Japan competed at the

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, Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports.

Medalists

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Archery

Sayoko Kawauchi was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventual

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list

Kim Nam-Soon Kim Nam-soon (born May 7, 1980) was a member of the South Korean Olympic archery team. She won both a gold and a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. See also *Korean archery *Archery *List of South Korean archers South Korean arch ...

. Men's team competition: *Makiyama, Matsushita, Hamano – Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m *

Shingo Kawabata is a Japanese former sprinter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Personal bests Records *100 metres **Former Japanese university record holder - 10.11 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) (Tokyo, 2 September 2000) *Medley relay (100m×200m� ...

:* Round 1 – 10.39 :* Round 2 – 10.6 (did not advance) *

Koji Ito is a retired Japanese track and field sprint (running), sprinter and Japan's fourth-fastest record holder of 100m sprint with a time of 10.00 seconds. He held the 100 metres List of Japanese records in athletics, Japanese national r ...

:* Round 1 – 10.45 :* Round 2 – 10.25 :* Semifinal – 10.39 (did not advance) *

Shigeyuki Kojima is a retired Japanese people, Japanese sprinter. He competed in the Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, 100 metres and Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 100 metres relay at the At ...

:* Round 1 – 10.59 (did not advance) Men's 200 m *

Shingo Suetsugu is a Japanese sprinter.Athl ...

:* Round 1 – 20.6 :* Round 2 – 20.37 :* Semifinal – 20.69 (did not advance) *

:* Round 1 – 20.75 :* Round 2 – 20.56 :* Semifinal – 20.67 (did not advance) Men's 400 m *

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:* Round 1 – 45.88 :* Round 2 – 46.15 (did not advance) * Takahiko Yamamura :* Round 1 – 46.25 (did not advance) *

Kenji Tabata is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Championships in a career best time of 45.69 seconds. He was then selected to represent Asia in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1998 IAAF ...

:* Round 1 – 46.59 (did not advance) Men's 5,000 m *

Toshinari Takaoka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race. He owned the former men's marathon Asian record. International competitions Personal bests *3000 metres - 7:41.87 min (1999/Japanese r ...

:* Round 1 – 13:29.99 :* Final – 13:46.90 (15th place) *

Katsuhiko Hanada Katsuhiko Hanada (Japanese: 花田勝彦; born 12 June 1971 in Kyoto) is a retired Japanese athlete who competed in the long-distance events. He represented his country at two Summer Olympics, in 1996 and 2000. Competition record Personal bes ...

:* Round 1 – 13:41.31 (did not advance) Men's 10,000 m *

:* Round 1 – 27:59.95 :* Final – 27:40.44 (7th place) *

:* Round 1 – 27:45.13 :* Final – 28:08.11 (15th place) Men's 110 m Hurdles *

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:* Round 1 – 13.74 :* Round 2 – 13.94 (did not advance) Men's 400 m Hurdles *

Kazuhiko Yamazaki is a Japanese former athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the 1991 World Championships, in the 1995 World ...

:* Round 1 – 50.15 (did not advance) *

Hideaki Kawamura Hideaki Kawamura ( ja, 河村英昭; born 15 September 1974 in Miyagi Prefecture) is a Japanese former 400 metres hurdler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the ...

:* Round 1 – 50.68 (did not advance) *

Dai Tamesue is the first Japanese sprinter to win a medal in a track event at a World Competition. Current Japanese record holder for Men’s 400 meter hurdle (as of July 2021). Bronze medalist of the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton and 2005 World Cham ...

:* Round 1 – 01:01.81 (did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m *

Nobuharu Asahara is a former Japanese athlete who specialized in the 100 meters and long jump.Koji Ito is a retired Japanese track and field sprint (running), sprinter and Japan's fourth-fastest record holder of 100m sprint with a time of 10.00 seconds. He held the 100 metres List of Japanese records in athletics, Japanese national r ...

Shingo Suetsugu is a Japanese sprinter.Athl ...

:* Round 1 – 38.52 :* Semifinal – 38.31 :* Final – 38.66 (6th place) Men's 4 × 400 m * Shunji Karube,

, Takahiko Tamamura :* Round 1 – 03:05.21 :* Semifinal – 03:13.63 (did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw *

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:* Qualifying – 78.49 :* Final – 76.60 (9th place) Men's Long Jump *

Masaki Morinaga (born March 27, 1972) is a retired male long jumper from Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Se ...

:* Qualifying – 7.84 (did not advance) *

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:* Qualifying – NM (did not advance) Men's Triple Jump * Takamori Sugibayashi :* Qualifying – 16.67 (did not advance) Men's High Jump * Takahisa Yoshida :* Qualifying – 2.15 (did not advance) Men's Pole Vault *

Manabu Yokoyama is a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Mi ...

:* Qualifying – 5.55 (did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk *

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:* Final – 1:25:03 (22nd place) *

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:* Final – 1:25:34 (27th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Fumio Imamura :* Final – 4:13:28 (36th place) *

Akihiko Koike Akihiko Koike ( ja, 小池昭彦; born April 10, 1973) is a retired male race walker from Nagano, Japan. He set his personal best (1:20.16) in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000, in Kobe. He made two major global appearances: first at the 19 ...

:* Final – DQ Men's marathon * Shinji Kawashima :* Final – 2:17:21 (21st place) *

Nobuyuki Sato is a former Japanese marathon runner. After finishing second in the Fukuoka Marathon 1998 with his career best of 2:08:48, he won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a W ...

:* Final – 2:20:52 (41st place) * Takayuki Inubushi :* Final – DNF

Women's competition

Women's 5,000 m * Yoshiko Ichikawa :* Round 1 – 15:23.41 (did not advance) * Megumi Tanaka :* Round 1 – 15:39.83 (did not advance) * Michiko Shimizu :* Round 1 – 15:48.20 (did not advance) Women's 10,000 m *

Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama ( ja, 弘山晴美; born 2 September 1968 in Naruto, Tokushima) is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres an ...

:* Round 1 – 32:07.68 :* Final – 32:24.17 (20th place) * Chiemi Takahashi :* Round 1 – 32:34.70 :* Final – 31:52.59 (15th place) *

Yuko Kawakami is a retired Japanese long-distance runner. She finished fifteenth in 5000 metres at the 1997 World Championships. In 10,000 metres she finished seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, won the bronze medal at the East Asian Games and the gold meda ...

:* Round 1 – 32:36.60 :* Final – 31:27.44 (10th place) Women's 100 m Hurdles * Yvonne Kanazawa :* Round 1 – 13.13 :* Round 2 – 13.11 :* Semifinal – 13.16 (did not advance) Women's 800 m Wheelchair *

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:* Final – 01:56.49 (silver medal) Women's High Jump * Yoko Ota :* Qualifying – 1.94 :* Final – 1.90 (11th place) * Miki Imai :* Qualifying – 1.92 (did not advance) Women's Marathon *

Naoko Takahashi is a retired Japanese long-distance runner and Olympic gold medal-winning marathoner. She won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and became the first woman to complete a marathon in under 2:20:00 in 2001. Biography Tak ...

:* Final – 2:23:14 (gold medal) * Eri Yamaguchi :* Final – 2:27:03 (7th place) * Ari Ichihashi :* Final – 2:30:34 (15th place)

Badminton

Men's singles *

Hidetaka Yamada is a male badminton player from Japan. Yamada played badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, ...

:* Round of 64: Bye :* Round of 32: Lost to

Taufik Hidayat Taufik Hidayat (born 10 August 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. He is a former World, Olympic, Asian Games, and Asian champion, and the youngest world number one in the men's singles. Hidayat has won the Indonesia Open six tim ...

of Indonesia * Keita Masuda :* Round of 64: Bye :* Round of 32: Lost to

Xia Xuanze Xia Xuanze (born 5 January 1979) is a former badminton player from China who played singles at the world level from the late 1990s through the first few years of the 21st century. Now he is a singles coach for the national team of China. Career ...

of China Women's singles *

Kanako Yonekura is a badminton player from Japan. Yonekura won the gold in women's singles of the badminton tournament in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final. She played badminton at the 2004 Sum ...

:* Round of 64: Defeated Tatiana Vattier of France :* Round of 32: Defeated Anu Weckstrom of Finland :* Round of 16: Lost to

Dai Yun Dai Yun (; born 22 November 1977) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career At the beginning of the century Dai was ranked among the world's leading women's singles players, most of whom were her fellow countrywomen. Her titles included th ...

of China *

Yasuko Mizui is a former Japanese badminton player who affiliated with NTT Tokyo. She graduated from Shiritsushijonawategakuenko School, and then she joined the Fujitsu team. Mizui competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. S ...

:* Round of 64: Bye :* Round of 32: Defeated Marina Yakusheva of Russia :* Round of 16: Defeated

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of Great Britain :* Quarterfinal: Lost to

Gong Zhichao Gong Zhichao (; born 15 December 1977) is a former badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Career Gong was one of the world's leading women's singles players between her first international titles in 1996 and her retirement in 20 ...

of China *

Takako Ida is a former Japanese badminton player. Born in Saitama Prefecture, Ida graduated from Saitama High School. She was part of the national women's team that competed at the 1994 and 1998 Asian Games, winning the bronze medals in both events, and a ...

:* Round of 64: Bye :* Round of 32: Lost to Mette Sorensen of Denmark Women's doubles *

Haruko Matsuda is a former Japanese badminton player. Matsuda graduated from the Kumamoto Chuo High School. The Fujitsu player, competed at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Matsuda won the National Championships A national championship(s) is the top a ...

Yoshiko Iwata is a former Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. Iwata graduated from the Shijonawate Gakuen Junior College. she competed at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Iwata was the women's doubles champion at the National Championships i ...

:* Round of 32: Defeated Amrita Sawaram, Marie-Helene Valerie Pierre of Mauritius :* Round of 16: Lost to

Qin Yiyuan Qin Yiyuan (; born 14 February 1973) is a Chinese former world level badminton player. Qin played internationally for China from the mid-1990s through the 2000 Summer Olympics, a period during which her fellow countrywomen Ge Fei and Gu Jun dom ...

Gao Ling Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...

of China * Satomi Igawa, Hiroko Nagamine :* Round of 32: Lost to Irina Rousliakova, Marina Yakusheva of Russia

Baseball

Men's Team Competition

Japan, which had won a

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in the first Olympic baseball tournament and a

in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated the

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, and

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but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: the

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, and

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. In the semifinals, Japan played Cuba for the second time in as many games, losing again to the two-time gold medallists. Playing for the bronze medal against Korea, the Japanese team was again defeated. *Preliminary Round (4-3) :* Lost to United States 2-4 :* Defeated Netherlands 10-2 :* Defeated Australia 7-3 :* Defeated Italy 6-1 :* Defeated South Africa 8-0 :* Lost to Korea 6-7 :* Lost to Cuba 2-6 *Semifinals :* Lost to Cuba 0-3 *Bronze-medal match :* Lost to Korea 1-3 *Team Roster :*

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Nobuhiko Matsunaka is a former left fielder and designated hitter for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He played in the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics as well as the 2006 World Baseball Classic, hitting cleanup in and . Early life and amateur career Mats ...

:* Jun Haima :*

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:* Yukio Tanaka :* Yoshinori Okihara :* Osamu Nogami :* Yoshihiko Kajiyama :* Yoshikazu Doi :* Masato Kawano :*

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:* Yuji Yoshimi :*

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:* Akichika Yamada :*

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Masanori Sugiura Masanori Sugiura (杉浦正則, born May 23, 1968) is a retired Japanese Olympic baseball player from Kudoyama, Wakayama, Japan. Sugiura was the ace pitcher of the Nippon Life Insurance Company baseball team, and was chosen to ...

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:* Kosuke Noda :* Tomohiro Iizuka :* Jun Hirose :*

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Tomohiro Kuroki Tomohiro Kuroki (黒木知宏, born December 13, 1973, in Hyūga, Miyazaki, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. ...

:*Manager: Kozo Ohtagaki :*Coach: Hiroyuki Hayashi :*Coach: Keiichi Nagasaki :*Coach: Osamu Nomura

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) *

Kazumasa Tsujimoto (born January 6, 1975 in Nara) is a retired male boxer from Japan. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2000. After having competed in the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) in Atlanta, Georgia he ...

**Round 1 – Defeated Hassan Oucheikh of Morocco **Round 2 – Lost to

Guillermo Rigondeaux Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (; born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA (Super), WBO and ''Ring'' magazine super bantamweight titles between 2013 and ...

of Cuba (did not advance) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) *

Hidehiko Tsukamoto is a Japanese boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium ...

**Round 1 – Lost to

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of Cuba (did not advance)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m * Sayuri Maruyama :* Qualifying Heat – 02:00.833 (did not advance)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles * Taro Ando :* Qualifying – 442.64 (did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike * Raita Suzuki :* Final – Lapped (34th place) Women's Mountain Bike *

Hiroko Nambu is a Japanese cyclist. She competed in the women's cross-country mountain biking event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 20 ...

:* Final – 2:06:13.88 (26th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race * Yoshiyuki Abe :* Final – DNF Women's Road Race *

Miho Oki is a Japanese former women's racing cyclist. Born in the northern island of Hokkaido, she originally trained to be a speed skater, but switched to cycling when she was 22. She won the first Japanese National Road Race Championships for women hel ...

:* Final – 3:12:40 (40th place)

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Sprint *

Shinichi Ota is a Japanese cyclist. He competed in two events at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or ...

**Qualifying – 10.603 **Repechage – 2nd place – Heat 2 **First round – Lost to Viesturs Berzins of Latvia * Tomohiro Nagatsuka **Qualifying – 10.595 **Repechage – 3rd place – Heat 1 **First round – Lost to Pavel Buráň of Czech Republic Men's 1 km Time Trial * Narihiro Inamura **Final – 01:05.085 (9th place) Men's Point Race * Makoto Iljima **Points – 6 **Laps Down – 2 (16th place) Men's Keirin *

**First round – Heat – 1; Place – 3 **Repechage – Heat – 1; Place – 2 **Second round – Heat – 2; Place – 6 (did not advance) *

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**First round – Heat – 3; Place – 6 **Repechage – Heat – 3; DNF (did not advance) Men's Olympic Sprint * Narihiro Inamura,

, Tomohiro Nagatsuka **Qualifying – 45.406 **Second round – 45.264 (did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's Point Race * Akemi Morimoto **Points – 0 (16th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard *

Ken Terauchi is a Japanese diver, who specialized in springboard and platform events. He had won two bronze medals for the springboard diving at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, in addition to his first at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, 2001 FIN ...

:* Preliminary – 389.88 :* Semi-final – 226.89 – 616.77 :* Final – 407.58 – 634.47 (8th place) Men's 10 Metre Platform *

:* Preliminary – 457.59 :* Semi-final – 191.49 – 649.08 :* Final – 445.41 – 636.90 (5th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Japan in 2000. ; Men's foil *

Naoto Okazaki is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Oly ...

; Men's sabre *

Masashi Nagara is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual sabre events at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( ...

; Women's foil *

Yuko Arai Yuko Arai (born 20 September 1973) is a Japanese fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team épée events at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the individual foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, offici ...

Miwako Shimada is a Japanese fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Mille ...

Football

Men's Team Competition

;Team Roster :* ( 1.)

Seigo Narazaki is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Japan national team. Club career After graduating from Nara Ikuei High School in 1995, Narazaki joined J1 League side Yokohama Flügels. In August 1995, reg ...

:* ( 2.)

Yuji Nakazawa is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre back for J1 League side Tokyo Verdy and Yokohama F. Marinos. He was the formerly the captain of the Japan national team. His nickname is "Bomber" because of his distinctive hai ...

:* ( 3.)

Naoki Matsuda was a Japanese professional footballer who played as a central defender for the Japan national team. Club career Matsuda was born in Kiryu on 14 March 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined Yokohama Marinos (later ''Yokohama F. M ...

:* ( 4.) Ryuzo Morioka :* ( 5.)

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto is a former Japanese football coach and former player who last coached Gamba Osaka. He played for Japan national team. A central defender, Miyamoto went on to make 71 international appearances and led the Japan national team in the 2002 and ...

:* ( 6.)

Junichi Inamoto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nankatsu SC. He is a retired international for the Japan national team. Club career Inamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He played for Japanese club Gamba Osaka during ...

:* ( 7.)

Hidetoshi Nakata is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest Asian players of all time. Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player ...

:* ( 8.) Tomakazu Myojin :* ( 9.)

Tomoyuki Hirase is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Hirase was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on 23 May 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined Kashima Antlers in 1996. He played many matches from ...

:* (10.)

Shunsuke Nakamura is a Japanese former professional footballer. He is the only person to have been named J.League Most Valuable Player more than once, receiving the award in 2000 and 2013. Steve Perryman once remarked that Nakamura "could open a tin of beans w ...

:* (11.)

Atsuhiro Miura is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He is not related to fellow footballer and who is also from Japan Kazuyoshi Miura. Club career Miura was born in Oita on 24 July 1974. After dropped out from Aoyama Gak ...

:* (12.)

Tomoyuki Sakai is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Sakai was born in Misato on 29 June 1979. He joined JEF United Ichihara from youth team in 1997. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from first s ...

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Atsushi Yanagisawa is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Japan national team. He is best known for playing the majority of his career at Kashima Antlers, in addition to his spells with Italian sides Sampdoria and ...

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Masashi Motoyama is a Japanese football player, who currently plays for Kelantan United F.C. in Malaysia Premier League. He played for Japan national team. Club career Motoyama was born in Kitakyushu on June 20, 1979. After graduating from high school, he join ...

:* (15.)

Norihiro Nishi is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Nishi was born in Takatsuki on May 9, 1980. After graduating from high school, he joined Júbilo Iwata in 1999. He played many matches from first season. The c ...

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Kōji Nakata is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. At international level, he represented Japan national team playing at both the 2002, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Club career Kashima Antlers The 'other N ...

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Naohiro Takahara is a Japanese Association football, football player and manager. He played for Japan national football team, Japan's national football team. Currently, he is the manager for Okinawa SV. Club career Takahara was born in Mishima, Shizuoka, Mishim ...

:* (18.) Ryota Tsuzuki :* (19.)

Kota Yoshihara is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Yoshihara was born in Fujiidera on February 2, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Consadole Sapporo in 1996. The cl ...

:* (20.) Satoshi Yamaguchi :* (21.)

Yasuhito Endō is a Japanese footballer who plays for J1 League club Júbilo Iwata. His brother Akihiro Endō is a former footballer. He made his senior international debut in 2002, representing Japan in three World Cups and three Confederations Cups. In t ...

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Hitoshi Sogahata is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Kashima Antlers and the Japan national team. Club career Sogahata was born in Kashima on August 2, 1979. He joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers based in his local fr ...

;Group D ;Quarter-finals

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Five men and four women competed in six different Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics, including two top 10 finishes. Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470) * Eiichiro Hamazaki and Yuji Miyai :* Race 1 – 19 :* Race 2 – (22) :* Race 3 – (26) :* Race 4 – 13 :* Race 5 – 4 :* Race 6 – 16 :* Race 7 – 17 :* Race 8 – 18 :* Race 9 – 10 :* Race 10 – 16 :* Race 11 – 20 :* Final – 133 (18th place) Women's Mistral * Masako Imai :* Race 1 – 6 :* Race 2 – 12 :* Race 3 – 10 :* Race 4 – 10 :* Race 5 – (15) :* Race 6 – 5 :* Race 7 – 9 :* Race 8 – 11 :* Race 9 – (16) :* Race 10 – 7 :* Race 11 – 8 :* Final – 78 (10th place) Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe) *

Maiko Sato is a Japanese former sailor, who specialized in both Europe and Laser Radial classes. She captured a silver medal in her respective single-handed boat category at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and was also selected to compete for ...

:* Race 1 – 21 :* Race 2 – 13 :* Race 3 – 20 :* Race 4 – 22 :* Race 5 – 22 :* Race 6 – 17 :* Race 7 – 22 :* Race 8 – (24) :* Race 9 – 22 :* Race 10 – (23) :* Race 11 – 13 :* Final – 172 (23rd place) Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470) *

Yumiko Shige was a Japanese sailor. She won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Alicia Kinoshita. Shige instructed other sailors in a yacht harbour local to her residence. Shige died of breast cancer Breast cancer i ...

and Yurie Alicia Kinoshita :* Race 1 – 9 :* Race 2 – 5 :* Race 3 – 10 :* Race 4 – 7 :* Race 5 – 1 :* Race 6 – (14) :* Race 7 – 8 :* Race 8 – 3 :* Race 9 – (12) :* Race 10 – 12 :* Race 11 – 11 :* Final – 66 (8th place) Open Laser * Kunio Suzuki :* Race 1 – (38) :* Race 2 – 12 :* Race 3 – 19 :* Race 4 – 15 :* Race 5 – 32 :* Race 6 – (36) :* Race 7 – 17 :* Race 8 – 25 :* Race 9 – 24 :* Race 10 – 30 :* Race 11 – 28 :* Final – 202 (27th place) Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er) *

Kenji Nakamura Kenji Nakamura (中村健治 ''Nakamura Kenji''; born March 25, 1970) is a Japanese anime director. He is best known for directing the critically acclaimed anime series ''Mononoke'', '' Control'', '' Tsuritama'' and ''Gatchaman Crowds''. Car ...

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Tomoyuki Sasaki is a Japanese sailor. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olym ...

:* Race 1 – 4 :* Race 2 – 4 :* Race 3 – 10 :* Race 4 – 15 :* Race 5 – 9 :* Race 6 – 16 :* Race 7 – (17) :* Race 8 – 15 :* Race 9 – 15 :* Race 10 – 13 :* Race 11 – 16 :* Race 12 – (17) :* Race 13 – 14 :* Race 14 – 16 :* Race 15 – 14 :* Race 16 – 12 :* Final – 173 (16th place)

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round Robin :*Defeated Cuba (4:1) :*Defeated PR China (3:1) :*Defeated United States (2:1) :*Defeated Australia (1:0) :*Defeated Canada (4:3) :*Defeated Italy (2:0) :*Defeated New Zealand (2:1) *Semifinals :*Defeated Australia (1:0) *Final :*Lost to United States (1:2) → Silver Medal *Team Roster :*

Misako Ando (born March 21, 1971) is a Japanese softball player who plays as a shortstop. She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ' ...

Yumiko Fujii (born April 24, 1972) is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: '' ...

Taeko Ishikawa (born October 14, 1975) is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ...

:* Kazue Ito :*

Yoshimi Kobayashi (born August 11, 1968) is a Japanese softball player who played for three different positions in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal ...

Shiori Koseki (born June 30, 1972) is a Japanese softball player who played in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic ...

:* Mariko Masubuchi :* Naomi Matsumoto :* Emi Naito :*

Haruka Saito (born March 14, 1970, in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan) is a Japanese softball player. She played in the Hitachi softball club from 1994 to 2006 and represented Japan as part of the Japan women's national softball team in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 ...

Juri Takayama (born October 21, 1976) is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher between 1996 and 2004 in the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events ...

:* Hiroko Tamoto :*

Reika Utsugi is a Japanese softball player who played third base. Originally from Beijing, China, she was naturalised as a Japanese citizen in 1995. She played in the Japanese teams that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal a ...

Miyo Yamada (born September 11, 1976) is a Japanese softball player who played as a catcher. She won the silver medal for Japan in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 20 ...

:* Noriko Yamaji

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle * Masato Hirano :* Preliminary Heat – 03:51.41 (did not advance) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Masato Hirano :* Preliminary Heat – 15:14.43 (did not advance) * Yota Arase :* Preliminary Heat – 15:18.20 (did not advance) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Takashi Yamamoto :* Preliminary Heat – 52.91 :* Semi-final – 53.01 :* Final – 52.58 (5th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly * Takashi Yamamoto :* Preliminary Heat – 01:58.07 :* Semi-final – 01:57.66 (did not advance) *

Hisayoshi Tanaka is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Game ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 01:59.00 :* Semi-final – 01:58.06 (did not advance) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Kosuke Kitajima is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 01:01.68 :* Semi-final – 01:01.31 :* Final – 01:01.00 (4th place) * Akira Hayashi :* Preliminary Heat – 01:02.86 (did not advance) Men's 200 m Breaststroke * Akira Hayashi :* Preliminary Heat – 02:15.54 :* Semi-final – 02:15.16 (did not advance) *

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:15.71 (did not advance) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

Susumu Tabuchi is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:05.68 (did not advance) Men's 400 m Individual Medley *

Shinya Taniguchi was a Japanese swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Death He died on 4 September 2013 from stomach cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stom ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 04:17.36 (did not advance) :* Final – 04:20.93 (8th place) *

:* Preliminary Heat – 04:20.76 (did not advance) Women's 50 m Freestyle *

Sumika Minamoto is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura (backstroke swimmer), Ma ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 25.52 :* Semi-final – 25.43 :* Final – 25.65 (8th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle *

:* Preliminary Heat – 55.8 :* Semi-final – 55.62 :* Final – 55.53 (7th place) Women's 400 m Freestyle * Sachiko Yamada :* Preliminary Heat – 04:12.45 (did not advance) *

Yasuko Tajima (born 8 May 1981 in Kanagawa) is a former medley swimmer from Japan. She won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of A ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 04:14.23 (did not advance) Women's 800 m Freestyle * Sachiko Yamada :* Preliminary Heat – 08:33.06 :* Final – 08:37.39 (8th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly * Junko Onishi :* Preliminary Heat – 59.11 :* Semi-final – 59.04 :* Final – 59.13 (6th place) *

Maki Mita is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international mult ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 01:00.97 (did not advance) Women's 200 m Butterfly *

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:09.85 :* Semi-final – 02:09.88 :* Final – 02:09.66 (7th place) *

Yuko Nakanishi is a Japanese butterfly swimmer. She attended Osaka Seikei Girls' High School. Major achievements 2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug language ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:10.22 :* Semi-final – 02:09.89 :* Final – 02:10.72 (8th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke *

Masami Tanaka is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 01:09.12 :* Semi-final – 01:09.04 :* Final – 01:08.37 (6th place) *

Junko Isoda is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Gam ...

:* Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance) Women's 200 m Breaststroke *

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:27.39 :* Semi-final – 02:26.24 :* Final – 02:26.98 (7th place) *

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:29.60 :* Semi-final – 02:31.71 (did not advance) Women's 100 m Backstroke * Mai Nakamura :* Preliminary Heat – 01:00.88 :* Semi-final – 01:01.07 :* Final – 01:00.55 (silver medal) *

Noriko Inada (born 27 July 1978 in Sōka, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese swimmer who competed in the 1992, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. Inada retired after the 2004 Summer Olympics, though she joined the Phoenix Swim Club in 2008 and attempted to make ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 01:02.19 :* Semi-final – 01:01.25 :* Final – 01:01.14 (5th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke *

Miki Nakao (born June 25, 1978 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki) is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:11.69 :* Semi-final – 02:12.49 :* Final – 02:11.05 (bronze medal) *

Tomoko Hagiwara is a retired Japanese backstroke, butterfly and medley swimmer. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallor ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:12.15 :* Semi-final – 02:11.02 :* Final – 02:11.21 (4th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley *

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:15.16 :* Semi-final – 02:15.09 :* Final – 02:15.64 (8th place) *

:* Preliminary Heat – 02:21.65 (did not advance) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *

:* Preliminary Heat – 04:40.35 (did not advance) :* Final – 04:35.96 (silver medal) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley *

, Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi,

:* Preliminary Heat – 04:05.76 :* Final – 04:04.16 (bronze medal)

Synchronized swimming

Japan won two silver medals in the synchronized swimming competition at the 2000 Olympics. Team *

Ayano Egami (born 1 April 1980) is a Japanese synchronised swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Mille ...

Raika Fujii Raika Fujii (born 5 July 1974) is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as ...

Yoko Isoda is a Japanese synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games ...

Rei Jimbo Rei Jimbo (born 9 July 1974) is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as S ...

Miya Tachibana is a Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming from Ōtsu, Shiga.Sanspo.com profile

Miho Takeda is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming. She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. The silver medal from the 2000 Olympics was in the duet with Miya Tachibana, and they also received a silver medal a ...

Yuko Yoneda Yuko Yoneda (born 8 September 1979) is a Japanese synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 200 ...

Yoko Yoneda Yoko Yoneda (born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), ...

Juri Tatsumi Juri Tatsumi (born 5 September 1979) is a Japanese Synchronized swimming, synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. References

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:* Technical Routine – 34.51 :* Free Routine – 64.35 :* Final – 98.86 (silver medal) Duet *

Miya Tachibana is a Japanese competitor in synchronised swimming from Ōtsu, Shiga.Sanspo.com profile

:* Technical Routine – 34.3 :* Free Routine – 64.35 :* Final – 98.65 (silver medal)

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Trampolining

Triathlon

Women's Individual Competition: * Kiyomi Niwata – 2:03:53.01 (14th place) * Akiko Hirao – 2:04:18.70 (17th place) * Haruna Hosoya – DNF Men's Individual Competition: * Takumi Obara – 1:50:29.95 (21st place) *

Hideo Fukui is an athlete from Japan. He competes in triathlon. Fukui competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon made its official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This sporting event was held at ...

– 1:52:04.79 (36th place) * Hiroyuki Nishiuchi – 1:56:59.76 (46th place)

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

Notes

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

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