National Marks Continue to Tumble at Japanese Nationals

By Hideki Mochizuki and Takahisa Ide

TOKYO, April 2. A world record and four additional Japanese national records highlighted the second day of competition of the Japanese National Short Course Championships in Tokyo. This meet overlaps with the World Short Course Championships being held in Moscow beginning Wednesday, April 3.

Sachiko Yamada blasted the four month-old WR for 800 meters freestyle held by China's Chen Hua, when she clocked 8:14.35. Chen's record, set last December, was 5:15.15. See yesterday's story for details.

Tomoko Hagiwara set her second national mark in two days, streaking to a 1:56.58 performance in the 200m freestyle. Yesterday, she set a NR in the 200m backstroke at 2:05.10.

Three men's marks were set today. Tomomi Morita went 24.35 for the 50m backstroke, Daisuke Hosokawa hit the pads in 1:46.09 to take the 200m freestyle, and Shinya Taniguchi swam 4;10.00 for the 400m IM.

There were other outstanding performances as well. Yota Arase dipped under 15 minutes to win the men's 1500 meters in 14:58.13, while Ryo Takayasu took the 100m fly in 52.11.

For the women, Junko Isoda took the 100m breast in 1:07.17, while Sawami Fujita went 4.39.34 to win the 400 IM.

Japan National Short Course Championships
Tatsumi International Swimming Pool
Tokyo, Japan

25 meter pool

April 1 – 3

Day 2: April 2

RESULTS

Womens 800m Freestyle
1. Sachiko Yamada 8.14.35 (World Record)
2. Ai Shibata 8.32.73
3. Chika Yonenaga 8.35.36
4. Yumi Kida 8.35.37
5. Shigemi Yamaguchi 8.41.11
6. Shiho Yoshimura 8.43.78
7. Kanae Iwai 8.43.95
8. Masae Maehara 8.46.70

Mens 1500m Freestyle
1. Yota Arase 14.58.13
2. Shunichi Fujita 15.00.29
3. Yu Inoue 15.07.54
4. Satoshi Tsuchiya 15.07.66
5. Hiroki Takayama 15.14.36
6. Takeshi Matsuda 15.17.81
7. Naoyuki Ogo 15.17.97
8. Kenji Takaya 15.20.87

Womens 50m Backstroke
1. Ai Fukushima 28.10
2. Noriko Inada 28.21
3. Akiko Osada 28.67
4. Naomi Arakawa 28.68
5. Runa Kobayashi 28.80
6. Haruna Nakayama 28.87
7. Masaki Oikawa 28.94
8. Akiko Mizumoto 28.97

Mens 50m Backstroke
1. Tomomi Morita 24.35 (Japanese Record)
2. Atsushi Nishikori 24.69
3. Tomoaki Giga 25.55
4. Junichi Miyashita 25.65
5. Takahiro Kajiyama 25.74
6. Tsuyoshi Kitashita 25.76
7. Daisuke Hayashi 25.78
8. Yoshiki Kanno 25.88

Womens 100m Breast
1. Junko Isoda 1.07.17
2. Ryoko Maruyama 1.08.10
3. Reina Miyazaki 1.08.40
4. Sanae Nawata 1.09.18
5. Sayaka Nakamura 1.09.21
6. Hiroka Sakamoto 1.09.29
7. Yuko Sakaguchi 1.09.35
8. Kahori Sato 1.09.55

Mens 100m Breast
1. Yoshihisa Yamaguchi 1.00.53
2. Chikara Nakashita 1.00.57
3. Yuki Funai 1.00.59
4. Makoto Yamashita 1.00.81
5. Genki Imamura 1.01.38
6. Hideaki Togo 1.01.73
7. Ryo Tonomoto 1.01.75
8. Toshiki Saito 1.01.82

Womens 200m Freestyle
1. Tomoko Hagiwara 1.56.58 (Japanese Record)
2. Maki Mita 1.58.11
3. Tomoko Nagai 1.58.43
4. Norie Urabe 1.58.64
5. Kaori Yamada 2.00.48
6. Madoka Ochi 2.00.60
7. Yuen Kobayashi 2.01.74
8. Yumi Kida 2.03.49

Mens 200m Freestyle
1. Daisuke Hosokawa 1.46.09 (Japanese Record)
2. Yosuke Ichikawa 1.47.12
3. Hisato Matsumoto 1.48.25
4. Hiroaki Akebe 1.48.28
5. Yoshitaka Takeuchi 1.48.71
6. Shunichi Fujita 1.48.98
7. Takamitsu Kojima 1.49.02
8. Hideaki Hara 1.51.25

Womens 100m Butterfly
1. Kozue Watanabe 59.85
2. Noriko Maekawa 1.00.21
3. Ayako Doi 1.00.24
4. Haruna Kawasaki 1.00.25
5. Yumi Hatta 1.00.47
6. Yukiko Osada 1.00.79
7. Yuka Kato 1.00.83
8. Yuki Miyatake 1.00.85

Mens 100m Butterfly
1. Ryo Takayasu 52.11
2. Kohei Kawamoto 52.35
3. Tsuyoshi Takeda 52.83
4. Ryuichi Shibata 53.19
5. Masahiro Okuno 53.55
6. Akio Kusano 53.62
7. Tomoaki Tasaka 53.62
8. Kenta Yamanoi 54.16

Womens 400m IM
1. Sawami Fujita 4.39.34
2. Aiko Morishita 4.41.50
3. Maiko Fujino 4.42.18
4. Megumi Inoue 4.43.77
5. Hiromi Takeuchi 4.43.78
6. Tsukushi Irita 4.44.28
7. Mami Kida 4.46.72
8. Ayumi Hirose 4.47.90

Mens 400m IM
1. Shinya Taniguchi 4.10.00 (Japanese Record)
2. Hidemasa Sano 4.11.38
3. Shota Fujimoto 4.13.49
4. Yuta Shoji 4.16.12
5. Taishi Okude 4.16.18
6. Yusuke Aihara 4.17.48
7. Jun Yoshii 4.20.73
8. Koichi Masui 4.22.43

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