Japan competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States.

Gold

• Tadahiro Nomura
  Tadahiro Nomura
  is one of the most famous judo competitors in Japan. He is the only judoka in the world who has won three Olympic gold medals in a row, all in the extra lightweight division.-Biography:...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

• Kenzo Nakamura
  Kenzo Nakamura
  is a retired judoka who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the younger brother of 1993 World Judo Championships gold medalist Yoshio Nakamura and 1996 Olympic silver medalist Yukimasa Nakamura.-Biography:...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

• Yuko Emoto
  Yuko Emoto
  is a Japanese judoka and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.She received a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.-References:...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...
  
  , Women's Half Middleweight (61 kg)

Silver

• Masanori Sugiura
  Masanori Sugiura
  Masanori Sugiura is a retired Japanese Olympic baseball player from Kudoyama, Wakayama, Japan.Sugiura was the ace pitcher of the Nippon Life Insurance Company baseball team, and was chosen to join the Japanese national team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal...
  
  , Takayuki Takabayashi, Yoshitomo Tani
  Yoshitomo Tani
  Yoshitomo Tani is a Japanese professional baseball player from Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan. He currently plays as an outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants....
  
  , Hitoshi Ono
  Hitoshi Ono
  Hitoshi Ōno is a Japanese rugby player. He plays at lock for Japan.Ono's current team is the Toshiba Brave Lupus, in Japan. Ono currently has 35 caps for Japan, with 5 tries scored, 25 points in aggregate from 2004 to 2009. He was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing three...
  
  , Yasuyuki Saigou, Tomoaki Sato, Daishin Nakamura, Masahiro Nojima, Hideaki Okubo, Koichi Misawa, Masahiko Mori, Masao Morinaka
  Masao Morinaka
  Masao Morinaka is a former professional baseball player who played for the Yokohama BayStars. He currently works as a batting pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants organization....
  
  , Takashi Kurosu, Takao Kuwamoto, Nobuhiko Matsunaka
  Nobuhiko Matsunaka
  is a left fielder and designated hitter for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.Matsunaka is the only active hitter in Japanese professional baseball to have ever led the league in all three Triple Crown categories in the same season...
  
  , Takeo Kawamura
  Takeo Kawamura (baseball)
  is a professional baseball player from Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. He is a pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.Kawamura won 17 games in 1999 as a starter, and became a reliever in 2004...
  
  , Jutaro Kimura, Kosuke Fukudome
  Kosuke Fukudome
  is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder.Prior to arriving in the United States, Fukudome played nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central League...
  
  , Tadahito Iguchi
  Tadahito Iguchi
  is a Japanese second baseman currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines.-Early life and Japanese career:Iguchi began playing in high school and after graduating in 1993, went to Aoyama Gakuin University where he distinguished himself by hitting the Tohto University Baseball League record of...
  
  , Makoto Imaoka
  Makoto Imaoka
  Makoto Imaoka is a Japanese professional baseball player from Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan.Imaoka spent several uneventful seasons in the Japanese professional leagues before being chosen as the lead-off batter by Senichi Hoshino, who managed the Hanshin Tigers from 2002-2004...
  
   — Baseball
  Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, with games played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held,...
  
  , Men's Team Competition

• Yukimasa Nakamura
  Yukimasa Nakamura
  is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. His older brother, Yoshio Nakamura and younger brother, Kenzo Nakamura are also former world champion....
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

• Toshihiko Koga
  Toshihiko Koga
  is a retired judoka who competed in the -71 kg and -78 kg divisions.-Biography:Koga was born in Kitashigeyasu, Saga, Japan, and began judo in elementary school. He traveled to Tokyo during junior-high school to enter Kodogakusha, a judo school later attended by Olympic gold medalists...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)

• Ryoko Tani
  Ryoko Tani
  is one of the world's most famous and successful judoka. She was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. She was an employee at Toyota Motor Corporation, but is now entering politics.-Career:...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...
  
  , Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)

• Yoko Tanabe
  Yoko Tanabe
  is a retired Japanese judoka.She won two Olympic silver medals in the half-heavyweight division, in 1992 and 1996.She won All-Japan judo championships 6 times （1987 - 1992）.-External links:**...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...
  
  , Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)

• Alicia Kinoshita
  Alicia Kinoshita
  is a Japanese sailor. She won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Yumiko Shige.-References:...
  
   and Yumiko Shige
  Yumiko Shige
  is a Japanese sailor. She won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Alicia Kinoshita.-References:...
  
   — Sailing
  Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
  
  , Women's 470 Team Competition

Bronze

• Yuko Arimori
  Yuko Arimori
  is a Japanese professional marathon runner and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund . She was born on December 17, 1966 in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Women's Marathon

• Takanobu Jumonji
  Takanobu Jumonji
  Takanobu Jumonji is a Japanese track cyclist who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a bronze medal in 1000 metres time trial.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com* at Full Olympians...
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...
  
  , Men's 1.000 m Time Trial

• Noriko Narazaki
  Noriko Narazaki
  is a retired Japanese judoka.-Biography:Narazaki competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the half-lightweight division.Narazaki returned to competitive judo in 1999, winning a gold medal at the 1999 World Judo Championships...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...
  
  , Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)

• Junko Tanaka, Miya Tachibana
  Miya Tachibana
  is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming from Ōtsu, Shiga. She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics. The silver medal from 2000 was in duet with Miho Takeda, and the same duet received a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.Tachibana began practicing...
  
  , Kaori Takahashi, Miho Takeda
  Miho Takeda
  is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming. She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics. The silver medal from 2000 was in Duet with Miya Tachibana, and the same duet received a silver medal also at the 2004 Olympics.She is a graduate of Ritsumeikan...
  
  , Miho Kawabe, Akiko Kawase, Riho Nakajima, Raika Fujii, Mayuko Fujiki, and Rei Jinbo — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Team Competition

• Takuya Ota — Wrestling
  Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...
  
  , Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

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:

• Kinue Kodama → Round of 32, 24th place (1-1)
• Ai Ouchi → Round of 64, 41st place (0-1)
• Misato Koide → Round of 64, 56th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Hiroshi Yamamoto → Round of 32, 19th place (1-1)
• Takayoshi Matsushita → Round of 32, 27th place (1-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Kodama, Ouchi, and Koide → Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 100 metres

• Nobuharu Asahara
  Nobuharu Asahara
  is a Japanese former athlete who specialized in the 100 metres and long jump. He won the 100 m at the Japanese national championship on five occasions in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and he took part in the Olympics four times in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008...
  
  
• Hiroyasu Tsuchie
  Hiroyasu Tsuchie
  is a Japanese sprinter.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  

Men's 200 metres

• Koji Ito
  Koji Ito
  is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record....
  
  
• Takahiro Mazuka

Men's 400 metres

• Shigekazu Omori
  Shigekazu Omori
  Shigekazu Ōmori is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He finished fifth in 4x400 m relay at the 1996 Olympic Games, together with teammates Shunji Karube, Koji Ito and Jun Osakada...
  
  

Men's 10,000 metres

• Toshinari Takaoka
  Toshinari Takaoka
  Toshinari Takaoka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race...
  
  
• Katsuhiko Hanada

Men's 4×100 metres Relay

• Nobuharu Asahara
  Nobuharu Asahara
  is a Japanese former athlete who specialized in the 100 metres and long jump. He won the 100 m at the Japanese national championship on five occasions in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and he took part in the Olympics four times in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008...
  
  
• Hiroyasu Tsuchie
  Hiroyasu Tsuchie
  is a Japanese sprinter.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Koji Ito
  Koji Ito
  is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record....
  
  
• Satoru Inoue

Men's 4×400 metres Relay

• Shunji Karube
  Shunji Karube
  is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and occasionally the 400 metres.He teaches sports at Hosei University.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , Koji Ito
  Koji Ito
  is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record....
  
  , Jun Osakada
  Jun Osakada
  is a male track and field sprinter from Japan.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , and Shigekazu Omori
  Shigekazu Omori
  Shigekazu Ōmori is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He finished fifth in 4x400 m relay at the 1996 Olympic Games, together with teammates Shunji Karube, Koji Ito and Jun Osakada...
  
  
• Heat — 3:02.82
• Semi Final — 3:01.92
• Final — 3:00.76 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Shunji Karube
  Shunji Karube
  is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and occasionally the 400 metres.He teaches sports at Hosei University.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Heat — 48.96s (→ did not advance)

• Hideaki Kawamura
• Heat — 49.88s (→ did not advance)

• Kazuhiko Yamazaki
• Heat — 49.07s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Hiromi Taniguchi
  Hiromi Taniguchi
  is a former Japanese long-distance runner best known for winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. The favourite to win the race, Olympic champion Gelindo Bordin, only finished eighth. The marathon was run under extremely adverse conditions of...
  
   — 2:17.26 (→ 19th place)

• Masaki Oya — 2:22.13 (→ 54th place)

• Kenjiro Jitsui — 2:33.27 (→ 93rd place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Daisuke Ikeshima
  Daisuke Ikeshima
  Daisuke Ikeshima is a retired Japanese male race walker. He set his personal best in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000 in Kobe.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 1:24.54 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Tadahiro Kosaka
  Tadahiro Kosaka
  Tadahiro Kosaka is a retired Japanese male race walker. He competed for Japan at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992 and 1996.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 4:05.57 (→ 29th place)

Men's High Jump

• Tomohiro Nomura

Men's Long Jump

• Nobuharu Asahara
  Nobuharu Asahara
  is a Japanese former athlete who specialized in the 100 metres and long jump. He won the 100 m at the Japanese national championship on five occasions in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and he took part in the Olympics four times in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Teruyasu Yonekura

Women's 5,000 metres

• Michiko Shimizu
• Harumi Hiroyama
  Harumi Hiroyama
  Harumi Hiroyama is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race....
  
  
• Yoshiko Ichikawa

Women's 10,000 metres

• Masako Chiba
  Masako Chiba
  is a Japanese long-distance runner, who won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athens and in the marathon race at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*5000 metres - 15:20.58 min...
  
  
• Qualification — 31:37.03
• Final — 31:20.62 (→ 5th place)

• Yuko Kawakami
  Yuko Kawakami
  is a Japanese long-distance runner.In 10,000 metres she finished seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, won the 1998 Asian Games and finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Qualification — 32:31.69
• Final — 31:23.23 (→ 7th place)

• Hiromi Suzuki
  Hiromi Suzuki (athlete)
  is a former female long-distance runner from Japan. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. Suzuki is best known for winning the world title in the women's marathon in Athens, Greece .-Personal bests:...
  
  
• Qualification — 31:54.89
• Final — 32:43.39 (→ 16th place)

Women's Marathon

• Yuko Arimori
  Yuko Arimori
  is a Japanese professional marathon runner and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund . She was born on December 17, 1966 in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan...
  
   — 2:28.39 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Izumi Maki
  Izumi Maki (athlete)
  is a former Japanese long-distance runner. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996 .-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 2:32.35 (→ 12th place)

• Junko Asari
  Junko Asari
  is a retired Japanese marathon runner.She won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:30:03 hours. In addition she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in 1995 and 1998 and the Osaka Ladies Marathon in 1993. Her personal best time was 2:26:10, from January 1994 in Osaka...
  
   — 2:34.31 (→ 17th place)

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

• Yvonne Kanazawa

Women's 10 km Walk

• Yuka Mitsumori — dsq (→ no ranking)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Akiko Miyajima
• Qualification — 53.98m (→ did not advance)

Baseball

Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, with games played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held,...

Defending bronze medal

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

ist 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

Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Australia sent a record team of 424 athletes, 254 men and 170 women, to the Atlanta Games. Most notable is the number of women, easily more than double the then-record 74 women who had competed in Seoul just eight years earlier...

, Cuba

Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's flyweight * Héctor Vinent — Boxing, men's light welterweight...

, and the United States

United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.- Gold:* Justin Huish — Archery, Men's Individual Competition* Justin Huish, Richard Johnson, and Rod White — Archery, Men's Team Competition...

. After winning their next three, however, the Japanese were in a tie with the Nicaraguans

Nicaragua at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Nicaragua competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Marathon* William Aguirre — 2:37.02 Women's 5,000 metres*Marta Portoblanco-Men's Team Competition:...

 for third and fourth places. Since Japan had beat 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:

• Japan - Silver Medal (5-4)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Kazumasa Tsujimoto
  Kazumasa Tsujimoto
  is a retired male boxer from Japan. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2000. After having competed in the men's flyweight division in Atlanta, Georgia he changed weights, and fought in the bantamweight class in Sydney, Australia...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Lernik Papyan
  Lernik Papyan
  Lernik Papyan is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the second round of the men's flyweight division to Cuba's eventual gold medalist Maikro Romero.-References:*...
  
   (Armenia), 5-10

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Fumitaka Nitami
  Fumitaka Nitami
  is a retired male boxer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the first round of the men's light-welterweight division by Russia's Eduard Zakharov.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Eduard Zakharov
  Eduard Zakharov
  Eduard Fyodorovich Zakharov was a male boxer from Russia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's light-welterweight division by Cuba's eventual gold medalist Héctor Vinent. Zakharov was murdered in...
  
   (Russia), 6-21

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Hirokuni Moto
  Hirokuni Moto
  is a retired male boxer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's middleweight division by Poland's Tomasz Borowski.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Tao Chen (China), 15-10
• First Round — Lost to Tomasz Borowski (Poland), 6-11

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Masahiro Yasuhara
• Final — 2 points (→ 15th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• Kyoshi Miura
• Final — 2:45:03 (→ 26th place)

Women's Cross Country

• Kanako Tanikawa
• Final — 2:05.44 (→ 23rd place)

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Women's 3m Springboard

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

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin
• 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)
• Semifinals
• Lost to Australia (0:3)
• Bronze Medal Match
• Did not advance → 4th place
• Team Roster
• Juri Takayama
  Juri Takayama
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher between 1996 and 2004 in the Olympic Games. She won two medals for Japan.-References:...
  
  
• Noriko Yamaji
  Noriko Yamaji
  is a Japanese softball player who played in 1st base and as a catcher in the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004. For the team she won a silver medal in 2000 and the bronze medal in 2004.-References:...
  
  
• Haruka Saito
  Haruka Saito
  is a Japanese softball player who won two medals in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games for Japan.-References:...
  
  
• Misako Ando
  Misako Ando
  is a Japanese softball player who plays as a shortstop. She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Naomi Matsumoto
  Naomi Matsumoto
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a Right field in the 1996 Summer Olympics and then the Pinch Runner in the 2000 Summer Olympics . She won the silver medal for Japan in 2000.-References:...
  
  
• Yoshiko Fujimoto
• Ikuko Fukita
• Noriko Harada
• Mayumi Inoue
• Chika Kodama
• Kyoko Kobayashi
• Kyoko Mochida
• Emi Tsukada
• Masako Watanabe
• Tomoko Watanabe
• Head Coach: Mitsutoshi Suzumura

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 50 metres Freestyle:

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

Men's 100 metres Freestyle:

• Shunsuke Ito
  Shunsuke Ito
  is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 51.29 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 metres Freestyle:

• Shunsuke Ito
  Shunsuke Ito
  is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:51.97 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 metres Freestyle:

• Hisato Yasui
  Hisato Yasui
  is a retired Japanese male freestyle swimmer. He represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning a gold and a bronze medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:00.19 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Masato Hirano
  Masato Hirano (swimmer)
  is a former swimmer from Japan. He finished 6th in the 1500 metres freestyle competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com...
  
  
• Heat — 15:19.48
• B-Final — 15:17.28 (→ 6th place)

• Hisato Yasui
  Hisato Yasui
  is a retired Japanese male freestyle swimmer. He represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning a gold and a bronze medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 15:43.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Keitaro Konnai
  Keitaro Konnai
  is a retired male backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 56.35
• B-Final — 55.74 (→ 9th place)

• Hajime Itoi
  Hajime Itoi
  is a retired male backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka. He competed for the Waseda University.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 56.22
• B-Final — 56.23 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Hajime Itoi
  Hajime Itoi
  is a retired male backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka. He competed for the Waseda University.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:00.43
• Final — 2:00.10 (→ 5th place)

• Ryuji Horii
  Ryuji Horii
  is a retired Japanese male backstroke swimmer. He represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:02.33
• B-Final — 2:01.54 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Akira Hayashi
  Akira Hayashi
  is a retired Japanese male breaststroke swimmer. He represented Japan at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a five medals in the 1990s at the Summer Universiade.-References:...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.63
• B-Final — 1:02.75 (→ 12th place)

• Yoshinobu Miyazaki
  Yoshinobu Miyazaki
  is a retired Japanese male breaststroke swimmer. He represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:03.13 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Akira Hayashi
  Akira Hayashi
  is a retired Japanese male breaststroke swimmer. He represented Japan at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a five medals in the 1990s at the Summer Universiade.-References:...
  
  
• Heat — 2:15.37
• B-Final — 2:16.69 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Takashi Yamamoto
• Heat — 53.95
• B-Final — 53.98 (→ 13th place)

• Yukihiro Matsushita
• Heat — 54.50 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

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

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Tatsuya Kinugasa
  Tatsuya Kinugasa
  is a Japanese retired male medley swimmer. He represented Japan at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania, Italy.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:03.42
• B-Final — 2:04.59 (→ 14th place)

• Jo Yoshimi
  Jo Yoshimi
  is a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the Men's 200m Individual Medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka, behind America's Tom Wilkens.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:04.49
• B-Final — 2:05.42 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Toshiaki Kurasawa
  Toshiaki Kurasawa
  is a retired Japanese male freestyle and medley swimmer. He represented his Japan in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. His best Olympic result was the 10th place in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:24.83
• B-Final — 4:23.36 (→ 10th place)

• Tatsuya Kinugasa
  Tatsuya Kinugasa
  is a Japanese retired male medley swimmer. He represented Japan at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania, Italy.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:26.73
• B-Final — 4:24.25 (→ 11th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Keitaro Konnai
  Keitaro Konnai
  is a retired male backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  , Akira Hayashi
  Akira Hayashi
  is a retired Japanese male breaststroke swimmer. He represented Japan at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He is best known for winning a five medals in the 1990s at the Summer Universiade.-References:...
  
  , Takashi Yamamoto and Shunsuke Ito
  Shunsuke Ito
  is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 3:41.78
• Final — 3:40.51 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Sumika Minamoto
  Sumika Minamoto
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Masami Tanaka. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.-...
  
  
• Heat — 25.89
• B-Final — 26.05 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Sumika Minamoto
  Sumika Minamoto
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Masami Tanaka. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.-...
  
  
• Heat — 57.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Freestyle at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:01.11
• B-Final — 2:01.00 (→ 10th place)

• Naoko Imoto
  Naoko Imoto
  Naoko Imoto is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Eri Yamanoi, and Suzu Chiba.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:03.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Eri Yamanoi
  Eri Yamanoi
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Naoko Imoto, and Suzu Chiba....
  
  
• Heat — 4:13.40
• Final — 4:11.68 (→ 7th place)

• Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Freestyle at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:16.07
• B-Final — 4:16.60 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Eri Yamanoi
  Eri Yamanoi
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Naoko Imoto, and Suzu Chiba....
  
  
• Heat — 8:40.47 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

• Aiko Miyake
  Aiko Miyake
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she finished in fourth place in the 4x20 0m freestyle relay, alongside Eri Yamanoi, Naoko Imoto, and Suzu Chiba...
  
  
• Heat — 8:55.77 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Mai Nakamura
  Mai Nakamura
  is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Nakamura won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke and a bronze medal as part of the Women's Relay Team for the 4x100 Medley.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.35
• Final — 1:02.33 (→ 4th place)

• Miki Nakao
  Miki Nakao
  is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.90
• Final — 1:02.78 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Mai Nakamura
  Mai Nakamura
  is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Nakamura won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke and a bronze medal as part of the Women's Relay Team for the 4x100 Medley.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 2:15.05
• B-Final — 2:13.40 (→ 9th place)

• Miki Nakao
  Miki Nakao
  is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 2:12.92
• Final — 2:13.57 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Masami Tanaka
  Masami Tanaka
  is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...
  
  
• Heat — 1:09.89
• B-Final — 1:10.43 (→ 13th place)

• Kyoko Iwasaki
  Kyoko Iwasaki
  is a retired swimmer from Japan. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She was at age of 14 years and 6 days when she got the medal.- External links :*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:11.33 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Masami Tanaka
  Masami Tanaka
  is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...
  
  
• Heat — 2:29.36
• Final — 2:28.05 (→ 5th place)

• Kyoko Iwasaki
  Kyoko Iwasaki
  is a retired swimmer from Japan. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She was at age of 14 years and 6 days when she got the medal.- External links :*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:30.84
• B-Final — 2:29.32 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Hitomi Kashima
  Hitomi Kashima
  is a retired Japanese female butterfly swimmer. She represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She also won a silver medal at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:00.85
• Final — 1:00.11 (→ 4th place)

• Ayari Aoyama
  Ayari Aoyama
  is a retired Japanese female butterfly swimmer. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a former world record holder in the women's 100m butterfly event.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:00.20
• Final — 1:00.18 (→ 6th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Hitomi Kashima
  Hitomi Kashima
  is a retired Japanese female butterfly swimmer. She represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She also won a silver medal at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:16.04
• B-Final — 2:13.97 (→ 14th place)

• Mika Haruna
• Heat — 2:12.59
• Final — 2:11.93 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Fumie Kurotori
  Fumie Kurotori
  is a retired female medley swimmer from Japan, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka....
  
  
• Heat — 2:20.58 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Fumie Kurotori
  Fumie Kurotori
  is a retired female medley swimmer from Japan, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka....
  
  
• Heat — 4:48.51
• B-Final — 4:47.98 (→ 12th place)

• Hideko Hiranaka
  Hideko Hiranaka
  is a retired female medley swimmer from Japan, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. She is best known for winning the silver medal in the Women's 400m Individual Medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka, behind her team mate Fumie...
  
  
• Heat — 4:49.32
• B-Final — 4:48.72 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Sumika Minamoto
  Sumika Minamoto
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Masami Tanaka. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.-...
  
  , Naoko Imoto
  Naoko Imoto
  Naoko Imoto is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Eri Yamanoi, and Suzu Chiba.-References:*...
  
  , Eri Yamanoi
  Eri Yamanoi
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Naoko Imoto, and Suzu Chiba....
  
   and Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Freestyle at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 3:48.77 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Eri Yamanoi
  Eri Yamanoi
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Naoko Imoto, and Suzu Chiba....
  
  , Naoko Imoto
  Naoko Imoto
  Naoko Imoto is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Eri Yamanoi, and Suzu Chiba.-References:*...
  
  , Aiko Miyake
  Aiko Miyake
  is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she finished in fourth place in the 4x20 0m freestyle relay, alongside Eri Yamanoi, Naoko Imoto, and Suzu Chiba...
  
   and Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Freestyle at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 8:09.46
• Final — 8:07.46 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Mai Nakamura
  Mai Nakamura
  is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Nakamura won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke and a bronze medal as part of the Women's Relay Team for the 4x100 Medley.-References:* *...
  
  , Masami Tanaka
  Masami Tanaka
  is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan. She won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in...
  
  , Ayari Aoyama
  Ayari Aoyama
  is a retired Japanese female butterfly swimmer. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a former world record holder in the women's 100m butterfly event.-References:*...
  
   and Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba
  Suzu Chiba is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Freestyle at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:10.71 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Men's Singles Competition

• Shuzo Matsuoka
  Shuzo Matsuoka
  , is a former professional tennis player from Japan.-Professional career:Matsuoka turned professional in 1986...
  
  
• First round — Lost to Tim Henman
  Tim Henman
  Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...
  
   (Great Britain) 6-7 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Satoshi Iwabuchi
  Satoshi Iwabuchi
  is a retired professional tennis player from Japan.Iwabuchi won one ATP Tour doubles title in his career, the 2005 Japan Open, where he and Takao Suzuki defeated Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in straight sets 7-6, 7-6.As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which...
  
   and Takao Suzuki
• First round — Defeated Juan-Carlos Bianchi
  Juan-Carlos Bianchi
  Juan Carlos Bianchi is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Partnering Nicolas Pereira he was defeated in the first round of the doubles competition...
  
   and Nicolas Pereira
  Nicolas Pereira
  Nicolás Pereira is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who became International Tennis Federation Junior World Champion in 1988 after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open....
  
   (Venezuela) 6-4, 6-7, 8-6
• Second round — Lost to Sergi Bruguera
  Sergi Bruguera
  Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...
  
   and Tomás Carbonell
  Tomas Carbonell
  Tomás Carbonell Lladó is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He twice reached the semifinals of the French Open in doubles, in 1999 with Pablo Albano, and in 2000 with Martín García. Carbonell reached his...
  
   (Spain) 7-6, 2-6, 5-7

Women's Singles Competition

• Ai Sugiyama
  Ai Sugiyama
  is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Katarina Studenikova
  Katarína Studeníková
  Katarína Studeníková is a professional Slovak tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 31st, which she reached on December 23, 1996. Her career high in doubles was at 62 set at November 13, 1995. Studeníková defeated Monica Seles in Wimbledon in the year 1996.-External links:...
  
   (Slovakia) 6-2 6-3
• Second round — Defeated Martina Hingis
  Martina Hingis
  Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
  
   (Switzerland) 6-4 6-4
• Third round — Lost to Jana Novotná
  Jana Novotná
  Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
  
   (Czech Republic) 3-6 4-6

• Kimiko Date
  Kimiko Date
  is a Japanese professional tennis player. In her career, she has won over 200 tournament matches. She has won the Japan Open four times. In 1994, she was ranked in the top-ten women players in the world. In 1992, the WTA awarded her the "Most Improved Player of the Year". After playing in her...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Dally Randriantefy
  Dally Randriantefy
  Dally Randriantefy is a former professional female tennis player.Her highest rank on the WTA tour is No.44 and her best results have been a semi-final appearance at the WTA Strasbourg tournament in 2005 and winning seven ITF singles titles...
  
   (Madagascar) 6-0 6-1
• Second round — Defeated Virag Csurgo (Hungary) 6-2 6-3
• Third round — Defeated Magdalena Maleeva
  Magdalena Maleeva
  Magdalena Maleeva is a Bulgarian former tennis player. She played on the WTA tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to June 2007. Her best position in the WTA Tour was no. 4 between January 29 to February 4, 1996....
  
   (Bulgaria) 6-4 6-4
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
  
   (Spain) 6-4 3-6 8-10

• Naoko Sawamatsu
  Naoko Sawamatsu
  Naoko Sawamatsu is a former professional tennis player. During her career she won 4 WTA career singles titles. Sawamatsu reached a career high ranking of World No. 14 on 6th of February 1995...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Sung-Hee Park (South Korea) 6-3 4-6 6-3
• Second round — Lost to Lindsay Davenport
  Lindsay Davenport
  Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
  
   (United States) 2-6 2-6

Women's Indoor Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• 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)
• Quarterfinals
• did not advance (→ Ninth place)
• Team Roster
• Kaiyo Hoshini
• Aki Nagatomi
  Aki Nagatomi
  is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she was eliminated with the Japanese team in the preliminary round of the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...
  
  
• Kazumi Nakamura
  Kazumi Nakamura
  Kazumi Nakamura is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1992 she finished fifth with the Japanese team in the Olympic tournament....
  
  
• Chieko Nakanishi
  Chieko Nakanishi
  Chieko Nakanishi is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1992 she finished fifth with the Japanese team in the Olympic tournament....
  
  
• Motoko Ohbayashi
• Ikumi Ogake
• Mika Saiki
  Mika Saiki
  is a Japanese beach volleyball player, and former volleyball player.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in volleyball.She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in beach volleyball.-External links:* at FIVB.org...
  
  
• Kiyomi Sakamoto
  Kiyomi Sakamoto
  is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1996, she was eliminated with the Japanese team in the preliminary round of the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...
  
  
• Asako Tajimi
  Asako Tajimi
  Asako Tajimi is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Pioneer Red Wings.-Clubs:*HachioujiJissen High School → Hitachi → Pioneer Red Wings → Hitachi Rivale-Honours:...
  
  
• Chiho Torii
  Chiho Torii
  is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.In 1996 she was eliminated with the Japanese team in the preliminary round of the Olympic tournament.-External links:*...
  
  
• Mika Yamauchi
  Mika Yamauchi
  Mika Yamauchi is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team.Her nickname is Mika .-Profile:*Birthplace: Yurihonjo, Akita*Height: 182 cm...
  
  
• Tomoko Yoshihara
  Tomoko Yoshihara
  Tomoko Yoshihara is a former volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she ended up in fifth place with the Japan women's national team. Yoshihara played as a middle-blocker...
  
  
• Head Coach: Kuniaki Yoshida

Men's Beach Competition

• Shoji Setoyama and Kazuyuki Takao — 17th place overall