Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team

Japan
Continental union	Asian Gymnastics Union
National federation	Japan Gymnastics Association
Olympic Games
Appearances	13
Medals	Bronze: 1964
World Championships
Medals	Bronze: 1962, 1966
Junior World Championships
Medals	Gold: 2023

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The Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Japan in FIG international competitions.

History

Japan has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 13 times and has won one team medal, a bronze in 1964.^[1] Mai Murakami won Japan's first individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics: a bronze on floor exercise at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.^[2] The team has also won two medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Olympic Games team competition results

1956 — 6th place
1960 — 4th place
1964 — bronze medal
1968 — 4th place
1972 — 7th place
1976 — 8th place
1984 — 6th place
1988 — 12th place
1996 — 12th place
2008 — 5th place
2012 — 8th place
2016 — 4th place
2020 — 5th place
2024 –
To be named

World Championships results

Junior World Championships

2019 — 11th place
Chiaki Hatakeda, Shoko Miyata, Hazuki Watanabe
2023 – gold medal
Mizuno Mika, Nakamura Haruka, Yamaguchi Sara

Most decorated gymnasts

This list includes all Japanese female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Rank	Gymnast	Team	AA	UB	BB	FX	Olympic Total	World Total	Total
1	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	1964 1962 1966	1966	1966	1954 1958 1962	1958	1	8	9
2	Mai Murakami		2018		2021	2020 2017 2021 2018	1	5	6
3	Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri	1964 1962 1966		1966			1	3	4
4	Kōko Tsurumi		2009	2009			0	2	2
5	Ginko Abukawa-Chiba, Kiyoko Ono, Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, Hiroko Tsuji	1964 1962					1	1	2
9	Urara Ashikawa				2021		0	1	1
9	Hazuki Watanabe				2022		0	1	1
11	Taki Shibuya, Hiroko Ikenada, Yasuko Furuyama, Mitsuko Kandori	1966					0	1	1
11	Miyata Shoko				2022		0	1	1

References

^ "Japan Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Japan's Mai Murakami wins bronze in women's floor exercise". The Japan Times. August 2, 2021.

[1] "Japan Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[2] "Japan's Mai Murakami wins bronze in women's floor exercise". The Japan Times. August 2, 2021.

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