Japan at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Japan at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
Japan at the; 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	JPN
National federation	Japan Association of Athletics Federations
in Berlin
Competitors	57
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
World Championships in Athletics appearances
	1983; 1987; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023;
	← 2007 2011 →

Japan will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics 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. Koji Murofushi (hammer throw), Yuki Yamazaki (50 km walk), and the athletes from the Marathon team are considered the country's best medal chances.^[1]

Team selection

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
Pole vault	Daichi Sawano Takafumi Suzuki	Takayo Kondo
High jump	Naoyuki Daigo
Long jump	Daisuke Arakawa	Sachiko Masumi
Hammer throw	~~Koji Murofushi~~
Javelin throw	Yukifumi Murakami	Yuki Ebihara
Decathlon	Daisuke Ikeda	—

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Masashi Eriguchi	10.38	3	10.45	8	did not advance
	Shintaro Kimura	10.47	3	10.54	8	did not advance
	Naoki Tsukahara	10.28	2	10.15	3	10.25	8	did not advance
200 m	Shinji Takahira	20.86	2	20.69	4	did not advance
	Hitoshi Saito	21.38	6	did not advance
	Kenji Fujimitsu	20.69	3	20.97	6	did not advance
400 m	Yuzo Kanemaru	46.83	4	—		did not advance
400 m	Hideyuki Hirose	46.80	7	—		did not advance
5000 m	Yuichiro Ueno	14:30.76	16	—				did not advance
10,000 m	Yuki Iwai	—						29:24.12	25
110 m hurdles	Tasuku Tanonaka	13.84	7	—		did not advance
400 m hurdles	Kenji Narisako	49.60	5	—		did not advance
400 m hurdles	Kazuaki Yoshida	49.45 PB	3	—		50.34	8	did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Yoshitaka Iwamizu	8:39.03	9	—				did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Masashi Eriguchi Naoki Tsukahara Shinji Takahira Kenji Fujimitsu	38.53	2	—				38.30	4
Marathon	Satoshi Irifune	—						2:14:54	14
	Masaya Shimizu	—						2:14:06	11
	Kazuhiro Maeda	—						2:19:59	39
	Arata Fujiwara	—						2:31:06	61
	Atsushi Sato	—						2:12:05	6
20 km walk	Koichiro Morioka	—						1:21:48	11
	Isamu Fujisawa	—						1:25:12	30
	Yusuke Suzuki	—						1:30:21	42
50 km walk	Yuki Yamazaki	—						DQ	—
	Koichiro Morioka	—						3:56:21	18
	Takayuki Tanii	—						DQ	—

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Daisuke Arakawa	7.53	22	did not advance
High jump	Naoyuki Daigo	2.20	11	did not advance
Pole vault	Daichi Sawano	5.55	5	5.50	10
Pole vault	Takafumi Suzuki	5.25	17	did not advance
Javelin throw	Yukifumi Murakami	83.10 PB	1	82.97
Decathlon	Daisuke Ikeda	—		7788 PB	26

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Momoko Takahashi	11.75	4	did not advance
100 m	Chisato Fukushima	11.52	4	11.43	7	did not advance
200 m	Chisato Fukushima	23.40	4	—		did not advance
200 m	Momoko Takahashi	23.61	7	—		did not advance
400 m	Asami Tanno	53.30	5	—		did not advance
5000 m	Yurika Nakamura	15:21.01 PB	6	—				15:13.01 PB	12
5000 m	Yuriko Kobayashi	15:23.96	8	—				15:12.44	11
10,000 m	Yukari Sahaku	—						33:41.17	20
	Kayoko Fukushi	—						31:23.49	9
	Yurika Nakamura	—						31:14.39 PB	7
100 m hurdles	Asuka Terada	13.41	6	—		did not advance
400 m hurdles	Satomi Kubokura	56.91	5	—		did not advance
400 m hurdles	Sayaka Aoki	1:03.56	7	—		did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Minori Hayakari	9:39.28	10	—				did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Chisato Fukushima Momoko Takahashi Mayumi Watanabe Maki Wada	44.24	4	—				did not advance
4 × 400 m relay	Sayaka Aoki Asami Tanno Mayu Sato Satomi Kubokura	3:34.46	8	—				did not advance
Marathon	Yoshimi Ozaki	—						2:25:25
	Yoshiko Fujinaga	—						2:29:53	14
	Yuri Kano	—						2:26:57	7
	Yukiko Akaba	—						2:37:43	31
20 km walk	Masumi Fuchise	—						1:31:15	7
	Mayumi Kawasaki	—						DQ	—
	Kumi Otoshi	—						1:33:05	12

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Sachiko Masumi	6.23	15	did not advance
Pole vault	Takayo Kondo	4.10	15	did not advance
Javelin throw	Yuki Ebihara	54.81	12	did not advance