Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | JPN |
NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Turin | |
Competitors | 110 (58 men, 52 women) in 14 sports |
Flag bearers | Joji Kato (opening and closing) [1] [2] |
Medals Ranked 18th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Japan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Shizuka Arakawa won the country's only medal, a gold, in women's figure skating. She was the first person born and raised in Asia to become an Olympic champion in that event. Athletes representing Japan participated in all but one of the 2006 Olympics' 15 sports, with Ice hockey the only exception.
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Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
Noriyo Hiroi | Women's giant slalom | 1:04.63 | 1:12.03 | n/a | 2:16.66 | 26 |
Women's slalom | 44.74 | 48.85 | n/a | 1:33.59 | 29 | |
Mizue Hoshi | Women's slalom | 45.35 | 48.03 | n/a | 1:33.38 | 27 |
Yasuhiro Ikuta | Men's slalom | 1:15.19 | 1:08.09 | n/a | 2:23.28 | 47 |
Kentaro Minagawa | Men's slalom | 53.44 | 50.74 | n/a | 1:44.18 | 4 |
Akira Sasaki | Men's giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
Men's slalom | 54.37 | did not finish | ||||
Mami Sekizuka | Women's slalom | 47.22 | 50.50 | n/a | 1:37.72 | 38 |
Daisuke Yoshioka | Men's giant slalom | 1:23.78 | 1:21.25 | n/a | 2:45.03 | 24 |
Naoki Yuasa | Men's slalom | 54.76 | 49.81 | n/a | 1:44.57 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Misses | Rank | ||
Daisuke Ebisawa | Sprint | 29:49.7 | 3 | 63 |
Hidenori Isa | Sprint | 28:37.1 | 1 | 39 |
Pursuit | 39:11.25 | 5 | 35 | |
Individual | 52:27.2 | 6 | 10 | |
Tatsumi Kasahara | Sprint | 29:07.0 | 1 | 48 |
Pursuit | 41:42.07 | 7 | 50 | |
Individual | 1:02:44.6 | 5 | 68 | |
Shinya Saito | Individual | 1:05:29.4 | 8 | 79 |
Kyoji Suga | Sprint | 30:10.6 | 2 | 71 |
Mass start | 52:01.6 | 5 | 30 | |
Individual | 56:57.7 | 1 | 14 | |
Tatsumi Kasahara Hidenori Isa Kyoji Suga Shinya Saito | Relay | 1:25:15.6 | 13 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Misses | Rank | ||
Kanae Meguro | Sprint | 26:19.9 | 4 | 64 |
Individual | 55:28.4 | 5 | 37 | |
Tomomi Otaka | Sprint | 26:28.7 | 3 | 69 |
Individual | 1:00:22.2 | 6 | 69 | |
Tamami Tanaka | Sprint | 26:20.6 | 5 | 65 |
Individual | 55:10.5 | 4 | 32 | |
Ikuyo Tsukidate | Sprint | 25"17.0 | 1 | 51 |
Pursuit | Lapped | |||
Individual | 57:20.4 | 4 | 55 | |
Tomomi Otaka Kanae Meguro Tamami Tanaka Ikuyo Tsukidate | Relay | 1:26:09.0 | 18 | 16 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Suguru Kiyokawa Ryuichi Kobayashi | Two-man | 57.27 | 57.02 | 57.90 | did not advance | 27 | |
Manami Hino Chisato Nagaoka | Two-woman | 59.41 | 58.80 | 59.51 | 59.77 | 3:57.49 | 15 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Katsuhito Ebisawa | Men's 15 km classical | 41:25.8 | 42 |
Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:21:16.2 | 42 | |
Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:10:39.6 | 49 | |
Masako Ishida | Women's 10 km classical | 30:24.0 | 31 |
Women's 15 km pursuit | 46:37.7 | 35 | |
Shunsuke Komamura | Men's 30 km pursuit | Did not finish | |
Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:14:08.8 | 59 | |
Nobu Naruse | Men's 15 km classical | 41:22.0 | 41 |
Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:25:21.3 | 59 | |
Men's 50 km freestyle | Did not finish | ||
Chizuru Soneta | Women's 15 km pursuit | 46:45.5 | 38 |
Women's 30 km freestyle | 1:27:25.8 | 25 | |
Sumiko Yokoyama | Women's 15 km pursuit | 45:58.6 | 30 |
Women's 30 km freestyle | 1:29:41.3 | 37 | |
Nobuko Fukuda Masako Ishida Sumiko Yokoyama Madoka Natsumi | Women's 4 x 5 km relay | 56:57.8 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Nobuko Fukuda | Women's sprint | 2:17.82 | 28 Q | 2:18.2 | 5 | Did not advance | 24 | ||
Shunsuke Komamura | Men's sprint | 2:22.38 | 43 | Did not advance | 43 | ||||
Madoka Natsumi | Women's sprint | 2:16.30 | 15 Q | 2:19.9 | 4 | Did not advance | 17 | ||
Yuichi Onda | Men's sprint | 2:17.53 | 13 Q | 2:22.3 | 6 | Did not advance | 26 | ||
Katsuhito Ebisawa Yuichi Onda | Men's team sprint | n/a | 17:46.6 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
Nobuko Fukuda Madoka Natsumi | Women's team sprint | n/a | 17:33.1 | 4 Q | 17:27.6 | 8 |
Team: Ayumi Onodera (skip), Yumie Hayashi, Mari Motohashi, Moe Meguro, Sakurako Terada (alternate)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Russia (Privivkova) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
;Draw 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
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United States (Johnson) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
;Draw 4
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
Norway (Nordby) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
;Draw 5
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Denmark (Holm) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
;Draw 8
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Canada (Kleibrink) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
;Draw 9
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
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Japan (Onodera) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Sweden (Norberg) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
;Draw 10
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Great Britain (Martin) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
;Draw 11
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Italy (Gaspari) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
;Draw 12
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Switzerland (Ott) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 11 |
Japan (Onodera) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
Rank | Team | Skip | Won | Lost |
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1 | Sweden | Anette Norberg | 7 | 2 |
2 | Switzerland | Mirjam Ott | 7 | 2 |
3 | Canada | Shannon Kleibrink | 6 | 3 |
4 | Norway | Dordi Nordby | 6 | 3 |
5 | Great Britain | Rhona Martin | 5 | 4 |
6 | Russia | Ludmila Privivkova | 5 | 4 |
7 | Japan | Ayumi Onodera | 4 | 5 |
8 | Denmark | Dorthe Holm | 2 | 7 |
9 | United States | Cassandra Johnson | 2 | 7 |
10 | Italy | Diana Gaspari | 1 | 8 |
Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.
Athlete | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Miki Ando | Ladies' | n/a | 56.00 | 8 Q | 84.20 | 16 | 140.20 | 15 | |
Shizuka Arakawa | Ladies' | n/a | 66.02 | 3 Q | 125.32 | 1 | 191.34 | ||
Fumie Suguri | Ladies' | n/a | 61.75 | 4 Q | 113.48 | 4 | 175.23 | 4 | |
Daisuke Takahashi | Men | n/a | 73.77 | 5 Q | 131.12 | 9 | 204.89 | 8 | |
Nozomi Watanabe Akiyuki Kido | Ice dance | 27.95 | 17 | 46.59 | 15 | 78.87 | 15 | 153.41 | 15 |
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Ken Mizuno | Aerials | 157.67 | 25 | did not advance | 25 |
Kai Ozaki | Moguls | 19.70 | 30 | did not advance | 30 |
Yugo Tsukita | Moguls | 19.13 | 32 | did not advance | 32 |
Osamu Ueno | Moguls | 23.03 | 15 Q | 19.54 | 20 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Miyuki Hatanaka | Moguls | 18.61 | 27 | did not advance | 27 |
Kayo Henmi | Aerials | 129.40 | 21 | did not advance | 21 |
Miki Ito | Moguls | 22.34 | 15 Q | 17.78 | 20 |
Tae Satoya | Moguls | 23.63 | 9 Q | 22.12 | 15 |
Aiko Uemura | Moguls | 24.20 | 5 Q | 24.01 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Madoka Harada | Women's singles | 48.042 | 47.852 | 47.989 | 47.767 | 3:11.650 | 13 |
Takahisa Oguchi | Men's singles | 52.795 | 52.449 | 52.498 | 52.366 | 3:30.108 | 20 |
Shigeaki Ushijima | Men's singles | 53.306 | 1:29.310 | 52.414 | 52.318 | 4:07.348 | 34 |
Goro Hayashibe Masaki Toshiro | Doubles | 48.067 | 47.793 | n/a | 1:35.860 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-Country | ||||||
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Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank | |||||
Yosuke Hatakeyama | Sprint | 116.1 | 7 | 0:38 | 19:43.0 +1:14.0 | 22 | |||
Individual Gundersen | 235.0 | 10 | 1:50 | 44:29.8 +4:45.2 | 32 | ||||
Takashi Kitamura | Individual Gundersen | 192.5 | 40 | 4:40 | 47:17.3 +7:32.7 | 43 | |||
Norihito Kobayashi | Sprint | 103.9 | 28 | 1:27 | 19:36.0 +1:07.0 | 18 | |||
Individual Gundersen | 217.0 | 23 | 3:02 | 42:23.1 +2:38.5 | 16 | ||||
Daito Takahashi | Sprint | 107.7 | 18 | 1:12 | 19:31.4 +1:02.4 | 15 | |||
Individual Gundersen | 233.5 | 12 | 1:56 | did not start | |||||
Akito Watabe | Sprint | 115.4 | 9 | 0:41 | 19:37.3 +1:08.3 | 19 | |||
Yosuke Hatakeyama Norihito Kobayashi Takashi Kitamura Daito Takahashi | Team | 864.2 | 5 | 0:49 | 51:36.0 +1:43.4 | 6 |
Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Yuka Kamino | Women's 500 m | 45.848 | 2 Q | 47.356 | 4 | did not advance | 14 | ||
Women's 1000 m | 1:33.959 | 3 | did not advance | 14 | |||||
Women's 1500 m | 2:37.865 | 3 Q | n/a | 2:44.057 | 4 | Final B 2:29.540 | 7 | ||
Takafumi Nishitani | Men's 500 m | 43.212 | 3 | did not advance | 15 | ||||
Mika Ozawa | Women's 1000 m | 1:34.715 | 2 Q | 1:33.337 | 5 | 1:33.337 | 5 | did not advance | 9 |
Hayato Sueyoshi | Men's 1500 m | 2:25.280 | 4 | did not advance | 19 | ||||
Chikage Tanaka | Women's 500 m | 46.387 | 3 | did not advance | 17 | ||||
Satoru Terao | Men's 500 m | 42.607 | 1 Q | 42.471 | 2 Q | 42.120 | 3 | Final B 42.377 | 6 |
Men's 1000 m | 1:29.090 | 2 Q | 1:28.499 | 3 | did not advance | 9 | |||
Men's 1500 m | 2:37.865 | 3 Q | n/a | 2:44.057 | 4 | Final B 2:24.875 | 9 | ||
Ikue Teshigawara | Women's 1500 m | 2:30.977 | 4 | did not advance | 17 | ||||
Yoshiharu Arino Takahiro Fijimoto Takfumi Nishitani Satoru Terao | Men's 5000 m relay | disqualified | |||||||
Yuka Kamino Mika Ozawa Chikage Tanaka Nobuko Yamada | Women's 3000 m relay | did not advance | 4:21.413 | 4 | Final B 4:35.096 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
Masaru Inada | Men's | 59.63 | 59.74 | 1:59.37 | 18 |
Kazuhiro Koshi | Men's | 58.65 | 59.40 | 1:58.05 | 11 |
Eiko Nakayama | Women's | 1:01.82 | 1:02.10 | 2:03.92 | 14 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | First Round | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
Masahiko Harada | Normal hill | disqualified | ||||||
Tsuyoshi Ichinohe | Large hill | 89.9 | 18 Q | 108.5 | 16 Q | 93.9 | 202.4 | 25 |
Daiki Ito | Normal hill | 123.0 | 9 Q | 126.0 | 13 Q | 117.5 | 243.5 | 18 |
Large hill | 110.9 | 6 Q | 82.5 | 42 | did not advance | 42 | ||
Noriaki Kasai | Normal hill | 132.5 | 1 Q | 126.0 | 13 Q | 115.0 | 241.0 | 20 |
Large hill | 117.3 | 1 Q | 104.0 | 21 Q | 123.3 | 227.3 | 12 | |
Takanobu Okabe | Normal hill | 127.5 | 7 PQ | 118.0 | 24 Q | 111.5 | 229.5 | 23 |
Large hill | 122.1 | 7 PQ | 115.0 | 8 Q | 121.8 | 236.8 | 8 | |
Tsuyoshi Ichinohe Daiki Ito Noriaki Kasai Takanobu Okabe | Team | n/a | 426.8 | 6 Q | 466.3 | 893.1 | 6 |
Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.
Athlete | Event | Qualifying Run 1 | Qualifying Run 2 | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
Kazuhiro Kokubo | Halfpipe | 26.9 | 23 | 31.0 | 17 | did not advance | 23 | |
Fumiyuki Murakami | Halfpipe | 27.9 | 20 | 31.1 | 16 | did not advance | 22 | |
Takaharu Nakai | Halfpipe | 36.0 | 9 | 36.8 | 8 | did not advance | 14 | |
Domu Narita | Halfpipe | 31.5 | 15 | 14.7 | 29 | did not advance | 35 |
Athlete | Event | Qualifying Run 1 | Qualifying Run 2 | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
Chikako Fushimi | Halfpipe | 13.0 | 26 | 34.8 | 6 Q | (9.5) | 15.6 | 12 |
Melo Imai | Halfpipe | 7.2 | 31 | 1.4 | 28 | did not advance | 34 | |
Shiho Nakashima | Halfpipe | 35.5 | 5 Q | n/a | 33.1 | (30.6) | 9 | |
Soko Yamaoka | Halfpipe | 28.5 | 14 | 35.6 | 5 Q | (22.4) | 32.7 | 10 |
Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
Tomoka Takeuchi | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:21.67 | 9 Q | Guenther (AUT) (8) L+0.24 (+0.10+0.14) | did not advance | 9 | ||
Kentaro Tsuruoka | Men's parallel giant slalom | 1:18.14 | 28 | did not advance | 28 | |||
Eri Yanetani | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:23.21 | 18 | did not advance | 18 |
Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.
Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
Itaru Chimura | Men's snowboard cross | 1:22.83 | 27 Q | 2 Q | 4 | did not advance | Classification 13-16 4 | 16 |
Yuka Fujimori | Women's snowboard cross | 1:32.46 | 15 Q | n/a | 2 Q | 4 | Classification 5-8 3 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Yusuke Imai | 1000 m | n/a | 1:10.48 | 20 | |
1500 m | n/a | 1:50.56 | 34 | ||
Joji Kato | 500 m | 35.59 | 35.19 | 1:10.78 | 6 |
Kesato Miyazaki | 5000 m | n/a | 6:40.03 | 21 | |
Keiichiro Nagashima | 500 m | 35.67 | 35.47 | 1:11.14 | 13 |
1000 m | n/a | 1:11.78 | 32 | ||
Takaharu Nakajima | 1000 m | n/a | 1:11.10 | 27 | |
1500 m | n/a | 1:51.61 | 38 | ||
Yuya Oikawa | 500 m | 35.35 | 35.21 | 1:10.56 | 4 |
Hiroyasu Shimizu | 500 m | 35.66 | 35.78 | 1:11.44 | 18 |
Teruhiro Sugimori | 1500 m | n/a | 1:49.51 | 24 | |
Takahiro Ushiyama | 1000 m | n/a | 1:11.21 | 28 | |
1500 m | n/a | 1:50.59 | 35 | ||
5000 m | n/a | 6:51.53 | 27 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Eriko Ishino | 1500 m | n/a | 2:01.85 | 22 | |
3000 m | n/a | 4:11.21 | 13 | ||
5000 m | n/a | 7:12.48 | 11 | ||
Nami Nemoto | 1500 m | n/a | 2:02.34 | 29 | |
Tomomi Okazaki | 500 m | 38.46 | 38.46 | 1:16.92 | 4 |
1000 m | n/a | 1:17.63 | 16 | ||
Sayuri Osuga | 500 m | 38.65 | 38.74 | 1:17.39 | 8 |
Hiromi Otsu | 1500 m | n/a | 2:04.77 | 33 | |
Eriko Seo | 3000 m | n/a | 4:16.27 | 20 | |
Maki Tabata | 1000 m | n/a | 1:17.64 | 17 | |
1500 m | n/a | 2:00.77 | 15 | ||
3000 m | n/a | 4:12.38 | 14 | ||
5000 m | n/a | 7:18.05 | 13 | ||
Aki Tonoike | 1000 m | n/a | 1:17.64 | 17 | |
Yukari Watanabe | 500 m | 39.46 | 39.19 | 1:18.65 | 15 |
Sayuri Yoshii | 500 m | 38.68 | 38.75 | 1:17.43 | 9 |
1000 m | n/a | 1:17.58 | 15 |
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
From: Teruhiro Sugimori Kesato Miyazaki Takahiro Ushiyama | Men's team pursuit | 4:03.83 | 8 | Canada (1) L3:53.88 | did not advance | 7th place Final Germany (5) L3:50.37 | 8 |
From: Eriko Ishino Nami Nemoto Hiromi Otsu Maki Tabata | Women's team pursuit | 3:08.34 | 7 | Norway (2) WOvertook | Canada (3) L3:05.95 | Bronze Final Russia (1) LOvertaken | 4 |
Australia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 40 athletes was the largest ever for Australia, surpassing the team of 31 that participated at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.
Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the 2002 Winter Olympics Norway won the most gold medals, and before the Turin games, Norwegian sports officials were aiming for more than the 25 medals they won in Salt Lake City — the president of the Norwegian Skiing Federation Sverre Seeberg was quoted saying he thought Norway would win 25 medals in the skiing events alone. The Norwegian Olympic Committee aimed for Norway to be the best nation measured in the number of gold medals. However, Norway won only two gold medals in the games, the lowest amount since 1988.
The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Athletes from Northern Ireland were generally free to participate for either this team or the Ireland team under a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Ireland. Forty-one athletes were selected for these Winter Games.
New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
France competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. France is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France.
Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. A total of 99 athletes were selected, and they competed in nine of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports. When the medals were summed up, Sweden had managed seven gold medals, two silver and five bronze, making it Sweden's best result ever in the Winter Olympics in terms of both medals and gold medals earned, and gave Sweden a 6th place in the medal table.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.
Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again the most total medals of any nation. The National Olympic Committee of Germany nominated a total of 162 (164) athletes to compete, as the 5th largest team, in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports.
Finland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with 102 athletes competing in 11 of the 15 sports.
Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. This was the confederation's largest Winter Olympics team ever, because two ice hockey teams qualified.
Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Bulgaria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
China competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Yang Yang (A), a short track speed skater, served as flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Like most previous Olympics, coverage was via CCTV-5. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.
The Czech Republic competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Speed skater Martina Sáblíková served as flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. The medal hopes were set on ice hockey team, Jakub Janda in ski jumping, Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing and on Sáblíková. As for hockey team, the bronze medal was less than most of Czech fans awaited before the olympic, and more than they hoped for after the group stage. But the strongest moment for Czech sport fans was unbelievable finish of Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing, where she on the last meters of 30 km run got from the third to first position. It was her last Olympic start and it was finally a gold one, and the view of her little daughter running to her as the first to congratulate will be a lasting moment of Turin 2006.
Estonia sent 27 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Half of them competed in cross-country skiing, where Estonia won all of their three Turin Olympic medals. Olympic champion Andrus Veerpalu participated on his 5th Winter Olympics.
Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games and the third time overall. Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. It sent a total of 190 athletes to participate in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports.
Poland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Slovenia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.