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1 Medalists  





2 Archery  





3 Athletics  



3.1  Men's competition  





3.2  Women's competition  







4 Badminton  





5 Baseball  



5.1  Men's Team Competition  







6 Beach volleyball  





7 Boxing  





8 Canoeing  



8.1  Flatwater  



8.1.1  Women's competition  







8.2  Slalom  



8.2.1  Men's competition  









9 Cycling  



9.1  Cross Country Mountain Bike  





9.2  Road Cycling  





9.3  Track Cycling  



9.3.1  Men's competition  





9.3.2  Women's competition  









10 Diving  





11 Equestrianism  





12 Fencing  





13 Football  



13.1  Men's Team Competition  







14 Gymnastics  





15 Judo  





16 Modern pentathlon  





17 Rhythmic gymnastics  





18 Rowing  





19 Sailing  





20 Shooting  





21 Softball  



21.1  Women's Team Competition  







22 Swimming  





23 Synchronized swimming  





24 Table tennis  





25 Taekwondo  





26 Tennis  





27 Trampolining  





28 Triathlon  





29 Weightlifting  





30 Wrestling  





31 Notes  





32 References  














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Japan at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
inSydney
Competitors266 (156 men and 110 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearer Kosei Inoue
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
5
Total
18
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  • Japan competed at the 2000 Summer OlympicsinSydney, Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports.[1]

    Medalists

    [edit]

    Archery

    [edit]

    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:

    Athletics

    [edit]

    Men's competition

    [edit]

    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

    • 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

    [edit]

    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

    [edit]

    Men's singles

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

    Women's singles

    Women's doubles

    Baseball

    [edit]

    Men's Team Competition

    [edit]

    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.

    • 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
    • Lost to Cuba 0-3
    • Lost to Korea 1-3

    Beach volleyball

    [edit]

    Boxing

    [edit]

    Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

    Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

    Canoeing

    [edit]

    Flatwater

    [edit]

    Women's competition

    [edit]

    Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

    • Qualifying Heat – 02:00.833 (did not advance)

    Slalom

    [edit]

    Men's competition

    [edit]

    Men's Kayak Singles

    • Qualifying – 442.64 (did not advance)

    Cycling

    [edit]

    Cross Country Mountain Bike

    [edit]

    Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

    • Final – Lapped (34th place)

    Women's Mountain Bike

    • Final – 2:06:13.88 (26th place)

    Road Cycling

    [edit]

    Men's Road Race

    • Final – DNF

    Women's Road Race

    • Final – 3:12:40 (40th place)

    Track Cycling

    [edit]

    Men's competition

    [edit]

    Men's Sprint

    Men's 1 km Time Trial

    Men's Point Race

    Men's Keirin

    Men's Olympic Sprint

    Women's competition

    [edit]

    Women's Point Race

    Diving

    [edit]

    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

    [edit]

    Fencing

    [edit]

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

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

    Football

    [edit]

    Men's Team Competition

    [edit]
    Team Roster
  • ( 2.) Yuji Nakazawa
  • ( 3.) Naoki Matsuda
  • ( 4.) Ryuzo Morioka
  • ( 5.) Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
  • ( 6.) Junichi Inamoto
  • ( 7.) Hidetoshi Nakata
  • ( 8.) Tomakazu Myojin
  • ( 9.) Tomoyuki Hirase
  • (10.) Shunsuke Nakamura
  • (11.) Atsuhiro Miura
  • (12.) Tomoyuki Sakai
  • (13.) Atsushi Yanagisawa
  • (14.) Masashi Motoyama
  • (15.) Norihiro Nishi
  • (16.) Kōji Nakata
  • (17.) Naohiro Takahara
  • (18.) Ryota Tsuzuki
  • (19.) Kota Yoshihara
  • (20.) Satoshi Yamaguchi
  • (21.) Yasuhito Endō
  • (22.) Hitoshi Sogahata
  • Group D
    Team
  • t
  • e
  • Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
     Brazil 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
     Japan 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
     South Africa 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
     Slovakia 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
    Source: [citation needed]
    20:00
    South Africa 1–2 Japan
    Nomvethe 31' Report Takahara 45+1', 79'

    Attendance: 17,500

    Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

    20:00
    Slovakia 1–2 Japan
    Porázik 83' Report Nakata 67'
    Inamoto 74'

    Attendance: 15,289

    Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

    19:00
    Brazil 1–0 Japan
    Alex 5' Report

    Attendance: 36,608

    Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

    Quarter-finals
    18:30
    United States 2–2 (a.e.t.) Japan
    Wolff 68'
    Vagenas 90' (pen.)
    Report Yanagisawa 30'
    Takahara 72'
    Penalties
    Vagenas soccer ball with check mark
    Agoos soccer ball with check mark
    Donovan soccer ball with check mark
    Wolff soccer ball with check mark
    Victorine soccer ball with check mark
    5–4 soccer ball with check mark Nakamura
    soccer ball with check mark Inamoto
    soccer ball with check mark Morioka
    soccer ball with red X Nakata
    soccer ball with check mark Myojin

    Attendance: 18,345

    Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)

    Gymnastics

    [edit]

    Judo

    [edit]

    Modern pentathlon

    [edit]

    Rhythmic gymnastics

    [edit]

    Rowing

    [edit]

    Sailing

    [edit]

    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

    [edit]

    Softball

    [edit]

    Women's Team Competition

    [edit]
    • 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)
    • Defeated Australia (1:0)
    • Lost to United States (1:2) → Silver Medal

    Swimming

    [edit]

    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 (7th 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

    [edit]

    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

    [edit]

    Taekwondo

    [edit]

    Tennis

    [edit]

    Trampolining

    [edit]

    Triathlon

    [edit]

    Women's Individual Competition:

    Men's Individual Competition:

    Weightlifting

    [edit]

    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

    [edit]

    Notes

    [edit]
    • 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

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Japan at the 2000 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

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