Japan competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 256 competitors, 175 men and 81 women, took part in 166 events in 24 sports.
Toshihiko Koga — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
Hidehiko Yoshida — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
Kyoko Iwasaki — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Koichi Morishita — Athletics, Men's Marathon
Yuko Arimori — Athletics, Women's Marathon
Yukio Iketani — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Naoya Ogawa — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Ryoko Tani — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
Noriko Mizoguchi — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)
Yoko Tanabe — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)
Kasumi Watanabe — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
Shigeki Wakabayashi, Katsumi Watanabe, Yasunori Takami, Akihiro Togo, Koji Tokunaga, Yasuhiro Sato, Masanori Sugiura, Kento Sugiyama, Koichi Oshima, Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, Shinichi Sato, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Kazutaka Nishiyama, Masafumi Nishi, Hirotami Kojima, Hiroki Kokubo, Takashi Miwa, Tomohito Ito, Shinichiro Kawabata, and Masahito Kohiyama — Baseball, Men's Team Competition
Yukio Iketani, Masayuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Nishikawa, Yutaka Aihara, Takashi Chinen, and Yoshiaki Hatakeda — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
Masayuki Matsunaga — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Tadanori Koshino — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
Hirotaka Okada — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
Chiyori Tateno — Judo, Women's Lightweight (56 kg)
Yoko Sakaue — Judo, Women's Heavyweight (+ 72 kg)
Ryohei Koba — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
Fumiko Okuno — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Solo
Fumiko Okuno and Aki Takayama — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Duet
Kosei Akaishi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)
In the nation's fifth Olympic archery competition, five of Japan's six archers failed to qualify for the elimination round. The one that did, Hiroshi Yamamoto, lost his match. Both teams lost their first matches in the team round as well.
Women's Individual Competition:
Keiko Nakagomi — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0)
Keiko Fujita — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0)
Yukiko Ikeda — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0)
Men's Individual Competition:
Hiroshi Yamamoto — Round of 32, 17th place (0-1)
Naoto Oku — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0)
Kiyokazu Nishikawa— Ranking round, 61st place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition:
Nakagomi, Fujita, and Ikeda — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)
Men's Team Competition:
Yamamoto, Oku, and Nishikawa — Round of 16, 15th place (0-1)
Men's 100 metres
Tatsuo Sugimoto
Heat — 10.56 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Haruo Urata
Heat — 28:24.08
Final — 28:37.61 (→ 14th place)
Sakae Osaki
Heat — 29:20.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Masayoshi Kan, Susumu Takano, Yoshihiko Saito, and Takahiro Watanabe
Heat — 3:01.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Koichi Morishita — 2:13.45 (→ Silver Medal)
Takeyuki Nakayama — 2:14.02 (→ 4th place)
Hiromi Taniguchi — 2:14.42 (→ 8th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Fumio Imamura — 4:07:45 (→ 18th place)
Takehiro Sonohara — 4:13:22 (→ 22nd place)
Tadahiro Kosaka — 4:14:24 (→ 24th place)
Men's 110m Hurdles
Toshihiko Iwasaki
Quarterfinals — 13.88 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Kazuhiko Yamazaki
Heat — 50.30 (→ did not advance)
Yoshihiko Saito
Heat — 49.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Masami Yoshida
Qualification — 72.88 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
Masaki Morinaga
Qualification — 7.79 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Norifumi Yamashita
Qualification — 15.97 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres
Izumi Maki
Heat — 32:07.91
Final — 31:55.06 (→ 12th place)
Miki Igarashi
Heat — 32:45.47
Final — 32:09.58 (→ 14th place)
Hiromi Suzuki
Heat — 34:29.64 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10 km Walk
Miki Itakura
Final — 47:11 (→ 23rd place)
Yuko Sato
Final — 47:43 (→ 24th place)
Women's Marathon
Yuko Arimori — 2:32.49 (→ Silver Medal)
Sachiko Yamashita — 2:36.26 (→ 4th place)
Yumi Kokamo — 2:58.18 (→ 29th place)
Women's High Jump
Megumi Sato
Qualification — 1.92 m
Final — 1.91 m (→ 7th place)
Japan was one of the eight teams to play in the first Olympic baseball tournament. In the preliminary round, the Japanese team defeated the United States and four other teams, but lost to Cuba and Chinese Taipei to come in third place in the round after those two teams. In the semifinal, Japan again played against Taipei, losing once more to be relegated to the bronze medal game. There, they again faced the United States and repeated their victory to take home the medal.
Men's Team Competition:
Japan → Bronze Medal (6-3)
Team Roster
Tomohito Ito
Shinichiro Kawabata
Masahito Kohiyama
Hirotami Kojima
Hiroki Kokubo
Takashi Miwa
Hiroshi Nakamoto
Masafumi Nishi
Kazutaka Nishiyama
Koichi Oshima
Hiroyuki Sakaguchi
Shinichi Sato
Yasuhiro Sato
Masanori Sugiura
Kento Sugiyama
Yasunori Takami
Akihiro Togo
Koji Tokunaga
Shigeki Wakabayashi
Katsumi Watanabe
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Tadahiro Sasaki
First Round — Defeated Domenic Figliomeni (CAN), 5:3
Second Round — Lost to Valentin Barbu (ROM), 7:10
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Shigeyuki Dobashi
First Round — Defeated Delroy Leslie (JAM), 11:5
Second Round — Lost to Julien Lorcy (FRA), RSC-2
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Masashi Kawakami
First Round — Lost to Adrian Dodson (GBR), RSC-3
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Hiroshi Nagashima
First Round — Lost to Maselino Masoe (ASA), RSCI-3 (00:54)
Twelve cyclists, nine men and three women, represented Japan in 1992.
Men's road race
Tomokazu Fujino
Kozo Fujita
Mitsuteru Tanaka
Men's sprint
Keiji Kojima
Men's 1 km time trial
Keiji Kojima
Men's individual pursuit
Masamitsu Ehara
Men's team pursuit
Yasuhiro Ando
Masamitsu Ehara
Naokiyo Hashisako
Makio Madarame
Men's points race
Hiroshi Daimon
Women's road race
Yumiko Suzuki — 2:29:22 (→ 50th place)
Women's sprint
Mika Kuroki
Women's individual pursuit
Seiko Hashimoto
Men's 3m Springboard
Isao Yamagishi
Preliminary Round — 344.40 points (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Keita Kaneto
Preliminary Round — 295.74 points (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 10m Platform
Keita Kaneto
Preliminary Round — 391.05 points
Final — 529.14 points (→ 8th place)
Isao Yamagishi
Preliminary Round — 331.23 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Yuki Motobuchi
Preliminary Round — 301.23 points
Final — 443.76 points (→ 11th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Yuki Motobuchi
Preliminary Round — 239.01 points (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Japan in 1992.
Men's foil
Yoshihide Nagano
Hiroki Ichigatani
Kinya Abe
Men's épée
Norikazu Tanabe
Men's sabre
Hiroshi Hashimoto
Women's foil
Yuko Takayanagi
One male pentathlete represented Japan in 1992.
Men's Individual Competition
Hiroshi Miyagahara — 4859 points (→ 48th place)
Women's 470 Class
Yumiko Shige and Alicia Kinoshita
Final Ranking — 53.7 points (→ 5th place)
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Toshiaki Kurasawa
Heat — 24.61 (→ did not advance, 47th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Tsutomu Nakano
Heat — 51.63 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Shigeo Ogata
Heat — 52.74 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Shigeo Ogata
Heat — 1:53.42 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Toshiaki Kurasawa
Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Shigeo Ogata
Heat — 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Masashi Kato
Heat — 4:00.66 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Masashi Kato
Heat — 15:40.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Hajime Itoi
Heat — 56.18
B-Final — 56.64 (→ 12th place)
Keita Soraoka
Heat — 57.64 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Hajime Itoi
Heat — 1:59.95
Final — 1:59.52 (→ 4th place)
Keita Soraoka
Heat — 2:03.10 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Akira Hayashi
Heat — 1:01.76
Final — 1:01.86 (→ 4th place)
Kenji Watanabe
Heat — 1:03.29 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Kenji Watanabe
Heat — 2:14.35
Final — 2:14.70 (→ 7th place)
Akira Hayashi
Heat — 2:14.61
Final — 2:15.11 (→ 8th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Keiichi Kawanaka
Heat — 55.18 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Tomohiro Miyoshi
Heat — 55.98 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Keiichi Kawanaka
Heat — 1:59.96
Final — 1:58.97 (→ 5th place)
Tomohiro Miyoshi
Heat — 2:01.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Tatsuya Kinugasa
Heat — 2:03.32
B-Final — 2:04.29 (→ 13th place)
Takahiro Fujimoto
Heat — 2:04.89
Final — 2:07.74 (→ 15th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Takahiro Fujimoto
Heat — 4:20.07
Final — 4:23.80 (→ 8th place)
Toshiaki Kurasawa
Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Hajime Itoi, Akira Hayashi, Keiichi Kawanaka, and Tsutomu Nakano
Heat — 3:43.88
Final — 3:43.25 (→ 8th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Ayako Nakano
Heat — 26.74 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Shina Matsudo
Heat — 27.36 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Suzu Chiba
Heat — 56.26
B-Final — 55.97 (→ 9th place)
Ayako Nakano
Heat — 57.71 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Suzu Chiba
Heat — 2:00.96
Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place)
Yoko Koikawa
Heat — 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Suzu Chiba
Heat — 4:13.85
Final — 4:15.71 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Yoko Koikawa
Heat — 1:02.83
Final — 1:03.23 (→ 8th place)
Noriko Inada
Heat — 1:03.21
B-Final — 1:03.42 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Junko Torikai
Heat — 2:16.13
B-Final — 2:15.20 (→ 11th place)
Noriko Inada
Heat — 2:15.74
B-Final — 2:17.68 (→ 15th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Kyoko Iwasaki
Heat — 1:11.00
B-Final — 1:11.16 (→ 13th place)
Kyoko Kasuya
Heat — 1:11.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Kyoko Iwasaki
Heat — 2:27.78
Final — 2:26.65 (→ Gold Medal)
Kyoko Kasuya
Heat — 2:32.55
B-Final — 2:32.97 (→ 13th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Rie Shito
Heat — 1:01.04
Final — 1:01.16 (→ 8th place)
Yoko Kando
Heat — 1:01.56
B-Final — 1:01.32 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Mika Haruna
Heat — 2:11.21
Final — 2:09.88 (→ 4th place)
Rie Shito
Heat — 2:11.00
Final — 2:10.24 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Hideko Hiranaka
Heat — 2:18.13
B-Final — 2:18.47 (→ 9th place)
Eri Kimura
Heat — 2:18.63
B-Final — 2:18.91 (→ 12th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Hideko Hiranaka
Heat — 4:47.92
Final — 4:46.24 (→ 5th place)
Eri Kimura
Heat — 4:46.17
Final — 4:47.78 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Ayako Nakano, Yoko Koikawa, Shina Matsudo, and Suzu Chiba
Heat — 3:49.91 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Yoko Koikawa, Kyoko Iwasaki, Yoko Kando, and Suzu Chiba
Heat — 4:11.48
Final — 4:09.92 (→ 7th place)
Three synchronized swimmers represented Japan in 1992.
Women's solo
Fumiko Okuno
Mikako Kotani
Aki Takayama
Women's duet
Fumiko Okuno
Aki Takayama
Men's Singles Competition
Shuzo Matsuoka
First round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6
Women's double
Maya Kidowaki and Kimiko Date
Third round — lost to Jana Novotná and Andrea Strnadová 6–3, 7–6(4).
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated United States (3-1)
Lost to France (2-3)
Lost to Italy (0-3)
Lost to Spain (2-3)
Defeated Canada (3-2)
Quarterfinals
Lost to Brazil (0-3)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Defeated Unified Team (3-2)
5th/6th place: Lost to Italy (0-3) → Sixth place
Team Roster
Takashi Narita
Katsumi Kawano
Yuichi Nakagaichi
Akihiko Matsuda
Masafumi Oura
Tatsuya Ueta
Masaji Ogino
Katsuyuki Minami
Shigeru Aoyama
Junichi Kuriuzawa
Hideyuki Otake
Masayuki Izumikawa
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated United States (3-2)
Defeated Spain (3-0)
Lost to Unified Team (0-3)
Quarterfinals
Lost to Brazil (1-3)
Classification Matches
5th/6th place: Defeated the Netherlands (3-1) → Fifth place
Team Roster
Ichiko Sato
Kumi Nakada
Michiyo Ishikake
Chieko Nakanishi
Motoko Obayashi
Yukiko Takahashi
Ikuyo Namura
Mika Yamauchi
Asako Tajimi
Tomoko Yoshihara
Kiyoko Fukuda
Kazumi Nakamura
