Japan at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors306 (157 men and 149 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Ryoko Tamura
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
3
Silver
6
Bronze
5
Total
14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 306 competitors, 157 men and 149 women, took part in 168 events in 27 sports.[1]

Medalists

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In the nation's sixth Olympic archery competition, three of Japan's five archers won their first matches. All three lost in the second round, however.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

  • Heat — 3:02.82
  • Semi Final — 3:01.92
  • Final — 3:00.76 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 48.96s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 49.88s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 49.07s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's High Jump

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault


Women's 5,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres

  • Qualification — 31:37.03
  • Final — 31:20.62 (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 32:31.69
  • Final — 31:23.23 (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 31:54.89
  • Final — 32:43.39 (→ 16th place)

Women's Marathon

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

Women's 10 km Walk

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 53.98m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Defending bronze medalist Japan competed for the second time in the Olympic baseball tournament. They got off to a rough start, losing three of their first four games to Australia, Cuba, and the United States. After winning their next three, however, the Japanese were in a tie with the Nicaraguans for third and fourth places. Since Japan had beaten Nicaragua in head-to-head competition, they won the tie-breaker and faced the United States in the semifinals rather than the Cubans, which had not lost any of their 16 games in the 1992 and 1996 Olympiads. Japan defeated the United States to advance to the final, where they became the Cubans' 18th victim (Nicaragua's loss in the semifinals being the 17th win for Cuba).

Men's Team Competition:

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 424 360 +64 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 378 342 +36 9
3  Italy 5 3 2 330 309 +21 8
4  Japan 5 2 3 365 396 −31 7
5  China 5 1 4 347 378 −31 6
6  Canada 5 0 5 293 352 −59 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Japan  63–73  Russia
Pts: Kato 15
Rebs: Kato 9
Asts: Murakami 6		 Pts: Baranova 21
Rebs: Baranova 13
Asts: Sumnikova 5
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
China  72–75  Japan
Pts: Zheng H 31
Rebs: Zheng H 16
Asts: Li X 6		 Pts: Hagiwara 23
Rebs: Kato 10
Asts: Murakami 4
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Brazil  100–80  Japan
Pts: Paula 25
Rebs: Leila 14
Asts: Paula 10		 Pts: Ichijo 16
Rebs: Nagata, Murakami 5
Asts: Murakami 4
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Japan  52–66  Italy
Pts: Murakami 13
Rebs: Ichijo 9
Asts: Murakami 5		 Pts: Pollini, Arnetoli 13
Rebs: Fullin 11
Asts: Pollini, Ballabio 3
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Canada  85–95  Japan
Pts: Jerant 15
Rebs: Norman 10
Asts: Evans 4		 Pts: Hagiwara 26
Rebs: Murakami, Ichijo 5
Asts: Murakami, Kato 5
Quarterfinals
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
15:00
United States  108–93  Japan
Scoring by half: 59–44, 49–49
Pts: Leslie 35
Rebs: McClain 16
Asts: Edwards 12		 Pts: Ichijo, Hagiwara 22
Rebs: Kato 8
Asts: Murakami 10
Classification Round 5th−8th place
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
15:00
Russia  80–69  Japan
Scoring by half: 39–34, 41–35
Pts: Baranova 37
Rebs: Baranova 13
Asts: Sumnikova 14		 Pts: Kato 19
Rebs: Ichijo 12
Asts: Murakami 7
7th place game
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
15:00
Italy  69–81  Japan
Scoring by half: 32–41, 37–40
Pts: Paparazzo 19
Rebs: Pollini 6
Asts: Caselin 5		 Pts: Hagiwara 21
Rebs: Hagiwara, Hamaguchi 9
Asts: Harada 5

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final — 2 points (→ 15th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:45:03 (→ 26th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:05.44 (→ 23rd place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 262.71
  • Semi Final — 210.00
  • Final — 296.04 (→ 6th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Four fencers, one man and three women, represented Japan in 1996.

Men's foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men's competition
21 July 1996 Match 1 Japan  1–0  Brazil Miami
18:30 UTC−4 Ito 72' Report Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 46,724
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
23 July 1996 Match 2 Nigeria  2–0  Japan Orlando
20:30 UTC−4 Akiba 83' (o.g.)
Okocha 90' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
25 July 1996 Match 3 Japan  3–2  Hungary Orlando
21:00 UTC−4 Maezono 39' (pen.), 90+1'
Uemura 90'		 Report Sándor 2'
Madar 48'		 Stadium: Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 17,224
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
Women's competition
21 July 1996 Match 1 Germany  3–2  Japan Birmingham
13:30 UTC−4 Wiegmann 5'
Tomei 29' (o.g.)
Mohr 52'		 Report Kioka 18'
Noda 33'		 Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 44,211
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
23 July 1996 Match 2 Brazil  2–0  Japan Birmingham
16:30 UTC−4 Kátia 68'
Pretinha 78'		 Report Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 26,111
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
25 July 1996 Match 3 Norway  4–0  Japan Washington, D.C.
18:30 UTC−4 Pettersen 25', 86'
Medalen 60'
Tangeraas 74'		 Report Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 30,237
Referee: Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

  • Defeated Netherlands (3:0)
  • Defeated PR China (3:0)
  • Lost to United States (1:6)
  • Defeated Canada (4:0)
  • Lost to Australia (0:10)
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (8:1)
  • Defeated Chinese Taipei (5:1)
  • Lost to Australia (0:3)
  • Did not advance → 4th place

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 metres Freestyle:

  • Heat — 23.60 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100 metres Freestyle:

  • Heat — 51.29 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 metres Freestyle:

  • Heat — 1:51.97 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 metres Freestyle:

  • Heat — 4:00.19 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:19.48
  • B-Final — 15:17.28 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 15:43.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 56.35
  • B-Final — 55.74 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 56.22
  • B-Final — 56.23 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:00.43
  • Final — 2:00.10 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 2:02.33
  • B-Final — 2:01.54 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:02.63
  • B-Final — 1:02.75 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat — 1:03.13 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:15.37
  • B-Final — 2:16.69 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 53.95
  • B-Final — 53.98 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat — 54.50 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:00.87 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:03.42
  • B-Final — 2:04.59 (→ 14th place)
  • Heat — 2:04.49
  • B-Final — 2:05.42 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:24.83
  • B-Final — 4:23.36 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 4:26.73
  • B-Final — 4:24.25 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:41.78
  • Final — 3:40.51 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 25.89
  • B-Final — 26.05 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 57.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:01.11
  • B-Final — 2:01.00 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 2:03.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:13.40
  • Final — 4:11.68 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 4:16.07
  • B-Final — 4:16.60 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:40.47 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
  • Heat — 8:55.77 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:02.35
  • Final — 1:02.33 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 1:02.90
  • Final — 1:02.78 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:15.05
  • B-Final — 2:13.40 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 2:12.92
  • Final — 2:13.57 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:09.89
  • B-Final — 1:10.43 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat — 1:11.33 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:29.36
  • Final — 2:28.05 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 2:30.84
  • B-Final — 2:29.32 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:00.85
  • Final — 1:00.11 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 1:00.20
  • Final — 1:00.18 (→ 6th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:16.04
  • B-Final — 2:13.97 (→ 14th place)
  • Heat — 2:12.59
  • Final — 2:11.93 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:20.58 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:48.51
  • B-Final — 4:47.98 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat — 4:49.32
  • B-Final — 4:48.72 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:48.77 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 8:09.46
  • Final — 8:07.46 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 4:10.71 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

  • First round — Lost to Tim Henman (Great Britain) 6-7 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Indoor Team Competition

  • Lost to South Korea (0-3)
  • Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
  • Lost to Netherlands (0-3)
  • Lost to United States (0-3)
  • Lost to China (0-3)
  • did not advance (→ Ninth place)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Notes

  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-05. ((cite book)): |author= has generic name (help)

References

  1. ^ "Japan at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
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