is a Japanese sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. Abiko competed in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammates Kenji Narisako, Dai Tamesue, and Yoshihiro Horigome. He ran on the starting leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 46.70 seconds. Abiko and his team finished the relay in sixth place for a seasonal best time of 3:04.18, failing to advance into the final.
Personal bests EventTimeWindVenueDate100 m 10.30 s +0.4 m/s Tokyo, Japan17 May 2009200 m 20.48 s -0.4 m/s Osaka, Japan9 May 2009300 m 32.63 s Izumo, Japan19 April 2009400 m 46.23 s Kawasaki, Japan29 June 2008
Records Medley relay (100m×200m×300m×400m) Current Japanese university record holder - 1:50.12 s (relay leg: 2nd) (Odawara, 16 October 2010)
with Sōta Kawatsura, Akihiro Urano, and Hideyuki Hirose
Competition record Representing 2006Asian Junior ChampionshipsMacau, China400 m4 × 100 m relay (relay leg: 3rd)4 × 400 m relay3:10.09 (relay leg: 1st)World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China (h)200 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)4 × 400 m relay3:16.61 (relay leg: 1st)2008OlympicsBeijing, China (h)4 × 400 m relay3:04.18 (relay leg: 1st)2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia (sf)200 m (wind: -0.2 m/s) (h)4 × 100 m relay (relay leg: 3rd)2010Asian Games Guangzhou, China (h)200 m (wind: +0.6 m/s) (h)4 × 100 m relay (relay leg: 3rd)
References
External links
Mitsuhiro Abiko at JAAF NBC 2008 Olympics profile