Japan at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Japan competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July and 4 August 2013.

Japan at the
2013 World Aquatics Championships
FINA codeJPN
National federationJapan Swimming Federation
Websitewww.swim.or.jp
in Barcelona, Spain
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
6
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Daiya Seto Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley 4 August
  Silver Kosuke Hagino Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 28 July
  Silver Kosuke Hagino Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley 1 August
  Bronze Aya Terakawa Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 30 July
  Bronze Aya Terakawa Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke 1 August
  Bronze Takuro Fujii
Ryosuke Irie
Kosuke Kitajima
Shinri Shioura
Swimming Men's 4×100 m medley relay 4 August

Diving edit

Japan qualified four quota places for the following diving events:[1]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sho Sakai 3 m springboard 421.75 7 Q 416.10 12 Q 433.40 8
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sayaka Shibusawa 3 m springboard 262.80 18 Q 284.25 14 Did not advance
Mai Nakagawa 10 m platform 321.65 6 Q 272.05 17 Did not advance
Fuka Tatsumi 320.50 7 Q 267.80 18 Did not advance
Mai Nakagawa
Sayaka Shibusawa
3 m synchronized springboard 262.50 11 Q 250.50 11

Open water swimming edit

Japan qualified three quota places for the following events in open water swimming:[2]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Yasunari Hirai Men's 10 km 1:49:52.8 21
Yuto Kobayashi Men's 5 km 53:48.0 25
Men's 10 km 1:50:17.4 26
Yumi Kida Women's 10 km 1:58:25.8 13
Women's 25 km 5:16:25.7 8
Yasunari Hirai
Yuto Kobayashi
Yumi Kida
Mixed team 58:00.0 13

Swimming edit

Japanese swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[3][4] Among the official roster featured former Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima and undisputed superstar Kosuke Hagino.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Takuro Fujii 100 m butterfly 52.50 15 Q 52.27 13 Did not advance
Kosuke Hagino 200 m freestyle 1:47.33 4 Q 1:46.87 3 Q 1:45.94 5
400 m freestyle 3:46.92 4 Q 3:44.82 NR  
100 m backstroke 53.94 7 Q 53.68 6 Q 53.93 6
200 m backstroke 1:57.52 7 Q 1:56.24 4 Q 1:55.43 5
200 m individual medley 1:57.73 2 Q 1:57.38 2 Q 1:56.29  
400 m individual medley 4:13.80 4 Q 4:10.77 5
Ayatsugu Hirai 800 m freestyle 7:56.69 14 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:03.45 9 Did not advance
Ryosuke Irie 50 m backstroke DNS Did not advance
100 m backstroke 53.66 4 Q 53.41 4 Q 53.29 4
200 m backstroke 1:57.53 8 Q 1:56.14 =3 Q 1:55.07 4
Kenta Ito 50 m freestyle 22.77 28 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 49.91 =31 Did not advance
Kosuke Kitajima 50 m breaststroke 27.43 9 Q 27.82 15 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 59.88 =3 Q 59.92 8 Q 59.98 6
Yuki Kobori 100 m butterfly 53.11 =25 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:56.64 8 Q 1:56.15 9 Did not advance
Takeshi Matsuda 200 m butterfly 1:57.14 11 Q 1:56.42 11 Did not advance
Yōsuke Miyamoto 1500 m freestyle 15:09.21 =12 Did not advance
Daiya Seto 200 m individual medley 1:59.25 12 Q 1:58.03 6 Q 1:58.45 7
400 m individual medley 4:12.96 2 Q 4:08.69  
Shinri Shioura 50 m freestyle 22.02 10 Q 22.04 15 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.52 4 Q 48.51 10 Did not advance
Ryo Tateishi 200 m breaststroke 2:10.41 6 Q 2:10.01 8 Q 2:10.28 8
Akihiro Yamaguchi 100 m breaststroke 1:00.69 19 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:10.17 5 Q 2:10.00 7 Q 2:09.57 7
Takuro Fujii
Kenta Ito
Kenji Kobase
Shinri Shioura
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:15.46 8 Q 3:14.75 8
Kosuke Hagino
Yuki Kobori
Takeshi Matsuda
Daiya Seto*
Sho Sotodate
4×200 m freestyle relay 7:09.98 3 Q 7:04.95 5
Takuro Fujii
Ryosuke Irie
Kosuke Kitajima
Shinri Shioura
4×100 m medley relay 3:34.25 5 Q 3:32.26  
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sayaka Akase 100 m backstroke 1:02.51 28 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:10.87 13 Q 2:11.48 13 Did not advance
Natsumi Hoshi 100 m butterfly 59.18 =16 Q* 59.42 16 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:07.59 3 Q 2:07.18 =4 Q 2:06.09 4
Chihiro Igarashi 200 m freestyle 1:59.00 17 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:12.44 15 Did not advance
Rie Kaneto 50 m breaststroke 32.37 34 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:23.91 4 Q 2:23.28 5 Q 2:22.96 4
Yayoi Matsumoto 50 m freestyle 25.69 25 Did not advance
Miyu Otsuka 200 m backstroke 2:11.69 14 Q 2:11.68 14 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:37.77 8 Q 4:39.21 8
Satomi Suzuki 50 m breaststroke DNS Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:07.79 11 Q 1:07.83 12 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:27.31 11 Q 2:25.77 11 Did not advance
Miho Takahashi 400 m individual medley 4:45.70 18 Did not advance
Aya Terakawa 50 m backstroke 28.05 3 Q 27.70 2 Q 27.53  
100 m backstroke 1:00.09 7 Q 59.80 4 Q 59.23  
Miho Teramura 200 m individual medley 2:12.91 12 Q 2:14.02 14 Did not advance
Haruka Ueda 100 m freestyle 55.78 28 Did not advance
Kanako Watanabe 100 m breaststroke 1:09.28 26 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:12.28 9 Q 2:11.50 11 Did not advance
Yayoi Matsumoto
Miki Uchida
Haruka Ueda
Misaki Yamaguchi
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:39.24 8 Q 3:39.45 7
Chihiro Igarashi
Yasuko Miyamoto
Aya Takano
Haruka Ueda
4×200 m freestyle relay 7:56.98 7 Q 7:58.15 8
Natsumi Hoshi
Satomi Suzuki
Aya Terakawa
Haruka Ueda
4×100 m medley relay 4:00.18 5 Q 3:58.06 5

Synchronized swimming edit

Japan qualified 11 quota places for each of the following synchronized swimming events.[6]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yukiko Inui Solo free routine 91.570 5 Q 91.600 5
Solo technical routine 91.800 5 Q 91.900 5
Yumi Adachi
Yukiko Inui
Duet free routine 91.470 5 Q 91.620 5
Duet technical routine 90.400 5 Q 91.700 5
Yumi Adachi
Aika Hakoyama
Mayo Itoyama
Hikaru Kazumori
Risako Mitsui
Kanami Nagamaki
Mai Nakamura
Misa Sugiyama
Team free routine 91.670 4 Q 91.950 4
Yumi Adachi
Miho Arai
Aika Hakoyama
Yukiko Inui
Mayo Itoyama
Risako Mitsui
Kanami Nagamaki
Mai Nakamura
Team technical routine 92.200 4 Q 92.200 4
Yumi Adachi
Miho Arai
Aika Hakoyama
Yukiko Inui
Mayo Itoyama
Hikaru Kazumori
Risako Mitsui
Kanami Nagamaki
Mai Nakamura
Misa Sugiyama
Kurumi Yoshida
Free routine combination 91.590 4 Q 92.020 4

References edit

  1. ^ "BCN 2013 Japan's Diving Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ^ "BCN 2013 Japan's Open Water Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ "BCN 2013 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. ^ "BCN 2013 Japan's Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Japan Picks 31 For Swimming World-Champ Team; Kosuke Kitajima Makes Sixth Squad". Swimming World Magazine. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  6. ^ "BCN 2013 Japan's Synchronized Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

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