Japan competed at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.

Medalists

Sports

Archery

Men

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L 83–109 , colspan=5, did not advance , - , align=left, Takahiro Hasegawa , 611 , 7 , Bye ,
L 94–100 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Kimimasa Onodera , 620 , 5 , Bye ,
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Tsunehiko Naganuma Tsunehiko is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tsunehiko can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *常彦, "usual, elegant boy" *常比古, "usual, young man (archaic)" *恒彦, "al ...

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L 80–93 , colspan=5, did not advance , - , align=left, Nobuji Yoshida , 560 , 22 ,
W 89–74 ,
L 98–106 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Takahiro Hasegawa

Kimimasa Onodera , align=left, Men's team recurve , 1807 , 4 , colspan=2 ,
W 188–183 ,
L 188–201 ,
L 194–207 , 4

Women

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W 107–106 ,
W 106–104 ,
L 98–112 , , - , align=left, Kimiko Konishi , rowspan=2 align=left, Women's individual recurve standing , 536 , 12 , ,
L 90–93 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Yae Yamakawa , 561 , 8 , ,
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W 82–78 ,
W 82–74 ,
W 90–84 ,
L 76–82 ,
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Ayako Saitoh Ayako Saitoh (born ) is a Japanese wheelchair curler. She participated in the 2010 Winter Paralympics where Japanese team finished on tenth and fifth places respectively. Teams References External links *Profileat the Official Website f ...

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W 86–76 ,
L 90–96 , colspan=3, did not advance , - , align=left, Kimiko Konishi

Yae Yamakawa , align=left, Women's team recurve , 1640 , 3 , colspan=2 ,
L 167–174 , colspan=3, did not advance

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Boccia

Cycling

Men's road

Men's track

Equestrian

Goalball

The women's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were in seventh place in the preliminary stage.

Players

Akiko Adachi is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She scored the game-winning goal in the final against China. She was diagnosed with macular degeneration Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macula ...

* Mieko Kato *

Masae Komiya is a Japanese goalball player with a congenital visual impairment. She was part of the bronze medal-winning Japanese women's team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she captained the gold medal-winning Japanese women' ...

* Yuki Naoi * Tomoe Takada *

Rie Urata is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Her impairment was caused by retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic disorder of the eyes that causes loss of vision. Symptoms include t ...

Tournament

Judo

Men

Women

Powerlifting

Men

Rowing

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Volleyball

Men's tournament

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams. ;Players * Shun Azuma * Satoshi Kanao * Susumu Kaneda * Tetsuo Minakawa * Kaname Nakayama * Susumu Takasago * Yoshihito Takeda * Tsutomu Tanabe *

Koji Tanaka is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team. Club career Tanaka was born in Saitama on November 2, 1955. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nippon Kokan (later ''NKK'') in 1978. The c ...

* Arata Yamamoto *

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* Hitoshi Yoshida ;Results ;5–8th Semifinals ;7–8th Classification

Women's tournament

The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams. ;Players * Sachie Awano * Junko Fujii * Noriko Kaneda * Emi Kaneki * Yukari Okahira * Shiori Omura * Mamiko Osada * Yoko Saito * Haruni Sakamoto * Tomoko Sakamoto * Kiyoko Tomiya ;Results ;5–8th Semifinals ;7th–8th Classification

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams. ;Players *

Shingo Fujii Shingo can refer to: Religion *Shingon Buddhism Locations *Shingō, Okayama (神郷町), a town located in Atetsu District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan *Shingō, Aomori is a village located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the village has an estima ...

* Reo Fujimoto * Keisuke Koretomo * Hiroaki Kozai * Kazuyuki Kyoya *

Kenzo Maeda is a current professional basketball head coach for Akita Northern Happinets in Japan and the former bench boss for the Takamatsu Five Arrows of the bj league. He also served as a support coach/translator for the Japan national basketball team. ...

* Fumiharu Miura *

Tetsuya Miyajima Tetsuya is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tetsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 哲也, "philosophy, to be" * 鉄也, "iron, to be" * 哲哉, "philosophy, alas" * 徹也, "devotion, to be" ...

* Noriyuki Mori * Tomohiko Oshima * Satoshi Sato * Akimasa Suzuki ;Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinals ---- ---- ;5–8th Classification ---- ;7th–8th Classification ---- ----

Women's tournament

The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by

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in the bronze medal match. ;Players *

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* Yuka Betto * Rie Kawakami * Tomomi Kosuzuki * Megumi Mashiko * Naoko Sugahara * Tomoe Soeda * Mika Takabayashi * Ikumi Takudo * Kimi Taneda * Miki Uramoto * Erika Yoshida ;Tournament ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinals ---- ---- ;Semifinals ---- ---- ;Bronze medal game ---- ----

Wheelchair fencing

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Women

Quads

References

{{NPCin2008SummerParalympics Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Medalists

Sports

Archery

Men

Women

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Boccia

Cycling

Men's road

Men's track

Equestrian

Goalball

Players

Tournament

Judo

Men

Women

Powerlifting

Men

Rowing

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Volleyball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Wheelchair fencing

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Women

Quads

See also

References