Japan at the 1988 Summer Olympics Last updated July 07, 2025 Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [ 2]
Archery In their fourth Olympic archery competition, Japan was unable to win any medals. Defending bronze medallist Hiroshi Yamamoto placed eighth, the only individual archer to make the finals. The men's team placed sixth overall, while the women's team was last place.
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
Women's Team Competition:
Oki, Nakagomi, and Kitahara — Preliminary round (→ 15th place) Men's Team Competition:
Yamamoto, Matsushita, and Furuhashi — Final (→ 6th place) Athletics Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 400 metres
Men's 5,000 metres
Men's 10,000 metres
Heat — 28:16.43 Final — 28:09.70 (→ 14th place) Heat — 28:26.04 Final — 29:04.44 (→ 17th place) Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon
Final — 2:11:05 (→ 4th place) Final — 2:13:41 (→ 9th place) Final — 2:15:42 (→ 17th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Semi Final — 38.90 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Heat — 3:05.63 Semi Final — 3:03.80 (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump
Qualification — 7.48m (→ did not advance) Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) Men's Triple Jump
Men's Javelin Throw
Qualification — 77.46m (→ did not advance) Qualification — 76.90m (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk
Final — 1:24:08 (→ 26th place) Final — 1:32:46 (→ 47th place) Men's 50 km Walk
Final — 4'03:12 (→ 31st place) Women's 10,000 metres
Women's Marathon
Final — 2:34:41 (→ 25th place) Final — 2:35:15 (→ 28th place) Final — 2:35:26 (→ 29th place) Women's High Jump
Women's Javelin Throw
Qualification — 56.26m (→ did not advance) Boxing Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Handball Preliminary round (group B) vs East Germany (18 — 25) vs Spain (19 — 25) vs Hungary (19 — 22) vs South Korea (24 — 33) vs Czechoslovakia (17 — 21) 11th/12th place : vs United States 24 — 21 (→ 11th place)Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Saito, Miwa, and Izumikawa — 13120pts (→ 17th place) Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle
Heat — 52.08 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Men's 200 m Freestyle
Heat — 1:51.14 B-Final — 1:51.89 (→ 15th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle
Heat — 4:02.02 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Heat — 4:05.68 (→ did not advance, 38th place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Heat — 15:47.35 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Heat — 15:52.06 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke
Heat — 55.90 Final — 55.05 (→ Gold Medal ) Heat — 57.54 B-Final — 57.13 (→ 12th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke
Heat — 2:03.36 B-Final — 2:04.67 (→ 15th place) Heat — 2:09.16 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Heat — 1:04.02 B-Final — 1:03.89 (→ 13th place) Heat — 1:04.35 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Heat — 2:17.69 B-Final — 2:18.03 (→ 10th place) Heat — 2:22.23 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Men's 100 m Butterfly
Heat — 54.82 B-Final — 54.98 (→ 14th place) Heat — 56.19 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly
Heat — 2:01.42 B-Final — 2:02.18 (→ 15th place) Heat — 2:02.30 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Heat — 2:07.23 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Heat — 2:08.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Heat — 4:28.11 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Heat — 4:33.03 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Heat — 3:46.88 Final — 3:44.36 (→ 5th place) Women's 50 m Freestyle
Heat — 26.44 B-Final — 26.45 (→ 12th place) Heat — 26.61 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle
Heat — 57.29 B-Final — 56.72 (→ 10th place) Heat — 58.40 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Women's 200 m Freestyle
Heat — 2:01.76 B-Final — 2:02.31 (→ 14th place) Heat — 2:06.18 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Women's 400 m Freestyle
Heat — 4:15.51 B-Final — 4:15.59 (→ 15th place) Heat — 4:17.30 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle
Heat — 8:39.55 (→ did not advance, 11th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke
Heat — 1:05.38 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Heat — 1:06.14 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke
Heat — 2:18.74 B-Final — 2:18.78 (→ 14th place) Heat — 2:21.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Heat — 1:13.36 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Heat — 1:16.63 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Heat — 2:35.81 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Heat — 2:37.44 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 100 m Butterfly
Heat — 1:02.04 B-Final — 1:01.80 (→ 10th place) Heat — 1:02.35 B-Final — 1:02.53 (→ 14th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly
Heat — 2:12.68 Final — 2:11.62 (→ 6th place) Heat — 2:15.41 B-Final — 2:15.61 (→ 14th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Heat — 2:20.20 B-Final — 2:20.43 (→ 16th place) Heat — 2:22.59 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Heat — 4:55.31 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Heat — 5:00.92 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Heat — 4:18.88 (→ did not advance, 12th place) Tennis Women's Singles Competition
First Round — Lost to Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 3-6, 6-3, 5-7 Volleyball Preliminary round (group B) Lost to United States (0-3) Lost to Argentina (1-3) Lost to France (1-3) Defeated Tunisia (3-0) Lost to the Netherlands (0-3) 9th/12th place : Defeated South Korea (3-2)9th/10th place : Lost to Italy (2-3) → Tenth place Preliminary round (group A) Defeated Soviet Union (3-2) Lost to East Germany (2-3) Defeated South Korea (3-1) Lost to PR China (0-3) → Fourth place References
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