- Overview.
- Basic information
- Main competitions
- Feature events
- Featured competitions
- Venue of the event
- Who will compete in which events will the Japanese athletes compete?
- Athletics
- Gymnastics
- Football
- Fencing
- BREAKIN’
- Judo.
- Sport climbing
- Archery.
- Surfing
- Basketball
- Wrestling
- Equestrian
- Canoeing
- Volleyball
- Boxing
- Swimming
- Handball
- Shooting
- Weightlifting
- Skateboarding
- Cycling.
- Triathlon
- Tennis
- Modern Pentathlon
- Golf
- Seven-a-side rugby
Overview.
The following information is provided on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Basic information
Duration: 17 days from 26 July to 11 August 2024
Host city: Paris, France
Number of participating countries/regions: 207
Number of participants: up to 10,500
Number of events: 329 events in 32 competitions (including 12 additional events in 4 competitions)
Main competitions
The Paris Olympics will feature the following events
Athletics
Swimming (swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, marathon swimming)
Football (swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, marathon swimming)
Tennis
Rowing
Hockey
Boxing
Volleyball (indoor, beach)
Gymnastics (gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline)
Basketball (5-man, 3×3)
Wrestling
Sailing
Plus newly added breakin, etc.
Feature events
Opening ceremony: 26 July 2024 at Place du Trocadéro on the banks of the Seine. President Emmanuel Macron will make the opening declaration.
Closing ceremony: 11 August 2024 at the Stade de France.
Featured competitions
Breakin’: a street dance originating from the South Bronx area of New York, USA, in the 1970s, with two male and two female disciplines: 16 B-boys and 16 B-girls in solo battles.
Venue of the event
Stade de France: the venue will be used for athletics and 7-a-side rugby.
Other venues: each event will take place at several venues in and around Paris.
The Paris Olympics is the third time the Games have been held in Paris, following 1900 and 1924. New competitions and a variety of events are planned, attracting a lot of attention from all over the world.
Who will compete in which events will the Japanese athletes compete?
Details on the Japanese athletes who will compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics are summarised below.
Athletics
Men’s.
100m: Sani Brown Abdelhakim, Ryuichiro Sakai, Toyo Higashida
200m: Toba Uzawa, Hiroki Kamiyama, Shota Iizuka
400m: Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kazuma Sato, Kentaro Sato.
10,000m: Tomoki Ota, Jun Kasai
110m hurdles: Shunsuke Izumiya, Rashid Muratake, Takayama Takano
400m hurdles: Kan Toyoda, Daiki Ogawa, Kaito Tsutsue
3000m steeplechase: Ryuji Miura, Ryoma Aoki
High jump: Ryoichi Akamatsu, Tomohiro Mano
Long jump: Yuuki Hashioka
Javelin: Genki Dean
Marathon: Naoshiro Koyama, Satoru Akasaki, Suguru Osako
20 km walk: Mukoki Ikeda, Ryo Hamanishi, Yuta Koga
4 x 100 m relay: Sani Brown Abdelhakim, Ryuichiro Sakai, Toyo Higashida, Daiki Yanagida, Yoshihide Kiryu, Hiba Uzawa, Hiroki Kamiyama, Shota Iizuka.
4 x 400 m relay: Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kazuma Sato, Kentaro Sato, Takuho Yoshizu, Kaito Kawabata.
Men’s/women’s mixed relay: Masatora Kawano, Kazuo Takahashi.
Women.
1500m: Kimi Tanaka, Yume Goto
5000m: Kimi Tanaka, Arima Yamamoto, Wakana Kabasawa
10,000m: Rino Gotoh, Haruka Koumi, Yuka Takashima
100m hurdles: Mako Fukube, Yumi Tanaka
Long jump: Misuzu Hatazumi
Triple jump: Mariko Morimoto
Javelin: Haruka Kitaguchi, Momone Ueda, Marina Saito
Marathon: Yuka Suzuki, Mao Ichiyama, Honan Maeda
20 km walk: Nanako Fujii, Kumiko Okada, Ayane Yanai
Mixed gender relay: Kumiko Okada, Ayane Yanai
Gymnastics
Men: Daiki Hashimoto (all-around individual, bars), Kazuma Kayaba, Wataru Tanigawa, Shinnosuke Oka
Women: Maai Murakami (individual all-around, vault, floor exercise)
Football
Men: Reo Kokubo Bryan, Taishi Nozawa Brandon, Masashi Sasaki, Ayumu Ohata, Takaya Nishio, Seiji Kimura, Kaine Suzuki, Sota Kawazaki, Rihito Yamamoto, Ryotaro Araki.
Fencing
Women: Misaki Emura (flag bearer at opening ceremony).
BREAKIN’
Men: Shigeyuki HANI (dancer name ‘Shigekix’)
Judo.
A number of athletes are scheduled to compete in the men’s and women’s weight classes.
Sport climbing
Women’s boulder and lead: Aya Mori Akia, Ikume Nonaka
Men’s boulder and lead: Tomoa Narazaki, Chuto Anraku
Archery.
Takaharu Furukawa, Hiroki Muto, etc.
Surfing
Women: Matsuda Shino
Men: Kanoa Igarashi, Reio Inaba, Connor O’Leary
Basketball
Rui Yamura, Yuta Watanabe, etc.
Wrestling
Yui Suzaki, Akari Fujinami, etc.
Equestrian
Yoshiaki Oiwa, Taizo Sugitani, etc.
Canoeing
Takuya Haneda, etc.
Volleyball
Yuki Ishikawa, Yuji Nishida, etc.
Boxing
Tsunenari Tanaka, Sena Irie, etc.
Swimming
Rikako Ikee, Yui Ohashi, etc.
Handball
Shinya Watanabe, Kosuke Yasuhira, etc.
Shooting
Tomoyuki Matsuda, etc.
Weightlifting
Hiromi Miyake, etc.
Skateboarding
Women’s Park: Shinna Kairaki, Sakura Shijyuju, Hinano Kusaki
Women’s Street: Koi Yoshizawa, Rinne Akama, Kaena Nakayama
Men’s Park: Yuji Nagahara
Men’s Street: Yuto Horiyone, Ginun Onodera, Sora Shirai
Cycling.
Yudai Nitta, Yuumi Kajiwara, etc.
Triathlon
Juri Ide, Yuka Sato, etc.
Tennis
Men’s singles: Kei Nishikori, Taro Daniel Women’s singles: Naomi Osaka, Moena Uchijima Women’s doubles: Eina Shibahara, Shuko Aoyama
Modern Pentathlon
Misaki Uchida, Hiromune Sato, etc.
Golf
Hideki Matsuyama, Yuka Sasao, etc.
Seven-a-side rugby
Men: Kichihei Ishida, Taiga Ishida, Kazuma Ueda, Tsutomu Okudaira, Kelebi Joshua, Yukinori Koga, Jupei Yanaka, Shotaro Tsuoka, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Moeki Fukushi, Junya Matsumoto, Takashi Maruo
Women: Harunako Utsumi, Mei Otani, Marin Kajiki, Chiaki Saegusa, Shoui Tanaka, Honoka Tsutsumi, Chiharu Nakamura, Arisa Nishi, Wakaka Hara, Yume Hirano, Butohi Matsuda, Sakira Mizutani.
These are only some of the competitions and athletes. For detailed lists and up-to-date information, please refer to the official announcements of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and the individual athletes’ organisations.
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