2012 Japan Championships in Athletics

The 96th Japan Championships in Athletics (第96回日本陸上競技選手権大会, Dai 96 kai Nihon Rikujō Kyōgi Sensyuken Taikai) were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka. Organised by JAAF, the three-day competition took place from June 8–10 and served as the national championships in track and field for the Japan. The competition was for the qualifying trial for the Japan team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

96th Japan Championships in Athletics
DatesJune 8–10
Host cityOsaka, Japan
VenueNagai Stadium
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events36 (men: 18; women: 18)
Records set6 (NR: 2; CR: 4)
2011 Japan Championships

During the competition, 2 new national records and 4 new championship records were set in the events. Two women athletes, Tomomi Abiko set a new Japanese record in the pole vault, and Yuki Ebihara broke her own national record in the javelin. Koji Murofushi won the hummer throw's national champions for eighteen consecutive years. Yuzo Kanemaru won 400m eight years in a row. Chisato Fukushima won both the 100 m and 200m races two years in a row.[1] For the Most Valuable Player of the Championships, Genki Dean and Yuki Ebihara were selected.[2]

The competition was broadcast on television by NHK.[3]

Ground conditions

DateTimeWeatherTemperature
(°C)
HumidityWind
(m/s)
8 June15:00Rain23.887%ESE 0.9
8 June17:00Rain22.887%E 0.9
8 June19:00Rain22.587%SSE 0.4
8 June20:00Rain22.487%SW 1.1
9 June15:00Clear25.072%ESE 1.3
9 June17:00Cloudy24.872%E 0.8
9 June19:00Cloudy24.576%SE 0.9
9 June20:00Cloudy24.079%ESE 0.9
10 June12:30Cloudy24.557%E 1.2
10 June15:00Cloudy25.054%E 1.4
10 June17:00Clear25.251%ESE 1.7
Sources : Osaka Athletics Association[4]

Event schedule

Watching the game on 9 June.
Crowds on stands waiting for start of the men's 100 metres final on 9 June.
HHeats ½Semifinals FFinal

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m (0.0 m/s) Masashi Eriguchi10.29 Takumi Kuki10.30 Ryota Yamagata10.34
200 m (0.0 m/s) Kei Takase20.42 Shota Iizuka20.45 Shinji Takahira20.56
400 m Yuzo Kanemaru46.18 Hiroyuki Nakano46.23 Yoshihiro Azuma46.26
800 m Masato Yokota1:48.12 Takeshi Kuchino1:48.36 Shohei Oka1:48.51
1500 m Keisuke Tanaka3:45.49 Hiroshi Ino3:45.84 Tasuku Arai3:46.03
5000 m Kazuya Deguchi13:47.17 Kensuke Takezawa13:47.54 Yoshihiro Wakamatsu13:47.75
10,000 m Yuki Sato28:18.15 Suguru Osako28:18.53 Chihiro Miyawaki28:20.76
110 m hurdles
(-0.6 m/s)
Kenji Yahata13.72 Yuto Aoki13.85 Masanori Nishizawa13.87
400 m hurdles Takayuki Kishimoto48.41 Akihiko Nakamura49.38 Tetsuya Tateno49.49
3000 m steeplechase Minato Yamashita8:34.95 Tsuyoshi Takeda8:35.27 Aoi Matsumoto8:37.06
High jump Hiromi Takahari2.20 m Takashi Eto2.20 m Satoru Kubota2.15 m
Pole vault Seito Yamamoto5.42 m Daichi Sawano5.42 m Hiroki Ogita5.32 m
Long jump Daisuke Arakawa7.78 m (-1.1 m/s) Yohei Sugai7.76 m (0.0 m/s) Mamoru Niimura7.75 m (+1.6 m/s)
Triple jump Yuma Okabe16.54 m (+0.7 m/s) Daigo Hasegawa16.17 m (+1.2 m/s) Yohei Kajikawa16.10 m (+1.9 m/s)
Shot put Satoshi Hatase17.91 m Yohei Murakawa17.86 m Takanao Suzuki17.25 m
Discus throw Yuji Tsutsumi56.19 m Shigeo Hatakeyama54.21 m Masaru Miyauchi53.46 m
Hammer throw Koji Murofushi72.85 m Yuji Noguchi71.22 m Hiroaki Doi69.80 m
Javelin throw Genki Dean84.03 m Yukifumi Murakami83.95 m Ryohei Arai76.97 m

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m (0.0 m/s) Chisato Fukushima11.45 Anna Doi11.51 Momoko Takahashi11.66
200 m (+0.1 m/s) Chisato Fukushima23.35 Kana Ichikawa23.62 Momoko Takahashi23.74
400 m Mayu Sato53.86 Miho Shingu54.12 Megumi Kageyama54.27
800 m Ruriko Kubo2:04.18 Manami Mashita2:04.78 Chihiro Sunaga2:04.86
1500 m Ayako Jinnouchi4:16.42 Chikako Mori4:18.53 Satoe Kikuchi4:19.04
5000 m Hitomi Niiya15:17.92 Kayoko Fukushi15:25.74 Misaki Onishi15:32.89
10,000 m Mika Yoshikawa31:28.71 Kayoko Fukushi31:43.25 Megumi Kinukawa32:20.34
100 m hurdles
(-0.7 m/s)
Ayako Kimura13.27 Fumiko Kumagai13.45 Hitomi Shimura13.55
400 m hurdles Satomi Kubokura55.98 Tomomi Yoneda56.62 Shiori Miki57.15
3000 m steeplechase Yoshika Arai9:55.93 Hitomi Nakamura9:57.55 Misato Horie10:05.40
High jump Azumi Maeda1.80 m Moeko Kyouya
Miyuki Fukumoto
1.75 m --
Pole vault Tomomi Abiko4.40 m Tomoko Sumiishi4.10 m Ayako Aoshima4.00 m
Long jump Saeko Okayama6.55 m (0.0 m/s) Sachiko Masumi6.35 m (0.0 m/s) Kumiko Imura6.25 m (+1.5 m/s)
Triple jump Fumiyo Yoshida12.98 m (0.0 m/s) Waka Maeda12.91 m (0.0 m/s) Mei Yamane12.73 m (+0.7 m/s)
Shot put Yukiko Shirai15.41 m Chiaki Yokomizo14.84 m Chihiro Shigeyama14.75 m
Discus throw Ai Shikimoto52.74 m Yuka Murofushi52.37 m Ayumi Takahashi51.63 m
Hammer throw Masumi Aya64.91 m Mika Takekawa58.09 m Wakana Sato56.81 m
Javelin throw Yuki Ebihara62.36 m Haruka Matoba58.93 m Risa Miyashita58.27 m

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References

  1. Athletics: Fukushima takes 200 for double at nationals Archived 2013-02-18 at Archive.today Kyodo. The Mainichi (2012-06-11). Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  2. Day3 Highlight (大会3日目 ハイライト) Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese). JAAF (2012-06-10). Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. Airdate (放送予定) (in Japanese). JAAF (2012-06-10). Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  4. Ground Conditions (グラウンド コンディション) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese). Osaka Athletics Association (大阪陸上競技協会). Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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