Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics Walk Men's 110m Hurdles Men's 400m Hurdles Men's Javelin Throw Men's Long Jump Men's Triple Jump <br> Women's 10,000 metres Women's 10 km Walk Women's Marathon Women's High Jump Japan was one of the eight teams to play in the first Olympic baseball tournament. In the preliminary round, the Japanese team defeated the United States and four other teams, but lost to Cuba and Chinese Taipei to come in third place in the round after those two teams. In the semifinal, Japan again played against Taipei, losing once more to be relegated to the bronze medal game. There, they again
100 metres hurdles fall over if bumped into by the runner, but weighted so this is disadvantageous. Fallen hurdles do not count against runners provided that they do not run into them on purpose. Like the 100 metres sprint, the 100 m hurdles begins with athletes in starting blocks. The fastest 100 m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 12.5 seconds. The world record set by Kendra Harrison stands at 12.20 seconds. The Olympic Games had included the 80 m hurdles in the program from 1932 to 1968. Starting with the 1972 Summer Olympics the women's race was lengthened to