Japan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Athens
Competitors	162 in 15 sports
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 17 Silver 15 Bronze 20 Total 52
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 162 athletes—108 men and 54 women.^[1] Japanese competitors won 52 medals, 17 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze, to finish 10th in the medal table.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's 400m T52
Gold	Choke Yasuoka	Athletics	Men's 800m T54
Gold	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's 5000m T52
Gold	Yuichi Takahashi	Athletics	Men's marathon T11
Gold	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's marathon T52
Gold	Wakako Tsuchida	Athletics	Women's 5000m T54
Gold	Kazu Hatanaka	Athletics	Women's marathon T54
Gold	Satoshi Fujimoto	Judo	Men's 66 kg
Gold	Junichi Kawai	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S11
Gold	Mayumi Narita	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S4
Gold	Mayumi Narita	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S4
Gold	Mayumi Narita	Swimming	Women's 200m freestyle S4
Gold	Mayumi Narita	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke SB3
Gold	Mayumi Narita	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke S4
Gold	Mayumi Narita	Swimming	Women's 150m individual medley SM4
Gold	Erika Nara Noriko Kajiwara Takako Fujita Mayumi Narita	Swimming	Women's 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pts
Gold	Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida	Wheelchair tennis	Men's doubles
Silver	Naomi Isozaki	Archery	Women's W1/W2
Silver	Koichi Minami Kimimasa Onodera Shinji Sakoda	Archery	Men's team open
Silver	Choke Yasuoka	Athletics	Men's 400m T54
Silver	Toshie Oi	Athletics	Men's discus F53
Silver	Wakako Tsuchida	Athletics	Women's marathon T54
Silver	Kyoko Sato	Athletics	Women's discus F32-34/51-53
Silver	Takuya Oki Shigeo Yoshihara	Cycling	Men's tandem sprint B1-3
Silver	Makoto Hirose	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Silver	Yuji Kato	Judo	Men's 81 kg
Silver	Yuji Hanada	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S4
Silver	Yuji Hanada	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S4
Silver	Junichi Kawai	Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle S11
Silver	Junichi Kawai	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S11
Silver	Daisuke Ejima Takayuki Suzuki Daisuke Maeda Yuji Hanada	Swimming	Men's 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts
Silver	Rina Akiyama	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke S11
Silver	Satoko Fujiwara Tomoko Fukuzawa	Table tennis	Women's teams class 1–3
Bronze	Nako Hirasawa	Archery	Women's W1/W2
Bronze	Jun Hiromichi	Athletics	Men's 800m T53
Bronze	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's 1500m T52
Bronze	Masazumi Soejima Susumu Kangawa Yoshifumi Nagao Choke Yasuoka	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay T53/54
Bronze	Mineho Ozaki	Athletics	Men's javelin F11
Bronze	Yuki Kato	Athletics	Women's 100m T36
Bronze	Noriko Arai	Athletics	Women's 200m T34
Bronze	Eriko Kikuchi	Athletics	Women's 200m T36
Bronze	Mutsuhiko Ogawa	Cycling	Men's tricycle road race CP 1/2
Bronze	Mieko Asai Masae Komiya Eriko Kumakawa Yuka Naoi Yuki Naoi Madoka Sano	Goalball	Women's team
Bronze	Keiji Amakawa	Judo	Men's +100 kg
Bronze	Yuji Hanada	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle S4
Bronze	Hiroshi Karube	Swimming	Men's 50m breaststroke SB3
Bronze	Tomotaro Nakamura	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke SB7
Bronze	Junichi Kawai	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S11
Bronze	Yoshikazu Sakai	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S12
Bronze	Junichi Kawai Shusaku Suguichi Kosei Egawa Yoshikazu Sakai	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts
Bronze	Erika Nara	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S6
Bronze	Erika Nara	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S6
Bronze	Mayumi Narita Noriko Kajiwara Erika Nara Takako Fujita	Swimming	Women's 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Koichi Minami	Men's individual W1	617	6	—	Lear (USA) W 150–133	Sebek (CZE) L 95–103	Did not advance
Kimimasa Onodera	Men's individual standing	628	2	—	Rad (IRI) L 141–142	Did not advance
Shinji Sakodo	Men's individual W2	596	15	Peemthong (THA) W 145–144	de Pellegrin (ITA) L 147–151	Did not advance
Koichi Minami Kimimasa Onodera Shinji Sakodo	Men's team open	1840	3	—		Ukraine (UKR) W 226–206	United States (USA) W 215–0	South Korea (KOR) L 236–223

In the men's team open semifinal against United States, a zero score was recorded due to the "infringement of IPC rules".

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Nako Hirasawa	Women's individual W1/W2	613 WR	1	—	Hakobyan (ARM) W 142–101	Smith (GBR) W 96–95	Fantato (ITA) L 88–96	Ko (KOR) W 99–90
Naomi Isozaki		593	3	—	Menconi (ITA) W 129–128	Sidkova (CZE) W 94–85	Ko (KOR) W 91–89	Fantato (ITA) L 83–97
Aya Nakanishi		526	13	—	Fantato (ITA) L 127–154	Did not advance
Masako Yonezawa	Women's individual standing	522	11	—	Lee K H (KOR) W 134–126	M Olejnik (POL) L 95–99	Did not advance
Nako Hirasawa Naomi Isozaki Aya Nakanishi	Women's team open	1732 WR	1	—		Bye	Great Britain (GBR) L 191–197	South Korea (KOR) L 201–213	4

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shiro Fukudome	T13	Marathon	—				2:51:56	11
Yoshihide Fukuhara	T11	10000m	—				35:52.89	8
		Marathon	—				2:53:56	4
Nobukazu Hanaoka	T54	1500m	3:05.80	15 q	3:05.53	8	Did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:31:50	6
Jun Hiromichi	T53	200m	29.43	20	Did not advance
		800m	1:40.58	5 Q	—		1:38.84
		1500m	3:08.32	19 Q	3:08.34	12	Did not advance
	T54	10000m	21:50.31	18	Did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:40:24	16
Kiyoshi Hoshina	T11	Marathon	—				2:56:30	5
Tomoya Ito	T52	800m	DNS		Did not advance
		1500m	4:04.88	6 Q	—		DNF
		5000m	—				13:48.42	4
		Marathon	—				2:20:12	4
Susumu Kangawa	T53	100m	16.83	18	Did not advance
		200m	28.29	16	Did not advance
		800m	2:09.10	12	Did not advance
Kenji Kotani	T42	200m	—				27.59	5
Yoshifumi Nagao	T54	100m	14.96	10 q	14.87	5 Q	15.06	7
		200m	25.92	6 Q	—		26.09	6
Naohiro Ninomiya	T46	1500m	—				4:04.49	5
		5000m	—				15:57.16	13
Koji Saito	T11	100m	12.09	13	Did not advance
		200m	24.64	14	Did not advance
Hiroki Sasahara	T54	10000m	21:11.38	10	Did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:33:55	9
Masazumi Soejima	T54	10000m	21:12.33	11	Did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:34:59	10
Toshihiro Takada	T52	400m	—
		800m	DNS		Did not advance
		1500m	4:03.73	4 Q	—		3:49.76
		5000m	—				13:10.86 PR
		Marathon	—				2:00:02
Yuichi Takahashi	T11	5000m	—				DNF
		10000m	—				34:36.69	4
		Marathon	—				2:44:24
Masanori Ueda	T51	200m	—				41.03	4
Yasunari Yaezawa	T52	100m	—				18.65	7
		200m	35.21	8 Q	N/A		34.98	8
Shigeki Yano	T11	100m	11.95	10 q	11.86	8 B	11.93	4
		200m	24.39	11 q	24.36	10	Did not advance
Choke Yasuoka	T54	400m	—
		800m	1:34.59 PR	1 Q	—		1:32.45 PR
		1500m	3:00.43	2 Q	3:22.32	17	Did not advance
		5000m	10:24.95	3 Q	—		10:26.63	10
		Marathon	—				DNS
Susumu Kangawa Yoshifumi Nagao Masazumi Soejima Choke Yasuoka	T53/54	4 × 400 m relay	3:15.25	1 Q	—		3:16.57

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Takefumi Anryo	F32/51	Club throw	25.63	900	6
Kenji Kotani	F42	Long jump	5.25	-	4
Toshie Oi	F53	Discus	25.03	-
Shigeo Osemachi	F12	Javelin	44.55	-	10
Mineho Ozaki	F11	Javelin	40.90	-
		Long jump	5.45	-	13
Toru Suzuki	F44/46	High jump	1.80	-	7

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Noriko Arai	T34	100m	—				20.50	4
		200m	—				36.08
Kazu Hatanaka	T54	5000m	12:19.66	7 Q	—		DNF
		Marathon	—				1:49:26
Yuki Kato	T36	100m	—				15.53
		200m	—				32.63	4
Yumi Kawashima	T54	800m	1:55.76	11	Did not advance
		5000m	12:53.38	9 Q	—		12:52.28	12
Eriko Kikuchi	T36	100m	—				15.72	4
		200m	—				32.30
Wakako Tsuchida	T54	5000m	11:59.74 PR	1 Q	—		11:59.51 PR
		Marathon	—				1:50:13
Miki Yoda	T52	200m	42.40	6 Q	—		43.27	5
		400m	1:23.42	4 Q	—		1:24.13	6

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Katsuko Nakajima	F37	Discus	19.74	709	10
	F37/38	Shot put	8.19	889	10
Kyoko Sato	F32-34/52/53	Discus	11.09	1289
		Shot put	5.01	1118	4
Mami Sato	F44/46	Long jump	3.95	982	9

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Takuya Oki Shigeo Yoshihara	Men's road race / time trial tandem B1-3	33:38	18
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hideki Tanzawa	Men's road race / time trial tandem B1-3	-	17
Mutsuhiko Ogawa	Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2	48:14
	Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2	10:32.26	5
Akio Sakuma	Men's road race / time trial LC1	-	13

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Takuya Oki Shigeo Yoshihara	Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3	—				1:06.93	4
	Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3	5:06.20	16	Did not advance
	Men's sprint tandem B1-3	10.997	5 Q	Storey (GBR) /  Gordon (GBR) W/O	Modra (AUS) /  Short (AUS) L 0–2	Biddle (AUS) /  Stewart (AUS) W 2–1	3
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Shigeo Yoshihara	Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3	—				1:05.91	4
	Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3	4:57.42	15	Did not advance
	Men's sprint tandem B1-3	11.237	8 Q	Modra (AUS) /  Short (AUS) L 0–2	N/A	Janowski (FRA) /  Senmartin (FRA) W 11.286	7
Akio Sakuma	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	—				1:16.92	26
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:36.29	12	Did not advance

Despite being in the bronze medal match, Shigeo Yoshihara and Takuya Oki won the event against Anthony Biddle and Kial Stewart, in the gold medal match, Slovakian cyclists Vladislav Janovjak and Juraj Petrovic were disqualified and were stripped of the silver medals after Petrovic was tested positive for glucocorticosteroid and methylprednisolone.

The women's goalball team won a bronze medal after defeating Finland.

• Mieko Asai
• Masae Komiya
• Eriko Kumakawa
• Yuka Naoi
• Yuki Naoi
• Madoka Sano

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Japan vs.  Canada (CAN)	0 – 2	3 Q
2	Japan vs.  United States (USA)	1 – 6
3	Japan vs.  Finland (FIN)	2 – 1
4	Japan vs.  Netherlands (NED)	1 – 1
5	Japan vs.  Germany (GER)	6 – 3
6	Japan vs.  Brazil (BRA)	4 – 3
7	Japan vs.  Greece (GRE)	2 – 1
Semifinals	Japan vs.  United States (USA)	1 – 3	L
Bronze medal final	Japan vs.  Finland (FIN)	2 – 1

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Keiji Amakawa	Men's +100kg	A Silva (BRA) W 1012-0020S	Akaev (RUS) L 0001S-0002S	—	Looi (MAS) W 1000–0000	—	Campos Ariza (ESP) W 0201S-0001S
Satoshi Fujimoto	Men's 66kg	Kail (GBR) W 0051–0000	Viera (URU) W 1000–0000	Shabashov (RUS) W 1010–0000	—		Garcia del Valle (ESP) W 0010-0000
Makoto Hirose	Men's 60kg	Bye	Zasyadkovych (UKR) W 1022–0000S	Rahmati (IRI) W 1000–0000	—		Perez (CUB) W/O
Yuji Kato	Men's 81kg	Bye	Junk (GER) W 1010–0000	Vincze (HUN) W 0010–0001	—		Jonard (FRA) L 0000-1000
Yoshikazu Matsumoto	Men's 100kg	Szott (USA) L 0001C-0011	—		Papachristos (GRE) L 0001S-1001S	Did not advance
Eiji Miyauchi	Men's 90kg	Mirhassan Nattaj (IRI) W 0200C-0022K	Cugnon (FRA) L 0001S-1011S	—		Stoskus (LTU) L 0001-1000S	Did not advance

Sergio Arturo Perez was disqualified and stripped of his gold medal after being found to be tested positive for an inflammatory drug prednisolone. Makoto Hirose was awarded a silver medal.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Masami Akatsuka	Women's 48kg	Arndt (GER) L 1000–0000	—		Potapova (RUS) L 0000–1010

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hajime Ujiro	67.5kg	147.5	8

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Takashi Matsumoto	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	596	22	Did not advance
	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	572	16	Did not advance
Kenji Ohashi	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	556	12	Did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	511	17	Did not advance
Hitomi Suzuki	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	595	18	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	575	23	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Yukiko Kinoshita	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	585	26	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	594	9	Did not advance
Akiko Sakuraoka	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	599	7 Q	103.9	702.9	8
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	589	17	Did not advance
Aki Terai	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	8 Q	103.7	702.7	7

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chikara Ara	S8	100m butterfly	1:19.96	11	Did not advance
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:20.80	6 Q	1:20.34	5
Kosei Egawa	S12	50m freestyle	26.83	10	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	59.47	11	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	4:58.86	9	Did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:05.04	6 Q	1:04.90	6
Daisuke Ejima	S7	100m backstroke	1:19.19	3 Q	1:19.99	5
		50m butterfly	36.61	8 Q	35.91	7
	SM7	200m individual medley	DSQ		Did not advance
Yuji Hanada	S4	50m freestyle	38.43 PR	2 Q	37.54
		100m freestyle	1:22.77 PR	2 Q	1:24.62
		200m freestyle	3:02.97	2 Q	3:05.65
Hiroshi Hosokawa	S7	50m freestyle	33.10	15	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:29.21	9	Did not advance
		100m backstroke	1:22.76	7 Q	1:22.94	7
Hiroshi Karube	SB3	50m breaststroke	54.78	3 Q	55.18
	SM4	150m individual medley	3:14.88	13	Did not advance
Junichi Kawai	S11	50m freestyle	27.22	1 Q	26.64
		100m freestyle	1:05.16	4 Q	1:00.86
		100m backstroke	1:18.05	5 Q	1:12.11
		100m butterfly	1:08.51	1 Q	1:06.76
	SM11	200m individual medley	N/A		2:36.77	4
Jumpei Kimura	SB6	100m breaststroke	N/A		1:41.96	6
Daisuke Maeda	S6	50m freestyle	35.14	14	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:16.14	12	Did not advance
		50m butterfly	38.31	11	Did not advance
Tomotaro Nakamura	SB7	100m breaststroke	1:25.02	2 Q	1:25.72
Yoshikazu Sakai	S12	100m freestyle	58.90	7 Q	59.05	7
		400m freestyle	4:46.16	7 Q	4:44.48	7
		100m backstroke	1:06.55	4 Q	1:04.99
		100m butterfly	1:04.09	5 Q	1:04.05	5
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:27.85	6 Q	2:27.93	6
Ryuji Sakimoto	S9	400m freestyle	4:59.14	13	Did not advance
		100m backstroke	1:13.96	17	Did not advance
Koshiro Sugita	S12	100m butterfly	1:20.73	12	Did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:20.14	13	Did not advance
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:44.97	12	Did not advance
Shusaku Sugiuchi	S13	50m freestyle	27.44	11	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:00.85	10	Did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:08.61	8 Q	1:07.97	8
	SB13	100m breaststroke	1:16.23	4 Q	1:14.48	4
Takayuki Suzuki	S5	100m freestyle	1:29.21	7 Q	1:29.99	7
	SM4	150m individual medley	2:57.71	6 Q	2:58.61	8
Takuro Yamada	S9	50m freestyle	28.03	10	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	4:40.18	9	Did not advance
Yuji Hanada Hiroshi Karube Daisuke Maeda Takayuki Suzuki	N/A	4 × 50 m freestyle relay (20pts)	2:37.96	2 Q	2:39.78	4
Chikara Ara Jumpei Kimura Ryuji Sakimoto Takuro Yamada	N/A	4 × 100 m freestyle relay (34pts)	4:33.01	10	Did not advance
Kosei Egawa Junichi Kawai Yoshikazu Sakai Shusaku Sugiuchi	N/A	4 × 100 m freestyle relay (49pts)	N/A		3:57.73
		4 × 100 m medley relay (49pts)	N/A		4:23.66	4
Daisuke Ejima Yuji Hanada Daisuke Maeda Takayuki Sakai	N/A	4 × 50 m medley relay (20pts)	2:44.30	1 Q	2:42.52
Chikara Ara Hiroshi Hosokawa Ryuji Sakimoto Takuro Yamada	N/A	4 × 100 m medley relay (34pts)	4:54.41	9	Did not advance

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rina Akiyama	S11	100m backstroke	1:28.10	5 Q	1:23.63
		50m freestyle	36.77	11	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:23.84	10	Did not advance
	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:47.00	7 Q	1:46.99	8
	SM11	200m individual medley	N/A		3:26.92	6
Takako Fujita	S5	50m freestyle	53.27	9	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:50.82	11	Did not advance
		200m freestyle	3:57.69	9	Did not advance
	SB3	50m breaststroke	1:17.03	9	Did not advance
Noriko Kajiwara	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:01.50	2 Q	2:01.15	4
Yuri Kitamura	SB5	100m breaststroke	N/A		2:07.64	6
Erika Nara	S6	50m butterfly	53.34	13	Did not advance
		50m freestyle	37.66	1 Q	37.65
		100m freestyle	1:25.52	5 Q	1:22.87
		400m freestyle	6:13.77	2 Q	6:14.65	5
Mayumi Narita	S4	50m backstroke	51.08	1 Q	49.54 WR
		50m freestyle	44.90	1 Q	39.22 WR
		100m freestyle	1:32.70	1 Q	1:25.07 WR
		200m freestyle	3:20.50	1 Q	3:02.00 WR
	SB3	50m breaststroke	57.24	1 Q	56.20 WR
	SM4	150m individual medley	2:51.67 WR	1 Q	2:45.20 WR
Mitsuki Yamauchi	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:28.68	5 Q	1:28.70	5
Miyuki Yasuda	S7	50m freestyle	38.34	11	Did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:26.13	13	Did not advance
		400m freestyle	6:13.36	8 Q	6:18.23	8
Takako Fujita Noriko Kajiwara Erika Nara Mayumi Narita	N/A	4 × 50 m freestyle relay (20pts)	N/A		3:00.62 WR
		4 × 50 m medley relay (20pts)	N/A		3:33.11

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nobuhiro Minami	Men's singles 2	Molliens (FRA) W 3–1	Kim K M (KOR) L 0–3	Kristjansson (ISL) W 3–0	3	Did not advance
Hatsuo Ono	Men's singles 6	Rosenmeier (DEN) L 1–3	Buzin (RUS) L 0–3	P du Plooy (RSA) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
Shigekazu Tomioka	Men's singles 9	Leibovitz (USA) W 3–0	Rahbari (IRI) W 3–0	Rakic (CRO) W 3–0	1 Q	Lu (CHN) L 1–3	Did not advance
Nobuhiro Minami Toshihiko Oka	Men's teams 5	Czech Republic (CZE) L 1–3	Germany (GER) L 2–3	—	3	Did not advance
Hatsuo Ono Shigekazu Tomioka	Men's teams 9	Austria (AUT) L 0–3	United States (USA) L 2–3	—	3	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kimie Bessho	Women's singles 5	Pivarciova (CZE) L 1–3	Hoffmann (MEX) L 2–3	Gu G (CHN) W 3–1	3	Did not advance
Satoko Fujiwara	Women's singles 3	Pintar (SLO) L 0–3	Moll (RSA) W 3–0	—	2 Q	Mariage (FRA) L 3–2	Did not advance
Tomoko Fukuzawa	Women's singles 3	Mariage (FRA) L 0–3	Paardekam (NED) W 3–0	M Y Silva (CUB) W 3–1	2 Q	Gay (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Yasuko Kudo	Women's singles 10	Partyka (POL) L 0–3	Zakova (CZE) W 3–0	le Morvan (FRA) W 3–1	2 Q	—	Matouskova (CZE) L 2–3	Lu Y Q (CHN) L 2–3	4
Satoko Fujiwara Tomoko Fukuzawa	Women's teams 1-3	No preliminaries				—	Great Britain (GBR) W 3–1	France (FRA) L 1–3

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals: they were 7th out 8 teams.

• Satoshi Kanao
• Masahiko Kato
• Yosuke Kurita
• Kaname Nakayama
• Yoshihito Takeda
• Tadashi Tamura
• Tsutomu Tanabe
• Koji Tanaka
• Koki Todo
• Arata Yamamoto
• Atsushi Yonezawa
• Hitoshi Yoshida

No eliminations occur in the preliminaries for ranking purposes

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Japan vs.  Iran (IRI)	0 – 3	8
2	Japan vs.  Germany (GER)	0 – 3
3	Japan vs.  Finland (FIN)	0 – 3
Quarterfinals	Japan vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0 – 3	L
Semifinals	Japan vs.  United States (USA)	2 – 3	L
7th-8th classification	Japan vs.  Greece (GRE)	3 – 1	7

The men's basketball team didn't win any medals: they were 8th out of 12 teams.

• Shingo Fujii
• Reo Fujimoto
• Yasuyuki Hasegawa
• Yasuhiro Jimbo
• Keisuke Koretomo
• Kazuyuki Kyoya
• Katsumi Miyake
• Noriyuki Mori
• Tomohiko Oshima
• Takao Sugasawa
• Hisanobu Sugiura
• Naoki Yasu

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Japan vs.  Netherlands (NED)	47 – 76	4 Q
2	Japan vs.  United States (USA)	46 – 54
3	Japan vs.  Germany (GER)	58 – 79
4	Japan vs.  Iran (IRI)	79 – 57
5	Japan vs.  Greece (GRE)	73 – 32
Quarterfinals	Japan vs.  Canada (CAN)	48 – 50	L
7th-8th classification	Japan vs.  United States (USA)	56 – 79	8

The women's basketball team didn't win any medals: they were 5th out of 8 teams.

• Sachiko Goto
• Yasuko Hatano
• Rie Kawakami
• Megumi Mashiko
• Sachiko Minamikawa
• Junko Sako
• Tomoe Soeda
• Naoko Sugahara
• Mika Takabayashi
• Kyoko Tsukamoto
• Chika Uemara
• Erika Yoshida

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Japan vs.  Canada (CAN)	28 – 51	3 Q
2	Japan vs.  Germany (GER)	36 – 50
3	Japan vs.  Mexico (MEX)	45 – 29
Quarterfinals	Japan vs.  United States (USA)	33 – 70	L
Semifinals	Japan vs.  Netherlands (NED)	54 – 52	W
5th-6th classification	Japan vs.  Mexico (MEX)	53 – 47	5

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Toyoaki Hisakawa	Men's épée B	Chung (HKG)	L 0–5	5 Q	Komar (UKR) L 9–15	Did not advance
		Komar (UKR)	L 2–5
		Park (KOR)	W 5–3
		Sarri (ITA)	L 3–5
		Soler (ESP)	W 5–3
	Men's foil B	Hui (HKG)	L 1–5	5	Did not advance
		Rodgers (USA)	L 3–5
		Shenkevych (UKR)	L 1–5
		Lewonowski (POL)	L 1–5

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tomoko Tani	Women's épée A	Krajnyak (HUN)	L 2–5	6	Did not advance
		Polasik (POL)	W 5–3
		Assmann (FRA)	L 1–5
		Presutto (ITA)	L 0–5
		Gilmore (USA)	L 4–5
	Women's foil A	Fan (HKG)	L 0–5	6	Did not advance
		Picot (FRA)	L 1–5
		Rossek (GER)	L 2–5
		Frelik (POL)	L 1–5
		Gilmore (USA)	W 5–1

The men's rugby team didn't win any medals: they were 8th out of 8 teams.

• Masahiro Fukui
• Satoshi Ito
• Masanao Kawamura
• Hiroyuki Misaka
• Kenichi Mori
• Takuo Murohashi
• Shinichi Nakazato
• Koichi Ogino
• Yoshito Sato
• Shinichi Shimakawa
• Yoshinobu Takahashi
• Manabu Tamura

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Japan vs.  United States (USA)	39 – 54	4 Q
2	Japan vs.  Australia (AUS)	47 – 48
3	Japan vs.  New Zealand (NZL)	35 – 47
Quarterfinals	Japan vs.  Great Britain (GBR)	42 – 50	L
Semifinals	Japan vs.  Belgium (BEL)	35 – 36	L
7th-8th classification	Japan vs.  Germany (GER)	40 – 41	8

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shingo Kunieda	Open	Men's singles	Onasie (INA) W 6–0, 6–0	Kulik (POL) W 6–0, 6–2	Wikstrom (SWE) W 6–3, 4–6, 6–3	Hall (AUS) L 2–6, 6–0, 4–6	Did not advance
Hidekazu Nakano			Stuurman (NED) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Satoshi Saida			Batycki (POL) W 6–0, 6–0	Gatelli (ITA) W 6–0, 6–2	Mistry (GBR) W 6–2, 6–1	Ammerlaan (NED) L 4–6, 6–3, 6–7	Did not advance
Ryoichi To			Welch (USA) L 1–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida		Men's doubles	—	Bye	Batycki (POL) /  Kulik (POL) W 6–0, 6–0	Hatt (GBR) /  Mistry (GBR) W 6–1, 6–1	Bonaccurso (AUS) /  Hall (AUS) W 4–6, 6–4, 7–6	Jeremiasz (FRA) /  Majdi (FRA) W 6–1, 6–2
Hidekazu Nakano Ryoichi To			—	Gatelli (ITA) /  Mazzei (ITA) L 6–7, 7–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Chiyoko Ohmae	Open	Women's singles	Ochoa (ESP) W 6–2, 6–1	Peters (NED) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Mie Yaosa			Gravellier (FRA) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Chiyoko Ohmae Mie Yaosa		Women's doubles	—	Bye	Clark (USA) /  Verfuerth (USA) W 7–5, 6–3	Smit (NED) /  Vergeer (NED) L 2–6, 0–6	Erath (SUI) /  Kalt (SUI) L 5–7, 3–6

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Masao Takashima	Open	Quads' singles	Weinberg (ISR) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Hiroshi Toma			Hunter (CAN) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Masao Takashima Hiroshi Toma		Quads' doubles	—	Hunter (CAN) /  McPhate (CAN) L 3–6, 0–6	Did not advance

• Japan at the Paralympics
• Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics