Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 306 competitors, 157 men and 149 women, took part in 168 events in 27 sports.[1]

Japan at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors306 (157 men and 149 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Ryoko Tamura
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
3
Silver
6
Bronze
5
Total
14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In the nation's sixth Olympic archery competition, three of Japan's five archers won their first matches. All three lost in the second round, however.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

  • Kodama, Ouchi, and Koide → Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

  • Shigekazu Omori

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

  • Heat — 3:02.82
  • Semi Final — 3:01.92
  • Final — 3:00.76 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 48.96s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 49.88s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 49.07s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's High Jump

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault


Women's 5,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres

  • Qualification — 31:37.03
  • Final — 31:20.62 (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 32:31.69
  • Final — 31:23.23 (→ 7th place)
  • Hiromi Suzuki
  • Qualification — 31:54.89
  • Final — 32:43.39 (→ 16th place)

Women's Marathon

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

Women's 10 km Walk

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 53.98m (→ did not advance)

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball
Main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Defending bronze medalist Japan competed for the second time in the Olympic baseball tournament. They got off to a rough start, losing three of their first four games to Australia, Cuba, and the United States. After winning their next three, however, the Japanese were in a tie with the Nicaraguans for third and fourth places. Since Japan had beaten Nicaragua in head-to-head competition, they won the tie-breaker and faced the United States in the semifinals rather than the Cubans, which had not lost any of their 16 games in the 1992 and 1996 Olympiads. Japan defeated the United States to advance to the final, where they became the Cubans' 18th victim (Nicaragua's loss in the semifinals being the 17th win for Cuba).

Men's Team Competition:

  • Japan - Silver Medal (5-4)

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Beach volleyball
  • Shoji Setoyama and Kazuyuki Takao — 17th place overall

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final — 2 points (→ 15th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:45:03 (→ 26th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:05.44 (→ 23rd place)

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 262.71
  • Semi Final — 210.00
  • Final — 296.04 (→ 6th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Four fencers, one man and three women, represented Japan in 1996.

Men's foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football
Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men's competition
21 July 1996 Match 1Japan 1–0 BrazilMiami
18:30 UTC−4 Ito  72' Report Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 46,724
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
23 July 1996 Match 2Nigeria 2–0 JapanOrlando
20:30 UTC−4 Akiba  83' (o.g.)
Okocha  90' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
25 July 1996 Match 3Japan 3–2 HungaryOrlando
21:00 UTC−4 Maezono  39' (pen.), 90+1'
Uemura  90'		 Report Sándor  2'
Madar  48'		 Stadium: Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 17,224
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
Women's competition
21 July 1996 Match 1Germany 3–2 JapanBirmingham
13:30 UTC−4 Wiegmann  5'
Tomei  29' (o.g.)
Mohr  52'		 Report Kioka  18'
Noda  33'		 Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 44,211
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
23 July 1996 Match 2Brazil 2–0 JapanBirmingham
16:30 UTC−4 Kátia  68'
Pretinha  78'		 Report Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 26,111
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
25 July 1996 Match 3Norway 4–0 JapanWashington, D.C.
18:30 UTC−4 Pettersen  25', 86'
Medalen  60'
Tangeraas  74'		 Report Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 30,237
Referee: Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Softball
Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Defeated Netherlands (3:0)
  • Defeated PR China (3:0)
  • Lost to United States (1:6)
  • Defeated Canada (4:0)
  • Lost to Australia (0:10)
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (8:1)
  • Defeated Chinese Taipei (5:1)
  • Semifinals
  • Lost to Australia (0:3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Did not advance → 4th place
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Mitsutoshi Suzumura

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 metres Freestyle:

  • Heat — 23.60 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100 metres Freestyle:

  • Heat — 51.29 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 metres Freestyle:

  • Heat — 1:51.97 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 metres Freestyle:

  • Heat — 4:00.19 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:19.48
  • B-Final — 15:17.28 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 15:43.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 56.35
  • B-Final — 55.74 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 56.22
  • B-Final — 56.23 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:00.43
  • Final — 2:00.10 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 2:02.33
  • B-Final — 2:01.54 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:02.63
  • B-Final — 1:02.75 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat — 1:03.13 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:15.37
  • B-Final — 2:16.69 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 53.95
  • B-Final — 53.98 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat — 54.50 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:00.87 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:03.42
  • B-Final — 2:04.59 (→ 14th place)
  • Heat — 2:04.49
  • B-Final — 2:05.42 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:24.83
  • B-Final — 4:23.36 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 4:26.73
  • B-Final — 4:24.25 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:41.78
  • Final — 3:40.51 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 25.89
  • B-Final — 26.05 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 57.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:01.11
  • B-Final — 2:01.00 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 2:03.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:13.40
  • Final — 4:11.68 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 4:16.07
  • B-Final — 4:16.60 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:40.47 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
  • Heat — 8:55.77 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:02.35
  • Final — 1:02.33 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 1:02.90
  • Final — 1:02.78 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:15.05
  • B-Final — 2:13.40 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 2:12.92
  • Final — 2:13.57 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:09.89
  • B-Final — 1:10.43 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat — 1:11.33 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:29.36
  • Final — 2:28.05 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 2:30.84
  • B-Final — 2:29.32 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:00.85
  • Final — 1:00.11 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 1:00.20
  • Final — 1:00.18 (→ 6th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:16.04
  • B-Final — 2:13.97 (→ 14th place)
  • Heat — 2:12.59
  • Final — 2:11.93 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:20.58 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:48.51
  • B-Final — 4:47.98 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat — 4:49.32
  • B-Final — 4:48.72 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:48.77 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 8:09.46
  • Final — 8:07.46 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 4:10.71 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

  • First round — Lost to Tim Henman (Great Britain) 6-7 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition

  • First round — Defeated Juan-Carlos Bianchi and Nicolas Pereira (Venezuela) 6-4, 6-7, 8-6
  • Second round — Lost to Sergi Bruguera and Tomás Carbonell (Spain) 7-6, 2-6, 5-7

Women's Singles Competition

  • First round — Defeated Katarina Studenikova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-3
  • Second round — Defeated Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 6-4 6-4
  • Third round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 3-6 4-6
  • First round — Defeated Sung-Hee Park (South Korea) 6-3 4-6 6-3
  • Second round — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (United States) 2-6 2-6

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Indoor Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to South Korea (0-3)
  • Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
  • Lost to Netherlands (0-3)
  • Lost to United States (0-3)
  • Lost to China (0-3)
  • Quarterfinals
  • did not advance (→ Ninth place)
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Kuniaki Yoshida

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Notes
  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-05.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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References
  1. "Japan at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
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