Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team
The Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Japan in FIG international competitions.
| Continental union | Asian Gymnastics Union |
|---|---|
| National federation | Japan Gymnastics Association |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 13 |
| Medals | |
| World Championships | |
| Medals | |
| Junior World Championships | |
| Medals | |
History
Japan has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 13 times and has won one team medal, a bronze in 1964.[1] Mai Murakami won Japan's first individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics: a bronze on floor exercise at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[2] The team has also won two medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Olympic Games team competition results
- 1928 — did not participate
- 1936 — did not participate
- 1948 — did not participate
- 1952 — did not participate
- 1956 — 6th place
- 1960 — 4th place
- 1964 —
bronze medal - 1968 — 4th place
- 1972 — 7th place
- 1976 — 8th place
- 1980 — did not participate
- 1984 — 6th place
- 1988 — 12th place
- 1992 — did not participate
- 1996 — 12th place
- 2000 — did not participate
- 2004 — did not participate
- 2008 — 5th place
- 2012 — 8th place
- 2016 — 4th place
- 2020 — 5th place
World Championships results
Junior World Championships
- 2019 — 11th place
- Chiaki Hatakeda, Shoko Miyata, Hazuki Watanabe
- 2023 –
gold medal
- Mizuno Mika, Nakamura Haruka, Yamaguchi Sara
Most decorated gymnasts
This list includes all Japanese female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
| Rank | Gymnast | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Olympic Total | World Total | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| 2 | Mai Murakami | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| 3 | Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | Kōko Tsurumi | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | Ginko Abukawa-Chiba, Kiyoko Ono, Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, Hiroko Tsuji | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 9 | Urara Ashikawa | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Hazuki Watanabe | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 11 | Taki Shibuya, Hiroko Ikenada, Yasuko Furuyama, Mitsuko Kandori | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Miyata Shoko | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- "Japan Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- "Japan's Mai Murakami wins bronze in women's floor exercise". The Japan Times. August 2, 2021.
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