Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports.[1]

Japan at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Sydney
Competitors266 (156 men and 110 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearer Kosei Inoue
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
5
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Archery

Sayoko Kawauchi was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventual silver medallist Kim Nam-Soon.

Men's individual
Masafumi Makiyama Yuji Hamano Takayoshi Matsushita
1/32 eliminations Defeated Alexandr Li
Kazakhstan
151-150 Lost to Ilario Di Buò
Italy
163-158 Lost to Grzegorz Targonski
Poland
166-164
1/16 eliminations Defeated Matteo Bisiani
Italy
162-159 - - - - - -
1/8 eliminations Lost to Kyo-Moon Oh
Korea
166-160 - - - - - -
Quarterfinal - - - - - - - - -
Semifinal - - - - - - - - -
Final - - - - - - - - -
- - -
Women's individual
Sayoko Kawauchi Mayumi Asano
1/32 eliminations Defeated Denisse Astrid van Lamoen
Chile
151-146 Lost to Jianping Yang
China
156-154
1/16 eliminations Defeated Kate Fairweather
Australia
160-156 - - -
1/8 eliminations Defeated Karen Scatotto
United States
159-157 - - -
Quarterfinal Lost to Nam-Soon Kim
Korea
114-100 - - -
5th place 40th place

Men's team competition:

  • Makiyama, Matsushita, Hamano Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

  • Round 1 10.39
  • Round 2 10.6 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 10.45
  • Round 2 10.25
  • Semifinal 10.39 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 10.59 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

  • Round 1 20.6
  • Round 2 20.37
  • Semifinal 20.69 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 20.75
  • Round 2 20.56
  • Semifinal 20.67 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Round 1 45.88
  • Round 2 46.15 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 46.25 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 46.59 (did not advance)

Men's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 13:29.99
  • Final 13:46.90 (15th place)
  • Round 1 13:41.31 (did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m

  • Round 1 27:59.95
  • Final 27:40.44 (7th place)
  • Round 1 27:45.13
  • Final 28:08.11 (15th place)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 13.74
  • Round 2 13.94 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 50.15 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 50.68 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 01:01.81 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

  • Round 1 38.52
  • Semifinal 38.31
  • Final 38.66 (6th place)

Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Round 1 03:05.21
  • Semifinal 03:13.63 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying 78.49
  • Final 76.60 (9th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualifying 7.84 (did not advance)
  • Qualifying NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Takamori Sugibayashi
  • Qualifying 16.67 (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualifying 2.15 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying 5.55 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final 1:25:03 (22nd place)
  • Final 1:25:34 (27th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final 4:13:28 (36th place)
  • Final DQ

Men's marathon

  • Final 2:17:21 (21st place)
  • Final 2:20:52 (41st place)
  • Final DNF

Women's competition

Women's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 15:23.41 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 15:39.83 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 15:48.20 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

  • Round 1 32:07.68
  • Final 32:24.17 (20th place)
  • Round 1 32:34.70
  • Final 31:52.59 (15th place)
  • Round 1 32:36.60
  • Final 31:27.44 (10th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 13.13
  • Round 2 13.11
  • Semifinal 13.16 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

  • Final 01:56.49 (Silver medal)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualifying 1.94
  • Final 1.90 (11th place)
  • Qualifying 1.92 (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final 2:23:14 (Gold medal)
  • Final 2:27:03 (7th place)
  • Final 2:30:34 (15th place)

Badminton

Men's Singles

  • Round of 64: Bye
  • Round of 32: Lost to Xia Xuanze of China

Women's Singles

Women's Doubles

Baseball

Men's Team Competition

Japan, which had won a bronze medal in the first Olympic baseball tournament and a silver medal in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and Africa but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: the United States, Korea, and Cuba. In the semifinals, Japan played Cuba for the second time in as many games, losing again to the two-time gold medallists. Playing for the bronze medal against Korea, the Japanese team was again defeated.

  • Preliminary Round (4-3)
  • Lost to United States 2-4
  • Defeated Netherlands 10-2
  • Defeated Australia 7-3
  • Defeated Italy 6-1
  • Defeated South Africa 8-0
  • Lost to Korea 6-7
  • Lost to Cuba 2-6
  • Semifinals
  • Lost to Cuba 0-3
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to Korea 1-3
  • Team Roster

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight ( 57 kg)

Canoeing

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat 02:00.833 (did not advance)

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

  • Qualifying 442.64 (did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Final Lapped (34th place)

Women's Mountain Bike

  • Final 2:06:13.88 (26th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

  • Final DNF

Women's Road Race

  • Final 3:12:40 (40th place)

Men's competition

Men's Sprint

Men's 1 km Time Trial

Men's Point Race

  • Makoto Iljima
    • Points 6
    • Laps Down 2 (16th place)

Men's Keirin

  • Shinichi Ota
    • First Round Heat 1; Place 3
    • Repechage Heat 1; Place 2
    • Second Round Heat 2; Place 6 (did not advance)
  • Yuichiro Kamiyama
    • First Round Heat 3; Place 6
    • Repechage Heat 3; DNF (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

Women's competition

Women's Point Race

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Preliminary 389.88
  • Semi-final 226.89 616.77
  • Final 407.58 634.47 (8th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Preliminary 457.59
  • Semi-final 191.49 649.08
  • Final 445.41 636.90 (5th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Japan in 2000.

Men's foil
Men's sabre
Women's foil

Football

Men's Team Competition

  • Group D
  • Quarter Finals
  • Japan United States 2-2 (USA wins after penalties)
  • Team Roster

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Five men and four women competed in six different Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics, including two top 10 finishes.

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 19
  • Race 2 (22)
  • Race 3 (26)
  • Race 4 13
  • Race 5 4
  • Race 6 16
  • Race 7 17
  • Race 8 18
  • Race 9 10
  • Race 10 16
  • Race 11 20
  • Final 133 (18th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Race 1 6
  • Race 2 12
  • Race 3 10
  • Race 4 10
  • Race 5 (15)
  • Race 6 5
  • Race 7 9
  • Race 8 11
  • Race 9 (16)
  • Race 10 7
  • Race 11 8
  • Final 78 (10th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Race 1 21
  • Race 2 13
  • Race 3 20
  • Race 4 22
  • Race 5 22
  • Race 6 17
  • Race 7 22
  • Race 8 (24)
  • Race 9 22
  • Race 10 (23)
  • Race 11 13
  • Final 172 (23rd place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 9
  • Race 2 5
  • Race 3 10
  • Race 4 7
  • Race 5 1
  • Race 6 (14)
  • Race 7 8
  • Race 8 3
  • Race 9 (12)
  • Race 10 12
  • Race 11 11
  • Final 66 (8th place)

Open Laser

  • Race 1 (38)
  • Race 2 12
  • Race 3 19
  • Race 4 15
  • Race 5 32
  • Race 6 (36)
  • Race 7 17
  • Race 8 25
  • Race 9 24
  • Race 10 30
  • Race 11 28
  • Final 202 (27th place)

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

  • Race 1 4
  • Race 2 4
  • Race 3 10
  • Race 4 15
  • Race 5 9
  • Race 6 16
  • Race 7 (17)
  • Race 8 15
  • Race 9 15
  • Race 10 13
  • Race 11 16
  • Race 12 (17)
  • Race 13 14
  • Race 14 16
  • Race 15 14
  • Race 16 12
  • Final 173 (16th place)

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Defeated Cuba (4:1)
  • Defeated PR China (3:1)
  • Defeated United States (2:1)
  • Defeated Australia (1:0)
  • Defeated Canada (4:3)
  • Defeated Italy (2:0)
  • Defeated New Zealand (2:1)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Australia (1:0)
  • Final
  • Lost to United States (1:2) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat 03:51.41 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat 15:14.43 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat 15:18.20 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat 52.91
  • Semi-final 53.01
  • Final 52.58 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat 01:58.07
  • Semi-final 01:57.66 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat 01:59.00
  • Semi-final 01:58.06 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat 01:01.68
  • Semi-final 01:01.31
  • Final 01:01.00 (4th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 01:02.86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat 02:15.54
  • Semi-final 02:15.16 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat 02:15.71 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat 02:05.68 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat 04:17.36 (did not advance)
  • Final 04:20.93 (8th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 04:20.76 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat 25.52
  • Semi-final 25.43
  • Final 25.65 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat 55.8
  • Semi-final 55.62
  • Final 55.53 (7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat 04:12.45 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat 04:14.23 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat 08:33.06
  • Final 08:37.39 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat 59.11
  • Semi-final 59.04
  • Final 59.13 (6th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 01:00.97 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat 02:09.85
  • Semi-final 02:09.88
  • Final 02:09.66 (7th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 02:10.22
  • Semi-final 02:09.89
  • Final 02:10.72 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat 01:09.12
  • Semi-final 01:09.04
  • Final 01:08.37 (6th place)
  • Preliminary Heat DNS (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat 02:27.39
  • Semi-final 02:26.24
  • Final 02:26.98 (8th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 02:29.60
  • Semi-final 02:31.71 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat 01:00.88
  • Semi-final 01:01.07
  • Final 01:00.55 (Silver medal)
  • Preliminary Heat 01:02.19
  • Semi-final 01:01.25
  • Final 01:01.14 (5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat 02:11.69
  • Semi-final 02:12.49
  • Final 02:11.05 (Bronze medal)
  • Preliminary Heat 02:12.15
  • Semi-final 02:11.02
  • Final 02:11.21 (4th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat 02:15.16
  • Semi-final 02:15.09
  • Final 02:15.64 (8th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 02:21.65 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat 04:40.35 (did not advance)
  • Final 04:35.96 (Silver medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley

  • Preliminary Heat 04:05.76
  • Final 04:04.16 (Bronze medal)

Synchronized swimming

Japan won two silver medals in the synchronized swimming competition at the 2000 Olympics.

Team

  • Technical Routine 34.51
  • Free Routine 64.35
  • Final 98.86 (Silver medal)

Duet

  • Technical Routine 34.3
  • Free Routine 64.35
  • Final 98.65 (Silver medal)

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Trampolining

Triathlon

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Koki Tagashira 56 kg 107.5 112.5 117.5 135.0 140.0 142.5 252.5 13
Yasuji Kikuzuma 56 kg 105.0 105.0 105.0 140.0 140.0 145.0 250.0 15
Yoshihisa Miyaji 69 kg 145.0 145.0 150.0 170.0 175.0 175.0 320.0 11
Hisaya Yoshimoto + 105 kg 170.0 180.0 182.5 DNF

Wrestling

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. "Japan at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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