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competed at the

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from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Japanese athletes have appeared in every edition of the

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, and the

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, due to their participation in the United States-led boycott.

Medalists

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''. The following is the list of the number of the competitors representing Japan in the Games.

Archery

Japan fielded a full squad of men's team recurve by virtue of their bronze-medal victory at the 2023 World Championships in

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, Germany, obtaining one of three spots available at that competition.

Artistic swimming

Japan fielded a full-squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the open team and women's duet event, by virtue of the five highest rank eligible nations in the combined open team results, at the

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, Qatar.

Athletics

Japanese track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ;Track and road events ;Men ;Women ;Mixed ;Field events

Badminton

Japan entered twelve badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Basketball

5×5 basketball

Summary

Men's tournament

The Japanese men's basketball team, qualified for the games by virtue of their results through the

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, as the highest rank from Asian zone. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ----

Women's tournament

The Japanese women's basketball team, qualified by placing in the top three at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Sopron, Hungary. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ----

Boxing

Japan entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Shudai Harada (men's featherweight) and Sewon Okazawa (men's welterweight) qualified for Paris by advancing to the finals round in their respective division, at the

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, China.

Breaking

Japan entered four breakdancers to compete in the B-Boy and B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) qualified for the games after he won the gold medal at the

, China. Later on, Hiroto Ono (Hiro10), Ami Yuasa (Ami) and Ayumi Fukushima (Ayumi) outlasted from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in

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, China and

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, Hungary.

Canoeing

Slalom

Japan entered two boats into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in

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, Great Britain. They also qualified a boat in the men's C-1 class of their result in the 2023 Asian Canoe Slalom Olympic Qualifiers. Kayak cross

Cycling

Road

Japan entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. Japan secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.

Track

Japanese riders obtained a full spots for men's track events and women's sprint, keirin, team pursuit, madison, and omnium; following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings. ;Sprint ;Team sprint Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final ;Pursuit ;Keirin ;Omnium ;Madison

Mountain biking

Japanese mountain bikers secured one female quota places for the Olympics through 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in

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, Great Britain.

BMX

;Freestyle Japanese riders received a single quota spot in the men's BMX freestyle for Paris 2024, finishing among the top two at the

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. ;Race Japanese riders secured a single quota place in the women's BMX race for Paris 2024 by topping the field of nations vying for qualification at the 2023 Asian Championships in

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, Philippines.

Diving

Japanese divers secured five quota places for Paris 2024 by advancing to the top twelve final each of the men's individual platform, women's individual springboard and platform, respectively at the

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, and through

, Qatar and unused quota reallocation.

Equestrian

Japan entered a squad of three jumping riders and three eventing riders into the Olympic equestrian. Japanese jumping squad entered the competition by securing the last of two available team spots at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group G in

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. Meanwhile, Japanese eventing squad entered the competition, through getting the re-allocation spots, at the Groups F and G qualification event in

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, Ireland.

Eventing

Jumping

Reserve is

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on Saxo de la Cour.

Fencing

Japan entered eighteen fencers into the Olympic competition. Kento Yoshida and Miho Yoshimura qualified for the games, by nominated one of two highest ranked individual fencers for Asian & Oceanian zone; meanwhile, the nations men's and women's foil team, and also men's épée team, qualified for the games after becoming one the four highest ranked worldwide team; meanwhile, women's sabre team qualified after becoming the highest ranked team, eligible for Asia & Oceania zone; through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Field hockey

;Summary

Women's tournament

Japan women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top three at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ----

Football

;Summary

Men's tournament

Japan men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the finals of the

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, Qatar. ;Team roster Players in bold have been capped at full international level. ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

Japan women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third round match of the

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, Saudi Arabia, and in

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. ;Team roster * Women's team event – one team of 18 players ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal

Golf

Japan entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their own world ranking positions, on the IGF World Rankings.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Japan fielded a full squad of male and female artistic gymnasts for Paris. Five male gymnasts qualified for the games after scoring a runner-up finish in the team all-around at the 2022 World Championships in

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. Meanwhile, the five female gymnasts qualified for the games after advancing to the final round of the team all-around at the 2023 World Championships in

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, obtaining one of nine available team spots for nations not yet qualified. The five members of the men's and women's teams were announced in May 2024 after the conclusion of the NHK Trophy. For the first time in 40 years, all members named to the women's team were slated to be first-time Olympians. The men's team is led by

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, the defending Olympic all-around champion. In mid-July, nineteen-year-old

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was removed from the Japanese women's team after smoking and drinking alcohol, which are prohibited in Japan for those under 20. Since Miyata was removed for a reason other than injury, no athlete substitution was made. Thus, the women's team is anticipated to compete with only four athletes. ;Men ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women ;Team ;Individual finals

Trampoline

Japan qualified two gymnasts: one for men's trampoline by finishing in the top five eligible nations at the 2023 World Championships in

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, United Kingdom, and one for women's trampoline through the final ranking of 2023–2024 Trampoline World Cup series.

Handball

;Summary

Men's tournament

Japan men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match against Bahrain at the 2023 Asian Men's Handball Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in

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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ----

Judo

Japan judoka have qualified all fourteen quota places (seven in each gender) for the Games. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Nations qualifying at least one athlete in the −57 ''(−48, −52 & −57)'', −70 ''(−57, −63 & −70)'' & +70 ''(−70, −78 & +78)'' weight categories for women, and at least one athlete in the −73 ''(−60, −66 & −73)'', −90 ''(−73, −81 & −90)'' & +90 ''(−90, −100 & +100)'' weight categories for men, would compete in the team event.

Modern pentathlon

Japanese modern pentathletes confirmed two quota place for Paris 2024. Taishu Sato and Misaki Uchida secured their spots in their respective gender events by virtue of top five eligible nation's through the

, China.

Rowing

Japanese rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the

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, Serbia; and 2024 Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta in

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, South Korea. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

;Summary

Men's tournament

Japan national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament in

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, Japan. ;Team roster ;Group stage ---- ---- ---- ;9–12th place playoff semi-final ---- ;Eleventh place match

Women's tournament

Japan women's national rugby sevens team The Japan women's national rugby sevens team has competed in competitions such as the Hong Kong Women's Sevens. In 2012-13 they played two World Series tournaments, resulting 13th in China. In the 2013–14 season they resulted 7th at São Paul ...

qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament in

, Japan. ;Team roster ;Group stage ---- ---- ---- ;9–12th place playoff semi-final ---- ;Ninth place match

Sailing

Japanese sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the

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, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. ;Elimination events ;Medal race events M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Japanese shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Skateboarding

Japan entered ten skateboarders (four males and six females) to compete in each of the following events at the Games. ;Men ;Women

Sport climbing

Japan entered three sport climbers into the Olympic tournament.

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and

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qualified directly for the men's and women's boulder and lead combined event, by winning the bronze medal and securing one of the three berths available at the 2023 IFSC World Championships in

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. Sorato Anraku qualified for the men's boulder and lead combined event by winning the Asian Qualifier in Jakarta, Indonesia. ;Boulder & lead combined

Surfing

Japanese surfers confirmed four shortboard quota places (two male and one female) for Tahiti. Tokyo 2020 silver medalist

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and rookie Shino Matsuda topped the list of eligible surfers from Asia to secure the lone available berth in their respective shortboard races at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador, while a second male Japanese surfer will soon be named to join the Japanese roster for Paris 2024, following his nation's successful triumph in the men's team event at the 2022 ISA World Surfing Games in

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. Qualification legend: R3 - Qualifies to elimination rounds; R2 - Qualifies to repechage round

Swimming

Japanese swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual event under both the federation's required standard and World Aquatics A-cut at the Japanese Championships and Olympic Trials, scheduled for March 17 to 24, in

. Furthermore, Japanese swimmers must secure a direct slot on the Paris 2024 roster if they win a gold medal in any individual pool event at the

, scheduled for July 22 to 30, in

. ;Men ;Women

Table tennis

Japan entered a full squad of male and female table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in

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, South Korea. Japan also entered one mixed doubles pair through the allocations of final world ranking. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Tennis

Japan entered four tennis players (two men and two women) into the Olympic tournament. Two men have guaranteed their participation as one of the top-56 eligible players in the

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World Rankings, while two women did the same as the top-56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings, which were completed on 10th June 2024. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Triathlon

Japan entered three triathletes (two men's and one women) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual Olympics qualification ranking. ;Individual

Volleyball

Beach

Japan women's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 AVC Continental Cup Final in

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, China.

Indoor

;Summary

Men's tournament

Japan men's volleyball team qualified for Paris by securing an outright berth as one of the two highest-ranked nations at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in

, Japan. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

Japan women's volleyball team qualified for Paris 2024 as one of five highest ranked eligible team in the World Ranking qualification. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ----

Water polo

;Summary

Men's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics after winning the gold medal at the

, China. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ----

Weightlifting

Japan entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition.

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(men's 73 kg), Eishiro Murakami (men's +102 kg) and Rira Suzuki (women's 49 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Wrestling

Japan qualified fourteen wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Ten of them qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in

, Serbia; meanwhile, the other three wrestlers qualified for the games, by virtue of their victory in their semifinal results, at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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, Kyrgyzstan, Yuri Nakazato received a spot due to the reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes quotas. ;Freestyle ;Greco-Roman

References

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Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Artistic swimming

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

5×5 basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Boxing

Breaking

Canoeing

Slalom

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Diving

Equestrian

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Women's tournament

Football

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Golf

Gymnastics

Artistic

Trampoline

Handball

Men's tournament

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Sailing

Shooting

Skateboarding

Sport climbing

Surfing

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Water polo

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References