Japan at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

Japan at the
2017 World Championships in Athletics
WA codeJPN
National federationJapan Association of Athletics Federations
Websitewww.jaaf.or.jp
in London
Competitors47 in 22 events
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
World Championships in Athletics appearances

Japan competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, from 4–13 August 2017.[1]

Medalists

The following competitors from Japan won medals at the Championships.

Medal Athlete Event Date
 Silver Hirooki Arai Men's 50 km walk 13 August
 Bronze Shuhei Tada
Shota Iizuka
Yoshihide Kiryu
Kenji Fujimitsu
Asuka Cambridge*		 Men's 4 × 100 m relay 12 August
 Bronze Kai Kobayashi Men's 50 km walk 13 August

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men

Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Asuka Cambridge 100 metres 10.21 20 q 10.25 16 Did not advance
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 10.05 PB 6 Q 10.28 19
Shuhei Tada 10.19 15 q 10.26 17
Shota Iizuka 200 metres 20.58 23 Q 20.62 16 Did not advance
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 20.52 18 Q 20.43 10 Q 20.63 7
Takamasa Kitagawa 400 metres 47.35 45 Did not advance
Hiroto Inoue Marathon — 2:16.54 26
Yuki Kawauchi 2:12.19 9
Kentaro Nakamoto 2:12.41 10
Genta Masuno 110 metres hurdles 13.58 25 Q 13.79 20 Did not advance
Hideki Omuro 13.78 34 Did not advance
Shunya Takayama 13.65 32
Takatoshi Abe 400 metres hurdles 49.65 14 Q 49.93 14 Did not advance
Yusuke Ishida 50.35 28 Did not advance
Ryo Kajiki 51.36 31
Hironori Tsuetaki 3000 metres steeplechase 8:45.81 38 — Did not advance
Shuhei Tada
Shota Iizuka
Yoshihide Kiryu
Kenji Fujimitsu
Asuka Cambridge* 		4 × 100 metres relay 38.21 SB 6 Q — 38.04 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kentaro Sato
Yuzo Kanemaru
Kazushi Kimura
Kosuke Horii 		4 × 400 metres relay 3:07.29 15 — Did not advance
Isamu Fujisawa 20 kilometres walk — 1:20:04 11
Daisuke Matsunaga 1:23:39 38
Eiki Takahashi 1:20:36 14
Hirooki Arai 50 kilometres walk — 3:41:17 SB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kai Kobayashi 3:41:19 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Satoshi Maruo 3:43:03 PB 5

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Takashi Eto High jump 2.22 =21 Did not advance
Hiroki Ogita Pole vault 5.45 =18 Did not advance
Seito Yamamoto 5.30 26
Ryoma Yamamoto Triple jump 16.01 29 Did not advance
Ryohei Arai Javelin throw 77.38 23 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Akihiko Nakamura Result 11.06 7.28 11.37 1.96 SB 48.98 14.43 33.65 4.70 54.22 SB 4:22.62 7646 19
Points 847 881 568 767 862 920 537 819 651 794
Keisuke Ushiro Result 11.53 6.64 13.43 1.96 SB 51.43 SB 15.35 47.64 SB 4.60 63.28 4:51.90 7498 20
Points 746 729 693 767 750 808 821 790 787 607

Women

Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rina Nabeshima 5000 metres 15:11.83 PB 18 — Did not advance
Ayuko Suzuki 15:24.86 26
Mizuki Matsuda 10,000 metres — 31:59.54 19
Ayuko Suzuki 31:27.30 SB 10
Miyuki Uehara 32:31.58 24
Yuka Ando Marathon — 2:31:31 17
Mao Kiyota 2:30:36 16
Risa Shigetomo 2:36:03 27
Ayako Kimura 100 metres hurdles 13.15 27 Q 13.29 23 Did not advance
Hitomi Shimura 13.29 31 Did not advance
Kumiko Okada 20 kilometres walk — 1:31:19 18
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Yuki Ebihara Javelin throw 57.51 24 Did not advance
Risa Miyashita 53.83 29
Marina Saito 60.86 16

References

  1. ^ "Athletes by event and season best" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
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