Japan competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 256 competitors, 175 men and 81 women, took part in 166 events in 24 sports.
Medalists
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
In the nation's fifth Olympic archery competition, five of Japan's six archers failed to qualify for the elimination round. The one that did, Hiroshi Yamamoto, lost his match. Both teams lost their first matches in the team round as well.
Women's Individual Competition: Keiko Nakagomi — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0) Reiko Fujita — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0) Yukiko Ikeda — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0)
Men's Individual Competition: Hiroshi Yamamoto — Round of 32, 17th place (0-1) Naoto Oku — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0) Kiyokazu Nishikawa— Ranking round, 61st place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition: Nakagomi, Fujita, and Ikeda — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)
Men's Team Competition: Yamamoto, Oku, and Nishikawa — Round of 16, 15th place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Tatsuo Sugimoto
Heat — 10.56 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Haruo Urata
Heat — 28:24.08
Final — 28:37.61 (→ 14th place)
Sakae Osaki
Heat — 29:20.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Masayoshi Kan, Susumu Takano, Yoshihiko Saito, and Takahiro Watanabe
Heat — 3:01.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Koichi Morishita — 2:13.45 (→ Silver Medal) Takeyuki Nakayama — 2:14.02 (→ 4th place) Hiromi Taniguchi — 2:14.42 (→ 8th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Fumio Imamura — 4:07:45 (→ 18th place) Takehiro Sonohara — 4:13:22 (→ 22nd place) Tadahiro Kosaka — 4:14:24 (→ 24th place)
Men's 110m Hurdles
Toshihiko Iwasaki
Quarterfinals — 13.88 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Kazuhiko Yamazaki
Heat — 50.30 (→ did not advance)
Yoshihiko Saito
Heat — 49.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Masami Yoshida
Qualification — 72.88 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
Masaki Morinaga
Qualification — 7.79 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Norifumi Yamashita
Qualification — 15.97 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres
Izumi Maki
Heat — 32:07.91
Final — 31:55.06 (→ 12th place)
Miki Igarashi
Heat — 32:45.47
Final — 32:09.58 (→ 14th place)
Hiromi Suzuki
Heat — 34:29.64 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10 km Walk
Miki Itakura
Final — 47:11 (→ 23rd place)
Yuko Sato
Final — 47:43 (→ 24th place)
Women's Marathon
Yuko Arimori — 2:32.49 (→ Silver Medal) Sachiko Yamashita — 2:36.26 (→ 4th place) Yumi Kokamo — 2:58.18 (→ 29th place)
Women's High Jump
Megumi Sato
Qualification — 1.92 m
Final — 1.91 m (→ 7th place)
Badminton
Baseball
Japan was one of the eight teams to play in the first Olympic baseball tournament. In the preliminary round, the Japanese team defeated the United States and four other teams, but lost to Cuba and Chinese Taipei to come in third place in the round after those two teams. In the semifinal, Japan again played against Taipei, losing once more to be relegated to the bronze medal game. There, they again faced the United States and repeated their victory to take home the medal.
Men's Team Competition: Japan → Bronze Medal (6-3) Team Roster Tomohito Ito Shinichiro Kawabata Masahito Kohiyama Hirotami Kojima Hiroki Kokubo Takashi Miwa Hiroshi Nakamoto Masafumi Nishi Kazutaka Nishiyama Koichi Oshima Hiroyuki Sakaguchi Shinichi Sato Yasuhiro Sato Masanori Sugiura Kento Sugiyama Yasunori Takami Akihiro Togo Koji Tokunaga Shigeki Wakabayashi Katsumi Watanabe
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Tadahiro Sasaki First Round — Defeated Domenic Figliomeni (CAN), 5:3 Second Round — Lost to Valentin Barbu (ROM), 7:10
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Shigeyuki Dobashi First Round — Defeated Delroy Leslie (JAM), 11:5 Second Round — Lost to Julien Lorcy (FRA), RSC-2
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Masashi Kawakami First Round — Lost to Adrian Dodson (GBR), RSC-3
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) Hiroshi Nagashima First Round — Lost to Maselino Masoe (ASA), RSCI-3 (00:54)
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists, nine men and three women, represented Japan in 1992.