Japan at the 1994 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | JPN |
NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Lillehammer | |
Competitors | 65 in 11 sports |
Flag bearer | Reiichi Mikata |
Medals Ranked 11th |
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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.
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.
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bobsleigh | 5 | – | 5 |
Cross-country skiing | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Freestyle skiing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Luge | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
Short track speed skating | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
Speed skating | 9 | 8 | 17 |
Total | 43 | 16 | 59 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Kiminobu Kimura | Super-G | 1:36.38 | 33 | ||
Kiminobu Kimura | Giant Slalom | 1:31.86 | 1:26.64 | 2:58.50 | 26 |
Gaku Hirasawa | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Takuya Ishioka | 1:05.94 | 1:04.40 | 2:10.34 | 19 | |
Kiminobu Kimura | 1:05.26 | 1:02.71 | 2:07.97 | 18 | |
Tetsuya Okabe | 1:03.98 | DNF | DNF | – |
Men's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank | |
Kiminobu Kimura | 1:41.73 | 51.45 | DNF | DNF | – |
Takuya Ishioka | 1:40.55 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Emi Kawabata | Downhill | 1:38.29 | 21 | ||
Emi Kawabata | Super-G | 1:23.90 | 24 |
Women's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank | |
Emi Kawabata | 1:29.00 | 56.50 | 52.72 | 3:18.22 | 17 |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Misao Kodate | 3 | 31:40.2 | 42 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Misao Kodate | 58:34.6 | 7 | 1'05:34.6 | 62 |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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7.5 km Sprint | Yoshiko Honda-Mikami | 2 | 28:37.3 | 44 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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15 km | Yoshiko Honda-Mikami | 54:00.5 | 6 | 1'00:00.5 | 54 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
JPN-1 | Toshio Wakita Takashi Ohori | Two-man | 53.43 | 20 | 53.51 | 16 | 53.47 | 18 | 53.69 | 18 | 3:34.10 | 19 |
JPN-2 | Naomi Takewaki Hiroshi Suzuki | Two-man | 53.08 | 16 | 53.72 | 22 | 53.47 | 18 | 53.73 | 19 | 3:34.00 | 18 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
JPN-1 | Naomi Takewaki Hiroyuki Oshima Hiroshi Suzuki Takashi Ohori | Four-man | 52.56 | 21 | 52.83 | 23 | 52.55 | 12 | 52.73 | 16 | 3:30.67 | 18 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
10 km C | Masaaki Kozu | 28:20.2 | 72 |
Hiroyuki Imai | 26:48.8 | 40 | |
Mitsuo Horigome | 26:36.2 | 31 | |
Kazunari Sasaki | 26:12.1 | 25 | |
15 km pursuit1 F | Masaaki Kozu | 43:30.1 | 54 |
Hiroyuki Imai | 41:59.8 | 42 | |
Mitsuo Horigome | 40:47.0 | 27 | |
Kazunari Sasaki | 39:40.5 | 18 | |
30 km F | Kazutoshi Nagahama | 1'22:24.9 | 48 |
Kazunari Sasaki | 1'20:52.1 | 39 | |
Hiroyuki Imai | 1'18:03.7 | 20 | |
Mitsuo Horigome | 1'17:49.4 | 19 | |
50 km C | Kazutoshi Nagahama | 2'22:30.2 | 48 |
Hiroyuki Imai | 2'17:55.2 | 28 | |
Kazunari Sasaki | 2'16:51.7 | 24 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Hiroyuki Imai Kazutoshi Nagahama Kazunari Sasaki Masaaki Kozu | 1'49:42.1 | 14 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C | Sumiko Yokoyama | 16:30.5 | 50 |
Fumiko Aoki | 15:41.9 | 26 | |
10 km pursuit2 F | Sumiko Yokoyama | 32:48.0 | 36 |
Fumiko Aoki | 30:00.4 | 16 | |
15 km F | Sumiko Yokoyama | 46:00.4 | 36 |
Fumiko Aoki | 43:01.4 | 11 | |
30 km C | Sumiko Yokoyama | 1'37:14.7 | 45 |
Fumiko Aoki | 1'32:22.3 | 26 |
Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Fumihiro Oikawa | 21 | 22 | 32.5 | 22 |
Masakazu Kagiyama | 11 | 11 | 16.5 | 12 |
Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Rena Inoue | 19 | 18 | 27.0 | 18 |
Yuka Sato | 7 | 5 | 8.5 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Gota Miura | Moguls | 26.49 | 20.15 | 27 | did not advance | ||
Hiroshi Machii | Aerials | 153.53 | 20 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Tae Satoya | Moguls | 30.42 | 23.32 | 10 Q | 30.06 | 23.18 | 11 |
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Atsushi Sasaki | 52.460 | 29 | 52.661 | 30 | 52.241 | 27 | 52.434 | 27 | 3:29.796 | 28 |
Yuji Sasaki | 51.970 | 24 | 52.279 | 26 | 52.286 | 28 | 51.943 | 24 | 3:28.478 | 25 |
Kazuhiko Takamatsu | 51.658 | 22 | 51.471 | 19 | 51.782 | 23 | 52.192 | 25 | 3:27.103 | 22 |
(Men's) Doubles
Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Atsushi Sasaki Yuji Sasaki | 50.782 | 18 | 49.342 | 15 | 1:40.124 | 18 |
Men's individual
Events:
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank | |
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Points | Rank | ||||
Masashi Abe | Individual | 207.0 | 14 | 43:21.7 | 10 |
Junichi Kogawa | 220.5 | 8 | 45:33.8 | 19 | |
Kenji Ogiwara | 231.0 | 6 | 41:16.7 | 4 | |
Takanori Kono | 239.5 | 4 | 40:25.4 |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank | |
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Points | Rank | |||
Takanori Kono Kenji Ogiwara Masashi Abe | 733.5 | 1 | 1'22:51.8 |
Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
Jun Uematsu | 500 m | 44.50 | 2 Q | 44.20 | 4 | did not advance | |||
Satoru Terao | 44.88 | 2 Q | 44.27 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
Satoru Terao | 1000 m | 1:31.11 | 1 Q | 1:29.64 | 2 Q | 1:43.58 | 4 QB | 1:33.39 | 4 |
Jun Uematsu | 1:32.67 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
Yuichi Akasaka Tatsuyoshi Ishihara Satoru Terao Jun Uematsu | 5000 m relay | 7:15.85 | 3 QB | 7:19.11 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
Ayako Tsubaki | 500 m | 48.49 | 1 Q | 47.51 | 3 | did not advance | |||
Ayako Tsubaki | 1000 m | 1:39.31 | 1 Q | 1:39.12 | 3 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Masahiko Harada | Normal hill | 92.0 | 120.5 | 54.5 | 5.0 | 125.5 | 55 |
Takanobu Okabe | 95.0 | 125.5 | 95.5 | 126.5 | 252.0 | 9 | |
Jinya Nishikata | 99.0 | 130.0 | 94.0 | 123.0 | 253.0 | 8 | |
Noriaki Kasai | 98.0 | 134.5 | 93.0 | 124.5 | 259.0 | 5 | |
Noriaki Kasai | Large hill | 110.0 | 99.0 | 109.5 | 97.1 | 196.1 | 14 |
Takanobu Okabe | 117.0 | 110.6 | 128.0 | 132.9 | 243.5 | 4 | |
Jinya Nishikata | 123.5 | 120.8 | 110.0 | 97.5 | 218.3 | 8 | |
Masahiko Harada | 122.0 | 121.1 | 101.0 | 78.8 | 199.9 | 13 |
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Takanobu Okabe Jinya Nishikata Noriaki Kasai Masahiko Harada | 956.9 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Yasunori Miyabe | 36.72 | 9 |
Junichi Inoue | 36.63 | 6 | |
Hiroyasu Shimizu | 36.60 | 5 | |
Manabu Horii | 36.53 | ||
1000 m | Hiroyasu Shimizu | 1:15.01 | 19 |
Yukinori Miyabe | 1:14.28 | 14 | |
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa | 1:13.95 | 11 | |
Junichi Inoue | 1:13.75 | 8 | |
1500 m | Toshihiko Itokawa | 1:56.67 | 27 |
Yukinori Miyabe | 1:55.56 | 21 | |
Toru Aoyanagi | 1:54.85 | 15 | |
5000 m | Toru Aoyanagi | 6:59.88 | 24 |
Kazuhiro Sato | 6:54.83 | 13 | |
Toshihiko Itokawa | 6:49.36 | 6 | |
10,000 m | Kazuhiro Sato | 14:18.44 | 13 |
Toshihiko Itokawa | 14:17.00 | 11 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Mayumi Yamamoto | 41.20 | 25 |
Shiho Kusunose | 40.94 | 18 | |
Tomomi Okazaki | 40.55 | 14 | |
Kyoko Shimazaki | 40.26 | 10 | |
1000 m | Mayumi Yamamoto | 1:23.15 | 27 |
Seiko Hashimoto | 1:22.31 | 21 | |
Kyoko Shimazaki | 1:21.96 | 18 | |
Shiho Kusunose | 1:20.37 | 6 | |
1500 m | Maki Tabata | 2:06.79 | 16 |
Hiromi Yamamoto | 2:06.54 | 15 | |
Shiho Kusunose | 2:06.20 | 13 | |
Seiko Hashimoto | 2:04.98 | 9 | |
3000 m | Miki Ogasawara | 4:25.27 | 10 |
Hiromi Yamamoto | 4:22.37 | 7 | |
Seiko Hashimoto | 4:21.07 | 6 | |
5000 m | Miki Ogasawara | 7:30.47 | 9 |
Seiko Hashimoto | 7:29.79 | 8 | |
Hiromi Yamamoto | 7:19.68 |
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