Japan at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics | |
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WA code | JPN |
National federation | Japan Association of Athletics Federations |
in Berlin | |
Competitors | 57 |
Medals |
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World Championships in Athletics appearances | |
Japan will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 57 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Koji Murofushi (hammer throw), Yuki Yamazaki (50 km walk), and the athletes from the Marathon team are considered the country's best medal chances.[1]
Team selection
[edit]Results
[edit]Men
[edit]- Track and road events
Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
100 m | Masashi Eriguchi | 10.38 | 3 | 10.45 | 8 | did not advance | |||
Shintaro Kimura | 10.47 | 3 | 10.54 | 8 | did not advance | ||||
Naoki Tsukahara | 10.28 | 2 | 10.15 | 3 | 10.25 | 8 | did not advance | ||
200 m | Shinji Takahira | 20.86 | 2 | 20.69 | 4 | did not advance | |||
Hitoshi Saito | 21.38 | 6 | did not advance | ||||||
Kenji Fujimitsu | 20.69 | 3 | 20.97 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
400 m | Yuzo Kanemaru | 46.83 | 4 | — | did not advance | ||||
Hideyuki Hirose | 46.80 | 7 | — | did not advance | |||||
5000 m | Yuichiro Ueno | 14:30.76 | 16 | — | did not advance | ||||
10,000 m | Yuki Iwai | — | 29:24.12 | 25 | |||||
110 m hurdles | Tasuku Tanonaka | 13.84 | 7 | — | did not advance | ||||
400 m hurdles | Kenji Narisako | 49.60 | 5 | — | did not advance | ||||
Kazuaki Yoshida | 49.45 PB | 3 | — | 50.34 | 8 | did not advance | |||
3000 m steeplechase | Yoshitaka Iwamizu | 8:39.03 | 9 | — | did not advance | ||||
4 × 100 m relay | Masashi Eriguchi Naoki Tsukahara Shinji Takahira Kenji Fujimitsu |
38.53 | 2 | — | 38.30 | 4 | |||
Marathon | Satoshi Irifune | — | 2:14:54 | 14 | |||||
Masaya Shimizu | — | 2:14:06 | 11 | ||||||
Kazuhiro Maeda | — | 2:19:59 | 39 | ||||||
Arata Fujiwara | — | 2:31:06 | 61 | ||||||
Atsushi Sato | — | 2:12:05 | 6 | ||||||
20 km walk | Koichiro Morioka | — | 1:21:48 | 11 | |||||
Isamu Fujisawa | — | 1:25:12 | 30 | ||||||
Yusuke Suzuki | — | 1:30:21 | 42 | ||||||
50 km walk | Yuki Yamazaki | — | DQ | — | |||||
Koichiro Morioka | — | 3:56:21 | 18 | ||||||
Takayuki Tanii | — | DQ | — |
- Field and combined events
Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Long jump | Daisuke Arakawa | 7.53 | 22 | did not advance | |
High jump | Naoyuki Daigo | 2.20 | 11 | did not advance | |
Pole vault | Daichi Sawano | 5.55 | 5 | 5.50 | 10 |
Takafumi Suzuki | 5.25 | 17 | did not advance | ||
Javelin throw | Yukifumi Murakami | 83.10 PB | 1 | 82.97 | ![]() |
Decathlon | Daisuke Ikeda | — | 7788 PB | 26 |
Women
[edit]- Track and road events
Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
100 m | Momoko Takahashi | 11.75 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
Chisato Fukushima | 11.52 | 4 | 11.43 | 7 | did not advance | ||||
200 m | Chisato Fukushima | 23.40 | 4 | — | did not advance | ||||
Momoko Takahashi | 23.61 | 7 | — | did not advance | |||||
400 m | Asami Tanno | 53.30 | 5 | — | did not advance | ||||
5000 m | Yurika Nakamura | 15:21.01 PB | 6 | — | 15:13.01 PB | 12 | |||
Yuriko Kobayashi | 15:23.96 | 8 | — | 15:12.44 | 11 | ||||
10,000 m | Yukari Sahaku | — | 33:41.17 | 20 | |||||
Kayoko Fukushi | — | 31:23.49 | 9 | ||||||
Yurika Nakamura | — | 31:14.39 PB | 7 | ||||||
100 m hurdles | Asuka Terada | 13.41 | 6 | — | did not advance | ||||
400 m hurdles | Satomi Kubokura | 56.91 | 5 | — | did not advance | ||||
Sayaka Aoki | 1:03.56 | 7 | — | did not advance | |||||
3000 m steeplechase | Minori Hayakari | 9:39.28 | 10 | — | did not advance | ||||
4 × 100 m relay | Chisato Fukushima Momoko Takahashi Mayumi Watanabe Maki Wada |
44.24 | 4 | — | did not advance | ||||
4 × 400 m relay | Sayaka Aoki Asami Tanno Mayu Sato Satomi Kubokura |
3:34.46 | 8 | — | did not advance | ||||
Marathon | Yoshimi Ozaki | — | 2:25:25 | ![]() | |||||
Yoshiko Fujinaga | — | 2:29:53 | 14 | ||||||
Yuri Kano | — | 2:26:57 | 7 | ||||||
Yukiko Akaba | — | 2:37:43 | 31 | ||||||
20 km walk | Masumi Fuchise | — | 1:31:15 | 7 | |||||
Mayumi Kawasaki | — | DQ | — | ||||||
Kumi Otoshi | — | 1:33:05 | 12 |
- Field events
Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Long jump | Sachiko Masumi | 6.23 | 15 | did not advance | |
Pole vault | Takayo Kondo | 4.10 | 15 | did not advance | |
Javelin throw | Yuki Ebihara | 54.81 | 12 | did not advance |
References
[edit]- ^ Japan assembles a 57 strong Berlin squad . IAAF (2009-08-05). Retrieved on 2009-08-07.