# 2012 Japan Championships in Athletics

The 96th Japan Championships in Athletics (第96回日本陸上競技選手権大会, Dai 96 kai Nihon Rikujō Kyōgi Sensyuken Taikai) were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka. Organised by JAAF, the three-day competition took place from June 8–10 and served as the national championships in track and field for the Japan. The competition was for the qualifying trial for the Japan team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
During the competition, 2 new national records and 4 new championship records were set in the events. Two women athletes, Tomomi Abiko set a new Japanese record in the pole vault, and Yuki Ebihara broke her own national record in the javelin. Koji Murofushi won the hummer throw's national champions for eighteen consecutive years. Yuzo Kanemaru won 400m eight years in a row. Chisato Fukushima won both the 100 m and 200m races two years in a row. For the Most Valuable Player of the Championships, Genki Dean and Yuki Ebihara were selected.
The competition was broadcast on television by NHK.

## Ground conditions

| Date | Time | Weather | Temperature (°C) | Humidity | Wind (m/s) |
| 8 June | 15:00 | Rain | 23.8 | 87% | ESE 0.9 |
| 8 June | 17:00 | Rain | 22.8 | 87% | E 0.9 |
| 8 June | 19:00 | Rain | 22.5 | 87% | SSE 0.4 |
| 8 June | 20:00 | Rain | 22.4 | 87% | SW 1.1 |
| 9 June | 15:00 | Clear | 25.0 | 72% | ESE 1.3 |
| 9 June | 17:00 | Cloudy | 24.8 | 72% | E 0.8 |
| 9 June | 19:00 | Cloudy | 24.5 | 76% | SE 0.9 |
| 9 June | 20:00 | Cloudy | 24.0 | 79% | ESE 0.9 |
| 10 June | 12:30 | Cloudy | 24.5 | 57% | E 1.2 |
| 10 June | 15:00 | Cloudy | 25.0 | 54% | E 1.4 |
| 10 June | 17:00 | Clear | 25.2 | 51% | ESE 1.7 |
| Sources : Osaka Athletics Association ||||||

## Event schedule

| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Men :
| Date → | Fri 8 | Fri 8 | Sat 9 | Sat 9 | Sun 10 | Sun 10 |
| Event ↓ | Round | Time | Round | Time | Round | Time |
| 100 m | H | 19:45 | F | 20:30 | | |
| 200 m | | | H | 16:05 | F | 17:40 |
| 400 m | H | 17:55 | F | 19:40 | | |
| 800 m | | | H | 18:15 | F | 16:45 |
| 1500 m | | | H | 17:05 | F | 16:15 |
| 5000 m | F | 19:05 | | | | |
| 10000 m | | | F | 18:50 | | |
| 110 m H | | | H | 16:35 | ½ | 14:55 |
| 110 m H | | | H | 16:35 | F | 16:55 |
| 400 m H | H | 17:00 | ½ | 15:00 | | |
| 400 m H | H | 17:00 | F | 19:50 | | |
| 3000 m SC | F | 18:45 | | | | |
| High jump | | | | | F | 15:30 |
| Pole vault | F | 18:00 | | | | |
| Long jump | | | F | 18:30 | | |
| Triple jump | | | | | F | 15:30 |
| Shot put | | | | | F | 13:00 |
| Discus throw | | | F | 15:00 | | |
| Hammer throw | F | 19:00 | | | | |
| Javelin throw | | | F | 18:30 | | |
Women :
| Date → | Fri 8 | Fri 8 | Sat 9 | Sat 9 | Sun 10 | Sun 10 |
| Event ↓ | Round | Time | Round | Time | Round | Time |
| 100 m | H | 19:30 | F | 20:15 | | |
| 200 m | | | H | 15:45 | F | 17:50 |
| 400 m | H | 17:30 | F | 18:40 | | |
| 800 m | | | H | 17:50 | F | 16:30 |
| 1500 m | | | | | F | 15:50 |
| 5000 m | | | | | F | 17:05 |
| 10000 m | F | 20:05 | | | | |
| 100 m H | H | 18:15 | ½ | 17:30 | | |
| 100 m H | H | 18:15 | F | 20:00 | | |
| 400 m H | H | 15:00 | ½ | 15:20 | F | 16:05 |
| 3000 m SC | | | | | F | 15:20 |
| High jump | | | | | F | 12:30 |
| Pole vault | | | F | 14:30 | | |
| Long jump | F | 19:00 | | | | |
| Triple jump | F | 16:00 | | | | |
| Shot put | | | F | 15:30 | | |
| Discus throw | F | 15:30 | | | | |
| Hammer throw | | | | | F | 12:30 |
| Javelin throw | | | | | F | 16:00 |

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (0.0 m/s) | Masashi Eriguchi | 10.29 | Takumi Kuki | 10.30 | Ryota Yamagata | 10.34 |
| 200 m (0.0 m/s) | Kei Takase | 20.42 | Shota Iizuka | 20.45 | Shinji Takahira | 20.56 |
| 400 m | Yuzo Kanemaru | 46.18 | Hiroyuki Nakano | 46.23 | Yoshihiro Azuma | 46.26 |
| 800 m | Masato Yokota | 1:48.12 | Takeshi Kuchino | 1:48.36 | Shohei Oka | 1:48.51 |
| 1500 m | Keisuke Tanaka | 3:45.49 | Hiroshi Ino | 3:45.84 | Tasuku Arai | 3:46.03 |
| 5000 m | Kazuya Deguchi | 13:47.17 | Kensuke Takezawa | 13:47.54 | Yoshihiro Wakamatsu | 13:47.75 |
| 10,000 m | Yuki Sato | 28:18.15 | Suguru Osako | 28:18.53 | Chihiro Miyawaki | 28:20.76 |
| 110 m hurdles (-0.6 m/s) | Kenji Yahata | 13.72 | Yuto Aoki | 13.85 | Masanori Nishizawa | 13.87 |
| 400 m hurdles | Takayuki Kishimoto | 48.41 | Akihiko Nakamura | 49.38 | Tetsuya Tateno | 49.49 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Minato Yamashita | 8:34.95 | Tsuyoshi Takeda | 8:35.27 | Aoi Matsumoto | 8:37.06 |
| High jump | Hiromi Takahari | 2.20 m | Takashi Eto | 2.20 m | Satoru Kubota | 2.15 m |
| Pole vault | Seito Yamamoto | 5.42 m | Daichi Sawano | 5.42 m | Hiroki Ogita | 5.32 m |
| Long jump | Daisuke Arakawa | 7.78 m (-1.1 m/s) | Yohei Sugai | 7.76 m (0.0 m/s) | Mamoru Niimura | 7.75 m (+1.6 m/s) |
| Triple jump | Yuma Okabe | 16.54 m (+0.7 m/s) | Daigo Hasegawa | 16.17 m (+1.2 m/s) | Yohei Kajikawa | 16.10 m (+1.9 m/s) |
| Shot put | Satoshi Hatase | 17.91 m | Yohei Murakawa | 17.86 m | Takanao Suzuki | 17.25 m |
| Discus throw | Yuji Tsutsumi | 56.19 m | Shigeo Hatakeyama | 54.21 m | Masaru Miyauchi | 53.46 m |
| Hammer throw | Koji Murofushi | 72.85 m | Yuji Noguchi | 71.22 m | Hiroaki Doi | 69.80 m |
| Javelin throw | Genki Dean | 84.03 m | Yukifumi Murakami | 83.95 m | Ryohei Arai | 76.97 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (0.0 m/s) | Chisato Fukushima | 11.45 | Anna Doi | 11.51 | Momoko Takahashi | 11.66 |
| 200 m (+0.1 m/s) | Chisato Fukushima | 23.35 | Kana Ichikawa | 23.62 | Momoko Takahashi | 23.74 |
| 400 m | Mayu Sato | 53.86 | Miho Shingu | 54.12 | Megumi Kageyama | 54.27 |
| 800 m | Ruriko Kubo | 2:04.18 | Manami Mashita | 2:04.78 | Chihiro Sunaga | 2:04.86 |
| 1500 m | Ayako Jinnouchi | 4:16.42 | Chikako Mori | 4:18.53 | Satoe Kikuchi | 4:19.04 |
| 5000 m | Hitomi Niiya | 15:17.92 | Kayoko Fukushi | 15:25.74 | Misaki Onishi | 15:32.89 |
| 10,000 m | Mika Yoshikawa | 31:28.71 | Kayoko Fukushi | 31:43.25 | Megumi Kinukawa | 32:20.34 |
| 100 m hurdles (-0.7 m/s) | Ayako Kimura | 13.27 | Fumiko Kumagai | 13.45 | Hitomi Shimura | 13.55 |
| 400 m hurdles | Satomi Kubokura | 55.98 | Tomomi Yoneda | 56.62 | Shiori Miki | 57.15 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Yoshika Arai | 9:55.93 | Hitomi Nakamura | 9:57.55 | Misato Horie | 10:05.40 |
| High jump | Azumi Maeda | 1.80 m | Moeko Kyouya Miyuki Fukumoto | 1.75 m | - | - |
| Pole vault | Tomomi Abiko | 4.40 m | Tomoko Sumiishi | 4.10 m | Ayako Aoshima | 4.00 m |
| Long jump | Saeko Okayama | 6.55 m (0.0 m/s) | Sachiko Masumi | 6.35 m (0.0 m/s) | Kumiko Imura | 6.25 m (+1.5 m/s) |
| Triple jump | Fumiyo Yoshida | 12.98 m (0.0 m/s) | Waka Maeda | 12.91 m (0.0 m/s) | Mei Yamane | 12.73 m (+0.7 m/s) |
| Shot put | Yukiko Shirai | 15.41 m | Chiaki Yokomizo | 14.84 m | Chihiro Shigeyama | 14.75 m |
| Discus throw | Ai Shikimoto | 52.74 m | Yuka Murofushi | 52.37 m | Ayumi Takahashi | 51.63 m |
| Hammer throw | Masumi Aya | 64.91 m | Mika Takekawa | 58.09 m | Wakana Sato | 56.81 m |
| Javelin throw | Yuki Ebihara | 62.36 m | Haruka Matoba | 58.93 m | Risa Miyashita | 58.27 m |

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