Postponed from early summer, this year's 104th National Track and Field Championships have been sliced and diced into different segments held over the course of four months this summer in an effort to minimize the number of people in one place and one time and, in the case of long distance, to wait until World Athletics' window for turning out Olympic qualifying marks opens up in December.
Sprints, middle distance, hurdles, jumps and throws happen this week Thursday through Saturday at Niigata's enormous Denka Big Swan Stadium. 24 events are set to have their defending champs back, with Tomohiro Shinno (Kyudenko), #2 worldwide in the men's high jump this year, Yuki Hashioka (Nihon Univ.) #3 worldwide in the men's long jump, leading the way.
The men's 100 m looking especially good despite the absence of U.S.-based national record older Abdul Hakim Sani Brown. Aska Cambridge (Nike) has been in his best shape ever so far this fall with a 10.03 PB last month, and looks like the man to beat. Allon Tatsunami Clay is also AWOL in the 800 m, leaving NR holder Sho Kawamoto (Suzuki) the favorite for the national title. Women's sprints are wide open as national record holder Chisato Fukushima seems to be drifting off into the sunset.
The JAAF is kind enough to be live streaming the parts of the meet not showing on broadcaster NHK, which means everything except the best finals. If you get NHK where you are, check your listings for broadcast times. Day 1 live streaming of the rest can be had above starting at 14:00 local time Thursday. Day 2 live streaming will be below. NHK will be covering all of Day 3. Live results will be here throughout the weekend.
National Track and Field Championships
Entry List HighlightsDenka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata, Oct. 1-3, 2020
marks listed are best within qualifying period
underlined athletes are 2019 national champions
complete entry lists
Thursday, Oct. 1
Women's Shot Put - Final - 14:15
Fumika Ono (Saitama Univ.) - 15.88 m
Aya Ota (Fukuoka Univ. Club) - 15.60 m
Honoka Oyama (Fukuoka Univ.) - 15.51 m
Yuka Takahashi (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 15.47 m
Rika Shindo (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 15.21 m
Women's Pole Vault - Final - 14:20
Kanae Takuda (Nippatsu) - 4.30 m
Misaki Morota (Chuo Univ.) - 4.30 m
Mayu Nasu (Run Journey) - 4.25 m
Rena Tanaka (Kagawa Univ.) - 4.15 m
Eri Furubayashi (Akaishi Shogyo H.S.) - 4.03 m
Women's Javelin Throw - Final - 14:30
Haruka Kitaguchi (JAL) - 66.00 m
Yuka Sato (Nikonikonori) - 62.88 m
Mikako Yamashita (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 59.30 m
Orie Ushiro (Niigata Albirex RC) - 59.16 m
Marina Saito (Suzuki) - 58.67 m
Women's High Jump - Final - 14:35
Sheriai Tsuda (Tsukiji Gindako AC) - 1.84 m
Natsumi Kanda (Fukuoka Univ.) - 1.78 m
Natsumi Aoyama (Daitechs AT) - 1.78 m
Moeko Kyoya (Hokkaido Hi-Tech AC) - 1.78 m
Karin Odama (Nittai Univ.) - 1.78 m
Women's 100 m - Heats - 14:40
Midori Mikase (Sumitomo Denko) - 11.46
Reimi Shimada (Minamikyushu Family Mart) - 11.48
Anna Doi (JAL) - 11.52
Hina Ishido (Ritsumeikan Uji H.S.) - 11.56
Maki Wada (Mizuno) - 11.57
Emi Saito (Osaka Seikei Univ.) - 11.58
Men's 100 m - Heats - 15:30
Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko) - 9.98
Yoshihide Kiryu (Nihon Seimei) - 10.01
Aska Cambridge (Nike) - 10.03
Ryota Yamagata (Seiko) - 10.11
Shuhei Tada (Sumitomo Denko) - 10.12
Shota Iizuka (Mizuno) - 10.13
Kirara Shiraishi (Cerespo) - 10.19
Women's 400 m - Heats - 16:35
Seika Aoyama (Osaka Seikei Univ.) - 52.38
Saki Takashima (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 53.31
Mae Hirosawa (Toho Ginko) - 53.54
Nanako Matsumoto (Toho Ginko) - 53.68
Natsumi Kawasaki (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.9 - 53.89
Men's 400 m - Heats - 17:00
Julian Walsh (Fujitsu) - 45.15
Daichi Inoue (Nihon Univ.) - 45.83
Rikuya Ito (Waseda Univ.) - 45.83
Kentaro Sato (Fujitsu) - 45.91
Kazushi Kimura (Yondenko) - 45.96
Women's Long Jump - Final - 17:15
Sumire Hata (Shibata Kogyo) - 6.45 m
Hitomi Nakano (Washoku Yamaguchi) - 6.42 m
Ayaka Kora (Tsukuba Univ.) - 6.35 m
Nagisa Yamamoto (Kanoya Taiiku Univ.) - 6.31 m
Yurina Hiraka (Nippatsu) - 6.29 m
Women's 1500 m - Heats - 17:30
Nozomi Tanaka (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 4:05.27
Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku) - 4:11.75
Tomomi Musembi Takamatsu (Meijo Univ.) - 4:16.52
Yuna Wada (Meijo Univ.) - 4:16.76
Yumi Yoshikawa (Uniqlo) - 4:17.21
Yume Goto (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 4:17.46
Men's Shot Put - Final - 17:30
Daichi Morishita (Daiichi Gakuin H.S. Staff) - 18.29 m
Daichi Nakamura (Mizuno) - 18.20 m
Masahira Sato (Niigata Albirex RC) - 18.16 m
Satoshi Hatase (Nichidai Sakuramon TC) - 18.00 m
Shinichi Yukinaga (Shikoku Univ.) - 17.85 m
Men's 1500 m - Heats - 17:55
Masaki Toda (Sunbelx) - 3:37.90
Hideyuki Tanaka (Toyota) - 3:39.98
Ryoji Tatezawa (DeNA) - 3:41.07
Yasunari Kusu (Ami AC) - 3:41.27
Kazuki Kawamura (Toenec) - 3:41.65
Men's Javelin Throw - Final - 17:55
Genki Dean (Mizuno) - 84.05 m
Ryohei Arai (Suzuki) - 82.03 m
Kennosuke Sogawa (Nara T&F Assoc.) - 81.73 m
Takuto Kominami (Tsukuba Ginko) - 81.73 m
Yuta Sakiyama (Ehime T&F Assoc.) - 80.14 m
Men's 400 m Hurdles - Heats - 18:35
Takatoshi Abe (Yamada Denki) - 48.80
Ryo Kajiki (Sumitomo Denko) - 48.92
Masaki Toyoda (Fujitsu) - 49.05
Keisuke Nozawa (Mizuno) - 49.08
Tatsuhiro Yamamoto (Nihon Univ.) - 49.12
Women's 100 m - Semifinals - 19:10
Men's 100 m - Semifinals - 19:30
Friday, Oct. 2
Women's Hammer Throw - Final - 12:50
Akane Watanabe (Maruwa) - 65.49 m
Tamami Saeki (Champion) - 64.44 m
Miharu Kodate (Ryutsu Keizai Univ.) - 61.77 m
Kiyono Sekiguchi (Tochigi Sports Assoc.) - 60.89 m
Hitomi Katsuyama (Oriko) - 60.80 m
Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heats - 13:50
Moeka Sekimoto (Waseda Univ.) - 56.96
Eri Utsunomiya (Hasegawa) - 57.05
Akiko Ito (Cerespo) 57.09
Kana Koyama (Waseda Univ.) - 57.45
Satsuki Umehara (Sumitomo Denko) - 57.70
Women's Triple Jump - Final - 14:20
Kanna Kawai (Masonwork) - 13.65 m
Saki Kenmochi (Hasegawa) - 13.42 m
Mariko Morimoto (Uchida) - 13.26 m
Hina Tagami (Kansai Univ.) - 13.03 m
Sakura Uchiyama (Tokyo Univ.) - 13.00 m
Men's 800 m - Heats - 14:25
Sho Kawamoto (Suzuki) - 1:46.33
Daichi Ichino (Mie Sports Assoc.) - 1:47.02
Shunya Matsumoto (Hosei Univ.) - 1:47.02
Daichi Setoguchi (Yamanashi Gakuin Univ.) - 1:47.28
Mikuto Kaneko (Chuo Univ.) - 1:47.30
Women's 800 m - Heats - 14:50
Ran Urabe (Sekisui Kagaku) - 2:02.74
Ayaka Kawata (Higashi Osaka Univ.) - 2:03.35
Ayano Shiomi (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 2:03.73
Nozomi Tanaka (Toyota Jidoshokki) - 2:04.66
Sarina Hiria (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 2:04.73
Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heats - 15:20
Asuka Terada (Pasona Group) - 12.97
Masumi Aoki (77 Ginko) - 13.08
Mako Fukube (Nihon Kensetsu Kogyo) - 13.13
Mao Shimano (Nittai Univ.) - 13.13
Yumi Tanaka (Ritsumeikan Univ.) - 13.18
Men's Hammer Throw - Final - 15:35
Ryota Kashimura (Yamada Denki)- 70.79 m
Yudai Kimura (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 69.33 m
Takahiko Kobata (Chukyo Univ.) - 69.20 m
Hiroki Ako (Manabiyaen) - 69.10 m
Kunihiro Sumi (Kobayashi Create) - 68.99 m
Men's 110 m Hurdles - Heats - 15:55
Shunya Takayama (Zenrin) - 13.25
Taio Kanai (Mizuno) - 13.27
Shunsuke Izumiya (Juntendo Univ.) - 13.36
Shuhei Ishikawa (Fujitsu) - 13.39
Shusei Nomoto (Ehime T&F Assoc.) - 13.45
Thomas Higashi Ishida (Katsuura Golf Club) - 13.45
Men's Pole Vault - Final 16:30
Masaki Ejima (Nihon Univ.) - 5.71 m
Daichi Sawano (Fujitsu) - 5.71 m
Seito Yamamoto (Toyota) - 5.71 m
Shingo Sawa (Kiraboshi Ginko) - 5.61 m
Kazuki Furusawa (Maebashi Ikuei H.S.) - 5.61 m
Women's 200 m - Heats - 16:35
Hina Ishido (Ritsumeikan Keisho H.S.) - 23.67
Maki Wada (Mizuno) - 23.70
Saki Takashima (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) - 23.76
Abigail Ito (Konan Univ.) - 23.79
Mei Kodama (Fukuoka Univ.) - 23.80
Men's 200 m - Heats - 17:05
Yuki Koike (Sumitomo Denko) - 20.24
Kirara Shiraishi (Cerespo) - 20.27
Shota Iizuka (Mizuno) - 20.29
Jun Yamashita (ANA) - 20.40
Keigo Yasuda (Daito Bunka Univ.) - 20.61
Men's Long Jump - Final - 18:20
Shotaro Shiroyama (Zenrin) - 8.40 m
Yuki Hashioka (Nihon Univ.) - 8.32 m
Hibiki Tsuha (Otsuka Seiyaku) - 8.23 m
Koki Fujihara (Rakunan H.S.) - 8.12 m
Daiki Oda (Yamada Denki) - 8.03 m
Women's 100 m Hurdles - Semifinals - 18:30
Men's 110 m Hurdles - Semifinals 18:55
Women's 400 m - Final - 19:20
Women's 1500 m - Final - 19:45
Men's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 20:00
Men's 400 m - Final - 20:15
Saturday, Oct. 3
Women's Discus Throw - Final - 12:40
Nanaka Kori (Kyushu Kyoritsu Univ.) - 59.03 m
Minori Tsujikawa (Uchida Yoko AC) - 54.46 m
Maki Saito (Tokyo Joshi Taiiku Univ.) - 54.19 m
Natsumi Fujimori (Fukui Sports Assoc.) - 51.62 m
Mizuki Handa (Tsukuba Univ.) - 51.30 m
Men's Triple Jump - Final - 15:05
Ryoma Yamamoto (JAL) - 16.85 m
Hikaru Ikehata (Surugadai AC) - 16.75 m
Yuki Yamashita (Kokushikan Club) - 16.57 m
Kohei Yamashita (ANA) - 16.45 m
Seiya Tonai (Hakata Matsumiya) - 16.35 m
Men's High Jump - Final - 15:10
Naoto Tobe (JAL) - 2.35 m
Tomohiro Shinno (Kyudenko) - 2.31 m
Takashi Eto (Ajinomoto AGF) - 2.30 m
Ryo Sato (Niigata Albirex RC) - 2.27 m
Keitaro Fujita (Satake AC) - 2.25 m
Naoto Hasegawa (Niigata Albirex RC) - 2.25 m
Men's Discus Throw - Final - 15:35
Yuji Tsutsumi (Alsok) - 62.59 m
Masateru Yugami (Toyota) - 59.69 m
Shigeyuki Maisawa (Oriko) - 56.88 m
Kazumasa Yomogida (Gold's Gym) - 56.82 m
Shinichi Yukinaga (Shikoku Univ.) - 56.67
Women's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 16:10
Women's 800 m - Final - 16:30
Men's 800 m - Final - 16:45
Women's 100 m Hurdles - Final - 17:05
Men's 110 m Hurdles - Final - 17:20
Women's 200 m - Final - 17:35
Men's 200 m - Final - 17:50
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