Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team

The Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Japan in FIG international competitions.

Japan
Continental unionAsian Gymnastics Union
National federationJapan Gymnastics Association
Olympic Games
Appearances13
Medals Bronze: 1964
World Championships
Medals Bronze: 1962, 1966
Junior World Championships
Medals Gold: 2023

History

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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

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World Championships results

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Junior World Championships

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Most decorated gymnasts

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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   1964
  1962
  1966
  1966   1966   1954
  1958
  1962
  1958 1 8 9
2 Mai Murakami   2018   2021   2020
  2017
  2021
  2018
1 5 6
3 Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri   1964
  1962
  1966
  1966 1 3 4
4 Kōko Tsurumi   2009   2009 0 2 2
5 Ginko Abukawa-Chiba, Kiyoko Ono, Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, Hiroko Tsuji   1964
  1962
1 1 2
9 Urara Ashikawa   2021 0 1 1
Hazuki Watanabe   2022 0 1 1
11 Taki Shibuya, Hiroko Ikenada, Yasuko Furuyama, Mitsuko Kandori   1966 0 1 1
Miyata Shoko   2022 0 1 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Japan Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Japan's Mai Murakami wins bronze in women's floor exercise". The Japan Times. August 2, 2021.