Japan at the 1932 Winter Olympics

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Japan at the
1932 Winter Olympics
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese and English)
in Lake Placid
Competitors16 (men) in 5 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Contents

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Saburo Iwasaki 1'44:0737
Takeo Hoshina 1'35:4717
Takemitsu Tsubokawa 1'33:1515
Heigoro Kuriyagawa 1'31:3412
50 km Kinzo Taniguchi DNF
Heigoro Kuriyagawa DNF
Saburo Iwasaki 5'21:4018
Iwao Ageishi 5'19:3117

Figure skating

Men
AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank
Ryuichi Obitani Men's singles1112791856.712
Kazuyoshi Oimatsu 108671978.69

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
TimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRank
Katsumi Yamada Individual1'56:03111.002947.0 (fall)40.5111.231222.2032
Takemitsu Tsubokawa 1'33:15210.00535.537.0148.927358.9015
Heigoro Kuriyagawa 1'31:34219.00349.5 (fall)50.0113.829332.8020

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Katsumi Yamada Normal hill57.034.0 (fall)3251.536.0 (fall)3070.032
Yoichi Takata 37.574.12957.017.0 (fall)3291.131
Mitsutake Makita 59.097.21759.537.0 (fall)29134.228
Goro Adachi 60.0102.1966.0108.66210.78

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteHeatFinal
TimePositionTimePosition
500 m Yasuo Kawamura n/a5Did not advance
Shozo Ishihara n/a3Did not advance
Tokuo Kitani n/a4Did not advance
Tomeju Uruma n/a5Did not advance
1500 m Tomeju Uruma n/a6Did not advance
Shozo Ishihara n/a5Did not advance
Tokuo Kitani n/a5Did not advance
Yasuo Kawamura n/a4Did not advance
5000m Tomeju Uruma DNFDid not advance
Shozo Ishihara DNFDid not advance
Tokuo Kitani DNFDid not advance
Yasuo Kawamura DNFDid not advance
10,000 m Tomeju Uruma DNFDid not advance
Shozo Ishihara DNFDid not advance
Tokuo Kitani DNFDid not advance
Yasuo Kawamura DNFDid not advance

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