Japan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Japan at the Paralympic Games

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NPC Japanese Paralympic Committee
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 17		 Gold
5		 Silver
14		 Bronze
8		 Total
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Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.

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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Tomoya Ito Athletics Men's 400m – T52 12 September
 Gold Tomoya Ito Athletics Men's 800m – T52 16 September
 Gold Masashi Ishii Cycling Track Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) 9 September
 Gold Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50m Breaststroke – SB3 11 September
 Gold Shingo Kunieda Wheelchair tennis Men's Singles – Open 15 September
 Silver Chieko Kamiya Archery Women's Individual Compound – Open 13 September
 Silver Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's 400m – T52 12 September
 Silver Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's 800m – T52 16 September
 Silver Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Athletics Men's Marathon – T52 17 September
 Silver Hiroki Sasahara Athletics Men's Marathon – T54 17 September
 Silver Atsushi Yamoto Athletics Men's Long Jump – F42/44 14 September
 Silver Tomomi Yamaki Athletics Women's 100m – T52 11 September
 Silver Tomomi Yamaki Athletics Women's 200m – T52 15 September
 Silver Masaki Fujita Cycling Track Men's Individual Pursuit (LC 3) 9 September
 Silver Masashi Ishii Cycling Track Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 4) 7 September
 Silver Masaki Fujita Cycling Track Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) 7 September
 Silver Satoshi Fujimoto Judo Men −66 kg 7 September
 Silver Kyosuke Oyama Swimming Men's 50m Butterfly – S6 13 September
 Silver Junichi Kawai Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle – S11 14 September
 Bronze Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's Marathon – T52 17 September
 Bronze Toshie Oi Athletics Men's Discus Throw – F53/54 14 September
 Bronze Teruyo Tanaka Athletics Women's 100m – T52 15 September
 Bronze Masaki Fujita Cycling Road Men's Individual Time Trial LC3 12 September
 Bronze Masashi Ishii Cycling Road Men's Individual Time Trial CP 4 12 September
 Bronze Junichi Kawai Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly – S11 9 September
 Bronze Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 150m Individual Medley – SM4 14 September
 Bronze Shingo Kunieda
Satoshi Saida		 Wheelchair tennis Men's Doubles – Open 14 September

Wheelchair fencing

Japan will have one competitor in wheelchair fencing, 42-year-old Toyoaki Hisakawa. This will be Hisakawa's third appearance at the Paralympic Games.[1]

Cycling Track

Masashi Ishii – Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) – 1:08.771 World Record[2] won the gold medal.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wheelchair fencer has high Olympic hopes". Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan). 5 August 2008. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/olympics/20080805TDY03104.htm. Retrieved 2 September 2008. 
  2. ^ "Briton Kenny hits gold and world record double, again". Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan). 9 September 2008. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/09/content_9880339.htm. Retrieved 22 September 2008. 
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