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. 256 competitors, 175 men and 81 women, took part in 166 events in 24 sports.


Medalists

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Competitors

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Archery

In the nation's fifth Olympic archery competition, five of Japan's six archers failed to qualify for the elimination round. The one that did, Hiroshi Yamamoto, lost his match. Both teams lost their first matches in the team round as well. Women's Individual Competition: * Keiko Nakagomi — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0) * Reiko Fujita — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0) * Yukiko Ikeda — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0) Men's Individual Competition: * Hiroshi Yamamoto — Round of 32, 17th place (0-1) * Naoto Oku — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0) * Kiyokazu Nishikawa— Ranking round, 61st place (0-0) Women's Team Competition: * Nakagomi, Fujita, and Ikeda — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1) Men's Team Competition: * Yamamoto, Oku, and Nishikawa — Round of 16, 15th place (0-1)


Athletics

Men's 100 metres *
Tatsuo Sugimoto is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV O ...
:* Heat — 10.56 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres * Haruo Urata :* Heat — 28:24.08 :* Final — 28:37.61 (→ 14th place) * Sakae Osaki :* Heat — 29:20.01 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *
Masayoshi Kan is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won bronze medals in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1993 and 1995 World Indoor Championships In 1998 he won the silver medal at the Asian Championships, and was subsequently s ...
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Susumu Takano is a Japanese former sprinter who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Personal bests Records *200 metres **Former Japanese record holder - 20.74 s (wind: -0.4 m/s) ...
, Yoshihiko Saito, and
Takahiro Watanabe is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV O ...
:* Heat — 3:01.35 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Koichi Morishita — 2:13.45 (→ Silver Medal) *
Takeyuki Nakayama is a former Japanese world-class marathon runner. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea (gold medal). Naka ...
— 2:14.02 (→ 4th place) * Hiromi Taniguchi — 2:14.42 (→ 8th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Fumio Imamura — 4:07:45 (→ 18th place) *
Takehiro Sonohara Takehiro Sonohara ( ja, 園原 健弘; born November 9, 1962, in Nagano Prefecture) is a retired male race walker from Japan. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos d ...
— 4:13:22 (→ 22nd place) *
Tadahiro Kosaka Tadahiro Kosaka ( ja, 小坂 忠広; born February 10, 1960, in Wakayama) is a retired Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese pe ...
— 4:14:24 (→ 24th place) Men's 110m Hurdles *
Toshihiko Iwasaki (born October 14, 1967) is a retired Japanese male hurdler. He competed for Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the ...
:* Quarterfinals — 13.88 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m Hurdles * Kazuhiko Yamazaki :* Heat — 50.30 (→ did not advance) * Yoshihiko Saito :* Heat — 49.01 (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw * Masami Yoshida :* Qualification — 72.88 m (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump *
Masaki Morinaga (born March 27, 1972) is a retired male long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, th ...
:* Qualification — 7.79 m (→ did not advance) Men's Triple Jump *
Norifumi Yamashita (born 10 September 1962) is a retired Japanese triple jumper. He was the first Japanese to jump over 17 metres in the event. His personal best jump was 17.15 metres, achieved in June 1986 in Tokyo. His children are also track and field athletes ...
:* Qualification — 15.97 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres * Izumi Maki :* Heat — 32:07.91 :* Final — 31:55.06 (→ 12th place) * Miki Igarashi :* Heat — 32:45.47 :* Final — 32:09.58 (→ 14th place) * Hiromi Suzuki :* Heat — 34:29.64 (→ did not advance) Women's 10 km Walk * Miki Itakura :* Final — 47:11 (→ 23rd place) * Yuko Sato :* Final — 47:43 (→ 24th place) Women's Marathon * Yuko Arimori — 2:32.49 (→ Silver Medal) *
Sachiko Yamashita is a Japanese former long-distance runner, who won the silver medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), i ...
— 2:36.26 (→ 4th place) * Yumi Kokamo — 2:58.18 (→ 29th place) Women's High Jump * Megumi Sato :* Qualification — 1.92 m :* Final — 1.91 m (→ 7th place)


Badminton


Baseball

Japan was one of the eight teams to play in the first Olympic baseball tournament. In the preliminary round, the Japanese team defeated the
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and four other teams, but lost to
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and Chinese Taipei to come in third place in the round after those two teams. In the semifinal, Japan again played against Taipei, losing once more to be relegated to the bronze medal game. There, they again faced the United States and repeated their victory to take home the medal. Men's Team Competition: * Japan → Bronze Medal (6-3) Team Roster :* Tomohito Ito :* Shinichiro Kawabata :*
Masahito Kohiyama is a former professional baseball player from Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Kohiyama was drafted in the first round of the 1992 amateur draft by the Yokohama BayStars. He was successful in his rookie year, pitching as the setup man for closer Kazuhir ...
:* Hirotami Kojima :* Hiroki Kokubo :* Takashi Miwa :*
Hiroshi Nakamoto is a Japanese baseball player. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Oly ...
:* Masafumi Nishi :* Kazutaka Nishiyama :* Koichi Oshima :* Hiroyuki Sakaguchi :* Shinichi Sato :* Yasuhiro Sato :*
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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Kento Sugiyama is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan. He played for the Seibu Lions, Hanshin Tigers, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, and Yokohama BayStars during his 10-year career in the Japanese professional leagues. Su ...
:* Yasunori Takami :* Akihiro Togo :* Koji Tokunaga :* Shigeki Wakabayashi :* Katsumi Watanabe


Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Tadahiro Sasaki :* First Round — Defeated Domenic Figliomeni (CAN), 5:3 :* Second Round — Lost to Valentin Barbu (ROM), 7:10 Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Shigeyuki Dobashi :* First Round — Defeated
Delroy Leslie Delroy Leslie (born on February 27, 1970) is a retired boxer from Jamaica, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Leslie competed in the Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) division and was defeated i ...
(JAM), 11:5 :* Second Round — Lost to Julien Lorcy (FRA), RSC-2 Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) * Masashi Kawakami :* First Round — Lost to Adrian Dodson (GBR), RSC-3 Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) * Hiroshi Nagashima :* First Round — Lost to Maselino Masoe (ASA), RSCI-3 (00:54)


Canoeing


Cycling

Twelve cyclists, nine men and three women, represented Japan in 1992. ; Men's road race * Tomokazu Fujino * Kozo Fujita * Mitsuteru Tanaka ; Men's sprint * Keiji Kojima ; Men's 1 km time trial * Keiji Kojima ; Men's individual pursuit * Masamitsu Ehara ; Men's team pursuit * Yasuhiro Ando * Masamitsu Ehara * Naokiyo Hashisako *
Makio Madarame is a Japanese former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV O ...
; Men's points race * Hiroshi Daimon ; Women's road race * Yumiko Suzuki — 2:29:22 (→ 50th place) ; Women's sprint * Mika Kuroki ; Women's individual pursuit *
Seiko Hashimoto is a Japanese politician, former speed skater and track cyclist. She has the most Olympic appearances of any Japanese athlete except Noriaki Kasai, representing her native country in four consecutive Winter Olympics from 1984 to 1994 and in ...


Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Isao Yamagishi :* Preliminary Round — 344.40 points (→ did not advance, 21st place) * Keita Kaneto :* Preliminary Round — 295.74 points (→ did not advance, 31st place) Men's 10m Platform * Keita Kaneto :* Preliminary Round — 391.05 points :*Final — 529.14 points (→ 8th place) * Isao Yamagishi :* Preliminary Round — 331.23 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 3m Springboard * Yuki Motobuchi :*Preliminary Round — 301.23 points :*Final — 443.76 points (→ 11th place) Women's 10m Platform * Yuki Motobuchi :*Preliminary Round — 239.01 points (→ did not advance, 26th place)


Equestrianism


Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Japan in 1992. ; Men's foil *
Yoshihide Nagano is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV ...
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Hiroki Ichigatani is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenni ...
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Kinya Abe is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV ...
; Men's épée * Norikazu Tanabe ; Men's sabre * Hiroshi Hashimoto ; Women's foil * Yuko Takayanagi


Gymnastics


Judo


Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Japan in 1992. Men's Individual Competition * Hiroshi Miyagahara — 4859 points (→ 48th place)


Rhythmic gymnastics


Rowing


Sailing

Women's 470 Class * Yumiko Shige and Alicia Kinoshita :* Final Ranking — 53.7 points (→ 5th place)


Shooting


Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle *
Toshiaki Kurasawa (born April 21, 1976) is a retired Japanese male freestyle and medley swimmer. He represented his Japan in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. His best Olympic result was the 10th place (4:23.36) in the Men's 400m Individual Me ...
:* Heat — 24.61 (→ did not advance, 47th place) Men's 100 m Freestyle * Tsutomu Nakano :* Heat — 51.63 (→ did not advance, 34th place) * Shigeo Ogata :* Heat — 52.74 (→ did not advance, 45th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Shigeo Ogata :* Heat — 1:53.42 (→ did not advance, 30th place) *
Toshiaki Kurasawa (born April 21, 1976) is a retired Japanese male freestyle and medley swimmer. He represented his Japan in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. His best Olympic result was the 10th place (4:23.36) in the Men's 400m Individual Me ...
:* Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Shigeo Ogata :* Heat — 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place) * Masashi Kato :* Heat — 4:00.66 (→ did not advance, 33rd place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Masashi Kato :* Heat — 15:40.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke *
Hajime Itoi (born June 22, 1971 in Gifu) is a retired Olympic backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universi ...
:* Heat — 56.18 :* B-Final — 56.64 (→ 12th place) * Keita Soraoka :* Heat — 57.64 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke *
Hajime Itoi (born June 22, 1971 in Gifu) is a retired Olympic backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universi ...
:* Heat — 1:59.95 :* Final — 1:59.52 (→ 4th place) * Keita Soraoka :* Heat — 2:03.10 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Akira Hayashi :* Heat — 1:01.76 :* Final — 1:01.86 (→ 4th place) * Kenji Watanabe :* Heat — 1:03.29 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke * Kenji Watanabe :* Heat — 2:14.35 :* Final — 2:14.70 (→ 7th place) * Akira Hayashi :* Heat — 2:14.61 :* Final — 2:15.11 (→ 8th place) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Keiichi Kawanaka :* Heat — 55.18 (→ did not advance, 20th place) * Tomohiro Miyoshi :* Heat — 55.98 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly * Keiichi Kawanaka :* Heat — 1:59.96 :* Final — 1:58.97 (→ 5th place) * Tomohiro Miyoshi :* Heat — 2:01.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *
Tatsuya Kinugasa is a male Japanese retired male medley swimmer. Swimming career Kinugasa represented Japan at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania, Italy ...
:* Heat — 2:03.32 :* B-Final — 2:04.29 (→ 13th place) *
Takahiro Fujimoto is an actor and a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 8th place (4:23.86) in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event ...
:* Heat — 2:04.89 :* Final — 2:07.74 (→ 15th place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley *
Takahiro Fujimoto is an actor and a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 8th place (4:23.86) in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event ...
:* Heat — 4:20.07 :* Final — 4:23.80 (→ 8th place) *
Toshiaki Kurasawa (born April 21, 1976) is a retired Japanese male freestyle and medley swimmer. He represented his Japan in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. His best Olympic result was the 10th place (4:23.36) in the Men's 400m Individual Me ...
:* Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *
Hajime Itoi (born June 22, 1971 in Gifu) is a retired Olympic backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universi ...
, Akira Hayashi, Keiichi Kawanaka, and Tsutomu Nakano :* Heat — 3:43.88 :* Final — 3:43.25 (→ 8th place) Women's 50 m Freestyle * Ayako Nakano :* Heat — 26.74 (→ did not advance, 20th place) * Shina Matsudo :* Heat — 27.36 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle *
Suzu Chiba Suzu Chiba (千葉 すず, born August 11, 1975 in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Fre ...
:* Heat — 56.26 :* B-Final — 55.97 (→ 9th place) * Ayako Nakano :* Heat — 57.71 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Women's 200 m Freestyle *
Suzu Chiba Suzu Chiba (千葉 すず, born August 11, 1975 in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Fre ...
:* Heat — 2:00.96 :* Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place) * Yoko Koikawa :* Heat — 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 400 m Freestyle *
Suzu Chiba Suzu Chiba (千葉 すず, born August 11, 1975 in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Fre ...
:* Heat — 4:13.85 :* Final — 4:15.71 (→ 8th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke * Yoko Koikawa :* Heat — 1:02.83 :* Final — 1:03.23 (→ 8th place) * Noriko Inada :* Heat — 1:03.21 :* B-Final — 1:03.42 (→ 12th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke * Junko Torikai :* Heat — 2:16.13 :* B-Final — 2:15.20 (→ 11th place) * Noriko Inada :* Heat — 2:15.74 :* B-Final — 2:17.68 (→ 15th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke *
Kyoko Iwasaki is a Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer from Numazu, Shizuoka. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeaster ...
:* Heat — 1:11.00 :* B-Final — 1:11.16 (→ 13th place) * Kyoko Kasuya :* Heat — 1:11.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke *
Kyoko Iwasaki is a Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer from Numazu, Shizuoka. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeaster ...
:* Heat — 2:27.78 :* Final — 2:26.65 (→ Gold Medal) * Kyoko Kasuya :* Heat — 2:32.55 :* B-Final — 2:32.97 (→ 13th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly *
Rie Shito is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juego ...
:* Heat — 1:01.04 :* Final — 1:01.16 (→ 8th place) *
Yoko Kando is a retired butterfly swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the ...
:* Heat — 1:01.56 :* B-Final — 1:01.32 (→ 11th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly * Mika Haruna :* Heat — 2:11.21 :* Final — 2:09.88 (→ 4th place) *
Rie Shito is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juego ...
:* Heat — 2:11.00 :* Final — 2:10.24 (→ 5th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley *
Hideko Hiranaka is a retired female medley swimmer from Japan, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. She is best known for winning the silver medal in the Women's 400m Individual Medley at the 1995 Summer Univers ...
:* Heat — 2:18.13 :* B-Final — 2:18.47 (→ 9th place) * Eri Kimura :* Heat — 2:18.63 :* B-Final — 2:18.91 (→ 12th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *
Hideko Hiranaka is a retired female medley swimmer from Japan, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. She is best known for winning the silver medal in the Women's 400m Individual Medley at the 1995 Summer Univers ...
:* Heat — 4:47.92 :* Final — 4:46.24 (→ 5th place) * Eri Kimura :* Heat — 4:46.17 :* Final — 4:47.78 (→ 7th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Ayako Nakano, Yoko Koikawa, Shina Matsudo, and
Suzu Chiba Suzu Chiba (千葉 すず, born August 11, 1975 in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Fre ...
:* Heat — 3:49.91 (→ did not advance, 10th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Yoko Koikawa,
Kyoko Iwasaki is a Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer from Numazu, Shizuoka. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeaster ...
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Yoko Kando is a retired butterfly swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the ...
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Suzu Chiba Suzu Chiba (千葉 すず, born August 11, 1975 in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Fre ...
:* Heat — 4:11.48 :* Final — 4:09.92 (→ 7th place)


Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Japan in 1992. ; Women's solo *
Fumiko Okuno Fumiko Okuno ( ja, 奥野史子 ''Okuno Fumiko''; born April 14, 1972, in Kyoto) is a former competitor in synchronised swimming from Japan. She competed in both the women's solo and women's duet events at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and won two b ...
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Mikako Kotani is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she gained a bronze medal each for the solo and duet events, and the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to be Japan's flag-bearer for the 198 ...
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Aki Takayama Aki Takayama ( ja, 高山亜樹; born March 12, 1970) is a former competitor in synchronised swimming from Japan. Aki won a bronze medal in the Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's duet, women's duet event at the 1992 Sum ...
; Women's duet *
Fumiko Okuno Fumiko Okuno ( ja, 奥野史子 ''Okuno Fumiko''; born April 14, 1972, in Kyoto) is a former competitor in synchronised swimming from Japan. She competed in both the women's solo and women's duet events at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and won two b ...
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Aki Takayama Aki Takayama ( ja, 高山亜樹; born March 12, 1970) is a former competitor in synchronised swimming from Japan. Aki won a bronze medal in the Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's duet, women's duet event at the 1992 Sum ...


Table tennis


Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *
Shuzo Matsuoka is a retired Japanese professional tennis player, sports commentator, and entertainer. A former Wimbledon quarter-finalist, Matsuoka won one singles title during his career, in Seoul in 1992. In the same year, he reached a career-high rankin ...
:* First round — Lost to
Renzo Furlan Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is a former tennis player from Italy. Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter finals by Indi ...
(Italy) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 Women's double * Maya Kidowaki and
Kimiko Date is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking ...
:* Third round — lost to
Jana Novotná Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. Novotná won the women's singles title at Wimbl ...
and Andrea Strnadová 6–3, 7–6(4).


Volleyball


Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Defeated United States (3-1) :* Lost to France (2-3) :* Lost to Italy (0-3) :* Lost to Spain (2-3) :* Defeated Canada (3-2) *Quarterfinals :* Lost to Brazil (0-3) *Classification Matches :*5th/8th place: Defeated Unified Team (3-2) :*5th/6th place: Lost to Italy (0-3) → Sixth place *Team Roster :*
Takashi Narita (born October 6, 1969 in Noboribetsu, Hokkaidō) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a setter for the Japan men's national volleyball team, Men's National Team in the 1990s. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelon ...
:* Katsumi Kawano :*
Yuichi Nakagaichi is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played for the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. Playing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain he ended up in 16th place at the 1998 World Championship. On 26 October, 201 ...
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Akihiko Matsuda Akihiko Matsuda (born 22 June 1965) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as ...
:* Masafumi Oura :* Tatsuya Ueta :*
Masaji Ogino Masaji Ogino (荻野 正二 ''Ogino Masaji'', born 8 January 1970, in Onyū District, Fukui) is a volleyball player from Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated i ...
:* Katsuyuki Minami :* Shigeru Aoyama :* Junichi Kuriuzawa :*
Hideyuki Otake is a former Japanese national volleyball player, who played as a Middle blocker for the Men's National Team in the 1990s. Playing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain (sixth place). His children, Riho and Issei is a Japanese- ...
:* Masayuki Izumikawa


Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Defeated United States (3-2) :* Defeated Spain (3-0) :* Lost to Unified Team (0-3) *Quarterfinals :* Lost to Brazil (1-3) *Classification Matches :*5th/6th place: Defeated the Netherlands (3-1) → Fifth place *Team Roster :*
Ichiko Sato is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games ...
:* Kumi Nakada :* Michiyo Ishikake :* Chieko Nakanishi :* Motoko Obayashi :*
Yukiko Takahashi }; born 12 November 1967) is a Japanese former volleyball and beach volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, the 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1988, Takahashi finished fourth w ...
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Mika Yamauchi Mika Yamauchi (山内 美加 ''Yamauchi Mika'', born October 7, 1969) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team. Her nickname is Mika (ミカ). Profile *Birthplace: Yurihonjo, Akita *Height: ...
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Tomoko Yoshihara Tomoko Yoshihara (吉原知子 ''Yoshihara Tomoko'', born 4 February 1970 in the Uryū District, Hokkaido) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2004 Summer Olympics. She captained the 2004 Olympic sq ...
:* Kiyoko Fukuda :* Kazumi Nakamura


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