Japan at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

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The Japanese team will compete at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Matsuda, TakeshiTakeshi Matsuda Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly 27 July
 Silver Terakawa, AyaAya Terakawa Swimming Women's 50m Backstroke 28 July
 Silver Irie, RyosukeRyosuke Irie Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke 29 July
 Silver Kitajima, KosukeKosuke Kitajima Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke 29 July
 Bronze Irie, RyosukeRyosuke Irie Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke 26 July
 Bronze Horihata, YuyaYuya Horihata Swimming Men's 400m IM 31 July

Diving

There will be 8 divers (4 men & 4 females) that will compete at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, including four-time Olympian Ken Terauchi (as of April 12, 2011).[1]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ken Terauchi Men's 3m Springboard 444.75 5 Q 426.70 14 Did not advance
Sho Sakai Men's 3m Springboard 438.15 7 Q 430.85 13 Did not advance
Men's 10m Platform DNS Did not advance
Kazuki Murakami Men's 10m Platform 448.25 9 Q 415.10 13 Did not advance
Yu Okamoto
Sho Sakai		 Men's 3m Synchro Springboard 371.55 10 Q 395.19 9
Kazuki Murakami
Yu Okamoto		 Men's 10m Synchro Platform 396.12 8 Q 380.52 9
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Yuka Mabuchi Women's 1m Springboard 219.50 29 Did not advance
Women's 3m Springboard 243.35 33 Did not advance
Sayaka Shibusawa Women's 1m Springboard 240.80 20 Did not advance
Women's 3m Springboard 280.65 18 Q 294.60 14 Did not advance
Mai Nakagawa Women's 10m Platform 304.00 11 Q 257.25 18 Did not advance
Fuka Tatsumi Women's 10m Platform 261.95 23 Did not advance
Mai Nakagawa
Sayaka Shibusawa		 Women's 3m Synchro Springboard 247.80 13 Did not advance

Open water swimming

Men[2]
Athlete Event Final
Time Position
Yasunari Hirai Men's 5km 56:30.6 12
Men's 10km 1:58:19.2 36
Women[3]
Athlete Event Final
Time Position
Yumi Kida Women's 5km DSQ
Women's 10km 2:07:07.7 35
Ayano Koguchi Women's 5km 1:03:20.2 31
Women's 10km 2:11:48.9 42

Swimming

There will be 26 swimmers (15 men & 11 females) that will compete at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.[1]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Takuro Fujii Men's 100m Freestyle 49.13 21 Did not advance
Men's 100m Butterfly 51.82 2 Q 51.69 4 Q 51.75 5
Yuki Kobori Men's 200m Freestyle 1:48.19 13 Q 1:48.65 16 Did not advance
Sho Uchida Men's 200m Freestyle 1:48.64 19 Did not advance
Men's 400m Freestyle 349.70 17 Did not advance
Yohsuke Miyamoto Men's 800m Freestyle 7:57.13 14 Did not advance
Men's 1500m Freestyle 14:57.12 7 Q 15:20.67 8
Junya Koga Men's 50m Backstroke 25.17 6 Q 25.14 9 Did not advance
Men's 100m Backstroke 54.32 15 Q 54.16 14 Did not advance
Ryosuke Irie Men's 50m Backstroke DNS Did not advance
Men's 100m Backstroke 53.99 8 Q 53.05 2 Q 52.98
Men's 200m Backstroke 1:57.58 6 Q 1:55.96 2 Q 1:54.11
Kazuki Watanabe Men's 200m Backstroke 1:57.62 7 Q 1:57.97 7 Q 1:57.82 8
Ryo Tateishi Men's 50m Breaststroke 28.01 17 Did not advance
Men's 100m Breaststroke 1:00.37 8 Q 1:00.36 9 Did not advance
Kosuke Kitajima Men's 100m Breaststroke 59.96 3 Q 59.77 2 Q 1:00.03 4
Men's 200m Breaststroke 2:11.17 6 Q 2:08.81 1 Q 2:08.63
Naoya Tomita Men's 200m Breaststroke 2:12.73 15 Q 2:11.98 12 Did not advance
Takeshi Matsuda Men's 200m Butterfly 1:55.98 5 Q 1:54.30 1 Q 1:54.01
Ryusuke Sakata Men's 200m Butterfly 1:57.66 20 Did not advance
Yuya Horihata Men's 200m IM 1:59.25 6 Q 1:59.47 8 Q 1:59.52 8
Men's 400m IM 4:13.68 2 Q 4:11.98
Takuro Fujii
Shogo Hihara
Yoshihiro Okumura
Takeshi Matsuda		 Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 3:16.63 10 Did not advance
Takeshi Matsuda
Shogo Hihara
Yuki Kobori
Yoshihiro Okumura
Sho Uchida*		 Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:10.46 2 Q 7:10.92 7
Ryosuke Irie
Kosuke Kitajima
Takuro Fujii
Shogo Hihara
Ryo Tateishi*
Takeshi Matsuda*		 Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:34.82 4 Q 3:32.89 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yayoi Matsumoto Women's 50m Freestyle 25.34 16 Q Withdrew Did not advance
Natsuki Hasegawa Women's 100m Freestyle 56.30 35 Did not advance
Haruka Ueda Women's 200m Freestyle 1:58.74 16 Q 1:58.28 14 Did not advance
Hanae Ito Women's 200m Freestyle 1:58.74 16* Did not advance
Aya Terakawa Women's 50m Backstroke 28.34 4 Q 28.16 7 Q 27.93
Women's 100m Backstroke 59.95 4 Q 59.81 8 Q 59.35 5
Women's 200m Backstroke DNS Did not advance
Shiho Sakai Women's 50m Backstroke 28.89 19 Did not advance
Women's 100m Backstroke 1:00.34 7 Q 59.94 9 Did not advance
Women's 200m Backstroke 2:09.25 8 Q 2:08.93 11 Did not advance
Satomi Suzuki Women's 50m Breaststroke DNS Did not advance
Women's 100m Breaststroke 1:07.39 4 Q 1:07.68 9 Did not advance
Women's 200m Breaststroke 2:27.98 18 Did not advance
Rie Kaneto Women's 100m Breaststroke 1:09.56 24 Did not advance
Women's 200m Breaststroke 2:27.17 10 Q 2:25.41 4 Q 2:25.36 5
Yuka Kato Women's 50m Butterfly 26.37 9 Q 26.07 5 Q
Women's 100m Butterfly 58.70 13 Q 58.71 14 Did not advance
Natsumi Hoshi Women's 100m Butterfly 59.63 25 Did not advance
Women's 200m Butterfly 2:07.34 1 Q 2:06.65 2 Q 2:05.91 4
Haruka Ueda
Yayoi Matsumoto
Hanae Ito
Natsuki Hasegawa		 Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 3:39.28 7 Q 3:39.55 7
Haruka Ueda
Hanae Ito
Yayoi Matsumoto
Misaki Yamaguchi		 Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay 7:57.82 9 Did not advance
Aya Terakawa
Satomi Suzuki
Yuka Kato
Yayoi Matsumoto
Haruka Ueda**		 Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 4:00.08 6 Q 3:57.84 5

Synchronized swimming

Japan has qualified 11 athletes in synchronised swimming.[4]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yumi Adachi Solo Technical Routine 91.900 5 Q 92.600 5
Solo Free Routine 92.620 5 Q 92.810 5
Yukiko Inui
Chisa Kobayashi		 Duet Technical Routine 92.600 5 Q 92.800 5
Duet Free Routine 92.720 5 Q 92.710 5
Yumi Adachi
Aika Hakoyama
Yukiko Inui
Mayo Itoyama
Chisa Kobayashi
Mai Nakamura
Mariko Sakai
Kurumi Yoshida		 Team Technical Routine 92.800 5 Q 93.100 5
Yumi Adachi
Aika Hakoyama
Yukiko Inui
Chisa Kobayashi
Risako Mitsui
Mai Nakamura
Mariko Sakai
Kurumi Yoshida		 Team Free Routine 92.540 5 Q 92.860 5
Reserves

Water polo

Men

Team Roster [5]

  • Katsuyuki Tanamura
  • Kan Aoyagi – Captain
  • Koji Takei
  • Shota Hazui
  • Mitsuaki Shiga
  • Akira Yanase
  • Yusuke Shimizu
  • Atsushi Naganuma
  • Hiroki Wakamatsu
  • Yoshinori Shiota
  • Keigo Okawa
  • Satoshi Nagata
  • Naoki Shimizu

Group C

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 3 3 0 0 43 16 +27 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 28 25 +3 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 25 40 –15 2
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 25 40 –15 0
July 18, 2011
17:00		 Report Japan  5–11  Canada Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Williams (NZL), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 0–3, 2–3
five players 1 Goals Graham 5
July 20, 2011
12:10		 Report Brazil  11–13  Japan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Brgulian (MNE), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–3, 4–4
Silva, Franco 3 Goals Shimizu 4
July 22, 2011
10:50		 Report Japan  7–18  Croatia Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Balfanvayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–3, 2–4, 3–5
three players 2 Goals Joković 3

Playoff Round

July 24, 2011
21:00		 Report Japan  6–8  Germany Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Cabral (BRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–1, 2–3, 1–1
Shimizu 4 Goals Stamm 3

Classification 9–12

July 26, 2011
12:40		 Report Australia  15–9  Japan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 1–1, 3–1, 5–3
three players 3 Goals Takei 3

Eleventh place game

July 28, 2011
09:30		 Report Romania  15–18  Japan Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Reemnet (NED), Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–5, 3–5, 5–5
Kadar 4 Goals Shiota 8

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
TBD Japan00 00

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Japanese swimmers selected for the Worlds". Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). 2011-04-19. Archived from the original on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  2. ↑ Open Water Qualifiers – Men
  3. ↑ Open Water Qualifiers – Women
  4. ↑ Athletes Listed in Synchronized Swimming
  5. ↑ Men's Water Polo Team