Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japan at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	306 in 31 sports
Flag bearer	Kyoko Hamaguchi
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 16	Silver 9	Bronze 12	Total 37
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Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Japanese athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since 1912 except for two editions; it was not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London for its instigation of World War II, and was also part of the US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The Japanese Olympic Committee sent a total of 306 athletes, 139 men and 167 women, to compete in 27 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Japan was represented by more female than male athletes.

Japan left Athens with a total of 37 medals (16 gold, 9 silver, and 12 bronze), finishing fifth in the overall medal rankings. This was also the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the largest number of gold and overall medals in non-boycotting games and surpassing three gold medals short of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Ten of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, eight in swimming, six in wrestling, four in gymnastics, and two each in athletics and synchronized swimming. Eight Japanese athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in Athens. Japan's team-based athletes came strong and successful in Athens, as the baseball and softball teams managed to produce two bronze medals.

Among the nation's medalists were freestyle wrestlers Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho, who both claimed their gold medals in women's wrestling for the first time, and judoka Tadahiro Nomura and Ryoko Tani, who both successfully defended Olympic titles in their respective classes. Swimmer Kosuke Kitajima became the most successful Japanese athlete in these games, striking a breaststroke double with two golds and adding a bronze to his career hardware for the team in men's medley relay. Meanwhile, synchronized swimmers Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda managed to repeat their silver medals from Sydney in both women's duet and team routines. Takehiro Kashima, Hiroyuki Tomita, and Isao Yoneda claimed two individual medals each in men's artistic gymnastics, including their coveted gold in the team all-around.

On August 29, 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Hungary's Adrián Annus hammer throw title after failing the doping test, and the gold medal was subsequently awarded to Koji Murofushi at the conclusion of the Games, making him the nation's first ever Olympic champion in the field event.

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tadahiro Nomura	Judo	Men's 60 kg	August 14
Gold	Ryoko Tani	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 14
Gold	Masato Uchishiba	Judo	Men's 66 kg	August 15
Gold	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 15
Gold	Takehiro Kashima Hisashi Mizutori Daisuke Nakano Hiroyuki Tomita Naoya Tsukahara Isao Yoneda	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	August 16
Gold	Ayumi Tanimoto	Judo	Women's 63 kg	August 17
Gold	Masae Ueno	Judo	Women's 70 kg	August 18
Gold	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 18
Gold	Noriko Anno	Judo	Women's 78 kg	August 19
Gold	Keiji Suzuki	Judo	Men's +100 kg	August 20
Gold	Maki Tsukada	Judo	Women's +78 kg	August 20
Gold	Ai Shibata	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	August 20
Gold	Koji Murofushi	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	August 22
Gold	Mizuki Noguchi	Athletics	Women's marathon	August 22
Gold	Saori Yoshida	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg	August 23
Gold	Kaori Icho	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 63 kg	August 23
Silver	Yuki Yokosawa	Judo	Women's 52 kg	August 15
Silver	Takashi Yamamoto	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	August 17
Silver	Hiroshi Izumi	Judo	Men's 90 kg	August 18
Silver	Hiroshi Yamamoto	Archery	Men's individual	August 19
Silver	Toshiaki Fushimi Masaki Inoue Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Cycling	Men's team sprint	August 21
Silver	Hiroyuki Tomita	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	August 23
Silver	Chiharu Icho	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg	August 23
Silver	Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda	Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	August 25
Silver	Michiyo Fujimaru Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Emiko Suzuki Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda Juri Tatsumi Yoko Yoneda	Synchronized swimming	Women's team	August 27
Bronze	Tomomi Morita	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 16
Bronze	Yuko Nakanishi	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	August 18
Bronze	Reiko Nakamura	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	August 20
Bronze	Kosuke Kitajima Tomomi Morita Yoshihiro Okumura Takashi Yamamoto	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	August 21
Bronze	Takehiro Kashima	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	August 22
Bronze	Japan women's national softball team Emi Inui   Haruka Saito   Juri Takayama Kazue Ito   Hiroko Sakai   Yukiko Ueno Yumi Iwabuchi   Naoko Sakamoto   Reika Utsugi Masumi Mishina   Rie Sato   Eri Yamada Emi Naito   Yuki Sato   Noriko Yamaji	Softball	Women's tournament	August 23
Bronze	Isao Yoneda	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 23
Bronze	Kyoko Hamaguchi	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 72 kg	August 23
Bronze	Japan national baseball team Ryoji Aikawa   Takuya Kimura   Norihiro Nakamura Yuya Ando   Masahide Kobayashi   Michihiro Ogasawara Kosuke Fukudome   Hiroki Kuroda   Naoyuki Shimizu Hisashi Iwakuma   Daisuke Matsuzaka   Yoshinobu Takahashi Hitoki Iwase   Daisuke Miura   Yoshitomo Tani Kenji Jojima   Shinya Miyamoto   Koji Uehara Makoto Kaneko   Arihito Muramatsu   Kazuhiro Wada     Tsuyoshi Wada	Baseball	Men's tournament	August 25
Bronze	Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki	Sailing	Men's 470 class	August 28
Bronze	Chikara Tanabe	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 55 kg	August 28
Bronze	Kenji Inoue	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	August 29

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Judo	8	2	0	10
Swimming	3	1	4	8
Wrestling	2	1	3	6
Athletics	2	0	0	2
Gymnastics	1	1	2	4
Baseball	1	0	1	1
Synchronized swimming	0	2	0	2
Archery	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	1	0	1
Sailing	0	0	1	1
Softball	0	0	1	1
Total	16	9	12	37

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Three Japanese archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Individual	646	37	Yong Fj (CHN) W 146–143	22x20px Jang Y-H (KOR) L 163–166	Did not advance
Yuji Hamano		660	17	Prasad (IND) L 150–155	Did not advance
Hiroshi Yamamoto		664	9	Fisseux (FRA) W 155-147	22x20px Frangilli (ITA) W 162–154	Serdyuk (UKR) W 168–160	22x20px Im D-H (KOR) W 111–110	Cuddihy (AUS) W 115 (10–115) (9)	22x20px Galiazzo (ITA) L 109–111
Takaharu Furukawa Yuji Hamano Hiroshi Yamamoto	Team	1970	5	N/A		France (FRA) W 254–241	Ukraine (UKR) L 236–242	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yukari Kawasaki	Individual	622	37	Marcinkiewicz (POL) L 106–119	Did not advance
Sayoko Kawauchi		601	53	Burdeyna (UKR) W 137–129	Williamson (GBR) L 150–154	Did not advance
Sayami Matsushita		624	35	Fouace (FRA) W 165–157	22x20px Yun M-J (KOR) L 149–173	Did not advance
Yukari Kawasaki Sayoko Kawauchi Sayami Matsushita	Team	1847	14	N/A		Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 226–240	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). The team was selected based on the results of the 2004 Japan Championships in Athletics.

Koji Murofushi originally claimed a silver medal in men's hammer throw. On August 29, 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Hungary's Adrián Annus hammer throw title after failing the doping test. Following the announcement of Annus' disqualification, Murofushi's medal was eventually upgraded to gold.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shigeru Aburaya	Marathon	N/A						2:13:11	5
Nobuharu Asahara	100 m	10.33	1 Q	10.24	4	Did not advance
Tomoaki Kunichika	Marathon	N/A						2:21:13	42
Ryo Matsuda	200 m	24.59	8	Did not advance
Masato Naito	110 m hurdles	13.56	5 q	13.54	6	Did not advance
Ryuji Ono	10000 m	N/A						29:06.50	19
	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.07	6	N/A				Did not advance
Jun Osakada	400 m	46.39	5	N/A		Did not advance
Mitsuhiro Sato	400 m	46.70	6	N/A		Did not advance
Shingo Suetsugu	100 m	10.27	3 Q	10.19	5	Did not advance
Toshinari Suwa	Marathon	N/A						2:13:24	6
Shinji Takahira	200 m	21.05	6	Did not advance
Dai Tamesue	400 m hurdles	48.80	3 Q	N/A		48.46	3	Did not advance
Satoru Tanigawa	110 m hurdles	13.39 NR	3 Q	13.70	7	Did not advance
Takayuki Tanii	20 km walk	N/A						1:23:38	15
	50 km walk	N/A						DSQ
Hiroyasu Tsuchie	100 m	10.37	5	Did not advance
Yuki Yamaguchi	400 m	46.16	5	N/A		Did not advance
Ken Yoshizawa	400 m hurdles	50.95	6	N/A		Did not advance
Yuki Yamazaki	20 km walk	N/A						DNF
	50 km walk	N/A						3:57:00	16
Nobuharu Asahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Hiroyasu Tsuchie	4 × 100 m relay	38.53	5 q	N/A				38.49	4
Tomohiro Ito Jun Osakada Mitsuhiro Sato Yuki Yamaguchi	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.71	2 Q	N/A				3:00.99	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yukifumi Murakami	Javelin throw	78.59	18	Did not advance
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	79.55	3 Q	82.91
Daichi Sawano	Pole vault	5.70	15 Q	5.55	=13
Takanori Sugibayashi	Triple jump	15.95	38	Did not advance
Shinichi Terano	Long jump	7.70	29	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kayoko Fukushi	10000 m	N/A				33:48.66	26
Harumi Hiroyama		N/A				32:15.12	18
Mayumi Kawasaki	20 km walk	N/A				1:37:56	40
Mizuki Noguchi	Marathon	N/A				2:26:20
Megumi Oshima	10000 m	N/A				31:42.18	13
Naoko Sakamoto	Marathon	N/A				2:31:43	7
Miho Sugimori	800 m	2:02.82	6	Did not advance
Reiko Tosa	Marathon	N/A				2:28:44	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Maho Hanaoka	Long jump	6.31	34	Did not advance
Takayo Kondo	Pole vault	4.15	32	Did not advance
Chinatsu Mori	Shot put	15.86	31	Did not advance
Yuka Murofushi	Hammer throw	65.33	27	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Yuki Nakata	Result	13.94	1.76	11.54	25.76	NM	39.75	2:18.46	4871	28
	Points	987	928	631	818	0	662	845

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shōji Satō	Singles	Bao Cl (CHN) L 6–15, 5–15	Did not advance
Hidetaka Yamada		Hidayat (INA) L 8–15, 10–15	Did not advance
Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Doubles	BYE	Cai Y / Fu Hf (CHN) L 7–15, 17–16, 9–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kaori Mori	Singles	Nieminen (FIN) W 11–5, 11–4	Zhou M (CHN) L 2–11, 4–11	Did not advance
Miho Tanaka		Ponsana (INA) L 7–11, 11–5, 8–11	Did not advance
Kanako Yonekura		Martin (DEN) L 4–11, 7–11	Did not advance
Chikako Nakayama Keiko Yoshitomi	Doubles	BYE	Chankrachangwong / Thungthongkam (THA) L 4–15, 11–15	Did not advance
Seiko Yamada Shizuka Yamamoto		Chin E H / Wong P T (MAS) L 7–15, 9–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tadashi Ohtsuka Shizuka Yamamoto	Doubles	Blair / Munt (GBR) L 15–13, 7–15, 13–15	Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Roster

Manager: 33 - Kiyoshi Nakahata

Coaches: 31 - Yutaka Takagi, 32 - Yutaka Ohno

Pos. 0#0 Player Date of birth (age) Club OF 1 Kosuke Fukudome April 26, 1972 Chunichi Dragons IF 2 Michihiro Ogasawara October 25, 1973 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters IF 5 Norihiro Nakamura July 24, 1973 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes IF 6 Shinya Miyamoto November 5, 1970 Yakult Swallows IF 8 Makoto Kaneko November 8, 1975 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters C 9 Kenji Johjima June 8, 1976 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks OF 10 Yoshitomo Tani February 9, 1973 Orix BlueWave P 11 Naoyuki Shimizu November 24, 1975 Chiba Lotte Marines P 13 Hitoki Iwase November 8, 1974 Chunichi Dragons P 15 Hiroki Kuroda February 15, 1975 Hiroshima Toyo Carp P 16 Yuya Ando December 27, 1977 Hanshin Tigers P 17 Daisuke Miura December 25, 1973 Yokohama BayStars P 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka September 13, 1980 Seibu Lions P 19 Koji Uehara April 3, 1975 Yomiuri Giants P 20 Hisashi Iwakuma April 12, 1981 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes P 21 Tsuyoshi Wada February 21, 1981 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks OF 23 Arihito Muramatsu December 12, 1972 Orix BlueWave OF 24 Yoshinobu Takahashi April 3, 1975 Yomiuri Giants IF 25 Atsushi Fujimoto October 4, 1977 Hanshin Tigers OF 27 Takuya Kimura April 15, 1972 Hiroshima Toyo Carp P 30 Masahide Kobayashi May 24, 1974 Chiba Lotte Marines OF 55 Kazuhiro Wada June 19, 1972 Seibu Lions C 59 Ryoji Aikawa July 11, 1976 Yokohama BayStars P 61 Hirotoshi Ishii September 14, 1977 Yakult Swallows

Preliminary Round

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Japan	6	1	1-0
Cuba	6	1	0-1
Canada	5	2	-
Australia	4	3	-
Chinese Taipei	3	4	-
Netherlands	2	5	-
Greece	1	6	1-0
Italy	1	6	0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	3	1	1	4	1	12	13	0
23x15px Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
WP: Koji Uehara (1-0)   LP: Anthony Massimino (0-1) Home runs: JPN: N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI ITA: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1
Japan	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	x	8	11	1
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0)   LP: Diego Markwell (0-1) Home runs: NED: None JPN: A. Fujimoto in 8th, 2 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6	12	2
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	2
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0)   LP: Vicyohandri Odelín (0-1)   Sv: Hirotoshi Ishii (1S) Home runs: JPN: K. Jojima in 4th, 1 RBI; N. Nakamura in 4th, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 2nd, 2 RBIs CUB: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	9	15	1
Japan	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	9	1
WP: Ryan Rowland Smith (1-0)   LP: Daisuke Miura (0-1)   Sv: Jeff Williams (1S) Home runs: AUS: D. Nilsson in 8th, 1 RBI JPN: K. Fukudome in 5th, 3 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
Japan	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	x	9	11	0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1-0)   LP: Mike Johnson (1-1) Home runs: CAN: None JPN: Y. Takahashi in 1st, 2 RBIs; Y. Tani in 2nd, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 4th, 2 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	10	0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (2-0)   LP: Tsao Chin-Hui (0-1-1) Home runs: TPE: Chen C. F. in 3rd, 3 RBIs JPN: Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	6	13	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1
WP: Naoyuki Shimizu (1-0)   LP: Meleti Ross Melehes (0-2) Home runs: JPN: K. Fukudome in 7th, 2 RBIs; Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs GRE: E. D. Pappas in 7th, 1 RBI

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
WP: Chris Oxspring (2-0)   LP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1)   Sv: Jeff Williams (2S)

Bronze Medal Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	11	13	0
Canada	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (2-0)   LP: Mike Johnson (1-2) Home runs: JPN: K. Jojima in 1st, 2 RBIs CAN: J. Ware in 5th, 1 RBI

Won Bronze Medal

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Japan women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C 4 Hamaguchi, Noriko – (1974-01-15)15 January 1974 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Japan Energy F 5 Konno, Mari – (1980-05-18)18 May 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Japan Energy G 6 Oyama, Taeko (C) – (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Japan Energy G 7 Yabuuchi, Natsumi – (1977-07-21)21 July 1977 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Japan Airlines Rabbits F 8 Kawabata, Hiromi – (1979-05-23)23 May 1979 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Japan Energy G 9 Kusuda, Kaori – (1974-03-29)29 March 1974 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Japan Energy F 10 Yano, Ryoko – (1978-12-20)20 December 1978 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Japan Energy C 11 Eguchi, Maki – (1978-10-14)14 October 1978 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Chanson Cosmetics G 12 Tachikawa, Masami – (1980-11-16)16 November 1980 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Japan Energy G 13 Oga, Yuko – (1982-10-17)17 October 1982 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Japan Energy C 14 Yashiro, Naomi – (1977-12-30)30 December 1977 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Japan Airlines Rabbits F 15 Nagata, Mutsuko – (1976-09-26)26 September 1976 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Chanson Cosmetics	Head coach Tomohide Utsumi Assistant coach(es) Eiki Umezaki Mikiko Hagiwara Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	5	0	418	313	+105	10
Russia	4	1	389	333	+56	9
Brazil	3	2	430	361	+69	8
Greece	2	3	353	392	−39	7
Japan	1	4	381	485	−104	6
Nigeria	0	5	335	422	−87	5

August 14 16:45

Japan	62–128	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 3–36, 17–33, 20–33
Pts: Hamaguchi 23 Rebs: Yano 5 Asts: Kusuda, Nagata 2		Pts: Oliveira 25 Rebs: Oliveira 13 Asts: Pinto 7

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 950 Referees: Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

August 16 11:15

Nigeria	73–79	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 24–23, 16–20, 11–14
Pts: Udoka 19 Rebs: Udoka 16 Asts: Four players 1		Pts: Yano 21 Rebs: Kusuda, Yano 6 Asts: Kusuda, Hamaguchi 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 400 Referees: Elizabeth Sisk (United States) Dallas Pickering (New Zealand)

August 18 11:15

Japan	78–97	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 15–30, 10–26, 33–15
Pts: Oga 21 Rebs: Yano 4 Asts: Kawabata, Tachikawa 2		Pts: Jackson 31 Rebs: Jackson 9 Asts: Tranquilli 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 500 Referees: Alejandro Chiti (Argentina) Song Yanping (China)

August 20 9:00

Russia	94–71	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 21–15, 24–15, 20–20
Pts: Baranova 22 Rebs: Stepanova 12 Asts: Shchegoleva 3		Pts: Hamaguchi 14 Rebs: Yabuuchi 4 Asts: Oyama, Tachikawa 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 185 Referees: Abdelillah Chlif (Morocco) Kim Ja Ok (South Korea)

August 22 16:45

Greece	93–91	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 20–26, 16–22, 30–28
Pts: Maltsi 33 Rebs: Maltsi 11 Asts: Kalentzou 3		Pts: Yano 28 Rebs: Kusuda 5 Asts: Kusuda

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 7,223 Referees: Chantal Julien (France) Michael Aylen (Australia)

9th-10th Place Final

August 24 11:15

9th place

Japan	63–82	China
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 17–20, 19–21, 15–31
Pts: Kusuda, Koiso 13 Rebs: Oyama 6 Asts: Kusuda 2		Pts: Sui 25 Rebs: Wang 13 Asts: Miao 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 253 Referees: Abdellilah Chlif (Morocco) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japan sent one boxer to the 2004 Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Toshiyuki Igarashi	Light flyweight	22x20px Kebede (ETH) L 21–26	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miyuki Shirata	Women's K-1 500 m	2:00.860	7 q	2:03.076	7	Did not advance
Shinobu Kitamoto Yumiko Suzuki	Women's K-2 500 m	1:44.730	4 q	1:47.614	8	Did not advance
Miho Adachi Shinobu Kitamoto Yumiko Suzuki Mikiko Takeya	Women's K-4 500 m	1:36.873	4 q	1:35.493	2 Q	1:40.188	9

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Shinri Suzuki	Men's road race	Did not finish
Yasutaka Tashiro		5:50:35	56
Miyoko Karami	Women's road race	3:30:30	41
Miho Oki		3:25:42	20

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Men's sprint	10.646 67.631	14	Withdrew
Toshiaki Fushimi Masaki Inoue Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Men's team sprint	44.355 60.872	3 Q	Netherlands (NED) W 44.081 61.250	N/A					Germany (GER) L 44.246 61.022

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sayuri Osuga	Women's time trial	35.045	10

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Toshiaki Fushimi	Men's keirin	6 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Makoto Iijima	Men's points race	13	0	16

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kenji Takeya	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	38
Yukari Nakagome	Women's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	22

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japanese divers qualified two spots each in men's springboard and women's platform.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Terauchi	3 m springboard	456.15	4 Q	701.79	5 Q	690.00	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Takiri Miyazaki	10 m platform	315.78	12 Q	486.63	12 Q	479.10	11

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Tadayoshi Hayashi	Swanky	Individual	8	=47	17	25	54 Q	Retired			Did not advance
Ryuichi Obata	Oliver Q		14	=66	Eliminated			Did not advance
Taizo Sugitani	Lamalushi		12	=60	16	28	61 Q	9	37	=51 Q	8	=12 Q	12	20	=16	20	=16
Yuka Watanabe	Nike		3	18	3	6	=13 Q	18	24	=37 Q	17	39	Did not advance
Tadayoshi Hayashi Ryuichi Obata Taizo Sugitani Yuka Watanabe	See above	Team	N/A								36	13	Did not advance			36	13

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Japan in 2004.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuki Ota	Individual foil	BYE	Chumacero (MEX) W 15–9	Ganeyev (RUS) L 8–15	Did not advance
Masashi Nagara	Individual sabre	Basmatzian (GRE) W 15–8	Pozdnyakov (RUS) L 9–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Megumi Harada	Individual épée	Wilson (RSA) W 15–6	22x20px Cascioli (ITA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Chieko Sugawara	Individual foil	N/A	Carbone (ARG) W 15–6	22x20px Trillini (ITA) L 2–15	Did not advance
Madoka Hisagae	Individual sabre	N/A	Nagy (HUN) W 15–14	Zagunis (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Kazunori Kobayashi

1. Rie Terazono (GK)
2. Keiko Miura (C)
3. Akemi Kato
4. Yukari Yamamoto
5. Sachimi Iwao
6. Chie Kimura
7. Rika Komazawa
8. Sakae Morimoto

9. Kaori Chiba
10. Naoko Saito
11. Tomomi Komori
12. Nami Miyazaki (GK)
13. Akiko Kitada
14. Rika Ishida
15. Emi Sakurai
16. Miyuki Nakagawa

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12
Argentina	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	9
Japan	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6
New Zealand	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
Spain	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0

     Advanced to semifinals

14 August 2004 10:30 China 3 – 0 Japan Fu Baorong Template:Fhgoal Tang Chunling Template:Fhgoal Chen Qiuqi Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Renee Cohen (NED)

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16 August 2004 08:30 Japan 1 – 3 Argentina Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Report Arrondo Template:Fhgoal García Template:Fhgoal Di Giacomo Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

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18 August 2004 20:00 Japan 2 – 0 New Zealand Komori Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

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20 August 2004 20:00 Spain 1 – 2 Japan Termens Template:Fhgoal Report Morimoto Template:Fhgoal Komazawa Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Ute Conen (GER)

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5th-8th Place Semifinal

24 August 2004 11:00 Japan 1 – 3 Australia Komori Template:Fhgoal Report Gallagher Template:Fhgoal Faulkner Template:Fhgoal Powell Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

7th-8th Place Final

27 August 2004 08:30 South Korea 3 – 1 Japan Oh Ko-Woon Template:Fhgoal Kim Jin-Kyoung Template:Fhgoal Report Miura Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Masakuni Yamamoto

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2004 club 1 1GK Hitoshi Sogahata* (1979-08-02)2 August 1979 (aged 25) 4 0 Kashima 2 2DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka (1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 23) 0 0 Urawa 3 2DF Teruyuki Moniwa (1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 22) 3 0 F.C. Tokyo 4 2DF Daisuke Nasu (1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 22) 0 0 Yokohama F.M. 5 3MF Yuki Abe (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 22) 0 0 Ichihara 6 3MF Yasuyuki Konno (1983-01-25)25 January 1983 (aged 21) 0 0 F.C. Tokyo 7 3MF Kōji Morisaki (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 23) 0 0 Hiroshima 8 3MF Shinji Ono* (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 24) 42 4 Feyenoord 9 4FW Daiki Takamatsu (1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 22) 0 0 Ōita 10 3MF Daisuke Matsui (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 23) 1 0 Kyoto 11 4FW Tatsuya Tanaka (1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 21) 0 0 Urawa 12 2DF Naoya Kikuchi (1984-11-24)24 November 1984 (aged 19) 0 0 Iwata 13 3MF Yūichi Komano (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 (aged 23) 0 0 Hiroshima 14 3MF Naohiro Ishikawa (1981-05-12)12 May 1981 (aged 23) 2 0 F.C. Tokyo 15 2DF Yūhei Tokunaga (1983-09-25)25 September 1983 (aged 20) 0 0 Waseda Univ. 16 4FW Yoshito Ōkubo (1982-06-09)9 June 1982 (aged 22) 15 0 C. Osaka 17 4FW Sōta Hirayama (1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 19) 0 0 Tsukuba Univ. 18 1GK Takaya Kurokawa (1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 23) 0 0 Shimizu

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Italy	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3

Paraguay v Japan

12 August 2004 20:30

Paraguay	4 – 3	Japan
Giménez  5' Cardozo  26', 37' Torres  62'	Report	Ono  22' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Ōkubo  81'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 5,381 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

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Japan v Italy

15 August 2004 20:30

Japan	2 – 3	Italy
Abe  21' Takamatsu  90+1'	Report	De Rossi  3' Gilardino  8', 36'

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Attendance: 9,487 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Japan v Ghana

18 August 2004 20:30

Japan	1 – 0	Ghana
Ōkubo  37'	Report

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Attendance: 6,813 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese squad in the women's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Eiji Ueda

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2004 club 1 1GK Nozomi Yamago (1975-01-16)16 January 1975 (aged 29) 58 0 Saitama Reinas 2 2DF Kyoko Yano (1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 20) 7 1 Kanagawa University 3 2DF Hiromi Isozaki (c) (1975-12-22)22 December 1975 (aged 28) 52 4 Tasaki Perule 4 2DF Yumi Obe (1975-02-15)15 February 1975 (aged 29) 78 7 YKK AP Tohoku Flappers 5 2DF Naoko Kawakami (1977-11-16)16 November 1977 (aged 26) 31 0 Tasaki Perule 6 3MF Tomoe Sakai (1978-05-27)27 May 1978 (aged 26) 54 2 NTV Beleza 7 3MF Emi Yamamoto (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 22) 11 0 Tasaki Perule 8 3MF Tomomi Miyamoto (1978-12-31)31 December 1978 (aged 25) 48 9 Kunoichi 9 4FW Eriko Arakawa (1979-10-30)30 October 1979 (aged 24) 12 5 NTV Beleza 10 4FW Homare Sawa (1978-09-06)6 September 1978 (aged 25) 79 48 NTV Beleza 11 4FW Mio Otani (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 25) 37 23 Tasaki Perule 12 2DF Yasuyo Yamagishi (1979-11-28)28 November 1979 (aged 24) 45 6 Kunoichi 13 2DF Aya Shimokozuru (1982-06-07)7 June 1982 (aged 22) 0 0 Speranza 14 4FW Karina Maruyama (1983-03-26)26 March 1983 (aged 21) 16 6 Nippon Sport Science University 15 3MF Miyuki Yanagita (1981-04-11)11 April 1981 (aged 23) 25 3 Tasaki Perule 16 3MF Yayoi Kobayashi (1981-09-18)18 September 1981 (aged 22) 43 11 NTV Beleza 17 3MF Kozue Ando (1982-07-09)9 July 1982 (aged 22) 0 0 Saitama Reinas 18 1GK Shiho Onodera (1973-11-18)18 November 1973 (aged 30) 43 11 NTV Beleza

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Japan	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Sweden v Japan

August 11, 2004 18:00

Sweden	0 – 1	Japan
	Report	Arakawa  24'

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Attendance: 10.104 Referee: Gaye (Senegal)

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Japan v Nigeria

August 14, 2004 18:00

Japan	0 – 1	Nigeria
	Report	Okolo  55'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 14.126 Referee: Ferreira-James (Guyana)

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Quarterfinal

United States v Japan

August 20, 2004 18:00

United States	2 – 1	Japan
Lilly  43' Wambach  59'	Report	Yamamoto  48'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 1.418 Referee: de Oliveira (Brazil)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Takehiro Kashima	Team	9.150	9.812 Q	N/A	9.625	9.475	9.737	N/A		N/A	9.750	N/A	9.600	9.737	9.825	N/A
Hisashi Mizutori		N/A	9.450	9.650	9.500	N/A	9.737	N/A		N/A		9.625	N/A
Daisuke Nakano		9.725 Q	N/A	9.012	N/A	9.800 Q	9.775 Q	N/A		9.412	N/A
Hiroyuki Tomita		8.987	9.750 Q	9.750 Q	9.650	9.787 Q	9.725	57.649	3 Q	N/A	9.675	9.787	9.687	9.700	9.850	N/A
Naoya Tsukahara		9.725	9.687	9.700	9.425	9.650	N/A			9.312	9.650	9.712	N/A	9.575	N/A
Isao Yoneda		9.725 Q	8.450	9.625	9.637	9.687	9.800 Q	56.924	10 Q	9.587	N/A		9.550	N/A	9.787	N/A
Total		38.325	38.699	38.725	38.412	38.924	39.049	232.134	1 Q	28.311	29.075	29.124	28.837	29.012	29.462	173.821

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Takehiro Kashima	Pommel horse	N/A	9.787	N/A				9.787
Daisuke Nakano	Floor	9.712	N/A					9.712	6
	Parallel bars	N/A				9.762	N/A	9.762	5
	Horizontal bar	N/A					8.750	8.750	9
Hiroyuki Tomita	All-around	9.062	9.737	9.762	9.625	9.637	9.662	57.485	6
	Pommel horse	N/A	9.062	N/A				9.062	8
	Rings	N/A		9.800	N/A			9.800	4
	Parallel bars	N/A				9.775	N/A	9.775
Isao Yoneda	All-around	9.650	9.575	9.337	9.700	9.612	9.025	56.899	10
	Floor	9.662	N/A					9.662	7
	Horizontal bar	N/A					9.787	9.787

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Manami Ishizaka	All-around	9.125	9.187	8.637	9.262	36.211	33	Did not advance
Kyoko Oshima		8.662	9.362	8.437	8.500	34.961	51	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Yukari Murata	Individual	21.775	22.425	22.400	21.550	88.150	18	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Haruka Hirota	Women's	63.00	7 Q	37.20	7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Fourteen Japanese judoka (seven males and five females) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tadahiro Nomura	−60 kg	BYE	Lara (DOM) W 1120–0000	Gussenberg (GER) W 1000–0000	Albarracín (ARG) W 1000–0000	Tsagaanbaatar (MGL) W 1000–0000	BYE			Khergiani (GEO) W 0100–0001
Masato Uchishiba	−66 kg	N/A	Lencina (ARG) W 1011–0000	Dashdavaa (MGL) W 1001–0000	Dzhafarov (RUS) W 1001–0000	Georgiev (BUL) W 1000–0000	BYE			Krnáč (SVK) W 1000–0000
Masahiro Takamatsu	−73 kg	BYE	Kevkhishvili (GEO) L 0010–0101	Did not advance
Masahiko Tomouchi	−81 kg	N/A	Nossov (RUS) L 0001–0201	Did not advance			22x20px Meloni (ITA) L 0001–0102	Did not advance
Hiroshi Izumi	−90 kg	N/A	Kukharenka (BLR) W 1000–0000	Iliadis (GRE) W 1010–0010	Costa (ARG) W 0001–0000	22x20px Hwang (KOR) W 0101–0001	BYE			Zviadauri (GEO) L 0000–1001
Kosei Inoue	−100 kg	Mekić (BIH) W 1010–0000	Kovács (HUN) W 0002–0001	Kelly (AUS) W 1000–0000	van der Geest (NED) L 0010–1020	Did not advance	BYE	Miraliyev (AZE) L 0000–1011	Did not advance
Keiji Suzuki	+100 kg	BYE	Tölzer (GER) W 0120–0010	Papaioannou (GRE) W 1101–0001	Rybak (BLR) W 1011-0100	22x20px Bianchessi (ITA) W 1010–0001	BYE			Tmenov (RUS) W 1000–0000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryoko Tani	−48 kg	BYE	Karagiannopoulou (GRE) W 0220–0001	Haddad (ALG) W 1011–0001	Dumitru (ROU) W 0211–0001	BYE			Jossinet (FRA) W 0112–0001
Yuki Yokosawa	−52 kg	Ri S-S (PRK) W 1000–0000	Diédhiou (SEN) W 0101–0100	Singleton (GBR) W 1001–0000	Savón (CUB) W 1000–0000	BYE			Xian Dm (CHN) L 0000–1000
Kie Kusakabe	−57 kg	22x20px Fleming (VEN) W 1000–0000	Erdenet-Od (MGL) W 0020–0002	Bönisch (GER) L 0000–0200	Did not advance	BYE	Fernández (ESP) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Ayumi Tanimoto	−63 kg	Dhahri (TUN) W 1000–0000	22x20px Maza (ECU) W 1000–0000	Chisholm (CAN) W 1000–0000	Krukower (ARG) W WO	BYE			Heill (AUT) W 0200–0000
Masae Ueno	−70 kg	Schutz (USA) W 1000–0001	Sraka (SVK) W 0012–0001	Jacques (BEL) W 1000–0000	Arlove (AUS) W 1002–0000	BYE			Bosch (NED) W 1000–0001
Noriko Anno	−78 kg	BYE	22x20px Pinto (VEN) W 1011–0000	22x20px Morico (ITA) W 0101–0001	Lebrun (FRA) W 0010–0000	BYE			Liu X (CHN) W 1010–0001
Maki Tsukada	+78 kg	BYE	Malone (AUS) W 1000–0000	Prokofyeva (UKR) W 1012–0100	Donguzashvili (RUS) W 0210–0000	BYE			Beltrán (CUB) W 1000–0100

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The Japanese rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kazushige Ura Daisaku Takeda	Lightweight double sculls	6:24.08	4 R	6:17.26	1 SA/B	6:18.51	3 FA	6:24.98	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akiko Iwamoto Kahori Uchiyama	Lightweight double sculls	7:14.04	5 R	7:07.07	4 FC	7:37.46	13

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japanese sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Motokazu Kenjo	Mistral	16	23	18	23	OCS	4	12	12	15	19	28	170	19
Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki	470	3	7	21	18	7	12	1	9	5	17	11	90

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Masako Imai	Mistral	12	14	17	11	5	16	17	10	16	17	18	135	17
Maiko Sato	Europe	24	16	24	16	23	11	23	10	24	22	23	192	24
Mitsuko Satake Yuka Yoshisako	470	DSQ	17	16	10	8	12	4	12	3	18	1	101	11

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Kunio Suzuki	Laser	30	22	39	OCS	29	25	30	28	22	29	N/A					27	281	35
Kenji Nakamura Masato Takaki	49er	12	14	19	OCS	4	2	19	4	2	14	4	7	17	18	14	15	146	15

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Nine Japanese shooters (three men and six women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Masaru Nakashige	10 m air pistol	576	=23	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	537	38	Did not advance
Shuji Tazawa	10 m air pistol	573	=30	Did not advance
	25 m rapid fire pistol	573	15	Did not advance
Masaru Yanagida	10 m air rifle	594	=9	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	591	=24	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1159	=16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michiko Fukushima	10 m air pistol	378	25	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	577	=13	Did not advance
Yoko Inada	10 m air pistol	382	=10	Did not advance
Megumi Inoue	Double trap	109	3 Q	140	5
Yukari Konishi	25 m pistol	575	=19	Did not advance
Hiromi Misaki	10 m air rifle	392	=22	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	569	24	Did not advance
Taeko Takeba	Trap	59	8	Did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In the final game of the preliminary round, Yukiko Ueno of Japan pitched the first perfect game in Olympic softball history as Japan defeated China 2-0. Two days later, Japan again defeated China in the 3rd/4th semifinal to guarantee a medal. Their loss in the bronze medal game left them with the bronze.

Team Roster

Japan
Position	No.	Player	Birth	Club in 2004
IF	3	Masumi Mishina	MAR/12/1982	Hitachi Takasaki
IF	4	Emi Naito	OCT/06/1979	Toyota Industries Corp.
IF	5	Rie Sato	AUG/14/1980	Leo Palace 21
OF	7	Yumi Iwabuchi	SEP/10/1979	Hitachi Takasaki
OF	8	Eri Yamada	MAR/08/1984	Hitachi Software
P	12	Naoko Sakamoto	MAY/11/1985	Hitachi Takasaki
P	15	Yuki Sato	NOV/03/1980	Leo Palace 21
P	17	Yukiko Ueno	JUL/22/1982	Hitachi Takasaki
P	18	Juri Takayama	OCT/21/1976	Toyota Industries Corp.
IF	19	Kazue Ito	DEC/22/1977	Hitachi Takasaki
P	21	Hiroko Sakai	NOV/03/1978	Toda Chūō General Hospital
C	23	Emi Inui	OCT/26/1983	Hitachi Takasaki
C	25	Noriko Yamaji	SEP/17/1970	Taiyo Yuden
OF	26	Haruka Saito	MAR/14/1970	Hitachi Software
IF	28	Reika Utsugi	JUN/01/1963	Hitachi Takasaki
Bench Coaches
Team Manager	30	Taeko Utsugi	APR/06/1953
Coach		Mitsufumi Urano	JAN/25/1953
Coach		Yoshimi Kobayashi	AUG/11/1968

Preliminary Round

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
United States	7	7	0	41	0	1.000
Australia	7	6	1	22	14	0.857
Japan	7	4	3	17	8	0.571
China	7	3	4	15	20	0.429
Canada	7	3	4	6	14	0.429
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	3	13	0.286
Greece	7	2	5	6	24	0.286
23x15px Italy	7	1	6	8	24	0.143

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	7	0
Japan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
WP: Tanya Harding (1-0)   LP: Yukiko Ueno (0-1) Home runs: AUS: N.Titcume in 4th, 1 RBI JPN: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Japan	1	4	0	0	1	0	X	6	13	0
WP: Hiroko Sakai (1-0)   LP: Lin Su-Hua (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
WP: Cat Osterman (1-0)   LP: Juri Takayama (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: Lauren Bay (2-1)   LP: Yukiko Ueno (0-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	6	12	1
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
WP: Hiroko Sakai (2-0)   LP: Sarah Farnworth (2-3)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
23x15px Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	8	1
WP: Yukiko Ueno (1-2)   LP: Jennifer Spediacci (1-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	2	8	0
WP: Yukiko Ueno (2-2)   LP: Lu Wei (2-2)

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
China	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
WP: Yukiko Ueno (3-2)   LP: Lu Wei (2-3)

Bronze Medal Game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: Tanya Harding (4-0)   LP: Juri Takayama (1-2)

Won Bronze Medal

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japanese swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Genki Imamura	200 m breaststroke	2:14.10	11 Q	2:12.86	11	Did not advance
Kosuke Kitajima	100 m breaststroke	1:00.03 OR	1 Q	1:00.01 OR	1 Q	1:00.08
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.97	2 Q	2:10.86	3 Q	2:09.44 OR
Takeshi Matsuda	400 m freestyle	3:49.05 AS	8 Q	N/A		3:48.96 AS	8
	1500 m freestyle	15:16.42	13	N/A		Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:58.23	12 Q	1:58.13	14	Did not advance
Jiro Miki	200 m individual medley	2:00.93	4 Q	2:01.09	8 Q	2:02.16	8
	400 m individual medley	4:16.32	4 Q	N/A		4:19.97	7
Takahiro Mori	200 m individual medley	2:01.33	9 Q	2:00.57	7 Q	2:00.60	6
Tomomi Morita	100 m backstroke	54.41	1 Q	54.62	3 Q	54.36 AS
	200 m backstroke	2:01.19	16 Q	1:59.52	8 Q	1:58.40 AS	5
Yoshihiro Okumura	100 m freestyle	50.24	27	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:49.54	13 Q	1:49.49	10	Did not advance
Susumu Tabuchi	400 m individual medley	4:22.46	18	N/A		Did not advance
Takashi Yamamoto	100 m butterfly	52.71	10 Q	52.81	9	Did not advance
	200 m Butterfly	1:57.36	2 Q	1:56.69	4 Q	1:54.56 AS
Kosuke Kitajima Tomomi Morita Yoshihiro Okumura Takashi Yamamoto	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.04	4 Q	N/A		3:35.22

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Misa Amano	200 m individual medley	2:17.88	17	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:45.61	10	N/A		Did not advance
Noriko Inada	100 m backstroke	1:01.67	5 Q	1:01.74	11	Did not advance
Tomoko Nagai	100 m freestyle	55.76	12 Q	56.03	16	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:00.73	13 Q	2:00.09	13	Did not advance
Reiko Nakamura	100 m backstroke	1:01.39	2 Q	1:01.24	8 Q	1:01.05	4
	200 m backstroke	2:11.14	2 Q	2:10.14	3 Q	2:09.88
Yuko Nakanishi	100 m butterfly	1:00.16	17 Q	59.53	14	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:10.04	2 Q	2:08.83	2 Q	2:08.04
Junko Onishi	100 m butterfly	59.22	7 Q	59.24	8 Q	59.83	8
Yukiko Osada	200 m butterfly	2:11.20	8 Q	2:11.35	13	Did not advance
Ai Shibata	400 m freestyle	4:07.63	4 Q	N/A		4:07.51	5
	800 m freestyle	8:30.08	3 Q	N/A		8:24.54
Masami Tanaka	100 m breaststroke	1:09.44	10 Q	1:09.11	9	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:26.91	5 Q	2:26.38	2 Q	2:25.87	4
Aya Terakawa	200 m backstroke	2:13.55	10 Q	2:12.21	7 Q	2:12.90	8
Sachiko Yamada	400 m freestyle	4:09.10	8 Q	N/A		4:10.91	6
	800 m freestyle	8:36.48	12	N/A		Did not advance
Noriko Inada* Tomoko Nagai Reiko Nakamura Junko Onishi Masami Tanaka	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.99	6 Q	N/A		4:04.83	5

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Nine Japanese synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda	Duet	49.000	2	49.000	98.000	2 Q	49.417	98.417
Michiyo Fujimaru Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Emiko Suzuki Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda Juri Tatsumi Yoko Yoneda	Team	49.167	2	N/A			49.334	98.501

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Eight Japanese table tennis players (five men and three women) qualified for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shu Arai	Singles	Liu S (ARG) L 1–4	Did not advance
Koji Matsushita		Brown (AUS) W 4–0	Heister (NED) W 4–0	22x20px Ryu S-M (KOR) L 0–4	Did not advance
Ryo Yuzawa		Lin J (DOM) L 1–4	Did not advance
Shu Arai Ryo Yuzawa	Doubles	N/A	Boudjadja / Djaziri (ALG) W 4–0	Boll / Fejer-Konnerth (GER) L 0–4	Did not advance
Akira Kito Toshio Tasaki		N/A	BYE	Gionis / Kreanga (GRE) W 4–3	Grujić / Karakašević (SCG) L 1–4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ai Fujinuma	Singles	BYE	Wu X (DOM) W 4–0	Liu J (AUT) W 4–3	Zhang Xl (SIN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Ai Fukuhara		BYE	Miao (AUS) W 4-3	Gao (USA) W 4–0	22x20px Kim K-A (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Aya Umemura		BYE		Schopp (GER) W 4–2	Li Jw (SIN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Ai Fujinuma Aya Umemura	Doubles	BYE			Lau S F / Lin L (HKG) W 4–2	Guo Y / Niu Jf (CHN) L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified one taekwondo jin.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yoriko Okamoto	Women's +67 kg	Chen Z (CHN) L 5–7	Did not advance		22x20px Carmona (VEN) L 2–5	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shinobu Asagoe	Women's singles	22x20px Schiavone (ITA) L 3–6, 6–7(4–7)	Did not advance
Akiko Morigami		Benešová (CZE) W 6–1, 6–4	Kuznetsova (RUS) L 6–7(5–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Saori Obata		Matevžič (SLO) L 6–7(3–7), 5–7	Did not advance
Ai Sugiyama		Zheng J (CHN) W 4–6, 6–3, 8–6	Perebiynis (UKR) W 7–5, 6–4	Šprem (CRO) W 7–6(8–6), 6–1	Molik (AUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama	Women's doubles	N/A	Dementieva / Myskina (RUS) W 5–7, 7–5, 6–3	Kostanić / Šprem (CRO) W 6–3, 7–5	Navratilova / Raymond (USA) W 6–4, 4–6, 6–4	Martínez / Ruano Pascual (ESP) L 3–6, 0–6	Suárez / Tarabini (ARG) L 3–6, 3–6	4
Akiko Morigami Saori Obata		N/A	Czink / Kapros (HUN) W 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Suárez / Tarabini (ARG) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Five Japanese triathletes qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	Men's	18:20	0:18	1:05:34	0:19	33:49	1:57:43.51	32
Hirokatsu Tayama		18:03	0:17	1:01:43	0:17	33:42	1:53:28.41	13
Machiko Nakanishi	Women's	19:40	0:18	1:10:45	0:23	38:26	2:08:51.06	20
Kiyomi Niwata		20:35	0:22	1:09:54	0:23	37:13	2:07:42.79	14
Akiko Sekine		20:37	0:20	1:09:49	0:23	37:08	2:07:34.02	12

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chiaki Kusuhara Ryoko Tokuno	Women's	Pool A  May – Walsh (USA) L 0 – 2 (9–21, 16–21)  Celbová – Nováková (CZE) L 0 – 2 (21–23, 12–21)  Kadijk – Leenstra (NED) W 2 – 1 (15–21, 21–17, 15–13)	3	Did not advance

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
1	Tomoko Yoshihara (C)	2 April 1970	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Pioneer Red Wings
2	Chie Tsuji	9 August 1969	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Mobara Alcas
3	Ikumi Narita (L)	1 January 1976	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	299 cm (118 in)	276 cm (109 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
4	Miki Sasaki	15 December 1976	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	317 cm (125 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Pioneer Red Wings
5	Kanako Omura	15 December 1976	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	319 cm (126 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
7	Yoshie Takeshita	18 March 1978	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	270 cm (110 in)	JT Marvelous
9	Miyuki Takahashi	25 December 1978	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	285 cm (112 in)	280 cm (110 in)	NEC Red Rockets
12	Sachiko Sugiyama	19 October 1979	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	NEC Red Rockets
13	Ai Otomo	24 March 1982	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	305 cm (120 in)	NEC Red Rockets
14	Kana Oyama	19 June 1984	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	287 cm (113 in)	Toray Arrows
16	Megumi Kurihara	31 July 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	NEC Red Rockets
18	Saori Kimura	19 August 1986	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Shimokitazawa Seitoku

Group play

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	15	5	0	15	2	7.500	410	326	1.258
2	Italy	12	4	1	14	3	4.667	392	305	1.285
3	South Korea	9	3	2	9	7	1.286	355	352	1.009
4	Japan	6	2	3	6	10	0.600	346	343	1.009
5	Greece	3	1	4	5	12	0.417	349	383	0.911
6	Kenya	0	0	5	0	15	0.000	236	379	0.623

14 August 2004 14:00	Japan	0 - 3	Brazil	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Frank Leuthaeusser (GER), Patrick Richard (FRA) Report(s): result
	21 22 21 64	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

16 August 2004 14:00	Italy	3 – 0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Mahmoud Abdel Nagid (EGY), Fernando Nava (Mex) Report(s): result
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	16 13 17 46

18 August 2004 16:35	Japan	3 – 1	Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Francisco Medina Guzmán (CUB), Valdir Dellaqua (BRA) Report(s): result
	25 20 25 25 95	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	10 25 21 22 78

20 August 2004 14:00	South Korea	3 – 0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Frank Leuthaeusser (GER), Patrick Richard (FRA) Report(s): result
	25 26 25 76	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	21 24 21 66

22 August 2004 11:00	Japan	3 – 0	Kenya	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Umit Sokullu (TUR) Report(s): result
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	8 17 14 39

Quarterfinal

24 August 2004 14:00	China	3 – 0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Abdullah Al Khelaifi (EGY, Georgios Karampetsos (GRE) Report(s): result
	20 22 20 62	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Four Japanese weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masaharu Yamada	Men's −56 kg	102.5	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Toshio Imamura	Men's −62 kg	120	=12	150	=12	270	11
Takanobu Iwazaki	Men's +105 kg	170	14	215	12	385	12
Hiromi Miyake	Women's −48 kg	77.5	=9	97.5	8	175	9

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chikara Tanabe	−55 kg	Abdullayev (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Dutt (IND) W 3–1 PP	N/A	1 Q	22x20px Kim H-S (KOR) W 4–0 ST	Abas (USA) L 0–3 PO	Kardanov (GRE) W 3–0 PO
Kenji Inoue	−60 kg	Zakhartdinov (UZB) L 1–3 PP	22x20px Jung Y-H (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Cikel (AUT) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	BYE	Mostafa-Jokar (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Fedoryshyn (UKR) W 3–1 PP
Kazuhiko Ikematsu	−66 kg	Jessey (NGR) W 5–0 VT	22x20px Baek J-K (KOR) W 3–1 PP	N/A	1 Q	Spiridonov (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Taskoudis (GRE) W 3–1 PP	5
Kunihiko Obata	−74 kg	Maan (IND) W 3–0 PO	Fundora (CUB) L 0–3 PO	N/A	2	Did not advance			12
Hidekazu Yokoyama	−84 kg	Khodaei (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Kumar (IND) W 3–1 PP	N/A	2	Did not advance			10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Masatoshi Toyota	−55 kg	Majoros (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Ramírez (DOM) W 4–0 ST	N/A	2	Did not advance			10
Makoto Sasamoto	−60 kg	Guzman (PER) W 4–0 ST	Štefanek (SCG) W 3–1 PP	N/A	1 Q	Nazaryan (BUL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Koizhaiganov (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	5
Katsuhiko Nagata	−74 kg	Kobonov (KGZ) L 1–3 PP	Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) L 0–3 PO	N/A	3	Did not advance			16
Shingo Matsumoto	−84 kg	Abrahamian (SWE) L 0–3 PO	Kenjeev (KGZ) W 3–1 PP	Bátky (SVK) W 3–1 PP	2	Did not advance			7

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chiharu Icho	−48 kg	Belisle (CAN) W 4–0 ST	Wagner (GER) W 5–0 VT	1 Q	BYE	Berthenet (FRA) W 4–1 SP	Merleni (UKR) L 1–3 PP
Saori Yoshida	−55 kg	Sun Dm (CHN) W 4–0 ST	22x20px Giampiccolo (ITA) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	BYE	Gomis (FRA) W 3–1 PP	Verbeek (CAN) W 3–0 PO
Kaori Icho	−63 kg	Holovchenko (UKR) W 4–0 ST	Kartashova (RUS) W 3–1 PP	1 Q	BYE	Legrand (FRA) W 3–0 PO	McMann (USA) W 3–1 PP
Kyoko Hamaguchi	−72 kg	Montgomery (USA) W 3–1 PP	Zlateva (BUL) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	BYE	Wang X (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Saenko (UKR) W 3–0 PO

See also

• Japan at the 2002 Asian Games
• Japan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Japanese Olympic Committee