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Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the Japanese Olympic Committee and abbreviated JPN. Japan's anthem, Kimi Ga Yo ("May 1000 Years of Happy Reign Be Yours") is played when Japan wins a gold medal. The flag bearer in the opening ceremony was Kyoko Hamaguchi , a wrestler.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Japan	16	9	12	37

Results by event

Archery

Men's individual:

• Hiroshi Yamamoto - silver medal
• Takaharu Furukawa - 22nd place
• Yuji Hamano - 37th place

Women's individual:

• Sayoko Kawauchi - 26th place
• Sayami Matsushita - 28th place
• Yukari Kawasaki - 63rd place

Men's team:

• Takaharu Furukawa, Yuji Hamano, and Hiroshi Yamamoto - 8th place

Women's team:

• Yukari Kawasaki, Sayoko Kawauchi, and Sayami Matsushita - 14th place

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Shingo Suetsugu - Round 1: 10.27 s, Round 2: 10.19 s
• Nobuharu Asahara - Round 1: 10.33 s, Round 2: 10.24 s
• Hiroyasu Tsuchie - Round 1: 10.37 s

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Masato Naito - Round 1: 13.56 s, Round 2: 13.54 s
• Satoru Tanigawa - Round 1: 13.39 s (NR), Round 2: 13.70s

Men's 200 metres:

• Shinji Takahira - Round 1: 21.05 s
• Ryo Matsuda - Round 1: 24.59 s

Men's 400 metres:

• Yuki Yamaguchi - Round 1: 46.16
• Jun Osakada - Round 1: 46.39 s
• Mitsuhiro Sato - Round 1: 46.70 s

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• Dai Tamesue - Round 1: 48.80 s, Semifinal: 48.46 s
• Ken Yoshizawa - Round 1: 50.95 s

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

• Yoshitaka Iwamizu - Round 1, 8:29.07 (did not advance)

Men's 10000 metres:

• Ryuji Ono - Final, 29:06.50 (19th place)

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

• Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Shingo Suetsugu, Shinji Takahira, and Nobuharu Asahara - Final, 0:38.49 (4th place)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

• Yuki Yamaguchi, Jun Osakada, Tomohiro Itoh , and Mitsuhiro Sato - Final, 3:00.99 (4th place)

Men's marathon:

• Shigeru Aburaya – 2:13:11 (5th place)
• Toshinari Suwa – 2:13:24 (6th place)
• Tomoaki Kunichika – 2:21:13 (42nd place)

Men's 20 km walk:

• Takayuki Tanii – 1:23:38 (15th place)
• Yuki Yamazaki - DNF

Men's 50 km walk:

• Yuki Yamazaki – 3:57:00 (16th place)
• Takayuki Tanii - DQ

Men's long jump:

• Shinichi Terano - Round 1, 7.70 metres (did not advance)

Men's triple jump:

• Takanori Sugibayashi - Round 1, 16.00 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:

• Daichi Sawano - Final, 5.55 metres (13th place)

Men's javelin:

• Yukifumi Murakami - Round 1, 78.59 metres (did not advance)

Men's hammer:

• Koji Murofushi - Final, 82.91 metres (gold medal)

Women

Women's 800 metres:

• Miho Sugimori - Round 1: 2:02.82

Women's 10000 metres:

• Megumi Tanaka - 31:42.18 (13th place)
• Harumi Hiroyama - 32:15.12 (18th place)
• Kayoko Fukushi - 33:48.66 (26th place)

Women's heptathlon:

• Yuki Nakata - 4871 points (28th place)

Women's marathon:

• Mizuki Noguchi - 2:26:20, gold medal
• Reiko Tosa - 2:28:44, 5th place
• Naoko Sakamoto - 2:31:43, 7th place

Women's 20 km walk:

• Mayumi Kawasaki - 1:37:56 (40th place)

Women's long jump:

• Maho Hanaoka - Round 1: 6.31 metres

Women's pole vault:

• Takayo Kondo - Round 1: 4.15 metres

Women's shot put:

• Chinatsu Mori - Round 1: 15.86 metres

Women's hammer:

• Yuka Murofushi - Round 1: 65.33 metres

Badminton

Men's singles:

• Shoji Sato - defeated in round of 32
• Hidetaka Yamada - defeated in round of 32

Women's singles:

• Kaori Mori - defeated in round of 16
• Miho Tanaka - defeated in round of 32
• Kanako Yonekura - defeated in round of 32

Men's doubles:

• Keita Masuda and Tadashi Ohtsuka - defeated in round of 16

Women's doubles:

• Chikako Nakayama and Keiko Yoshimoti - defeated in round of 16
• Shizuka Yamamoto and Seiko Yamada - defeated in round of 32

Mixed doubles:

• Tadashi Ohtsuka and Shizuka Yamamoto - defeated in round of 32

Baseball

The Japanese baseball team won the bronze medal.

• Players: Ryoji Aikawa, Yuya Ando, Atsushi Fujimoto, Kosuke Fukudome, Hirotoshi Ishii, Hisashi Iwakuma, Hitoki Iwase, Kenji Jojima, Makoto Kaneko, Takuya Kimura, Masahide Kobayashi, Hiroki Kuroda, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daisuke Miura, Shinya Miyamoto, Arihito Muramatsu, Norihiro Nakamuru, Michihiro Ogasawara, Naoyuki Shimizu, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Yoshitomo Tani, Koji Uehara, Kazuhiro Wada, Tsuyoshi Wada
• Manager: Kiyoshi Nakahata
• Coaches: Yutaka Ono, Yutaka Takagi

Basketball

Women's: 10th place

• Preliminary round: 1-4
• Classification (9/10): lost to China, 83-62

Boxing

Japan sent one boxer to the 2004 Olympics. He was defeated in his first match.

Light Flyweight (48kg)

• Toshiyuki Igarashi
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Endalkachew Kebede of Ethiopia, 26-21

Cycling

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

• Ken Terauchi - Prelim: 456.15, Semifinal: 245.64, Final: 444.36 (8th place)

Football (Soccer)

Men's: 13th place

• Preliminary round: 1-0-2
• Quarterfinal: did not qualify

Women's: 7th place

• Preliminary round: 1-0-1
• Quarterfinal: lost to United States, 2-1

Gymnastics

• Men's Gymnastics Team Gold

Hockey

Women's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 2-0-2
• Classification (5-8): lost to Australia, 3-1
• Classification (7/8): lost to Korea, 3-1

Judo

Men

• Tadahiro Nomura - Men's -60 kg, gold medal
• Masato Uchishiba - Men's 60-66 kg, gold medal
• Masahiro Takamatsu - Men's 66-73 kg, defeated in 2nd round
• Masahiko Tomouchi - Men's 73-81 kg, defeated in 1st round
• Hiroshi Izumi - Men's 81-90 kg, silver medal
• Kosei Inoue - Men's 90-100 kg, defeated in 4th round
• Keiji Suzuki - Men's +100 kg, gold medal

Women

• Ryoko Tani - Women's -48 kg, gold medal
• Yuki Yokosawa - Women's 48-52 kg, silver medal
• Kie Kusakabe - Women's 52-57 kg, defeated in 3rd round
• Ayumi Tanimoto - Women's 57-63 kg, gold medal
• Masae Ueno - Women's 63-70 kg, gold medal
• Noriko Anno - Women's 70-78 kg, gold medal
• Maki Tsukada - Women's +78 kg, gold medal

Sailing

Softball

Women's: bronze medal

• Preliminary round: 4-3 (3rd place)
• Semifinal: defeated China, 1-0
• Bronze medal game: lost to Australia, 3-0

In the final game of the preliminary round, Yukiko Ueno of Japan pitched the first perfect game in Olympic softball history as Japan defeated China 2-0. Two days later, Japan again defeated China in the 3rd/4th semifinal to guarantee a medal. Their loss in the bronze medal game left them with the bronze.

Swimming

Men

• Kosuke Kitajima
  • 100 m Breaststroke, gold medal
  • 200 m Breaststroke, gold medal
• Takashi Yamamoto - 200 m Butterfly, silver medal
• Tomomi Morita - 100 m Backstroke, bronze medal
• Japanese men's swimming team won the bronze medal in 4 x 100 m medley relay
  • Swimmers: Tomomi Morita (Backstroke), Kosuke Kitajima (Breaststroke), Takashi Yamamoto (Butterfly), Yukihiro Okumura (Freestyle)

Women

• Ai Shibata - 800 m Freestyle, gold medal
• Reiko Nakamura - 200 m Backstroke, bronze medal
• Yuko Nakanishi - 200 m Butterfly, bronze medal

Triathlon

Japan's triathletes at the second Olympic triathlon included veterans Kiyomi Niwata and Hiroyuki Nishiuchi. The best result, a record high for the Japanese team, came from Akiko Sekine at twelfth place in the women's competition.

Women's:

• Akiko Sekine - 2:07:34.02 (12th place)
• Kiyomi Niwata - 2:07:42.79 (14th place)
• Machiko Nakanishi - 2:08:51.06 (20th place)

Men's:

• Hirokatsu Tayama - 1:53:28.41 (13th place)
• Hiroyuki Nishiuchi - 1:57:43.51 (32nd place)

Volleyball

Women's beach:

• Ryoko Tokuno and Chiaki Kusuhara
  • Prelims: 1-2
  • Round of 16: Did not qualify

Women's:

• Prelims: 2-3
• Quarterfinals: Defeated 3-0 by China

Wrestling

Men

Freestyle

• Chikara Tanabe - Freestyle 55 kg, bronze medal
• Kenji Inoue - Freestyle 60 kg, bronze medal
• Kazuhiko Ikematsu - Freestyle 66 kg, 5th place
• Kunihiko Obata - Freestyle 74 kg
• Hidekazu Yokoyama - Freestyle 84 kg

Greco-Roman

• Masatoshi Toyota - Greco-Roman 55 kg
• Makoto Sasamoto - Greco-Roman 60 kg
• Katsuhiko Nagata - Greco-Roman 74 kg
• Shingo Matsumoto - Greco-Roman 84 kg

Women

• Chiharu Icho - Freestyle 48 kg, silver medal
• Saori Yoshida - Freestyle 55 kg, gold medal
• Kaori Icho - Freestyle 63 kg, gold medal
• Kyoko Hamaguchi - Freestyle 72 kg, bronze medal

Officials

• President: Tsunekazu Takeda
• Secretary General: Tsutomu Hayashi