Japan at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

Japan at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
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IAAF code	JPN
National federation	Japan Association of Athletics Federations
Website	https://www.jaaf.or.jp/english/
in Eugene, United States 15 – 24 July 2022
Competitors	68 (41 men and 27 women) in 30 events
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 2 1 4
World Athletics Championships appearances

Japan competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon from 15 to 24 July 2022. Japan entered 68 athletes. They finished with one gold medal, two silver, and a bronze medal.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Toshikazu Yamanishi	Men's 20 kilometres walk	15 July
Silver	Koki Ikeda	Men's 20 kilometres walk	15 July
Silver	Masatora Kawano	Men's 35 kilometres walk	24 July
Bronze	Haruka Kitaguchi	Women's javelin throw	22 July

Results

Key

• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Season best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ryuichiro Sakai	100 metres	10.12 (+0.2)	20 Q	10.23 (+0.1)	21	Did not advance
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown		9.98 (−0.3) SB	6 Q	10.05 (+0.3)	7 q	10.06	7
Shota Iizuka	200 metres	20.72 (+0.0)	33 Q	20.77 (−0.1)	22	Did not advance
Yuki Koike		DNS		Did not advance
Koki Ueyama		20.26 (+1.0) PB	10 Q	20.48 (+0.3)	17	Did not advance
Kaito Kawabata	400 metres	46.34	27	Did not advance
Fuga Sato		45.88	18 q	45.71	17	Did not advance
Julian Jrummi Walsh		45.90	19 q	45.75	18	Did not advance
Hyuga Endo	5000 metres	13:47.07	31	N/A		Did not advance
Tatsuhiko Ito	10,000 metres	N/A				28:57.85	22
Ren Tazawa		N/A				28:24.25	20
Gaku Hoshi	Marathon	N/A				2:13:44	38
Yusuke Nishiyama						2:08:35	13
Kengo Suzuki						DNS
Ryoma Aoki	3000 metres steeplechase	8:33.89	33	N/A		Did not advance
Ryuji Miura		8:21.80	16	N/A		Did not advance
Kosei Yamaguchi		8:30.92	28	N/A		Did not advance
Shuhei Ishikawa	110 metres hurdles	13.53 (−0.3)	20 Q	13.68 (−0.6)	24	Did not advance
Shunsuke Izumiya		13.56 (+0.4)	22 Q	13.42 (+0.3)	14	Did not advance
Rachid Muratake		13.73 (+0.2)	30	Did not advance
Takayuki Kishimoto	400 metres hurdles	50.66	29	Did not advance
Kazuki Kurokawa		50.02	21 Q	49.69	16	Did not advance
Yuki Koike Ryuichiro Sakai Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Ryota Suzuki Koki Ueyama Hiroki Yanagita	4 × 100 metres relay	DQ		N/A		Did not advance
Ryuki Iwasaki Kaito Kawabata Mitsuki Kawauchi Yuki Joseph Nakajima Fuga Sato Julian Jrummi Walsh	4 × 400 metres relay	3:01.53 SB	2 Q	N/A		2:59.51	4
Toshikazu Yamanishi	20 kilometres walk	N/A				1:19:07 SB
Koki Ikeda						1:19:14
Hiroto Jusho						1:20:39	8
Eiki Takahashi						1:26:46	29
Masatora Kawano	35 kilometres walk	N/A				2:23:15
Daisuke Matsunaga						2:33:56	26
Tomohiro Noda						2:25:29	9

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ryoichi Akamatsu	High jump	2.21	19	Did not advance
Tomohiro Shinno		2.28	6 q	2.27	8
Seito Yamamoto	Pole vault	5.65	15	Did not advance
Yuki Hashioka	Long jump	8.18 (+0.4)	1 Q	7.86 (+0.4)	10
Natsuki Yamakawa		7.75 (+0.5)	21	Did not advance
Roderick Genki Dean	Javelin	82.34 SB	7 q	80.69	9
Kenji Ogura		78.48	19	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nozomi Tanaka	800 metres	2:03.56	38	Did not advance
Nozomi Tanaka	1500 metres	4:05.30 SB	14 q	4:05.79	15	Did not advance
Ran Urabe		4:14.82	40	Did not advance
Nozomi Tanaka	5000 metres	15:00.21 SB	14 q	N/A		15:19.35	12
Ririka Hironaka		15:02.03 SB	16	N/A		Did not advance
Kaede Hagitani		15:53.39	30	N/A		Did not advance
Rino Goshima	10,000 metres	N/A				32:08.68	19
Ririka Hironaka						30:39.71 PB	12
Narumi Kobayashi						N/A
Mao Ichiyama	Marathon	N/A				N/A
Hitomi Niiya						DNS
Mizuki Matsuda						2:23:49	9
Yuno Yamanaka	3000 metres steeplechase	10:18.18	42	N/A		Did not advance
Reimi Yoshimura		9:58.07	40			Did not advance
Masumi Aoki	100 metres hurdles	13.12 (−0.4)	22 q	13.04	21	Did not advance
Mako Fukube		12.96 (+0.5)	15 q	12.82	16	Did not advance
Masumi Aoki Hanae Aoyama Arisa Kimishima Mei Kodama Midori Mikase	4 × 100 metres relay	43.33 NR	12	N/A		Did not advance
Nanako Fujii	20 kilometres walk	N/A				1:29:01 SB	6
Kumiko Okada						1:31:53	14
Serena Sonoda	35 kilometres walk	N/A				2:45:09 PB	9

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sumire Hata	Long jump	6.39 (+0.4)	20	Did not advance
Haruka Kitaguchi	Javelin	64.32 SB	1 Q	63.27
Sae Takemoto		59.15	11 q	57.93	11
Momone Ueda		50.70	27	Did not advance

Mixed

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yuki Joseph Nakajima Nanako Matsumoto Ryuki Iwasaki Mayu Kobayashi Mitsuki Kawauchi* Haruna Kuboyama*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:17.31 SB	13	Did not advance