Japan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports.[1]
Medalists
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Archery
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Sayoko Kawauchi was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventual silver medallist Kim Nam-Soon .
Men's team competition :
Makiyama, Matsushita, Hamano – Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)
Athletics
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Men's competition
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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)
Women's competition
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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)
Badminton
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Men's singles
Round of 64: Bye
Round of 32: Lost to Xia Xuanze of China
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Baseball
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Men's Team Competition
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Japan, which had won a bronze medal in the first Olympic baseball tournament and a silver medal in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated the Netherlands , Italy , Australia , and Africa but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: the United States , Korea , and Cuba . 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
Beach volleyball
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Boxing
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Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Canoeing
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Flatwater
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Women's competition
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Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
Qualifying Heat – 02:00.833 (did not advance)
Slalom
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Men's competition
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Men's Kayak Singles
Qualifying – 442.64 (did not advance)
Cycling
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Cross Country Mountain Bike
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Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Final – Lapped (34th place)
Women's Mountain Bike
Final – 2:06:13.88 (26th place)
Road Cycling
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Men's Road Race
Women's Road Race
Final – 3:12:40 (40th place)
Track Cycling
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Men's competition
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Men's Sprint
Men's 1 km Time Trial
Men's Point Race
Makoto Iljima
Points – 6
Laps Down – 2 (16th place)
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
Women's competition
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Women's Point Race
Diving
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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)
Equestrianism
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Fencing
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Men's Team Competition
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Team Roster
Group D
Source: [citation needed ]
Quarter-finals
Gymnastics
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Judo
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Modern pentathlon
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Rhythmic gymnastics
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Rowing
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Sailing
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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)
Shooting
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Softball
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Women's Team Competition
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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
Swimming
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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
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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)
Table tennis
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Taekwondo
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Tennis
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Trampolining
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Triathlon
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Women's Individual Competition :
Men's Individual Competition :
Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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Notes
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Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition) . Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site
References
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^ "Japan at the 2000 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2012 .