Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||||||||||
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| 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.
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[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
- Yasuhiro Yamashita — Judo, Men's Open Class
- 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)
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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
- Hiroshi Yamamoto — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
- 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 10,000 metres
- Yutaka Kanai
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- Qualifying Heat — 28:14.67
- Final — 28:27.06 (→ 7th place)
- Masanari Shintaku
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- Qualifying Heat — 28:24.30
- Final — 28:55.54 (→ 16th place)
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- Final — 2:10:55 (→ 4th place)
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- Final — 2:14:13 (→ 14th place)
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- Final — 2:14:38 (→ 17th place)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 8.02m
- Final — 7.87m (→ 7th place)
Men's High Jump
- Takao Sakamoto
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- Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
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- Qualification — 81.42m
- Final — 81.98m (→ 5th place)
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- Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Shigenobu Murofushi
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- Qualification — 70.92m (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault
- Tomomi Takahashi
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- Qualifying Round — 5.30m
- Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon
- Nanae Sasaki
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- Final — 2:37:04 (→ 19th place)
- Akemi Masuda
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- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's High Jump
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- Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance)
- Hisayo Fukumitsu
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- Qualification — 1.87m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Emi Matsui
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- Qualification — 57.72m (→ did not advance)
- Minori Mori
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- Qualification — 56.60m (→ did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Mamoru Kuroiwa
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Francisco Tejedor (COL), 4:1
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Keith Mwila (KEN), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Hiroaki Takami
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Gamaleldin El-Koumy (EGY), 4:1
- Third Round — Lost to Dale Walters (CAN), 0:5
[edit] Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race
- Matsuyoshi Takahashi — 45th place
Women's Individual Road Race
- Wakako Abe → 40th place
[edit] Handball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- 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
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- 9th/10th place: Lost to United States (16:24) → 10th place
- Team Roster
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- 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
[edit] Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Shigeo Ogata
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- Heat — 52.96 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
- Satoshi Sumida
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- Heat — 53.83 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Hiroshi Sakamoto
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- Heat — 1:54.71 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
- Shigeo Ogata
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- Heat — 1:55.97 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Shigeo Ogata
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- Heat — 4:02.97 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
- Keisuke Okuno
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- Heat — 4:06.31 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
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- Heat — 58.37
- B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
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- Heat — 2:06.24
- B-Final — 2:06.02 (→ 16th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Shigehiro Takahashi
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- Heat — 1:04.71
- B-Final — 1:04.41 (→ 10th place)
- Kenji Watanabe
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- Heat — 1:06.10 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Shigehiro Takahashi
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- Heat — 2:19.98
- B-Final — 2:20.93 (→ 12th place)
- Kenji Watanabe
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- Heat — 2:22.33
- B-Final — 2:22.29 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Taihei Saka
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- Heat — 56.40 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
- Shudo Kawawa
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- Heat — 56.52 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Taihei Saka
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- Heat — 2:00.66
- B-Final — 2:00.31 (→ 9th place)
- Shudo Kawawa
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- Heat — 2:03.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Shinji Ito
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- Heat — 2:07.76
- B-Final — 2:06.07 (→ 10th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Shinji Ito
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- Heat — 4:30.52
- B-Final — 4:29.76 (→ 13th place)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shigeo Ogata, Taihei Saka, and Satoshi Sumida
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- Heat — 3:30.45 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Taihei Saka, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Keisuke Okuno, and Shigeo Ogata
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- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Daichi Suzuki, Shigehiro Takahashi, Taihei Saka, and Hiroshi Sakamoto
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- Heat — 3:50.14
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Kaori Yanase
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- Heat — 58.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Chikako Nakamori
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- Heat — 59.00 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
- Chikako Nakamori
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- Heat — 2:03.94
- B-Final — 2:04.11 (→ 13th place)
- Kaori Yanase
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- Heat — 2:04.38
- B-Final — 2:05.24 (→ 16th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
- Chikako Nakamori
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- Heat — 4:20.13
- B-Final — 4:20.18 (→ 14th place)
- Junko Sakurai
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- Heat — 4:28.68 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
- Junko Sakurai
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- Heat — 9:13.27 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Junko Sakurai, Chikako Nakamori, Miki Saito, and Kaori Yanase
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- Heat — 3:54.68 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Naomi Sekido, Hiroko Nagasaki, Naoko Ku, and Kaori Yanase
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- Heat — 4:17.59
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Naomi Sekido
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- Heat — 1:05.60 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
- Nozomi Sunouchi
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- Heat — 1:07.23 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Naomi Sekido
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- Heat — 2:18.52
- B-Final — 2:18.87 (→ 14th place)
- Nozomi Sunouchi
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- Heat — 2:25.05 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
- Naoko Kume
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- Heat — 2:13.31
- Final — 2:12.57 (→ 6th place)
- Kiyomi Takahashi
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- Heat — 2:14.37
- B-Final — 2:16.27 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
- Hideka Koshimizu
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- Heat — 2:23.38
- B-Final — 2:22.81 (→ 15th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Hideka Koshimizu
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- Heat — 4:59.18
- B-Final — 4:58.02 (→ 14th place)
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated China (3-0)
- Defeated Italy (3-2)
- Defeated Egypt (3-0)
- Lost to Canada (0-3)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th/8th place: Lost to Argentina (1-3)
- 7th/8th place: Defeated China (3-0) → 7th place
- Team Roster
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- 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)
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- Defeated South Korea (3-1)
- Defeated Peru (3-0)
- Defeated Canada (3-0)
- Semi Finals
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- Lost to China (0-3)
- Bronze Medal Match
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- Defeated United States (3-1) → Bronze Medal
- Defeated United States (3-1) →
- Team Roster
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- 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)
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- Lost to Italy (5-15)
- Lost to West Germany (8-15)
- Lost to Australia (2-15)
- Final Round (Group E)
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- Lost to China (4-10)
- Lost to Greece (7-14)
- Lost to Canada (5-8)
- Defeated Brazil (9-8) → 11th place
- Team Roster
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- 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
