Embassy of Japan in the UK

Team Japan had a successful Olympic campaign at the London 2012 Games, winning 7 gold medals, 14 silver and 17 bronze, the highest total number of medals by any Japanese Olympic team. Japan finished in 11th place in the medals table. Particularly notable results were the Japanese Women's wrestling team winning 3 gold medals, the first ever table tennis medal for Japan in an Olympic games as the Women's team took silver, and Ryota Murata winning Japan's first boxing medal since the 1964 Tokyo Games.

› Women's Volleyball: Japan beat China 3-2 (Quarterfinal 2)
› Women's Table Tennis: [SILVER] Japan lost to China 0-3 (Team Gold Medal Match)

Monday 6 August
› Men's Wrestling: [BRONZE] Ryutaro Matsumoto beat Almat Kebispayev (Kazakhstan) (60kg, Bronze Medal)
› Women's Hockey: Japan beat China 1-0 (Preliminary Round Group B)
› Women's Football: Japan beat France 2-1 (Semifinal)
› Men's Boxing: Ryota Murata beat Adem Kilicci 17-13 (Middle 75kg, Quarterfinals)

Sunday 5 August
› Women's Volleyball: Japan beat Great Britain 3-0 (Preliminary Round Group A)
› Women's Table Tennis: Japan beat Singapore 3-0 (Team Semifinals)
› Men's Gymnastics: [SILVER] Kohei Uchimura (Floor Exercise)
› Men's Fencing: [SILVER] Japan lost to Italy 39-45 (Team Foil Gold Medal Match)
› Men's Boxing: Satoshi Shimizu beat Mohamed Amine Ouadahi 17-15 (Bantam 56kg Quarterfinals)
› Men's Athletics: [BRONZE] Koji Murofushi (Hammer Throw)

Saturday 4 August
› Women's Table Tennis: Japan beat Germany 3-0 (Team Quarterfinals)
› Men's Table Tennis: Japan beat Canada 3-0 (Team First Round)
› Men's Swimming: [SILVER] (4x100m Medley Relay)
› Women's Swimming: [BRONZE] (4x100m Medley Relay)
› Women's Badminton: [SILVER] Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa lost to Qing Tian and Yunlei Zhao 20/12 - 23/25 (Doubles Gold Medal Match)

Friday 3 August
› Women's Table Tennis: Japan beat United States (Team First Round)
› Women's Judo: [SILVER] Mika Sugimoto lost to Idalys Oritz (78kg+ Final)
› Women's Football: Japan beat Brazil 2-0 (Quarterfinal)
› Men's Archery: [SILVER] Takaharu Furukawa lost to Jin Hyek Oh (Republic of Korea) 7-1 (Gold Medal Match)

Thursday 2 August
› Men's Swimming: [SILVER] Ryosuke Irie (200m Backstroke)
› Women's Swimming: [SILVER] Satomi Suzuki (200m Breaststroke)
› Men's Boxing: Ryota Murata beat Abdelmalek Rahou 21-12 (Middle, 75kg) (Round of 16)
› Women's Badminton: Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa beat Alex Bruce and Michele Li (Canada) 21/12 - 19/21 - 21/13 (Semifinals)

Wednesday 1 August
› Women's Volleyball: Japan beat Dominican Republic 3-0
› Men's Tennis: Kei Nishikori beat David Ferrer (Spain) 6-0 3-6 6-4 (Third Round)
› Women's Swimming: [BRONZE] (200m Butterfly)
› Men's Swimming: [BRONZE] Ryo Tateishi (200m Breastroke)
› Men's Judo: [BRONZE] Masashi Nishiyama beat Kirill Denisov (Russian Federation) (90kg)
› Men's Gymnastics - Artistic: [GOLD] Kohei Uchimura (Individual All-Around)
› Men's Football: Japan drew with Honduras to finish 1st place in Group D
› Men's Boxing: Satoshi Shimizu beat Magomed Abdulhamidov (Azerbaijan) RSC (Bantam, 56kg)
› Women's Badminton: Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa beat Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen (Denmark) 22/20 - 21/10 (Quarterfinals)
› Men's Badminton: Sho Sasaki beat Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) 23/12 - 21/10 (Round of 16)

Tuesday 31 July
› Men's Tennis: Kei Nishikori beat Nikolay Davydenko 4-6 6-4 6-1 (Second Round)
› Men's Swimming: [BRONZE] Takeshi Matsuda (Men's 200m Butterfly)
› Women's Football: Japan drew with South Africa to finish 2nd place in Group F
› Women's Judo: [BRONZE] Yoshie Ueno beat Munkhzaya Tsedevsuren (Mongolia) (63kg, Final)
› Women's Badminton: Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna beat Lok Yan Poon and Ying Suet Tse (Hong Kong, China) 21/15 - 21/19 (Group Play Stage Group D)
› Women's Badminton: Sayaka Sato beat Susan Egelstaff (Great Britain) 18/21 - 21/15 - 21/16
› Women's Archery: Ren Kawanaka beat Inna Stepanova 7-3 (1/16 Eliminations)
› Men's Archery: Takaharu Furukawa beat Dmytro Hrachov (Ukraine) 6-4 (1/16 Eliminations)

Monday 30 July
› Women's Table Tennis: Ai Fukuhara beat Jie Li (Netherlands) 4-3 (Fourth Round)
› Men's Table Tennis: Seiya Kishikawa beat Sangeun Oh (Republic of Korea) 1-4 (Fourth Round)
› Men's Swimming: [BRONZE] Ryosuke Irie (100m Backstroke)
› Women's Swimming: [BRONZE] Satomi Suzuki (100m Breaststroke)
› Women's Swimming: [BRONZE] Aya Terakawa (100m Backstroke)
› Men's Gymnastics - Artistic: [SILVER]
› Men's Judo: [SILVER] Riki Nakaya lost to Mansur Isaev (Russia) (73kg, Final)
› Women's Judo: [GOLD] Kaori Matsumoto beat Corina Caprioriu (Romania) (57kg, Final)
› Men's Badminton: Japan beat United States 21/15 - 21/15 (Doubles Group Play Stage Group D)
› Women's Archery: Miki Kanie beat Jing XU (China) 6-0 (1/16 Eliminations)

Sunday 29 July
› Men's Tennis: Kei Nishikori beat Bernard Tomic (Australia) 7-6 7-6 (First Round)
› Women's Table Tennis: Kasumi Ishikawa beat Qiangbing Li (Austria) 4-2 (Third Round)
› Women's Table Tennis: Ai Fukuhara beat Anna Tikhomirova (Russia) 4-0 (Third Round)
› Men's Judo: [BRONZE] Masashi Ebinuma beat Pawel Zagrodnik (Poland) (66kg, Final)
› Women's Gymnastics - Artistic: Asuka Teramoto ranked 8th (All Around Individual Qualification)
› Women's Gymnastics - Artistic: Japan ranked 6th (Team All Around Qualification)
› Men's Football: Japan beat Morocco 1-0 (First Round Group D)
› Equestrian: Japan ranked 6th (Team ranking after Dressage)
› Equestrian: Yoshiaki Oiwa ranked 1st (Individual Dressage)
› Men's Canoe: Takuya Haneda ranked 3rd (Single C1 Heats)
› Men's Boxing: Yasuhiro Suzuki beat Mehdi Khalsi (Morocco) 14-13 (Welter 69kg, Round of 32)
› Women's Badminton: Japan beat Singapore 16/21 - 21/10 - 21/19 (Doubles Group Play Stage Group B)
› Badminton: Japan beat Canada 21/10 - 11/21 - 21/15 (Mixed Doubles, Group Play Stage Group B)
› Women's Badminton: Sayaka Sato beat Maja TVRDY (Slovenia) 22/20 - 21/18 (Group Play Stage Group H)
› Men's Badminton: Sho Sasaki beat Virgil Soeroredjo (Suriname) 21/12 - 21/7 (Group Play Stage Group N)
› Women's Archery: [BRONZE] Japan beat Russia 209 - 207 (Team Bronze Medal Match)

Saturday 28 July

› Women's Weightlifting: [SILVER] Hiromi Miyake (48kg)
› Women's Volleyball: Japan beat Algeria 3-0 (Preliminary Round Group A)
› Men's Swimming: [BRONZE] Kosuke Hagino (400m Individual Medley)
› Men's Judo: [SILVER] Hiroaki Hiraoka lost to Arsen Galstyan (Russia) (60kg, Final)
› Men's Gynmastics - Artistic: Kohei Uchimura ranked 9th (All Around Individual Qualification)
› Men's Gymnastics - Artistic: Japan ranked 5th (Team All Around Qualification)
› Women's Football: Japan drew with Sweden 0-0 (First Round Group F)
› Men's Boxing: Satoshi Shimizu beat Isaac Dogboe (Ghana) 10-9 (Bantam 56kg, Round of 32)
› Women's Badminton: Japan beat India 21/16 - 21/18 (Doubles Group Play Stage Group B)

Friday 27 July
› Women's Archery: Japan ranked 5th (Team Ranking Round), Miki Kanie ranked 6th (Individual Ranking Round)
› Men's Archery: Japan ranked 5th (Ranking Round), Takaharu Furukawa ranked 5th (Individual Ranking Round)

Thursday 26 July
› Men's Football: Japan beat Spain 1-0 (First Round Group D)

Wednesday 25 July
› Women's Football: Japan beat Canada 2-1 (First Round Group F)