1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Japan)

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Japan participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , USA , with a delegation of 306 athletes (157 men and 149 women).

Medalist

With three won gold, six silver and five bronze medals, the Japanese team was ranked 23 in the medal count .

Gold medal.svg gold

Name / s sport competition
Tadahiro Nomura Judo Super light weight
Kenzo Nakamura Judo lightweight
Yuko Emoto Judo Women, light middleweight

Silver medal.svg silver

Name / s sport competition
Kōsuke Fukudome, Yoshitomo Tani, Hitoshi Ono, Masahiro Nojima, Hideaki Okubo, Jūtarō Kimura, Yasuyuki Saigō, Takayuki Takabayashi, Takeo Kawamura, Takao Kuwamoto, Daishin Nakamura, Kōichi Kurakau, Takashi Makauaka, Takiko Makau, Tomanoto Imaatsios, Makuhori Makau, Tomanoto Imaatsios, Makuhori Sugakau, Tomanoto Imaatsunoka , Tadahito Iguchi, Masao Morinaka, Masahiko Mori baseball Men's competition
Yukimasa Nakamura Judo Half light weight
Toshihiko Koga Judo Light middleweight
Ryoko Tamura Judo Women, super light weight
Yōko Tanabe Judo Women, light heavyweight
Yumiko Shige & Alicia Kinoshita sailing Women, 470s

Bronze medal.svg bronze

Name / s sport competition
Noriko Narazaki Judo Women, half light weight
Yūko Arimori athletics Women, marathon
Takanobu Jumonji Cycling 1,000 meters time trial
Takuya Ota Wrestling Welterweight, freestyle
Raika Fuiji, Rei Jimbo, Miho Kawabe, Akiko Kawase, Riho Nakajima, Miya Tachibana, Miho Takeda, Junko Tanaka Synchronized swimming Women's competition

Participants by sport

badminton badminton

baseball baseball

  • Men's team
    silver silver

basketball basketball

  • Women team
    7th place

Archery Archery

  • Kinue Kodama
    Women, singles: 24th place
    Women, team: 14th place
  • Ai Ouchi
    Women, singles: 41st place
    Women, team: 14th place
  • Misato Koide
    Women, singles: 56th place
    Women, team: 14th place

Boxing Boxing

fencing fencing

  • Noriko Kubo
    Women, swords, singles: 40th place
    Women, epee, team: 11th place
  • Yuko Arai
    Women, swords, singles: 42nd place
    Women, epee, team: 11th place
  • Nanae Tanaka
    Women, swords, singles: 46th place
    Women, epee, team: 11th place

Soccer Soccer

  • Men's team
    9th place
  • Women team
    7th place

Weightlifting Weightlifting

Judo Judo

canoe canoe

  • Sayuri Maruyama
    Women, single kayak, 500 meters: semifinals
    Women, four-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals
  • Chieko Akagi
    Women, two-man kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals
  • Asako Watanabe
    Women, two-man kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals
    Women, four-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals
  • Keiko Muto
    Women, four-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

athletics athletics

  • Nobuharu Asahara
    100 meters: semi-finals
    4 × 100 meters: prelims
    Long jump: 36th place in qualification
  • Koji Ito
    200 meters: semi-finals
    4 × 100 meters: prelims
    4 × 400 meters: 5th place
  • Shunji Karube
    400 meter hurdles: prelims
    4 × 400 meters: 5th place

Cycling Cycling

  • Seiko Hashimoto
    Women, 3,000 meters individual pursuit: 12th place
    Women, points race: 9th place

horse riding horse riding

  • Takeshi Shirai
    Show jumping, singles: 15th place in the qualification
    Show jumping, team: 14th place
  • Yoshihiro Nakano
    Show jumping, singles: 57th place in qualification
    Show jumping, team: 14th place
  • Taizo Sugitani
    Show jumping, singles: 62nd place in qualification
    Show jumping, team: 14th place
  • Kenji Morimoto
    Show jumping, singles: Eliminated in qualification
    Show jumping, team: 14th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Wrestling Wrestling

  • Sonny Abe
    Bantamweight, freestyle: 9th place

rowing rowing

shoot shoot

  • Tomohiro Kida
    Air pistol: 29th place
    Rapid fire pistol: 12th place
  • Masaru Nakashige
    Air pistol: 48th place
    Free target pistol: 11th place
    Air rifle: 22nd place
    Small bore, three-position fight: 28th place
    Small caliber, lying: 42nd place
  • Naoki Kurita
    Air rifle: 38th place
    Small caliber, three-position fight: 37th place
    Small caliber, lying: 30th place
  • Yōko Inada
    Women, air pistol: 15th place
    Women, sport pistol: 35th place
  • Yōko Minamoto
    Women, air rifle: 39th place
    Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 26th place

swim swim

  • Shunsuke Ito
    100 meters freestyle: 37th place
    200 meters freestyle: 23rd place
    4 × 100 meters: 5th place
  • Hisato Yasui
    400 meters freestyle: 24th place
    1,500 meters freestyle: 22nd place
  • Keitaro Konnai
    100 meters back: 9th place
    4 × 100 meters: 5th place
  • Hajime Itoi
    100 meters back: 11th place
    200 meters back: 5th place
  • Akira Hayashi
    100 meters chest: 12th place
    200 meters chest: 16th place
    4 × 100 meters: 5th place
  • Takashi Yamamoto
    100 meter butterfly: 13th place
    200 meter butterfly: 20th place
    4 × 100 meters: 5th place
  • Sumika Minamoto
    Women, 50 meters freestyle: 12th place
    Women, 100 meters freestyle: 25th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 12th place
  • Suzu Chiba
    Women, 200 meters freestyle: 10th place
    Women, 400 meters freestyle: 13th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 12th place
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 9th place
  • Naoko Imoto
    Women, 200 meters freestyle: 20th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 12th place
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place
  • Eri Yamanoi
    Women, 400 meters freestyle: 7th place
    Women, 800 meters freestyle: 10th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 12th place
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place
  • Aiko Miyake
    Women, 800 meters freestyle: 21st place
    Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place
  • Mai Nakamura
    Women, 100 meters back: 4th place
    Women, 200 meters back: 9th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 9th place
  • Miki Nakao
    Women, 100 meters back: 8th place
    Women, 200 meters back: 5th place
  • Masami Tanaka
    Women, 100 meters chest: 13th place
    Women, 200 meters chest: 5th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 9th place
  • Kyōko Iwasaki
    Women, 100 meters chest: 22nd place
    Women, 200 meters chest: 10th place
  • Hitomi Kashima
    Women, 100 meters butterfly: 4th place
    Women, 200 meters butterfly: 14th place
  • Ayari Aoyama
    Women, 100 meters butterfly: 6th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 9th place
  • Fumie Kurotori
    Women, 200 meter medley: 28th place
    Women, 400 meter medley: 12th place

sailing sailing

Softball Softball

  • Women team
    4th Place

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming

  • Women team
    bronze bronze

tennis tennis

  • Ai Sugiyama
    Women, singles: 9th place
    Women, doubles: 17th place

Table tennis Table tennis

  • Hey Zhili
    Women, singles: 5th place
    Women, doubles: 5th place
  • Rika Sato
    Women, singles: 17th place
    Women, doubles: 9th place
  • Taeko Todo
    Women, singles: 17th place
    Women, doubles: 5th place

do gymnastics do gymnastics

  • Naoya Tsukahara
    Individual all-around: 12th place
    Team all-around competition: 10th place
    Bars: 19th place in qualification
    Floor: 14th place in qualification
    Horse jump: 23rd place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 30th place in qualification
    Rings: 48th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 28th place in qualification
  • Yoshiaki Hatakeda
    Individual all-around: 15th place
    Team all-around competition: 10th place
    Bars: 13th place in qualification
    Floor: 36th place in qualification
    Horse jump: 53rd place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 55th place in qualification
    Rings: 76th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 5th place
  • Hikaru Tanaka
    Individual all-around: 19th place
    Team all-around competition: 10th place
    Bars: 17th place in qualification
    Floor: 40th place in qualification
    Horse jump: 40th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 23rd place in qualification
    Rings: 58th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 24th place in qualification
  • Toshiharu Satō
    Individual all-around: 29th place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 10th place
    Bars: 38th place in qualification
    Floor: 54th place in qualification
    Horse jump: 32nd place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 60th place in qualification
    Rings: 59th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 29th place in qualification
  • Shigeru Kurihara
    Individual all-around: 44th place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 10th place
    Bars: 61st place in qualification
    Floor: 37th place in qualification
    Horse jump: 58th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 82nd place in qualification
    Rings: 17th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 81st place in qualification
  • Takashi Uchiyama
    Individual all-around: 54th place in qualification
    Team all-around competition: 10th place
    Bars: 72nd place in qualification
    Floor: 44th place in qualification
    Horse jump: 90th place in qualification
    Horizontal bar: 69th place in qualification
    Rings: 69th place in qualification
    Pommel horse: 83rd place in qualification
  • Risa Sugawara
    Women, individual all-around: 29th place
    Women, team all-round competition: 12th place
    Women, floor: 55th place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 59th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 60th place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 48th place in qualification
  • Naho Hoshiyama
    Women, individual all-around: 57th place in qualification
    Women, team all-round competition: 12th place
    Women, floor: 69th place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 88th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 57th place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 74th place in qualification
  • Miho Hashiguchi
    Women, individual all-around: 60th place in qualification
    Women, team all-round competition: 12th place
    Women, floor: 54th place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 75th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 79th place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 77th place in qualification
  • Hanako Miura
    Women, individual all-around: 68th place in qualification
    Women, team all-round competition: 12th place
    Women, floor: 63rd place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 48th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 77th place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 89th place in qualification
  • Aya Sekine
    Women, individual all-around: 79th place in qualification
    Women, team all-round competition: 12th place
    Women, floor: 83rd place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 85th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 80th place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 97th place in qualification
  • Masumi Okawa
    Women, individual all-around: 94th place in qualification
    Women, team all-round competition: 12th place
    Women, floor: 79th place in qualification
    Women, horse jump: 82nd place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 98th place in qualification
  • Satsuki Obata
    Women, individual all-around: 101st place in qualification
    Women, team all-round competition: 12th place
    Women, balance beam: 53rd place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 82nd place in qualification

beach volleyball Volleyball (beach)

Volleyball (hall) Volleyball (hall)

  • Women team
    9th place

Diving Diving

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Africa

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Asia

Afghanistan  • Bahrain  • Bangladesh  • Bhutan  • Brunei  • China  • Chinese Taipei  • Hong Kong  • India  • Indonesia  • Iraq  • Iran  • Japan  • Yemen  • Jordan  • Cambodia  • Kazakhstan  • Qatar  • Kyrgyzstan  • Kuwait  • Laos  • Lebanon  • Malaysia  • Maldives  • Mongolia  • Myanmar  • Nepal  • North Korea  • Oman  • Pakistan  • Palestine  • Philippines  • Saudi Arabia  • Singapore  • Sri Lanka  • South Korea  • Syria  • Tajikistan  • Thailand  • Turkmenistan  • Uzbekistan  • United Arab Emirates  • Vietnam

Europe

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