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Japan at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Sydney
Competitors266 (156 men and 110 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearer Kosei Inoue
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
5
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)

Japan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports. [1]

Medalists

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sayoko Kawauchi was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventual silver medallist Kim Nam-Soon.

Men's individual
Masafumi Makiyama Yuji Hamano Takayoshi Matsushita
1/32 eliminations Defeated Alexandr Li
Kazakhstan 		151–150 Lost to Ilario Di Buò
Italy 		163–158 Lost to Grzegorz Targonski
Poland 		166–164
1/16 eliminations Defeated Matteo Bisiani
Italy 		162–159 - - - - - -
1/8 eliminations Lost to Kyo-Moon Oh
Korea 		166–160 - - - - - -
Quarterfinal - - - - - - - - -
Semifinal - - - - - - - - -
Final - - - - - - - - -
- - -
Women's individual
Sayoko Kawauchi Mayumi Asano
1/32 eliminations Defeated Denisse Astrid van Lamoen
Chile 		151–146 Lost to Jianping Yang
China 		156–154
1/16 eliminations Defeated Kate Fairweather
Australia 		160–156 - - -
1/8 eliminations Defeated Karen Scatotto
United States 		159–157 - - -
Quarterfinal Lost to Nam-Soon Kim
Korea 		114–100 - - -
5th place 40th place

Men's team competition:

  • Makiyama, Matsushita, Hamano – Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

  • Round 1 – 10.39
  • Round 2 – 10.6 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 10.45
  • Round 2 – 10.25
  • Semifinal – 10.39 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 10.59 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

  • Round 1 – 20.6
  • Round 2 – 20.37
  • Semifinal – 20.69 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 20.75
  • Round 2 – 20.56
  • Semifinal – 20.67 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

  • Round 1 – 45.88
  • Round 2 – 46.15 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 46.25 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 46.59 (did not advance)

Men's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 – 13:29.99
  • Final – 13:46.90 (15th place)
  • Round 1 – 13:41.31 (did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m

  • Round 1 – 27:59.95
  • Final – 27:40.44 (7th place)
  • Round 1 – 27:45.13
  • Final – 28:08.11 (15th place)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 – 13.74
  • Round 2 – 13.94 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 – 50.15 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 50.68 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 01:01.81 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

  • Round 1 – 38.52
  • Semifinal – 38.31
  • Final – 38.66 (6th place)

Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Round 1 – 03:05.21
  • Semifinal – 03:13.63 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying – 78.49
  • Final – 76.60 (9th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualifying – 7.84 (did not advance)
  • Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualifying – 16.67 (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualifying – 2.15 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying – 5.55 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final – 1:25:03 (22nd place)
  • Final – 1:25:34 (27th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final – 4:13:28 (36th place)
  • Final – DQ

Men's marathon

  • Final – 2:17:21 (21st place)
  • Final – 2:20:52 (41st place)
  • Final – DNF

Women's competition

Women's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 – 15:23.41 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 15:39.83 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 15:48.20 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

  • Round 1 – 32:07.68
  • Final – 32:24.17 (20th place)
  • Round 1 – 32:34.70
  • Final – 31:52.59 (15th place)
  • Round 1 – 32:36.60
  • Final – 31:27.44 (10th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 – 13.13
  • Round 2 – 13.11
  • Semifinal – 13.16 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

  • Final – 01:56.49 (silver medal)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualifying – 1.94
  • Final – 1.90 (11th place)
  • Qualifying – 1.92 (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final – 2:23:14 (gold medal)
  • Final – 2:27:03 (7th place)
  • Final – 2:30:34 (15th place)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's singles

  • Round of 64: Bye
  • Round of 32: Lost to Xia Xuanze of China

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Japan, which had won a bronze medal in the first Olympic baseball tournament and a silver medal in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and Africa but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: the United States, Korea, and Cuba. In the semifinals, Japan played Cuba for the second time in as many games, losing again to the two-time gold medallists. Playing for the bronze medal against Korea, the Japanese team was again defeated.

  • Preliminary Round (4-3)
  • Lost to United States 2-4
  • Defeated Netherlands 10-2
  • Defeated Australia 7-3
  • Defeated Italy 6-1
  • Defeated South Africa 8-0
  • Lost to Korea 6-7
  • Lost to Cuba 2-6
  • Semifinals
  • Lost to Cuba 0-3
  • Bronze-medal match
  • Lost to Korea 1-3
  • Team Roster

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat – 02:00.833 (did not advance)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

  • Qualifying – 442.64 (did not advance)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Final – Lapped (34th place)

Women's Mountain Bike

  • Final – 2:06:13.88 (26th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

  • Final – DNF

Women's Road Race

  • Final – 3:12:40 (40th place)

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Sprint

Men's 1 km Time Trial

Men's Point Race

Men's Keirin

  • Shinichi Ota
    • First round – Heat – 1; Place – 3
    • Repechage – Heat – 1; Place – 2
    • Second round – Heat – 2; Place – 6 (did not advance)
  • Yuichiro Kamiyama
    • First round – Heat – 3; Place – 6
    • Repechage – Heat – 3; DNF (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

Women's competition

Women's Point Race

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Preliminary – 389.88
  • Semi-final – 226.89 – 616.77
  • Final – 407.58 – 634.47 (8th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Preliminary – 457.59
  • Semi-final – 191.49 – 649.08
  • Final – 445.41 – 636.90 (5th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Japan in 2000.

Men's foil
Men's sabre
Women's foil

Football

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster
Group D
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
  Japan 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
  South Africa 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Source: [ citation needed]
South Africa 1–2  Japan
Nomvethe 31' Report Takahara 45+1', 79'
Attendance: 17,500
Slovakia 1–2  Japan
Porázik 83' Report Nakata 67'
Inamoto 74'
Attendance: 15,289
Referee: Falla N'Doye ( Senegal)
Brazil 1–0  Japan
Alex 5' Report
Attendance: 36,608
Quarter-finals
United States 2–2 ( a.e.t.)  Japan
Wolff 68'
Vagenas 90' ( pen.)		 Report Yanagisawa 30'
Takahara 72'
Penalties
Vagenas soccer ball with check mark
Agoos soccer ball with check mark
Donovan soccer ball with check mark
Wolff soccer ball with check mark
Victorine soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Nakamura
soccer ball with check mark Inamoto
soccer ball with check mark Morioka
soccer ball with red X Nakata
soccer ball with check mark Myojin
Attendance: 18,345

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Five men and four women competed in six different Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics, including two top 10 finishes.

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 – 19
  • Race 2 – (22)
  • Race 3 – (26)
  • Race 4 – 13
  • Race 5 – 4
  • Race 6 – 16
  • Race 7 – 17
  • Race 8 – 18
  • Race 9 – 10
  • Race 10 – 16
  • Race 11 – 20
  • Final – 133 (18th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Race 1 – 6
  • Race 2 – 12
  • Race 3 – 10
  • Race 4 – 10
  • Race 5 – (15)
  • Race 6 – 5
  • Race 7 – 9
  • Race 8 – 11
  • Race 9 – (16)
  • Race 10 – 7
  • Race 11 – 8
  • Final – 78 (10th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Race 1 – 21
  • Race 2 – 13
  • Race 3 – 20
  • Race 4 – 22
  • Race 5 – 22
  • Race 6 – 17
  • Race 7 – 22
  • Race 8 – (24)
  • Race 9 – 22
  • Race 10 – (23)
  • Race 11 – 13
  • Final – 172 (23rd place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 – 9
  • Race 2 – 5
  • Race 3 – 10
  • Race 4 – 7
  • Race 5 – 1
  • Race 6 – (14)
  • Race 7 – 8
  • Race 8 – 3
  • Race 9 – (12)
  • Race 10 – 12
  • Race 11 – 11
  • Final – 66 (8th place)

Open Laser

  • Race 1 – (38)
  • Race 2 – 12
  • Race 3 – 19
  • Race 4 – 15
  • Race 5 – 32
  • Race 6 – (36)
  • Race 7 – 17
  • Race 8 – 25
  • Race 9 – 24
  • Race 10 – 30
  • Race 11 – 28
  • Final – 202 (27th place)

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

  • Race 1 – 4
  • Race 2 – 4
  • Race 3 – 10
  • Race 4 – 15
  • Race 5 – 9
  • Race 6 – 16
  • Race 7 – (17)
  • Race 8 – 15
  • Race 9 – 15
  • Race 10 – 13
  • Race 11 – 16
  • Race 12 – (17)
  • Race 13 – 14
  • Race 14 – 16
  • Race 15 – 14
  • Race 16 – 12
  • Final – 173 (16th place)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Defeated Cuba (4:1)
  • Defeated PR China (3:1)
  • Defeated United States (2:1)
  • Defeated Australia (1:0)
  • Defeated Canada (4:3)
  • Defeated Italy (2:0)
  • Defeated New Zealand (2:1)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Australia (1:0)
  • Final
  • Lost to United States (1:2) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 03:51.41 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 15:14.43 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat – 15:18.20 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 52.91
  • Semi-final – 53.01
  • Final – 52.58 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:58.07
  • Semi-final – 01:57.66 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:59.00
  • Semi-final – 01:58.06 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:01.68
  • Semi-final – 01:01.31
  • Final – 01:01.00 (4th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:02.86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:15.54
  • Semi-final – 02:15.16 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:15.71 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:05.68 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:17.36 (did not advance)
  • Final – 04:20.93 (8th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 04:20.76 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 25.52
  • Semi-final – 25.43
  • Final – 25.65 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 55.8
  • Semi-final – 55.62
  • Final – 55.53 (7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:12.45 (did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat – 04:14.23 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat – 08:33.06
  • Final – 08:37.39 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 59.11
  • Semi-final – 59.04
  • Final – 59.13 (6th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:00.97 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:09.85
  • Semi-final – 02:09.88
  • Final – 02:09.66 (7th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:10.22
  • Semi-final – 02:09.89
  • Final – 02:10.72 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:09.12
  • Semi-final – 01:09.04
  • Final – 01:08.37 (6th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:27.39
  • Semi-final – 02:26.24
  • Final – 02:26.98 (7th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:29.60
  • Semi-final – 02:31.71 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 01:00.88
  • Semi-final – 01:01.07
  • Final – 01:00.55 (silver medal)
  • Preliminary Heat – 01:02.19
  • Semi-final – 01:01.25
  • Final – 01:01.14 (5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:11.69
  • Semi-final – 02:12.49
  • Final – 02:11.05 (bronze medal)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:12.15
  • Semi-final – 02:11.02
  • Final – 02:11.21 (4th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 02:15.16
  • Semi-final – 02:15.09
  • Final – 02:15.64 (8th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 02:21.65 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:40.35 (did not advance)
  • Final – 04:35.96 (silver medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley

  • Preliminary Heat – 04:05.76
  • Final – 04:04.16 (bronze medal)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Japan won two silver medals in the synchronized swimming competition at the 2000 Olympics.

Team

  • Technical Routine – 34.51
  • Free Routine – 64.35
  • Final – 98.86 (silver medal)

Duet

  • Technical Routine – 34.3
  • Free Routine – 64.35
  • Final – 98.65 (silver medal)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Trampolining

Main article: Trampolining at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Koki Tagashira – 56 kg 107.5 112.5 117.5 135.0 140.0 142.5 252.5 13
Yasuji Kikuzuma – 56 kg 105.0 105.0 105.0 140.0 140.0 145.0 250.0 15
Yoshihisa Miyaji – 69 kg 145.0 145.0 150.0 170.0 175.0 175.0 320.0 11
Hisaya Yoshimoto + 105 kg 170.0 180.0 182.5 — — — DNF —

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN  1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. ^ "Japan at the 2000 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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