NEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Hedge funds added bearish bets in Japanese stocks at the fastest pace in over five years for a week between Aug. 2 and Aug. 8, as the Nikkei faced on Aug. 5 the worst day for the index since Black Monday in 1987, Goldman Sachs said in a note on Friday.
The bank said hedge funds added 1.7 shorts, or bets stocks will fall, for each long position for the week between Aug. 2 and Aug. 8.
(Reporting by Carolina Mandl, in New York Editing by Chris Reese)