Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team

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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

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

History[edit]

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[edit]

  • 1928 — did not participate
  • 1936 — did not participate
  • 1948 — did not participate
  • 1952 — did not participate
  • 1956 — 6th place
  • 1960 — 4th place
  • 1964 bronze medal
  • 1968 — 4th place
  • 1972 — 7th place
  • 1976 — 8th place
  • 1980 — did not participate
  • 1984 — 6th place
  • 1988 — 12th place
  • 1992 — did not participate
  • 1996 — 12th place
  • 2000 — did not participate
  • 2004 — did not participate
  • 2008 — 5th place
  • 2012 — 8th place
  • 2016 — 4th place
  • 2020 — 5th place

World Championships results[edit]

Junior World Championships[edit]

Most decorated gymnasts[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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.