eight men and one woman, represented Japan in 1984. Tsutomu Sakamoto won a bronze medal in the sprint event. Men's individual road race Matsuyoshi Takahashi — 45th place Sprint Tsutomu Sakamoto Katsuo Nakatake 1000m time trial Tsutomu Sakamoto Team pursuit Akio Kuwazawa Harumitsu Okada Mitsugi Sarudate Yoshihiro Tsumuraya Points race Akio Kuwazawa Hitoshi Sato Women's individual road race Wakako Abe — 40th place Diving Men's 3m Springboard Isao Yamagishi Preliminary Round — 427.14 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Equestrianism Fencing Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented Japan in 1984. Men's foil Kenichi Umezawa Nobuyuki Azuma Tadashi Shimokawa Men's team foil Nobuyuki Azuma, Yoshihiko Kanatsu, Hidehachi Koyasu, Tadashi Shimokawa, Kenichi Umezawa Women's foil Azusa Oikawa Mieko Miyahara Miyuki Maekawa Women's team foil Mieko Miyahara, Azusa Oikawa, Miyuki Maekawa, Tomoko Oka Gymnastics Handball Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Lost to Yugoslavia (15:32) Lost to Romania (22:28) Lost to Iceland (17:21) Lost to Switzerland (13:20) Defeated Algeria (17:16) Classification Match 9th/10th place: Lost to United States (16:24) → 10th place Team Roster Seimei Gamo Takashi Ikenoue Yasou Ikona Hidetada Ito Koji Matsui Mitsuaki Nakamoto Kiyoshi Nishiyama Takahiro Ohata Nobuo Sasaki Kenzo Seki Yoshihiro Shiga Katsutoshi Taguchi Seiichi Takamura Yukihiko Uemura Shinji Yamamoto Judo Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Japan in 1984. Individual Shoji Uchida Hiroyuki Kawazoe Daizou Araki Team Shoji Uchida Hiroyuki Kawazoe Daizou Araki Rhythmic gymnastics Rowing Sailing Shooting Men Women Open Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Shigeo Ogata Heat — 52.96 (→ did not advance, 33rd place) Satoshi Sumida Heat — 53.83 (→ did not advance, 39th place) Men's 200m Freestyle Hiroshi Sakamoto Heat — 1:54.71 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Shigeo Ogata Heat — 1:55.97 (→ did not advance, 33rd place) Men's 400m Freestyle Shigeo Ogata Heat — 4:02.97 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Keisuke Okuno Heat — 4:06.31 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100m Backstroke Daichi Suzuki Heat — 58.37 B-Final — 58.30 (→ 11th place) Men's 200m Backstroke Daichi Suzuki Heat — 2:06.24 B-Final — 2:06.02 (→ 16th place) Men's 100m Breaststroke Shigehiro Takahashi Heat — 1:04.71 B-Final — 1:04.41 (→ 10th place) Kenji Watanabe Heat — 1:06.10 (→ did not advance, 9th place) Men's 200m Breaststroke Shigehiro Takahashi Heat — 2:19.98 B-Final — 2:20.93 (→ 12th place) Kenji Watanabe Heat — 2:22.33 B-Final — 2:22.29 (→ 15th place) Men's 100m Butterfly Taihei Saka Heat — 56.40 (→ did