TEAM JAPAN NEWS: Day-by-day updates (Paralympic Games)
Overview
The London 2012 Paralympic Games saw Japan take a total of 16 medals, leading them to finish 24th on the medals table. Team Japan did well in the Swimming events with 8 medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze), including a World Record set by Yasuhiro Tanaka in the 100m Breastroke - SB14. There were 4 Athletics medals (3 silver and 1 bronze), where all three silver medals were won by Tomoya Ito over 3 different distances in the T52 category). Other gold medals came in Women's Goalball (the first for a Japanese Women's team), Men's Judo (won by Kento Masaki in the 100kg+ category) and Men's Wheelchair Tennis (won by Shingo Kunieda - defending his title from the Beijing Paralympic Games).
Total Number of Medals: 16
› Gold: 5
› Silver: 5
› Bronze: 6
Saturday 8 September
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: [GOLD] Shingo Kunieda beat Stephane Houdet (France) 6-4 6-2 (Gold Medal Match)
› Men's Athletics: [SILVER] Tomoya Ito (200m - T52)
Friday 7 September
› Mixed Wheelchair Rugby: Japan beat Great Britain 51-39 (Pool Phase Group A)
› Men's Swimming: [BRONZE] Kyosuke Oyama (50m Butterfly - S6)
› Women's Goalball: [GOLD] Japan beat China 1-0 (Gold Medal Match)
› Men's Athletics: [SILVER] Tomoya Ito (800m - T52)
› Men's Athletics: [BRONZE] Shinya Wada (5000m - T11)
Thursday 6 September
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Shingo Kunieda beat Ronald Vink (Netherlands) 6-2 6-2 (Semifinals)
› Men's Swimming: [BRONZE] Keiichi Kimura (100m Butterfly - S11)
› Men's Swimming: [GOLD] Yasuhiro Tanaka (100m Breastroke - SB14)
› Women's Sitting Volleyball: Japan beat Great Britain 3-0 (7-8 Classification)
› Women's Goalball: Japan beat Sweden 4-3 (Semifinals)
Wednesday 5 September
› Wheelchair Rugby: Japan beat France 65-56
› Men's Cycling: [BRONZE] Masaki Fujita (Individual C3 Time Trial)
› Boccia: Takayuki Hirose beat Natali Mello de Faria 12-0 (Mixed Individual BC2, 1/16 Finals)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Shingo Kunieda beat Michael Jeremiasz (France) 6-0 6-2 (Quarterfinals)
› Men's Wheelchair Basketball: Japan beat Italy 64-60 (Classification Playoff 9/10)
› Women's Goalball: Japan beat Brazil 2-0 (Quarterfinal)
Tuesday 4 September
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Shingo Kunieda beat Dave Phillipson (Great Britain) 6-0 6-2
Monday 3 September
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Shingo Kunieda & Satoshi Saida beat Adam Kellerman & Ben Weekes (Australia) 6-2 6-3 (Round of 16)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Takuya Miki & Takashi Sanada beat Suthi Khlongrua & Suwitchai Merngprom (Thailand) 7-5 7-5 (Round of 16)
› Women's Wheelchair Tennis: Yui Kamiji beat Annick Sevenans (Belgium) 7-6 6-2 (Round of 16)
› Men's Swimming: [BRONZE] Takayuki Suzuki
› Men's Swimming: [SILVER] Keiichi Kimura (100m Breaststroke - SB11)
› Men's Athletics: [SILVER] Tomoya Ito (400m - T52)
Sunday 2 September
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Takuya Miki & Takashi Sanada beat Gamini Dissanayaka & Upali Rajakaruna (Sri Lanka) 6-0 6-1 (Round of 32)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Shingo Kunieda & Satoshi Saida beat Gustavo Fernandez & Agustin Ledesma (Argentina) 6-3 6-1 (Round of 32)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Shota Kawano & Mitsuteru Moroishi beat Marco Innocenti & Giuseppe Polidori (Italy) 6-3 7-6 (Quad Doubles Quarterfinals)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Takashi Sanada beat Thomas Mossier (Austria) 4-6 6-3 6-3 (Round of 32)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Shingo Kunieda beat Nyasha Mharakurwa (Zimbabwe) 6-0 6-0 (Round of 32)
› Men's Wheelchair Basketball: Japan beat Colombia 63-49 (Group B Preliminary)
› Men's Swimming: [BRONZE] Takayuki Suzuki (150m Individual Medley - SM4)
› Women's Swimming: [GOLD] Rina Akiyama (100m Backstroke - S11)
› Women's Sitting Volleyball: Japan beat Great Britain 3-0 (Preliminary Round Pool A)
› Women's Goalball: Japan drew with Sweden 0-0 (Preliminary Round Group D)
› Boccia: Japan beat Hong Kong 7-6 and Spain 8-3 (Mixed Team, Preliminaries Pool D)
Saturday 1 September
› Women's Wheelchair Tennis: Yui Kamiji beat Louise Hunt (Great Britain) 6-1 6-1 (Round of 32)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Shingo Kunieda beat Rafael Medeiros Gomes (Brazil) 6-0 6-0 (Round of 64)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Satoshi Saida beat Alexander Jewitt (Great Britain) 6-2 6-0 (Round of 64)
› Men's Wheelchair Tennis: Takashi Sanada beat Steve Baldwin (USA) 6-1 6-2 (Round of 64)
› Men's Swimming: [SILVER] Tomotaro Nakamura (100m Breaststroke - SB7)
› Men's Judo: [GOLD] Kento Masaki beat Song Wang (People's Republic of China) (+100kg Final)
› Women's Goalball: Japan beat United States 2-1 (Preliminary Round Group D)
Friday 31 August
› Women's Table Tennis: Kimie Bessho beat Marta Makishi (Argentina) 3-0 (Class 5, Preliminaries, Group C)
› Women's Goalball: Japan beat Australia 3-1 (Preliminary Round Group D
› Women's Archery: Miho Nagano beat Karen Nest (Canada) 6-5 (Individual Compound Open, 1/8 Eliminations)
Thursday 30 August
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