Japan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Japan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Japan at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
	File:Flag of Japan.svg
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Beijing
Competitors	151 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Toru Suzuki
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 5 Silver 14 Bronze 8 Total 27
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 400m T52	12 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 800m T52	16 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Masashi Ishii	Cycling	Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4)	9 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Takayuki Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3	11 September
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Shingo Kunieda	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Singles	15 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Chieko Kamiya	Archery	Women's Individual Compound Open	13 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's 400m T52	12 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's 800m T52	16 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	Athletics	Men's Marathon T52	17 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Hiroki Sasahara	Athletics	Men's Marathon T54	17 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Atsushi Yamamoto	Athletics	Men's Long Jump F42/44	14 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Tomomi Yamaki	Athletics	Women's 100m T52	11 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Tomomi Yamaki	Athletics	Women's 200m T52	15 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Masaki Fujita	Cycling	Men's Individual Pursuit (LC 3)	9 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Masashi Ishii	Cycling	Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 4)	7 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Masaki Fujita	Cycling	Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4)	7 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Satoshi Fujimoto	Judo	Men −66 kg	7 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Kyosuke Oyama	Swimming	Men's 50m Butterfly S6	13 September
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Junichi Kawai	Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle S11	14 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's Marathon T52	17 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Toshie Oi	Athletics	Men's Discus Throw F53/54	14 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Teruyo Tanaka	Athletics	Women's 100m T52	15 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Masaki Fujita	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial LC3	12 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Masashi Ishii	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial CP 4	12 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Junichi Kawai	Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly S11	9 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Takayuki Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 150m Individual Medley SM4	14 September
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Doubles Open	14 September

Sports

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
Akira Haraguchi	Men's individual recurve standing	557	20	File:Flag of France.svg Meunier (FRA) L 83–109	did not advance
Takahiro Hasegawa		611	7	Bye	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Lyocsa (SVK) L 94–100	did not advance
Kimimasa Onodera		620	5	Bye	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Inkaew (THA) L 96–100	did not advance
Tsunehiko Naganuma	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	576	20	File:Flag of France.svg Gilbert (FRA) L 80–93	did not advance
Nobuji Yoshida	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	560	22	File:Flag of Germany.svg Oehme (GER) W 89–74	File:Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg Tseng L H (TPE) L 98–106	did not advance
Takahiro Hasegawa Tsunehiko Naganuma Kimimasa Onodera	Men's team recurve	1807	4	—		File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (ESP) W 188–183	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea (KOR) L 188–201	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA) L 194–207	4

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
Chieko Kamiya	Women's individual compound open	627	7	—		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Reppe (SWE) W 107–106	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Su (TUR) W 106–104	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brown (GBR) L 98–112	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kimiko Konishi	Women's individual recurve standing	536	12	—	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Salden-Otten (NED) L 90–93	did not advance
Yae Yamakawa	Women's individual recurve standing	561	8	—	File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim K H (KOR) L 79–85	did not advance
Aya Nakanishi	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	447	19	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ozturk (TUR) W 82–78	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sidkova (CZE) W 82–74	File:Flag of France.svg Maufras du Chatellier (FRA) W 90–84	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fu H (CHN) L 76–82	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Y (CHN) L 94–98	4
Ayako Saitoh	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	543	9	Bye	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Murray (GBR) W 86–76	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Y (CHN) L 90–96	did not advance
Kimiko Konishi Ayako Saitoh Yae Yamakawa	Women's team recurve	1640	3	—		File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (CZE) L 167–174	did not advance

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jun Hiromichi	T53	400m	52.78	7 q	—		51.54	8
	T53	800m	1:40.38	7 Q	—		1:37.86	8
	T54	5000m	10:52.28	20	did not advance
Kota Hokinoue	T54	5000m	10:14.55	3 Q	—		10:23.70	5
Kota Hokinoue	T54	Marathon	—				1:23:22	5
Tadashi Horikoshi	T13	1500m	4:11.36	11	did not advance
Tadashi Horikoshi	T13	5000m	16:27.36	12	did not advance
Tomoya Ito	T52	400m	59.21	1 Q	—		57.25 PR	1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tomoya Ito	T52	800m	1:52.31 WR	1 Q	—		1:53.42	1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hirokai Kajisa	T12	Marathon	—				2:56:31	21
Susumu Kangawa	T53	400m	54.67	15	did not advance
Susumu Kangawa	T53	800m	1:46.65	16	did not advance
Kenji Kotani	T54	400m	50.32	18	did not advance
Kenji Kotani	T54	800m	DNF q		1:35.83	10	did not advance
Hitoshi Matsunaga	T53	400m	55.38	16	did not advance
Hitoshi Matsunaga	T53	800m	1:42.55	13	did not advance
Yoshifumi Nagao	T54	200m	26.14	11	did not advance
Yoshifumi Nagao	T54	400m	49.75	12 Q	51.66	10	did not advance
Masahito Niino	T12	Marathon	—				2:51:14	21
Naohiro Ninomiya	T46	1500m	4:16.79	22	did not advance
Naohiro Ninomiya	T46	5000m	—				15:35.44	10
Hiroki Sasahara	T54	800m	1:37.42	5 Q	1:41.28	17	did not advance
Hiroki Sasahara	T54	Marathon	—				1:23:17	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Masazumi Soejima	T54	1500m	3:14.17	18 Q	3:10.69	19	did not advance
		5000m	10:22.43	11	did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:23:55	12
Tomoki Tagawa	T46	100m	11.39	12	did not advance
Tomoki Tagawa	T46	200m	23.38	12	did not advance
Koichi Takada	T11	100m	12.16	21	did not advance
Toshihiro Takada	T52	400m	1:02.91	7 q	—		1:00.32	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
		800m	1:58.91	2 Q	—		1:53.67	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
		Marathon	—				1:40:20	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yuichi Takahashi	T12	Marathon	—				2:43:38	16
Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	T52	200m	—				32.46	6
		400m	1:01.11	4 Q	—		1:02.67	6
		800m	2:00.84	6 Q	—		2:00.65	4
		Marathon	—				1:40:10	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Atsushi Yamamoto	T42	100m	—				13.68	5
Hiroyuki Yamamoto	T54	1500m	3:15.92	21 q	3:10.37	16	did not advance
Hiroyuki Yamamoto	T54	Marathon	—				1:23:22	6
Choke Yasuoka	T54	200m	26.57	18	did not advance
		400m	50.24	17	did not advance
		800m	1:36.51	2 Q	1:40.39	13	did not advance
		1500m	3:17.28	23 Q	3:10.53	18	did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:24:04	13
Naohiro Ninomiya Toru Suzuki Tomoki Tagawa Atsushi Yamamoto	T42-46	4x100m relay	—				DSQ
Susumu Kangawa Kenji Kotani Yoshifumi Nagao Hitoshi Matsunaga	T53-54	4x400m relay	3:23.17	7	did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Toshie Oi	F53-54	Discus throw	26.21	1032	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mineho Ozaki	F11-12	Javelin throw	44.46	908	6
Toru Suzuki	F44/46	High jump	1.93	965	5
Koichi Takada	F11	Long jump	5.74	-	5
Atsushi Yamamoto	F42/44	Long jump	5.84	989	2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yuki Kato	T36	100m	—		15.42	4
Yuki Kato	T36	200m	—		33.53	5
Maya Nakanishi	T44	100m	13.93	5 q	14.24	6
Maya Nakanishi	T44	200m	—		28.98	4
Uran Sawada	T13	100m	14.18	16	did not advance
Teruyo Tanaka	T52	100m	—		21.33	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Teruyo Tanaka	T52	200m	—		40.36	4
Tomomi Yamaki	T52	100m	—		21.00	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tomomi Yamaki	T52	200m	—		37.44	2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Mariko Fujita	F35-36	Discus throw	15.51	721	9
Mariko Fujita	F35-36	Shot put	6.62	744	9
Uran Sawada	F13	Long jump	4.93	-	9

Boccia

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takayuki Kitani	Mixed individual BC1	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Shelly (IRL)	L 2–5	5	did not advance
		File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Park J S (KOR)	L 4–8
		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richardson (CAN)	W 4–3
		File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Ibarbure (ARG)	L 2–6
Takayuki Hirose	Mixed individual BC2	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Murray (GBR)	L 0–10	2	did not advance
		File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Loung (HKG)	W 4–3
		File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Bonner (NZL)	W 8–1
Risa Kainuma		File:Flag of Portugal.svg F Ferreira (POR)	L 2–8	3	did not advance
		File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bentley (GBR)	L 2–5
		File:Flag of Ireland.svg Leahy (IRL)	W 4–2
Keizo Uchida		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dukovich (CAN)	W 5–4	1 Q	File:Flag of Spain.svg Martin (ESP) L 1–3	did not advance
		File:Flag of Finland.svg Ollikka (FIN)	W 6–0
		File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robinson (GBR)	W 6–2
Takayuki Hirose Risa Kainuma Takayuki Kitani Keizo Uchida	Mixed team BC1-2	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR)	L 4–7	3	did not advance
Takayuki Hirose Risa Kainuma Takayuki Kitani Keizo Uchida	Mixed team BC1-2	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (NOR)	L 4–7	3	did not advance

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:41:03	19
Masaki Fujita	Men's road time trial LC3	38:38.96	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Masashi Ishii	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
Masashi Ishii	Men's road time trial CP4	36:10.20	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mutsuhiko Ogawa	Mixed road race	49:47	4
Mutsuhiko Ogawa	Mixed road time trial	25:35.80	8
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1–3	2:29:18	13
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi (pilot)	Men's road time trial B&VI 1–3	35:10.00	14

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's individual pursuit LC3	3:52.25	2 Q	—				File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richardson (GBR) L 3:59.02	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Masaki Fujita	Men's time trial LC3-4	—						1:17.314	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Masashi Ishii	Men's individual pursuit CP4	3:37.848	1 Q	—				File:Flag of Australia.svg Scott (AUS) L 3:40.157	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Masashi Ishii	Men's time trial CP4	—						1:08.77 WR	1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi	Men's sprint B&VI 1–3	10.482	4 Q	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cowie (CAN) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Smibert (CAN) W 12.168 W 12.431	Q	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kappes (GBR) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Storey (GBR) L 0–2	q	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Kilpatrick (RSA) File:Flag of South Africa.svg Thomson (RSA) L 1–2	4
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi	Men's time trial B&VI 1–3	—						1:04.593	5

Equestrian

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Yutaka Shibuya	Elegance	Mixed individual championship test grade III	48.320	12
Yutaka Shibuya	Elegance	Mixed individual freestyle test grade III	48.728	12

Goalball

The women's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were in seventh place in the preliminary stage.

Players

Tournament

7 September 2008

United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

8 September 2008

Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg	1–4	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

9 September 2008

Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg	3–0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

10 September 2008

Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

11 September 2008

China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

12 September 2008

Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

13 September 2008

Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Satoshi Fujimoto	Men's 66kg	Bye	File:Flag of Finland.svg Kallunki (FIN) W 0101-0000	File:Flag of Cuba.svg V Sanchez (CUB) H	—		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Lamri (ALG) L 0000-0100 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yusuke Hatsuse	Men's 90kg	Bye	File:Flag of France.svg Cugnon de Servicourt (FRA) L 0001-0010	—	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ingram (GBR) L 0000-1000	did not advance
Haruka Hirose	Men's 100kg	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rose (GBR) W 0002-0001	File:Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg Sardarov (AZE) L 0001-1001	—	Bye	File:Flag of France.svg Rollo (FRA) W 0100-0010	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyivytskyi (UKR) L 0001-0100
Makoto Hirose	Men's 60kg	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Castellanos (COL) W 1010-0000	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Noura (ALG) L 0001–1000	—	Bye	File:Flag of Russia.svg Shakhmanov (RUS) L 0101-1000	Did not advance
Takayuki Kimura	Men's 73kg	File:Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg Aliyev (AZE) L 0000-1001	did not advance
Kenji Oga	Men's 81kg	File:Flag of the United States.svg Jones (USA) W 0210-0001	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cruz (CUB) L 0000-0010	—	Bye	File:Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg Novruzzade (AZE) FG	File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Carvallo (VEN) L 0000-1010

Women

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Masami Akatsuka	Women's 48kg	File:Flag of Cuba.svg M Gonzalez (CUB) L 0000–1000	—		File:Flag of France.svg Medjeded (FRA) L 0000-0200	Did not advance
Rikei Komatsu	Women's +70kg	—	File:Flag of France.svg Manzuoli (FRA) L 0010-1011	File:Flag of Brazil.svg De Silva (BRA) L 0000-1011	—	File:Flag of Russia.svg Kalyanova (RUS) L 0000-0201
Minako Tsuchiya	Women's 52kg	—	File:Flag of Brazil.svg M Ferreira (BRA) L 0000-1010	—	Bye	File:Flag of Russia.svg Stepanyuk (RUS) L 0000-0200

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hideki Odo	75kg	187.5	8

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miho Hamada Megumi Matsumoto	Mixed double sculls	4:52.96	12 R	5:09.86	9 FB	5:01.30	6

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Kiyoto Matayoshi	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	575	20	did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1135	10	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	596	20	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	579	28	did not advance
Kenji Ohashi	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	555	21	did not advance
Kenji Ohashi	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	519	13	did not advance
Aki Taguchi	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	5 Q	103.0	702.0	8
Aki Taguchi	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	583	18	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Yukiko Kinoshita	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	585	23	did not advance
Yukiko Kinoshita	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	575	22	did not advance
Izumi Takehi	Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	375	20	did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	545	13	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	594	34	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daisuke Ejima	S7	100m backstroke	1:17.12	5 Q	1:16.42	5
	S7	50m butterfly	33.12	4 Q	33.69	4
	SM7	200m individual medley	2:58.38	9	did not advance
Junichi Kawai	S11	100m backstroke	1:13.17	5 Q	1:09.46	4
		100m butterfly	1:05.89	2 Q	1:05.79	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
		50m freestyle	27.43	3 Q	27.16	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jumpei Kimura	S7	100m freestyle	1:13.34	13	did not advance
	S7	400m freestyle	5:29.67	8 Q	5:28.10	8
	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:34.62	4 Q	1:35.88	5
	SM7	200m individual medley	2:56.73	7 Q	2:55.03	7
Keiichi Kimura	S11	100m butterfly	1:10.11	6 Q	1:09.39	6
		50m freestyle	28.35	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:03.84	6 Q	1:02.72	5
		400m freestyle	5:15.04	9	did not advance
	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:18.27	5 Q	1:17.25	5
Tomotaro Nakamura	SB7	100m breaststroke	1:25.16	3 Q	1:25.34	5
Kyosuke Oyama	S6	50m butterfly	32.59	2 Q	31.01	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
		50m freestyle	32.87	7 Q	31.37	5
		100m freestyle	1:12.25	7 Q	1:12.24	7
		400m freestyle	5:38.86	8 Q	5:28.38	7
Takayuki Suzuki	S5	50m freestyle	39.35	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:25.51	7 Q	1:25.29	7
		200m freestyle	—		3:02.80	8
	SB3	50m breaststroke	48.49 WR	1 Q	49.06	1st place, gold medalist(s)
	SM4	150m individual medley	2:44.91	2 Q	2:41.11	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takuro Yamada	S9	50m freestyle	27.04	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	57.82	5 Q	57.29	5
		400m freestyle	4:28.98	7 Q	4:25.78	6
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:17.76	6 Q	1:18.40	7
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:25.44	4 Q	2:24.20	5

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rina Akiyama	S11	50m freestyle	33.77	7 Q	33.88	8
Rina Akiyama	S11	100m freestyle	1:20.57	12	did not advance
Naomi Ikinaga	S11	50m freestyle	33.38	6 Q	32.81	5
Naomi Ikinaga	S11	100m freestyle	1:16.64	9	did not advance
Noriko Kajiwara	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:04.22	4 Q	2:04.22	5
Akari Kasamoto	S13	100m backstroke	1:14.43	6 Q	1:14.85	7
	S13	100m butterfly	1:27.63	9	did not advance
	SM13	200m individual medley	—		2:55.16	8
Yuka Kawamura	S5	50m backstroke	55.01	7 Q	55.41	8
		50m freestyle	46.56	12	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:35.82	7 Q	1:35.72	7
		200m freestyle	3:22.29	5 Q	3:24.31	6
Yuri Kitamura	SB5	100m breaststroke	2:02.68	7 Q	2:03.41	7
Erika Nara	S6	50m freestyle	37.46	2 Q	38.32	6
		100m freestyle	1:25.17	7 Q	1:21.81	6
		400m freestyle	6:31.92	8 Q	6:26.60	8
Mayumi Narita	S5	50m backstroke	51.85	6 Q	51.23	5
		50m freestyle	39.96	5 Q	39.99	5
		100m freestyle	1:27.53	5 Q	1:27.90	5
Manami Nomura	S8	100m butterfly	1:21.94	8 Q	1:20.64	8
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:27.15	4 Q	1:25.87	4
	SM8	200m individual medley	3:03.25	9	did not advance
Sugako Takeuchi	S5	50m freestyle	43.72	6 Q	44.04	6
		100m freestyle	1:39.92	8 Q	1:38.21	8
		200m freestyle	3:40.02	11	did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Toshihiko Oka	Men's singles C4-5	File:Flag of France.svg Martin (FRA) L 0–3	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kwong K S (HKG) W 3–0	—	2	did not advance
Kimie Bessho	Women's singles C5	File:Flag of Jordan.svg Abuawad (JOR) L 2–3	File:Flag of Italy.svg Nardelli (ITA) W 3–0	File:Flag of the United States.svg Nir Kistler (USA) W 3–1	2	did not advance

Volleyball

Men's tournament

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players

Results

7 September 2008 11:30	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	0–3	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (IRI)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Matijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
	(7–25, 7–25, 5–25)

9 September 2008 19:30	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (BRA)	3–0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: An Qi (China)
	(25–20, 25–17, 25–10)

10 September 2008 15:30	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	0–3	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (EGY)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 600 Referees: Xia Xin (China)
	(8–25, 11–25, 15–25)

5–8th Semifinals

13 September 2008	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	3–0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–16, 25–20, 25–19)

7–8th Classification

14 September 2008	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	0–3	File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq (IRQ)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(15–25, 15–25, 14–25)

Women's tournament

The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players

Results

7 September 2008 13:30	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED)	3–0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–4, 25–21, 25–18)

8 September 2008 9:00	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	1–3	File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia (SLO)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(19–25, 25–21, 19–25, 9–25)

10 September 2008 12:00	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (UKR)	3–0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–16, 25–14, 25–18)

5–8th Semifinals

12 September 2008 17:30	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	1–3	File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (LTU)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(17–25, 25–20, 18–25, 19–25)

7th–8th Classification

13 September 2008 20:00	File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia (LAT)	3–2	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–19, 20–25, 25–18, 19–25, 25–16)

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

Players

Results

7 September 2008
11:15

File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	61–49	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16 – 6, 17 – 9, 12 – 19, 16 – 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (Canada)

8 September 2008
18:30

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	58–56	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Scoring by quarter: 18 – 12, 14 – 17, 14–14, 12 – 13

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8,580
Referees: Sergio Giordano (Canada)

9 September 2008
10:00

File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	69–50	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Scoring by quarter: 9 – 6, 18 – 15, 17 – 14, 25 – 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,095
Referees: Ian Robert Pursglove (Great Britain)

10 September 2008
9:00

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	48–75	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Scoring by quarter: 7 – 18, 18 – 19, 5 – 21, 18 – 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7,262
Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (Czech Republic)

11 September 2008
12:15

File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	58–60	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17 – 15, 10 – 11, 16 – 14, 15 – 20

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,302
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (United States)

Quarterfinals

13 September 2008
13:30

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	52–72	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15 – 21, 15 – 17, 13 – 19, 9 – 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (Netherlands)

5–8th Classification

15 September 2008
11:15

File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	71–57	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 21 – 11, 12 – 16, 22 – 14

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (United States

7th–8th Classification

16 September 2008

Iran DNS

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

20–0

File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Women's tournament

The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Australia in the bronze medal match.

Players

Tournament

7 September 2008
17:45

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

49–46

File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

8 September 2008
9:00

File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico

34–52

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

9 September 2008
16:15

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

55–52

File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

10 September 2008
10:00

File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

49–65

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

Quarterfinals

12 September 2008
16:45

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	45–38	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 9 – 10, 5 – 10, 12 – 6, 19 – 12

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,215
Referees: Matthew Brian Wells (Australia)

Semifinals

13 September 2008
19:00

File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	60–40	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14 – 12, 12 – 10, 8 – 12, 26 – 6

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Rui David Marques (Brazil)

Bronze medal game

15 September 2008
19:00

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	47–53	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Scoring by quarter: 10 – 17, 13 – 14, 13 – 12, 11 – 10

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Rui David Marques (Brazil)

Wheelchair fencing

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Toyoaki Hisakawa	Men's épée B	File:Flag of France.svg Cratere (FRA)	L 1–5	6	did not advance
		File:Flag of the United States.svg Rodgers (USA)	L 1–5
		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mainville (CAN)	L 3–5
		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hu D (CHN)	L 0–5
		File:Flag of Spain.svg Soler (ESP)	L 1–5
	Men's foil B	File:Flag of Italy.svg Sarri (ITA)	L 3–5	4 Q	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Szekeres (HUN) L 6–15	did not advance
		File:Flag of France.svg Latreche (FRA)	L 3–5
		File:Flag of Poland.svg Wyganowski (POL)	W 5–4
		File:Flag of Russia.svg Yusupov (RUS)	L 2–5
		File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Bezyazychny (BLR)	W 5–4

Wheelchair rugby

Squad list	Group stage				Knockout stage
Squad list	Pool Match 1 Opposition Result	Pool Match 2 Opposition Result	Pool Match 3 Opposition Result	Rank	Semifinal Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
Shingo Fujishima Shunsuke Kawano Hiroyuki Misaka Takuo Murohashi Yu Nagayasu Shin Nakazato Koichi Ogino (captain) Yoshito Sato Shinichi Shimakawa Yoshinobu Takahashi Manabu Tamura	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States L 37–44	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada L 50–58	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China W 55–38	3	Classification 5–8 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany L 38–39	Classification 7/8th File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China W 58–32	7

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yoshinobu Fujimoto	Open	Men's singles	File:Flag of Australia.svg Weekes (AUS) W 7–5, 6–4	File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Pellegrina (SUI) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Scheffers (NED) L 1–6, 1–6	did not advance
Toshio Ikenoya			File:Flag of Austria.svg Legner (AUT) L 1–6, 0–6	did not advance
Shingo Kunieda			File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jewitt (GBR) W 6–1, 6–0	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stuurman (NED) W 6–2, 6–1	File:Flag of the United States.svg Rydberg (USA) W 6–1, 6–1	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Olsson (SWE) W 6–0, 6–1	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Scheffers (NED) W 6–1, 6–1	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ammerlaan (NED) W 6–3, 6–0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Satoshi Saida			File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Camusso (ARG) W 6–0, 6–0	File:Flag of Brazil.svg C Santos (BRA) W 6–0, 6–1	File:Flag of Poland.svg Kruszelnicki (POL) W 6–2, 6–3	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ammerlaan (NED) L 4–6, 2–6	did not advance
Yoshinobu Fujimoto Toshio Ikenoya		Men's doubles	—	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Pommê (BRA) / File:Flag of Brazil.svg C Santos (BRA) W 6–2, 5–7, 6–1	File:Flag of France.svg Houdet (FRA) / File:Flag of France.svg Jeremiasz (FRA) L 2–6, 2–6	did not advance
Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida		Men's doubles	—	Bye	File:Flag of Spain.svg Illobre (ESP) / File:Flag of Spain.svg Tur (ESP) W 6–1, 6–1	File:Flag of Austria.svg Legner (AUT) / File:Flag of Austria.svg Mossier (AUT) W 6–2, 6–1	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Olsson (SWE) / File:Flag of Sweden.svg Wikstrom (SWE) L 6–7, 6–3, 2–6	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Scheffers (NED) / File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vink (NED) W 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kanako Domori	Open	Women's singles	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shuker (GBR) L 1–6, 3–6	did not advance
Chiyoko Ohmae			File:Flag of Israel.svg Fridman (ISR) L 4–6, 0–6	did not advance
Mie Yaosa			File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dong (CHN) L 4–6, 4–6	did not advance
Yuko Okabe			File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Griffioen (NED) L 2–6, 4–6	did not advance
Kanako Domori Chiyoko Ohmae		Women's doubles	—	Bye	File:Flag of France.svg Gravellier (FRA) / File:Flag of France.svg Racineux (FRA) L 4–6, 5–7	did not advance
Yuko Okabe Mie Yaosa		Women's doubles	—	File:Flag of Italy.svg di Maria (ITA) / File:Flag of Italy.svg Lauro (ITA) W 6–4, 6–0	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Griffioen (NED) / File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vergeer (NED) L 1–6, 2–6	did not advance

Quads

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sadahiro Kimura	Open	Quads' singles	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Jansson (SWE) W 6–0, 6–7, 6–3	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Norfolk (GBR) L 0–6, 1–6	did not advance

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