1920 Summer Olympics / Participant (Japan)

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Japan participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium , with a delegation of 15 athletes (all men) in 14 competitions in four sports. Two medals (silver) could be won. The youngest athlete was the marathon runner Kenzo Yashima (18 years and 139 days), the oldest athlete was the decathlete Gensaburō Noguchi (31 years and 361 days). It wasthe country'ssecond summer Olympics participationafter the 1912 Summer Olympics .

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Kumagai Ichiya	tennis	Men's singles
Kumagai Ichiya Kashio Seiichirō	tennis	Men's doubles

Participants by sport

athletics

• Saburo Hasumi
  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round one (sixth place), no time known

  • 1500 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round four (sixth place), no time known

• Ichiro Kaga
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round one (fourth place), no time known

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round nine (fourth place), no time known

• Kanaguri Shisō
  • marathon

  Final: 2: 48: 45.4 h, 16th place

• Hiroshi Masuda
  • Pentathlon

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  200-meter run: competition not started

  1500 meter run: competition not started

  Discus throw: 39.82 m

  Javelin: competition not started

  Long jump: 4,510 m

• Yahei Miura
  • marathon

  Final: 2: 59: 37.0 h, place 24

• Zensaku Motegi
  • 10,000 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run three (twelfth), no time known

  • marathon

  Final: 2: 51: 09.4 h, 20th place

• Gensaburo Noguchi
  • Decathlon

  Final: 3668.63 points, twelfth place

  100-meter run: 643.00 points, run seven, 12.1 s, third place, 16th overall

  110 meter hurdles: 0.00 points, competition not finished (DNF)

  400-meter run: 661.60 points, run five, 57.2 s, third place, 18th overall

  1500 meter run: 553.60 points, run one, 5: 11.2 min, sixth place, twelfth overall

  Discus throw: 116.88 points, 21.97 m, 16th place

  High jump: 328.00 points, 1.45 m, 21st place

  Shot put: 279.00 points, 8.13 m, 23rd place

  Javelin: 298.20 points, 35.48 m, twelfth place

  Pole vault: 271.00 points, 2.60 m, 15th place

  Long jump: 517.35 points, 5.630 m, 21st place

• Tomeichi Ōura
  • 5000 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round four (sixth place), no time known

• Konosuke Sano
  • 5000 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round two (seventh place), no time known

  • 10,000 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (eighth place), no time known

• Shinichi Yamaoka
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run eight (fourth place), no time known

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in race one (fourth place), 23.9 s, two meters behind the third-placed

• Kenzo Yashima
  • marathon

  Final: 2: 57: 02.0 h, 21st place

swim

• Kenkichi Saito
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round three (sixth place), no time known

  • 400 meters freestyle

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run one (second place), 6: 16.8 min

  Semi-finals: eliminated in race one, competition not finished (DNF)

• Mazars Uchida
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round five (fifth place), no time known

  • 400 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run three (third place), 6: 40.0 min

tennis

singles

• Kumagai Ichiya

  Rank two

  Round one: 3-0 set win against José María Alonso from Spain

  Round two: 3-0 win in sets against Victor de Laveleye from Belgium

  Round three: won against Albert Lammen from Belgium after sets (3-0)

  Quarterfinals: Victory in sets (3-0) against George Dodd from the Union of South Africa

  Semi-finals: 3-0 set win against Charles Winslow from the South African Union

  Final: defeat in sets (0: 3) against Louis Raymond from the South African Union

• Kashio Seiichirō

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: 3-0 win in sets against Erik Tegner from Denmark

  Round three: 2: 3 defeat in sets against George Dodd from the Union of South Africa

Double

• Kumagai Ichiya
  Kashio Seiichirō

  Rank two

  Quarterfinals: 3-1 win in sets (6: 3, 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3) against Brian Norton and Louis Raymond from the South African Union

  Semi-finals: 3-1 win in sets (6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1) against François Blanchy and Jacques Brugnon from France

  Final: 1: 3 defeat in sets (2: 6, 7: 5, 5: 7, 5: 7) against Oswald Turnbull and Max Woosnam from Great Britain

Diving

• Mazars Uchida
  • Diving 3 m and 10 m

  Round one: eliminated in group two (eighth place), 94.0 points

Web links

• Olympic team of Japan 1920 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )