Naoko Takahashi — Athletics, Women's MarathonTadahiro Nomura — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)Makoto Takimoto — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (81 kg)Kosei Inoue — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (100 kg)Ryoko Tamura — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)Shinichi Shinohara — Judo, Men's Heavyweight (+100 kg)Noriko Narazaki — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)Reika Utsugi, Miho Yamada, Noriko Yamaji, Haruka Saito, Juri Takayama, Hiroko Tamoto, Mariko Masubuchi, Naomi Matsumoto, Emi Naito, Kazue Ito, Yoshimi Kobayashi, Shiori Koseki, Misako Ando, Yumiko Fujii, and Taeko Ishikawa — Softball, Women's Team CompetitionMai Nakamura — Swimming, Women's 100 m BackstrokeYasuko Tajima — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual MedleyMiya Tachibana and Miho Takeda — Synchronised Swimming, Women's DuetJuri Tatsumi, Yoko Yoneda, Yuko Yoneda, Rei Jinbo, Ayano Egami, Raika Fujii, Miya Tachibana, Yoko Isoda and Miho Takeda — Synchronised Swimming, Women's team competitionKatsuhiko Nagata — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight (69 kg)Kie Kusakabe — Judo, Women's Lightweight (57 kg)Mayumi Yamashita — Judo, Women's Heavyweight (+78 kg)Miki Nakao — Swimming, Women's 200 m BackstrokeJunko Onishi, Masami Tanaka, Sumika Minamoto, and Mai Nakamura — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley RelayYoriko Okamoto — Taekwondo, Women's 67 kgSayoko 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)Men's 100 m
Shingo KawabataRound 1 — 10.39Round 2 — 10.6 (did not advance)Koji ItoRound 1 — 10.45Round 2 — 10.25Semifinal — 10.39 (did not advance)Shigeyuki KojimaRound 1 — 10.59 (did not advance)Men's 200 m
Shingo SuetsuguRound 1 — 20.6Round 2 — 20.37Semifinal — 20.69 (did not advance)Koji ItoRound 1 — 20.75Round 2 — 20.56Semifinal — 20.67 (did not advance)Men's 400 m
Jun OsakadaRound 1 — 45.88Round 2 — 46.15 (did not advance)Takahiko YamamuraRound 1 — 46.25 (did not advance)Kenji TabataRound 1 — 46.59 (did not advance)Men's 5,000 m
Toshinari TakaokaRound 1 — 13:29.99Final — 13:46.90 (15th place)Katsuhiko HanadaRound 1 — 13:41.31 (did not advance)Men's 10,000 m
Toshinari TakaokaRound 1 — 27:59.95Final — 27:40.44 (7th place)Katsuhiko HanadaRound 1 — 27:45.13Final — 28:08.11 (15th place)Men's 110 m Hurdles
Satoru TanigawaRound 1 — 13.74Round 2 — 13.94 (did not advance)Men's 400 m Hurdles
Kazuhiko YamazakiRound 1 — 50.15 (did not advance)Hideaki KawamuraRound 1 — 50.68 (did not advance)Dai TamesueRound 1 — 01:01.81 (did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m
Nobuharu Asahara, Koji Ito, Shingo Kawabata, Shigeyuki Kojima, Shingo SuetsuguRound 1 — 38.52Semifinal — 38.31Final — 38.66 (6th place)Men's 4 × 400 m
Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko TamamuraRound 1 — 03:05.21Semifinal — 03:13.63 (did not advance)Men's Hammer Throw
Koji MurofushiQualifying — 78.49Final — 76.60 (9th place)Men's Long Jump
Masaki MorinagaQualifying — 7.84 (did not advance)Daisuke WatanabeQualifying — NM (did not advance)Men's Triple Jump
Takamori SugibayashiQualifying — 16.67 (did not advance)Men's High Jump
Takahisa YoshidaQualifying — 2.15 (did not advance)Men's Pole Vault
Manabu YokoyamaQualifying — 5.55 (did not advance)Men's 20 km Walk
Satoshi YanagisawaFinal — 1:25:03 (22nd place)Daisuke IkeshimaFinal — 1:25:34 (27th place)Men's 50 km Walk
Fumio ImamuraFinal — 4:13:28 (36th place)Akihiko KoikeFinal — DQMen's marathon
Shinji KawashimaFinal — 2:17:21 (21st place)Nobuyuki SatoFinal — 2:20:52 (41st place)Takayuki InubushiFinal — DNFWomen's 5,000 m
Yoshiko IchikawaRound 1 — 15:23.41 (did not advance)Megumi TanakaRound 1 — 15:39.83 (did not advance)Michiko ShimizuRound 1 — 15:48.20 (did not advance)Women's 10,000 m
Harumi HiroyamaRound 1 — 32:07.68Final — 32:24.17 (20th place)Chiemi TakahashiRound 1 — 32:34.70Final — 31:52.59 (15th place)Yuko KawakamiRound 1 — 32:36.60Final — 31:27.44 (10th place)Women's 100 m Hurdles
Yvonne KanazawaRound 1 — 13.13Round 2 — 13.11Semifinal — 13.16 (did not advance)Women's 800 m Wheelchair
Wakako TsuchidaFinal — 01:56.49 (Silver medal)Women's High Jump
Yoko OtaQualifying — 1.94Final — 1.90 (11th place)Miki ImaiQualifying — 1.92 (did not advance)Women's Marathon
Naoko TakahashiFinal — 2:23:14 (Gold medal)Eri YamaguchiFinal — 2:27:03 (7th place)Ari IchihashiFinal — 2:30:34 (15th place)Men's Singles
Hidetaka YamadaRound of 64: ByeRound of 32: Lost to Tautik Hidayat of IndonesiaKeita MasudaRound of 64: ByeRound of 32: Lost to Xia Xuanze of ChinaWomen's Singles
Kanako YonekuraRound of 64: Defeated Tatiana Vattier of FranceRound of 32: Defeated Anu Weckstrom of FinlandRound of 16: Lost to Dai Yun of ChinaYasuko MizuiRound of 64: ByeRound of 32: Defeated Marina Yakusheva of RussiaRound of 16: Defeated Julia Mann of Great BritainQuarterfinal: Lost to Gong Zhichao of ChinaTakako IdaRound of 64: ByeRound of 32: Lost to Mette Sorensen of DenmarkWomen's Doubles
Haruko Matsuda, Yoshiko IwataRound of 32: Defeated Amrita Sawaram, Marie-Helene Valerie Pierre of MauritiusRound of 16: Lost to Qin Yiyuan, Gao Ling of ChinaSatomi Igawa, Hiroko NagamineRound of 32: Lost to Irina Rousliakova, Marina Yakusheva of RussiaJapan, 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.
Preliminary Round (4-3)Lost to United States 2-4Defeated Netherlands 10-2Defeated Australia 7-3Defeated Italy 6-1Defeated South Africa 8-0Lost to Korea 6-7Lost to Cuba 2-6SemifinalsLost to Cuba 0-3Bronze Medal MatchLost to Korea 1-3Team RosterMen's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Kazumasa TsujimotoRound 1 — Defeated Hassan Oucheikh of MoroccoRound 2 — Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba (did not advance)Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Hidehiko TsukamotoRound 1 — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera of Cuba (did not advance)Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
Sayuri MaruyamaQualifying Heat — 02:00.833 (did not advance)Men's Kayak Singles
Taro AndoQualifying — 442.64 (did not advance)Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Raita SuzukiFinal — Lapped (34th place)Women's Mountain Bike
Hiroko NambuFinal — 2:06:13.88 (26th place)Men's Road Race
Yoshiyuki AbeFinal — DNFWomen's Road Race
Miho OkiFinal — 3:12:40 (40th place)Men's Sprint
Shinichi OtaQualifying — 10.603Repechage — 2nd place — Heat 2First Round — Lost to Viesturs Berzins of LatviaTomohiro NagatsukaQualifying — 10.595Repechage — 3rd place — Heat 1First Round — Lost to Pavel Buran of Czech RepublicMen's 1 km Time Trial
Narihiro InamuraFinal — 01:05.085 (9th place)Men's Point Race
Makoto IljimaPoints — 6Laps Down — 2 (16th place)Men's Keirin
Shinichi OtaFirst Round — Heat — 1; Place — 3Repechage — Heat — 1; Place — 2Second Round — Heat — 2; Place — 6 (did not advance)Yuichiro KamiyamaFirst Round — Heat — 3; Place — 6Repechage — Heat — 3; DNF (did not advance)Men's Olympic Sprint
Narihiro Inamura, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro NagatsukaQualifying — 45.406Second Round — 45.264 (did not advance)Women's Point Race
Akemi MorimotoPoints — 0 (16th place)Men's 3 Metre Springboard
Ken TerauchiPreliminary — 389.88Semi-final — 226.89 — 616.77Final — 407.58 — 634.47 (8th place)Men's 10 Metre Platform
Ken TerauchiPreliminary — 457.59Semi-final — 191.49 — 649.08Final — 445.41 — 636.90 (5th place)Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Japan in 2000.
Men's foilNaoto OkazakiMen's sabreMasashi NagaraWomen's foilYuko AraiMiwako ShimadaGroup DJapan — South Africa 2-1Japan — Slovakia 2-1Japan — Brazil 0-1Quarter FinalsJapan — United States 2-2 (USA wins after penalties)Team Roster( 1.) Seigo Narazaki( 2.) Yuji Nakazawa( 3.) Naoki Matsuda( 4.) Ryuzo Morioka( 5.) Tsuneyasu Miyamoto( 6.) Junichi Inamoto( 7.) Hidetoshi Nakata( 8.) Tomakazu Myojin( 9.) Tomoyuki Hirase(10.) Shunsuke Nakamura(11.) Atsuhiro Miura(12.) Tomoyuki Sakai(13.) Atsushi Yanagisawa(14.) Masashi Motoyama(15.) Norihiro Nishi(16.) Koji Nakata(17.) Naohiro Takahara(18.) Ryota Tsuzuki(19.) Kota Yoshihara(20.) Satoshi Yamaguchi(21.) Yasuhito Endo(22.) Hitoshi SogahataFive 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)
Eiichiro Hamazaki and Yuji MiyaiRace 1 — 19Race 2 — (22)Race 3 — (26)Race 4 — 13Race 5 — 4Race 6 — 16Race 7 — 17Race 8 — 18Race 9 — 10Race 10 — 16Race 11 — 20Final — 133 (18th place)Women's Mistral
Masako ImaiRace 1 — 6Race 2 — 12Race 3 — 10Race 4 — 10Race 5 — (15)Race 6 — 5Race 7 — 9Race 8 — 11Race 9 — (16)Race 10 — 7Race 11 — 8Final — 78 (10th place)Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
Maiko SatoRace 1 — 21Race 2 — 13Race 3 — 20Race 4 — 22Race 5 — 22Race 6 — 17Race 7 — 22Race 8 — (24)Race 9 — 22Race 10 — (23)Race 11 — 13Final — 172 (23rd place)Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Yumiko Shige and Yurie Alicia KinoshitaRace 1 — 9Race 2 — 5Race 3 — 10Race 4 — 7Race 5 — 1Race 6 — (14)Race 7 — 8Race 8 — 3Race 9 — (12)Race 10 — 12Race 11 — 11Final — 66 (8th place)Open Laser
Kunio SuzukiRace 1 — (38)Race 2 — 12Race 3 — 19Race 4 — 15Race 5 — 32Race 6 — (36)Race 7 — 17Race 8 — 25Race 9 — 24Race 10 — 30Race 11 — 28Final — 202 (27th place)Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
Kenji Nakamura and Tomoyuki SasakiRace 1 — 4Race 2 — 4Race 3 — 10Race 4 — 15Race 5 — 9Race 6 — 16Race 7 — (17)Race 8 — 15Race 9 — 15Race 10 — 13Race 11 — 16Race 12 — (17)Race 13 — 14Race 14 — 16Race 15 — 14Race 16 — 12Final — 173 (16th place)Preliminary Round RobinDefeated 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)SemifinalsDefeated Australia (1:0)FinalLost to United States (1:2) → Silver MedalTeam RosterMisako AndoYumiko FujiiTaeko IshikawaKazue ItoYoshimi KobayashiShiori KosekiMariko MasubuchiNaomi MatsumotoEmi NaitoHaruka SaitoJuri TakayamaHiroko TamotoReika UtsugiMiyo YamadaNoriko YamajiMen's 400 m Freestyle
Masato HiranoPreliminary Heat — 03:51.41 (did not advance)Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Masato HiranoPreliminary Heat — 15:14.43 (did not advance)Yota ArasePreliminary Heat — 15:18.20 (did not advance)Men's 100 m Butterfly
Takashi YamamotoPreliminary Heat — 52.91Semi-final — 53.01Final — 52.58 (5th place)Men's 200 m Butterfly
Takashi YamamotoPreliminary Heat — 01:58.07Semi-final — 01:57.66 (did not advance)Hisayoshi TanakaPreliminary Heat — 01:59.00Semi-final — 01:58.06 (did not advance)Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Kosuke KitajimaPreliminary Heat — 01:01.68Semi-final — 01:01.31Final — 01:01.00 (4th place)Akira HayashiPreliminary Heat — 01:02.86 (did not advance)Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Akira HayashiPreliminary Heat — 02:15.54Semi-final — 02:15.16 (did not advance)Kosuke KitajimaPreliminary Heat — 02:15.71 (did not advance)Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Susumu TabuchiPreliminary Heat — 02:05.68 (did not advance)Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Shinya TaniguchiPreliminary Heat — 04:17.36 (did not advance)Final — 04:20.93 (8th place)Susumu TabuchiPreliminary Heat — 04:20.76 (did not advance)Women's 50 m Freestyle
Sumika MinamotoPreliminary Heat — 25.52Semi-final — 25.43Final — 25.65 (8th place)Women's 100 m Freestyle
Sumika MinamotoPreliminary Heat — 55.8Semi-final — 55.62Final — 55.53 (7th place)Women's 400 m Freestyle
Sachiko YamadaPreliminary Heat — 04:12.45 (did not advance)Yasuko TajimaPreliminary Heat — 04:14.23 (did not advance)Women's 800 m Freestyle
Sachiko YamadaPreliminary Heat — 08:33.06Final — 08:37.39 (8th place)Women's 100 m Butterfly
Junko OnishiPreliminary Heat — 59.11Semi-final — 59.04Final — 59.13 (6th place)Maki MitaPreliminary Heat — 01:00.97 (did not advance)Women's 200 m Butterfly
Maki MitaPreliminary Heat — 02:09.85Semi-final — 02:09.88Final — 02:09.66 (7th place)Yuko NakanishiPreliminary Heat — 02:10.22Semi-final — 02:09.89Final — 02:10.72 (8th place)Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Masami TanakaPreliminary Heat — 01:09.12Semi-final — 01:09.04Final — 01:08.37 (6th place)Junko IsodaPreliminary Heat — DNS (did not advance)Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Masami TanakaPreliminary Heat — 02:27.39Semi-final — 02:26.24Final — 02:26.98 (8th place)Junko IsodaPreliminary Heat — 02:29.60Semi-final — 02:31.71 (did not advance)Women's 100 m Backstroke
Mai NakamuraPreliminary Heat — 01:00.88Semi-final — 01:01.07Final — 01:00.55 (Silver medal)Noriko InadaPreliminary Heat — 01:02.19Semi-final — 01:01.25Final — 01:01.14 (5th place)Women's 200 m Backstroke
Miki NakaoPreliminary Heat — 02:11.69Semi-final — 02:12.49Final — 02:11.05 (Bronze medal)Tomoko HagiwaraPreliminary Heat — 02:12.15Semi-final — 02:11.02Final — 02:11.21 (4th place)Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Tomoko HagiwaraPreliminary Heat — 02:15.16Semi-final — 02:15.09Final — 02:15.64 (8th place)Yasuko TajimaPreliminary Heat — 02:21.65 (did not advance)Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Yasuko TajimaPreliminary Heat — 04:40.35 (did not advance)Final — 04:35.96 (Silver medal)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley
Sumika Minamoto, Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, Masami TanakaPreliminary Heat — 04:05.76Final — 04:04.16 (Bronze medal)Japan won two silver medals in the synchronized swimming competition at the 2000 Olympics.
Team
Ayano Egami, Raika Fujii, Yoko Isoda, Rei Jimbo, Miya Tachibana, Miho Takeda, Yuko Yoneda, Yoko Yoneda, Juri TatsumiTechnical Routine — 34.51Free Routine — 64.35Final — 98.86 (Silver medal)Duet
Miya Tachibana, Miho TakedaTechnical Routine — 34.3Free Routine — 64.35Final — 98.65 (Silver medal)Women's Individual Competition:
Kiyomi Niwata — 2:03:53.01 (14th place)Akiko Hirao — 2:04:18.70 (17th place)Haruna Hosoya — DNFMen's Individual Competition:
Takumi Obara — 1:50:29.95 (21st place)Hideo Fukui — 1:52:04.79 (36th place)Hiroyuki Nishiuchi — 1:56:59.76 (46th place)Men