Japan at The 1988 Summer Olympics - Athletics

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Koji Kurihara
• Takahiko Kasahara
• Tomohiro Osawa

Men's 200 metres

• Kenji Yamauchi

Men's 400 metres

• Susumu Takano

Men's 5,000 metres

• Shuichi Yoneshige

Men's 10,000 metres

• Kozu Akutsu

• Heat — 28:16.43
• Final — 28:09.70 (→ 14th place)

• Shuichi Yoneshige

• Heat — 28:26.04
• Final — 29:04.44 (→ 17th place)

• Tsukasa Endo

• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Takeyuki Nakayama

• Final — 2:11:05 (→ 4th place)

• Toshihiko Seko

• Final — 2:13:41 (→ 9th place)

• Hisatoshi Shintaku

• Final — 2:15:42 (→ 17th place)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Kaoru Matsubara, Shinji Aoto, Koji Kurihara, and Takahiro Kasahara

• Heat — 39.70

• Shinji Aoto, Kenji Yamauchi, Koji Kurihara, and Susumu Takano

• Semi Final — 38.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Hirofumi Koike, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, and Susumu Takano

• Heat — 3:05.63
• Semi Final — 3:03.80 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Hiroyuki Shibata

• Qualification — 7.48m (→ did not advance)

• Junichi Usui

• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Norifumi Yamashita

Men's Javelin Throw

• Kazuhiro Mizoguchi

• Qualification — 77.46m (→ did not advance)

• Masami Yoshida

• Qualification — 76.90m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Hirofumi Sakai

• Final — 1:24:08 (→ 26th place)

• Tadahiro Kosaka

• Final — 1:32:46 (→ 47th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Tadahiro Kosaka

• Final — 4'03:12 (→ 31st place)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Akemi Matsuno

Women's Marathon

• Eriko Asai

• Final — 2:34:41 (→ 25th place)

• Kumi Araki

• Final — 2:35:15 (→ 28th place)

• Misako Miyahara

• Final — 2:35:26 (→ 29th place)

Women's High Jump

• Megumi Sato

Women's Javelin Throw

• Emi Matsui

• Qualification — 56.26m (→ did not advance)