Japan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Japan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Japan at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Beijing
Competitors	151 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Toru Suzuki
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 5 Silver 14 Bronze 8 Total 27
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 400m T52	12 September
Gold	Tomoya Ito	Athletics	Men's 800m T52	16 September
Gold	Masashi Ishii	Cycling	Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4)	9 September
Gold	Takayuki Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3	11 September
Gold	Shingo Kunieda	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Singles	15 September
Silver	Chieko Kamiya	Archery	Women's Individual Compound Open	13 September
Silver	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's 400m T52	12 September
Silver	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's 800m T52	16 September
Silver	Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	Athletics	Men's Marathon T52	17 September
Silver	Hiroki Sasahara	Athletics	Men's Marathon T54	17 September
Silver	Atsushi Yamamoto	Athletics	Men's Long Jump F42/44	14 September
Silver	Tomomi Yamaki	Athletics	Women's 100m T52	11 September
Silver	Tomomi Yamaki	Athletics	Women's 200m T52	15 September
Silver	Masaki Fujita	Cycling	Men's Individual Pursuit (LC 3)	9 September
Silver	Masashi Ishii	Cycling	Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 4)	7 September
Silver	Masaki Fujita	Cycling	Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4)	7 September
Silver	Satoshi Fujimoto	Judo	Men −66 kg	7 September
Silver	Kyosuke Oyama	Swimming	Men's 50m Butterfly S6	13 September
Silver	Junichi Kawai	Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle S11	14 September
Bronze	Toshihiro Takada	Athletics	Men's Marathon T52	17 September
Bronze	Toshie Oi	Athletics	Men's Discus Throw F53/54	14 September
Bronze	Teruyo Tanaka	Athletics	Women's 100m T52	15 September
Bronze	Masaki Fujita	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial LC3	12 September
Bronze	Masashi Ishii	Cycling	Men's Individual Time Trial CP 4	12 September
Bronze	Junichi Kawai	Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly S11	9 September
Bronze	Takayuki Suzuki	Swimming	Men's 150m Individual Medley SM4	14 September
Bronze	Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Doubles Open	14 September

Sports[edit]

Archery[edit]

Men[edit]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Akira Haraguchi	Men's individual recurve standing	557	20	Meunier (FRA) L 83–109	did not advance
Takahiro Hasegawa		611	7	Bye	Lyocsa (SVK) L 94–100	did not advance
Kimimasa Onodera		620	5	Bye	Inkaew (THA) L 96–100	did not advance
Tsunehiko Naganuma	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	576	20	Gilbert (FRA) L 80–93	did not advance
Nobuji Yoshida	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	560	22	Oehme (GER) W 89–74	Tseng L H (TPE) L 98–106	did not advance
Takahiro Hasegawa Tsunehiko Naganuma Kimimasa Onodera	Men's team recurve	1807	4	—		Spain (ESP) W 188–183	South Korea (KOR) L 188–201	Italy (ITA) L 194–207	4

Women[edit]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Chieko Kamiya	Women's individual compound open	627	7	—		Reppe (SWE) W 107–106	Su (TUR) W 106–104	Brown (GBR) L 98–112
Kimiko Konishi	Women's individual recurve standing	536	12	—	Salden-Otten (NED) L 90–93	did not advance
Yae Yamakawa	Women's individual recurve standing	561	8	—	Kim K H (KOR) L 79–85	did not advance
Aya Nakanishi	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	447	19	Ozturk (TUR) W 82–78	Sidkova (CZE) W 82–74	Maufras du Chatellier (FRA) W 90–84	Fu H (CHN) L 76–82	Xiao Y (CHN) L 94–98	4
Ayako Saitoh	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	543	9	Bye	Murray (GBR) W 86–76	Xiao Y (CHN) L 90–96	did not advance
Kimiko Konishi Ayako Saitoh Yae Yamakawa	Women's team recurve	1640	3	—		Czech Republic (CZE) L 167–174	did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Men's track[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jun Hiromichi	T53	400m	52.78	7 q	—		51.54	8
	T53	800m	1:40.38	7 Q	—		1:37.86	8
	T54	5000m	10:52.28	20	did not advance
Kota Hokinoue	T54	5000m	10:14.55	3 Q	—		10:23.70	5
Kota Hokinoue	T54	Marathon	—				1:23:22	5
Tadashi Horikoshi	T13	1500m	4:11.36	11	did not advance
Tadashi Horikoshi	T13	5000m	16:27.36	12	did not advance
Tomoya Ito	T52	400m	59.21	1 Q	—		57.25 PR
Tomoya Ito	T52	800m	1:52.31 WR	1 Q	—		1:53.42
Hirokai Kajisa	T12	Marathon	—				2:56:31	21
Susumu Kangawa	T53	400m	54.67	15	did not advance
Susumu Kangawa	T53	800m	1:46.65	16	did not advance
Kenji Kotani	T54	400m	50.32	18	did not advance
Kenji Kotani	T54	800m	DNF q		1:35.83	10	did not advance
Hitoshi Matsunaga	T53	400m	55.38	16	did not advance
Hitoshi Matsunaga	T53	800m	1:42.55	13	did not advance
Yoshifumi Nagao	T54	200m	26.14	11	did not advance
Yoshifumi Nagao	T54	400m	49.75	12 Q	51.66	10	did not advance
Masahito Niino	T12	Marathon	—				2:51:14	21
Naohiro Ninomiya	T46	1500m	4:16.79	22	did not advance
Naohiro Ninomiya	T46	5000m	—				15:35.44	10
Hiroki Sasahara	T54	800m	1:37.42	5 Q	1:41.28	17	did not advance
Hiroki Sasahara	T54	Marathon	—				1:23:17
Masazumi Soejima	T54	1500m	3:14.17	18 Q	3:10.69	19	did not advance
		5000m	10:22.43	11	did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:23:55	12
Tomoki Tagawa	T46	100m	11.39	12	did not advance
Tomoki Tagawa	T46	200m	23.38	12	did not advance
Koichi Takada	T11	100m	12.16	21	did not advance
Toshihiro Takada	T52	400m	1:02.91	7 q	—		1:00.32
		800m	1:58.91	2 Q	—		1:53.67
		Marathon	—				1:40:20
Yuichi Takahashi	T12	Marathon	—				2:43:38	16
Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	T52	200m	—				32.46	6
		400m	1:01.11	4 Q	—		1:02.67	6
		800m	2:00.84	6 Q	—		2:00.65	4
		Marathon	—				1:40:10
Atsushi Yamamoto	T42	100m	—				13.68	5
Hiroyuki Yamamoto	T54	1500m	3:15.92	21 q	3:10.37	16	did not advance
Hiroyuki Yamamoto	T54	Marathon	—				1:23:22	6
Choke Yasuoka	T54	200m	26.57	18	did not advance
		400m	50.24	17	did not advance
		800m	1:36.51	2 Q	1:40.39	13	did not advance
		1500m	3:17.28	23 Q	3:10.53	18	did not advance
		Marathon	—				1:24:04	13
Naohiro Ninomiya Toru Suzuki Tomoki Tagawa Atsushi Yamamoto	T42-46	4x100m relay	—				DSQ
Susumu Kangawa Kenji Kotani Yoshifumi Nagao Hitoshi Matsunaga	T53-54	4x400m relay	3:23.17	7	did not advance

Men's field[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Toshie Oi	F53-54	Discus throw	26.21	1032
Mineho Ozaki	F11-12	Javelin throw	44.46	908	6
Toru Suzuki	F44/46	High jump	1.93	965	5
Koichi Takada	F11	Long jump	5.74	-	5
Atsushi Yamamoto	F42/44	Long jump	5.84	989

Women's track[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yuki Kato	T36	100m	—		15.42	4
Yuki Kato	T36	200m	—		33.53	5
Maya Nakanishi	T44	100m	13.93	5 q	14.24	6
Maya Nakanishi	T44	200m	—		28.98	4
Uran Sawada	T13	100m	14.18	16	did not advance
Teruyo Tanaka	T52	100m	—		21.33
Teruyo Tanaka	T52	200m	—		40.36	4
Tomomi Yamaki	T52	100m	—		21.00
Tomomi Yamaki	T52	200m	—		37.44

Women's field[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Mariko Fujita	F35-36	Discus throw	15.51	721	9
Mariko Fujita	F35-36	Shot put	6.62	744	9
Uran Sawada	F13	Long jump	4.93	-	9

Boccia[edit]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takayuki Kitani	Mixed individual BC1	Shelly (IRL)	L 2–5	5	did not advance
		Park J S (KOR)	L 4–8
		Richardson (CAN)	W 4–3
		Ibarbure (ARG)	L 2–6
Takayuki Hirose	Mixed individual BC2	Murray (GBR)	L 0–10	2	did not advance
		Loung (HKG)	W 4–3
		Bonner (NZL)	W 8–1
Risa Kainuma		F Ferreira (POR)	L 2–8	3	did not advance
		Bentley (GBR)	L 2–5
		Leahy (IRL)	W 4–2
Keizo Uchida		Dukovich (CAN)	W 5–4	1 Q	Martin (ESP) L 1–3	did not advance
		Ollikka (FIN)	W 6–0
		Robinson (GBR)	W 6–2
Takayuki Hirose Risa Kainuma Takayuki Kitani Keizo Uchida	Mixed team BC1-2	Portugal (POR)	L 4–7	3	did not advance
Takayuki Hirose Risa Kainuma Takayuki Kitani Keizo Uchida	Mixed team BC1-2	Norway (NOR)	L 4–7	3	did not advance

Cycling[edit]

Men's road[edit]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:41:03	19
Masaki Fujita	Men's road time trial LC3	38:38.96
Masashi Ishii	Men's road race LC1/LC2/CP4	DNF
Masashi Ishii	Men's road time trial CP4	36:10.20
Mutsuhiko Ogawa	Mixed road race	49:47	4
Mutsuhiko Ogawa	Mixed road time trial	25:35.80	8
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1–3	2:29:18	13
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi (pilot)	Men's road time trial B&VI 1–3	35:10.00	14

Men's track[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Masaki Fujita	Men's individual pursuit LC3	3:52.25	2 Q	—				Richardson (GBR) L 3:59.02
Masaki Fujita	Men's time trial LC3-4	—						1:17.314
Masashi Ishii	Men's individual pursuit CP4	3:37.848	1 Q	—				Scott (AUS) L 3:40.157
Masashi Ishii	Men's time trial CP4	—						1:08.77 WR
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi	Men's sprint B&VI 1–3	10.482	4 Q	Cowie (CAN) Smibert (CAN) W 12.168 W 12.431	Q	Kappes (GBR) Storey (GBR) L 0–2	q	Kilpatrick (RSA) Thomson (RSA) L 1–2	4
Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi	Men's time trial B&VI 1–3	—						1:04.593	5

Equestrian[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Yutaka Shibuya	Elegance	Mixed individual championship test grade III	48.320	12
Yutaka Shibuya	Elegance	Mixed individual freestyle test grade III	48.728	12

Goalball[edit]

The women's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were in seventh place in the preliminary stage.

Players[edit]

Tournament[edit]

7 September 2008

United States	2–0	Japan

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

8 September 2008

Japan	1–4	Sweden

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

9 September 2008

Canada	3–0	Japan

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

10 September 2008

Japan	1–2	Denmark

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

11 September 2008

China	3–1	Japan

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

12 September 2008

Japan	3–1	Brazil

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

13 September 2008

Germany	1–2	Japan

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Judo[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Satoshi Fujimoto	Men's 66kg	Bye	Kallunki (FIN) W 0101-0000	V Sanchez (CUB) H	—		Lamri (ALG) L 0000-0100
Yusuke Hatsuse	Men's 90kg	Bye	Cugnon de Servicourt (FRA) L 0001-0010	—	Ingram (GBR) L 0000-1000	did not advance
Haruka Hirose	Men's 100kg	Rose (GBR) W 0002-0001	Sardarov (AZE) L 0001-1001	—	Bye	Rollo (FRA) W 0100-0010	Lyivytskyi (UKR) L 0001-0100
Makoto Hirose	Men's 60kg	Castellanos (COL) W 1010-0000	Noura (ALG) L 0001–1000	—	Bye	Shakhmanov (RUS) L 0101-1000	Did not advance
Takayuki Kimura	Men's 73kg	Aliyev (AZE) L 0000-1001	did not advance
Kenji Oga	Men's 81kg	Jones (USA) W 0210-0001	Cruz (CUB) L 0000-0010	—	Bye	Novruzzade (AZE) FG	Carvallo (VEN) L 0000-1010

Women[edit]

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Masami Akatsuka	Women's 48kg	M Gonzalez (CUB) L 0000–1000	—		Medjeded (FRA) L 0000-0200	Did not advance
Rikei Komatsu	Women's +70kg	—	Manzuoli (FRA) L 0010-1011	De Silva (BRA) L 0000-1011	—	Kalyanova (RUS) L 0000-0201
Minako Tsuchiya	Women's 52kg	—	M Ferreira (BRA) L 0000-1010	—	Bye	Stepanyuk (RUS) L 0000-0200

Powerlifting[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hideki Odo	75kg	187.5	8

Rowing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miho Hamada Megumi Matsumoto	Mixed double sculls	4:52.96	12 R	5:09.86	9 FB	5:01.30	6

Shooting[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Kiyoto Matayoshi	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	575	20	did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1135	10	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	596	20	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	579	28	did not advance
Kenji Ohashi	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	555	21	did not advance
Kenji Ohashi	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	519	13	did not advance
Aki Taguchi	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	5 Q	103.0	702.0	8
Aki Taguchi	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	583	18	did not advance

Women[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Yukiko Kinoshita	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	585	23	did not advance
Yukiko Kinoshita	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	575	22	did not advance
Izumi Takehi	Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	375	20	did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	545	13	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	594	34	did not advance

Swimming[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daisuke Ejima	S7	100m backstroke	1:17.12	5 Q	1:16.42	5
	S7	50m butterfly	33.12	4 Q	33.69	4
	SM7	200m individual medley	2:58.38	9	did not advance
Junichi Kawai	S11	100m backstroke	1:13.17	5 Q	1:09.46	4
		100m butterfly	1:05.89	2 Q	1:05.79
		50m freestyle	27.43	3 Q	27.16
Jumpei Kimura	S7	100m freestyle	1:13.34	13	did not advance
	S7	400m freestyle	5:29.67	8 Q	5:28.10	8
	SB6	100m breaststroke	1:34.62	4 Q	1:35.88	5
	SM7	200m individual medley	2:56.73	7 Q	2:55.03	7
Keiichi Kimura	S11	100m butterfly	1:10.11	6 Q	1:09.39	6
		50m freestyle	28.35	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:03.84	6 Q	1:02.72	5
		400m freestyle	5:15.04	9	did not advance
	SB11	100m breaststroke	1:18.27	5 Q	1:17.25	5
Tomotaro Nakamura	SB7	100m breaststroke	1:25.16	3 Q	1:25.34	5
Kyosuke Oyama	S6	50m butterfly	32.59	2 Q	31.01
		50m freestyle	32.87	7 Q	31.37	5
		100m freestyle	1:12.25	7 Q	1:12.24	7
		400m freestyle	5:38.86	8 Q	5:28.38	7
Takayuki Suzuki	S5	50m freestyle	39.35	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:25.51	7 Q	1:25.29	7
		200m freestyle	—		3:02.80	8
	SB3	50m breaststroke	48.49 WR	1 Q	49.06
	SM4	150m individual medley	2:44.91	2 Q	2:41.11
Takuro Yamada	S9	50m freestyle	27.04	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	57.82	5 Q	57.29	5
		400m freestyle	4:28.98	7 Q	4:25.78	6
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:17.76	6 Q	1:18.40	7
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:25.44	4 Q	2:24.20	5

Women[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rina Akiyama	S11	50m freestyle	33.77	7 Q	33.88	8
Rina Akiyama	S11	100m freestyle	1:20.57	12	did not advance
Naomi Ikinaga	S11	50m freestyle	33.38	6 Q	32.81	5
Naomi Ikinaga	S11	100m freestyle	1:16.64	9	did not advance
Noriko Kajiwara	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:04.22	4 Q	2:04.22	5
Akari Kasamoto	S13	100m backstroke	1:14.43	6 Q	1:14.85	7
	S13	100m butterfly	1:27.63	9	did not advance
	SM13	200m individual medley	—		2:55.16	8
Yuka Kawamura	S5	50m backstroke	55.01	7 Q	55.41	8
		50m freestyle	46.56	12	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:35.82	7 Q	1:35.72	7
		200m freestyle	3:22.29	5 Q	3:24.31	6
Yuri Kitamura	SB5	100m breaststroke	2:02.68	7 Q	2:03.41	7
Erika Nara	S6	50m freestyle	37.46	2 Q	38.32	6
		100m freestyle	1:25.17	7 Q	1:21.81	6
		400m freestyle	6:31.92	8 Q	6:26.60	8
Mayumi Narita	S5	50m backstroke	51.85	6 Q	51.23	5
		50m freestyle	39.96	5 Q	39.99	5
		100m freestyle	1:27.53	5 Q	1:27.90	5
Manami Nomura	S8	100m butterfly	1:21.94	8 Q	1:20.64	8
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:27.15	4 Q	1:25.87	4
	SM8	200m individual medley	3:03.25	9	did not advance
Sugako Takeuchi	S5	50m freestyle	43.72	6 Q	44.04	6
		100m freestyle	1:39.92	8 Q	1:38.21	8
		200m freestyle	3:40.02	11	did not advance

Table tennis[edit]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Toshihiko Oka	Men's singles C4-5	Martin (FRA) L 0–3	Kwong K S (HKG) W 3–0	—	2	did not advance
Kimie Bessho	Women's singles C5	Abuawad (JOR) L 2–3	Nardelli (ITA) W 3–0	Nir Kistler (USA) W 3–1	2	did not advance

Volleyball[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

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

Players

Results

7 September 2008 11:30	Japan (JPN)	0–3	Iran (IRI)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Matijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
	(7–25, 7–25, 5–25)

9 September 2008 19:30	Brazil (BRA)	3–0	Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: An Qi (China)
	(25–20, 25–17, 25–10)

10 September 2008 15:30	Japan (JPN)	0–3	Egypt (EGY)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 600 Referees: Xia Xin (China)
	(8–25, 11–25, 15–25)

5–8th Semifinals

13 September 2008	China (CHN)	3–0	Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–16, 25–20, 25–19)

7–8th Classification

14 September 2008	Japan (JPN)	0–3	Iraq (IRQ)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(15–25, 15–25, 14–25)

Women's tournament[edit]

The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.

Players

Results

7 September 2008 13:30	Netherlands (NED)	3–0	Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–4, 25–21, 25–18)

8 September 2008 9:00	Japan (JPN)	1–3	Slovenia (SLO)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(19–25, 25–21, 19–25, 9–25)

10 September 2008 12:00	Ukraine (UKR)	3–0	Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–16, 25–14, 25–18)

5–8th Semifinals

12 September 2008 17:30	Japan (JPN)	1–3	Lithuania (LTU)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(17–25, 25–20, 18–25, 19–25)

7th–8th Classification

13 September 2008 20:00	Latvia (LAT)	3–2	Japan (JPN)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–19, 20–25, 25–18, 19–25, 25–16)

Wheelchair basketball[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.

Players

Results

7 September 2008
11:15

Sweden	61–49	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16 – 6, 17 – 9, 12 – 19, 16 – 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (Canada)

8 September 2008
18:30

Japan	58–56	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 18 – 12, 14 – 17, 14–14, 12 – 13

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8,580
Referees: Sergio Giordano (Canada)

9 September 2008
10:00

Iran	69–50	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 9 – 6, 18 – 15, 17 – 14, 25 – 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,095
Referees: Ian Robert Pursglove (Great Britain)

10 September 2008
9:00

Japan	48–75	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 7 – 18, 18 – 19, 5 – 21, 18 – 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7,262
Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (Czech Republic)

11 September 2008
12:15

South Africa	58–60	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17 – 15, 10 – 11, 16 – 14, 15 – 20

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,302
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (United States)

Quarterfinals

13 September 2008
13:30

Japan	52–72	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15 – 21, 15 – 17, 13 – 19, 9 – 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (Netherlands)

5–8th Classification

15 September 2008
11:15

Germany	71–57	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 21 – 11, 12 – 16, 22 – 14

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (United States

7th–8th Classification

16 September 2008

Iran DNS

Japan

20–0

Iran

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

Women's tournament[edit]

The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Australia in the bronze medal match.

Players

Tournament

7 September 2008
17:45

Japan

49–46

China

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

8 September 2008
9:00

Mexico

34–52

Japan

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

9 September 2008
16:15

Japan

55–52

Canada

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

10 September 2008
10:00

Netherlands

49–65

Japan

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

Quarterfinals

12 September 2008
16:45

Japan	45–38	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 9 – 10, 5 – 10, 12 – 6, 19 – 12

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,215
Referees: Matthew Brian Wells (Australia)

Semifinals

13 September 2008
19:00

Germany	60–40	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14 – 12, 12 – 10, 8 – 12, 26 – 6

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Rui David Marques (Brazil)

Bronze medal game

15 September 2008
19:00

Japan	47–53	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 10 – 17, 13 – 14, 13 – 12, 11 – 10

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Rui David Marques (Brazil)

Wheelchair fencing[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Toyoaki Hisakawa	Men's épée B	Cratere (FRA)	L 1–5	6	did not advance
		Rodgers (USA)	L 1–5
		Mainville (CAN)	L 3–5
		Hu D (CHN)	L 0–5
		Soler (ESP)	L 1–5
	Men's foil B	Sarri (ITA)	L 3–5	4 Q	Szekeres (HUN) L 6–15	did not advance
		Latreche (FRA)	L 3–5
		Wyganowski (POL)	W 5–4
		Yusupov (RUS)	L 2–5
		Bezyazychny (BLR)	W 5–4

Wheelchair rugby[edit]

Squad list	Group stage				Knockout stage
Squad list	Pool Match 1 Opposition Result	Pool Match 2 Opposition Result	Pool Match 3 Opposition Result	Rank	Semifinal Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
Shingo Fujishima Shunsuke Kawano Hiroyuki Misaka Takuo Murohashi Yu Nagayasu Shin Nakazato Koichi Ogino (captain) Yoshito Sato Shinichi Shimakawa Yoshinobu Takahashi Manabu Tamura	United States L 37–44	Canada L 50–58	China W 55–38	3	Classification 5–8 Germany L 38–39	Classification 7/8th China W 58–32	7

Wheelchair tennis[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yoshinobu Fujimoto	Open	Men's singles	Weekes (AUS) W 7–5, 6–4	Pellegrina (SUI) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Scheffers (NED) L 1–6, 1–6	did not advance
Toshio Ikenoya			Legner (AUT) L 1–6, 0–6	did not advance
Shingo Kunieda			Jewitt (GBR) W 6–1, 6–0	Stuurman (NED) W 6–2, 6–1	Rydberg (USA) W 6–1, 6–1	Olsson (SWE) W 6–0, 6–1	Scheffers (NED) W 6–1, 6–1	Ammerlaan (NED) W 6–3, 6–0
Satoshi Saida			Camusso (ARG) W 6–0, 6–0	C Santos (BRA) W 6–0, 6–1	Kruszelnicki (POL) W 6–2, 6–3	Ammerlaan (NED) L 4–6, 2–6	did not advance
Yoshinobu Fujimoto Toshio Ikenoya		Men's doubles	—	Pommê (BRA) / C Santos (BRA) W 6–2, 5–7, 6–1	Houdet (FRA) / Jeremiasz (FRA) L 2–6, 2–6	did not advance
Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida		Men's doubles	—	Bye	Illobre (ESP) / Tur (ESP) W 6–1, 6–1	Legner (AUT) / Mossier (AUT) W 6–2, 6–1	Olsson (SWE) / Wikstrom (SWE) L 6–7, 6–3, 2–6	Scheffers (NED) / Vink (NED) W 3–6, 6–0, 6–2

Women[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kanako Domori	Open	Women's singles	Shuker (GBR) L 1–6, 3–6	did not advance
Chiyoko Ohmae			Fridman (ISR) L 4–6, 0–6	did not advance
Mie Yaosa			Dong (CHN) L 4–6, 4–6	did not advance
Yuko Okabe			Griffioen (NED) L 2–6, 4–6	did not advance
Kanako Domori Chiyoko Ohmae		Women's doubles	—	Bye	Gravellier (FRA) / Racineux (FRA) L 4–6, 5–7	did not advance
Yuko Okabe Mie Yaosa		Women's doubles	—	di Maria (ITA) / Lauro (ITA) W 6–4, 6–0	Griffioen (NED) / Vergeer (NED) L 1–6, 2–6	did not advance

Quads[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Class	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sadahiro Kimura	Open	Quads' singles	Jansson (SWE) W 6–0, 6–7, 6–3	Norfolk (GBR) L 0–6, 1–6	did not advance

References[edit]

v t e Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde Central African Republic Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Namibia Morocco Nigeria Niger Rwanda Senegal South Africa Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
America	Argentina Barbados Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru Puerto Rico Suriname United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Palestine Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Georgia Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Tonga Vanuatu

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Equestrian[edit]

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Players[edit]

Tournament[edit]

Judo[edit]

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Powerlifting[edit]

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Rowing[edit]

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Swimming[edit]

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Women[edit]

Table tennis[edit]

Volleyball[edit]

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Wheelchair basketball[edit]

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Women's tournament[edit]

Wheelchair fencing[edit]

Wheelchair rugby[edit]

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See also[edit]

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