Nanako Fujii finished in 13th place, the top Japanese athlete, in 1 hour 31 minutes 55 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics, 20km racewalking for women on land.

Kumiko Okada was 15th at 1 hour 31 minutes 57 seconds, and Kaori Kawazoe was 40th at 1 hour 39 minutes 31 seconds.