1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Japan)

JPN

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Japan took part in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul with a delegation of 255 athletes (186 men and 69 women) in 166 competitions in 23 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the synchronized swimmer Mikako Kotani .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Terushi Furuhashi Singles: 40th place Team: 6th place Takayoshi Matsushita Individual: 14th place Team: 6th place Hiroshi Yamamoto Singles: 8th place Team: 6th place

Women Kyoko Kitahara Individual: 53rd place Team: 15th place Keiko Nakagomi Individual: 52nd place Team: 15th place Toyoko Oku Singles: 31st place Team: 15th place

Boxing

Men

• Satoru Higashi

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Mamoru Kuroiwa

  Light flyweight: 1st round

• Katsuyuki Matsushima

  Bantamweight: quarter finals

• Kunihiro Miura

  Light welterweight: 1st round

• Setsuo Segawa

  Flyweight: 2nd round

• Yoshiaki Takahashi

  Welterweight: 1st round

• Wataru Yamada

  Featherweight: 2nd round

fencing

Men Matsuo Azuma Foil, team: 13th place Harunobu Deno Foil, team: 13th place Koji emura Foil, singles: 17th place Foil, team: 13th place Yoshihiko Kanatsu Foil, singles: 46th place Foil, team: 13th place Kenichi Umezawa Foil, singles: 46th place Foil, team: 13th place

Women Nona Kiritani Foil, team: 12th place Keiko Mine Foil, team: 12th place Mieko Miyahara Foil, singles: 39th place Foil, team: 12th place Akemi Morikawa Foil, singles: 38th place Foil, team: 12th place Tomoko Oka Foil, singles: 20th place Foil, team: 12th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Toru Hara

  Bantamweight: 14th place

• Takashi Ichiba

  Bantamweight: 5th place

• Ryoji Isaoka

  Lightweight: 6th place

• Kazushito Manabe

  Flyweight: 8th place

• Yosuke Muraki-Iwata

  Featherweight: 5th place

• Yoshinori Namiki

  Flyweight: 17th place

• Kazushige Oguri

  Featherweight: 7th place

• Yasushige Sasaki

  Lightweight: DNF

• Choji Taira

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Nobutaka Tomatsu

  I. Heavyweight: 11th place

Handball

Men

• 11th place

• Squad

  Izumi Fujii

  Yukihiro Hashimoto

  Hidetada Ito

  Kazuhiro Miyashita

  Yoshihiro Nikawadori

  Kiyoshi Nishiyama

  Shinji Okuda

  Shinichi Shudo

  Koji Tachiki

  Takashi Taguchi

  Seiichi Takamura

  Kenji Tamamura

  Kodo Yamamoto

  Toshiyuki Yamamura

  Hiroshi Yanai

Judo

Men

• Shinji Hosokawa

  Ultra light weight: bronze

• Toshihiko Koga

  Lightweight: 13th place

• Hirotaka Okada

  Light middleweight: 14th place

• Akinobu Ōsako

  Middleweight: bronze

• Hitoshi Saito

  Heavyweight: gold

• Hitoshi Sugai

  Light heavyweight: 13th place

• Yōsuke Yamamoto

  Half light weight: bronze

canoe

Men Yasunobu Canada Canoe single, 500 meters: hope run Hiroyuki Izumi Canoe single, 1000 meters: hope run Kiyoto Inoue & Tsunehisa Uchino Canoe two-man, 500 meters: semi-finals Toshisuke Sakamoto & Katsuya Toyama Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: semi-finals

Women Miyuki Kobayashi & Harumi Nakazato Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run

athletics

Men Kozu Akutsu 10,000 meters: 14th place Shinji Aoto 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals Tsukasa Endo 10,000 meters: DNF (prelims) Takahiko Kasahara 100 meters: heats 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals Hiromi Kawasumi 4 × 400 meters: semi-finals Hirofumi Koike 4 × 400 meters: semi-finals Tadahiro Kosaka 20 kilometers of walking: 47th place 50 kilometers of walking: 31st place Koji Kurihara 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals Kaoru Matsubara 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals Kazuhiro Mizoguchi Javelin throw: 19th place in qualification Takeyuki Nakayama Marathon: 4th place Tomohiro awasawa 100 meters: heats Hirofumi Sakai 20 kilometers of walking: 26th place Toshihiko Seko Marathon: 9th place Hiroyuki Shibata Long jump: 26th place in qualification Hisatoshi Shintaku Marathon: 17th place Susumu Takano 400 meters: semi-finals 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals 4 × 400 meters: semi-finals Junichi Usui Long jump: no valid attempt in qualification Norifumi Yamashita Triple jump: 12th place Kenji Yamauchi 200 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 100 meters: semi-finals 4 × 400 meters: semi-finals Shuichi Yoneshige 5000 meters: heats 10,000 meters: 17th place Masami Yoshida Javelin throw: 21st place in qualification Ryoichi Yoshida 400 meter hurdles: prelims

Women Kumi Araki Marathon: 28th place Eriko Asai Marathon: 25th place Emi Matsui Javelin throw: 23rd place in qualification Akemi Matsuno 10,000 meters: heats Misako Miyahara Marathon: 29th place Megumi Sato High jump: 11th place

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Hiroaki Izumikawa

  Individual: 63rd place

  Team: 17th place

• Tadafumi Miwa

  Singles: 50th place

  Team: 17th place

• Hiroshi Saitō

  Singles: 30th place

  Team: 17th place

Cycling

Men Kyoshi Miura Road race: 72nd place Hideki Miwa Sprint: 4th round Mitsuhiro Suzuki Road race: 25th place Hiroshi Toyooka 1000 meter time trial: 16th place Yoshihiro Tsumuraya Road race: 95th place Points race: preliminary round Koichi Azuma , Fumiharu Miyamoto , Kazuaki Sasaki & Kazuo Takikawa 4000 meters team pursuit: 15th place in qualification

Women Seiko Hashimoto Sprint: 2nd round Terumi Ogura Road race: 30th place Natsue Seki Road race: 50th place

horse riding

• Kikuko Inoue

  Dressage, individual: 46th place

• Kazuhiro Iwatani

  Eventing, individual: 36th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Eiki Miyazaki

  Eventing, individual: 26th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Yoshihiro Nakano

  Jumping, singles: 42nd place in qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Ryuzo Okuno

  Jumping, singles: 52nd place in qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Naoko Sakurai

  Dressage, individual: 52nd place

• Takao Sawai

  Jumping, singles: 60th place in the qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Shuichi Toki

  Jumping, singles: 51st place in qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Hisashi Wakahara

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Hiroshi Watanabe

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Women

• Erika Akiyama

  Individual: 15th place

• Hiroko Otsuka

  Singles: 27th place in qualification

Wrestling

Men

• Kōsei Akaishi

  Lightweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Kazuya Deguchi

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Masahiko Fukube

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Yoshihiko Hara

  Welterweight, freestyle: 5th round

• Tamon Honda

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Atsushi Ito

  Middleweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Hiromichi Ito

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Ryo Kanehama

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Takashi Kobayashi

  Light flyweight, freestyle: gold

• Atsuji Miyahara

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Yasutoshi Moriyama

  Greco-Roman light heavyweight division: 2nd round

• Takahiro Mukai

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Shunji Nakadome

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Shigeki Nishiguchi

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Hiroyuki Obata

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Yasuhiro Okubo

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Akira Ota

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver

• Ikuzo Saito

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Kazuhito Sakae

  Featherweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Mitsuru Satō

  Flyweight, freestyle: gold

rowing

Men

• Masahiro Sakata

  One: reunion

• Maki Kobayashi & Satoru Miyoshi

  Two without a helmsman: reunion

• Tadashi Abe , Seiji Chihara , Akihisa Hirata , Yukiyasu Ishikawa , Shunsuke Kawamoto , Hideaki Maeguchi , Masahiko Nomura , Tomoyuki Okano & Eiichi Tsukinoki

  Eighth: 9th place

shoot

Men Mamoru Inagaki Air pistol: 12th place Ryōhei Koba Air rifle: 12th place Small bore, three-position fight: 28th place Small caliber, lying: 51st place Kaoru Matsuo Small caliber, three-position fight: 44th place Small bore, lying: 15th place Akihiro Mera Air rifle: 34th place Hideo Nonaka Rapid fire pistol: 21st place Fumihisa Semizuki Pleasure pistol: 23rd place Free pistol: 23rd place

Open class Yasumasa Furo Skeet: 38th place Kazumi Watanabe Trap: 6th place Tomoya Yamashita Skeet: 33rd place

Women Hisayo Chikusa Air pistol: 22nd place Michiko Hasegawa Air pistol: 11th place Sports pistol: silver Yoshiko Ito Sports pistol: 12th place Kyoko Kinoshita Air rifle: 38th place Small caliber, three-position battle: 32nd place Yoko Minamoto Air rifle: 17th place

swim

Men Takahiro Fujimoto 200 meter medley: 19th place 400 meter medley: 25th place Masashi Kato 1500 meters freestyle: 25th place Shigemori Maruyama 100 meters back: 12th place 200 meters back: 32nd place Hiroshi Miura 100 meter butterfly: 14th place 200 meter butterfly: 19th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Yoshiyuki Mizumoto 400 meters freestyle: 32nd place 1500 meters freestyle: 27th place 400 meter medley: 17th place Hironobu Nagahata 100 meters chest: 13th place 200 meters chest: 30th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Shigeo Ogata 100 meters freestyle: 32nd place 200 meters freestyle: 15th place 400 meters freestyle: 38th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Daichi Suzuki 100 meters back: gold 200 meters back: 15th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Shigehiro Takahashi 200 meters chest: 10th place Satoshi Takeda 200 meter butterfly: 15th place 200 meter medley: 22nd place Yukinori Tanaka 100 meter butterfly: 24th place Kenji Watanabe 100 meters chest: 18th place

Women Hiroyo Harada 200 meter medley: 22nd place 400 meter medley: 23rd place Tomomi Hosoda 400 meters freestyle: 19th place 800 meters freestyle: 11th place Takayo Kitano 100 meter butterfly: 14th place 200 meter butterfly: 14th place Satoko Morishita 100 meters back: 24th place 200 meters back: 14th place 4 × 100 meters: 12th place Hiroko Nagasaki 100 meters chest: 34th place 200 meters chest: 23rd place Chikako Nakamori 200 meters freestyle: 14th place 400 meters freestyle: 15th place Ayako Nakano 50 meter freestyle: 12th place 100 meters freestyle: 10th place 4 × 100 meters: 12th place Yoshie Nishioka 100 meters chest: 25th place 200 meters chest: 19th place 200 meter medley: 16th place 400 meter medley: 19th place 4 × 100 meters: 12th place Tomoko Onogi 100 meters back: 26th place 200 meters back: 20th place Kaori Sasaki 50 meter freestyle: 20th place 100 meters freestyle: 32nd place 200 meters freestyle: 29th place Kiyomi Takahashi 100 meter butterfly: 10th place 200 meter butterfly: 6th place 4 × 100 meters: 12th place

sailing

Men Takayoshi Takasawa Finn dinghy: 26th place Ryo Asano Windsurfing: 18th place Kenji Nakamura & Masayuki Takahashi 470s: 12th place

Open class Naoyuki Ogawa & Takashi Tamura Tornado: 21st place Saburo Sato & Tatsuya Wakinaga Flying Dutchman: 20th place Kazuo Hanaoka , Tadashi Ikeda & Kazunori Komatsu Soling: 11th place

Women Keiko Nogami & Aiko Saito 470s: 17th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Megumi Ito

  Singles: preliminary round

• Mikako Kotani

  Single: bronze

  Duet: bronze

• Miyako Tanaka

  Singles: preliminary round

  Duet: bronze

tennis

Men Shūzō Matsuoka Singles: 1st round Doubles: 1st round Toshihisa Tsuchihashi Singles: 1st round Doubles: 1st round

Women Etsuko Inoue Singles: 1st round Doubles: quarter-finals Kumiko Okamoto Singles: 1st round Doubles: quarter-finals

Table tennis

Men Yoshihito Miyazaki Individual: group stage Doubles: group stage Seiji Ono Singles: Round of 16 Doubles: group stage Kiyoshi Saito Individual: group stage Doubles: group stage Takehiro Watanabe Doubles: group stage

Women Mika Hoshino Singles: Round of 16 Doubles: 4th place Kiyomi Ishida Individual: group stage Doubles: 4th place Kyoko Uchiyama Individual: group stage

do gymnastics

Men Yukio Iketani Individual all-around: 8th place Team all-around: bronze Bottom: bronze Horse: 7th place Bars: 29th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 9th place in qualification Rings: 21st place in qualification Pommel horse: 22nd place in qualification Hiroyuki Konishi Individual all-around: 37th place in qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 51st place in qualification Horse: 46th place in qualification Bars: 50th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 35th place in qualification Rings: 46th place in qualification Pommel horse: 19th place in qualification Koichi Mizushima Individual all-around: 10th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 19th place in qualification Horse: 26th place in qualification Bars: 18th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 12th place in qualification Rings: 29th place in qualification Pommel horse: 4th place Daisuke Nishikawa Individual all-around: 13th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 30th place in qualification Horse: 22nd place in qualification Bars: 29th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 9th place in qualification Rings: 29th place in qualification Pommel horse: 6th place Toshiharu Sato Individual all-around: 26th place in the qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 30th place in qualification Horse: 26th place in qualification Bars: 18th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 56th place in qualification Rings: 21st place in qualification Pommel horse: 12th place in qualification Takahiro Yamada Individual all-around: 43rd place in qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 68th place in qualification Horse: 60th place in qualification Bars: 29th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 38th place in qualification Rings: 39th place in qualification Pommel horse: 36th place in qualification

Women Mieko Mori Individual all-around: 63rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 57th place in qualification Horse: 78th place in qualification Uneven bars: 55th place in qualification Balance beam: 55th place in qualification Sachiko Morimura Individual all-around: 72nd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 75th place in qualification Horse: 73rd place in qualification Uneven bars: 65th place in qualification Balance beam: 60th place in qualification Maiko Morio Individual all-around: 66th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 63rd place in qualification Horse: 81st place in qualification Uneven bars: 54th place in qualification Balance beam: 49th place in qualification Yuriko Nanahara Individual all-around: 71st place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 57th place in qualification Horse: 76th place in qualification Uneven bars: 63rd place in qualification Balance beam: 71st place in qualification Makiko Sanada Individual all-around: 79th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 78th place in qualification Horse: 68th place in qualification Uneven bars: 65th place in qualification Balance beam: 81st place in qualification Miho Shinoda Individual all-around: 34th place Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 70th place in qualification Horse: 63rd place in qualification Uneven bars: 47th place in qualification Balance beam: 30th place in qualification

volleyball

Men 10th place Squad Hideharu Hara Yuzuru Inoue Akihiro Iwashima Hiromichi Kageyama Masaki Kaito Yuji Kasama Shunichi Kawai Yasunori Kumada Masayoshi Manabe Eizaburo Mitsuhashi Kimio Sugimoto Kazutomo Yoneyama

Women 4th Place Squad Yumi Egami-Maruyama Sachiko Fujita Norie Hiro Yukari Kawase Kumi Nakada Motoko Obayashi Ichiko Sato Akemi Sugiyama Kayoko Sugiyama Yukiko Takahashi Reiko Takizawa Miyako Yamashita

Diving

Men Keita Kaneto Art jumping: 11th place High diving: 14th place in qualification Isao Yamagishi Art jumping: 18th place in the qualification Diving: 10th place

Women Masako Asada Art jumping: 21st place in the qualification High diving: 17th place in qualification Yuki Motobuchi Art jumping: 15th place in the qualification Diving: 16th place in qualification

Web links

• Japanese Olympic team from 1988 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )