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 (4-3) Lost to United States 2-4 Defeated Netherlands 10-2 Defeated Australia 7-3 Defeated Italy 6-1 Defeated South Africa 8-0 Lost to Korea 6-7 Lost to Cuba 2-6 Semifinals Lost to Cuba 0-3 Bronze-medal match Lost to Korea 1-3 Team Roster So Taguchi Fumihiro Suzuki Nobuhiko Matsunaka Jun Haima Norihiro Nakamura Yukio Tanaka Yoshinori Okihara Osamu Nogami Yoshihiko Kajiyama Yoshikazu Doi Masato Kawano Shunsuke Watanabe Yuji Yoshimi Masanori Ishikawa Akichika Yamada Toshiya Sugiuchi Daisuke Matsuzaka Masanori Sugiura Shinnosuke Abe Kosuke Noda Tomohiro Iizuka Jun Hirose Norihiro Akahoshi Tomohiro Kuroki Manager: Kozo Ohtagaki Coach: Hiroyuki Hayashi Coach: Keiichi Nagasaki Coach: Osamu Nomura Beach volleyball Boxing Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Kazumasa Tsujimoto Round 1 – Defeated Hassan Oucheikh of Morocco Round 2 – Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba (did not advance) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Hidehiko Tsukamoto Round 1 – Lost to Yosvani Aguilera of Cuba (did not advance) Canoeing Flatwater Women's competition Women's Kayak Singles 500 m Sayuri Maruyama Qualifying Heat – 02:00.833 (did not advance) Slalom Men's competition Men's Kayak Singles Taro Ando Qualifying – 442.64 (did not advance) Cycling Cross Country Mountain Bike Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike Raita Suzuki Final – Lapped (34th place) Women's Mountain Bike Hiroko Nambu Final – 2:06:13.88 (26th place) Road Cycling Men's Road Race Yoshiyuki Abe Final – DNF Women's Road Race Miho Oki Final – 3:12:40 (40th place) 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 Buráň of Czech Republic Men's 1 km Time Trial Narihiro Inamura Final – 01:05.085 (9th place) Men's Point Race Makoto Iljima Points – 6 Laps Down – 2 (16th place) Men's Keirin Shinichi Ota First round – Heat – 1; Place – 3 Repechage – Heat – 1; Place – 2 Second round – Heat – 2; Place – 6 (did not advance) Yuichiro Kamiyama First round – Heat – 3; Place – 6 Repechage – Heat – 3; DNF (did not advance) Men's