Shingo Kawabata

Shingo Kawabata

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	15 May 1978 (age 38) Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres
University team	Hosei University
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.11 (Tokyo 2000) 200 m: 20.74 (Maebashi 2003) 60 m: 6.77 (Osaka 2003)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Championships 2003 Manila 4×100 m relay East Asian Games 2001 Osaka 4×100 m relay 2005 Macau 4×100 m relay 2001 Osaka 100 m Universiade 2001 Beijing 4×100 m relay

Shingo Kawabata (born 15 May 1978) is a Japanese former sprinter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Personal bests

Event	Time	Wind	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor
100 m	10.11 s	+0.3 m/s	Tokyo, Japan	2 September 2000	Japan's 10th-fastest time
200 m	20.74 s	+0.2 m/s	Maebashi, Japan	12 October 2003
Indoor
60 m	6.77 s		Osaka, Japan	22 February 2003

Records

• 100 metres
  • Former Japanese university record holder - 10.11 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) (Tokyo, 2 September 2000)
• Medley relay (100m×200m×300m×400m)
  • Current Japanese record holder - 1:48.27 s (relay leg: 1st) (Yokohama, 15 September 2001)^[a]

^a with Nobuharu Asahara, Kenji Tabata, and Jun Osakada

International competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Japan
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	15th (qf)	100 m	10.88 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
			5th	4×100 m relay	39.75 (relay leg: 4th)
2000	Olympics	Sydney, Australia	39th (qf)	100 m	10.60 (wind: -1.7 m/s)
			5th (sf)	4×100 m relay	38.31 (relay leg: 1st)[2] =AR
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	23rd (sf)	60 m	6.85
	East Asian Games	Osaka, Japan	6th	100 m	10.58 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			1st	4×100 m relay	38.93 (relay leg: 1st) GR
	Universiade	Beijing, China	?th (sf)[3]	100 m	10.43 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
			1st	4×100 m relay	38.77 (relay leg: 1st)
2003	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	4th	100 m	10.42 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			3rd	4×100 m relay	39.59 (relay leg: 2nd)
2005	East Asian Games	Macau, China	2nd	100 m	10.54 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
			1st	4×100 m relay	39.61 (relay leg: 1st)

References

1. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
2. Competed only in the heat
3. 7sf1

External links

• Shingo Kawabata profile at IAAF
• Shingo Kawabata profile at Sports Reference