Japan at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Japan at the 1968 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese and English)
in Grenoble
Competitors	61 (52 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Takaaki Kaneiri
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

As Sapporo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, the flag of Japan was raised at the closing ceremony.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juichi Maruyama	Downhill					2:19.33	64
Hitonari Maruyama						2:18.04	59
Yoshiharu Fukuhara						2:14.09	54
Tsuneo Noto						2:10.32	45
Yoshinari Kida	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Yoshiharu Fukuhara		1:53.96	51	1:58.01	56	3:51.97	50
Tomio Sasaki		1:53.16	46	1:56.99	51	3:50.15	47
Tsuneo Noto		1:52.55	43	1:54.10	40	3:46.65	40

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Tsuneo Noto	DNF	–	56.60	2	did not advance
Yoshiharu Fukuhara	DSQ	–	56.82	2	did not advance
Yoshinari Kida	DSQ	–	57.87	2	did not advance
Tomio Sasaki	55.98	4	56.62	2	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mihoko Otsue	Downhill					1:51.60	34
Mihoko Otsue	Giant Slalom					2:10.56	36
Mihoko Otsue	Slalom	46.78	26	1:04.59	31	1:51.37	31

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Hajime Yoshimura	1'23:05.5	9	1'32:05.5	43
	Shozo Okuyama	1'21:51.0	7	1'28:51.0	34
	Isao Ono	1'20:47.8	8	1'28:47.8	33
	Miki Shibuya	1'21:37.1	6	1'27:37.1	28

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 2	Time	Rank
Isao Ono Miki Shibuya Shozo Okuyama Hajime Yoshimura	9	2'35:21.0	13

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Kazuo Sato	DNF	–
	Hiroshi Ogawa	59:55.4	65
	Akiyoshi Matsuoka	54:46.2	53
	Tokio Sato	53:41.2	50
30 km	Kazuo Sato	1'46:12.4	45
	Tokio Sato	1'43:13.8	33
50 km	Sotoo Okushiba	2'45:09.4	38
	Tokio Sato	2'40:00.5	29

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Tokio Sato Sotoo Okushiba Kazuo Sato Akiyoshi Matsuoka	2'20:54.8	10

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Fujiko Kato	18:28.2	32
10 km	Fujiko Kato	40:40.0	23

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Yutaka Higuchi	23	26	1529.6	218	25
Tsuguhiko Kozuka	24	19	1584.0	189	21

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Haruko Ishida	18	25	1552.7	218	26
Kazumi Yamashita	15	14	1639.0	139	14
Kumiko Okawa	8	5	1763.6	61	8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Consolation round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. Japan entered in this round, from the start they did not play for a medal.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	0	33	9	10
10	Japan	5	4	1	0	27	12	8
11	Norway	5	3	2	0	15	15	6
12	Romania	5	2	3	0	22	23	4
13	Austria	5	1	4	0	12	27	2
14	France	5	0	5	0	9	32	0

Yugoslavia – Japan 5:1 (2:0, 0:0, 3:1)
Goalscorers: Tisler 2, Beravs, Felc, Mlakar – Iwamoto.

Japan – Norway 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.

Japan – Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.

Japan – Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.

France – Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2)
Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.

Contestants

10. JAPAN
Goaltenders: Kazudži Morišima, Tošimitsu Ótsubo
Defence: Isao Asai, Mičihiro Sató, Hisaši Kasai, Toru Itabaši, Takaaki Kaneiri, Kendži Toriyanbe.
Forwards: Mamoru Takašima, Kimihisa Kudó, Kodži Iwamoto, Takao Hikigi, Toru Okadžima, Minoru Itó, Takeši Akiba, Yutaka Ebina, Kazuo Matsuda, Nobuhiro Araki.

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Masatoshi Suto	Individual	62.0	66.0	183.0	30	53:32.6	176.03	31	359.03	31
Katsutoshi Okubo		66.0	69.5	194.8	23	52:33.1	187.43	26	382.23	24
Akemi Taniguchi		73.0	72.5	224.4	4	55:04.5	158.74	39	383.14	23
Hiroshi Itagaki		73.5	76.0	237.4	2	53:26.2	177.25	29	414.65	10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Yukio Kasaya	Normal hill	71.0	95.4	72.0	101.0	196.4	23
Takashi Fujisawa		73.0	100.6	71.0	93.9	194.5	26
Masakatsu Asari		72.5	100.8	59.5	69.0	169.8	47
Akitsugu Konno		72.5	101.3	69.5	95.0	196.3	24
Seiji Aochi	Large hill	90.5	94.6	87.5	90.4	185.0	26
Akitsugu Konno		91.5	95.5	90.5	95.6	191.1	20
Yukio Kasaya		91.0	97.3	88.5	93.8	191.1	20
Takashi Fujisawa		101.0	116.8	82.5	75.9	192.7	18

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Takayuki Hida	42.9	37
	Tamio Dejima	42.6	33
	Masaki Suzuki	41.2	15
	Keiichi Suzuki	40.8	8
1500 m	Masaki Suzuki	2:14.8	40
	Mutsuhiko Maeda	2:14.8	40
	Keiichi Suzuki	2:13.1	31
	Tadao Ishihata	2:12.7	30
5000 m	Mutsuhiko Maeda	8:08.3	33
	Tadao Ishihata	7:55.8	22
	Yoshiaki Demachi	7:55.6	21
10,000 m	Hirofumi Otsuka	17:38.8	28
	Yoshiaki Demachi	16:54.6	22

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Sachiko Saito	DNF	–
	Kaname Ide	50.0	27
	Misae Takeda	49.4	25
1000 m	Sachiko Saito	1:41.0	26
	Misae Takeda	1:40.4	25
1500 m	Jitsuko Saito	2:36.6	26
	Kaname Ide	2:34.2	23
	Sachiko Saito	2:31.4	18
3000 m	Kaname Ide	5:27.9	21
	Jitsuko Saito	5:27.8	20

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Japan Olympic Committee database Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com