JAAF Announces Paris Olympic Team of 34 Men and 17 Women

Following last week's National Track and Field Championships, the JAAF has announced a tentative team of 34 men and 17 women for next month's Paris Olympics. Athletes in italics are within 5 places of their event quota and still have a chance of being added on roll-downs. The final team lineup will be announced next week.

Men

100 m (10.00)

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown - 9.97 PB / 9.99 SB

Ryuichiro Sakai - 10.02 PB / 10.10 SB

Akihiro Higashida - 10.10 PB / 10.14 SB

(4x100 m) - Hiroki Yanagita - 10.02 PB / SB

(4x100 m) - Yoshihide Kiryu - 9.98 PB / 10.20 SB

(4x100 m) - Shota Yamamoto - 10.16 PB / SB - alternate

200 m (20.16)

Towa Uzawa - 20.23 PB / 20.26 SB

Shota Iizuka - 20.11 PB / 20.46 SB

Koki Ueyama - 20.26 PB / 20.47 SB

400 m (45.00)

Yuki Joseph Nakajima - 45.04 PB / 45.16 SB

Kentaro Sato - 44.77 PB / 45.21 SB

Fuga Sato - 44.88 PB / 45.61 PB

(4x400 m) - Takuho Yoshizu - 45.57 PB / SB

(4x400 m) - Kaito Kawabata - 45.73 PB / 45.77 SB

(4x400 m) - Yudai Nishi - 20.43 PB / SB (200 m) - alternate

10000 m (27:00.00)

Tomoki Ota - 27:12.53 PB / 27:20.94 SB

Jun Kasai - 1232 (29/27 in quota)

Akira Aizawa - 1228 (31/27 in quota)

Men's 110 mH (13.27)

Rachid Muratake - 13.04 PB / 13.07 SB

Shunsuke Izumiya - 13.04 PB / 13.17 SB

Shunya Takayama - 13.10 PB / 13.31 SB

Men's 400 mH (48.70)

Ken Toyoda - 47.99 PB / SB

Kaito Tsutsue - 48.58 PB / SB

Daiki Ogawa - 47.80 PB / SB

Men's 3000 mSC (8:15.00)

Ryuji Miura - 8:09.91 PB / 8:13.96 SB

Ryoma Aoki - 8:20.09 PB / 8:24.21 SB

Men's High Jump (2.33 m)

Tomohiro Shinno - 2.31 m PB / 2.27 m SB

Ryoichi Akamatsu - 2.30 m PB / 2.25 m SB

Naoto Hasegawa - 1187 (34/32 in quota)

Men's Long Jump (8.27 m)

Yuki Hashioka - 8.36 m PB / 8.28 m SB

Men's Javelin Throw (85.50 m)

Roderick Genki Dean - 84.28 m PB / 81.38 SB

Ryohei Arai - 1163 (36/32 in quota)

Men's Marathon (2:08:10)

Suguru Osako - 2:06:13

Naoki Koyama - 2:06:33

Akira Akasaki - 2:09:01

Men's 20 km RW (1:20:10)

Koki Ikeda - 1:16:51

Ryo Hamanishi - 1:17:42

Yuta Koga - 1:17:42

20 km RW Mixed Relay

Masatora Kawano - 1:17:59

Kazuki Takahashi - 1:19:01

Kumiko Okada - 1:29:03

Ayane Yanai - 1:29:44

Women

1500 m (4:02.50)

Nozomi Tanaka - 3:59.19 PB / 4:01.44 SB

5000 m (14:52.00)

Nozomi Tanaka - 14:29.18 PB / 14:47.69 SB

Yuma Yamamoto - 15:16.71 PB / 15:34.64 SB

10000 m (30:40.00)

Rino Goshima - 30:53.31 PB / SB

Haruka Kokai - 30:57.67 PB / 31:10.53 SB

Women's 100 mH (12.77)

Mako Fukube - 12.73 PB / 12.75 SB

Yumi Tanaka - 12.85 PB / SB

Women's High Jump (1.97 m)

Nagisa Takahashi - 1177 (34/32 in quota)

Women's Pole Vault (4.73 m)

Misaki Morota - 1167 (33/32 in quota)

Women's Long Jump (6.86 m)

Sumire Hata - 6.97 m PB / 6.72 m SB

Women's Triple Jump (14.55 m)

Mariko Morimoto - 14.16 m PB / 13.64 m SB

Women's Javelin Throw (64.00 m)

Haruka Kitaguchi - 67.38 m PB / 64.28 m SB

Momone Ueda - 61.75 m PB / 61.32 m SB

Marina Saito - 62.37 m PB / 59.70 m SB

Women's Marathon (2:26:50)

Honami Maeda - 2:18:59

Yuka Suzuki - 2:24:09

Mao Ichiyama - 2:24:43

Women's 20 Km RW (1:29:20)

Nanako Fujii - 1:27:59

Kumiko Okada - 1:29:03

Ayane Yanai - 1:29:44

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