Gold

• Naoko Takahashi
  Naoko Takahashi
  is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. She is widely known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, a performance that stands as the current Olympic record. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Women's Marathon
• 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 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
• Makoto Takimoto
  Makoto Takimoto
  is a Japanese judoka. He won a gold medal at the -81 kg category of the 2000 Summer Olympics.He is from Iwai, Ibaraki. He began judo at the age of 6. After graduation from Nihon University, he belonged to the Japan Racing Association. Takimoto made his MMA debut on 31 December 2004 against...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Men's Half Middleweight (81 kg)
• Kosei Inoue
  Kosei Inoue
  is a Judo practitioner from Japan. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata and Ōuchi gari ....
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Men's Half-Heavyweight (100 kg)
• Ryoko Tamura
  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 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)

Silver

• Shinichi Shinohara
  Shinichi Shinohara
  is a former jūdōka and winner of the gold medal at the 1999 World Judo Championships in Birmingham. To Shinohara's disappointment, French champion David Douillet did not compete at Birmingham due to back injury; Shinohara was quoted as saying, "Even though I lifted the double crown at the worlds,...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Men's Heavyweight (+100 kg)
• 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 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)
• Reika Utsugi
  Reika Utsugi
  is a Japanese softball player who played in 3rd base. She won the silver medal for Japan in 2000 and the bronze medal in 2004.-References:...
  
  , Miho Yamada
  Miho Yamada
  is a seiyū and narrator who was formerly part of Arts Vision.-Anime:*Banner of the Stars as Atosryac Ssynec Atosr Lymh Faibdacr Loïc*Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku as Yuko Sugawara*Gakuen Alice as Serina Yamada*Godannar as Ecaterina...
  
  , 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:...
  
  , 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:...
  
  , Hiroko Tamoto
  Hiroko Tamoto
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a Center Field. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Mariko Masubuchi
  Mariko Masubuchi
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal for Japan in 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:...
  
  , Emi Naito
  Emi Naito
  is a Japanese softball player who won two medals for Japan in the Olympic Games. In 2000 she played in 2nd base, where she won the silver medal for the team. In 2004 she played as a shortstop, in which her team received a bronze medal....
  
  , Kazue Ito
  Kazue Ito (softball)
  is a Japanese softball player who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Yoshimi Kobayashi
  Yoshimi Kobayashi
  is a Japanese softball player who played for three different positions in the 2000 Summer Olympics: The pinch hitter, left field and right field. She won the silver medal for team Japan.-References:...
  
  , Shiori Koseki
  Shiori Koseki
  is a Japanese softball player who played in the 2000 Summer Olympics mostly as a Left field, but on one occasion played as a Pinch Runner in the game against New Zealand. She won the silver medal 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:...
  
  , Yumiko Fujii
  Yumiko Fujii
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , and Taeko Ishikawa
  Taeko Ishikawa
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
   — Softball
  Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Medals:-Schedule:Starting September 17, there will be four preliminary games each day until September 23 for a total of 28 games.Two semi-final games played September 25, with the game for third place same day. The final game for the gold medal played on September 26 at 7:30pm local...
  
  , Women's Team Competition
• 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:* *...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...
  
  , Women's 100 m Backstroke
• Yasuko Tajima
  Yasuko Tajima
  is a former medley swimmer from Japan. She won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:* *...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...
  
  , Women's 400 m Individual Medley
• 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...
  
   and 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...
  
   — Synchronised Swimming
  Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events. Each event was made up of a technical and free routine with the points added together to determine the medalists.-Medal...
  
  , Women's Duet
• Juri Tatsumi, Yoko Yoneda, Yuko Yoneda, Rei Jinbo, Ayano Egami, Raika Fujii, 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...
  
  , Yoko Isoda and 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...
  
   — Synchronised Swimming
  Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events. Each event was made up of a technical and free routine with the points added together to determine the medalists.-Medal...
  
  , Women's team competition
• Katsuhiko Nagata
  Katsuhiko Nagata
  is a Japanese olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist, who won the silver medal in 63-69 kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Wrestling
  Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. The freestyle competitions were held from September 28 to October 1, and the...
  
  , Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight (69 kg)

Bronze

• Kie Kusakabe
  Kie Kusakabe
  is a Japanese judo competitor. She won the 57 kg-category bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.She is a graduate of Junshin Junior College. She was an officer of the Fukuoka Prefectural Police. She retired from the police in March 2005 and got married in October 2005.- References :*...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Women's Lightweight (57 kg)
• Mayumi Yamashita
  Mayumi Yamashita
  is a Japanese judoka.Yamashita is from Takayama, Gifu and began judo when she was in second grade. After graduating from Tohwa University, she began working for the Osaka Prefectural Police. In 2000, Yamashita won the All-Japan Championships and the and was chosen to represent Japan in the...
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Women's Heavyweight (+78 kg)
• 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:* *...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...
  
  , Women's 200 m Backstroke
• Junko Onishi
  Junko Onishi (swimmer)
  is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, and Sumika Minamoto.-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...
  
  , 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.-...
  
  , and 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:* *...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...
  
  , Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Yoriko Okamoto
  Yoriko Okamoto
  is the first Japanese athlete to become an Olympic taekwondo medalist, winning the bronze medal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in the 57–67 kg weight class....
  
   — Taekwondo
  Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women...
  
  , Women's 67 kg

Archery

Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

Sayoko Kawauchi

Sayoko Kawauchi

is an athlete from Japan. She competes in archery.Kawauchi represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 53rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 601. In the first round of elimination, she faced 12th-ranked Nataliya Burdeyna of Ukraine. Kawauchi...

 was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventual silver medal

Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....

list Kim Nam-Soon

Kim Nam-Soon

Kim Nam-Soon was a member of the South Korean Olympic archery team. She won both a gold and a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...

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Men's individual
	Masafumi Makiyama Masafumi Makiyama is a Japanese archer. He competed in the 2000 Olympic Games, and the 2004 Olympic Games.-External links:**...			Yuji Hamano Yuji Hamano is an athlete from Japan, who competes in archery.At the 2004 Summer Olympics he was again defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 37th overall in men's individual archery. Later he was a member of the 8th-place Japanese men's archery team....			Takayoshi Matsushita
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Alexandr Li  Kazakhstan	151-150	Lost to	Ilario Di Buò Ilario di Buo Ilario Di Buò is an archer from Italy.Di Buò won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the team archery competition. He placed 20th in the individual competition.-2004 Summer Olympics:...   Italy	163-158	Lost to	Grzegorz Targonski  Poland	166-164
1/16 eliminations	Defeated	Matteo Bisiani Matteo Bisiani Matteo Bisiani is an Italian archer. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Games and in the 2000 Olympic Games.He was born in Monfalcone....   Italy	162-159	-	-	-	-	-	-
1/8 eliminations	Lost to	Kyo-Moon Oh  Korea	166-160	-	-	-	-	-	-
Quarterfinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Semifinal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Final	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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Women's individual
	Sayoko Kawauchi Sayoko Kawauchi is an athlete from Japan. She competes in archery.Kawauchi represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 53rd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 601. In the first round of elimination, she faced 12th-ranked Nataliya Burdeyna of Ukraine. Kawauchi...			Mayumi Asano
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Denisse Astrid van Lamoen  Chile	151-146	Lost to	Jianping Yang  China	156-154
1/16 eliminations	Defeated	Kate Fairweather Kate Fairweather Kate Fairweather was an Australian female Olympic archer.Fairweather's older brother is archer Simon Fairweather. Her father is Robert Fairweather, founder of the South Australian branch of Trees for Life...   Australia	160-156	-	-	-
1/8 eliminations	Defeated	Karen Scatotto  United States	159-157	-	-	-
Quarterfinal	Lost to	Nam-Soon Kim  Korea	114-100	-	-	-
	5th place			40th place

Men's team competition:

• Makiyama, Matsushita, Hamano — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

• Shingo Kawabata
• Round 1 — 10.39
• Round 2 — 10.6 (did not advance)
• 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....
  
  
• Round 1 — 10.45
• Round 2 — 10.25
• Semifinal — 10.39 (did not advance)
• Shigeyuki Kojima
  Shigeyuki Kojima
  is a Japanese sprinter.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Round 1 — 10.59 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Shingo Suetsugu
  Shingo Suetsugu
  is a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese...
  
  
• Round 1 — 20.6
• Round 2 — 20.37
• Semifinal — 20.69 (did not advance)
• 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....
  
  
• Round 1 — 20.75
• Round 2 — 20.56
• Semifinal — 20.67 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m

• Jun Osakada
  Jun Osakada
  is a male track and field sprinter from Japan.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Round 1 — 45.88
• Round 2 — 46.15 (did not advance)
• Takahiko Yamamura
• Round 1 — 46.25 (did not advance)
• Kenji Tabata
  Kenji Tabata
  is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Championships in a career best time of 45.69 seconds...
  
  
• Round 1 — 46.59 (did not advance)

Men's 5,000 m

• 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...
  
  
• Round 1 — 13:29.99
• Final — 13:46.90 (15th place)
• Katsuhiko Hanada
• Round 1 — 13:41.31 (did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m

• 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...
  
  
• Round 1 — 27:59.95
• Final — 27:40.44 (7th place)
• Katsuhiko Hanada
• Round 1 — 27:45.13
• Final — 28:08.11 (15th place)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Satoru Tanigawa
• Round 1 — 13.74
• Round 2 — 13.94 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Kazuhiko Yamazaki
• Round 1 — 50.15 (did not advance)
• Hideaki Kawamura
• Round 1 — 50.68 (did not advance)
• Dai Tamesue
  Dai Tamesue
  is an Japanese athlete, competing mainly in 400 m hurdles but also 400 m.Tamesue won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, setting a new personal best of 47.89 which still stands, and won another bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Games. He finished third again at the 2005 World...
  
  
• Round 1 — 01:01.81 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

• 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...
  
  , 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....
  
  , Shingo Kawabata, Shigeyuki Kojima
  Shigeyuki Kojima
  is a Japanese sprinter.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , Shingo Suetsugu
  Shingo Suetsugu
  is a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese...
  
  
• Round 1 — 38.52
• Semifinal — 38.31
• Final — 38.66 (6th place)

Men's 4x400 m

• 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:...
  
  , Jun Osakada
  Jun Osakada
  is a male track and field sprinter from Japan.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , Kenji Tabata
  Kenji Tabata
  is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Championships in a career best time of 45.69 seconds...
  
  , Takahiko Tamamura
• Round 1 — 03:05.21
• Semifinal — 03:13.63 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Koji Murofushi
  Koji Murofushi
  is a Japanese hammer thrower. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was olympic champion during the Athens Olympics. In 2011, He was crowned world champion.-Career:...
  
  
• Qualifying — 78.49
• Final — 76.60 (9th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Masaki Morinaga
  Masaki Morinaga
  is a retired male long jumper from Japan.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Qualifying — 7.84 (did not advance)
• Daisuke Watanabe
  Daisuke Watanabe
  is a Japanese video game scenario writer that has been an employee of Square Enix since September, 1998. He is mostly known for his work on the role-playing video game series Final Fantasy and the action role-playing video game series Kingdom Hearts....
  
  
• Qualifying — NM (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Takamori Sugibayashi
• Qualifying — 16.67 (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Takahisa Yoshida
• Qualifying — 2.15 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Manabu Yokoyama
• Qualifying — 5.55 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Satoshi Yanagisawa
  Satoshi Yanagisawa
  Satoshi Yanagisawa is a retired male race walker from Japan. He set his personal best in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000 in Kobe.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 1:25:03 (22nd place)
• 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:*...
  
  
• Final — 1:25:34 (27th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Fumio Imamura
  Fumio Imamura
  Fumio Imamura is a retired male race walker from Japan. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 2000.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 4:13:28 (36th place)
• Akihiko Koike
  Akihiko Koike
  Akihiko Koike is a retired male race walker from Japan. He set his personal best in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000 in Kobe. He made two major global appearances: first at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, where he was 27th in the men's 50 km walk, and secondly at the 2000...
  
  
• Final — DQ

Men's marathon

• Shinji Kawashima
• Final — 2:17:21 (21st place)
• Nobuyuki Sato
  Nobuyuki Sato
  Nobuyuki Sato is a former Japanese marathon runner. After finishing second in the Fukuoka Marathon 1998 with his career best of 2:08:48, he won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.At the Olympics 2000, he finished in 41st place....
  
  
• Final — 2:20:52 (41st place)
• Takayuki Inubushi
• Final — DNF

Women's competition

Women's 5,000 m

• Yoshiko Ichikawa
• Round 1 — 15:23.41 (did not advance)
• Megumi Tanaka
• Round 1 — 15:39.83 (did not advance)
• Michiko Shimizu
• Round 1 — 15:48.20 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• 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....
  
  
• Round 1 — 32:07.68
• Final — 32:24.17 (20th place)
• Chiemi Takahashi
• Round 1 — 32:34.70
• Final — 31:52.59 (15th 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...
  
  
• Round 1 — 32:36.60
• Final — 31:27.44 (10th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Yvonne Kanazawa
• Round 1 — 13.13
• Round 2 — 13.11
• Semifinal — 13.16 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

• Wakako Tsuchida
  Wakako Tsuchida
  is an athlete from Tokyo, Japan, who is an accomplished women's wheelchair marathoner and ice sledge racer. She was the first professional wheelchair athlete from Japan and the first Japanese athlete to win gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Paralympics...
  
  
• Final — 01:56.49 (Silver medal)

Women's High Jump

• Yoko Ota
  Yōko Ōta
  was a Japanese author of Atomic bomb literature.-Biography:Ōta was born as Fukuda, Hatsuko in Hiroshima city, her parents divorced when she was eight and she moved to live with the Fukuda family. As a young girl she read Takuboku Ishikawa and Shusei Tokuda, as well as Goethe and Heine. She also...
  
  
• Qualifying — 1.94
• Final — 1.90 (11th place)
• Miki Imai
• Qualifying — 1.92 (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Naoko Takahashi
  Naoko Takahashi
  is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. She is widely known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, a performance that stands as the current Olympic record. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2...
  
  
• Final — 2:23:14 (Gold medal)
• Eri Yamaguchi
  Eri Yamaguchi
  Eri Yamaguchi is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.She won the 1999 Tokyo International Women's Marathon and finished seventh at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her personal best time is 2:22:12 hours. -Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 2:27:03 (7th place)
• Ari Ichihashi
  Ari Ichihashi
  is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.She won the silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville in a personal best time of 2:27:02 hours...
  
  
• Final — 2:30:34 (15th place)

Badminton

Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....

Men's Singles

• Hidetaka Yamada
  Hidetaka Yamada
  is a male badminton player from Japan.Yamada played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia.-Link:*...
  
  
• Round of 64: Bye
• Round of 32: Lost to Tautik Hidayat of Indonesia
• Keita Masuda
  Keita Masuda
  Keita Masuda is a male badminton player from Japan.-Career:Masuda competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Tadashi Ohtsuka...
  
  
• Round of 64: Bye
• Round of 32: Lost to Xia Xuanze
  Xia Xuanze
  Xia Xuanze is a former male Chinese badminton player who played singles at the world level from the late 1990s through the first few years of the 21st century. Now he is a men's singles coach for the national team of China.-Player Attributes:...
  
   of China

Women's Singles

• Kanako Yonekura
  Kanako Yonekura
  is a female badminton player from Japan.Yonekura won the gold in Women's Singles of Badminton Tournament in 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final....
  
  
• Round of 64: Defeated Tatiana Vattier of France
• Round of 32: Defeated Anu Weckstrom of Finland
• Round of 16: Lost to Dai Yun
  Dai Yun
  Dai Yun is a retired Chinese female badminton player.-Career:At the beginning of the century Dai was ranked among the world's leading women's singles players, most of whom were her fellow countrywomen. Her titles included the Chinese Taipei , Malaysia , Thailand , and Swiss Opens...
  
   of China
• Yasuko Mizui
• Round of 64: Bye
• Round of 32: Defeated Marina Yakusheva
  Marina Yakusheva
  Marina Yakusheva is a female badminton player from Russia.Yakusheva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nikolai Zuyev. They were defeated by Anggun Nugroho and Eny Widiowati of Indonesia in the round of 32. In her home country Russia she won 13 national...
  
   of Russia
• Round of 16: Defeated Julia Mann of Great Britain
• Quarterfinal: Lost to Gong Zhichao
  Gong Zhichao
  Gong Zhichao is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Gong was one of the world's leading women's singles players between her first international titles in 1996 and her retirement in 2002...
  
   of China
• Takako Ida
• Round of 64: Bye
• Round of 32: Lost to Mette Sorensen of Denmark

Women's Doubles

• Haruko Matsuda, Yoshiko Iwata
• Round of 32: Defeated Amrita Sawaram, Marie-Helene Valerie Pierre of Mauritius
• Round of 16: Lost to Qin Yiyuan
  Qin Yiyuan
  Qin Yiyuan is a Chinese former world level women's badminton player.-Career:A doubles specialist, Qin played internationally for China from the mid 1990s through the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, a period during which her fellow countrywomen Ge Fei and Gu Jun dominated international women's doubles...
  
  , Gao Ling
  Gao Ling
  Gao Ling is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is unarguably, to many fans, the most successful doubles specialists in the history of women's badminton. In addition, she earned...
  
   of China
• Satomi Igawa, Hiroko Nagamine
• Round of 32: Lost to Irina Rousliakova, Marina Yakusheva
  Marina Yakusheva
  Marina Yakusheva is a female badminton player from Russia.Yakusheva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nikolai Zuyev. They were defeated by Anggun Nugroho and Eny Widiowati of Indonesia in the round of 32. In her home country Russia she won 13 national...
  
   of Russia

Men's Team Competition

Japan, which had won a 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...

 in the first Olympic baseball tournament and a silver medal

Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....

 in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated the Netherlands

Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-Medalists:- Gold:* Pieter van den Hoogenband — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle* Pieter van den Hoogenband — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle...

, Italy

Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics

- Gold:*Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi — Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m*Josefa Idem Guerrini — Women's Kayak Singles 500 m*Paola Pezzo — Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike...

, Australia

Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.-Medalists:-Archery:...

, and Africa

South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics

South Africa competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.- Silver:*Hestrie Cloete — Athletics, Women's High Jump*Terence Parkin — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke- Bronze:...

 but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: the United States

United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.- Gold:* Athletics** Men’s 100 metre sprint: Maurice Greene in a time of 9.87 seconds...

, Korea

Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics

South Korea competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag.- Gold:*Yun Mi-Jin — Archery, Women's individual competition...

, and Cuba

Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Australia's largest city, Sydney.- Gold:*Anier García — Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles*Iván Pedroso — Athletics, men's long jump*Guillermo Rigondeaux — Boxing, men's bantamweight...

. 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 2-4
• 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
• Semifinals
• Lost to Cuba 0-3
• Bronze Medal Match
• Lost to Korea 1-3
• Team Roster

• So Taguchi
  So Taguchi
  is a Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder who is currently playing with the Orix Buffaloes. Previously, he has played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs in Major League Baseball, and with the Orix BlueWave in Nippon Professional Baseball.Taguchi is the first...
  
  
• Fumihiro Suzuki
• 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...
  
  
• Jun Haima
• Norihiro Nakamura
  Norihiro Nakamura
  is a Japanese professional baseball third baseman who plays for the Yokohama BayStars.-Career:He was born in Osaka, Japan, and spent almost all of his professional career in Japan with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Drafted in , Nakamura began to emerge as one the leading power hitters in Nippon...
  
  
• Yukio Tanaka
  Yukio Tanaka
  is a former Japanese baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He played baseball for Fighters during all 22 years in his professional career. He was nicknamed "Mr. Fighters". On May 15, 2007, he hit his 2000th Career Hit during a match against Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He retired...
  
  
• Yoshinori Okihara
• Osamu Nogami
• Yoshihiko Kajiyama
• Yoshikazu Doi
• Masato Kawano
• Shunsuke Watanabe
  Shunsuke Watanabe
  is a professional baseball player from Tsuga, Tochigi, Japan who plays for the Chiba Lotte Marines in the Japanese Pacific League.His submarine pitching form was noted during the 2006 World Baseball Classic.-Amateur career:...
  
  
• Yuji Yoshimi
• Masanori Ishikawa
  Masanori Ishikawa
  is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently a pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows....
  
  

• Akichika Yamada
• Toshiya Sugiuchi
  Toshiya Sugiuchi
  is a Japanese baseball player. He is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.Sugiuchi was the Eiji Sawamura Award winner in...
  
  
• Daisuke Matsuzaka
  Daisuke Matsuzaka
  is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball in the United States. He previously played for the Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League. He was selected the MVP of the inaugural and the second World Baseball Classic, and is an Olympic bronze...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Shinnosuke Abe
  Shinnosuke Abe
  is a professional baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Japanese national team since 1999 as a catcher. In the 2009 Japan Series, he was named the Most Valuable Player.-Career statistics:...
  
  
• Kosuke Noda
• Tomohiro Iizuka
• Jun Hirose
• Norihiro Akahoshi
  Norihiro Akahoshi
  is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player from Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He played as an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers.Akahoshi announced his retirement on December 9, 2009. During the 2009 season, he was first deactivated in early July after sustaining a neck injury...
  
  
• Tomohiro Kuroki
• Manager: Kozo Ohtagaki
• Coach: Hiroyuki Hayashi
• Coach: Keiichi Nagasaki
• Coach: Osamu Nomura

Boxing

Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 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...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Defeated Hassan Oucheikh of Morocco
  • Round 2 — Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Hidehiko Tsukamoto
  • Round 1 — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera
    Yosvani Aguilera
    Yosvany Aguilera Zamora is a boxer from Cuba.He participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics for his native Caribbean country. There he was stopped in the second round of the light-flyweight division by Philippines' eventual runner-up Mansueto Velasco...
    
     of Cuba (did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Sayuri Maruyama
  Sayuri Maruyama
  Sayuri Maruyama is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-4 500 m events. Four years later in Sydney, Maruyama was eliminated in the heats of the K-1...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 02:00.833 (did not advance)

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

• Taro Ando
  Taro Ando
  Taro Ando is a Japanese slalom canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K-1 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-Reference:*...
  
  
• Qualifying — 442.64 (did not advance)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Raita Suzuki
• Final — Lapped (34th place)

Women's Mountain Bike

• Hiroko Nambu
• Final — 2:06:13.88 (26th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

• Yoshiyuki Abe
  Yoshiyuki Abe
  is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Team Matrix Powertag. He turned professional with Shimano Racing, the team operated by Shimano, after graduating from Osaka Institute of Technology, but soon transferred to Italian teams. He won the Japan Cup in 1997 and is still the...
  
  
• Final — DNF

Women's Road Race

• Miho Oki
• Final — 3:12:40 (40th place)

Men's competition

Men's Sprint

• Shinichi Ota
  • Qualifying — 10.603
  • Repechage — 2nd place — Heat 2
  • First Round — Lost to Viesturs Berzins of Latvia
• Tomohiro Nagatsuka
  • Qualifying — 10.595
  • Repechage — 3rd place — Heat 1
  • First Round — Lost to Pavel Buran
    Pavel Buran
    Pavel Buran is a professional track cyclist from the Czech Republic. A multiple medalist at the European Championships, Buran won a bronze medal in the Keirin in 2000...
    
     of Czech Republic

Men's 1 km Time Trial

• Narihiro Inamura
  • Final — 01:05.085 (9th place)

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

• Narihiro Inamura, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka
  • Qualifying — 45.406
  • Second Round — 45.264 (did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's Point Race

• Akemi Morimoto
  • Points — 0 (16th place)

Diving

Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Ken Terauchi
• Preliminary — 389.88
• Semi-final — 226.89 — 616.77
• Final — 407.58 — 634.47 (8th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Ken Terauchi
• Preliminary — 457.59
• Semi-final — 191.49 — 649.08
• Final — 445.41 — 636.90 (5th place)

Men's Team Competition

• Group D
• Japan
  Japan national football team
  The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
  
   — South Africa 2-1
• Japan
  Japan national football team
  The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
  
   — Slovakia 2-1
• Japan
  Japan national football team
  The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
  
   — Brazil 0-1
• Quarter Finals
• Japan
  Japan national football team
  The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
  
   — United States 2-2 (USA wins after penalties)
• Team Roster
• ( 1.) Seigo Narazaki
  Seigo Narazaki
  is a Japanese football player, who currently plays for J. League Division 1 side Nagoya Grampus. He is a goalkeeper and a member of the Japanese national football team.-Playing career:...
  
  
• ( 2.) Yuji Nakazawa
  Yuji Nakazawa
  is a Japanese football player who currently plays for J. League side Yokohama F. Marinos. He is a centre back. He is captain of both Yokohama F. Marinos and the Japan national football team. His nickname is "Bomber" because of his distinctive hairstyle...
  
  
• ( 3.) Naoki Matsuda
  Naoki Matsuda
  was a Japanese footballer who played as a central defender.-Football career:Born in Kiryū, Gunma, Matsuda represented the Yokohama F. Marinos for the vast majority of his career, being promoted to the first team in 1995, at the age of 18...
  
  
• ( 4.) Ryuzo Morioka
• ( 5.) Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
  Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
  is a Japanese soccer player. He currently plays for Vissel Kobe but spent his career to date at Gamba Osaka in the J.League.-Career:He continued to study at Doshisha University well into his professional career, graduating and finishing his studies...
  
  
• ( 6.) Junichi Inamoto
  Junichi Inamoto
  is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kawasaki Frontale.-Playing career:Inamoto played for Japanese club Gamba Osaka during his last year of high school, signing with the club in 1998. He was then one of many high profile transfers of Asian players to Europe, signing with Arsenal...
  
  
• ( 7.) Hidetoshi Nakata
  Hidetoshi Nakata
  , is a retired Japanese football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation.Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S...
  
  
• ( 8.) Tomakazu Myojin
• ( 9.) Tomoyuki Hirase
  Tomoyuki Hirase
  is a Japanese former footballer who played for Kashima Antlers, Yokohama F. Marinos, Vissel Kobe and Vegalta Sendai.Hirase was capped 2 times for the Japan national football team and played at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• (10.) Shunsuke Nakamura
  Shunsuke Nakamura
  is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Yokohama F. Marinos in J. League Division 1. He is one of the most prominent and successful Asian players to have played in Scotland and on 13 September 2006 became the first Japanese player to score in the UEFA Champions League and the second Asian...
  
  
• (11.) Atsuhiro Miura
• (12.) Tomoyuki Sakai
  Tomoyuki Sakai
  Tomoyuki Sakai 酒井 友之 is a Japanese football player who plays for Persiwa Wamena. He was capped 1 time for the Japanese national team.-Career:...
  
  
• (13.) Atsushi Yanagisawa
  Atsushi Yanagisawa
  is a Japanese football player. Currently he is a striker for Vegalta Sendai in the top division of the J-League. Yanagisawa was born in Kosugi-machi, Toyama-ken, Japan...
  
  
• (14.) Masashi Motoyama
  Masashi Motoyama
  is a Japanese football midfielder.Motoyama started his career in 1998 with Japanese club Kashima Antlers, a club he has remained with ever since. Motoyama currently has 26 international caps for his country, although may pick up more in the future due to his versatility - he can operate either as...
  
  
• (15.) Norihiro Nishi
• (16.) Koji Nakata
  Koji Nakata
  Kōji Nakata is a Japanese football player who played at both the Football World Cup 2002, and the Football World Cup 2006. He currently plays for Kashima Antlers in the J...
  
  
• (17.) Naohiro Takahara
  Naohiro Takahara
  is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for J. League Division 1 side Shimizu S-Pulse as a strikerTakahara was born in Mishima, Shizuoka. He has previously played for Júbilo Iwata in Japan, Boca Juniors in Argentina, Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.On December 3, 2006, he...
  
  
• (18.) Ryota Tsuzuki
  Ryota Tsuzuki
  is a retired Japanese footballer player. who played as a Goalkeeper.-Playing career:After graduating from Kunimi High School in Nagasaki, he joined J. League side Gamba Osaka in 1997. He made his professional debut on November 11, 1998 at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium...
  
  
• (19.) Kota Yoshihara
• (20.) Satoshi Yamaguchi
  Satoshi Yamaguchi
  is a Japanese footballer from Takaoka in Kōchi, Japan. He plays the defender position. Yamaguchi joined the J. League Division 1 in 1996, with JEF United Ichihara...
  
  
• (21.) Yasuhito Endo
  Yasuhito Endo
  is a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for the J. League team Gamba Osaka. His older brother Akihiro, who retired in 2008, was also a professional footballer.-Career:...
  
  
• (22.) Hitoshi Sogahata
  Hitoshi Sogahata
  is a Japanese football player who, as of 2006 was playing for Kashima Antlers.The goalkeeper was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy and Ghana. He is a product of the Antlers youth...
  
  

Sailing

Sailing at the 2000 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....

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)

• Eiichiro Hamazaki and Yuji Miyai
• 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

• Masako Imai
• 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)

• Maiko Sato
• 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)

• 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:...
  
   and Yurie Alicia Kinoshita
• 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

• Kunio Suzuki
• 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)

• Kenji Nakamura and Tomoyuki Sasaki
• 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)

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin
• 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)
• Semifinals
• Defeated Australia (1:0)
• Final
• Lost to United States (1:2) → Silver Medal
• Team Roster
• 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:...
  
  
• Yumiko Fujii
  Yumiko Fujii
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Taeko Ishikawa
  Taeko Ishikawa
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  
• Kazue Ito
  Kazue Ito (softball)
  is a Japanese softball player who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Yoshimi Kobayashi
  Yoshimi Kobayashi
  is a Japanese softball player who played for three different positions in the 2000 Summer Olympics: The pinch hitter, left field and right field. She won the silver medal for team Japan.-References:...
  
  
• Shiori Koseki
  Shiori Koseki
  is a Japanese softball player who played in the 2000 Summer Olympics mostly as a Left field, but on one occasion played as a Pinch Runner in the game against New Zealand. She won the silver medal for Japan.-References:...
  
  
• Mariko Masubuchi
  Mariko Masubuchi
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal for Japan in 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:...
  
  
• Emi Naito
  Emi Naito
  is a Japanese softball player who won two medals for Japan in the Olympic Games. In 2000 she played in 2nd base, where she won the silver medal for the team. In 2004 she played as a shortstop, in which her team received a bronze medal....
  
  
• Haruka Saito
  Haruka Saito
  is a Japanese softball player who won two medals in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games for Japan.-References:...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Hiroko Tamoto
  Hiroko Tamoto
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a Center Field. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Reika Utsugi
  Reika Utsugi
  is a Japanese softball player who played in 3rd base. She won the silver medal for Japan in 2000 and the bronze medal in 2004.-References:...
  
  
• Miyo Yamada
  Miyo Yamada
  is a Japanese softball player who played as a catcher. She won the silver medal for Japan in the 2000 Summer Olympics.-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:...
  
  

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 400 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...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 03:51.41 (did not advance)

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...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 15:14.43 (did not advance)
• Yota Arase
• Preliminary Heat — 15:18.20 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Takashi Yamamoto
• Preliminary Heat — 52.91
• Semi-final — 53.01
• Final — 52.58 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Takashi Yamamoto
• Preliminary Heat — 01:58.07
• Semi-final — 01:57.66 (did not advance)
• Hisayoshi Tanaka
• Preliminary Heat — 01:59.00
• Semi-final — 01:58.06 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Kosuke Kitajima
  Kosuke Kitajima
  is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:01.68
• Semi-final — 01:01.31
• Final — 01:01.00 (4th place)
• 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:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:02.86 (did not advance)

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:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:15.54
• Semi-final — 02:15.16 (did not advance)
• Kosuke Kitajima
  Kosuke Kitajima
  is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:15.71 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Susumu Tabuchi
• Preliminary Heat — 02:05.68 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Shinya Taniguchi
• Preliminary Heat — 04:17.36 (did not advance)
• Final — 04:20.93 (8th place)
• Susumu Tabuchi
• Preliminary Heat — 04:20.76 (did not advance)

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.-...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 25.52
• Semi-final — 25.43
• Final — 25.65 (8th 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.-...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 55.8
• Semi-final — 55.62
• Final — 55.53 (7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Sachiko Yamada
  Sachiko Yamada (swimmer)
  is an Olympic and former World-Record-holding freestyle swimmer from Japan. She swam for Japan at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.-Major achievements:* 2000 Olympics - 800m freestyle 8th * 2004 Olympics - 400m freestyle 6th -Personal bests:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:12.45 (did not advance)
• Yasuko Tajima
  Yasuko Tajima
  is a former medley swimmer from Japan. She won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:* *...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:14.23 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Sachiko Yamada
  Sachiko Yamada (swimmer)
  is an Olympic and former World-Record-holding freestyle swimmer from Japan. She swam for Japan at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.-Major achievements:* 2000 Olympics - 800m freestyle 8th * 2004 Olympics - 400m freestyle 6th -Personal bests:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 08:33.06
• Final — 08:37.39 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Junko Onishi
  Junko Onishi (swimmer)
  is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, and Sumika Minamoto.-References:* *...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 59.11
• Semi-final — 59.04
• Final — 59.13 (6th place)
• Maki Mita
• Preliminary Heat — 01:00.97 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Maki Mita
• Preliminary Heat — 02:09.85
• Semi-final — 02:09.88
• Final — 02:09.66 (7th place)
• Yuko Nakanishi
  Yuko Nakanishi
  is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.- Major achievements :2000 Sydney Olympics*200m butterfly 7th 2004 Athens Olympics*100m butterfly 14th...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:10.22
• Semi-final — 02:09.89
• Final — 02:10.72 (8th 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...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:09.12
• Semi-final — 01:09.04
• Final — 01:08.37 (6th place)
• Junko Isoda
• Preliminary Heat — DNS (did not advance)

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...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:27.39
• Semi-final — 02:26.24
• Final — 02:26.98 (8th place)
• Junko Isoda
• Preliminary Heat — 02:29.60
• Semi-final — 02:31.71 (did not advance)

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:* *...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:00.88
• Semi-final — 01:01.07
• Final — 01:00.55 (Silver medal)
• Noriko Inada
• Preliminary Heat — 01:02.19
• Semi-final — 01:01.25
• Final — 01:01.14 (5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• 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:* *...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:11.69
• Semi-final — 02:12.49
• Final — 02:11.05 (Bronze medal)
• Tomoko Hagiwara
  Tomoko Hagiwara
  is a retired Japanese female backstroke, butterfly and medley swimmer. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:12.15
• Semi-final — 02:11.02
• Final — 02:11.21 (4th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Tomoko Hagiwara
  Tomoko Hagiwara
  is a retired Japanese female backstroke, butterfly and medley swimmer. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:15.16
• Semi-final — 02:15.09
• Final — 02:15.64 (8th place)
• Yasuko Tajima
  Yasuko Tajima
  is a former medley swimmer from Japan. She won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:* *...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:21.65 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Yasuko Tajima
  Yasuko Tajima
  is a former medley swimmer from Japan. She won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:* *...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:40.35 (did not advance)
• Final — 04:35.96 (Silver medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley

• 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.-...
  
  , 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:* *...
  
  , Junko Onishi
  Junko Onishi (swimmer)
  is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, and Sumika Minamoto.-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...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:05.76
• Final — 04:04.16 (Bronze medal)

Synchronized swimming

Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events. Each event was made up of a technical and free routine with the points added together to determine the medalists.-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
  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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , Yoko Yondeda, Yoko Yoneda, Juri Tatsumi
• Technical Routine — 34.51
• Free Routine — 64.35
• Final — 98.86 (Silver medal)

Duet

• 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  
• Technical Routine — 34.3
• Free Routine — 64.35
• Final — 98.65 (Silver medal)

Triathlon

Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Triathlon made its Olympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:...

Women's Individual Competition:

• Kiyomi Niwata
  Kiyomi Niwata
  Kiyomi Niwata is a professional triathlete from Japan, triple Olympian , multiple National Champion , Asian Aquathlon Champion and Oceanian Triathlon Champion of the year 2009, and one of the most seasoned triathletes ever.Kiyomi Niwata and Anja Dittmer are the only triathletes who took part in...
  
   — 2:03:53.01 (14th place)
• Akiko Hirao — 2:04:18.70 (17th place)
• Haruna Hosoya
  Haruna Hosoya
  Haruna Hosoya is an athlete from Japan. She competes in the triathlon.Hosoya competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She did not finish the competition.-References:...
  
   — DNF

Men's Individual Competition:

• Takumi Obara
  Takumi Obara
  is an athlete from Japan. He competes in the triathlon.Obara competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-first place with a total time of 1:50:29.95.-References:...
  
   — 1:50:29.95 (21st place)
• Hideo Fukui
  Hideo Fukui
  is an athlete from Japan. He competes in triathlon.Fukui competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took thirty-sixth place with a total time of 1:52:04.79.-References:...
  
   — 1:52:04.79 (36th place)
• Hiroyuki Nishiuchi
  Hiroyuki Nishiuchi
  is an athlete from Japan. He competes in the triathlon.Nishiuchi competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took forty-sixth place with a total time of 1:56:59.76....
  
   — 1:56:59.76 (46th place)

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Koki Tagashira	– 56 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event is the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass...	107.5	112.5	117.5	135.0	140.0	142.5	252.5	13
Yasuji Kikuzuma	– 56 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event is the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass...	105.0	105.0	105.0	140.0	140.0	145.0	250.0	15
Yoshihisa Miyaji	– 69 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg The Men's Lightweight Weightlifting Event is the third men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass...	145.0	145.0	150.0	170.0	175.0	175.0	320.0	11
Hisaya Yoshimoto	+ 105 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg The Men's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, for lifters over 105 kilograms of body mass...	170.0	180.0	182.5	—	—	—	DNF	—