Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Japan at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: JPN
NOC: Japanese Olympic Committee
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1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Medals Gold
10		 Silver
8		 Bronze
14		 Total
32
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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.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

  • Koji Gushiken — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual Competition
  • Koji Gushiken — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
  • Shinji Morisue — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
  • Shinji Hosokawa — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
  • Yoshiyuki Matsuoka — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
  • Hitoshi Saito — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
  • Takeo Kamachi — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
  • Atsuji Miyahara — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  • Hideaki Tomiyama — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)

[edit] Silver

  • Noboyuki Kajitani — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
  • Masaki Eto — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
  • Takashi Irie — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight (48 kg)
  • Kosei Akaishi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
  • Hideyuki Nagashima — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight (82 kg)
  • Akira Ota — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight (90 kg)

[edit] Bronze

  • Tsutomu Sakamoto — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Yumi Egami, Norie Hiro, Miyoko Hirose, Kyoko Ishida, Yoko Kagabu, Yuko Mitsuya, Keiko Miyajima, Kimie Morita, Kumi Nakada, Emiko Odaka, Sachiko Otani, and Kayoko Sugiyama — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
  • Koji Gushiken — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
  • Koji Sotomura — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
  • Koji Gushiken, Noritoshi Hirata, Noboyuki Kajitani, Shinji Morisue, Koji Sotomura, and Kyoji Yamawaki — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
  • Seiki Nose — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
  • Miwako Motoyoshi — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Solo
  • Saeko Kimura and Miwako Motoyoshi — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Duet
  • Kazushito Manabe — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (52 kg)
  • Masahiro Kotaka — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (56 kg)
  • Ryoji Isaoka — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (82½ kg)
  • Ikuzo Saito — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
  • Yuji Takada — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Takeshi Soh — 2:10:55 (→ 4th place)
  • Toshihiko Seko — 2:14:13 (→ 14th place)
  • Shigeru Soh — 2:14:38 (→ 17th place)

[edit] Boxing

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

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] 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
  • Yasushi Furukawa
  • Shuji Yamada
  • Mikiyasu Tanaka
  • Kimio Sugimoto
  • Minoru Iwata
  • Akihiro Iwashima
  • Shunichi Kawai

[edit] 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) → Image:Med_3.png 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

[edit] Water polo

[edit] 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


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