
Shota Iizuka	200 m	20.81	5	N/A		Did not advance
Yuzo Kanemaru	400 m	46.01	4	N/A		Did not advance
Takayuki Kishimoto	400 m hurdles	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance
Koichiro Morioka	50 km walk	N/A						3:43:14	10
Kentaro Nakamoto	Marathon	N/A						2:11:16	6
Akihiko Nakamura	400 m hurdles	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance
Takumi Saito	20 km walk	N/A						1:22:43	25
Yuki Sato	5000 m	13:38.22	11	N/A				Did not advance
	10,000 m	N/A						28:44.06	22
Yusuke Suzuki	20 km walk	N/A						1:23:53	36
Shinji Takahira	200 m	20.57	3 Q	N/A		20.77	6	Did not advance
Kei Takase		20.72	2 Q	N/A		20.70	8	Did not advance
Takayuki Tanii	50 km walk	N/A						DNF
Tetsuya Tateno	400 m hurdles	49.95	4	N/A		Did not advance
Ryota Yamagata	100 m	BYE		10.07	2 Q	10.10	6	Did not advance
Ryo Yamamoto	Marathon	N/A						2:18:34	40
Yuki Yamazaki	50 km walk	N/A						DSQ
Masato Yokota[8]	800 m	1:48.48	4	N/A		Did not advance
Masashi Eriguchi Shota Iizuka Takumi Kuki Shinji Takahira Ryota Yamagata	4 × 100 m relay	38.07	2 Q	N/A				38.35	5
Yoshihiro Azuma Yuzo Kanemaru Hiroyuki Nakano Kei Takase	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.86	6	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Genki Dean	Javelin throw	82.07	7 Q	79.95	10
Yukifumi Murakami		77.80	24	Did not advance
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	78.48	2 Q	78.71
Seito Yamamoto	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Keisuke Ushiro	Result	11.32	6.86	13.59	1.99	50.78	15.47	46.66	4.90	66.38	4:39.33	7842	20
	Points	791	781	703	794	779	794	801	880	834	685

Women

Track & road events^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masumi Fuchise	20 km walk	N/A						1:28:41	11
Kayoko Fukushi	10000 m	N/A						31:10.35	10
Chisato Fukushima	100 m	BYE		11.41	5	Did not advance
	200 m	24.14	7	N/A		Did not advance
Mayumi Kawasaki	20 km walk	N/A						1:30:20	18
Ayako Kimura	100 m hurdles	13.75	7	N/A		Did not advance
Ryoko Kizaki	Marathon	N/A						2:27:16	16
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles	55.85	5 q	N/A		56.25	8	Did not advance
Hitomi Niiya	10,000 m	N/A						30:59.19	9
Kumi Otoshi	20 km walk	N/A						1:33:50	37
Yoshimi Ozaki	Marathon	N/A						2:27:43	19
Risa Shigetomo		N/A						2:40:06	79
Mika Yoshikawa	5000 m	15:16.77	13	N/A				Did not advance
	10000 m	N/A						31:47.67	16
Anna Doi Chisato Fukushima Kana Ichikawa Yumeka Sano Momoko Takahashi	4 × 100 m relay	44.25	8	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tomomi Abiko	Pole vault	4.25	=19	Did not advance
Yuki Ebihara	Javelin throw	59.25	16	Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sho Sasaki	Singles	Soeroredjo (SUR) W 21–12, 21–7	N/A		1 Q	Cordón (GUA) W 23–21, 21–10	Lin D (CHN) L 12–21, 21–16, 16–21	Did not advance
Kenichi Tago		Karunaratne (SRI) L 18–21, 16–21	N/A		2	Did not advance
Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato	Doubles	Koo K K / Tan B H (MAS) L 12–21, 14–21	Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) L 21–16, 21–15	Bach / Gunawan (USA) W 21–15, 21–15	3	N/A	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sayaka Sato	Singles	Egelstaff (GBR) W 18–21, 21–16, 21-12	Tvrdy (SLO) W 22–20, 21–18	N/A	1 Q	Baun (DEN) W 15–14^ret	Retired
Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	Doubles	Gutta / Ponnappa (IND) W 21–16, 21–18	Cheng W-h / Chien Y-c (TPE) L 19–21, 11–21	Sari / Yao L (SIN) W 16–21, 21–10, 21–19	2 Q	N/A	Juhl / Pedersen (DEN) W 22–20, 21–10	Bruce / Li (CAN) W 21–12, 19–21, 21–13	Tian Q / Zhao Yl (CHN) L 10–21, 23–25
Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna		Tian Q / Zhao Yl (CHN) L 16–21, 17–21	Poon L Y / Tse Y S (HKG) W 21–15, 21–19	Pedersen / Juhl (DEN) W 18–21, 21–14, 21–18	3	N/A	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	Doubles	Fischer Nielsen / Pedersen (DEN) L 11–21, 10–21	Mateusiak / Kostiuczyk (POL) L 18–21, 20–22	Ng / Gao (CAN) W 21–10, 11–21, 21–15	3	Did not advance

Boxing

Japan has so far qualified boxers for the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katsuaki Susa	Flyweight	Ramirez (CUB) L 14–13	Did not advance
Satoshi Shimizu	Bantamweight	Dogboe (GHA) W 10–9	Abdulhamidov (AZE) W RSC	Ouadahi (ALG) W 17–15	Campbell (GBR) L 11–20	Did not advance
Yasuhiro Suzuki	Welterweight	Khalsi (MAR) W 14–13	Sapiyev (KAZ) L 25–11	Did not advance
Ryota Murata	Middleweight	BYE	Rahou (ALG) W 21–12	Kılıççı (TUR) W 17–13	Atoev (UZB) W 13–12	Falcão (BRA) W 14–13

Canoeing

Slalom

Japan has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	101.13	12	92.72	2	92.72	3 Q	104.16	6 Q	110.62	7
Kazuki Yazawa	Men's K-1	96.66	18	92.57	13	92.57	15 Q	99.99	9 Q	104.44	9
Moe Kaifuchi	Women's K-1	171.63	19	121.29	17	121.29	19	Did not advance – Report

Sprint

Japan has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Momotaro Matsushita	Men's K-1 200 m	36.096	3 Q	37.201	7 FB	38.040	11
Naoya Sakamoto	Men's C-1 200 m	41.528	3 Q	41.771	3 FA	44.699	8
Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Watanabe	Men's K-2 200 m	34.669	6 FB	BYE		35.739	10
Shinobu Kitamoto	Women's K-1 200 m	42.007	1 Q	41.816	3 FB	45.387	13
Shinobu Kitamoto Asumi Ōmura	Women's K-2 500 m	1:47.323	6	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Japan had qualified the following cyclists for the Games.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yukiya Arashiro	Men's road race	5:46:37	48
Fumiyuki Beppu	Men's road race	5:46:05	22
	Men's time trial	55:40.64	24
Mayuko Hagiwara	Women's road race	Did not finish

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Seiichiro Nakagawa	Men's sprint	10.144 70.977	7	Watkins (USA) L	Zielinski (POL) W 10.792 66.716	Baugé (FRA) L	Canelón (VEN)  Awang (MAS) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Kelemen (CZE)  Esterhuizen (RSA)  Canelón (VEN) W 10.950	9
Kayono Maeda	Women's sprint	11.600 62.068	17	Meares (AUS) L	Sullivan (CAN)  Lee H-j (KOR) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Seiichiro Nakagawa Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	Men's team sprint	44.324 60.915	8 Q	Great Britain (GBR) L 43.964 61.413	8	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Kazunari Watanabe	Men's keirin	6 R	1 Q	6	11

Mountain biking

^[9]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kohei Yamamoto	Men's cross-country	1:35:26	27
Rie Katayama	Women's cross-country	1:38:26	20

Diving

Japan has qualified in the following events.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mai Nakagawa	10 m platform	327.65	8 Q	260.05	18	Did not advance

Equestrian

Currently, Japan has qualified eight athletes for the Games.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Hiroshi Hoketsu	Whisper	Individual	68.739	40	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Atsushi Negishi	Pretty Darling	Individual	50.40	33	25.60	76.00	40	12.00	88.00	39	Did not advance			88.00	39
Yoshiaki Oiwa	Noonday de Conde		38.10	1	Eliminated			Did not advance
Kenki Sato	Chippieh		42.20	15	Eliminated			Did not advance
Toshiyuki Tanaka	Marquis De Plescop		55.00	52	60.00	115.00	55	4.00	119.00	48	Did not advance			119.00	48
Takayuki Yumira	Latina		58.50	=58	Eliminated			Did not advance
Atsushi Negishi Yoshiaki Oiwa Kenki Sato Toshiyuki Tanaka Takayuki Yumira	See above	Team	130.70	6	1060.30	1191.00	13	16.00	1207.00	12	N/A			1207.00	12

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Taizo Sugitani	Avenzio	Individual	0	=1 Q	4	4	=17 Q	8	12	=26 Q	14	33	Did not advance			14	33
Reiko Takeda	Ari		22	71	Did not advance											22	71

Fencing

Japan has qualified 8 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kenta Chida	Individual foil	BYE	Sintes (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Ryo Miyake		BYE	Baldini (ITA) L 6–15	Did not advance
Yuki Ota		BYE	Kleibrink (GER) W 15–5	Cassarà (ITA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Suguru Awaji Kenta Chida Ryo Miyake Yuki Ota	Team foil	N/A			China (CHN) W 45–30	Germany (GER) W 41–40	Italy (ITA) L 39–45

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nozomi Nakano	Individual épée	BYE	Fiamingo (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Kanae Ikehata	Individual foil	BYE	Gruchała (POL) W 9–8	Thibus (FRA) W 15–11	Nam H-H (KOR) L 6–15	Did not advance
Shiho Nishioka		Heung (HKG) W 13–10	Vezzali (ITA) L 8–14	Did not advance
Chieko Sugawara		BYE	Jeon H-S (KOR) W 15–13	Maîtrejean (FRA) W 15–9	Di Francisca (ITA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Kanae Ikehata Kyomi Hirata Shiho Nishioka Chieko Sugawara	Team foil	N/A			Russia (RUS) L 17–45	Classification semi-final  United States (USA) L 22–44	7th place final  Great Britain (GBR) W 30–21	7
Seira Nakayama	Individual sabre	N/A	Perrus (FRA) W 15–12	Zagunis (USA) L 9–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Japan has qualified 1 team.

• Women's event – 1 team of 16 players.

Women's tournament

The following is the Japan roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Head Coach: Zenjiro Yasuda

Sakiyo Asano (GK) Nagisa Hayashi Akemi Kato Sachimi Iwao Miyuki Nakagawa Ai Murakami Shiho Otsuka Yukari Yamamoto (C)

Aki Mitsuhashi Rika Komazawa Kaori Fujio Akane Shibata Chie Akutsu Keiko Manabe Masako Sato Izuki Tanaka

Reserves:

• Mika Imura
• Ryoko Oie (GK)

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	12	5	+7	15
Great Britain	5	3	0	2	14	7	+7	9
China	5	2	1	2	6	3	+3	7
South Korea	5	2	0	3	9	13	−4	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	4
Belgium	5	0	2	3	2	10	−8	2

     Advanced to semifinals

29 July 2012 19:00 Great Britain  4 – 0  Japan Danson  7', 28' Thomas  23' Walton  26' Report Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG)

31 July 2012 08:30 Netherlands  3 – 2  Japan Lammers  4', 43' Hoog  30' Report Komazawa  46' Mitsuhashi  53' Umpires: Kang Hyun-Young (KOR) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

2 August 2012 08:30 South Korea  1 – 0  Japan Cheon Seul-Ki  42' Report Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Frances Block (GBR)

4 August 2012 13:45 Japan  1 – 1  Belgium Yamamoto  58' Report Boon  34' Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Wendy Stewart (CAN)

6 August 2012 13:45 Japan  1 – 0  China Komazawa  54' Report Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

9th/10th place

8 August 2012 08:30 Japan  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  South Africa Murakami  63', 80' Report Deetlefs  27' Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Amy Hassick (USA)

Football

Japan is qualified for the men's and women's event

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Men's tournament

Squad

The following is the Japan roster in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[11][12]

Coach: Takashi Sekizuka

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2012 club
1	GK	Gonda, ShuichiShuichi Gonda	3 March 1989 (aged 23)			F.C. Tokyo
2	DF	Tokunaga, YuheiYuhei Tokunaga*	25 September 1983 (aged 28)			F.C. Tokyo
3	MF	Ogihara, TakahiroTakahiro Ogihara	5 October 1991 (aged 20)			Cerezo Osaka
4	DF	Sakai, HirokiHiroki Sakai	12 April 1990 (aged 22)			Hannover 96
5	DF	Yoshida, MayaMaya Yoshida* (c)	24 August 1988 (aged 23)			VVV-Venlo
6	MF	Muramatsu, TaisukeTaisuke Muramatsu	16 December 1989 (aged 22)			Shimizu S-Pulse
7	FW	Otsu, YukiYuki Otsu	24 March 1990 (aged 22)			Borussia Mönchengladbach
8	DF	Yamamura, KazuyaKazuya Yamamura	2 December 1989 (aged 22)			Kashima Antlers
9	FW	Sugimoto, KenyuKenyu Sugimoto	18 November 1992 (aged 19)			Tokyo Verdy
10	MF	Higashi, KeigoKeigo Higashi	20 July 1990 (aged 22)			Omiya Ardija
11	FW	Nagai, KensukeKensuke Nagai	5 March 1989 (aged 23)			Nagoya Grampus
12	DF	Sakai, GotokuGotoku Sakai	14 March 1991 (aged 21)			Stuttgart
13	DF	Suzuki, DaisukeDaisuke Suzuki	29 January 1990 (aged 22)			Albirex Niigata
14	MF	Usami, TakashiTakashi Usami	6 May 1992 (aged 20)			Hoffenheim
15	FW	Saito, ManabuManabu Saito	4 April 1990 (aged 22)			Yokohama F. Marinos
16	MF	Yamaguchi, HotaruHotaru Yamaguchi	6 October 1990 (aged 21)			Cerezo Osaka
17	MF	Kiyotake, HiroshiHiroshi Kiyotake	12 November 1989 (aged 22)			Nürnberg
18	GK	Ando, ShunsukeShunsuke Ando	10 August 1990 (aged 21)			Kawasaki Frontale

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Honduras	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Morocco	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Spain	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Spain  v  Japan

26 July 2012 14:45

Spain	0–1	Japan
	Report	Ōtsu  34'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 37,726[13] Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Japan  v  Morocco

29 July 2012 17:00

Japan	1–0	Morocco
Nagai  84'	Report

St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 24,936[14] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Japan  v  Honduras

1 August 2012 17:00

Japan	0–0	Honduras
	Report

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry Attendance: 25,862[15] Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Quarter-final

Japan  v  Egypt

4 August 2012 12:00

Japan	3–0	Egypt
Nagai  14' Yoshida  78' Ōtsu  83'	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 70,772[16] Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Semi-final

Mexico  v  Japan

7 August 2012 17:00

Mexico	3–1	Japan
Fabián  31' Peralta  65' Cortés  90+3'	Report	Ōtsu  12'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 82,372[17] Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Bronze medal game

South Korea  v  Japan

10 August 2012 19:45

South Korea	2–0	Japan
Park Chu-young  38' Koo Ja-cheol  57'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 56,393[18] Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Final rank

4th place.

Women's tournament

Squad

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[19]

Head coach: Norio Sasaki

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2012 club
1	GK	Fukumoto, MihoMiho Fukumoto	2 October 1983 (aged 28)	60	0	Okayama Yunogo Belle
2	DF	Kinga, YukariYukari Kinga	2 May 1984 (aged 28)	79	5	INAC Leonessa
3	DF	Iwashimizu, AzusaAzusa Iwashimizu	14 October 1986 (aged 25)	77	8	NTV Beleza
4	DF	Kumagai, SakiSaki Kumagai	17 October 1990 (aged 21)	41	0	1. FFC Frankfurt
5	DF	Sameshima, AyaAya Sameshima	16 June 1987 (aged 25)	45	2	Vegalta Sendai
6	MF	Sakaguchi, MizuhoMizuho Sakaguchi	15 October 1987 (aged 24)	53	16	NTV Beleza
7	FW	Ando, KozueKozue Ando	9 July 1982 (aged 30)	103	17	FCR 2001 Duisburg
8	MF	Miyama, AyaAya Miyama (c)	28 January 1985 (aged 27)	112	27	Okayama Yunogo Belle
9	MF	Kawasumi, NahomiNahomi Kawasumi	23 September 1985 (aged 26)	31	8	INAC Leonessa
10	MF	Sawa, HomareHomare Sawa	6 September 1978 (aged 33)	179	80	INAC Leonessa
11	FW	Ohno, ShinobuShinobu Ohno	23 January 1984 (aged 28)	105	37	INAC Leonessa
12	DF	Yano, KyokoKyoko Yano	3 June 1984 (aged 28)	72	1	Urawa Red Diamonds
13	FW	Maruyama, KarinaKarina Maruyama	26 March 1983 (aged 29)	70	14	Speranza F.C. Osaka-Takatsuki
14	MF	Tanaka, AsunaAsuna Tanaka	23 April 1988 (aged 24)	13	3	INAC Leonessa
15	FW	Takase, MegumiMegumi Takase	10 November 1990 (aged 21)	26	5	INAC Leonessa
16	FW	Iwabuchi, ManaMana Iwabuchi	18 March 1993 (aged 19)	11	2	NTV Beleza
17	FW	Ogimi, YukiYūki Ōgimi	15 July 1987 (aged 25)	83	36	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
18	GK	Kaihori, AyumiAyumi Kaihori	4 September 1986 (aged 25)	31	0	INAC Leonessa

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
Japan	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Canada	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
South Africa	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Green indicates qualified for the quarter-finals

Japan  v  Canada

25 July 2012 17:00

Japan	2–1	Canada
Kawasumi  33' Miyama  44'	Report	Tancredi  55'

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry Attendance: 14,119[20] Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

Japan  v  Sweden

28 July 2012 12:00

Japan	0–0	Sweden
	Report

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry Attendance: 14,160[21] Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Japan  v  South Africa

31 July 2012 14:30

Japan	0–0	South Africa
	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 24,202[22] Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Quarter-final

Brazil  v  Japan

3 August 2012 17:00

Brazil	0–2	Japan
	Report	Ōgimi  27' Ohno  73'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 28,528[23] Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

Semi-final

France  v  Japan

6 August 2012 17:00

France	1–2	Japan
Le Sommer  76'	Report	Ōgimi  32' Sakaguchi  49'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 61,482[24] Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Gold medal game

United States  v  Japan

9 August 2012 19:45

United States	2–1	Japan
Lloyd  8', 54'	Report	Ōgimi  63'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 80,203[25] Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Ryohei Kato	Team	15.433	14.333	N/A	15.900	N/A				15.300	14.766	N/A	16.041	N/A
Kazuhito Tanaka		13.666	12.200	15.100	15.750	15.725 Q	14.400	86.841	22 *	13.733	13.433	N/A		15.366	15.166	N/A
Yusuke Tanaka		N/A		15.033	N/A	15.866 Q	14.200	N/A		N/A		15.200	N/A	15.500	16.000	N/A
Kōhei Uchimura		15.766 Q	12.466	14.966	16.033	15.533	15.000	89.764	9 Q	15.700	14.166	15.133	15.900	15.416	15.733	N/A
Koji Yamamuro		14.433	14.400	14.900	15.333	14.200	14.366	87.632	18 Q	N/A		15.366	14.033	N/A
Total		45.632	41.199	45.099	47.683	47.124	43.766	270.503	5 Q	44.733	42.365	45.699	45.971	46.282	46.899	271.952

* On 30 July, Koji Yamamuro was injured on vault during the men's team final. It was announced that he would not compete in the individual all-around final as a result, and that his teammate, Kazuhito Tanaka would be able to compete instead.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Kazuhito Tanaka	All-around	14.166	13.433	15.200	15.533	15.500	15.575	89.407	6
	Parallel bars	N/A				15.500	N/A	15.500	4
Yusuke Tanaka	Parallel bars	N/A				15.100	N/A	15.100	8
Kōhei Uchimura	All-around	15.100	15.066	15.333	16.266	15.325	15.600	92.690
	Floor	15.800	N/A					15.800
Koji Yamamuro	All-around	Withdrew due to injury

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Yu Minobe	Team	12.966	N/A	13.066	14.133	N/A		13.100	N/A			N/A
Yuko Shintake		13.633	13.633	N/A	14.166	N/A		13.266	N/A		13.433	N/A
Rie Tanaka		13.300	13.000	14.633	13.400	54.333	27 Q	N/A	14.416	14.333	12.833	N/A
Asuka Teramoto		14.233	14.600	14.566	14.466	57.865	8 Q	14.233	14.700	14.200	13.900	N/A
Koko Tsurumi		N/A	13.800	15.033Q	N/A			N/A	13.766	14.466	N/A
Total		41.166	42.033	44.232	42.765	170.196	6 Q	40.599	42.882	42.999	40.166	166.646	8

Rie Tankaka performs the balance beam in women's all-around.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Rie Tanaka	All-around	14.166	14.500	13.700	13.266	55.632	16
Asuka Teramoto		14.766	14.300	14.300	13.966	57.332	11
Koko Tsurumi	Uneven bars	N/A	N/A	14.966	N/A	14.966	7

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Natsuki Fukase Airi Hatakeyama Rie Matsubara Rina Miura Nina Saeed-Yokota Kotono Tanaka	Team	26.725	26.300	53.025	8 Q	27.000	27.100	54.100	7

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Masaki Ito	Men's	109.810	4 Q	60.895	4
Yasuhiro Ueyama		109.809	5 Q	60.240	5
Ayano Kishi	Women's	97.985	14	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hiroaki Hiraoka	−60 kg	BYE	McKenzie (GBR) W 0111–0000	Arshanski (ISR) W 0012–0000	Milous (FRA) W 0012–0010	Verde (ITA) W 0110–0001	BYE	Galstyan (RUS) L 0000–1000
Masashi Ebinuma	−66 kg	BYE	Mehmedovic (CAN) W 0111–0000	Lim (KAZ) W 0010–0001	Cho J-H (KOR) W 0001–0001	Shavdatuashvili (GEO) L 0000–0100	BYE	Zagrodnik (POL) W 0110–0101
Riki Nakaya	−73 kg	BYE	Maxwell (BAR) W 0100–0001	Palelashvili (ISR) W 0101–0000	Boqiev (TJK) W 0011–0002	Elmont (NED) W 0000–0001	BYE	Isaev (RUS) L 0001–0011
Takahiro Nakai	−81 kg	BYE	Munyonga (ZAM) W 1000–0000	Toma (MDA) W 0101–0003	Bischof (GER) L 0000–1010	Did not advance	Guilheiro (BRA) W 0011–0002	Nifontov (RUS) L 0000–0201	5
Masashi Nishiyama	−90 kg	N/A	Mamedov (KGZ) W 0110–0001	Bolat (KAZ) W 0010–0000	Song D-N (KOR) L 0101–0011	Did not advance	Choriev (UZB) W 0012–0012 YUS	Denisov (RUS) W 0000–0000 YUS
Takamasa Anai	−100 kg	N/A	Austin (GBR) W 0101–0003	Krpálek (CZE) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Daiki Kamikawa	+100 kg	N/A	Castillo (GUA) W 0100–0000	Makarau (BLR) L 0001–0011	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomoko Fukumi	−48 kg	Blanco (ESP) W 0100–0001	Edwards (GBR) W 0020–0000	Pareto (ARG) W 0010–0002	Dumitru (ROM) L 0011–0102	BYE	Csernoviczki (HUN) L 0001–1001	5
Misato Nakamura	−52 kg	BYE	An K-a (PRK) L 0002–0102	Did not advance
Kaori Matsumoto	−57 kg	Đukić (SLO) W 0011–0002	Gasimova (AZE) W 0010–0000	Quintavalle (ITA) W 0010–0001	Pavia (FRA) W 0010–0000	BYE	Căprioriu (ROM) W 0100–0000
Yoshie Ueno	−63 kg	Chaudhary (IND) W 1000–0000	Mišković (CRO) W 0010–0000	Joung D-w (KOR) L 0010–0000	Did not advance	Willeboordse (NED) W 0010–0000	Tsedevsuren (MGL) W 0010–0002
Haruka Tachimoto	−70 kg	BYE	Cortés (CUB) W 0000–0001	Chen F (CHN) L 0020–0020 YUS	Did not advance	Bosch (NED) L 0002–0011	Did not advance	7
Akari Ogata	−78 kg	Jeong G-M (KOR) W 0001–0002	Verkerk (NED) L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Mika Sugimoto	+78 kg	BYE	Blanco (VEN) W 0100–0000	Altheman (BRA) W 0100–0000	Bryant (GBR) W 0011–0002	BYE	Ortiz (CUB) L 0001–0000

Modern pentathlon

Based on their results at the 2011 Asian/Oceania Championships three Japanese pentathletes have qualified for London; Shinichi Tomii has earnt places in the men's event; Shino Yamanaka and Narumi Kurosu have earnt places in the women's event.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Shinichi Tomii	Men's	18–17	=11	832	2:01.19	6	1348	112	25	1088	11:19.03	29	2284	5552	22
Narumi Kurosu	Women's	8–27	35	592	2:22.39	28	1092	496	33	704	13:52.94	35	1672	4060	34
Shino Yamanaka		7–28	36	568	2:30.36	35	996	64	15	1136	11:58.56	8	2128	4828	30

Rowing

Japan has qualified the following boats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daisaku Takeda Kazushige Ura	Lightweight double sculls	6:54.01	5 R	6:39.81	2 SA/B	6:48.61	6 FB	6:48.27	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haruna Sakakibara	Single sculls	7:52.98	5 QF	BYE		8:12.26	5 SC/D	8:05.65	5 FD	8:42.90	23
Atsumi Fukumoto Akiko Iwamoto	Lightweight double sculls	7:30.29	3 R	7:23.79	2 SA/B	N/A		7:34.23	6 FB	7:32.12	12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Japan has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Makoto Tomizawa	RS:X	25	25	25	29	24	26	34	30	21	4	EL	209	28
Ryunosuke Harada Yugo Yoshida	470	19	12	25	12	7	11	21	17	17	15	EL	131	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Yuki Sunaga	RS:X	19	23	22	22	22	24	22	20	18	12	EL	180	21
Manami Doi	Laser Radial	29	32	31	27	26	36	30	22	27	29	EL	253	31
Ai Kondo Wakako Tabata	470	9	4	17	20	11	9	13	DSQ	13	8	EL	103	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi	49er	16	13	17	14	18	11	18	16	18	18	14	15	6	2	10	EL	188	18

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Japan has gained four quota places in the shooting events;^[27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tomoyuki Matsuda	50 m pistol	559	11	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	581	13	Did not advance
Midori Yajima	50 m rifle 3 positions	1148	39	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	590	33	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	589	38	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yukari Konishi	25 m pistol	574	31	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	377	31	Did not advance
Yukie Nakayama	Trap	65	15	Did not advance

Swimming

Japan sent a total of 29 swimmers at the London games, after having achieved qualifying standards in their respective events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[28][29] Excluding the relay events, eight swimmers competed in more than a single event, including the defending champion Kosuke Kitajima from the breaststroke events.

By results, Japan left London with 11 swimming medals (3 silver and 8 bronze), the largest amount received at a single event. Backstroke swimmer Ryosuke Irie, and breaststroke swimmer Satomi Suzuki managed to win three medals in all of their respective events, whether individual or relay. Kosuke Hagino, the youngest male swimmer in the team, surprisingly won the bronze medal in the men's 400 m individual medley, surpassing all-time defending champion Michael Phelps, who finished behind him in the finals. Butterfly swimmer Takeshi Matsuda managed to repeat his bronze medal from Beijing in the men's 200 m butterfly, in addition to his silver from the men's medley relay event. Kitajima, who bid to win double breaststroke swimming events for third Games in succession, missed out of medal standings in the final rounds.^[30]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuro Fujii	100 m butterfly	52.49	20	Did not advance
Kosuke Hagino	200 m individual medley	1:58.22	3 Q	1:57.95	5 Q	1:57.35	5
	400 m individual medley	4:10.01	1 Q	N/A		4:08.94 NR
Yasunari Hirai	10 km open water	N/A				1:51:20.1	15
Yuya Horihata	400 m individual medley	4:13.09	7 Q	N/A		4:13.30	6
Ryosuke Irie	100 m backstroke	53.56	5 Q	53.29	4 Q	52.97
	200 m backstroke	1:56.81	4 Q	1:55.68	4 Q	1:53.78
Kazuya Kaneda	200 m butterfly	1:55.70	7 Q	1:55.56	10	Did not advance
Kosuke Kitajima	100 m breaststroke	59.63	2 Q	59.69	6 Q	59.79	5
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.43	5 Q	2:09.03	5 Q	2:08.35	4
Takeshi Matsuda	100 m butterfly	52.36	=16 LSO	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:55.81	8 Q	1:54.25	1 Q	1:53.21
Ken Takakuwa	200 m individual medley	1:58.82	9 Q	1:58.31	6 Q	1:58.53	6
Ryo Tateishi	100 m breaststroke	59.86	8 Q	59.93	10	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.37	4 Q	2:09.13	7 Q	2:08.29
Kazuki Watanabe	200 m backstroke	1:58.17	13 Q	1:56.81	6 Q	1:57.03	6
Kosuke Hagino Chiaki Ishibashi Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda Sho Sotodate	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:11.74	9	N/A		Did not advance
Takuro Fujii Ryosuke Irie Kosuke Kitajima Takeshi Matsuda	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.64	3 Q	N/A		3:31.26

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natsumi Hoshi	100 m butterfly	59.06	23	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.04	6 Q	2:06.37	3 Q	2:05.48
Hanae Ito	200 m freestyle	1:58.93	15 Q	1:59.24	16	Did not advance
Izumi Kato	200 m individual medley	2:13.85	14 Q	2:14.47	14	Did not advance
Yuka Kato	100 m butterfly	58.72	15 Q	58.26	11	Did not advance
Yumi Kida	10 km open water	N/A				1:58:59.1	13
Yayoi Matsumoto	50 m freestyle	25.73	35	Did not advance
Mina Matsushima	100 m breaststroke	1:07.69	14 Q	1:08.26	16	Did not advance
Miyu Otsuka	200 m backstroke	2:11.65	21	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:39.13	12	N/A		Did not advance
Satomi Suzuki	100 m breaststroke	1:07.08	6 Q	1:07.10	7 Q	1:06.46
	200 m breaststroke	2:23.22	3 Q	2:22.40	3 Q	2:20.70
Miho Takahashi	400 m individual medley	4:45.10	20	N/A		Did not advance
Aya Takano	400 m freestyle	4:12.33	26	N/A		Did not advance
Aya Terakawa	100 m backstroke	59.82	4 Q	59.34	3 Q	58.83
Haruka Ueda	100 m freestyle	54.35	12 Q	54.59	16	Did not advance
Kanako Watanabe	200 m breaststroke	2:26.38	12 Q	2:27.32	14	Did not advance
Hanae Ito Yayoi Matsumoto Miki Uchida Haruka Ueda	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.06	5 Q	N/A		3:37.96	7
Hanae Ito Yayoi Matsumoto Aya Takano Haruka Ueda	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.56	8 Q	N/A		7:56.73	8
Yuka Kato Satomi Suzuki Aya Terakawa Haruka Ueda	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:57.87	2 Q	N/A		3:55.73

WSO - Win swim-off; LSO - Lost swim-off

Synchronized swimming

Japan has qualified 9 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Yukiko Inui Chisa Kobayashi	Duet	93.200	5	93.200	186.400	5 Q	93.540	186.740	5
Yumi Adachi Aika Hakoyama Yukiko Inui Mayo Itoyama Chisa Kobayashi Risako Mitsui Mai Nakamura Mariko Sakai Kurumi Yoshida	Team	93.800	5	N/A			93.830	187.630	5

Table tennis

Japan has qualified 3 men and 3 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Seiya Kishikawa	Singles	BYE			Gionis (GRE) W (4–3)	Oh S-e (KOR) W (4–1)	Wang H (CHN) L (0–4)	Did not advance
Jun Mizutani		BYE			Lashin (EGY) W (4–1)	Maze (DEN) L (0–4)	Did not advance
Seiya Kishikawa Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa	Team	N/A				Canada (CAN) W (3–0)	Hong Kong (HKG) L (2–3)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ai Fukuhara	Singles	BYE			Tikhomirova (RUS) W (4–0)	Li J (NED) W (4–3)	Ding N (CHN) L (0–4)	Did not advance
Kasumi Ishikawa		BYE			Li Qb (AUT) W (4–2)	Li Q (POL) W (4–1)	Wang Yg (SIN) W (4–1)	Li Xx (CHN) L (1–4)	Feng Tw (SIN) L (0–4)	4
Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa	Team	N/A				United States (USA) W (3–0)	Germany (GER) W (3–0)	Singapore (SIN) W (3–0)	China (CHN) L (0–3)

Taekwondo

Japan has qualified the following quotas.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Erika Kasahara	Women's −49 kg	Tona (PNG) W 12–0 PTG	Wu Jy (CHN) L 0–14 PTG	Did not advance	Zamora (GUA) L 2–6	Did not advance
Mayu Hamada	Women's −57 kg	Zaninović (CRO) W 14–11	Jones (GBR) L 3–13	Did not advance	Gladović (SRB) W 15–2 PTG	Harnois (FRA) L 8–12	Did not advance	5

Tennis

Kei Nishikori in men's tennis singles.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tatsuma Ito	Men's singles	Raonic (CAN) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Kei Nishikori		Tomic (AUS) W 7–6, 7–6	Davydenko (RUS) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1	Ferrer (ESP) W 6–0, 3–6, 6–4	del Potro (ARG) L 4–6, 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
Go Soeda		Baghdatis (CYP) L 7–6^(8–6) 6–7^(5–7) 2–6	Did not advance
Kei Nishikori Go Soeda	Men's doubles	N/A	Federer / Wawrinka (SUI) L 7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Japan has qualified 2 men and 3 women.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Yuichi Hosoda	Men's	18:06	0:43	59:37	0:31	32:43	1:51:40	43
Hirokatsu Tayama		17:24	0:44	58:45	0:34	31:57	1:49:24	20
Mariko Adachi	Women's	18:25	0:44	1:06:29	0:35	35:51	2:02:04	14
Juri Ide		19:46	0:43	1:06:56	0:35	36:43	2:04:43	34
Ai Ueda		20:48	0:45	1:09:42	0:31	34:48	2:06:34	39

Volleyball

Beach

The men's team qualified after winning the AVC Continental Beach Volleyball Cup.^[31]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kentaro Asahi Katsuhiro Shiratori	Men's	Pool B  Dalhausser – Rogers (USA) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 16–21)  Beneš – Kubala (CZE) L 1 – 2 (21–17, 12–21, 7–15)  Gavira – Herrera (ESP) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 20–22)	4	Did not advance				19

Indoor

Women's tournament

Japan has qualified a team to the women's indoor tournament through the World Qualification Tournament.

• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[32]

Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe

The Japanese team after winning the bronze medal

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2012 club
2	Nakamichi, HitomiHitomi Nakamichi	18 September 1985	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	270 cm (110 in)	256 cm (101 in)	Toray Arrows
3	Takeshita, YoshieYoshie Takeshita	18 March 1978	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	270 cm (110 in)	JT Marvelous
4	Yamaguchi, MaiMai Yamaguchi	3 July 1983	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Okayama Seagulls
5	Araki, ErikaErika Araki (C)	3 August 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	298 cm (117 in)	Toray Arrows
7	Inoue, KaoriKaori Inoue	21 October 1982	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Denso Airybees
8	Kano, MaikoMaiko Kano	15 July 1988	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Beşiktaş
10	Sano, YukoYuko Sano	26 July 1979	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	260 cm (100 in)	250 cm (98 in)	Igtisadchi Baku
11	Ōtomo, AiAi Ōtomo	24 March 1982	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	305 cm (120 in)	JT Marvelous
12	Shinnabe, RisaRisa Shinnabe	11 July 1990	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	268 cm (106 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
14	Sakoda, SaoriSaori Sakoda	18 December 1987	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Toray Arrows
16	Ebata, YukikoYukiko Ebata	7 November 1989	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Hitachi Rivale
18	Kimura, SaoriSaori Kimura	19 August 1986	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	293 cm (115 in)	VakıfBank Türk Telekom

Group play

Qualified for the quarter-finals

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	14	5	0	15	4	3.750	459	352	1.304
2	Italy	13	4	1	14	5	2.800	442	368	1.201
3	Japan	9	3	2	11	6	1.833	401	335	1.197
4	Dominican Republic	6	2	3	8	9	0.889	374	362	1.033
5	Great Britain	2	1	4	3	14	0.214	295	396	0.745
6	Algeria	1	0	5	2	15	0.133	252	410	0.615

28 July 2012 09:30	Algeria	0 – 3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Karin Zahorcova (CZE), José Vélez (PUR) Report(s): result statistics
	15 14 7 36	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

30 July 2012 20:00	Italy	3 –1	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Jose Mercado (PUR), Patricia Salvatore (USA) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 20 25 95	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	22 21 25 22 90

1 August 2012 09:30	Dominican Republic	0 – 3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 9,000 Referee(s): Karin Zahorcova (CZE), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE) Report(s): result statistics
	20 19 23 62	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

3 August 2012 11:30	Japan	1 – 3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referee(s): Jose Mercado (PUR), Zorica Bjelić (SRB) Report(s): result statistics
	25 17 25 19 86	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	27 25 20 25 97

5 August 2012 14:45	Great Britain	0 – 3	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Michael Davidson (CAN), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY) Report(s): result statistics
	19 14 12 45	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 13:00	Japan	3 – 2	China	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Susana Rodriguez (ESP), Zorica Bjelić (SRB) Report(s): result statistics
	28 23 25 23 18 117	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	26 25 23 25 16 115

Semi-final

9 August 2012 19:30	Brazil	3 – 0	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referee(s): Simone Santi (ITA), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	18 15 18 51

Bronze medal match

11 August 2012 11:30	Japan	3 – 0	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referee(s): Suzana Rodriguez (ESP), Jose Mercado (PUR) Report(s): result statistics
	25 26 25 76	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	22 24 21 67

Weightlifting

Japan has qualified 1 man and 4 women.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kazuomi Ota	Men's +105 kg	185	13	215	13	400	13
Hiromi Miyake	Women's −48 kg	87	2	110	3	197
Honami Mizuochi		80	=6	96	8	176	6
Kanae Yagi	Women's −53 kg	82	13	109	=8	191	13
Mami Shimamoto	Women's +75 kg	110	10	143	8	253	9

Wrestling

Japan has qualified in the following quota places.

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shinichi Yumoto	−55 kg	BYE	Kim J-C (KOR) W 3–1 ^PP	Jaburyan (ARM) W 3–0 ^PO	Khinchegashvili (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	BYE		Velikov (BUL) W 3–1 ^PP
Kenichi Yumoto	−60 kg	BYE	Bonne (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Asgarov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	BYE	Schleicher (GER) W 3–1 ^PP	Scott (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu	−66 kg	BYE	López (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Garcia (CAN) W 3–1 ^PP	Hasanov (AZE) W 3–0 ^PO	BYE		Kumar (IND) W 3–0 ^PO
Sosuke Takatani	−74 kg	Aliyev (AZE) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						16
Takao Isokawa	−96 kg	Tuamoheloa (ASA) W 5–0 ^VB	Musaev (KGZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kohei Hasegawa	−55 kg	BYE	Tazhyieu (BLR) W 3–0 ^PO	Nyblom (DEN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				10
Ryutaro Matsumoto	−60 kg	BYE	Bilici (TUR) W 3–0 ^PO	Belmadani (FRA) W 3–0 ^PO	Norouzi (IRI) L 1–3 ^PP	BYE		Kebispayev (KAZ) W 5–0 ^VT
Tsutomu Fujimura	−66 kg	BYE	Lester (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					13
Norikatsu Saikawa	−96 kg	BYE	Lidberg (SWE) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					17

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hitomi Obara	−48 kg	BYE	Mezien (TUN) W 5–0 ^VT	Sambou (SEN) W 3–0 ^PO	Huynh (CAN) W 3–0 ^PO	BYE		Stadnik (AZE) W 3–1 ^PP
Saori Yoshida	−55 kg	BYE	Campbell (USA) W 3–0 ^PO	Ratkevich (AZE) W 3–0 ^PO	Zholobova (RUS) W 3-0 ^PO	BYE		Verbeek (CAN) W 3-0 ^PO
Kaori Icho	−63 kg	BYE	Dugrenier (CAN) W 3–0 ^PO	Johansson (SWE) W 3–0 ^PO	Battsetseg (MGL) W 3–0 ^PO	BYE		Jing Rx (CHN) W 3–0 ^PO
Kyoko Hamaguchi	−72 kg	BYE	Manyurova (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					11

See also

• Japan at the Olympics
• Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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