Japan at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Japan at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	JPN
National federation	Japan Association of Athletics Federations
Website	www.jaaf.or.jp/english/org/index.html
in Daegu
Competitors	48
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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Japan competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

The country will send a 50-member squad to compete at the event. The final team composition was announced following the conclusion of the Asian Championships in Kobe, Japan, the final qualifying meeting as designated by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations. ^[1]

The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 52 athletes, including 2 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Jun Hiromichi, 400m T53 (wheelchair) men, and Wakako Tsuchida, 800m T54 (wheelchair) women. ^[2]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, ^[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, ^[3] resulting in a total number of 48 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	4 × 100 metres relay	Sota Kawatsura
		Kei Takase
	4 × 400 metres relay	Takatoshi Abe
		Yuta Imazeki
Women	4 × 100 metres relay	Kana Ichikawa
		Satomi Kubokura

Medalists

The following competitor from Japan won a medal at the Championships

Koji Murofushi victory celebration at Daegu Medal Athlete Event  Gold Koji Murofushi Hammer throw

Results

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Shinji Takahira	200 metres			20.87	26	20.90	16	Did not advance
Hitoshi Saito	200 metres			20.80	21	21.17	19	Did not advance
Yuichi Kobayashi	200 metres			21.27	46	Did not advance
Yuzo Kanemaru	400 metres			45.51	19	46.11	20	Did not advance
Masato Yokota	800 metres			1:47.60	26	Did not advance
Kazuya Watanabe	5000 metres			14:20.64	33			Did not advance
Yuki Sato	10,000 metres							29:04.15	15
Hiroyuki Horibata	Marathon							2:11:52	7
Kentaro Nakamoto	Marathon							2:13:10	10
Yuki Kawauchi	Marathon							2:16:11	18
Yoshinori Oda	Marathon							2:18:05	29
Yukihiro Kitaoka	Marathon							2:23:11 SB	38
Takayuki Kishimoto	400 m hurdles			49.51	17	50.05	20	Did not advance
Yuta Imazeki	400 m hurdles			50.92	30	Did not advance
Takatoshi Abe	400 m hurdles			51.90	33	Did not advance
Yuichi Kobayashi Masashi Eriguchi Shinji Takahira Hitoshi Saito	4 × 100 metres relay			38.66 SB	9			Did not advance
Kei Takase Yuzo Kanemaru Yusuke Ishitsuka Hideyuki Hirose	4 × 400 metres relay			3:02.64 SB	13			Did not advance
Yusuke Suzuki	20 kilometres walk							1:21:39	8
Koichiro Morioka	50 kilometres walk							3:46:21	6
Takayuki Tanii	50 kilometres walk							3:48:03 SB	9
Hirooki Arai	50 kilometres walk							3:48:40 PB	10
Daichi Sawano	Pole vault	5.50	12 q					5.65 SB	14
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	78.56 SB	1					81.24 SB
Yukifumi Murakami	Javelin throw	80.19	15					Did not advance

Decathlon

Keisuke Ushiro	Decathlon
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.42	769	30
	Long jump	6.96	804	23
	Shot put	12.88	660	27
	High jump	2.02	822	12
	400 m	50.89	774	22
	110 m hurdles	15.20	825	26
	Discus throw	43.84	743	15
	Pole vault	4.40	731	21
	Javelin throw	67.73	855	4
	1500 m	4:43.87	656	13
Total			7639	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Chisato Fukushima	100 metres			11.34	22 Q	11.59	22	Did not advance
Chisato Fukushima	200 metres			23.25	23	23.52	20	Did not advance
Hitomi Niiya	5000 metres			15:31.09	7			15:41.67	13
Megumi Kinukawa	5000 metres			15:38.23	16			Did not advance
Kayo Sugihara	5000 metres			15:41.78 SB	18			Did not advance
Hikari Yoshimoto	10,000 metres							32:32.22	14
Kayo Sugihara	10,000 metres							32:53.89	15
Megumi Kinukawa	10,000 metres							34:08.37 [4]	17
Yukiko Akaba	Marathon							2:29:35	5
Remi Nakazato	Marathon							2:30:52	10
Yoshimi Ozaki	Marathon							2:32:31	18
Azusa Nojiri	Marathon							2:33:42	19
Mai Ito	Marathon							2:35:16	22
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles			56.66	24	56.87	21	Did not advance
Minori Hayakari	3000 metres steeplechase			10:05.34	27			Did not advance
Nao Okabe Momoko Takahashi Chisato Fukushima Saori Imai	4 × 100 metres relay			43.83	12			Did not advance
Kumi Otoshi	20 kilometres walk							1:34:37	20
Mayumi Kawasaki	20 kilometres walk							1:35:03	22
Masumi Fuchise	20 kilometres walk							DNF
Masumi Aya	Hammer throw	64.09	27					Did not advance
Yuki Ebihara	Javelin throw	59.88	10					59.08	9
Risa Miyashita	Javelin throw	55.62	26					Did not advance

References

1. IAAF (July 13, 2011), Japan announces squad of 50 for Daegu - IAAF World Championships, IAAF , retrieved July 18, 2011
2. IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2012, retrieved August 21, 2011
3. IAAF, Athletes participating per day, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved September 7, 2011
4. profile JAAF (2011-06-30). Retrieved on 28 August 2011.

External links

• Official local organising committee website
• Official IAAF competition website