Japan at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Japan at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	JPN
National federation	Japan Association of Athletics Federations
in Berlin
Competitors	57
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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Japan will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 57 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Koji Murofushi (hammer throw), Yuki Yamazaki (50 km walk), and the athletes from the Marathon team are considered the country's best medal chances.^[1]

Team selection

Results

Men

Track and road events

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Daisuke Arakawa	7.53	22	did not advance
High jump	Naoyuki Daigo	2.20	11	did not advance
Pole vault	Daichi Sawano	5.55	5	5.50	10
	Takafumi Suzuki	5.25	17	did not advance
Javelin throw	Yukifumi Murakami	83.10 PB	1	82.97
Decathlon	Daisuke Ikeda	—		7788 PB	26

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Momoko Takahashi	11.75	4	did not advance
	Chisato Fukushima	11.52	4	11.43	7	did not advance
200 m	Chisato Fukushima	23.40	4	—		did not advance
	Momoko Takahashi	23.61	7	—		did not advance
400 m	Asami Tanno	53.30	5	—		did not advance
5000 m	Yurika Nakamura	15:21.01 PB	6	—				15:13.01 PB	12
	Yuriko Kobayashi	15:23.96	8	—				15:12.44	11
10,000 m	Yukari Sahaku	—						33:41.17	20
	Kayoko Fukushi	—						31:23.49	9
	Yurika Nakamura	—						31:14.39 PB	7
100 m hurdles	Asuka Terada	13.41	6	—		did not advance
400 m hurdles	Satomi Kubokura	56.91	5	—		did not advance
	Sayaka Aoki	1:03.56	7	—		did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Minori Hayakari	9:39.28	10	—				did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Chisato Fukushima Momoko Takahashi Mayumi Watanabe Maki Wada	44.24	4	—				did not advance
4 × 400 m relay	Sayaka Aoki Asami Tanno Mayu Sato Satomi Kubokura	3:34.46	8	—				did not advance
Marathon	Yoshimi Ozaki	—						2:25:25
	Yoshiko Fujinaga	—						2:29:53	14
	Yuri Kano	—						2:26:57	7
	Yukiko Akaba	—						2:37:43	31
20 km walk	Masumi Fuchise	—						1:31:15	7
	Mayumi Kawasaki	—						DQ	—
	Kumi Otoshi	—						1:33:05	12

Field events

References

External links

• Official competition website

This page was last edited on 23 July 2023, at 19:55