Japan at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Archery

Archery

Japan qualified four archers (two men and two women) through the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships individual competitions, and added a third women's qualification spot at the Asian Championships. This allowed Japan to compete in the women's team competition at the Olympics, as well as having three women and two men compete in the individual competitions. Takaharu Furukawa, Ryuichi Moriya, Nami Hayakawa, Sayoko Kitabatake and Yuki Hayashi were the archers who earned the qualification spots for Japan.

Japan has not yet won an Olympic gold medal in archery; its best results are a pair of silver medals, including Hiroshi Yamamoto's in the 2004 men's individual competition.

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Takaharu Furukawa Individual 663 17 Kunda (BLR) (48)
L 111 (18)–111 (19)		 Did not advance
Ryuichi Moriya 661 22 Piatek (POL) (43)
W 109 (10)–109 (9)		 Wang C-P (TPE) (11)
W 114–109		 Tsyrempilov (RUS) (6)
W 113–110		 Ruban (UKR) (3)
L 106–115		 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Nami Hayakawa Individual 649 9 Mousikou (CYP) (56)
W 112–103		 Nichols (USA) (24)
W 105–103		 Folkard (GBR) (8)
W 106–97		 Park S-H (KOR) (1)
L 103–112		 Did not advance
Yuki Hayashi 616 48 Esebua (GEO) (17)
L 102 (8)–102 (9)		 Did not advance
Sayoko Kitabatake 616 46 Mosypinek (POL) (19)
W 103–101		 Schuh (FRA) (14)
L 100–112		 Did not advance
Nami Hayakawa
Yuki Hayashi
Sayoko Kitabatake		 Team 1881 7 Colombia (COL) (10)
W 206–199		 Great Britain (GBR) (2)
L 196–201		 Did not advance

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