Buenos Aires Youth Olympics - Japanese Results

Japan's small contingent of fourteen athletes brought home four medals from the 3rd Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Haruto Deguchi led the way with a gold medal in the men's 400 m hurdles. Kazuki Furusawa took silver in the men's pole vault, with Seiryo Ikeda and Koki Wada claiming silver in the men's 100 m and men's long jump. Rintaro Kaiyama had the best non-medaling performance on the boys' half of the team, finishing 5th in the 3000 m.

None of the girls on the team placed among the medals, but Yuki Kanemitsu had a near-miss in the women's 1500 m where she took 4th. Miyaka Sugata also had a strong showing in the women's 3000 m, taking 5th.

The inclusion of 4 km cross-country races on the program was an interesting move, and Kanemitsu again performed well there, placing 8th in the women's race. Now in his first hear of high school, junior high 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m national record holder Kosuke Ishida was 10th in the men's race after landing 11th in the 1500 m.

3rd Youth Olympics Japanese Results

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 11-16
complete results

Women
Women's 100 m
1. Rosemary Chukuma (Nigeria) - 12.03, 11.17
2. Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia) - 11.99, 11.23
3. Gabriela Suarez (Ecuador) - 11.97, 11.29
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8. Takako Niisaka (Japan) - 12.22, 11.65

Women's 800 m
1. Keely Small (Australia) - 2:05.68, 2:04.76
2. Athing Mu (U.S.A.) - 2:08.01, 2:05.23
3. Hirut Meshesha (Ethiopia) - 2:08.35, 2:06.25
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7. Maki Ueda (Japan) - 2:09.91, 2:10.06

Women's 1500 m
1. Edinah Jebitok (Kenya) - 4:16.68
2. Jaylah Hancock-Cameron (Australia) - 4:18.44
3. Meryeme Azrour (Morocco) - 4:21.22
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4. Yuki Kanemitsu (Japan) - 4:24.41

Women's 3000 m
1. Sarah Chelangat (Uganda) - 9:11.63
2. Mercy Kerarei (Kenya) - 9:13.59
3. Abersh Belay (Ethiopia) - 9:14.99
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5. Miyaka Sugata (Japan) - 9:21.16

Women's 4 km Cross Country
1. Sarah Chelangat (Uganda) - 12:32
2. Edinah Jebitok (Kenya) - 12:37
3. Fancy Cherono (Kenya) - 12:51
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8. Yuki Kanemitsu (Japan) - 13:13
23. Miyaka Sugata (Japan) - 13:59

Women's Long Jump
1. Maite Beernaert (Belgium) - 6.01 m, 6.31 m
2. Klaudia Endresz (Hungary) - 6.05 m, 6.26 m
3. Ingelborg Gruenwald (Austria) - 6.11 m, 6.20 m
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5. Azuki Nakatsugawa (Japan) - 5.86 m, 6.14 m

Women's Javelin Throw
1. Elina Tzengko (Greece) - 63.34 m, 61.74 m
2. Juleisy Angulo (Ecuador) - 59.82 m, 55.21 m
3. Munevver Hanci (Turkey) - 57.41 m, 57.05 m
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15. Yuika Nakamura (Japan) - 43.62 m, DNS

Men
Men's 100 m
1. Luke Davids (South Africa) - 10.56, 10.15
2. Alaba Akintola (Nigera) - 10.76, 10.24
3. Seiryo Ikeda (Japan) - 10.82, 10.30

Men's 1500 m
1. Melese Nberet (Ethiopia) - 3:52.95
2. Anass Essayi (Morocco) - 3:53.75
3. Jean de Dieu Butoyi (Burundi) - 3:54.32
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11. Kosuke Ishida (Japan) - 3:57.25

Men's 3000 m
1. Oscar Chelimo (Uganda) - 8:08.20
2. Berihu Teklehaimanot (Ethiopia) - 8:09.17
3. Jackson Muema (Kenya) - 8:09.35
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5. Rintaro Kaiyama (Japan) - 8:22.35

Men's 400 m Hurdles
1. Haruto Deguchi (Japan) - 51.40, 51.28
2. Daniel Huller (Hungary) - 51.98, 51.86
3. Mohammed Almuwawi (Saudi Arabia) - 52.76, 53.05

Men's 5000 m Race Walk
1. Oscar Patin (Ecuador) - 20:13.69, 20:38.17
2. Suraj Panwar (India) - 20:23.30, 20:35.87
3. Jan Moreu (Paraguay) - 21:05.25, 20:54.04
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12. Yusuke Iwakawa (Japan) - 21:49.40, 23:20.84

Men's 4 km Cross Country
1. Jackson Muema (Kenya) - 11:12
2. Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia) - 11:13
3. Oscar Chelimo (Uganda) - 11:28
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10. Kosuke Ishida (Japan) - 11:52
19. Rintaro Kajiyama (Japan) - 12:10

Men's Long Jump
1. Lester Lescay Gay (Cuba) - 7.65 m, 7.89 m
2. Joshua Cowley (Australia) - 7.71 m, 7.82 m
3. Koki Wada (Japan) - 7.46 m, 7.66 m

Men's Pole Vault
1. Baptiste Thiery (France) - 5.05 m, 5.32 m
2. Kazuki Furusawa (Japan) - 5.10 m, 5.22 m
3. Dmitriy Kachanov (Russia) - 5.20 m, 5.12 m

Men's Javelin Throw
1. Topias Laine (Finland) - 74.57 m, 78.85 m
2. Gustavo Osorio (Argentina) - 76.03 m, 74.25 m
3. Martin Florian (Czech Republic) - 74.00 m, 76.24 m
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12. Kentaro Nakamura (Japan) - 66.31 m, 64.55 m

© 2018 Brett Larner

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