Japan at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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Japan at the
1994 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 Lillehammer
Competitors65 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Reiichi Mikata
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, from February 12 to February 27, 1994. A total of 65 athletes competed with 45 officers. The flag bearer is Nordic combined skier Reiichi Mikata, while the captain of the delegation is speed skater Seiko Hashimoto.

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The Nordic combined team was able to retain the gold medal from the same previous achievement in Albertville 1992. Overall the Japanese team won 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze, and managed to finish in eleventh place on the medal table.

As Nagano would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, a traditional Japanese segment was performed at the end of the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 415
Biathlon 112
Bobsleigh 55
Cross-country skiing 527
Figure skating 224
Freestyle skiing 213
Luge 303
Nordic combined 44
Short track speed skating 415
Ski jumping 44
Speed skating 9817
Total431659

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Kiminobu Kimura Super-G1:36.3833
Kiminobu Kimura Giant Slalom1:31.861:26.642:58.5026
Gaku Hirasawa SlalomDNFDNF
Takuya Ishioka 1:05.941:04.402:10.3419
Kiminobu Kimura 1:05.261:02.712:07.9718
Tetsuya Okabe 1:03.98DNFDNF

Men's combined

AthleteDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRank
Kiminobu Kimura 1:41.7351.45DNFDNF
Takuya Ishioka 1:40.55DNFDNF
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Emi Kawabata Downhill1:38.2921
Emi Kawabata Super-G1:23.9024

Women's combined

AthleteDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRank
Emi Kawabata 1:29.0056.5052.723:18.2217

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Misao Kodate 331:40.242
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Misao Kodate 58:34.671'05:34.662
Women
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km Sprint Yoshiko Honda-Mikami 228:37.344
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 km Yoshiko Honda-Mikami 54:00.561'00:00.554
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 Toshio Wakita
Takashi Ohori
Two-man53.432053.511653.471853.69183:34.1019
JPN-2 Naomi Takewaki
Hiroshi Suzuki
Two-man53.081653.722253.471853.73193:34.0018
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
JPN-1 Naomi Takewaki
Hiroyuki Oshima
Hiroshi Suzuki
Takashi Ohori
Four-man52.562152.832352.551252.73163:30.6718

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km
C
Masaaki Kozu 28:20.272
Hiroyuki Imai 26:48.840
Mitsuo Horigome 26:36.231
Kazunari Sasaki 26:12.125
15 km
pursuit1
F
Masaaki Kozu 43:30.154
Hiroyuki Imai 41:59.842
Mitsuo Horigome 40:47.027
Kazunari Sasaki 39:40.518
30 km
F
Kazutoshi Nagahama 1'22:24.948
Kazunari Sasaki 1'20:52.139
Hiroyuki Imai 1'18:03.720
Mitsuo Horigome 1'17:49.419
50 km
C
Kazutoshi Nagahama 2'22:30.248
Hiroyuki Imai 2'17:55.228
Kazunari Sasaki 2'16:51.724
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Hiroyuki Imai
Kazutoshi Nagahama
Kazunari Sasaki
Masaaki Kozu
1'49:42.114
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km
C
Sumiko Yokoyama 16:30.550
Fumiko Aoki 15:41.926
10 km
pursuit2
F
Sumiko Yokoyama 32:48.036
Fumiko Aoki 30:00.416
15 km
F
Sumiko Yokoyama 46:00.436
Fumiko Aoki 43:01.411
30 km
C
Sumiko Yokoyama 1'37:14.745
Fumiko Aoki 1'32:22.326
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Men
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Fumihiro Oikawa 212232.522
Masakazu Kagiyama 111116.512
Women
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Rena Inoue 191827.018
Yuka Sato 758.55

Freestyle skiing

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Gota Miura Moguls26.4920.1527did not advance
Hiroshi Machii Aerials153.5320did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Tae Satoya Moguls30.4223.3210 Q30.0623.1811

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Atsushi Sasaki 52.4602952.6613052.2412752.434273:29.79628
Yuji Sasaki 51.9702452.2792652.2862851.943243:28.47825
Kazuhiko Takamatsu 51.6582251.4711951.7822352.192253:27.10322

(Men's) Doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Atsushi Sasaki
Yuji Sasaki
50.7821849.342151:40.12418

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country
time
Total
rank
PointsRank
Masashi Abe Individual207.01443:21.710
Junichi Kogawa 220.5845:33.819
Kenji Ogiwara 231.0641:16.74
Takanori Kono 239.5440:25.4Silver medal icon.svg

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

AthletesSki jumpingCross-country
time
Total
rank
PointsRank
Takanori Kono
Kenji Ogiwara
Masashi Abe
733.511'22:51.8Gold medal icon.svg

Short track speed skating

Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Jun Uematsu 500 m44.502 Q44.204did not advance
Satoru Terao 44.882 Q44.273did not advance
Satoru Terao 1000 m1:31.111 Q1:29.642 Q1:43.584 QB1:33.394
Jun Uematsu 1:32.673did not advance
Yuichi Akasaka
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
Satoru Terao
Jun Uematsu
5000 m relay7:15.853 QB7:19.115
Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Ayako Tsubaki 500 m48.491 Q47.513did not advance
Ayako Tsubaki 1000 m1:39.311 Q1:39.123did not advance

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Masahiko Harada Normal hill92.0120.554.55.0125.555
Takanobu Okabe 95.0125.595.5126.5252.09
Jinya Nishikata 99.0130.094.0123.0253.08
Noriaki Kasai 98.0134.593.0124.5259.05
Noriaki Kasai Large hill110.099.0109.597.1196.114
Takanobu Okabe 117.0110.6128.0132.9243.54
Jinya Nishikata 123.5120.8110.097.5218.38
Masahiko Harada 122.0121.1101.078.8199.913
Men's team large hill
AthletesResult
Points 1Rank
Takanobu Okabe
Jinya Nishikata
Noriaki Kasai
Masahiko Harada
956.9Silver medal icon.svg
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Yasunori Miyabe 36.729
Junichi Inoue 36.636
Hiroyasu Shimizu 36.605
Manabu Horii 36.53Bronze medal icon.svg
1000 m Hiroyasu Shimizu 1:15.0119
Yukinori Miyabe 1:14.2814
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa 1:13.9511
Junichi Inoue 1:13.758
1500 m Toshihiko Itokawa 1:56.6727
Yukinori Miyabe 1:55.5621
Toru Aoyanagi 1:54.8515
5000 m Toru Aoyanagi 6:59.8824
Kazuhiro Sato 6:54.8313
Toshihiko Itokawa 6:49.366
10,000 m Kazuhiro Sato 14:18.4413
Toshihiko Itokawa 14:17.0011
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Mayumi Yamamoto 41.2025
Shiho Kusunose 40.9418
Tomomi Okazaki 40.5514
Kyoko Shimazaki 40.2610
1000 m Mayumi Yamamoto 1:23.1527
Seiko Hashimoto 1:22.3121
Kyoko Shimazaki 1:21.9618
Shiho Kusunose 1:20.376
1500 m Maki Tabata 2:06.7916
Hiromi Yamamoto 2:06.5415
Shiho Kusunose 2:06.2013
Seiko Hashimoto 2:04.989
3000 m Miki Ogasawara 4:25.2710
Hiromi Yamamoto 4:22.377
Seiko Hashimoto 4:21.076
5000 m Miki Ogasawara 7:30.479
Seiko Hashimoto 7:29.798
Hiromi Yamamoto 7:19.68Bronze medal icon.svg

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