Japan competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medalists

Gold medal.svg Gold

  • Hitoshi Saito — Judo, Men's Heavyweight (+ 95 kg)
  • Daichi Suzuki — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • Takashi Kobayashi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight (48 kg)
  • Mitsuru Sato — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)

Silver medal.svg Silver

  • Tomoko Hasegawa — Shooting, 25 m pistol (30+30 shots) Women
  • Akira Ota — Wrestling, Men's FreestyleLight-Heavyweight (90 kg)
  • Atsuji Miyahara — Wrestling, Men's Greco-RomanFlyweight (52 kg)

Bronze medal.svg Bronze

  • Yukio Iketani — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
  • Hiriyuki Konishi, Takahiro Yamada, Toshiharu Sato, Daisuke Nishikawa, Koichi Mizushima, and Yukio Iketani — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Team Competition
  • Shinji Hosokawa — Judo, Men's 60 kg
  • Yosuke Yamamoto — Judo, Men's 65 kg
  • Akinobu Osako — Judo, Men's 86 kg (Middleweight)
  • Miyako Tanaka and Mikako Kotani — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Duet
  • Mikako Kotani — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Solo

Results by event

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:

  • Toyoka Oki — Preliminary round (→ 31st place)
  • Keiko Nakagomi — Preliminary round (→ 52nd place)
  • Kyoko Kitahara — Preliminary round (→ 53rd place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Hiroshi Yamamoto — Final (→ 8th place)
  • Takayoshi Matsushita — Quarterfinal (→ 14th place)
  • Terushi Furuhashi — Preliminary round (→ 40th place)

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

  • Koji Kurihara
  • Takahiko Kasahara
  • Tomohiro Osawa

Men's 200 metres

  • Kenji Yamauchi

Men's 400 metres

  • Susumu Takano

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Shuichi Yoneshige

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Kozo Akutsu
  • Shuichi Yoneshige
  • Tsukasa Endo

Men's Marathon

  • Takeyuki Nakayama
  • Toshihiko Seko
  • Hisatoshi Shintaku

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Kaoru Matsubara, Shinji Aoto, Koji Kurihara, and Takahiro Kasahara
  • Shinji Aoto, Kenji Yamauchi, Koji Kurihara, and Susumu Takano

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Hirofumi Koike, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, and Susumu Takano

Men's Long Jump

  • Hiroyuki Shibata
  • Junichi Usui

Men's Triple Jump

  • Norifumi Yamashita

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Kazuhiro Mizoguchi
  • Masami Yoshida

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Hirofumi Sakai
  • Tadahiro Kosaka

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Tadahiro Kosaka


Women's 10,000 metres

  • Akemi Matsuno

Women's Marathon

  • Eriko Asai
  • Kumi Araki
  • Misako Miyahara

Women's High Jump

  • Megumi Sato

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Emi Matsui

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

  • Mamoru Kuroiwa

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Terumi Ogura — 2:00:52 (→ 30th place)
  • Natsue Seki — 2:14:32 (→ 50th place)

Handball

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Classification Match
  • Team Roster

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Hiroshi Saito — 4881pts (→ 30th place)
  • Tadafumi Miwa — 4517pts (→ 51st place)
  • Hiroaki Izumikawa — 3722pts (→ 63rd place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Saito, Miwa, and Izumikawa — 13120pts (→ 17th place)

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Shigeo Ogata

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Shigeo Ogata

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Yoshiyuki Mizumoto
  • Shigeo Ogata

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Masashi Kato
  • Yoshiyuki Mizumoto

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Daichi Suzuki
  • Shigemori Maruyama

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Daichi Suzuki
  • Shigemori Maruyama

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Hironobu Nagahata
  • Kenji Watanabe

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Shigehiro Takahashi
  • Hironobu Nagahata

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Hiroshi Miura
  • Yukinori Tanaka

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Satoshi Takeda
  • Hiroshi Miura

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Takahiro Fujimoto
  • Satoshi Takeda

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Yoshiyuki Mizumoto
  • Takahiro Fujimoto

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Daichi Suzuki, Hironobu Nagahata, Hiroshi Miura, and Shigeo Ogata

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Ayako Nakano
  • Kaori Sasaki

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Ayako Nakano
  • Kaori Sasaki

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Chikako Nakamori
  • Kaori Sasaki

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Chikako Nakamori
  • Tomomi Hosoda

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Tomomi Hosoda

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Satoko Morishita
  • Tomoko Onogi

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Satoko Morishita
  • Tomoko Onogi

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Yoshie Nishioka
  • Hiroko Nagasaki

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Yoshie Nishioka
  • Hiroko Nagasaki

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Kiyomi Takahashi
  • Takayo Kitano

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Kiyomi Takahashi
  • Takayo Kitano

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Yoshie Nishioka
  • Hiroyo Harada

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Yoshie Nishioka
  • Hiroyo Harada

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Satoko Morishita, Yoshie Nishioka, Kiyomi Takahashi, and Ayako Nakano

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • Kumiko Okamoto
  • Etsuko Inoue

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Classification Matches
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach : Kazuya Mitake

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Semi Finals
  • Final
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach : Noriyuki Muneuchi


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