Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Japan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 266 competitors, 156 men and 110 women, took part in 156 events in 28 sports.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Tadahiro Nomura | Judo | Men's extra lightweight | 16 September | |
| Ryoko Tamura | Judo | Women's extra lightweight | 16 September | |
| Makoto Takimoto | Judo | Men's half middleweight | 19 September | |
| Kosei Inoue | Judo | Men's half heavyweight | 21 September | |
| Naoko Takahashi | Athletics | Women's marathon | 24 September | |
| Yasuko Tajima | Swimming | Women's 400 m individual medley | 16 September | |
| Noriko Narazaki | Judo | Women's half lightweight | 17 September | |
| Mai Nakamura | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke | 18 September | |
| Shinichi Shinohara | Judo | Men's heavyweight | 22 September | |
| Reika Utsugi Miyo Yamada Noriko Yamaji Haruka Saito Juri Takayama Hiroko Tamoto Mariko Masubuchi Naomi Matsumoto Emi Naito Kazue Ito Yoshimi Kobayashi Shiori Koseki Misako Ando Yumiko Fujii Taeko Ishikawa | Softball | Women's competition | 25 September | |
| Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda | Synchronized swimming | Women's duet | 26 September | |
| Katsuhiko Nagata | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg | 27 September | |
| Juri Tatsumi Yoko Yoneda Yuko Yoneda Rei Jimbo Ayano Egami Raika Fujii Miya Tachibana Yoko Isoda Miho Takeda | Synchronized swimming | Women's team | 29 September | |
| Kie Kusakabe | Judo | Women's lightweight | 18 September | |
| Mayumi Yamashita | Judo | Women's heavyweight | 22 September | |
| Miki Nakao | Swimming | Women's 200 m backstroke | 22 September | |
| Junko Onishi Masami Tanaka Sumika Minamoto Mai Nakamura | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 23 September | |
| Yoriko Okamoto | Taekwondo | Women's 67 kg | 29 September |
Archery
was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventual silver medallist Kim Nam-Soon.Men's team competition:
- Makiyama, Matsushita, Hamano — Round of 16, 14th place
Athletics
Men's competition
Men's 100 m- Shingo Kawabata
- Koji Ito
- Shigeyuki Kojima
- Shingo Suetsugu
- Koji Ito
- Jun Osakada
- Takahiko Yamamura
- Kenji Tabata
- Toshinari Takaoka
- Katsuhiko Hanada
- Toshinari Takaoka
- Katsuhiko Hanada
- Satoru Tanigawa
- Kazuhiko Yamazaki
- Hideaki Kawamura
- Dai Tamesue
- Nobuharu Asahara, Koji Ito, Shingo Kawabata, Shigeyuki Kojima, Shingo Suetsugu
- Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Tamamura
- Koji Murofushi
- Masaki Morinaga
- Daisuke Watanabe
- Takamori Sugibayashi
- Takahisa Yoshida
- Manabu Yokoyama
- Satoshi Yanagisawa
- Daisuke Ikeshima
- Fumio Imamura
- Akihiko Koike
- Shinji Kawashima
- Nobuyuki Sato
- Takayuki Inubushi
Women's competition
- Yoshiko Ichikawa
- Megumi Tanaka
- Michiko Shimizu
- Harumi Hiroyama
- Chiemi Takahashi
- Yuko Kawakami
- Yvonne Kanazawa
- Wakako Tsuchida
- Yoko Ota
- Miki Imai
- Naoko Takahashi
- Eri Yamaguchi
- Ari Ichihashi
Badminton
- Hidetaka Yamada
- Keita Masuda
- Kanako Yonekura
- Yasuko Mizui
- Takako Ida
- Haruko Matsuda, Yoshiko Iwata
- Satomi Igawa, Hiroko Nagamine
Baseball
Men's Team Competition
Japan, which had won a bronze medal in the first Olympic baseball tournament and a silver medal in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and Africa but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: the United States, Korea, and Cuba. In the semifinals, Japan played Cuba for the second time in as many games, losing again to the two-time gold medallists. Playing for the bronze medal against Korea, the Japanese team was again defeated.- Preliminary Round
- Semifinals
- Bronze Medal Match
- Team Roster
Beach volleyball
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight- Kazumasa Tsujimoto
- *Round 1 — Defeated Hassan Oucheikh of Morocco
- *Round 2 — Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba
- Hidehiko Tsukamoto
- *Round 1 — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera of Cuba
Canoeing
Flatwater
Women's competition
Women's Kayak Singles 500 m- Sayuri Maruyama
Slalom
Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles- Taro Ando
Cycling
Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike- Raita Suzuki
- Hiroko Nambu
Road Cycling
- Yoshiyuki Abe
- Miho Oki
Track Cycling
Men's competition
Men's Sprint- Shinichi Ota
- *Qualifying — 10.603
- *Repechage — 2nd place — Heat 2
- *First Round — Lost to Viesturs Berzins of Latvia
- Tomohiro Nagatsuka
- *Qualifying — 10.595
- *Repechage — 3rd place — Heat 1
- *First Round — Lost to Pavel Buran of Czech Republic
- Narihiro Inamura
- *Final — 01:05.085
- Makoto Iljima
- *Points — 6
- *Laps Down — 2
- Shinichi Ota
- *First Round — Heat — 1; Place — 3
- *Repechage — Heat — 1; Place — 2
- *Second Round — Heat — 2; Place — 6
- Yuichiro Kamiyama
- *First Round — Heat — 3; Place — 6
- *Repechage — Heat — 3; DNF
- Narihiro Inamura, Yuichiro Kamiyama, Tomohiro Nagatsuka
- *Qualifying — 45.406
- *Second Round — 45.264
Women's competition
- Akemi Morimoto
- *Points — 0
Diving
- Ken Terauchi
- Ken Terauchi
Equestrianism
Fencing
Four fencers, two men and two women, represented Japan in 2000.;Men's foil
;Men's sabre
;Women's foil
- Yuko Arai
- Miwako Shimada
Football
Men's Team Competition
- Group D
- Quarter Finals
- Team Roster
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Five men and four women competed in six different Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics, including two top 10 finishes.Men's Double Handed Dinghy
- Eiichiro Hamazaki and Yuji Miyai
- Masako Imai
- Maiko Sato
- Yumiko Shige and Yurie Alicia Kinoshita
- Kunio Suzuki
- Kenji Nakamura and Tomoyuki Sasaki
Shooting
Softball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Semifinals
- Final
- Team Roster
Swimming
- Masato Hirano
- Masato Hirano
- Yota Arase
- Takashi Yamamoto
- Takashi Yamamoto
- Hisayoshi Tanaka
- Kosuke Kitajima
- Akira Hayashi
- Akira Hayashi
- Kosuke Kitajima
- Susumu Tabuchi
- Shinya Taniguchi
- Susumu Tabuchi
- Sumika Minamoto
- Sumika Minamoto
- Sachiko Yamada
- Yasuko Tajima
- Sachiko Yamada
- Junko Onishi
- Maki Mita
- Maki Mita
- Yuko Nakanishi
- Masami Tanaka
- Junko Isoda
- Masami Tanaka
- Junko Isoda
- Mai Nakamura
- Noriko Inada
- Miki Nakao
- Tomoko Hagiwara
- Tomoko Hagiwara
- Yasuko Tajima
- Yasuko Tajima
- Sumika Minamoto, Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, Masami Tanaka
Synchronized swimming
Team
- Ayano Egami, Raika Fujii, Yoko Isoda, Rei Jimbo, Miya Tachibana, Miho Takeda, Yuko Yoneda, Yoko Yoneda, Juri Tatsumi
- Miya Tachibana, Miho Takeda
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Trampolining
Triathlon
Women's Individual Competition:- Kiyomi Niwata — 2:03:53.01
- Akiko Hirao — 2:04:18.70
- Haruna Hosoya — DNF
- Takumi Obara — 1:50:29.95
- Hideo Fukui — 1:52:04.79
- Hiroyuki Nishiuchi — 1:56:59.76
Weightlifting