Japan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
sporting event delegation
Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 162 athletes—108 men and 54 women. Japanese competitors won 52 medals, 17 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze, to finish 10th in the medal table.
Medallists
Sports
Archery
Men
In the men's team open semifinal against United States, a zero score was recorded due to the "infringement of IPC rules".
Women
Athletics
Men's track
Men's field
Women's track
Women's field
Cycling
Men's road
Men's track
Despite being in the bronze medal match, Shigeo Yoshihara and Takuya Oki won the event against Anthony Biddle and Kial Stewart, in the gold medal match, Slovakian cyclists Vladislav Janovjak and Juraj Petrovic were disqualified and were stripped of the silver medals after Petrovic was tested positive for glucocorticosteroid and methylprednisolone.
Goalball
The women's goalball team won a bronze medal after defeating Finland.
Players
Mieko Asai
Masae Komiya
Eriko Kumakawa
Yuka Naoi
Yuki Naoi
Madoka Sano
Results
Judo
Men
Sergio Arturo Perez was disqualified and stripped of his gold medal after being found to be tested positive for an inflammatory drug prednisolone. Makoto Hirose was awarded a silver medal.
Women
Powerlifting
Men
Shooting
Men
Women
Swimming
Men
Women
Table tennis
Men
Women
Volleyball
The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals: they were 7th out 8 teams.
Players
Satoshi Kanao
Masahiko Kato
Yosuke Kurita
Kaname Nakayama
Yoshihito Takeda
Tadashi Tamura
Tsutomu Tanabe
Koji Tanaka
Koki Todo
Arata Yamamoto
Atsushi Yonezawa
Hitoshi Yoshida
Results
No eliminations occur in the preliminaries for ranking purposes
Wheelchair basketball
Men's team
The men's basketball team didn't win any medals: they were 8th out of 12 teams.
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