Japan women's national gymnastics team
The Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Japan in FIG international competitions.
Continental union | Asian Gymnastics Union |
---|---|
National federation | Japan Gymnastics Association |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 11 |
Medals | Bronze: 1964 |
World Championships | |
Medals | Bronze: 1962, 1966 |
History
Japan has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 11 times. It has won one medal, a bronze in 1964.[1] The team has also won two medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Current senior roster
- Yuki Uchiyama
- Aiko Sugihara
- Marina Kawasaki
- Sae Miyakawa
- Mai Murakami
- Natsumi Sasada
- Asuka Teramoto
- Mana Oguchi
Olympic Games team competition results
- 1928 — did not participate
- 1936 — did not participate
- 1948 — did not participate
- 1952 — did not participate
- 1956 — 6th place
- 1960 — 4th place
- 1964 — bronze medal
- 1968 — 4th place
- 1972 — 7th place
- 1976 — 8th place
- 1980 — did not participate
- 1984 — 6th place
- 1988 — 12th place
- 1992 — did not participate
- 1996 — 12th place
- 2000 — did not participate
- 2004 — did not participate
- 2008 — 5th place
- 2012 — 8th place
- 2016 — 4th place
Most decorated gymnasts
This list includes all Japanese female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Rank | Gymnast | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Olympic Total | World Total | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda | 1964 1962 1966 | 1966 | 1966 | 1954 1958 1962 | 1958 | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
2 | Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri | 1964 1962 1966 | 1966 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
3 | Mai Murakami | 2018 | 2017 2018 |
0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
4 | Koko Tsurumi | 2009 | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
5 | Ginko Abukawa-Chiba | 1964 1962 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Kiyoko Ono | 1964 1962 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara | 1964 1962 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Hiroko Tsuji | 1964 1962 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
9 | Taki Shibuya | 1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Hiroko Ikenada | 1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Yasuko Furuyama | 1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Mitsuko Kandori | 1966 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- "Japan Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.