Japan at the
2017 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA codeJPN
National federationJapan Swimming Federation
Websitewww.swim.or.jp
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors77 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
0
Silver
4
Bronze
5
Total
9
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Japan competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Yui Ohashi Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley July 24
 Silver Kosuke Hagino Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley July 27
 Silver Yasuhiro Koseki Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke July 28
 Silver Junya Koga Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke July 30
 Bronze Sakiko Akutsu
Juka Fukumura
Aiko Hayashi
Yukiko Inui
Minami Kono
Kei Marumo
Kanami Nakamaki
Mai Nakamura
Kano Omata
Asuka Tasaki		 Synchronized swimming Women's team technical routine July 18
 Bronze Sakiko Akutsu
Juka Fukumura
Aiko Hayashi
Yukiko Inui
Minami Kono
Kei Marumo
Kanami Nakamaki
Mai Nakamura
Kano Omata
Yuriko Osawa
Asuka Tasaki
Maiko Yamazaki		 Synchronized swimming Women's free routine combination July 22
 Bronze Daiya Seto Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly July 26
 Bronze Ippei Watanabe Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke July 28
 Bronze Daiya Seto Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley July 30

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Japan has entered 5 divers (two male and three female).[1]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sho Sakai 3 m springboard 445.65 6 Q 407.80 13 did not advance
Kazuki Murakami 10 m platform 349.70 28 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Minami Itahashi 10 m platform 304.00 15 Q 313.70 12 Q 357.85 7
Nana Sasaki 274.80 24 did not advance
Matsuri Arai
Nana Sasaki 		10 m synchronized platform 280.44 10 Q — 283.32 10
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Minami Itahashi
Kazuki Murakami 		10 m synchronized platform 307.74 6

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Japan has entered six open water swimmers[2][3]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Yasunari Hirai Men's 5 km 55:33.3 33
Men's 10 km 1:54:52.9 40
Yohsuke Miyamoto Men's 5 km 55:38.0 34
Men's 25 km 5:11:32.1 15
Taiki Nonaka Men's 10 km 1:55:14.1 44
Men's 25 km 5:13:35.5 19
Yumi Kida Women's 10 km 2:03:06.6 23
Women's 25 km 5:39:31.5 15
Yukimi Moriyama Women's 5 km 1:01:14.5 21
Women's 10 km 2:02:13.3 20
Minami Niikura Women's 5 km 1:00:55.0 16
Yukimi Moriyama
Minami Niikura
Yasunari Hirai
Yohsuke Miyamoto 		Mixed team 55:54.0 9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Japanese swimmers have 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):[4]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Naito Ehara 200 m freestyle 1:47.31 15 Q 1:47.36 15 did not advance
Kosuke Hagino 200 m backstroke 1:57.97 12 Q 1:58.72 14 did not advance
200 m individual medley 1:56.46 1 Q 1:56.04 2 Q 1:56.01 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m individual medley 4:14.15 7 Q — 4:12.65 6
Ryosuke Irie 100 m backstroke 53.54 5 Q 53.02 4 Q 53.03 4
200 m backstroke 1:57.21 6 Q 1:55.79 6 Q 1:56.35 7
Yuki Kobori 100 m butterfly 52.17 20 did not advance
Junya Koga 50 m backstroke 24.54 1 Q 24.44 2 Q 24.51 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yasuhiro Koseki 50 m breaststroke 27.21 AS 10 Q 27.17 AS 11 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 59.76 11 Q 59.18 6 Q 59.10 4
200 m breaststroke 2:10.38 12 Q 2:07.80 4 Q 2:07.29 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Katsuhiro Matsumoto 200 m freestyle 1:47.92 27 did not advance
Katsumi Nakamura 50 m freestyle 22.32 23 did not advance
100 m freestyle 49.10 28 did not advance
Masato Sakai 200 m butterfly 1:55.94 6 Q 1:55.57 7 Q 1:55.04 6
Daiya Seto 200 m butterfly 1:54.89 2 Q 1:54.03 1 Q 1:54.21 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m individual medley 1:57.55 4 Q 1:56.92 5 Q 1:56.97 5
400 m individual medley 4:12.89 4 Q — 4:09.14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shinri Shioura 50 m freestyle 22.17 15 Q 22.02 14 did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.46 =5 Q 48.54 11 did not advance
Ippei Watanabe 100 m breaststroke 1:00.26 22 did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:09.30 3 Q 2:07.44 2 Q 2:07.47 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Junya Koga
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Katsumi Nakamura
Shinri Shioura 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:14.82 7 Q — 3:13.65 5
Tsubasa Amai
Naito Ehara
Kosuke Hagino
Katsuhiro Matsumoto 		4×200 m freestyle relay 7:09.66 6 Q — 7:07.68 5
Ryosuke Irie
Yuki Kobori
Yasuhiro Koseki
Shinri Shioura 		4×100 m medley relay 3:31.63 2 Q — 3:30.19 AS 4
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Reona Aoki 100 m breaststroke 1:07.48 17 q 1:07.43 14 did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:25.93 12 Q 2:24.42 10 did not advance
Tomomi Aoki 100 m freestyle 1:59.44 23 did not advance
Suzuka Hasegawa 200 m butterfly 2:09.10 12 Q 2:07.01 4 Q 2:07.43 6
Chihiro Igarashi 200 m freestyle 1:57.67 11 Q 1:57.96 13 did not advance
Rikako Ikee 50 m freestyle 25.04 16 Q 24.94 16 did not advance
100 m freestyle 54.91 21 did not advance
50 m butterfly 25.72 3 Q 25.90 13 did not advance
100 m butterfly 57.45 4 Q 56.89 4 Q 57.08 6
Runa Imai 200 m individual medley 2:11.15 5 Q 2:10.15 7 Q 2:09.99 5
Hiroko Makino 200 m butterfly 2:09.14 15 Q 2:07.95 10 did not advance
Yui Ohashi 200 m individual medley 2:11.44 8 Q 2:10.45 8 Q 2:07.91 NR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m individual medley 4:36.97 7 Q — 4:34.50 4
Sakiko Shimizu 400 m individual medley 4:36.43 5 Q — 4:35.62 5
Satomi Suzuki 50 m breaststroke 30.95 14 Q 30.95 13 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:07.20 =10 Q 1:07.08 11 did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:26.78 15 Q 2:25.60 12 did not advance
Tomomi Aoki
Chihiro Igarashi
Rikako Ikee
Yui Yamane 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:37.46 7 Q — 3:38.24 7
Tomomi Aoki
Chihiro Igarashi
Rikako Ikee
Aya Takano 		4×200 m freestyle relay 7:53.67 2 Q — 7:50.43 5
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Katsumi Nakamura
Tomomi Aoki*
Rikako Ikee
Shinri Shioura 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:26.91 AS 6 Q 3:24.78 AS 4
Runa Imai
Sakiko Shimizu
Tsubasa Amai
Junya Koga 		4×100 m medley relay 3:53.79 10 did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Japan's synchronized swimming team consisted of 14 athletes (1 male and 13 female).[5]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yukiko Inui Solo technical routine 90.8837 3 Q 91.7490 4
Solo free routine 91.9667 4 Q 92.0667 4
Yukiko Inui
Mai Nakamura
Kanami Nakamaki (R) 		Duet technical routine 90.1304 4 Q 92.0572 4
Yukiko Inui
Kanami Nakamaki
Mai Nakamura (R) 		Duet free routine 92.6000 4 Q 93.1333 4
Sakiko Akutsu
Juka Fukumura
Aiko Hayashi (R)
Yukiko Inui
Minami Kono
Kei Marumo
Kanami Nakamaki
Mai Nakamura
Kano Omata
Asuka Tasaki (R) 		Team technical routine 91.7484 3 Q 93.1590 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sakiko Akutsu
Juka Fukumura
Aiko Hayashi
Yukiko Inui
Minami Kono (R)
Kei Marumo
Kanami Nakamaki
Mai Nakamura
Kano Omata
Asuka Tasaki (R) 		Team free routine 92.4667 4 Q 93.1000 4
Sakiko Akutsu
Juka Fukumura
Aiko Hayashi (R)
Yukiko Inui
Minami Kono
Kei Marumo
Kanami Nakamaki
Mai Nakamura
Kano Omata
Yuriko Osawa
Asuka Tasaki
Maiko Yamazaki (R) 		Free routine combination 92.9667 3 Q 93.2000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Atsushi Abe
Yumi Adachi 		Duet technical routine 84.8153 4 Q 86.2679 4
Duet free routine 86.9333 4 Q 88.0000 4

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Japan qualified both a men's and women's teams.[6][7]

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 38 21 +17 6 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 3 1 0 2 34 32 +2 2[a] Playoffs
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 29 38 −9 2[a]
4  United States 3 1 0 2 28 38 −10 2[a]
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) better result against higher placed team.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Russia 2 Pts, +4 GD; Japan 2 Pts, +1 GD; United States 2 Pts, −5 GD
17 July 2017
21:30 		Report Japan  8–15  Russia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 2–3, 3–4
three players 2 Goals four players 3
19 July 2017
17:30 		Report United States  7–15  Japan Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–5, 2–4, 1–5
Dunstan, Hallock 2 Goals Adachi 7
21 July 2017
13:30 		Report Japan  6–16  Croatia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–5, 1–4, 1–2
Arai 2 Goals four players 3
Playoffs
23 July 2017
20:30 		Report Greece  14–4  Japan Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–0, 2–2, 2–0
Fountoulis 4 Goals Adachi 2
9th–12th place semifinals
25 July 2017
12:10 		Report Brazil  7–9  Japan Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–4, 1–1, 2–1
Coutinho, Freitas 2 Goals Adachi 3
Ninth place game
27 July 2017
12:00 		Report Japan  11–13  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–6, 3–4, 2–2
Adachi, Okawa 3 Goals Español 5

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary (H) 3 3 0 0 54 24 +30 6 Quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 45 20 +25 4 Playoffs
3  France 3 1 0 2 16 49 −33 2
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 27 49 −22 0
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
16 July 2017
20:10 		Report Japan  11–20  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Steven Rotsart (USA), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–8, 2–5, 5–3
Arima, Yamamoto 4 Goals Bujka 5
18 July 2017
12:10 		Report Japan  8–20  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Michael Brooks (NZL)
Score by quarters: 0–7, 5–3, 2–5, 1–5
Arima 3 Goals Van der Sloot 6
20 July 2017
09:30 		Report Japan  8–9  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Francesc Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–3, 3–1, 2–2
Inaba 3 Goals Millot 4
13th–16th place semifinals
22 July 2017
12:00 		Report Japan  17–8  Kazakhstan Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Michael Brooks (NZL)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 7–4, 5–2
Arima, Sakanoue 4 Goals Mirshina 4
13th place game
24 July 2017
10:50 		Report Brazil  9–11  Japan Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Daniel Daners (URU), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–6, 2–1, 3–2
Abla 4 Goals Sakanoue 4

References

  1. ^ "Entry List by NAT (Diving)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Men". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Women". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Entry List by Nation (Swimming)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Entry List by Nation (Synchronized swimming)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Entry List by Nation (Water Polo Men)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Entry List by Nation (Water Polo Women)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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