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Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 306 competitors, 157 men and 149 women, took part in 168 events in 27 sports.

Medalists

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Archery

In the nation's sixth Olympic archery competition, three of Japan's five archers won their first matches. All three lost in the second round, however.

Men
Women

Athletics

Men
Track and road events
Field events
Women
Track and road events
Field events

Badminton

Baseball

Defending bronze medalist Japan competed for the second time in the Olympic baseball tournament. They got off to a rough start, losing three of their first four games to Australia, Cuba, and the United States. After winning their next three, however, the Japanese were in a tie with the Nicaraguans for third and fourth places. Since Japan had beaten Nicaragua in head-to-head competition, they won the tie-breaker and faced the United States in the semifinals rather than the Cubans, which had not lost any of their 16 games in the 1992 and 1996 Olympiads. Japan defeated the United States to advance to the final, where they became the Cubans' 18th victim (Nicaragua's loss in the semifinals being the 17th win for Cuba).

Men's Team Competition:

  • Japan - Silver Medal (5-4)

Basketball

Women's tournament

Preliminary round
Quarterfinals
Classification Round 5th−8th place
7th place game

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

* First Round — Lost to Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 5-10

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

* First Round — Lost to Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 6-21

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

* First Round — Defeated Tao Chen (China), 15-10
* First Round — Lost to Tomasz Borowski (Poland), 6-11

Canoeing

Cycling

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

* Final — 2 points (→ 15th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

* Final — 2:45:03 (→ 26th place)

Women's Cross Country

* Final — 2:05.44 (→ 23rd place)

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

* Preliminary Heat — 262.71
* Semi Final — 210.00
* Final — 296.04 (→ 6th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, one man and three women, represented Japan in 1996.

Men's foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Men's competition
Women's competition

Gymnastics

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
*Defeated Netherlands (3:0)
*Defeated PR China (3:0)
*Lost to United States (1:6)
*Defeated Canada (4:0)
*Lost to Australia (0:10)
*Defeated Puerto Rico (8:1)
*Defeated Chinese Taipei (5:1)
  • Semifinals
*Lost to Australia (0:3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
* Did not advance → 4th place
  • Team roster
*Juri Takayama
*Noriko Yamaji
*Haruka Saito
*Misako Ando
*Naomi Matsumoto
*Yoshiko Fujimoto
*Ikuko Fukita
*Noriko Harada
*Mayumi Inoue
*Chika Kodama
*Kyoko Kobayashi
*Kyoko Mochida
*Emi Tsukada
*Masako Watanabe
*Tomoko Watanabe

Swimming

Men's 50 metres Freestyle:

* Heat — 23.60 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100 metres Freestyle:

* Heat — 51.29 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 metres Freestyle:

* Heat — 1:51.97 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 metres Freestyle:

* Heat — 4:00.19 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* Heat — 15:19.48
* B-Final — 15:17.28 (→ 6th place)
* Heat — 15:43.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

* Heat — 56.35
* B-Final — 55.74 (→ 9th place)
* Heat — 56.22
* B-Final — 56.23 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

* Heat — 2:00.43
* Final — 2:00.10 (→ 5th place)
* Heat — 2:02.33
* B-Final — 2:01.54 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 1:02.63
* B-Final — 1:02.75 (→ 12th place)
* Heat — 1:03.13 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 2:15.37
* B-Final — 2:16.69 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

* Heat — 53.95
* B-Final — 53.98 (→ 13th place)
* Heat — 54.50 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Heat — 2:00.87 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 2:03.42
* B-Final — 2:04.59 (→ 14th place)
* Heat — 2:04.49
* B-Final — 2:05.42 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 4:24.83
* B-Final — 4:23.36 (→ 10th place)
* Heat — 4:26.73
* B-Final — 4:24.25 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Heat — 3:41.78
* Final — 3:40.51 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

* Heat — 25.89
* B-Final — 26.05 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

* Heat — 57.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

* Heat — 2:01.11
* B-Final — 2:01.00 (→ 10th place)
* Heat — 2:03.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

* Heat — 4:13.40
* Final — 4:11.68 (→ 7th place)
* Heat — 4:16.07
* B-Final — 4:16.60 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

* Heat — 8:40.47 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
* Heat — 8:55.77 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

* Heat — 1:02.35
* Final — 1:02.33 (→ 4th place)
* Heat — 1:02.90
* Final — 1:02.78 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

* Heat — 2:15.05
* B-Final — 2:13.40 (→ 9th place)
* Heat — 2:12.92
* Final — 2:13.57 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 1:09.89
* B-Final — 1:10.43 (→ 13th place)
* Heat — 1:11.33 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

* Heat — 2:29.36
* Final — 2:28.05 (→ 5th place)
* Heat — 2:30.84
* B-Final — 2:29.32 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

* Heat — 1:00.85
* Final — 1:00.11 (→ 4th place)
* Heat — 1:00.20
* Final — 1:00.18 (→ 6th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

* Heat — 2:16.04
* B-Final — 2:13.97 (→ 14th place)
* Heat — 2:12.59
* Final — 2:11.93 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 2:20.58 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

* Heat — 4:48.51
* B-Final — 4:47.98 (→ 12th place)
* Heat — 4:49.32
* B-Final — 4:48.72 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat — 3:48.77 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat — 8:09.46
* Final — 8:07.46 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Heat — 4:10.71 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

* First round — Lost to Tim Henman (Great Britain) 6-7 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition

* First round — Defeated Juan-Carlos Bianchi and Nicolas Pereira (Venezuela) 6-4, 6-7, 8-6
* Second round — Lost to Sergi Bruguera and Tomás Carbonell (Spain) 7-6, 2-6, 5-7

Women's Singles Competition

* First round — Defeated Katarina Studenikova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-3
* Second round — Defeated Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 6-4 6-4
* Third round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 3-6 4-6
* First round — Defeated Dally Randriantefy (Madagascar) 6-0 6-1
* Second round — Defeated Virag Csurgo (Hungary) 6-2 6-3
* Third round — Defeated Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-4 6-4
* Quarter Finals — Lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 6-4 3-6 8-10
* First round — Defeated Sung-Hee Park (South Korea) 6-3 4-6 6-3
* Second round — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (United States) 2-6 2-6

Volleyball

Women's Indoor Team Competition

  • Preliminary round (group A)
* Lost to South Korea (0-3)
* Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
* Lost to Netherlands (0-3)
* Lost to United States (0-3)
* Lost to China (0-3)
  • Quarterfinals
* did not advance (→ Ninth place)
  • Team roster
*Kaiyo Hoshini
*Aki Nagatomi
*Kazumi Nakamura
*Chieko Nakanishi
*Motoko Ohbayashi
*Ikumi Ogake
*Mika Saiki
*Kiyomi Sakamoto
*Asako Tajimi
*Chiho Torii
*Mika Yamauchi
*Tomoko Yoshihara

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

References