Japan at The 2000 Summer Olympics - Swimming

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Masato Hirano
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:51.41 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Masato Hirano
  • Preliminary Heat — 15:14.43 (did not advance)
  • Yota Arase
  • Preliminary Heat — 15:18.20 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Takashi Yamamoto
  • Preliminary Heat — 52.91
  • Semi-final — 53.01
  • Final — 52.58 (5th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Takashi Yamamoto
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:58.07
  • Semi-final — 01:57.66 (did not advance)
  • Hisayoshi Tanaka
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:59.00
  • Semi-final — 01:58.06 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Kosuke Kitajima
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:01.68
  • Semi-final — 01:01.31
  • Final — 01:01.00 (4th place)
  • Akira Hayashi
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:02.86 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Akira Hayashi
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:15.54
  • Semi-final — 02:15.16 (did not advance)
  • Kosuke Kitajima
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:15.71 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Susumu Tabuchi
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:05.68 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Shinya Taniguchi
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:17.36 (did not advance)
  • Final — 04:20.93 (8th place)
  • Susumu Tabuchi
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:20.76 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Sumika Minamoto
  • Preliminary Heat — 25.52
  • Semi-final — 25.43
  • Final — 25.65 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Sumika Minamoto
  • Preliminary Heat — 55.8
  • Semi-final — 55.62
  • Final — 55.53 (7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Sachiko Yamada
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:12.45 (did not advance)
  • Yasuko Tajima
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:14.23 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Sachiko Yamada
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:33.06
  • Final — 08:37.39 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Junko Onishi
  • Preliminary Heat — 59.11
  • Semi-final — 59.04
  • Final — 59.13 (6th place)
  • Maki Mita
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:00.97 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Maki Mita
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:09.85
  • Semi-final — 02:09.88
  • Final — 02:09.66 (7th place)
  • Yuko Nakanishi
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:10.22
  • Semi-final — 02:09.89
  • Final — 02:10.72 (8th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Masami Tanaka
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:09.12
  • Semi-final — 01:09.04
  • Final — 01:08.37 (6th place)
  • Junko Isoda
  • Preliminary Heat — DNS (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Masami Tanaka
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:27.39
  • Semi-final — 02:26.24
  • Final — 02:26.98 (8th place)
  • Junko Isoda
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:29.60
  • Semi-final — 02:31.71 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Mai Nakamura
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:00.88
  • Semi-final — 01:01.07
  • Final — 01:00.55 (Silver medal)
  • Noriko Inada
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:02.19
  • Semi-final — 01:01.25
  • Final — 01:01.14 (5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Miki Nakao
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:11.69
  • Semi-final — 02:12.49
  • Final — 02:11.05 (Bronze medal)
  • Tomoko Hagiwara
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:12.15
  • Semi-final — 02:11.02
  • Final — 02:11.21 (4th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Tomoko Hagiwara
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:15.16
  • Semi-final — 02:15.09
  • Final — 02:15.64 (8th place)
  • Yasuko Tajima
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:21.65 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Yasuko Tajima
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:40.35 (did not advance)
  • Final — 04:35.96 (Silver medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley

  • Sumika Minamoto, Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, Masami Tanaka
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:05.76
  • Final — 04:04.16 (Bronze medal)

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