Sporting event delegation
Japan competed at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney , Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports.[ 1]
Sayoko Kawauchi was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventualsilver medallist Kim Nam-Soon .
Men's team competition :
Makiyama, Matsushita, Hamano – Round of 16, 14th place (0-1) Men's 100 m
Round 1 – 10.39 Round 2 – 10.6 (did not advance) Round 1 – 10.45 Round 2 – 10.25 Semifinal – 10.39 (did not advance) Round 1 – 10.59 (did not advance) Men's 200 m
Round 1 – 20.6 Round 2 – 20.37 Semifinal – 20.69 (did not advance) Round 1 – 20.75 Round 2 – 20.56 Semifinal – 20.67 (did not advance) Men's 400 m
Round 1 – 45.88 Round 2 – 46.15 (did not advance) Round 1 – 46.25 (did not advance) Round 1 – 46.59 (did not advance) Men's 5,000 m
Round 1 – 13:29.99 Final – 13:46.90 (15th place) Round 1 – 13:41.31 (did not advance) Men's 10,000 m
Round 1 – 27:59.95 Final – 27:40.44 (7th place) Round 1 – 27:45.13 Final – 28:08.11 (15th place) Men's 110 m Hurdles
Round 1 – 13.74 Round 2 – 13.94 (did not advance) Men's 400 m Hurdles
Round 1 – 50.15 (did not advance) Round 1 – 50.68 (did not advance) Round 1 – 01:01.81 (did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m
Round 1 – 38.52 Semifinal – 38.31 Final – 38.66 (6th place) Men's 4 × 400 m
Round 1 – 03:05.21 Semifinal – 03:13.63 (did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw
Qualifying – 78.49 Final – 76.60 (9th place) Men's Long Jump
Qualifying – 7.84 (did not advance) Qualifying – NM (did not advance) Men's Triple Jump
Qualifying – 16.67 (did not advance) Men's High Jump
Qualifying – 2.15 (did not advance) Men's Pole Vault
Qualifying – 5.55 (did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk
Final – 1:25:03 (22nd place) Final – 1:25:34 (27th place) Men's 50 km Walk
Final – 4:13:28 (36th place) Men's marathon
Final – 2:17:21 (21st place) Final – 2:20:52 (41st place) [ edit ] Women's 5,000 m
Round 1 – 15:23.41 (did not advance) Round 1 – 15:39.83 (did not advance) Round 1 – 15:48.20 (did not advance) Women's 10,000 m
Round 1 – 32:07.68 Final – 32:24.17 (20th place) Round 1 – 32:34.70 Final – 31:52.59 (15th place) Round 1 – 32:36.60 Final – 31:27.44 (10th place) Women's 100 m Hurdles
Round 1 – 13.13 Round 2 – 13.11 Semifinal – 13.16 (did not advance) Women's 800 m Wheelchair
Final – 01:56.49 (silver medal) Women's High Jump
Qualifying – 1.94 Final – 1.90 (11th place) Qualifying – 1.92 (did not advance) Women's Marathon
Final – 2:23:14 (gold medal) Final – 2:27:03 (7th place) Final – 2:30:34 (15th place) Men's singles
Round of 64: Bye Round of 32: Lost toXia Xuanze of China Women's singles
Women's doubles
[ edit ] Japan, which had won abronze medal in the first Olympic baseball tournament and asilver medal in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated theNetherlands ,Italy ,Australia , andAfrica but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: theUnited States ,Korea , andCuba . In the semifinals, Japan played Cuba for the second time in as many games, losing again to the two-time gold medallists. Playing for the bronze medal against Korea, the Japanese team was again defeated.
Lost to United States 2-4 Defeated Netherlands 10-2 Defeated Australia 7-3 Defeated Italy 6-1 Defeated South Africa 8-0 Lost to Korea 6-7 Lost to Cuba 2-6 Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
[ edit ] Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
Qualifying Heat – 02:00.833 (did not advance) Men's Kayak Singles
Qualifying – 442.64 (did not advance) Cross Country Mountain Bike [ edit ] Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Final – Lapped (34th place) Women's Mountain Bike
Final – 2:06:13.88 (26th place) Men's Road Race
Women's Road Race
Final – 3:12:40 (40th place) Men's Sprint
Men's 1 km Time Trial
Men's Point Race
Men's Keirin
Shinichi Ota First round – Heat – 1; Place – 3 Repechage – Heat – 1; Place – 2 Second round – Heat – 2; Place – 6 (did not advance) Yuichiro Kamiyama First round – Heat – 3; Place – 6 Repechage – Heat – 3; DNF (did not advance) Men's Olympic Sprint
[ edit ] Women's Point Race
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
Preliminary – 389.88 Semi-final – 226.89 – 616.77 Final – 407.58 – 634.47 (8th place) Men's 10 Metre Platform
Preliminary – 457.59 Semi-final – 191.49 – 649.08 Final – 445.41 – 636.90 (5th place) Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Japan in 2000.
Men's foil Men's sabre Women's foil [ edit ] Team Roster Group D Quarter-finals Rhythmic gymnastics [ edit ] Five men and four women competed in six different Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics, including two top 10 finishes.
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Race 1 – 19 Race 2 – (22) Race 3 – (26) Race 4 – 13 Race 5 – 4 Race 6 – 16 Race 7 – 17 Race 8 – 18 Race 9 – 10 Race 10 – 16 Race 11 – 20 Final – 133 (18th place) Women's Mistral
Race 1 – 6 Race 2 – 12 Race 3 – 10 Race 4 – 10 Race 5 – (15) Race 6 – 5 Race 7 – 9 Race 8 – 11 Race 9 – (16) Race 10 – 7 Race 11 – 8 Final – 78 (10th place) Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
Race 1 – 21 Race 2 – 13 Race 3 – 20 Race 4 – 22 Race 5 – 22 Race 6 – 17 Race 7 – 22 Race 8 – (24) Race 9 – 22 Race 10 – (23) Race 11 – 13 Final – 172 (23rd place) Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Race 1 – 9 Race 2 – 5 Race 3 – 10 Race 4 – 7 Race 5 – 1 Race 6 – (14) Race 7 – 8 Race 8 – 3 Race 9 – (12) Race 10 – 12 Race 11 – 11 Final – 66 (8th place) Open Laser
Race 1 – (38) Race 2 – 12 Race 3 – 19 Race 4 – 15 Race 5 – 32 Race 6 – (36) Race 7 – 17 Race 8 – 25 Race 9 – 24 Race 10 – 30 Race 11 – 28 Final – 202 (27th place) Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
Race 1 – 4 Race 2 – 4 Race 3 – 10 Race 4 – 15 Race 5 – 9 Race 6 – 16 Race 7 – (17) Race 8 – 15 Race 9 – 15 Race 10 – 13 Race 11 – 16 Race 12 – (17) Race 13 – 14 Race 14 – 16 Race 15 – 14 Race 16 – 12 Final – 173 (16th place) [ edit ] Defeated Cuba (4:1) Defeated PR China (3:1) Defeated United States (2:1) Defeated Australia (1:0) Defeated Canada (4:3) Defeated Italy (2:0) Defeated New Zealand (2:1) Lost to United States (1:2) →Silver Medal Men's 400 m Freestyle
Preliminary Heat – 03:51.41 (did not advance) Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Preliminary Heat – 15:14.43 (did not advance) Preliminary Heat – 15:18.20 (did not advance) Men's 100 m Butterfly
Preliminary Heat – 52.91 Semi-final – 53.01 Final – 52.58 (5th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly
Preliminary Heat – 01:58.07 Semi-final – 01:57.66 (did not advance) Preliminary Heat – 01:59.00 Semi-final – 01:58.06 (did not advance) Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Preliminary Heat – 01:01.68 Semi-final – 01:01.31 Final – 01:01.00 (4th place) Preliminary Heat – 01:02.86 (did not advance) Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Preliminary Heat – 02:15.54 Semi-final – 02:15.16 (did not advance) Preliminary Heat – 02:15.71 (did not advance) Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Preliminary Heat – 02:05.68 (did not advance) Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Preliminary Heat – 04:17.36 (did not advance) Final – 04:20.93 (8th place) Preliminary Heat – 04:20.76 (did not advance) Women's 50 m Freestyle
Preliminary Heat – 25.52 Semi-final – 25.43 Final – 25.65 (8th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle
Preliminary Heat – 55.8 Semi-final – 55.62 Final – 55.53 (7th place) Women's 400 m Freestyle
Preliminary Heat – 04:12.45 (did not advance) Preliminary Heat – 04:14.23 (did not advance) Women's 800 m Freestyle
Preliminary Heat – 08:33.06 Final – 08:37.39 (8th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly
Preliminary Heat – 59.11 Semi-final – 59.04 Final – 59.13 (6th place) Preliminary Heat – 01:00.97 (did not advance) Women's 200 m Butterfly
Preliminary Heat – 02:09.85 Semi-final – 02:09.88 Final – 02:09.66 (7th place) Preliminary Heat – 02:10.22 Semi-final – 02:09.89 Final – 02:10.72 (8th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Preliminary Heat – 01:09.12 Semi-final – 01:09.04 Final – 01:08.37 (6th place) Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance) Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Preliminary Heat – 02:27.39 Semi-final – 02:26.24 Final – 02:26.98 (7th place) Preliminary Heat – 02:29.60 Semi-final – 02:31.71 (did not advance) Women's 100 m Backstroke
Preliminary Heat – 01:00.88 Semi-final – 01:01.07 Final – 01:00.55 (silver medal) Preliminary Heat – 01:02.19 Semi-final – 01:01.25 Final – 01:01.14 (5th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke
Preliminary Heat – 02:11.69 Semi-final – 02:12.49 Final – 02:11.05 (bronze medal) Preliminary Heat – 02:12.15 Semi-final – 02:11.02 Final – 02:11.21 (4th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Preliminary Heat – 02:15.16 Semi-final – 02:15.09 Final – 02:15.64 (8th place) Preliminary Heat – 02:21.65 (did not advance) Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Preliminary Heat – 04:40.35 (did not advance) Final – 04:35.96 (silver medal) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley
Preliminary Heat – 04:05.76 Final – 04:04.16 (bronze medal) Synchronized swimming [ edit ] Japan won two silver medals in the synchronized swimming competition at the 2000 Olympics.
Team
Technical Routine – 34.51 Free Routine – 64.35 Final – 98.86 (silver medal) Duet
Technical Routine – 34.3 Free Routine – 64.35 Final – 98.65 (silver medal) Women's Individual Competition :
Men's Individual Competition :
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Silver Medal
