Japan at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Japan at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
Japan at the; 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	JPN
National federation	Japan Swimming Federation
Website	swim.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 6 Total 10
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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World Aquatics codeJPN

National federationJapan Swimming Federation

Websiteswim.or.jp (in Japanese)

Medals
Ranked 11th

Gold: 2
Silver: 2
Bronze: 6
Total: 10

Japan competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Daiya Seto	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley	25 July
Gold	Daiya Seto	Swimming	Men's 400 metre individual medley	28 July
Silver	Katsuhiro Matsumoto	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle	23 July
Silver	Daiya Seto	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	24 July
Bronze	Yukiko Inui	Artistic swimming	Solo technical routine	13 July
Bronze	Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi	Artistic swimming	Mixed duet technical routine	15 July
Bronze	Yukiko Inui	Artistic swimming	Solo free routine	17 July
Bronze	Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi	Artistic swimming	Mixed duet free routine	20 July
Bronze	Ippei Watanabe	Swimming	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	26 July
Bronze	Yui Ohashi	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	28 July

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yukiko Inui	Solo technical routine	91.7284	3 Q	92.3084
Yukiko Inui	Solo free routine	92.5667	3 Q	93.2000
Yukiko Inui Megumu Yoshida	Duet technical routine	91.9210	4 Q	92.1116	4
Yukiko Inui Megumu Yoshida	Duet free routine	92.4333	4 Q	93.0000	4
Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Kei Marumo Kano Omata Mayu Tsukamoto Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Okina Kyogoku (R) Akane Yanagisawa (R)	Team technical routine	92.3274	4 Q	92.7207	4
Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Okina Kyogoku Mayu Tsukamoto Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Kei Marumo (R) Kano Omata (R)	Team free routine	92.6667	4 Q	93.3667	4
Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Hinata Kumagai Okina Kyogoku Kei Marumo Mayu Tsukamoto Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Kano Omata (R)	Free routine combination	93.0000	4 Q	93.2333	4

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi	Duet technical routine	88.2948	3 Q	88.5113
Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi	Duet free routine	89.8000	3 Q	90.4000

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sho Sakai	3 m springboard	375.00	28	did not advance
Ken Terauchi	3 m springboard	395.80	19	did not advance
Sho Sakai Ken Terauchi	Synchronized 3 metre springboard	384.09	2 Q	—		389.43	7

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sayaka Mikami	3 m springboard	291.60	8 Q	307.95	7 Q	323.05	5
Matsuri Arai	10 metre platform	304.75	11 Q	312.45	10 Q	321.45	9
Rin Kaneto	10 metre platform	333.95	5 Q	285.05	17	did not advance
Haruka Enomoto Hazuki Miyamoto	Synchronized 3 metre springboard	253.50	14	—		did not advance

Japan at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Artistic swimming

Diving

Open water swimming

Swimming

Water polo

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

References

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Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Taiki Nonaka	Men's 10 km	1:51:35.3	45
Takeshi Toyoda	Men's 10 km	1:50:22.0	39

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yumi Kida	Women's 10 km	1:55:26.7	22
Minami Niikura	Women's 10 km	1:55:46.8	30

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Naito Ehara	200 m freestyle	1:47.46	20	did not advance
Ryosuke Irie	100 m backstroke	53.38	5 Q	53.13	6 Q	53.22	6
Ryosuke Irie	200 m backstroke	1:57.60	7 Q	1:57.26	8 Q	1:56.52	5
Kazuki Kohinata	200 m breaststroke	2:09.92	14 Q	2:08.42	9	did not advance
Yasuhiro Koseki	50 m breaststroke	27.33	16 Q	27.22	13	did not advance
Yasuhiro Koseki	100 m breaststroke	58.91	3 Q	58.89	4 Q	58.93	4
Katsuhiro Matsumoto	200 m freestyle	1:46.51	7 Q	1:45.56	=4 Q	1:45.22 NR
Naoki Mizunuma	50 m butterfly	23.74	21	did not advance
Naoki Mizunuma	100 m butterfly	52.23	12 Q	51.71	9	did not advance
Katsumi Nakamura	50 m freestyle	22.41	26	did not advance
Katsumi Nakamura	100 m freestyle	48.68	=11 Q	48.45	=10	did not advance
Daiya Seto	200 m butterfly	1:54.56	2 Q	1:55.33	3 Q	1:53.86
	200 m individual medley	1:57.90	2 Q	1:57.10	3 Q	1:56.14
	400 m individual medley	4:12.27	1 Q	—		4:08.95
Shinri Shioura	50 m freestyle	21.78	5 Q	21.74	7 Q	21.81	8
Shinri Shioura	100 m freestyle	48.68	=11 Q	48.54	13	did not advance
Keita Sunama	200 m backstroke	1:58.40	19	did not advance
Ippei Watanabe	200 m breaststroke	2:09.68	9 Q	2:08.04	6 Q	2:06.73
Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura Katsuhiro Matsumoto Akira Namba	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:14.16	9	—		did not advance
Kotaro Takahashi Katsuhiro Matsumoto Keisuke Yoshida Daiya Seto	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:09.23	9	—		did not advance
Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Naoki Mizunuma Katsumi Nakamura	4×100 m medley relay	3:32.34	3 Q	—		3:30.35	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	31	19	+12	6	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	31	25	+6	3	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	27	27	0	3	Playoffs
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	22	40	−18	0

15 July 2019 20:30	Report	Germany	9–9	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 1–3, 1–1
		Stamm 3	Goals	Arai 3

17 July 2019 16:30	Report	Japan	7–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 4–4, 1–2
		Arai, Inaba 2	Goals	Figlioli 4

19 July 2019 11:10	Report	Brazil	9–11	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 3–3, 3–1
		Guimarães 3	Goals	Shiga, Yoshida 3

21 July 2019 17:00	Report	Spain	15–7	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 4–2, 6–1
		Munarriz 6	Goals	Adachi 2

23 July 2019 11:00	Report	Montenegro	14–7	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 4–3, 3–1
		Ivović, Murišić 3	Goals	Arai, Inaba 2

25 July 2019 09:30	Report	Japan	15–5	South Africa	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Juan Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 3–2, 3–1
		Shimizu, Inaba 3	Goals	Evezard 2

20 July 2019 12:00	Report	Cuba	9–21	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 2–6, 2–4, 2–5
		Bernal 3	Goals	Arima 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	33	22	+11	6	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	32	29	+3	4	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	2	26	34	−8	2	Playoffs
4	Japan	3	0	3	20	26	−6	0

14 July 2019 19:10	Report	Japan	6–8	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 2–4, 1–2
		Arima 3	Goals	Chen, Wang X. 2

16 July 2019 17:50	Report	Japan	7–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Arima 3	Goals	Bianconi 5

18 July 2019 11:10	Report	Japan	7–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 1–2, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	Buckling 3

22 July 2019 09:30	Report	South Africa	2–21	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–4, 1–6, 0–7
		Moir, Hallendorff 1	Goals	Arima 5

v t e Nations at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu
Others	Independent FINA Athletes