Japan at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp
in Singapore
Competitors71 in 16 sports
Flag bearerAyuka Tanioka[1]
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
8
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
16
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010.

Medalists

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tsukushi Koiwa Boys' individual 635 8  Chu (USA)
W 6–4 		 Nott (AUS)
L 4–6 		Did not advance 9

Girls

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mai Okubo Girls' individual 583 19  Safitri (INA)
W 6–4 		 Segina (RUS)
L 4–6 		Did not advance 9

Mixed Team

Athlete Event Partner Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tsukushi Koiwa Mixed Team  Alice Ingley (AUS)  Viehmeir (GER)/
 Park (CAN)
W 7–3 		 Kamel (EGY)/
 Oever (NED)
W 7–3 		 Alarcón (ESP)/
 Milon (BAN)
L 5–6 		Did not advance 5
Mai Okubo Mixed Team  Yuan-Hsiang Ku (TPE)  Avitia (MEX)/
 Hautamaki (FIN)
W 6–0 		 Song (CHN)/
 Pianesi (ITA)
L 0–6 		Did not advance 9

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics

Boys

Track and road events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Masaki Nashimoto Boys' 100m 10.74 4 Q 10.51
Keisuke Homma Boys' 200m 21.74 4 Q 21.27
Koki Takada Boys' 1000m DSQ qB 2:29.29 15
Kazuto Nishiike Boys' 3000m 8:13.05 4 Q 8:08.57 4
Genki Naruse Boys' 400m hurdles 54.71 14 qC 52.86 12
 Masaki Nashimoto (JPN)
 Xie Zhenye (CHN)
 Abdullah Ahmed Abkar (KSA)
 Dongbaek Choi (KOR) 		Boys' medley relay 1:54.14 5
Field Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Daichi Nakamura Boys' Discus Throw 52.84 11 qB 51.82 12
Sho Matsubara Boys' Long Jump 7.51 4 Q 7.65
Wataru Tanaka Boys' Pole Vault 4.80 1 Q 4.70 7

Girls

Track and road events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Mai Nishiwaki Girls' 1000m 2:52.85 10 Q 2:54.39 9
Moe Kyuma Girls' 3000m 9:35.33 2 Q 9:23.70
Motoko Nakahara Girls' 100m hurdles 14.32 13 qB 14.29 13
Field events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Shoko Matsuda Girls' shot put 13.08 12 qB 13.53 10
Tsukasa Okumura Girls' javelin throw 42.62 10 qB 46.24 9
Yuka Takahashi Girls' long jump 5.99 5 Q 6.08 5
Remi Odajima Girls' pole vault 3.80 8 Q 3.65 6

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Group stage Knock-out stage
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Rank Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Kento Horiuchi Boys' singles  Sukamta (INA)

L 1–2
(7–21, 21–14, 13–21)

 Pan (CAN)

W 2–0
(21–18, 21–10)

 Djabar (SUR)

W 2–0
(21–11, 21–15)

2 Did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Group Stage Knock-Out Stage
Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Rank Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Misaki Matsutomo Girls' singles  Wentholt (NED)

L 1–2
(17–21, 21–5, 19–21)

 Kune (MRI)

W 2–0
(21–4, 21–2)

 Wong (CAN)

W 2–0
(21–11, 21–9)

2 Did not advance
Naoko Fukuman Girls' singles  Zharka (UKR)

W 2–0
(21–8, 21–8)

 Choi (KOR)

L 0–2
(15–21, 14–21)

 Vu (VIE)

L 1–2
(15–21, 21–16, 10–21)

3 Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls

Squad list Event Group stage Placement stage Rank
Group D Rank 1st–8th 5th–8th 5th–6th
Misato Kuma
Hikari Itaya
Maria Imanaka
Moeko Nagaoka (C) 		Girls' basketball  Italy
L 17–26 		2  China
L 23–26 		 Germany
W 28–18 		 Brazil
W 32–29 		5
 Australia
W 17–10
 Chile
W 24–17
 France
W 34–20

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Cross country
Athlete Event Time Rank Points
Idomu Yamamoto Boys' cross country 1:05:14 19 72
Manami Iwade Girls' cross country 54:19 11 32
Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank Points
Koji Nagase Boys' time trial 4:14.07 15 28
Manami Iwade Girls' time trial 3:42.29 20 40
BMX
Athlete Event Seeding round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Points
Yoshitaku Nagasako Boys' BMX 32.353 7 36.726 2 33.045 2 32.581 2 2 Q 32.907 5 32.839 2 55.485 6 4 Q 31.938 5 30
Manami Iwade Girls' BMX 43.321 10 43.573 3 42.648 3 42.540 3 3 Q 44.103 6 43.318 5 43.916 6 5 Did not advance 30
Road race
Athlete Event Time Rank Points
Koji Nagase Boys' Road race 1:05:44 21 72
Idomu Yamamoto Boys' Road race 1:05:44 26
Yoshitaku Nagasako Boys' Road race DNF
Overall
Team Event Cross Country Pts Time Trial Pts BMX Pts Road race Pts Total Rank
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
Manami Iwade
Idomu Yamamoto
Koji Nagase
Yoshitaku Nagasako 		Mixed Team 72 32 28 40 30 30 72 304 16

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic gymnastics

Boys
Athlete Event Floor Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Yuya Kamoto Boys' qualification 14.500 2 Q 13.650 5 Q 14.500 2 Q 15.750 5 14.850 1 Q 13.950 5 Q 87.200 1 Q
Boys' individual all-around 14.250 2 13.350 6 14.400 2 15.700 3 14.600 1 14.050 2 86.350
Athlete Event Score Rank
Yuya Kamoto Boys' floor 13.050 8
Boys' pommel horse 13.325 6
Boys' rings 14.200
Boys' parallel bars 13.750 6
Boys' horizontal bar 14.075 4
Girls
Athlete Event Vault Uneven bars Beam Floor Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Natsumi Sasada Girls' qualification 14.000 4 Q 13.200 9 13.550 9 12.800 13 53.550 10 Q
Girls' individual all-around 13.800 6 14.050 3 14.100 5 13.150 8 55.100 4
Athlete Event Score Rank
Natsumi Sasada Girls' vault 13.662 4

Rhythmic gymnastics

Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoops Ribbons Total Rank Hoops Ribbons Total Rank
Midori Kahata
Momoka Nagai
Sara Ogiso
Shiho Suzuki 		Girls' group all-around 23.000 22.900 45.900 2 Q 21.100 21.375 42.475 4

Trampoline

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Routine 1 Routine 2 Total Rank Routine 1 Rank
Ginga Munetomo Boys' trampoline 27.500 38.700 66.200 3 Q 40.000
Chisato Doihata Girls' trampoline 26.600 35.800 62.400 4 Q 36.700

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Ryosuke Igarashi Boys' −100 kg BYE  Pineda (VEN)
W 021–000 		 Mendoza (CUB)
W 100–000 		 Nikiforov (BEL)
W 002–000
Miku Tashiro Girls' −63 kg BYE  Rak (EST)
W 100–000 		 Shor (ISR)
W 101–000 		 Matic (CRO)
W 100–001 		 Gomes (BRA)
W 100–000
Team
Team Event Round 1 Round 2 Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Chiba
 Dieulourdes Joseph (HAI)
 Diau Bauro (FIJ)
 Alexandra Pop (ROU)
 Phuc Cai (DEN)
 Sophio Beridze (GEO)
 Rijad Dedeic (MNE)
 Ryosuke Igarashi (JPN) 		Mixed Team BYE Essen
L 2–5 		Did not advance 5
Essen
 Lesly Cano (PER)
 Pedro Rivadulla (ESP)
 Andrea Krisandova (SVK)
 Kairat Agibayev (KAZ)
 [Daryl Lokuku Ngambomo (COD)
 Miku Tashiro (JPN)
 Alex Maxell Garcia Mendoza (CUB) 		Mixed Team Munich
W 4–3 		Chiba
W 5–2 		Cairo
W 5–2 		Belgrade
W 6–1

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final Overall Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sae Kitayama Girls' single sculls 4:03.14 6 QR 4:09.90 4 QC/D 4:16.02 3 QC 4:16.43 5 16

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Windsurfing
Athlete Event Race Points Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Dauya Kuramochi Boys' Techno 293 4 7 10 8 7 11 7 OCS 9 4 10 77 8
Shiori Yuri Girls' Techno 293 12 11 12 14 12 OCS 12 18 12 12 11 126 13

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athletes Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position
Yusuke Yamagishi Boys' 100m backstroke 58.97 19 Did not advance
Boys' 200m backstroke 2:05.32 7 Q 2:04.67 5
Tatsunari Shoda Boys' 200m breaststroke 2:21.54 15 Did not advance
Boys' 200m individual medley 2:08.29 18 Did not advance
Jun Isaji Boys' 100m butterfly 55.88 19 Did not advance
Boys' 200m butterfly 2:04.13 10 Did not advance
Takahiro Tsutsumi Boys' 200m individual medley 2:03.73 5 Q 2:06.18 8
Jun Isaji
Tatsunari Shoda
Takahiro Tsutsumi
Yusuke Yamagishi 		Boys' 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:32.20 10 Did not advance
Jun Isaji
Tatsunari Shoda
Takahiro Tsutsumi
Yusuke Yamagishi 		Boys' 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:52.55 9 Did not advance

Girls

Athletes Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position
Yukiko Watanabe Girls' 100m backstroke 1:04.23 6 Q 1:04.24 9 Did not advance
Girls' 200m backstroke 2:16.82 8 Q 2:18.36 8
Mina Ochi Girls' 100m backstroke 1:05.52 18 Did not advance
Girls' 200m backstroke 2:18.26 12 Did not advance
Maya Hamano Girls' 100m breaststroke 1:11.32 5 Q 1:10.91 5 Q 1:10.18 4
Girls' 200m breaststroke 2:31.67 3 Q 2:29.75
Mayuko Okada Girls' 100m butterfly 1:03.75 21 Did not advance
Girls' 200m butterfly 2:18.72 15 Did not advance
Yukiko Watanabe
Mina Ochi
Maya Hamano
Mayuko Okada 		Girls' 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:02.29 10 Did not advance
Yukiko Watanabe
Mina Ochi
Maya Hamano
Mayuko Okada 		Girls' 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:19.00 6 Q 4:16.80 5

Mixed

Athletes Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Position Time Position Time Position
Jun Isaji
Yusuke Yamagishi
Mina Ochi
Maya Hamano 		Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:49.23 14 Did not advance
Yukiko Watanabe
Tatsinari Shoda
Mayuko Okada
Takahiro Tsutsumi 		Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:06.13 8 Q 4:06.18 7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Group Matches Rank Group Matches Rank
Koki Niwa Boys' singles  Kulpa (POL)
W 3–0
(11–6, 11–4, 11–7) 		1 Q  Hageraats (NED)
W 3–0
(11–3, 11–6, 11–2) 		1 Q  Onaolapo (NGR)
W 4–2
(8–11, 8–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–9, 13–11) 		 Gauzy (FRA)
W 4–0
(11–7, 14–12, 11–4, 11–8) 		 Hung (TPE)
W 4–2
(9–11, 11–8, 13–11, 13–15, 11–7, 15–13)
 Wagner (GER)
W 3–0
(11–7, 11–5, 11–7) 		 Lakatos (HUN)
W 3–0
(11–5, 11–7, 11–2)
 Mejía (ESA)
W 3–0
(11–4, 11–5, 11–4) 		 Kim (KOR)
W 3–0
(11–7, 11–4, 7–11 11–3)
Ayuka Tanioka Girls' singles  Wu (NZL)
W 3–0
(11–7, 11–3, 11–4) 		1 Q  Meshref (EGY)
W 3–1
(12–10, 10–12, 11–7, 11–4) 		2 Q  Sawettabut (THA)
L 0–4
(7–11, 4–11, 10–12, 8–11) 		Did not advance 5
 Li (SIN)
W 3–2
(11–9, 11–5, 9–11, 16–18, 11–6) 		 Noskova (RUS)
W 3–1
(11–7, 7–11, 12–10, 11–7)
 Loveridge (GBR)
W 3–1
(9–11, 11–6, 11–4, 11–2) 		 Gu (CHN)
L 0–3
(2–11, 2–11, 10–12)
Team
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Group matches Rank
Japan
 Ayuka Tanioka (JPN)
 Koki Niwa (JPN) 		Mixed team Brazil
 Kumahara (BRA)
 Jouti (BRA)
W 3–0
(3–0, 3–0, 3–0) 		1 Q Hong Kong
 Ng (HKG)
 Chiu (HKG)
W 2–0
(3–2, 3–2) 		Singapore
 Li (SIN)
 Chew (SIN)
W 2–1
(0–3, 3–1, 3–2) 		Intercontinental 1
 Gu (CHN)
 Hmam (TUN)
W 2–1
(0–3, 3–0, 3–1) 		Korea
 Yang (KOR)
 Kim (KOR)
W 2–1
(2–3, 3–2, 3–2)
Pan America 1
 Hsing (USA)
 Gavilan (PAR)
W 3–0
(3–2, 3–0, 3–0)
BYE

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2010 Youth Summer Olympics
Singles
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Yasutaka Uchiyama Boys' singles  Džumhur (BIH)
L 0–2
(5–7, 2–6) 		Consolation
 Acosta (ECU)
L 1–2
(3–6, 6–4, [4–10]) 		Did not advance
Sachie Ishizu Girls' singles  Kremen (BLR)
L 0–2
(3–6, 3–6) 		Consolation
 Ysidora (INA)
W 2–0
(w/o) 		Consolation
 Pérez (VEN)
W 2–0
(6–1, 6–3) 		Consolation
 Jodoin (CAN)
W 2–0
(6–1, 7–6) 		Consolation
 Friedsam (GER)
W 2–0
(6–2, 7–5)
Emi Mutaguchi Girls' singles  Putintseva (RUS)
L 0–2
(3–6, 4–6) 		Consolation
 Royg (PAR)
W 2–0
(6–1, 6–4) 		Consolation
 Paliivets (CAN)
W 2–0
(3–0RET) 		Consolation
 Friedsam (GER)
L 0–2
(0–6, 3–6) 		Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
 Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)
 Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 		Boys' doubles  Galeano (PAR)
 Rodriguez (VEN)
L 0–2
(4–6, 4–6) 		Did not advance
 Sachie Ishizu (JPN)
 Emi Mutaguchi (JPN) 		Girls' doubles  Kumkhum (THA)
 Ysidora (INA)
W 2–0
(6–1, 6–4) 		 Babos (HUN)
 Mestach (BEL)
L 1–2
(6–4, 3–6, [12–14]) 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Yuka Sato won the first gold medal of the Youth Olympic Games.[2]

Girls
Triathlete Event Swimming Transit 1 Cycling Transit 2 Running Total time Rank
Yuka Sato individual 9:32 0:35 32:10 0:27 18:05 1:00:49.69 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Yuki Kubono individual 9:21 0:35 30:26 0:25 18:39 59:26.04 26
Mixed
Athlete Event Total times per athlete
(swim 250 m, bike 7 km,
run 1.7 km) 		Total group time Rank
 Mingxiu Ma (CHN)
 Leong Tim Law (HKG)
 Karolina Solovyova (KAZ)
 Yuki Kubono (JPN) 		Mixed team relay
Asia 2 		22:55
20:43
23:54
20:08 		1:27:40.62 13
 Sato Yuka (JPN)
 Ji Hong Lee (KOR)
 Wai Sum Vincci Hui (HKG)
 Ru Cheng (CHN) 		Mixed team relay
Asia 1 		20:16
20:06
22:19
20:39 		1:23:20.88 8

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Squad List Event Group Stage Semifinal Bronze Medal Match Rank
Group A Rank
Yoko Onuma
Nozomi Inoue
Chizu Ichikawa
Anna Fukami (C)
Yui Kageyama
Yukiko Akashi
Saaya Karaki
Ayaka Mori
Mami Ogonuki
Sayaka Tokiwa
Akari Imakado
Mayu Koizumi 		Girls' Volleyball  Singapore
W 3–0
(25–9, 25–16, 25–9) 		2 Q  United States
L 0–3
(20–25, 23–25, 22–25) 		 Peru
L 1–3
(25–22, 28–30, 11–25, 17–25) 		4
 Peru
L 0–3
(22–25, 19–25, 18–25)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Miku Shichinohe Girls' +63kg 80 93 173 12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
freestyle
Athlete Event Pools Final Rank
Groups Rank
Yuki Takahashi Boys' 54 kg  Ghanmi (TUN)
W T. Fall
(6–0, 7–0) 		1  Guluyev (AZE)
W 2–0
(4–0, 4–0)
 Daylak (TUR)
W 2–0
(3–0, 3–0)
 Serrata (DOM)
W Fall
(6–0)
 Mbambi (CGO)
W T. Fall
(7–0, 7–0)
Yu Miyahara Girls' 46kg  Olli (FIN)
W 2–0
(1+–1, 5–0) 		1  Leorda (MDA)
W 2–0
(4–2, 6–0)
 Segura (VEN)
W 2–0
(4–1, 2–0)

References

  1. ^ "List of NOC Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  2. ^ Sim, Royston (15 August 2010). "Yuka bags first YOG gold". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
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