Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It was the eighteenth time that the nation had competed. Japan competed under the IOC country code JPN.

Results by event

Archery

Sayoko Kawauchi was the most successful Japanese archer in Sydney, advancing to the quarterfinal before being defeated by eventual silver medallist Kim Nam-Soon.

Women's individual:

• Sayoko Kawauchi – quarterfinal, 5th place (3–1)
• Mayumi Asano – round of 64, 40th place (0–1)

Men's individual:

• Masafumi Makiyama – round of 16, 15th place (2–1)
• Takayoshi Matsushita – round of 64, 33rd place (0–1)
• Yuji Hamano – round of 64, 42nd place (0–1)

Men's team:

• Makiyama, Matsushita, Hamano – round of 16, 14th place (0–1)

Baseball

Japan, which had won a bronze medal in the first Olympic baseball tournament and a silver medal in the second, once again made the semifinals in the third. The Japanese team defeated the Netherlands, Italy, Australia, and Africa but lost to the three teams that finished at the top of the group: the United States, Korea, and Cuba. In the semifinals, Japan played Cuba for the second time in as many games, losing again to the two-time gold medallists. Playing for the bronze medal against Korea, the Japanese team was again defeated.

Men's:

• Japan – 4th place (4–5)

Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Japan was represented by three men and three women. Five of the six triathletes finished the race.

Women's:

• Kiyomi Niwata – 2:03:53.01 (14th place)
• Akiko Hirao – 2:04:18.70 (17th place)
• Haruna Hosoya – DNF

Men's:

• Takumi Obara – 1:50:29.95 (21st place)
• Hideo Fukui – 1:52:04.79 (36th place)
• Hiroyuki Nishiuchi – 1:56:59.76 (46th place)