Japan at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics

Japan at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	JPN
National federation	Japan Association of Athletics Federations
Website	www.jaaf.or.jp/english/
in Moscow
Competitors	44 (men: 32; women: 12)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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Japan sent 41 athletes to the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. The Japan team were announced by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations after the 2013 Japan Championships in Athletics.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Bronze	Kayoko Fukushi	Marathon	11 August

Team selection

Track and road events

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
Sprint	Ryota Yamagata Yoshihide Kiryu Shota Iizuka Yuichi Kobayashi Kei Takase Kenji Fujimitsu Yuzo Kanemaru	Chisato Fukushima
Distance	Yuki Sato Suguru Osako Tsuyoshi Ugachi	Misaki Onishi Hitomi Niiya
Hurdle	Takayuki Kishimoto Yasuhiro Fueki Takatoshi Abe	Hitomi Shimura Satomi Kubokura
Mile Relay	Yuzo Kanemaru Kengo Yamazaki Hiroyuki Nakano Hideyuki Hirose	-
Marathon	Kazuhiro Maeda Hiroyuki Horibata Yuki Kawauchi Masakazu Fujiwara Kentaro Nakamoto	Ryoko Kizaki Kayoko Fukushi Mizuki Noguchi
Race walking	Yusuke Suzuki Takumi Saito Takayuki Tanii Hirooki Arai Koichiro Morioka	Masumi Fuchise Kumi Otoshi

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
Jumping	Seito Yamamoto Daichi Sawano Hiroki Ogita	Miyuki Fukumoto
Throwing	Koji Murofushi Yukifumi Murakami	Yuki Ebihara
Combined event	Keisuke Ushiro	-

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chisato Fukushima	200 metres			23.85	37	Did not advance
Misaki Onishi	5000 metres			16:16.52	19	Did not advance
Hitomi Niiya	10,000 metres							30:56.70	5
Hitomi Shimura				13.72	34	Did not advance
Satomi Kubokura	400			56.33	16:16.52	Did not advance
Kayoko Fukushi								2:27:45
Ryoko Kizaki								2:31:28	4th
Mizuki Noguchi								DNF
Kumi Otoshi	20 kilometres walk							1:32:44	26th
Masumi Fuchise	20 kilometres walk							1:33:13	28th

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yuki Ebihara	Javelin	59.80	16	did not advance
Miyuki Fukumoto	High Jump	1.78	27	did not advance

References

• Japan team at the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (第14回世界陸上競技選手権大会 (2013/モスクワ) 日本代表選手) (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 4 July 2013.