Paralympics Rio 2016 – Japanese Results at Rio de Janeiro Paralympics – by Brett Larner – Japan Running News

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The Japanese athletics team at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics came up short of scoring gold, with a final tally of four silver and three bronze medals.

Tomoki Sato led the team with a pair of silvers in the men's T52 400 m and 1500 m, with another highlight coming from the bronze medal-winning men's T42-47 4×100 m relay team. A complete breakdown of Japanese finalists in athletics at the Rio Paralympics:

Rio de Janeiro Paralympics Athletics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 8-18, 2016
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Women's T33/34 100 m – Sept. 10 -0.1 m/s
1. Hannah Cockroft (Great Britain) – 17.42
2. Kare Adenegan (Great Britain) – 18.29
3. Alexa Halko (U.S.A.) – 18.81
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7. Haruka Kitaura (Japan) – 20.23

Men's T42 100 m – Sept. 15 -0.2 m/s
1. Scott Reardon (Australia) – 12.26
2. Daniel Wagner (Denmark) – 12.32
3. Richard Whitehead (Great Britain) – 12.32
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7. Atsushi Yamamoto (Japan) – 12.84

Women's T45/46/47 100 m – Sept. 11 +0.2 m/s
1. Deja Young (U.S.A.) – 12.15
2. Alicja Fiodorow (Poland) 12.46
3. Teresinha De Jesus Correia Santos (Brazil) – 12.84
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7. Sae Tsuji (Japan) – 13.30

Women's T51/52 100 m – Sept. 17 +1.0 m/s
1. Michelle Stilwell (Canada) – 19.42
2. Kerry Morgan (U.S.A.) – 19.96
3. Marieke Vervoort (Belgium) – 20.12
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4. Yuka Kiyama (Japan) – 24.44

Women's T45/46/47 200 m – Sept. 16 +0.0 m/s
1. Deja Young (U.S.A.) – 25.46
2. Alicja Fiodorow (Poland) – 25.61
3. Lu Li (China) – 26.26
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7. Sae Tsuji (Japan) – 27.97

Women's T43/44 200 m – Sept. 15 +0.7 m/s
1. Marlou Van Rhun (Netherlands) – 26.16
2. Irmgard Bensusan (Germany) – 26.90
3. Marie-Amelie Le Fur (France) – 27.11
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7. Saki Takakuwa (Japan) – 28.88

Women's T33/34 400 m – Sept. 14
1. Hannah Cockroft (Great Britain) – 58.78 – WR
2. Alexa Halko (U.S.A.) – 1:00.79
3. Kare Adenegan (Great Britain) – 1:01.67
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6. Haruka Kitaura (Japan) – 1:13.82

Women's T38 400 m – Sept. 14
1. Kadeena Cox (Great Britain) – 1:00.71
2. Junfei Chen (China) – 1:01.34
3. Veronica Hipolito (Brazil) – 1:03.14
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7. Yuka Takamatsu (Japan) – 1:11.64

Women's T45/46/47 400 m – Sept. 14
1. Lu Li (China) – 58.09
2. Anrune Liebenberg (South Africa) – 58.88
3. Sae Tsuji (Japan) – 1:00.62

Women's T51/52 400 m – Sept. 10
1. Michelle Stilwell (Canada) – 1:05.43
2. Marieke Vervoort (Belgium) – 1:07.62
3. Kerry Morgan (U.S.A.) – 1:08.31
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4. Yuka Kiyama (Japan) – 1:21.87

Men's T52 400 m – Sept. 13
1. Raymond Martine (U.S.A.) – 58.42
2. Tomoki Sato (Japan) – 58.88
3. Gianfranco Iannotta (U.S.A.) – 1:02.16
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6. Hirokazu Ueyonabaru (Japan) – 1:04.72

Men's T11 1500 m – Sept. 13
1. Samwel Mushai Kimani (Kenya) – 4:03.25
2. Odair Santos (Brazil) – 4:03.85
3. Semih Deniz (Turkey) – 4:05.42
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6. Shinya Wada (Japan) – 4:15.62

Women's 1500 m T20 – Sept. 16
1. Barbara Niewiedzial (Poland) – 4:24.37
2. Ilona Biacsi (Hungary) – 4:27.88
3. Liudmyla Danylina (Ukraine) – 4:28.78
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6. Sayaka Makita (Japan) – 4:51.90
7. Moeko Yamamoto (Japan) – 5:01.99

Men's T51/52 1500 m – Sept. 15
1. Raymond Martin (U.S.A.) – 3:40.63
2. Tomoki Sato (Japan) – 3:41.70
3. Pichaya Kurattanasiri (Thailand) – 3:53.96
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4. Hirokazu Ueyonabaru (Japan) – 3:54.04
DQ – Akikazu Noda (Japan)

Men's T53/54 1500 m – Sept. 13
1. Prawat Wahoram (Thailand) – 3:00.62
2. Marcel Hug (Switzerland) – 3:00.65
3. Saichon Konjen (Thailand) – 3:00.86
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8. Masayuki Higuchi (Japan) – 3:02.05

Men's T11 5000 m – Sept. 8
1. Samwel Mushai Kimani (Kenya) – 15:16.11
2. Odair Santos (Brazil) – 15:17.55
3. Wilson Bil (Kenya) – 15:22.96
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6. Shinya Wada (Japan) – 16:02.97

Men's T53/54 5000 m – Sept. 11
1. Prawat Wahoram (Thailand) – 11:01.71
2. Marcel Hug (Switzerland) – 11:02.04
3. Kurt Fearnley (Australia) – 11:02.37
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4. Masayuki Higuchi (Japan) – 11:02.54

Men's T12 Marathon – Sept. 18
1. El Amin Chentouf (Morocco) – 2:32:17
2. Alberto Suarez Laso (Spain) – 2:33:11
3. Masahiro Okamura (Japan) – 2:33:59
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4. Tadashi Horikoshi (Japan) – 2:36:50
5. Shinya Wada (Japan) – 2:39:52

Women's T12 Marathon – Sept. 18
1. Elena Congost (Spain) – 3:01:43
2. Misato Michishita (Japan) – 3:06:52
3. Edneusa De Jesus Santos Dorta (Brazil) – 3:18:38
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5. Hiroko Kondo (Japan) – 3:23:12
DNF – Mihoko Nishijima (Japan)

Men's T54 Marathon – Sept. 18
1. Marcel Hug (Switzerland) – 1:26:16
2. Kurt Fearnley (Australia) – 1:26:17
3. Gyu Dae Kim (South Korea) – 1:30:08
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7. Kota Hokinoue (Japan) – 1:30:11
11. Masazumi Soejima (Japan) – 1:30:13
12. Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Japan) – 1:30:14
18. Kozo Kubo (Japan) – 1:46:31

Women's T54 Marathon – Sept. 18
1. Lihong Zou (China) – 1:38:44
2. Tatyana McFadden (U.S.A.) – 1:38:44
3. Amanda McGrory (U.S.A.) – 1:38:45
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4. Wakako Tsuchiya (Japan) – 1:38:45

Men's T42-47 4×100 m Relay – Sept. 12
1. Germany – 40.82
2. Brazil – 42.04
3. Japan – 44.16
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DQ – U.S.A.

Women's T11 Long Jump – Sept. 16
1. Silvania Costa De Oliveira (Brazil) – 4.98 m +0.5 m/s
2. Fatimata Brigitte Diasso (Cote D'Ivoire) – 4.89 m -0.5 m/s
3. Lorea Salvatini Spoladore (Brazil) – 4.71 m +0.6 m/s
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8. Chiaki Takada (Japan) – 4.45 m -0.5 m/s

Men's T20 Long Jump – Sept. 11
1. Abdul Latif Romly (Malaysia) – 7.60 m -1.2 m/s – WR
2. Zoran Talic (Croatia) – 7.12 m +0.1 m/s
3. Dmytro Prudnikov (Ukraine) – 6.99 m +0.2 m/s
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10. Mitsuo Yamaguchi (Japan) – 5.98 m +0.2 m/s

Women's T42 Long Jump – Sept. 10
1. Vanessa Low (Germany) – 4.93 m -0.4 m/s – WR
2. Martina Caironi (Italy) – 4.66 m +0.2 m/s
3. Malu Perez Iser (Cuba) – 3.92 m +0.0 m/s
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4. Kaede Maegawa (Japan) – 3.68 m +0.9 m/s
6. Hitomi Onishi (Japan) – 3.58 m +0.7 m/s

Men's T42 Long Jump – Sept. 17
1. Heinrich Popow (Germany) – 6.70 m +0.4 m/s
2. Atsushi Yamamoto (Japan) – 6.62 m -0.2 m/s
3. Daniel Wagner (Denmark) – 6.57 m +0.2 m/s

Women's T43/44 Long Jump – Sept. 9
1. Marie-Amelia Le Fur (France) – 5.83 m -0.5 m/s – WR
2. Stef Reid (Great Britain) – 5.64 m -0.5 m/s
3. Marlene Van Gansewinkel (Netherlands) – 5.57 m +0.7 m/s
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4. Maya Nakanishi (Japan) – 5.42 m -0.5 m/s
5. Saki Takakuwa (Japan) – 4.95 m +0.3 m/s

Men's T45/46/47 Long Jump – Sept. 14
1. Roderick Townsend-Roberts (U.S.A.) – 7.41 m +0.2 m/s
2. Hao Wang (China) – 7.30 m +0.3 m/s
3. Arnaud Assoumani (France) – 7.11 m +0.5 m/s
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12. Hajimu Ashida (Japan) – 6.52 m +0.1 m/s

Men's F53 Shot Put – Sept. 14
1. Che Jon Fernandes (Greece) – 8.44 m
2. Scot Severn (U.S.A.) – 8.41 m
3. Asadollah Azimi (Iran) – 8.14 m
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7. Toshie Oi (Japan) – 6.48 m

by Brett Larner – Japan Running News

author: GRR