1984 Summer Olympics / Participant (Japan)

JPN

10	8th	14th

Japan took part in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 226 athletes (174 men and 52 women) in 147 competitions in 22 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Shigenobu Murofushi .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Takayoshi Matsushita Singles: 4th place Ichiro Shimamura Individual: 52nd place Hiroshi Yamamoto Single: bronze

Women Hiroko Ishizu Singles: 4th place Minako Sato-Hokari Singles: 10th place

Boxing

Men

• Satoru Higashi

  Featherweight: 3rd round

• Akinobu Hiranaka

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• Mamoru Kuroiwa

  Light Flyweight: Quarter Finals

• Kunihiro Miura

  Light welterweight: 2nd round

• Chiharu Ogiwara

  Light middleweight: 3rd round

• Seiki Segawa

  Flyweight: 2nd round

• Hiroaki Takami

  Bantamweight: 3rd round

fencing

Men Nobuyuki Azuma Foil, singles: 20th place Foil, team: 9th place Yoshihiko Kanatsu Foil, team: 9th place Hidehachi Koyasu Foil, team: 9th place Tadashi Shimokawa Foil, singles: 36th place Foil, team: 9th place Kenichi Umezawa Foil, singles: 14th place Foil, team: 9th place

Women Miyuki Maekawa Foil, singles: 38th place Foil, team: 8th place Mieko Miyahara Foil, singles: 30th place Foil, team: 8th place Azusa Oikawa Foil, singles: 27th place Foil, team: 8th place Tomoko Oka Foil, team: 8th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Takashi Ichiba

  Bantamweight: 4th place

• Ryoji Isaoka

  Lightweight: bronze

• Masahiro Kotaka

  Bantamweight: bronze

• Kazushito Manabe

  Flyweight: bronze

• Hidemi Miyashita

  Flyweight: 4th place

• Yosuke Muraki-Iwata

  Featherweight: 5th place

• Yasushige Sasaki

  Lightweight: 6th place

• Choji Taira

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Kaoru Wabiko

  Featherweight: 4th place

Handball

Men

• 10th place

• Squad

  Seimei Gamo

  Takashi Ikenoue

  Yasuo Ikoma

  Hidetada Ito

  Koji Matsui

  Mitsuaki Nakamoto

  Kiyoshi Nishiyama

  Takahiro Ohata

  Nobuo Sasaki

  Kenzo Seki

  Yoshihiro Shiga

  Katsutoshi Taguchi

  Seiichi Takamura

  Yukihiko Uemura

  Shinji Yamamoto

Judo

Men

• Shinji Hosokawa

  Ultra light weight: gold

• Yoshiyuki Matsuoka

  Half light weight: gold

• Masato Mihara

  Light Heavyweight: 7th place

• Hidetoshi Nakanishi

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Seiki Nose

  Middleweight: bronze

• Hitoshi Saito

  Heavyweight: gold

• Hiromitsu Takano

  Light middleweight: 5th place

• Yasuhiro Yamashita

  Open class: gold

canoe

Men

• Kazumori Koike & Hisao Yanagisawa

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: hope run

• Kiyoto Inoue

  Canoe single, 500 meters: 6th place

  Canoe single, 1000 meters: 8th place

• Shusei Fukuzato & Hiroyuki Izumi

  Canoe two-man, 500 meters: 8th place

  Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: hope run

athletics

Men Hiroki Fuwa 100 meters: quarter-finals 200 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: semi-finals Yutaka Kanai 10,000 meters: 7th place Kazuhiro Mizoguchi Javelin throw: 20th place in qualification Shigenobu Murofushi Hammer throw: 14th place in qualification Shigenori Omori 400 meter hurdles: prelims 4 x 400 meters: semi-finals Takao Sakamoto High jump: 15th place in qualification Toshihiko Seko Marathon: 14th place Hisatoshi Shintaku 10,000 meters: 16th place Shigeru So Marathon: 17th place Takeshi So Marathon: 4th place Tomomi Takahashi Pole vault: no valid attempt in the final Susumu Takano 400 meters: semi-finals 4 x 400 meters: semi-finals Yasushi Ueta Triple jump: 22nd place in qualification Junichi Usui Long jump: 7th place Masami Yoshida Javelin throw: 5th place Ryoichi Yoshida 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals 4 x 400 meters: semi-finals

Women Hisayo Fukumitsu High jump: 17th place in qualification Akemi Masuda Marathon: DNF Emi Matsui Javelin throw: 14th place in qualification Minori Mori Javelin throw: 16th place in qualification Nanae Sasaki Marathon: 19th place Megumi Sato High jump: 18th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Daizou Araki

  Singles: 46th place

  Team: 11th place

• Hiroyuki Kawazoe

  Individual: 29th place

  Team: 11th place

• Shoji Uchida

  Singles: 28th place

  Team: 11th place

Cycling

Men Akio Kuwazawa Points race: preliminary round Katsuo Nakatake Sprint: 7th lap Tsutomu Sakamoto Sprint: bronze 1000 meter time trial: 13th place Hitoshi Sato Points race: preliminary round Matsuyoshi Takahashi Road race: 45th place Akio Kuwazawa , Harumitsu Okada , Mitsugi Sarudate & Yoshihiro Tsumuraya 4000 meters team pursuit: 11th place

Women Wakako Abe Road race: 40th place

horse riding

• Nobutada Hiromatsu

  Dressage, team: 40th place

• Osamu Nakamata

  Dressage, individual: 38th place

• Yoshihiro Nakano

  Jumping, singles: 34th place

  Jumping, team: 11th place

• Ryuichi Obata

  Jumping, team: 11th place

• Shuichi Toki

  Jumping, singles: DNF (final)

  Jumping, team: 11th place

• Takashi Tomura

  Jumping, singles: 46th place

  Jumping, team: 11th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Women

• Erika Akiyama

  Individual: 13th place

• Hiroko Yamasaki

  Singles: 8th place

Wrestling

Men

• Kōsei Akaishi

  Featherweight, freestyle: silver

• Masaya Ando

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Masaki Eto

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Yoshihiro Fujita

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Hiroshi rabbit

  Greco-Roman light heavyweight division: 2nd round

• Naomi Higuchi

  Welterweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Tamon Honda

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Takashi Irie

  Light flyweight, freestyle: silver

• Koichi Ishimori

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Masakazu Kamimura

  Lightweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Atsuji Miyahara

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Yasutoshi Moriyama

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Takahiro Mukai

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Hideyuki Nagashima

  Middleweight, freestyle: silver

• Seiji Nemoto

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Seiichi Osanai

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Akira Ota

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver

• Ikuzo Saito

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Yūji Takada

  Flyweight, freestyle: bronze

• Hideaki Tomiyama

  Bantamweight, Freestyle: Gold

rowing

Men

• Shunsuke Horiuchi

  One: reunion

• Tadashi Abe , Shunsuke Kawamoto , Akihiro Koike , Hideaki Maeguchi & Satoru Miyoshi

  Four with helmsman: 8th place

shoot

Men Hiroyuki Akatsuka Rapid fire pistol: 23rd place Norito Chōsa Small bore, lying: 43rd place Chikafumi Hirai Free pistol: 18th place Takeo Kamachi Rapid fire pistol: gold Ryōhei Koba Air rifle: 18th place Small caliber, three-position battle: 25th place Kaoru Matsuo Air rifle: DNF Small bore, three-position fight: 35th place Hiroyuki Nakajo Small bore, lying: 17th place Shigetoshi Tashiro Free pistol: 29th place

Open class Own Hayashi Skeet: 41st place Motoharu Hirano Trap: 11th place Mikio Itakura Skeet: 13th place Kazumi Watanabe Trap: 11th place

Women Keiko Hirakawa Sports pistol: 23rd place Noriko Kosai Air rifle: 10th place Small caliber, three-position fight: 11th place Atsuko Sugimoto Sports pistol: 23rd place

swim

Men Shinji Ito 200 meter medley: 10th place 400 meter medley: 13th place Shudo Kawawa 100 meter butterfly: 24th place 200 meter butterfly: 19th place Shigeo Ogata 100 meters freestyle: 33rd place 200 meters freestyle: 33rd place 400 meters freestyle: 22nd place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified in the preliminary run Keisuke Okuno 400 meters freestyle: 27th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified in the preliminary run Taihei Saka 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified in the preliminary run 100 meter butterfly: 22nd place 200 meter butterfly: 9th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place Hiroshi Sakamoto 200 meters freestyle: 26th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: disqualified in the preliminary run 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place Satoshi Sumida 100 meters freestyle: 39th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place Daichi Suzuki 100 meters back: 11th place 200 meters back: 16th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place Shigehiro Takahashi 100 meters chest: 10th place 200 meters chest: 12th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place Kenji Watanabe 100 meters chest: 27th place 200 meters chest: 15th place

Women Takemi Ise 100 meter butterfly: 14th place Kaori Iwasaki 100 meters chest: 22nd place 200 meters chest: 19th place Hideka Koshimizu 200 meter medley: 15th place 400 meter medley: 14th place Naoko Kume 200 meter butterfly: 6th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 7th place Hiroko Nagasaki 100 meters freestyle: 21st place 200 meters freestyle: 13th place 100 meters chest: 6th place 200 meters chest: 4th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 7th place Chikako Nakamori 400 meters freestyle: 14th place 4 x 100 meters freestyle: 10th place Miki Saito 4 x 100 meters freestyle: 10th place Junko Sakurai 400 meters freestyle: 19th place 800 meters freestyle: 18th place 4 x 100 meters freestyle: 10th place Naomi Sekido 100 meters back: 18th place 200 meters back: 14th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 7th place Nozomi Sunouchi 100 meters back: 23rd place 200 meters back: 22nd place Kiyomi Takahashi 100 meter butterfly: 11th place 200 meter butterfly: 12th place Kaori Yanase 100 meters freestyle: 17th place 200 meters freestyle: 16th place 4 x 100 meters freestyle: 10th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 7th place

sailing

• Tsutomu Sato

  Windsurfing: 16th place

• Yutaka Takagi & Satoru Yamamoto

  470s: 11th place

• Saburo Sato & Tatsuya Wakinaga

  Flying Dutchman: 14th place

• Takumi Fujiwara , Takaharu Hirozawa & Minoru Okita

  Soling: 17th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Kazuno Fujiwara

  Singles: preliminary round

• Saeko Kimura

  Singles: preliminary round

  Duet: bronze

• Miwako Motoyoshi

  Single: bronze

  Duet: bronze

do gymnastics

Men Kōji Gushiken Individual all-around: gold Team all-around: bronze Floor: 8th place Horse: silver Bars: 5th place Horizontal bar: bronze Rings: gold Pommel horse: 21st place in qualification Noritoshi Hirata Individual all-around: 9th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 30th place Horse: 32nd place in qualification Bars: 14th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 12th place in qualification Rings: 25th place in qualification Pommel horse: 16th place in qualification Noboyuki Kajitani Individual all-around: 8th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 36th place in qualification Horse: 16th place in qualification Ingot: silver Horizontal bar: 37th place in qualification Rings: 9th place in qualification Pommel horse: 6th place Shinji Morisue Individual all-around: 16th place in qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 13th place in qualification Horse: silver Bars: 35th place in qualification Horizontal bar: gold Rings: 33rd place in qualification Pommel horse: 34th place in qualification Koji Sotomura Individual all-around: 25th place in qualification Team all-around: bronze Bottom: bronze Horse: 25th place in qualification Bars: 31st place in qualification Horizontal bar: 25th place in qualification Rings: 30th place in qualification Pommel horse: 43rd place in qualification Kyoji Yamawaki Individual all-around: 29th place in qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 9th place in qualification Horse: 16th place in qualification Bars: 15th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 45th place in qualification Rings: 6th place Pommel horse: 65th place in qualification

Women Tokie Kawase Individual all-around: 31st place in qualification Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 26th place in qualification Horse: 21st place in the qualification Uneven bars: 36th place in qualification Balance beam: 48th place in qualification Noriko Mochizuki Individual all-around: 16th place Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 26th place in qualification Horse: 21st place in the qualification Uneven bars: 7th place Balance beam: 39th place in qualification Maiko Morio Individual all-around: 11th place Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 7th place Horse: 34th place in qualification Uneven bars: 34th place in qualification Balance beam: 21st place in qualification Chihiro Oyagi Individual all-around: 18th place Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 30th place in qualification Horse: 45th place in qualification Uneven bars: 27th place in qualification Balance beam: 43rd place in qualification Sae Watanabe Individual all-around: 47th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 23rd place in qualification Horse: 61st place in qualification Uneven bars: 54th place in qualification Balance beam: 32nd place in qualification Ayami Yukimori Individual all-around: 45th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 35th place in qualification Horse: 50th place in qualification Uneven bars: 58th place in qualification Balance beam: 21st place in qualification

volleyball

Men 7th place Squad Yasushi Furukawa Akihiro Iwashima Minoru Iwata Shunichi Kawai Kazuya Mitake Eizaburo Mitsuhashi Hiroaki Okuno Eiji Shimomura (disqualified for doping) Koshi Sobu Kimio Sugimoto Mikiyasu Tanaka (disqualified for doping) Shuji Yamada

Women bronze Squad Yumi Egami Norie Hiro Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Yuko Mitsuya Miyajima Keiko Kimie Morita Kumi Nakada Emiko Odaka Sachiko Otani Kayoko Sugiyama

Water polo

Men

• 11th place

• Squad

  Koshi Fujimori

  Etsuji Fujita

  Toshio Fukumoto

  Daisuke Houki

  Shingo Kai

  Toshiyuki Miyahara

  Hisayoshi Nagata

  Asami Oura

  Hisaharu Saito

  Yoshifumi Saito

  Narihito Taima

  Koji Wakayoshi

  Shinji Yamasaki

Diving

Men Masashi Nakashima High diving: 15th place in qualification Isao Yamagishi Art jumping: 25th place in qualification High diving: 17th place in qualification

Women Yoshino Mabuchi Diving: 9th place

Web links

• Japanese Olympic team from 1984 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )