Japan at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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Japan at the
1988 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 Calgary
Competitors48 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Seiko Hashimoto (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 426
Biathlon 44
Bobsleigh 44
Cross-country skiing 404
Figure skating 235
Luge 325
Nordic combined 33
Ski jumping 44
Speed skating 9413
Total371148

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Akira Kuroiwa Speed skating Men's 500 metres 14 February

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Katsuhito Kumagai Downhill2:07.1734
Shinya Chiba 2:03.1611
Katsuhito Kumagai Super-GDNF
Shinya Chiba 1:43.0314
Katsuhito Kumagai Giant SlalomDNFDNF
Chiaki Ishioka 1:09.111:06.292:15.4031
Tetsuya Okabe 1:08.301:06.182:14.4928
Chiaki Ishioka SlalomDNFDNF
Tetsuya Okabe 53.1148.821:41.9312

Men's combined

AthleteDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeTime 1Time 2PointsRank
Katsuhito Kumagai 1:52.1048.8547.17144.6521
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Sachiko Yamamoto Downhill1:30.1523
Emi Kawabata 1:27.8514
Sachiko Yamamoto Super-G1:24.3230
Emi Kawabata 1:22.2424
Sachiko Yamamoto Giant SlalomDNFDNF
Emi Kawabata 1:02.10DNFDNF
Sachiko Yamamoto SlalomDNFDNF
Emi Kawabata 54.7054.651:49.3519

Women's combined

AthleteDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeTime 1Time 2PointsRank
Sachiko Yamamoto 1:20.3343.6646.60139.0120
Emi Kawabata 1:18.53DNFDNF

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Akihiro Takizawa 531:38.763
Koichi Sato 329:43.159
Tadashi Nakamura 228:11.444
Misao Kodate 227:52.639
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Akihiro Takizawa 1'03:38.071'10:38.061
Koichi Sato 1'02:18.781'10:18.760
Tadashi Nakamura 57:01.381'05:01.348
Misao Kodate 57:51.061'03:51.040
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 1TimeRank
Tadashi Nakamura
Misao Kodate
Akihiro Takizawa
Koichi Sato
61'32:52.414
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
JPN-1 Takao Sakai
Naomi Takewaki
Two-man58.32151:00.3921DNFDNF
JPN-2 Yuji Yaku
Toshio Wakita
Two-man58.57191:00.58231:01.51251:00.38224:01.0420
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
JPN-1 Takao Sakai
Toshio Wakita
Yuji Yaku
Naomi Takewaki
Four-man57.361758.151657.682258.16163:51.3518

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km
C
Masaharu Yamazaki 50:06.868
Tanayuki Yuki 47:08.452
Kazunari Sasaki 46:12.645
30 km
C
Masaharu Yamazaki 1'43:58.377
Tanayuki Yuki 1'37:11.957
Atsushi Egawa 1'32:35.437
Kazunari Sasaki 1'29:59.220
50 km
F
Atsushi Egawa 2'17:52.842
Tanayuki Yuki 2'16:24.739
Kazunari Sasaki 2'13:09.632
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Atsushi Egawa
Kazunari Sasaki
Tanayuki Yuki
Masaharu Yamazaki
1'51:10.714

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank
Makoto Kano 19191938.017
Women
AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank
Junko Yaginuma 16151429.614
Midori Ito 104310.65
Ice Dancing
AthletesCDODFDTFPRank
Tomoko Tanaka
Hiroyuki Suzuki
18181836.018

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Toru Ito 47.7532747.8802746.6012848.439293:12.67326
Kazuhiko Takamatsu 47.2781947.2351947.3261847.176133:09.01518

(Men's) Doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kazuhiko Takamatsu
Tsukasa Hirakawa
47.1291647.324141:34.45314
Women
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mina Tanaka 47.7702047.9451847.9281947.599183:11.24218
Hitomi Koshimizu 47.6821949.2762449.1602348.008213:14.12621

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
PointsRankStart atTimePointsRank
Hideki Miyazaki Individual175.8415:51.445:40.8376.24037
Masashi Abe 182.5365:06.744:31.1386.69031
Kazuoki Kodama 187.7324:32.045:40.2376.32036

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotal
PointsRankStart atTimeRank
Hideki Miyazaki
Masashi Abe
Kazuoki Kodama
515.3109:32.51'29:26.39

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Shinichi Tanaka Normal hill74.079.075.081.1160.152
Katsushi Tao 75.081.680.597.4161.651
Masaru Nagaoka 78.589.280.092.1181.325
Akira Sato 80.096.680.097.1194.011
Katsushi Tao Large hill96.078.885.059.4138.252
Masaru Nagaoka 99.082.589.063.5146.048
Shinichi Tanaka 99.083.088.564.3147.347
Akira Sato 100.088.496.081.8170.233
Men's team large hill
AthletesResult
Points 1Rank
Katsushi Tao
Shinichi Tanaka
Masaru Nagaoka
Akira Sato
468.011
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Kimihiro Hamaya 37.3813
Yasushi Kuroiwa 37.3411
Yasumitsu Kanehama 37.259
Akira Kuroiwa 36.77Bronze medal icon.svg
1000 m Yukihiro Mitani 1:15.2823
Akira Kuroiwa 1:15.0520
Kimihiro Hamaya 1:14.4313
Yasumitsu Kanehama 1:14.369
1500 m Hozumi Noriyama 1:56.8428
Yoshiyuki Shimizu 1:55.9822
Munehisa Kuroiwa 1:55.4216
Toru Aoyanagi 1:52.855
5000 m Yoshiyuki Shimizu 7:05.3532
Munehisa Kuroiwa 7:01.5527
Toru Aoyanagi 6:54.7014
10,000 m Yoshiyuki Shimizu 14:47.2128
Toru Aoyanagi 14:34.8724
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Noriko Toda 41.4421
Shoko Fusano 40.618
Seiko Hashimoto 39.745
1000 m Noriko Toda 1:23.4922
Shoko Fusano 1:21.4711
Seiko Hashimoto 1:19.755
1500 m Natsue Seki 2:08.8919
Seiko Hashimoto 2:04.386
3000 m Natsue Seki 4:29.7718
Seiko Hashimoto 4:23.297
5000 m Natsue Seki 7:47.4319
Seiko Hashimoto 7:34.436

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