Seiji Inagaki
Encyclopedia
Seiji Inagaki is a retired Japan
ese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles
.
He won bronze medals in 4 x 400 metres relay
in two editions of the World Indoor Championships; in 1993
with teammates Masayoshi Kan
, Yoshihiko Saito
and Hiroyuki Hayashi
and in 1995
with Kan, Hayashi and Tomonari Ono. He also competed in the same event at the 1997 World Championships
without reaching the final.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...
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He won bronze medals in 4 x 400 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...
in two editions of the World Indoor Championships; in 1993
1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and...
with teammates Masayoshi Kan
Masayoshi Kan
Masayoshi Kan is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won bronze medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1993 and 1995 World Indoor Championships...
, Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito
is a Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.With a personal best time of 48.64 seconds, achieved in October 1998 in Kumamoto, he is a former Asian record holder. The Asian record currently belongs to Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily with 47.53 seconds, and the Japanese record to Dai...
and Hiroyuki Hayashi
Hiroyuki Hayashi (athlete)
Hiroyuki Hayashi is a retired Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.He won bronze medals in 4 x 400 metres relay in two editions of the World Indoor Championships; in 1993 with teammates Masayoshi Kan, Seiji Inagaki and Yoshihiko Saito and in 1995 with Kan, Inagaki and Tomonari Ono...
and in 1995
1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 5th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain from 10 March to 12 March 1995. There were a total number of 602 participating athletes from 130 countries.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...
with Kan, Hayashi and Tomonari Ono. He also competed in the same event at the 1997 World Championships
1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...
without reaching the final.