Japan at the 2008 Asian Beach Games

Sporting event delegation

Japan at the 2008 Asian Beach Games

IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	https://www.joc.or.jp
in Bali October 18 – October 26
Competitors	80 (59 men, 21 women)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 9
Asian Beach Games appearances
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Japan competed at the 2008 Asian Beach Games held in Bali, Indonesia from October 18, 2008, to October 26, 2008.^[1] Japan finished with 3 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals.^[2] The country sent a total of 80 athletes, 59 men and 21 women.

Surfing is the most successful sport taking home 2 gold, 2 silver and bronze. Another amazing result was achieved by the Japanese women's national basketball team, they won a gold medal in beach basketball after beating Thailand in the final round. The triathlon collected one silver medal from Junichi Yamamoto. Meanwhile, beach wrestling collected one bronze medal from Kota Horaguchi.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Yuta Morimoto	Surfing	Men's longboard	October 20
Gold	Akiko Kiyonaga	Surfing	Women's shortboard	October 21
Gold	Mai Komeda Yuko Toyama Asami Chiku Aoi Katsura	Beach basketball	Women's tournaments	October 21
Silver	Yuichi Kurogi	Surfing	Men's aerial	October 22
Silver	Shigenori Suzuki Shuhei Kato Yuichi Kurogi Akihiro Makino	Surfing	Men's team	October 23
Silver	Junichi Yamamoto	Triathlon	Men's individual	October 26
Bronze	Shigenori Suzuki	Surfing	Men's shortboard	October 19
Bronze	Shuhei Kato	Surfing	Men's aerial	October 22
Bronze	Kota Horaguchi	Beach wrestling	Men's 65 kg	October 24

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Surfing	2	2	2	6
Beach basketball	1	0	0	1
Triathlon	0	1	0	2
Beach wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	3	3	3	9

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Beach basketball	4	4	8
Beach handball	10	9	19
Beach volleyball	2	2	4
Beach wrestling	4	0	4
Bodybuilding	6	0	6
Dragon boat	21	0	21
Paragliding	4	2	6
Surfing	6	2	8
Triathlon	2	2	4
Total	59	21	80

Beach basketball

4 men 4 women

Beach handball

10 men 9 women

Beach volleyball

2 men 2 women

Beach wrestling

4 men

Bodybuilding

6 men

Dragon boat

21 men

Paragliding

4 men 2 women

Surfing

6 men 2 women

Triathlon

2 men 2 women

References

^ "第1回アジアビーチゲームズ. Standard". Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^ "medal asian beach games 2008. Standard" (PDF). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 May 2022.