Japan at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Introduction '''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.
Team selection ;Track and road eventsEventAthletesMenWomen100 metresMasashi EriguchiShintaro KimuraNaoki TsukaharaMomoko TakahashiChisato Fukushima200 metersShinji TakahiraHitoshi SaitoKenji FujimitsuChisato FukushimaMomoko Takahashi400 metresYuzo KanemaruHideyuki HiroseAsami Tanno4 x 100 metres relayMasashi EriguchiShintaro KimuraNaoki TsukaharaShinji TakahiraHitoshi SaitoKenji FujimitsuMomoko TakahashiChisato FukushimaMayumi WatanabeMaki WadaAsuka Terada4 x 400 metres relayAsami TannoSatomi KubokuraSayaka AokiMayu SatoMiho Shingu5000 metresYuichiro UenoYurika NakamuraYuriko Kobayashi10,000 metresYuki IwaiYukari SahakuKayoko FukushiYurika NakamuraMarathonSatoshi IrifuneMasaya ShimizuKazuhiro MaedaArata FujiwaraAtsushi SatoYoshimi OzakiYoko ShibuiYoshiko FujinagaYuri KanoYukiko Akaba100 metres hurdles—Asuka Terada110 metres hurdlesTasuku Tanonaka—400 metres hurdlesKenji NarisakoKazuaki YoshidaSatomi KubokuraSayaka Aoki3000 m steeplechaseYoshitaka IwamizuMinori Hayakari20 km race walkKoichiro MoriokaIsamu FujisawaYusuke SuzukiMasumi FuchiseMayumi KawasakiKumi Otoshi50 km race walkYuki YamazakiKoichiro MoriokaTakayuki Tanii—;Field and combined eventsEventAthletesMenWomenPole vaultDaichi SawanoTakafumi SuzukiTakayo KondoHigh jumpNaoyuki DaigoLong jumpDaisuke ArakawaSachiko MasumiHammer throwKoji MurofushiJavelin throwYukifumi MurakamiYuki EbiharaDecathlonDaisuke Ikeda—
Results ===Men===;Track and road eventsEventAthletesHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank100 mMasashi Eriguchi10.38310.458did not advanceShintaro Kimura10.47310.548did not advanceNaoki Tsukahara10.28210.15310.258did not advance200 mShinji Takahira20.86220.694did not advanceHitoshi Saito21.386did not advanceKenji Fujimitsu20.69320.976did not advance400 mYuzo Kanemaru46.834—did not advanceHideyuki Hirose46.807—did not advance5000 mYuichiro Ueno14:30.7616—did not advance10,000 mYuki Iwai—29:24.1225110 m hurdlesTasuku Tanonaka13.847—did not advance400 m hurdlesKenji Narisako49.605—did not advanceKazuaki Yoshida49.45 PB3—50.348did not advance3000 m steeplechaseYoshitaka Iwamizu8:39.039—did not advance4 × 100 m relayMasashi EriguchiNaoki TsukaharaShinji TakahiraKenji Fujimitsu38.532—38.304MarathonSatoshi Irifune—2:14:5414Masaya Shimizu—2:14:0611Kazuhiro Maeda—2:19:5939Arata Fujiwara—2:31:0661Atsushi Sato—2:12:05620 km walkKoichiro Morioka—1:21:4811Isamu Fujisawa—1:25:1230Yusuke Suzuki—1:30:214250 km walkYuki Yamazaki—DQ—Koichiro Morioka—3:56:2118Takayuki Tanii—DQ—;Field and combined eventsEventAthletesQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankLong jumpDaisuke Arakawa7.5322did not advanceHigh jumpNaoyuki Daigo2.2011did not advancePole vaultDaichi Sawano5.5555.5010Takafumi Suzuki5.2517did not advanceJavelin throwYukifumi Murakami83.10 PB182.97Image:Bronze medal icon.svgDecathlonDaisuke Ikeda—7788 PB26===Women===;Track and road eventsEventAthletesHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank100 mMomoko Takahashi11.754did not advanceChisato Fukushima11.52411.437did not advance200 mChisato Fukushima23.404—did not advanceMomoko Takahashi23.617—did not advance400 mAsami Tanno53.305—did not advance5000 mYurika Nakamura15:21.01 PB6—15:13.01 PB12Yuriko Kobayashi15:23.968—15:12.441110,000 mYukari Sahaku—33:41.1720Kayoko Fukushi—31:23.499Yurika Nakamura—31:14.39 PB7100 m hurdlesAsuka Terada13.416—did not advance400 m hurdlesSatomi Kubokura56.915—did not advanceSayaka Aoki1:03.567—did not advance3000 m steeplechaseMinori Hayakari9:39.2810—did not advance4 × 100 m relayChisato FukushimaMomoko TakahashiMayumi WatanabeMaki Wada44.244—did not advance4 × 400 m relaySayaka AokiAsami TannoMayu SatoSatomi Kubokura3:34.468—did not advanceMarathonYoshimi Ozaki—2:25:25Image:Silver medal icon.svgYoshiko Fujinaga—2:29:5314Yuri Kano—2:26:577Yukiko Akaba—2:37:433120 km walkMasumi Fuchise—1:31:157Mayumi Kawasaki—DQ—Kumi Otoshi—1:33:0512;Field eventsEventAthletesQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankLong jumpSachiko Masumi6.2315did not advancePole vaultTakayo Kondo4.1015did not advanceJavelin throwYuki Ebihara54.8112did not advance
References
External links * Official competition website