Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	226 (174 men and 52 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Shigenobu Murofushi
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 10 Silver 8 Bronze 14 Total 32
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Japan returned to the Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 226 competitors, 174 men and 52 women, took part in 147 events in 22 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Archery

In their third Olympic archery competition, Japan won a bronze medal in the men's division as well as having a fourth place competitor in each division.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Hiroko Ishizu – 2525 points (4th place)
• Minako Hokari – 2481 points (10th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Hiroshi Yamamoto – 2563 points (Bronze Medal)
• Takayoshi Matsushita – 2552 points (4th place)
• Ichiro Shimamura – 2312 points (52nd place)

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

• Susumu Takana

• Heat — 46.26
• Quarterfinals — 45.91
• Semifinals — 45.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Yutaka Kanai

• Qualifying Heat — 28:14.67
• Final — 28:27.06 (→ 7th place)

• Masanari Shintaku

• Qualifying Heat — 28:24.30
• Final — 28:55.54 (→ 16th place)

Men's Marathon

• Takeshi So

• Final — 2:10:55 (→ 4th place)

• Toshihiko Seko

• Final — 2:14:13 (→ 14th place)

• Shigeru So

• Final — 2:14:38 (→ 17th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Junichi Usui

• Qualification — 8.02m
• Final — 7.87m (→ 7th place)

Men's High Jump

• Takao Sakamoto

• Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Masami Yoshida

• Qualification — 81.42m
• Final — 81.98m (→ 5th place)

• Kazuhiro Mizoguchi

• Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Shigenobu Murofushi

• Qualification — 70.92m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Tomomi Takahashi

• Qualifying Round — 5.30m
• Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Nanae Sasaki

• Final — 2:37:04 (→ 19th place)

• Akemi Masuda

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's High Jump

• Hisayo Fukumitsu

• Qualification — 1.87m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• Megumi Sato

• Qualification — 1.84m (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Emi Matsui

• Qualification — 57.72m (→ did not advance)

• Minori Mori

• Qualification — 56.60m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Mamoru Kuroiwa
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Francisco Tejedor (COL), 4:1
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Keith Mwila (KEN), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Hiroaki Takami
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Gamaleldin El-Koumy (EGY), 4:1
  3. Third Round — Lost to Dale Walters (CAN), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

Nine cyclists, eight men and one woman, represented Japan in 1984. Tsutomu Sakamoto won a bronze medal in the sprint event.

Men's individual road race

• Matsuyoshi Takahashi — 45th place

Sprint

• Tsutomu Sakamoto
• Katsuo Nakatake

1000m time trial

• Tsutomu Sakamoto

Team pursuit

• Akio Kuwazawa
• Harumitsu Okada
• Mitsugi Sarudate
• Yoshihiro Tsumuraya

Points race

• Akio Kuwazawa
• Hitoshi Sato

Women's individual road race

• Wakako Abe — 40th place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Isao Yamagishi

• Preliminary Round — 427.14 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented Japan in 1984.

Men's foil

• Kenichi Umezawa
• Nobuyuki Azuma
• Tadashi Shimokawa

Men's team foil

• Nobuyuki Azuma, Yoshihiko Kanatsu, Hidehachi Koyasu, Tadashi Shimokawa, Kenichi Umezawa

Women's foil

• Azusa Oikawa
• Mieko Miyahara
• Miyuki Maekawa

Women's team foil

• Mieko Miyahara, Azusa Oikawa, Miyuki Maekawa, Tomoko Oka

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (15:32)
• Lost to Romania (22:28)
• Lost to Iceland (17:21)
• Lost to Switzerland (13:20)
• Defeated Algeria (17:16)

• Classification Match

• 9th/10th place: Lost to United States (16:24) → 10th place

• Team Roster

• Seimei Gamo
• Takashi Ikenoue
• Yasou Ikona
• Hidetada Ito
• Koji Matsui
• Mitsuaki Nakamoto
• Kiyoshi Nishiyama
• Takahiro Ohata
• Nobuo Sasaki
• Kenzo Seki
• Yoshihiro Shiga
• Katsutoshi Taguchi
• Seiichi Takamura
• Yukihiko Uemura
• Shinji Yamamoto

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1984.

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