Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Japan at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Japan at the; 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese)
in London
Competitors	116
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 5 Silver 5 Bronze 6 Total 16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Japan's team consisted of 116 competitors.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Goalball team	Goalball	Women's tournament	7 September
Gold	Shingo Kunieda	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Singles	8 September
Gold	Kento Masaki	Judo	Men's +100 kg	1 September
Gold	Yasuhiro Tanaka	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14	6 September
Gold	Rina Akiyama	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke S11	2 September
Silver	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 200 metres T52	8 September
Silver	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T52	3 September
Silver	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 800 metres T52	7 September
Silver	Tomotaru Nakamura	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7	1 September
Silver	Keiichi Kimura	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB11	3 September
Bronze	Shinya Wada	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres T11	7 September
Bronze	Masaki Fujita	Cycling	Men's road time trial C3	5 September
Bronze	Kyosuke Oyama	Swimming	Men's 50 metre butterfly S6	7 September
Bronze	Keiichi Kimura	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly S11	6 September
Bronze	Takayuki Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3	3 September
Bronze	Takayuki Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 150 metre individual medley SM4	2 September

Archery

Men


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Shinichi Saito	Ind. compound W1	563	11	N/a	Murphy (CAN) (6) L 2–6	did not advance
Yutaka Ajima	Ind. recurve W1/W2	539	22	Rodriguez (ESP) (11) L 0–6	did not advance

Women


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Miho Nagano	Ind. compound open	614	11	N/a	van Nest (CAN) (6) W 6–5	Clarke (GBR) (3) L 4–6	did not advance

Athletics

Boccia

Individual

Athlete	Event	Seeding matches	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuriko Shibayama	Individual BC1	Bye	Richardson (CAN) W 5–0	Smith (GBR) L 4–6	did not advance
Takayuki Hirose	Individual BC2	Bye	Mello de Faria (BRA) W 12–0	Murray (GBR) L 0–8	did not advance
Hidetaka Sugimura	Individual BC2	Bye	Vongsa (THA) L 5–5	did not advance
Keita Kato	Individual BC3	Hanson (USA) L 1–6	Cilissen (BEL) L 1–5	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Taemi Akimoto Yuriko Shibayama Takayuki Hirose Hidetaka Sugimura	Team BC1-2	Hong Kong (HKG) W 7–6	Spain (ESP) W 8–3	1 Q	Portugal (POR) L 2–10	did not advance

Cycling

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's individual pursuit C3	3:51.743	9	did not advance
Masashi Ishii	Men's individual pursuit C4	5:02.100	9	did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Yasufumi Ito (pilot)	Men's individual sprint B	10.639	5	Oost/Bos (NED) (4) W 10.935, L REL, W 11.002	Kappes/MacLean (GBR) (1) L, L	Bronze medal match Porto/Villanueva (ESP) (3) L, L	4

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Yasufumi Ito (pilot)	Men's 1 km time trial B	1:04.266	6
Masaki Fujita	Men's 1 km time trial C1–3	1:14.998	20
Masashi Ishii	Men's 1 km time trial C4–5	1:09.241	6

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's road race C1-3	1:42:51	12
Masaki Fujita	Men's road time trial C3	23:55.54
Masashi Ishii	Men's road time trial C4	37:07.11	11

Equestrian

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Nobumasa Asakawa	Rosado	Ind. champ. test grade Ib	62.826	12
Nobumasa Asakawa	Rosado	Ind. freestyle test grade Ib	64.250	12

Goalball

Women's tournament

Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Quarterfinals
Japan	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Sweden	4	2	1	1	11	11	0	7
United States	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
Australia	4	0	0	4	7	17	−10	0	Eliminated

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.

31 August 2012 09:00	Australia	1 – 3	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Esdaile 1	Report	Adacho 2 Komiya 1

1 September 2012 15:00	Japan	2 – 1	United States	Copper Box, London

2 September 2012 11:30	Sweden	0 – 0	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Collonny (USA), Christl Däntler (GER)
		Report

3 September 2012 19:45	Japan	0 – 1	Canada	Copper Box, London

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 10:30	Japan	2 – 0	Brazil	Copper Box, London
		Report

Semi-final

6 September 2012 15:00	Sweden	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Launel Scott (CAN)
	Gustavsson 1 Jälmestål 1 Wåglund 1	Report	Komiya 2 Adachi 1 Urata 1

Final

7 September 2012 15:00	China	0 – 1	Japan	Copper Box, London
		Report	Adachi 1

Judo

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hiroshi Miura	48 kg	117	9
Hideki Odo	82.5 kg	191	6
Hajime Ujiro	75 kg	180	7

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mari Ohtake	Women's single sculls	6:44.67	6 R	7:02.53	5 FB	6:50.67	5

Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11*	Net points	Rank
Katsuya Nishiyama Shin'ya Yamamoto (sailor) Tsuneo Aso	Sonar - 3 person keelboat	(14)	14	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	N/a	121	14

* Due to a lack of wind race 11 was cancelled

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Akiko Sega	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	598	21	did not advance
Aki Taguchi	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	589	44	did not advance
Aki Taguchi	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	581	22	did not advance

Sitting volleyball

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

№	Name	Date of birth	2012 club
1	Michiyo Nichiie	12 March 1967	Soul
2	Sachie Awano	13 September 1988	Hyogo LSC
3	Yukari Okahira	9 March 1968	Hyogo LSC
4	Junko Fujii	3 April 1966	Saitama Red Beads Venus
5	Yoko Saito	21 September 1972	Tokyo Planets Megumi
6	Shiori Ogata	5 November 1985	Tokyo Planets Megumi
7	Emi Kaneki	6 March 1982	Kobe Jets
8	Noriko Kaneda	21 February 1964	Tochigi Thunders
9	Satoko Kikuchi	28 April 1980	Hyogo LSC
10	Mamiko Osada	23 July 1967	Tokyo Planets Megumi
11	Harumi Sakamoto	15 June 1967	Tokyo Planets Megumi

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	241	167	1.443
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	251	201	1.249
3	Japan	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	190	218	0.872
4	Great Britain	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	129	225	0.573

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

31 August 2012 19:00	Netherlands	3–1	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referees: Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Dominik Raca (CRO)
	(22–25, 25–18, 25–13, 25–14) Report

2 September 2012 19:00	Great Britain	0–3	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Anton Probst (GER)
	(11–25, 21–25, 14–25) Report

3 September 2012 16:00	Ukraine	3–0	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referees: Ronaldo Chaves (BRA), Joe Campbell (USA)
	(25–20, 25–9, 25–16) Report

5th–8th place semi-final

4 September 2012 21:00	Japan	0–3	Slovenia	ExCeL London, London Referees: France Marcoux (CAN), Dee Wauchope (GBR)
	(19–25, 22–25, 20–25) Report

7th/8th place match

6 September 2012 9:00	Great Britain	0–3	Japan	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Janko Plesnik (SLO)
	(23–25, 19–25, 13–25) Report

Swimming

Table tennis

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Junki Itai	Singles class 6	Fernandez (FRA) L 2–3	Chen (CHN) L 0–3	3	did not advance
Yuki Kinoshita	Singles class 11	Palos (HUN) L 0–3	Son (KOR) L 0–3	3	N/a	did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semi-finals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kimie Bessho	Singles class 5	Makishi (ARG) W 3–0	Abuawad (JOR) L 0–3	2	did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	5	5	0	362	280	+82	10	Quarter-finals
Germany	5	4	1	339	303	+36	9
Great Britain	5	3	2	365	301	+64	8
Poland	5	2	3	327	341	−14	7
Japan	5	1	4	273	330	−57	6	Eliminated
Colombia	5	0	5	223	334	−111	5	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 August 2012
13:00

Report

Japan	53–68	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–19, 10–18, 22–15
Pts: Fujimoto 16 Rebs: Fujimoto 11 Asts: Kozai 5		Pts: Anderson 32 Rebs: Anderson 13 Asts: Peter, Anderson 3

Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristian Roja (ITA)

31 August 2012
10:45

Report

Poland	78–53	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 22–10, 21–19, 14–14
Pts: Filipski 24 Rebs: Luszynski 17 Asts: Filipski 10		Pts: Fujimoto 18 Rebs: Fujimoto 9 Asts: Kozai 4

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Cristian Salguero (ARG)

1 September 2012
15:15

Report

Japan	49–64	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 7–13, 13–11, 11–26
Pts: Fujimoto 13 Rebs: Kozai 8 Asts: Kozai 7		Pts: Köhler 16 Rebs: Böhme 12 Asts: Bienek 8

Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Nureddin Bilmez (TUR)

2 September 2012
10:45

Report

Colombia	49–63	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 11–13, 8–13, 16–15
Pts: Sanz Londoño 14 Rebs: Hawkins 17 Asts: Sanz Londoño, Chaparro 5		Pts: Fujimoto 27 Rebs: Fujimoto 14 Asts: Fujii, Kozai 7

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

3 September 2012
15:15

Report

Japan	55–71	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 10–21, 13–14, 18–11
Pts: Fujimoto 20 Rebs: Kozai, Fujimoto 5 Asts: Kozai 7		Pts: Bywater 19 Rebs: Munn 9 Asts: Bywater, Pollock 5

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

9th/10th place match

5 September 2012
10:45

Report

Italy	60–64	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–18, 14–15, 15–11
Pts: Cavagnini 31 Rebs: Cavagnini 6 Asts: Raimondi 5		Pts: Masubuchi 14 Rebs: Fujimoto 10 Asts: Fujimoto 5

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

Wheelchair rugby

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States (USA)	3	3	0	190	136	+54	6	Semifinals
Japan (JPN)	3	2	1	164	159	+5	4	Semifinals
Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	2	140	157	−17	2	Eliminated
France (FRA)	3	0	3	150	192	−42	0	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 September 2012

21:15

Japan	65 – 56	France
	Report

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 3,642

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

6 September 2012

21:15

Japan	48 – 64	United States
	Report

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 2,959

Referee: Philip Washbourn (NZL), Dave Woods (GBR)

7 September 2012

15:00

Great Britain	39 – 51	Japan
	Report

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 8,458

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

Semi-finals

8 September 2012

14:00

Australia	59 – 45	Japan
Batt 27 Bond 14 Smith 6 Scott 2 Lees 2 Meakin 2 Newton 1 Carr 1 Harrison 1 Team 3	Report	Ikezakli 24 Nakazato 7 Kanno 6 Shimakawa 4 Sato 2 Team 2

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,333

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Darren Roberts (USA)

Bronze medal match

9 September 2012

12:00

United States	53 – 43	Japan
	Report

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 7,852

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briére (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

Wheelchair tennis

References

^ "Japan". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ Women's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Japan Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, london2012.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

[1] "Japan". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

[2] Women's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Japan Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, london2012.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

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Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Boccia

Cycling

Track

Road

Equestrian

Goalball

Women's tournament

Judo

Powerlifting

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Sitting volleyball

Women's tournament

Swimming

Table tennis

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair tennis

See also

References