Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Japan at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	JPN
NOC:	Japanese Olympic Committee external link (Japanese)
1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Medals Rank: 17	Gold 3	Silver 8	Bronze 11	Total 22
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Japan competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Baseball 2.5 Modern pentathlon 2.6 Swimming 2.7 Tennis

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Toshihiko Koga — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

• Hidehiko Yoshida — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)

• Kyoko Iwasaki — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke

[edit] Silver

• Koichi Morishita — Athletics, Men's Marathon

• Yuko Arimori — Athletics, Women's Marathon

• Yukio Iketani — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

• Naoya Ogawa — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

• Ryoko Tani — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)

• Noriko Mizoguchi — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)

• Yoko Tanabe — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)

• Kasumi Watanabe — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

[edit] Bronze

• Shigeki Wakabayashi, Katsumi Watanabe, Yasunori Takami, Akihiro Togo, Koji Tokunaga, Yasuhiro Sato, Masanori Sugiura, Kento Sugiyama, Koichi Oshima, Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, Shinichi Sato, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Kazutaka Nishiyama, Masafumi Nishi, Hirotami Kojima, Hiroki Kokubo, Takashi Miwa, Tomohito Ito, Shinichiro Kawabata, and Masahito Kohiyama — Baseball, Men's Team Competition

• Yukio Iketani, Masayuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Nishikawa, Yutaka Aihara, Takashi Chinen, and Yoshiaki Hatakeda — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises

• Tadanori Koshino — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

• Hirotaka Okada — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

• Yoko Sakaue — Judo, Women's Heavyweight

• Ryohei Koba — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

• Fumiko Okuno — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Solo

• Fumiko Okuno and Aki Takayama — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Duet

• Kosei Akaishi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In the nation's fifth Olympic archery competition, five of Japan's six archers failed to qualify for the elimination round. The one that did, Hiroshi Yamamoto, lost his match. Both teams lost their first matches in the team round as well.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Keiko Nakagomi — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0)
• Keiko Fujita — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0)
• Yukiko Ikeda — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Hiroshi Yamamoto — Round of 32, 17th place (0-1)
• Naoto Oku — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0)
• Kiyokazu Nishikawa— Ranking round, 61st place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

• Nakagomi, Fujita, and Ikeda — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Yamamoto, Oku, and Nishikawa — Round of 16, 15th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Koichi Morishita → Silver Medal (2:13.45)
• Takeyuki Nakayama → 4th place (2:14.02)
• Hiromi Taniguchi → 8th place (2:14.42)

Women's Marathon

• Yuko Arimori → Silver Medal (2:32.49)
• Sachiko Yamashita → 4th place (2:36.26)
• Yumi Kokamo → 29th place (2:58.18)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Tadahiro Sasaki

• First Round – Defeated Domenic Figliomeni (CAN), 5:3
• Second Round – Lost to Valentin Barbu (ROM), 7:10

[edit] Baseball

Japan was one of the eight teams to play in the first Olympic baseball tournament. In the preliminary round, the Japanese team defeated the United States and four other teams, but lost to Cuba and Chinese Taipei to come in third place in the round after those two teams. In the semifinal, Japan again played against Taipei, losing once more to be relegated to the bronze medal game. There, they again faced the United States and repeated their victory to take home the medal.

Men's Team Competition:

• Japan → Bronze medal (6-3)

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Individual:

• Hiroshi Miyagahara → 48th place (4859 points)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Toshiaki Kurasawa
  1. Heat – 24.61 (→ did not advance, 47th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Tsutomu Nakano
  1. Heat – 51.63 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

• Shigeo Ogata
  1. Heat – 52.74 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Shigeo Ogata
  1. Heat – 1:53.42 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

• Toshiaki Kurasawa
  1. Heat – 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Shigeo Ogata
  1. Heat – 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

• Masashi Kato
  1. Heat – 4:00.66 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Masashi Kato
  1. Heat – 15:40.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Hajime Itoi
  1. Heat – 56.18
  2. B-Final – 56.64 (→ 12th place)

• Keita Soraoka
  1. Heat – 57.64 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Hajime Itoi
  1. Heat – 1:59.95
  2. Final – 1:59.52 (→ 4th place)

• Keita Soraoka
  1. Heat – 2:03.10 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Akira Hayashi
  1. Heat – 1:01.76
  2. Final – 1:01.86 (→ 4th place)

• Kenji Watanabe
  1. Heat – 1:03.29 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Kenji Watanabe
  1. Heat – 2:14.35
  2. Final – 2:14.70 (→ 7th place)

• Akira Hayashi
  1. Heat – 2:14.61
  2. Final – 2:15.11 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Keiichi Kawanaka
  1. Heat – 55.18 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

• Tomohiro Miyoshi
  1. Heat – 55.98 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Keiichi Kawanaka
  1. Heat – 1:59.96
  2. Final – 1:58.97 (→ 5th place)

• Tomohiro Miyoshi
  1. Heat – 2:01.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Tatsuya Kinugasa
  1. Heat – 2:03.32
  2. B-Final – 2:04.29 (→ 13th place)

• Takahiro Fujimoto
  1. Heat – 2:04.89
  2. Final – 2:07.74 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Takahiro Fujimoto
  1. Heat – 4:20.07
  2. Final – 4:23.80 (→ 8th place)

• Toshiaki Kurasawa
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Hajime Itoi, Akira Hayashi, Keiichi Kawanaka, and Tsutomu Nakano
  1. Heat – 3:43.88
  2. Final – 3:43.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Ayako Nakano
  1. Heat – 26.74 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

• Shina Matsudo
  1. Heat – 27.36 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 56.26
  2. B-Final – 55.97 (→ 9th place)

• Ayako Nakano
  1. Heat – 57.71 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 2:00.96
  2. Final – 2:00.64 (→ 6th place)

• Yoko Koikawa
  1. Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 4:13.85
  2. Final – 4:15.71 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Yoko Koikawa
  1. Heat – 1:02.83
  2. Final – 1:03.23 (→ 8th place)

• Noriko Inada
  1. Heat – 1:03.21
  2. B-Final – 1:03.42 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Junko Torikai
  1. Heat – 2:16.13
  2. B-Final – 2:15.20 (→ 11th place)

• Noriko Inada
  1. Heat – 2:15.74
  2. B-Final – 2:17.68 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Kyoko Iwasaki
  1. Heat – 1:11.00
  2. B-Final – 1:11.16 (→ 13th place)

• Kyoko Kasuya
  1. Heat – 1:11.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Kyoko Iwasaki
  1. Heat – 2:27.78
  2. Final – 2:26.65 (→ Gold Medal)

• Kyoko Kasuya
  1. Heat – 2:32.55
  2. B-Final – 2:32.97 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Rie Shito
  1. Heat – 1:01.04
  2. Final – 1:01.16 (→ 8th place)

• Yoko Kando
  1. Heat – 1:01.56
  2. B-Final – 1:01.32 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Mika Haruna
  1. Heat – 2:11.21
  2. Final – 2:09.88 (→ 4th place)

• Rie Shito
  1. Heat – 2:11.00
  2. Final – 2:10.24 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Hideko Hiranaka
  1. Heat – 2:18.13
  2. B-Final – 2:18.47 (→ 9th place)

• Eri Kimura
  1. Heat – 2:18.63
  2. B-Final – 2:18.91 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Hideko Hiranaka
  1. Heat – 4:47.92
  2. Final – 4:46.24 (→ 5th place)

• Eri Kimura
  1. Heat – 4:46.17
  2. Final – 4:47.78 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Ayako Nakano, Yoko Koikawa, Shina Matsudo, and Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 3:49.91 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Yoko Koikawa, Kyoko Iwasaki, Yoko Kando, and Suzu Chiba
  1. Heat – 4:11.48
  2. Final – 4:09.92 (→ 7th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Shuzo Matsuoka
  1. First round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6

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