Japan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website http://www.joc.or.jp/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Medals
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
5
Total
14
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Japan is participating at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldYuka UenoFencingGirls' foil7 Oct
 GoldRamu KawaiDancesportB-Girls'8 Oct
 GoldYu HanagurumaSwimmingBoys' 200 m breaststroke10 Oct
 GoldKeita DohiSport climbingBoys' combined10 Oct
 GoldTakeru KitazonoGymnasticsBoys' all-around11 Oct
 SilverShuta TanakaSport climbingBoys' combined10 Oct
 SilverMiu HiranoTable tennisGirls' singles10 Oct
 SilverTomokazu HarimotoTable tennisBoys' singles10 Oct
 SilverKeisuke YoshidaSwimmingBoys' 800 m freestyle11 Oct
 BronzeKeisuke YoshidaSwimmingBoys' 400 m freestyle7 Oct
 BronzeShigeyuki NakaraiDancesportB-Boys'8 Oct
 BronzeTaku TaniguchiSwimmingBoys' 100 m breaststroke8 Oct
 BronzeMiku Kojima
Mayuka Yamamoto
Nagisa Ikemoto
Shiori Asaba		SwimmingGirls' 4 × 100 m medley relay11 Oct
 BronzeKanami Tanno
Yuma Oshimo		CyclingMixed BMX freestyle park11 Oct

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 112
Athletics 8614
Badminton 112
Cycling 224
Dancesport 112
Fencing 213
Futsal –1010
Golf 112
Gymnastics 235
Karate 336
Modern pentathlon 011
Rowing 101
Rugby sevens 12–12
Sailing 101
Shooting 011
Sport climbing 213
Swimming 448
Table tennis 112
Taekwondo 101
Tennis 123
Triathlon 112
Weightlifting 011
Wrestling 325
Total484391

Archery

Japan qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[1][2]

  • Boys' Individual - 1 quota
  • Girls' Individual - 1 quota

Athletics

[3]

Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Seiryo Ikeda 100 m
Kosuke Ishida 1500 m
Rintaro Kajiyama 3000 m
Haruto Deguchi 400 m hurdles
Yusuke Iwakawa 10 km walk
Field Events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kazuki Furusawa Pole vault
Koki Wada Long jump
Kentaro Nakamura Javelin throw
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Takako Niisaka 100 m
Maki Ueda 800 m
Yuki Kanemitsu 1500 m
Miyaka Sugata 3000 m
Field Events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Azuki Nakatsugawa Long jump
Yuika Nakamura Javelin throw

Badminton

Japan qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[4][5]

  • Boys' singles - Kodai Naraoka
  • Girls' singles - Hirari Mizui

Cycling

Japan qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings and two athletes in BMX freestyle based on its performance at the 2018 Urban Cycling World Championship.[6]

  • Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
  • Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes
  • Mixed BMX racing team - 1 team of 2 athletes
  • Mixed BMX freestyle - 1 boy and 1 girl

Dancesport

Japan qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.[7][8]

  • B-Boys - Shigekix
  • B-Girls - Ram

Fencing

Japan qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.[9]

  • Boys' Épée - Seiya Asami
  • Boys' Sabre - Hibiki Kato
  • Girls' Foil - Yuka Ueno

Futsal

Girls[10]
Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 4 4 0 0 37 2 +35 12 Semi-finals
2  Japan 4 3 0 1 16 7 +9 9
3  Cameroon 4 2 0 2 16 13 +3 6
4  Chile 4 0 1 3 6 27 −21 1
5  Dominican Republic 4 0 1 3 6 32 −26 1
Source: FIFA IOC
Cameroon 2–6 Japan
  • Tchomte  29'
  • Kalieu  35'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (IOC)
  • Maeda  7', 36'
  • Yamakawa  8', 20'
  • Miyamoto  34'
  • Oino  38'
Attendance: 1,260
Referee: Andres Peña (Argentina)
Japan 4–1 Chile
  • Miyamoto  13'
  • Maeda  23'
  • Arai  27'
  • Carrasco  33' (o.g.)
 Report (FIFA)
Report (IOC)
  • Mora  17'
Attendance: 227
Referee: Leandro Lorenzo (Argentina)
Japan 6–2 Dominican Republic
  • Yokoyama  7'
  • Oino  9'
  • Ikeuchi  18'
  • Abe  19'
  • Arai  22'
  • Maeda  27'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (IOC)
  • Collado  3', 4'
Attendance: 2,085
Referee: Tayana Moreno (Venezuela)
Portugal 2–0 Japan
  • Sanheiro  5'
  • Pereira  21'
 Report FIFA)
Report (IOC)
Attendance: 359
Referee: Rafael Villalba (Paraguay)

Golf

Gymnastics

Artistic

Japan qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[11]

  • Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
  • Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

Rhythmic

Japan qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[11]

  • Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Trampoline

Japan qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[11]

  • Boys' trampoline - 1 quota
  • Girls' trampoline - 1 quota

Karate

Japan qualified three athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.[12] Later, they qualified three more athletes based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.[13]

  • Boys' -61 kg - Masaki Yamaoka
  • Boys' -68 kg - Kotaro Nakamura
  • Boys' +68 kg - Keisei Sakiyama
  • Girls' -53kg - Rinka Tahata
  • Girls' -59kg - Kokoro Sakaji
  • Girls' +59kg - Sakura Sawashima

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Japan qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.[14]

  • Boys' single sculls - 1 athlete

Rugby sevens

Sailing

Japan qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Singapore Open (Asian Techno 293+ Qualifiers).[15][16]

  • Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat

Shooting

  • Girls Rifle - Aoi Takagi

Sport climbing

Japan qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships. They also qualified a female climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[17][18]

  • Boys' combined - 2 quotas (Keita Dohi, Shuta Tanaka)
  • Girls' combined - 1 quota (Mao Nakamura)

Swimming

[19]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Keisuke Yoshida 200 m freestyle 1:48.97 N/A 1:48.75 5
400 m freestyle 3:51.68 1 Q N/A 3:48.68 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
800 m freestyle N/A 7:53.85 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Taku Taniguchi 50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke 1:01.68 1:02.08 1:01.40 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke 2:16.67 N/A 2:15.21 5
Yu Hanaguruma 50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke 1:02.22 1:01.99 1:01.62 4
200 m breaststroke 2:13.58 N/A 2:11.63 1st, gold medalist(s)
Shinnosuke Ishikawa 50 m butterfly 24.64 16 Q 24.76 14 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 53.57 7 Q 52.67 4 Q 52.52 4
200 m butterfly
Keisuke Yoshida
Taku Taniguchi
Shinnosuke Ishikawa
Yu Hanaguruma		 4 × 100 m freestyle relay N/A 3:26.80 6
Keisuke Yoshida
Yu Hanaguruma
Shinnosuke Ishikawa
Taku Taniguchi		 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:45.34 3 N/A DSQ
Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mayuka Yamamoto 50 m freestyle 25.80
100 m freestyle 55.95 56.37 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 26.84 3 Q 27.12 8 Q 27.17 7
Nagisa Ikemoto 50 m freestyle 26.52 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 55.51 55.25 55.37 4
200 m freestyle 2:01.18 N/A 1:59.89 5
Shiori Asaba 50 m breaststroke 33.46 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:09.27 3 Q 1:09.50 6 Q 1:09.57 8
200 m breaststroke
Miku Kojima 200 m individual medley 2:15.37 N/A 2:15.09 4
Miku Kojima
Mayuka Yamamoto
Nagisa Ikemoto
Shiori Asaba		 4 × 100 m freestyle relay N/A 3:49.27 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Keisuke Yoshida
Taku Taniguchi
Mayuka Yamamoto
Nagisa Ikemoto
Shinnosuke Ishikawa[a]		 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:35.95 3:34.18 7
4 × 100 m medley relay

a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

Japan qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualifier.[20]

Taekwondo

  • Boy's -55 kg - Hidetaka Maeda

Tennis

Triathlon

Japan qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[21]

  • Boys' individual - 1 quota
  • Girls' individual - 1 quota

Weightlifting

Japan qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.[22]

  • Girls' events - 1 quota

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "第3回ユースオリンピック競技大会 陸上競技日本代表内定選手団" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). UCI. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Japan Too!". World DanceSport Federation. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Winners Are..." World DanceSport Federation. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "U-18 Japan Women's Futsal National Team squad, schedule - The 3rd Youth Olympic Futsal Tournament Buenos Aires 2018 (9/28-10/21)". JFA. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Karate powerhouses lead standings for Youth Olympic Games". World Karate Federation. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Singapore Open 2018 Windsurfing Competition". Singapore Sailing. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  17. ↑ "World Youth Championship". IFSC. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Asian Youth Championship: Youth A Combined" (PDF). IFSC. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  19. ↑ "第3回ユースオリンピック競技大会" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Swimming Federation. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  20. ↑ "Favourites prevail in Greater Noida, Buenos Aires invitations reserved in style". ITTF. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "2018 Subic Bay ASTC Triathlon Asian YOG Qualifier". ITU. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  22. ↑ "Girls Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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