Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Japan competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Japan returned to the Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 226 competitors, 174 men and 52 women, took part in 147 events in 22 sports.^[1]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				August 2
				August 2
				August 2
				August 4
				August 4
				August 4
				August 5
				August 10
				August 11
				August 11
				August 3
				August 4
				August 4
				August 4
				August 9
				August 9
				August 9
				August 11
				July 29
				July 30
				July 31
				August 1
				August 3
				August 4
				August 4
				August 4
				August 7
				August 8
				August 9
				August 10
				August 11
				August 12

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=f7f6a8		bgcolor=dce5e5		bgcolor=ffdab9		Total
	4	0	1	5
	3	3	3	9
	2	5	2	9
	1	0	0	1
	0	0	3	3
	0	0	2	2
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	10	8	14	32

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In their third Olympic archery competition, Japan won a bronze medal in the men's division as well as having a fourth place competitor in each division.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Hiroko Ishizu  - 2525 points (4th place)
• Minako Hokari  - 2481 points (10th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Hiroshi Yamamoto  - 2563 points (Bronze Medal)
• Takayoshi Matsushita  - 2552 points (4th place)
• Ichiro Shimamura  - 2312 points (52nd place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's 400 metres

• Heat - 46.26

• Quarterfinals - 45.91

• Semifinals - 45.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Yutaka Kanai

• Qualifying Heat - 28:14.67

• Final - 28:27.06 (→ 7th place)
• Masanari Shintaku

• Qualifying Heat - 28:24.30

• Final - 28:55.54 (→ 16th place)

Men's Marathon

• Takeshi So

• Final - 2:10:55 (→ 4th place)
• Toshihiko Seko

• Final - 2:14:13 (→ 14th place)
• Shigeru So

• Final - 2:14:38 (→ 17th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Junichi Usui

• Qualification - 8.02m

• Final - 7.87m (→ 7th place)

Men's High Jump

• Takao Sakamoto

• Qualification - 2.21m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Qualification - 81.42m

• Final - 81.98m (→ 5th place)

• Qualification - 74.82m (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Qualification - 70.92m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Tomomi Takahashi

• Qualifying Round - 5.30m

• Final - no mark (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Final - 2:37:04 (→ 19th place)

• Final - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's High Jump

• Qualification - 1.87m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• Qualification - 1.84m (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Qualification - 57.72m (→ did not advance)

• Qualification - 56.60m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Mamoru Kuroiwa
  1. First Round - Bye
  2. Second Round - Defeated Francisco Tejedor (COL), 4:1
  3. Quarterfinals - Lost to Keith Mwila (KEN), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• Hiroaki Takami
  1. First Round - Bye
  2. Second Round - Defeated Gamaleldin El-Koumy (EGY), 4:1
  3. Third Round - Lost to Dale Walters (CAN), 0:5

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Nine cyclists, eight men and one woman, represented Japan in 1984. Tsutomu Sakamoto won a bronze medal in the sprint event.

Men's individual road race

• Matsuyoshi Takahashi - 45th place

Sprint

• Tsutomu Sakamoto
• Katsuo Nakatake

1000m time trial

• Tsutomu Sakamoto

Team pursuit

• Akio Kuwazawa
• Harumitsu Okada
• Mitsugi Sarudate
• Yoshihiro Tsumuraya

Points race

• Akio Kuwazawa
• Hitoshi Sato

Women's individual road race

• Wakako Abe - 40th place

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

• Isao Yamagishi

• Preliminary Round - 427.14 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented Japan in 1984.

Men's foil

• Kenichi Umezawa
• Nobuyuki Azuma
• Tadashi Shimokawa

Men's team foil

• Nobuyuki Azuma, Yoshihiko Kanatsu, Hidehachi Koyasu, Tadashi Shimokawa, Kenichi Umezawa

Women's foil

• Azusa Oikawa
• Mieko Miyahara
• Miyuki Maekawa

Women's team foil

• Mieko Miyahara, Azusa Oikawa, Miyuki Maekawa, Tomoko Oka

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (15:32)

• Lost to Romania (22:28)

• Lost to Iceland (17:21)

• Lost to Switzerland (13:20)

• Defeated Algeria (17:16)
• Classification Match

• 9th/10th place: Lost to United States (16:24) → 10th place
• Team Roster

• Seimei Gamo

• Takashi Ikenoue

• Yasou Ikona

• Hidetada Ito

• Koji Matsui

• Mitsuaki Nakamoto

• Kiyoshi Nishiyama

• Takahiro Ohata

• Nobuo Sasaki

• Kenzo Seki

• Yoshihiro Shiga

• Katsutoshi Taguchi

• Seiichi Takamura

• Yukihiko Uemura

• Shinji Yamamoto

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1984.

Individual

• Shoji Uchida
• Hiroyuki Kawazoe
• Daizou Araki

Team

• Shoji Uchida
• Hiroyuki Kawazoe
• Daizou Araki

Rhythmic gymnastics

See main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Hiroyuki Akatsuka	align=left rowspan=1	25 m rapid fire pistol	583	23
	50 m rifle, prone	585	43
Chikafumi Hirai	align=left rowspan=1	50 m pistol	551	18
Takeo Kamachi	align=left rowspan=1	25 m rapid fire pistol	595
align=left rowspan=2	Ryohei Koba	align=left	50 m rifle, three positions	1137	25
10 m air rifle	578	18
align=left rowspan=1	Kaoru Matsuo	align=left	50 m rifle, three positions	1125	35
Hiroyuki Nakajo	50 m rifle, prone	591	17
Shigetoshi Tashiro	align=left rowspan=1	50 m pistol	540	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Keiko Hirakawa	align=left rowspan=1	25 m pistol	564	23
align=left rowspan=2	Noriko Kosai	align=left	50 m rifle, three positions	568	11
10 m air rifle	383	10
Atsuko Sugimoto	align=left rowspan=1	25 m pistol	564	23

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Eigen Hayashi	align=left rowspan=1	Skeet	184	41
Motoharu Hirano	align=left rowspan=1	Trap	186	11
Mikio Itakura	align=left rowspan=1	Skeet	192	13
Kazumi Watanabe	align=left rowspan=1	Trap	186	13

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Freestyle

• Shigeo Ogata

• Heat - 52.96 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
• Satoshi Sumida

• Heat - 53.83 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Hiroshi Sakamoto

• Heat - 1:54.71 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
• Shigeo Ogata

• Heat - 1:55.97 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Shigeo Ogata

• Heat - 4:02.97 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
• Keisuke Okuno

• Heat - 4:06.31 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Daichi Suzuki

• Heat - 58.37

• B-Final - 58.30 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Daichi Suzuki

• Heat - 2:06.24

• B-Final - 2:06.02 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Shigehiro Takahashi

• Heat - 1:04.71

• B-Final - 1:04.41 (→ 10th place)
• Kenji Watanabe

• Heat - 1:06.10 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Shigehiro Takahashi

• Heat - 2:19.98

• B-Final - 2:20.93 (→ 12th place)
• Kenji Watanabe

• Heat - 2:22.33

• B-Final - 2:22.29 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Taihei Saka

• Heat - 56.40 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
• Shudo Kawawa

• Heat - 56.52 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Taihei Saka

• Heat - 2:00.66

• B-Final - 2:00.31 (→ 9th place)
• Shudo Kawawa

• Heat - 2:03.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Shinji Ito

• Heat - 2:07.76

• B-Final - 2:06.07 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Shinji Ito

• Heat - 4:30.52

• B-Final - 4:29.76 (→ 13th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shigeo Ogata, Taihei Saka, and Satoshi Sumida

• Heat - 3:30.45 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Taihei Saka, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Keisuke Okuno, and Shigeo Ogata

• Heat - DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Daichi Suzuki, Shigehiro Takahashi, Taihei Saka, and Hiroshi Sakamoto

• Heat - 3:50.14

• Final - DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Kaori Yanase

• Heat - 58.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
• Chikako Nakamori

• Heat - 59.00 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Chikako Nakamori

• Heat - 2:03.94

• B-Final - 2:04.11 (→ 13th place)
• Kaori Yanase

• Heat - 2:04.38

• B-Final - 2:05.24 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Chikako Nakamori

• Heat - 4:20.13

• B-Final - 4:20.18 (→ 14th place)
• Junko Sakurai

• Heat - 4:28.68 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Junko Sakurai

• Heat - 9:13.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Junko Sakurai, Chikako Nakamori, Miki Saito, and Kaori Yanase

• Heat - 3:54.68 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Naomi Sekido, Hiroko Nagasaki, Naoko Kume, and Kaori Yanase

• Heat - 4:17.59

• Final - DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Naomi Sekido

• Heat - 1:05.60 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
• Nozomi Sunouchi

• Heat - 1:07.23 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Naomi Sekido

• Heat - 2:18.52

• B-Final - 2:18.87 (→ 14th place)
• Nozomi Sunouchi

• Heat - 2:25.05 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Naoko Kume

• Heat - 2:13.31

• Final - 2:12.57 (→ 6th place)
• Kiyomi Takahashi

• Heat - 2:14.37

• B-Final - 2:16.27 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Hideka Koshimizu

• Heat - 2:23.38

• B-Final - 2:22.81 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Hideka Koshimizu

• Heat - 4:59.18

• B-Final - 4:58.02 (→ 14th place)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated China (3-0)

• Defeated Italy (3-2)

• Defeated Egypt (3-0)

• Lost to Canada (0-3)
• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Argentina (1-3)

• 7th/8th place: Defeated China (3-0) → 7th place
• Team Roster

• Koshi Sobu

• Eiji Shimomura

• Kazuya Mitake

• Eizaburo Mitsuhashi

• Hiroaki Okuno

• Shuji Yamada

• Kimio Sugimoto

• Minoru Iwata

• Akihiro Iwashima

• Shunichi Kawai

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated South Korea (3-1)

• Defeated Peru (3-0)

• Defeated Canada (3-0)
• Semi Finals

• Lost to China (0-3)
• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated United States (3-1) → Bronze Medal
• Team Roster

• Yumi Egami

• Kimie Morita

• Yuko Mitsuya

• Miyoko Hirose

• Kyoko Ishida

• Yoko Kagabu

• Norie Hiro

• Kayoko Sugiiyama

• Sachiko Otani

• Keiko Miyajima

• Emiko Odaka

• Kumie Nakada

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Lost to Italy (5-15)

• Lost to West Germany (8-15)

• Lost to Australia (2-15)
• Final Round (Group E)

• Lost to China (4-10)

• Lost to Greece (7-14)

• Lost to Canada (5-8)

• Defeated Brazil (9-8) → 11th place
• Team Roster

• Etsuji Fujita

• Yoshifumi Saito

• Koshi Fujimori

• Shingo Kai

• Narihito Taima

• Daisuke Houki

• Toshio Fukumoto

• Toshiyuki Miyahara

• Hisayoshi Nagata

• Koji Wakayoshi

• Hisaharu Saito

• Shinji Yamasaki

• Asami Oura

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Japan at the 1984 Summer Games . 2011-05-08 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102115346/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1984/ . 2012-11-02 .