Japan at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
2009 World Championships in Athletics
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

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
2009 World Championships in Athletics qualification standards
The following marks are the A and B qualification standards for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Each country may send a maximum of four athletes who have attained the A qualification mark in each specific event. A maximum of three athletes can compete in that event, with the sole...

. Koji Murofushi
Koji Murofushi
is a Japanese hammer thrower. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was olympic champion during the Athens Olympics. In 2011, He was crowned world champion.-Career:...

 (hammer throw), Yuki Yamazaki
Yuki Yamazaki
is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...

 (50 km walk), and the athletes from the Marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 team are considered the country's best medal chances.

Team selection

Track and road events
Event Athletes
Men Women
100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

Masashi Eriguchi
Masashi Eriguchi
Masashi Eriguchi is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade and a gold medal in relay at the 2009 Asian Championships. At the 2009 World Championships he finished fourth in the relay. He also competed in the 100 metres...


Shintaro Kimura
Shintaro Kimura
Shintaro Kimura is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...


Naoki Tsukahara
Naoki Tsukahara
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.Tsukahara represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed at the 100 metre sprint and placed second in his first heat after Churandy Martina in a time of 10.39 seconds...

Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010...


Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres....

200 meters Shinji Takahira
Shinji Takahira
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.Tsukahara competed in the 200 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress beyond the heats. He took the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade...


Hitoshi Saito
Kenji Fujimitsu
Kenji Fujimitsu
Kenji Fujimitsu is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...

Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres....


Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010...

400 metres
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

Yuzo Kanemaru
Yuzo Kanemaru
is a male Japanese sprinter. He set his 400 metres personal best at the 2009 Osaka Grand Prix, finishing in 45.16 seconds.-Competition record:-Personal bests:*100 metres – 10.32 s *200 metres – 20.69 s *400 metres – 45.16 s...


Hideyuki Hirose
Asami Tanno
Asami Tanno
née Tanno is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the Japanese record holder in the event, and has also broken the national record in the 4×400 metres relay on multiple occasions...

4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...

Masashi Eriguchi
Masashi Eriguchi
Masashi Eriguchi is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade and a gold medal in relay at the 2009 Asian Championships. At the 2009 World Championships he finished fourth in the relay. He also competed in the 100 metres...


Shintaro Kimura
Shintaro Kimura
Shintaro Kimura is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...


Naoki Tsukahara
Naoki Tsukahara
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.Tsukahara represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed at the 100 metre sprint and placed second in his first heat after Churandy Martina in a time of 10.39 seconds...


Shinji Takahira
Shinji Takahira
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.Tsukahara competed in the 200 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress beyond the heats. He took the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade...


Hitoshi Saito
Kenji Fujimitsu
Kenji Fujimitsu
Kenji Fujimitsu is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...

Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010...


Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres....


Mayumi Watanabe
Maki Wada
Asuka Terada
4 x 400 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...

Asami Tanno
Asami Tanno
née Tanno is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the Japanese record holder in the event, and has also broken the national record in the 4×400 metres relay on multiple occasions...


Satomi Kubokura
Satomi Kubokura
is a Japanese athlete. She competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles.Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200m achieved at Kobe on April 27, 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on April 22, 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on June 30, 2007; and 55.34 in the 400m...


Sayaka Aoki
Mayu Sato
Miho Shingu
5000 metres
5000 metres
The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

Yuichiro Ueno
Yuichiro Ueno
is a Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 and 5000 metres events.Ueno began his international career at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships where he ran in the junior race in 2004, then in the senior short race for the two years following that...

Yurika Nakamura
Yurika Nakamura
is a Japanese long-distance runner. Nakamura grew up in the Hyōgo Prefecture.She finished seventh at the 2006 World Road Running Championships, helping the Japanese team win the bronze medal in the team competition. In 2008, she won the Nagoya Marathon in her marathon debut. In the 2008 Summer...


Yuriko Kobayashi
Yuriko Kobayashi
Yuriko Kobayashi is a Japanese middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

10,000 metres Yuki Iwai Yukari Sahaku
Kayoko Fukushi
Kayoko Fukushi
is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. Fukushi represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....


Yurika Nakamura
Yurika Nakamura
is a Japanese long-distance runner. Nakamura grew up in the Hyōgo Prefecture.She finished seventh at the 2006 World Road Running Championships, helping the Japanese team win the bronze medal in the team competition. In 2008, she won the Nagoya Marathon in her marathon debut. In the 2008 Summer...

Marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

Satoshi Irifune
Satoshi Irifune
Satoshi Irifune is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.In the 10,000 metres he finished 20th at the 1999 World Championships...


Masaya Shimizu
Kazuhiro Maeda
Kazuhiro Maeda
Kazuhiro Maeda is a Japanese long-distance runner.He made his international debut at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he ran in the heats of the 5000 metres. He won the Karatsu 10-Miler in 2003. He was part of the Japanese men's team for the short race at the 2006 IAAF World...


Arata Fujiwara
Atsushi Sato
Yoshimi Ozaki
Yoshimi Ozaki
Yoshimi Ozaki is a Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. She won the 2008 Tokyo Women's Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:30 hours...


Yoko Shibui
Yoko Shibui
is a long-distance runner from Japan, who is competing in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as the marathon race. She holds the Japanese record over 10,000 m with her best time of 30:48.89 minutes...


Yoshiko Fujinaga
Yoshiko Fujinaga
Yoshiko Fujinaga is a female long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 2009 edition of the annual Nagoya Marathon on March 1, 2009, clocking a total time of 2:28:13. She is a one-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....


Yuri Kano
Yuri Kanō
is a Japanese athlete who specialises in long distance running, including the marathon.Her first major medal came at the Summer Universiade, where she won the silver in the 10,000 metres race...


Yukiko Akaba
Yukiko Akaba
is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, half marathon and marathon events.She won the silver medal in half marathon at the 1999 Summer Universiade. At the 2001 Summer Universiade she finished eighth in the 5000 metres and won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres...

100 metres hurdles
100 metres hurdles
The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

Asuka Terada
110 metres hurdles
110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...

Tasuku Tanonaka
400 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

Kenji Narisako
Kenji Narisako
is a Japanese hurdler.He won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Asian Games...


Kazuaki Yoshida
Satomi Kubokura
Satomi Kubokura
is a Japanese athlete. She competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles.Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200m achieved at Kobe on April 27, 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on April 22, 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on June 30, 2007; and 55.34 in the 400m...


Sayaka Aoki
3000 m steeplechase Yoshitaka Iwamizu
Yoshitaka Iwamizu
is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Korea and finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris...

Minori Hayakari
20 km race walk Koichiro Morioka
Koichiro Morioka
is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...


Isamu Fujisawa
Yusuke Suzuki
Masumi Fuchise
Masumi Fuchise
' is a Japanese racewalker. She was seventh at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and is a two-time Asian Race Walking Champion. In 2009 she set the Japanese record for the 20 kilometres race walk event...


Mayumi Kawasaki
Mayumi Kawasaki
-Achievements:-References:...


Kumi Otoshi
50 km race walk Yuki Yamazaki
Yuki Yamazaki
is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...


Koichiro Morioka
Koichiro Morioka
is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...


Takayuki Tanii

Field and combined events
Event Athletes
Men Women
Pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

Daichi Sawano
Daichi Sawano
is a Japanese pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.83 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Shizuoka.-Achievements:-External links:...


Takafumi Suzuki
Takayo Kondo
High jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

Naoyuki Daigo
Naoyuki Daigo
is a male high jumper from Japan. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Kobe.-Achievements:-References:...

Long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

Daisuke Arakawa Sachiko Masumi
Hammer throw
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

Koji Murofushi
Koji Murofushi
is a Japanese hammer thrower. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was olympic champion during the Athens Olympics. In 2011, He was crowned world champion.-Career:...

Javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

Yukifumi Murakami
Yukifumi Murakami
is a Japanese javelin thrower. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championship medal in the javelin, taking bronze at the 2009 edition with a throw of 82.97 metres....

Yuki Ebihara
Yuki Ebihara
Yuki Ebihara, Japanese: 海老原有希, is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw....

Decathlon
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...

Daisuke Ikeda

Men

Track and road events
Event Athletes Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 16. The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champion Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder...

Masashi Eriguchi
Masashi Eriguchi
Masashi Eriguchi is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade and a gold medal in relay at the 2009 Asian Championships. At the 2009 World Championships he finished fourth in the relay. He also competed in the 100 metres...

10.38 3 10.45 8 Did not advance
Shintaro Kimura
Shintaro Kimura
Shintaro Kimura is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...

10.47 3 10.54 8 Did not advance
Naoki Tsukahara
Naoki Tsukahara
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.Tsukahara represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed at the 100 metre sprint and placed second in his first heat after Churandy Martina in a time of 10.39 seconds...

10.28 2 10.15 3 10.25 8 Did not advance
200 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 18 and August 20.The race favourites were Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt. Gay entered the competition as the reigning world champion, championship record holder, and 200 m world leader with...

Shinji Takahira
Shinji Takahira
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.Tsukahara competed in the 200 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress beyond the heats. He took the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade...

20.86 2 20.69 4 Did not advance
Hitoshi Saito 21.38 6 Did not advance
Kenji Fujimitsu
Kenji Fujimitsu
Kenji Fujimitsu is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...

20.69 3 20.97 6 Did not advance
400 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 18, 19 and 21 August.The United States had a strong tradition in the event, with an American topping the Olympic 400 m podium every time since the 1988 Olympics. Similar to the 2007 World...

Yuzo Kanemaru
Yuzo Kanemaru
is a male Japanese sprinter. He set his 400 metres personal best at the 2009 Osaka Grand Prix, finishing in 45.16 seconds.-Competition record:-Personal bests:*100 metres – 10.32 s *200 metres – 20.69 s *400 metres – 45.16 s...

46.83 4 Did not advance
Hideyuki Hirose 46.80 7 Did not advance
5000 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 23 August-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Heats:...

Yuichiro Ueno
Yuichiro Ueno
is a Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 and 5000 metres events.Ueno began his international career at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships where he ran in the junior race in 2004, then in the senior short race for the two years following that...

14:30.76 16 Did not advance
10,000 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The Men's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 17 August. A large field of 31 athletes from 15 countries was set to participate in the final, although Irishman Martin Fagan did not start the competition.Kenenisa Bekele was the favourite...

Yuki Iwai 29:24.12 25
110 m hurdles
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium 19 and 20 August.Just as he had done at the 2008 Olympic final, former world record holder Liu Xiang missed the competition through injury, leaving the reigning Olympic champion and world...

Tasuku Tanonaka 13.84 7 Did not advance
400 m hurdles
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15, 16 and 18 August.The United States hurdling team was by far the strongest entered by any country, comprising defending champion Kerron Clement, two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor,...

Kenji Narisako
Kenji Narisako
is a Japanese hurdler.He won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Asian Games...

49.60 5 Did not advance
Kazuaki Yoshida 49.45 PB 3 50.34 8 Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 18...

Yoshitaka Iwamizu
Yoshitaka Iwamizu
is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.He finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, won a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Korea and finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris...

8:39.03 9 Did not advance
4×100 m relay
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place at the Olympic Stadium on August 21 and August 22. The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champions, the United States, and the reigning Olympic Champions, Jamaica...

Masashi Eriguchi
Masashi Eriguchi
Masashi Eriguchi is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade and a gold medal in relay at the 2009 Asian Championships. At the 2009 World Championships he finished fourth in the relay. He also competed in the 100 metres...


Naoki Tsukahara
Naoki Tsukahara
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.Tsukahara represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed at the 100 metre sprint and placed second in his first heat after Churandy Martina in a time of 10.39 seconds...


Shinji Takahira
Shinji Takahira
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.Tsukahara competed in the 200 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress beyond the heats. He took the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade...


Kenji Fujimitsu
Kenji Fujimitsu
Kenji Fujimitsu is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...

38.53 2 38.30 4
Marathon
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon
The Men's Marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 22, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:-Qualification standard:...

Satoshi Irifune
Satoshi Irifune
Satoshi Irifune is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.In the 10,000 metres he finished 20th at the 1999 World Championships...

2:14:54 14
Masaya Shimizu 2:14:06 11
Kazuhiro Maeda
Kazuhiro Maeda
Kazuhiro Maeda is a Japanese long-distance runner.He made his international debut at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he ran in the heats of the 5000 metres. He won the Karatsu 10-Miler in 2003. He was part of the Japanese men's team for the short race at the 2006 IAAF World...

2:19:59 39
Arata Fujiwara 2:31:06 61
Atsushi Sato 2:12:05 6
20 km walk
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held throughout the city of Berlin on August 15, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate.-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:...

Koichiro Morioka
Koichiro Morioka
is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

1:21:48 11
Isamu Fujisawa 1:25:12 30
Yusuke Suzuki 1:30:21 42
50 km walk
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometre walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 21, 2009 on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The event started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

Yuki Yamazaki
Yuki Yamazaki
is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...

DQ
Koichiro Morioka
Koichiro Morioka
is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

3:56:21 18
Takayuki Tanii DQ


Field and combined events
Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 22 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Irving Saladino. The other athlete to jump...

Daisuke Arakawa 7.53 22 Did not advance
High jump
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 19 August and 21 August 2009.The 2008 Olympic gold and silver medallists, Andrey Silnov and Germaine Mason, did not compete at the Championships and the reigning world champion, Donald Thomas had been in...

Naoyuki Daigo
Naoyuki Daigo
is a male high jumper from Japan. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Kobe.-Achievements:-References:...

2.20 11 Did not advance
Pole vault
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany will be held between 20 August and 22 August 2009.-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Qualification:...

Daichi Sawano
Daichi Sawano
is a Japanese pole vaulter.His personal best is 5.83 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Shizuoka.-Achievements:-External links:...

5.55 5 5.50 10
Takafumi Suzuki 5.25 17 Did not advance
Javelin throw
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany on August 21 and August 23...

Yukifumi Murakami
Yukifumi Murakami
is a Japanese javelin thrower. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championship medal in the javelin, taking bronze at the 2009 edition with a throw of 82.97 metres....

83.10 PB 1 82.97
Decathlon
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 19 and August 20.-Medalists:-Records:Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.-Qualification standards:-Schedule:...

Daisuke Ikeda 7788 PB 26

Women

Track and road events
Event Athletes Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. The Jamaican team had three strong contenders for the 100 m title in reigning champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, and Kerron Stewart...

Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010...

11.75 4 Did not advance
Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres....

11.52 4 11.43 7 Did not advance
200 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 August. Allyson Felix of USA won the race.-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Heats:...

Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres....

23.40 4 Did not advance
Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010...

23.61 7 Did not advance
400 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15, 16 and 18 August. The world-leader prior to the competition, Sanya Richards, was regarded as the favourite in the event, although her previous failure to convert circuit dominance to major...

Asami Tanno
Asami Tanno
née Tanno is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the Japanese record holder in the event, and has also broken the national record in the 4×400 metres relay on multiple occasions...

53.30 5 Did not advance
5000 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 19 and 22 August-Medalists:-Records:-Qualification standards:-Schedule:-Heats:...

Yurika Nakamura
Yurika Nakamura
is a Japanese long-distance runner. Nakamura grew up in the Hyōgo Prefecture.She finished seventh at the 2006 World Road Running Championships, helping the Japanese team win the bronze medal in the team competition. In 2008, she won the Nagoya Marathon in her marathon debut. In the 2008 Summer...

15:21.01 PB 6 15:13.01 PB 12
Yuriko Kobayashi
Yuriko Kobayashi
Yuriko Kobayashi is a Japanese middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

15:23.96 8 15:12.44 11
10,000 m
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15 August. The Ethiopian team was particularly strong in the event, with two-time World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba, 5000 metres World Champion Meseret Defar, and African record holder Meselech...

Yukari Sahaku 33:41.17 20
Kayoko Fukushi
Kayoko Fukushi
is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. Fukushi represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....

31:23.49 9
Yurika Nakamura
Yurika Nakamura
is a Japanese long-distance runner. Nakamura grew up in the Hyōgo Prefecture.She finished seventh at the 2006 World Road Running Championships, helping the Japanese team win the bronze medal in the team competition. In 2008, she won the Nagoya Marathon in her marathon debut. In the 2008 Summer...

31:14.39 PB 7
100 m hurdles
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium 18 and 19 August.The world leader Lolo Jones had not qualified for the championships, but a number of athletes had also posted fast times and scored major victories on the World Athletics...

Asuka Terada 13.41 6 Did not advance
400 m hurdles
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 17, 18 and 20 August.In the four major championships between 2004 and 2008, the twelve available medals were won by eleven different athletes...

Satomi Kubokura
Satomi Kubokura
is a Japanese athlete. She competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles.Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200m achieved at Kobe on April 27, 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on April 22, 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on June 30, 2007; and 55.34 in the 400m...

56.91 5 Did not advance
Sayaka Aoki 1:03.56 7 Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The Women's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17...

Minori Hayakari 9:39.28 10 Did not advance
4×100 m relay
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay
The women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 21 and August 22.-Medalists:-Records:Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows....

Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima
Chisato Fukushima is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres....


Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi
Momoko Takahashi is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010...


Mayumi Watanabe
Maki Wada
44.24 4 Did not advance
4×400 m relay
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 22 and August 23.-Medalists:* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.-Records:...

Sayaka Aoki
Asami Tanno
Asami Tanno
née Tanno is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the Japanese record holder in the event, and has also broken the national record in the 4×400 metres relay on multiple occasions...


Mayu Sato
Satomi Kubokura
Satomi Kubokura
is a Japanese athlete. She competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles.Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200m achieved at Kobe on April 27, 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on April 22, 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on June 30, 2007; and 55.34 in the 400m...

3:34.46 8 Did not advance
Marathon
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon
The Women's Marathon event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 23, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany. The race started at 11:15h local time.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...

Yoshimi Ozaki
Yoshimi Ozaki
Yoshimi Ozaki is a Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. She won the 2008 Tokyo Women's Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:30 hours...

2:25:25
Yoshiko Fujinaga
Yoshiko Fujinaga
Yoshiko Fujinaga is a female long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 2009 edition of the annual Nagoya Marathon on March 1, 2009, clocking a total time of 2:28:13. She is a one-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....

2:29:53 14
Yuri Kano
Yuri Kanō
is a Japanese athlete who specialises in long distance running, including the marathon.Her first major medal came at the Summer Universiade, where she won the silver in the 10,000 metres race...

2:26:57 7
Yukiko Akaba
Yukiko Akaba
is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, half marathon and marathon events.She won the silver medal in half marathon at the 1999 Summer Universiade. At the 2001 Summer Universiade she finished eighth in the 5000 metres and won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres...

2:37:43 31
20 km walk
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The Women's 20 km Walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held throughout the city of Berlin on August 16, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate....

Masumi Fuchise
Masumi Fuchise
' is a Japanese racewalker. She was seventh at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and is a two-time Asian Race Walking Champion. In 2009 she set the Japanese record for the 20 kilometres race walk event...

1:31:15 7
Mayumi Kawasaki
Mayumi Kawasaki
-Achievements:-References:...

DQ
Kumi Otoshi 1:33:05 12


Field events
Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 21 and 23 August.-Medalists:-Records:Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows....

Sachiko Masumi 6.23 15 Did not advance
Pole vault Takayo Kondo 4.10 15 Did not advance
Javelin throw
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The Women's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 18. The event featured four athletes whose ability was so much better than the opposition that Mirko Jalava of the IAAF said it would be a "major surprise" should...

Yuki Ebihara
Yuki Ebihara
Yuki Ebihara, Japanese: 海老原有希, is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw....

54.81 12 Did not advance

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