Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Japan will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The delegation of athletes and officials will be represented by the Japanese Olympic Committee.

The present list of qualified entries for Japan are shown. In some cases, the country has qualified for a position in the Olympic Games, and the individual performance in the qualifying event was good enough to guarantee the same person a spot on Japan's team. In other cases, the Japan Olympic Committee may assign a competitor at a later date to fill some of the country's qualified positions, and the Olympic competitor may or may not be the same as the one who participated in the qualifying competition.

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[edit] Archery

Japan qualified four archers (two men and two women) through the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships individual competitions, and added a third women's qualification spot at the Asian Championships. This allows Japan to compete in the women's team competition at the Olympics, as well as having three women and two men compete in the individual competitions.

Takaharu Furukawa, Ryuichi Moriya, Nami Hayakawa, Sayoko Kitabatake, and Yuki Hayashi were the archers who earned the qualification spots for Japan. Japan has not yet announced its final selections for the Olympic team.

Japan has not yet won an Olympic gold medal in archery; its best results are a pair of silver medals, including Hiroshi Yamamoto's in the 2004 men's individual competition.

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Men's hammer

[edit] Women

Women's marathon

[edit] Baseball

Japan's victory in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship qualified the Japan national baseball team for Olympic competition. Japan, along with Cuba, has appeared in every Olympic baseball tournament since the sport was elevated to official status. Japan has reached the semifinals each year and taken one silver and two bronze medals, but has yet to win the Olympic championship.

[edit] Boxing

Japan qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Masatsugu was the first when he qualified at the World Championships.[1] Satoshi was the second, qualifying at the first Asian qualifying event.[2]

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • One Japanese member qualifies for the 3 meter springboard event, by virtue of Ken Terauchi's third place finish in the semifinal round at the 2007 World Championships. This was the first individual qualification spot earned by Japan for the 2008 Olympics. [1]

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

  • Japan has earned spots in the 73 kilogram and heavyweight classifications.

[edit] Women

  • Japan has earned spots in the 48, 52, 57, 63, 78 kilogram, and heavyweight classifications.

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

  • 4x100 meter freestyle relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#12) finish at the 2007 World Championships
  • 4x200 meter freestyle relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#7) finish at the 2007 World Championships
  • 4x100 meter medley relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#2) finish at the 2007 World Championships

[edit] Women

  • 4x200 meter freestyle relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#6) finish at the 2007 World Championships
  • 4x100 meter medley relay: Japan has qualified one team, by virtue of their top-12 (#6 finish at the 2007 World Championships

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

  • Trampoline:

[edit] References


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