1992 Summer Olympics / Participant (Japan)

JPN

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Japan took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a delegation of 256 athletes (175 men and 81 women) in 166 competitions in 24 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was volleyball player Kumi Nakada .

Participants by sport

badminton

Men Fumihiko Machida Singles: 2nd round Hideaki Motoyama Singles: 2nd round Fumihiko Machida & Kōji Miya Doubles: 1st round Shūji Matsuno & Shinji Matsuura Doubles: quarter-finals

Women Harumi Kohara Singles: 2nd round Hisako Mizui Singles: Round of 16 Harumi Kohara & Hisako Mizui Doubles: Round of 16 Kimiko Jinnai & Hisako Mori Doubles: Round of 16 Tomomi Matsuo & Kyōko Sasage Doubles: Round of 16

baseball

Men

• bronze

• Squad

  Tomohito Ito

  Shinichiro Kawabata

  Masahito Kohiyama

  Hirotami Kojima

  Hiroki Kokubo

  Takashi Miwa

  Hiroshi Nakamoto

  Masafumi Nishi

  Kazutaka Nishiyama

  Koichi Oshima

  Hiroyuki Sakaguchi

  Shin'ichi Sato

  Yasuhiro Sato

  Masanori Sugiura

  Kento Sugiyama

  Yasunori Takami

  Akihiro Togo

  Koji Tokunaga

  Shigeki Wakabayashi

  Katsumi Watanabe

Archery

Men Kiyokazu Nishikawa Singles: 61st place Team: 15th place Naoto Oku Singles: 47th place Team: 15th place Hiroshi Yamamoto Individual: 17th place Team: 15th place

Women Reiko Fujita Individual: 48th place Team: 15th place Yukiko Ikeda Individual: 49th place Team: 15th place Keiko Nakagomi Singles: 47th place Team: 15th place

Boxing

Men

• Shigeyuki Dobashi

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Masashi Kawakami

  Welterweight: 1st round

• Hiroshi Nagashima

  Light middleweight: 1st round

• Tadahiro Sasaki

  Light flyweight: 2nd round

fencing

Men Kinya Abe Foil, singles: 35th place Hiroshi Hashimoto Saber, singles: 41st place Hiroki Ichigatani Foil, singles: 33rd place Yoshihide Nagano Foil, singles: 23rd place Norikazu Tanabe Epee, singles: 51st place

Women Yuko Takayanagi Foil, singles: 33rd place

Weightlifting

Men

• Noriaki Horikoshi

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Atsushi Irei

  Flyweight: 9th place

• Ryoji Isaoka

  Lightweight: DNF

• Hideo Mizuno

  Middleweight: 21st place

• Yosuke Muraki-Iwata

  Featherweight: 11th place

• Yoshimitsu Nishimoto

  I. Heavyweight: 8th place

• Katsuhisa Nitta

  Bantamweight: 13th place

• Katsuhiko Sakuma

  Bantamweight: 5th place

• Kazuo Sato

  Featherweight: 20th place

• Hiroshi Watanabe

  Flyweight: DNF

Judo

Men Yasuhiro Kai Light Heavyweight: 7th place Toshihiko Koga Lightweight: gold Tadanori Koshino Ultra light weight: bronze Kenji Maruyama Half-light weight: 7th place Naoya Ogawa Heavyweight: silver Hirotaka Okada Middleweight: bronze Hidehiko Yoshida Light middleweight: gold

Women Ryoko Fujimoto Middleweight: 16th place Takako Kobayashi Light middleweight: 20th place Noriko Mizoguchi Half light weight: silver Yoko Sakaue Heavyweight: bronze Ryoko Tani Ultra light weight: silver Yōko Tanabe Light Heavyweight: Silver Chiyori Tateno Lightweight: bronze

canoe

Men Tsuyoshi Fujino Kayak single, slalom: 28th place Katsuya Toyama & Tsunehisa Uchino Canoe two-man, 500 meters: hope run Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: hope run

Women Miyuki Kobayashi & Keiko Muto Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run Hiroko Kobayashi Kayak single, slalom: 23rd place

athletics

Men Shinji Aoto 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 100 meters: 6th place Fumio Imamura 50 kilometers of walking: 18th place Satoru Inoue 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 100 meters: 6th place Toshihiko Iwasaki 110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals Masayoshi Kan 4 × 400 meters: prelims Tadahiro Kosaka 50 kilometers of walking: 24th place Masaki Morinaga Long jump: 17th place in qualification Kōichi Morishita Marathon: silver Takeyuki Nakayama Marathon: 4th place Sakae Osaki 10,000 meters: heats Yoshihiko Saito 400 meter hurdles: prelims 4 × 400 meters: prelims Hiroyuki Sano Pole vault: no valid attempt in qualification Takehiro Sonohara 50 kilometers of walking: 22nd place Tatsuo Sugimoto 100 meters: heats 4 × 100 meters: prelims Hisatsugu Suzuki 4 × 100 meters: 6th place Susumu Takano 400 meters: 8th place 4 × 400 meters: prelims Hiromi Taniguchi Marathon: 8th place Haruo Urata 10,000 meters: 14th place Takahiro Watanabe 400 meters: heats 4 × 400 meters: prelims Norifumi Yamashita Triple jump: 30th place in qualification Kazuhiko Yamazaki 400 meter hurdles: prelims Masami Yoshida Javelin throw: 23rd place in qualification

Women Yuko Arimori Marathon: silver Miki Igarashi 10,000 meters: 14th place Miki Itakura 10 kilometers of walking: 23rd place Yumi Kokamo Marathon: 29th place Izumi Maki 10,000 meters: 12th place Megumi Sato High jump: 7th place Yūko Satō 10 kilometers of walking: 24th place Hiromi Suzuki 10,000 meters: heats Sachiko Yamashita Marathon: 4th place

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Hiroshi Miyagahara

  Individual: 48th place

Cycling

Men Hiroshi daimon Points race: 11th place Masamitsu Ehara 4000 meters single pursuit: 15th place Tomokazu Fujino Road race: 21st place Kozo Fujita Road race: 84th place Keiji Kojima Sprint: 3rd round 1000 meter time trial: 10th place Mitsuteru Tanaka Road race: DNF Yasuhiro Ando , Masamitsu Ehara , Naokiyo Hashisako & Makio Madarame 4000 meters team pursuit: 15th place

Women Seiko Hashimoto 3000 meter single pursuit: 11th place Mika Kuroki Sprint: 7th place Yumiko Suzuki Road race: 50th place

horse riding

• Kojiro Goto

  Eventing, individual: 36th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Hirokazu Higashira

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: 13th place

• Kazuhiro Iwatani

  Eventing, individual: 37th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Yoshihiko Kowata

  Eventing, individual: 25th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Eiki Miyazaki

  Eventing, individual: 26th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Ryuzo Okuno

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: 13th place

• Yoshinaga Sakurai

  Dressage, individual: 41st place

• Hirosuke Tomizawa

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: 13th place

• Takashi Tomura

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: 13th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Women

• Yukari Kawamoto

  Singles: 37th place in qualification

• Miho Yamada

  Singles: 18th place in qualification

Wrestling

Men

• Takumi Adachi

  Featherweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Kōsei Akaishi

  Lightweight, freestyle: bronze

• Daisuke Hanahara

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Yoshihiko Hara

  Welterweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Tamon Honda

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Atsushi Ito

  Middleweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Takumi Mori

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Yasutoshi Moriyama

  Greco-Roman light heavyweight division: 2nd round

• Manabu Nakanishi

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Shigeki Nishiguchi

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Takashi Nonomura

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Masanori Ohashi

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Keiji Okuyama

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Akira Ota

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Mitsuru Satō

  Flyweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Kenichi Suzuki

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

rowing

Men Mitsuru Kimura & Kazuaki Mimoto Two without a helmsman: 18th place Tadashi Abe , Hidekazu Hayashi , Michinori Iwaguro , Takatoshi Iwatsuki , Hiroyoshi Matsui , Hiroshi Mitome , Masahiro Sakata , Yasunori Tanabe & Kazuhisa Yamani Eighth: 13th place

Women Nobuko Ota & Miyuki Yamashita Two without a helmsman: 9th place

shoot

Men Mamoru Inagaki Air pistol: 14th place Free pistol: 37th place Ryōhei Koba Air rifle: 27th place Small caliber, three-position battle: bronze Small bore, lying: 43rd place Akihiro Mera Small caliber, three-position fight: 40th place Small caliber, lying: 26th place Katsumasa Onishi Rapid fire pistol: 22nd place Fumihisa Semizuki Air pistol: 35th place Free pistol: 20th place Masaru Yanagida Air rifle: 18th place

Open class Soichiro Ito Skeet: 33rd place Kazumi Watanabe Trap: silver

Women Hisayo Chikusa Air pistol: 31st place Sports pistol: 36th place Noriko Kosai Air rifle: 37th place Small caliber, three-position fight: 30th place Yoko Minamoto Air rifle: 39th place Small caliber, three position fight: 34th place

swim

Men Takahiro Fujimoto 200 meter medley: 15th place 400 meter medley: 8th place Akira Hayashi 100 meters chest: 4th place 200 meters chest: 8th place 4 × 100 meters: 8th place Hajime Itoi 100 meters back: 12th place 200 meters back: 4th place 4 × 100 meters: 8th place Masashi Kato 400 meters freestyle: 33rd place 1500 meters freestyle: 16th place Keiichi Kawanaka 100 meter butterfly: 20th place 200 meter butterfly: 5th place 4 × 100 meters: 8th place Tatsuya Kinugasa 200 meter medley: 13th place Toshiaki Kurasawa 50 meter freestyle: 47th place 200 meters freestyle: 31st place 400 meter medley: disqualified (final) Tomohiro Miyoshi 100 meter butterfly: 34th place 200 meter butterfly: 17th place Tsutomu Nakano 50 meter freestyle: disqualified (preliminary) 100 meters freestyle: 34th place 4 × 100 meters: 8th place Shigeo Ogata 100 meters freestyle: 45th place 200 meters freestyle: 30th place 400 meters freestyle: 24th place Keita Soraoka 100 meters back: 27th place 200 meters back: 20th place Kenji Watanabe 100 meters chest: 18th place 200 meters chest: 7th place

Women Suzu Chiba 100 meters freestyle: 9th place 200 meters freestyle: 6th place 400 meters freestyle: 8th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 10th place 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place Mika Haruna 200 meter butterfly: 4th place Hideko Hiranaka 200 meter medley: 9th place 400 meter medley: 5th place Noriko Inada 100 meters back: 12th place 200 meters back: 15th place Kyōko Iwasaki 100 meters chest: 13th place 200 meters chest: gold 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place Yoko Kando 100 meter butterfly: 11th place 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place Kyoko Kasuya 100 meters chest: 17th place 200 meters chest: 13th place Eri Kimura 200 meter medley: 12th place 400 meter medley: 7th place Yoko Koikawa 200 meters freestyle: 18th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 10th place 100 meters back: 8th place 4 × 100 meter medley: 7th place Shina Matsudo 50 meters freestyle: 34th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 10th place Ayako Nakano 50 meter freestyle: 20th place 100 meters freestyle: 22nd place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 10th place Rie Shito 100 meter butterfly: 8th place 200 meter butterfly: 5th place Junko Torikai 200 meters back: 11th place

sailing

Men Motohiro Hirobe & Shinji Otsu 470s: 12th place

Open class Yasuharu Fujiwara , Kazunori Komatsu & Hideaki Takashiro Soling: 12th place

Women Alicia Kinoshita & Yumiko Shige 470s: 5th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Mikako Kotani

  Singles: preliminary round

• Fumiko Okuno

  Single: bronze

  Duet: bronze

• Aki Takayama

  Singles: preliminary round

  Duet: bronze

tennis

Men Shūzō Matsuoka Singles: 1st round

Women Kimiko Date Singles: 2nd round Doubles: Round of 16 Mana Endo Singles: 2nd round Maya Kidowaki Doubles: Round of 16 Naoko Sawamatsu Singles: 1st round

Table tennis

Men Kōji Matsushita Individual: group stage Doubles: group stage Kinjiro Nakamura Doubles: group stage Hiroshi Shibutani Individual: group stage Doubles: group stage Takehiro Watanabe Individual: group stage Doubles: group stage

Women Mika Hoshino Singles: Round of 16 Doubles: group stage Yukino Matsumoto Doubles: group stage Rika Sato Individual: group stage Doubles: group stage Fumiyo Yamashita-Kaizu Singles: Round of 16 Doubles: group stage

do gymnastics

Men Yutaka Aihara Individual all-around: 21st place in the qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 5th place Horse: 8th place Bars: 12th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 46th place in qualification Rings: 36th place in qualification Pommel horse: 35th place in qualification Takashi Chinen Individual all-around: 27th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 24th place in qualification Horse: 27th place in qualification Bars: 18th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 17th place in qualification Rings: 31st place in qualification Pommel horse: 11th place in qualification Yoshiaki Hatakeda Individual all-around: 13th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 34th place in qualification Horse: 30th place in qualification Bars: 12th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 5th place Rings: 40th place in qualification Pommel horse: 6th place Yukio Iketani Individual all-around: 23rd place Team all-around: bronze Bottom: silver Horse: 23rd place in qualification Bars: 12th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 67th place in qualification Rings: 7th place Pommel horse: 12th place in qualification Masayuki Matsunaga Individual all-around: 35th place in qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 27th place in qualification Horse: 17th place in qualification Ingot: bronze Horizontal bar: 17th place in qualification Rings: 27th place in qualification Pommel horse: 80th place in qualification Daisuke Nishikawa Individual all-around: 17th place in qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 47th place in qualification Horse: 23rd place in qualification Bars: 8th place Horizontal bar: 5th place Rings: 17th place in qualification Pommel horse: 51st place in qualification

Women Mari Kosuge Individual all-around: 17th place Floor: 38th place in qualification Horse: 24th place in qualification Uneven bars: 79th place in qualification Balance beam: 31st place in qualification Hanako Miura Individual all-around: 66th place in qualification Floor: 51st place in qualification Horse: 51st place in qualification Uneven bars: 64th place in qualification Balance beam: 80th place in qualification Kyoko Seo Individual all-around: 60th place in qualification Floor: 54th place in qualification Horse: 32nd place in qualification Uneven bars: 80th place in qualification Balance beam: 51st place in qualification

volleyball

Men 6th place Squad Shigeru Aoyama Masayuki Izumikawa Katsumi Kawano Junichi Kuriuzawa Akihiko Matsuda Katsuyuki Minami Yuichi Nakagaichi Takashi Narita Masaji Ogino Hideyuki Otake Masafumi Oura Tatsuya Ueta

Women 5th place Squad Kiyoko Fukuda Michiyo Ishikake Ikuyo Naemura Kumi Nakada Kazumi Nakamura Chieko Nakanishi Motoko Obayashi Ichiko Sato Asako Tajimi Yukiko Takahashi Mika Yamauchi Tomoko Yoshihara

Diving

Men Keita Kaneto Art jumping: 31st place in the qualification Diving: 8th place Isao Yamagishi Art jumping: 21st place in the qualification High diving: 18th place in qualification

Women Yuki Motobuchi Art jumping: 11th place Diving: 26th place in qualification

Web links

• Japanese Olympic team from 1992 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )