Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Japan at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Flag of Japan.svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese and English)
in Turin
Competitors110 (58 men, 52 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearers Joji Kato (opening and closing) [1] [2]
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
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.

Contents

Medalists

Alpine skiing

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3TotalRank
Noriyo Hiroi Women's giant slalom 1:04.631:12.03n/a2:16.6626
Women's slalom 44.7448.85n/a1:33.5929
Mizue Hoshi Women's slalom 45.3548.03n/a1:33.3827
Yasuhiro Ikuta Men's slalom 1:15.191:08.09n/a2:23.2847
Kentaro Minagawa Men's slalom 53.4450.74n/a1:44.184
Akira Sasaki Men's giant slalom did not finish
Men's slalom 54.37did not finish
Mami Sekizuka Women's slalom 47.2250.50n/a1:37.7238
Daisuke Yoshioka Men's giant slalom 1:23.781:21.25n/a2:45.0324
Naoki Yuasa Men's slalom 54.7649.81n/a1:44.577

Biathlon

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Daisuke Ebisawa Sprint 29:49.7363
Hidenori Isa Sprint 28:37.1139
Pursuit 39:11.25535
Individual 52:27.2610
Tatsumi Kasahara Sprint 29:07.0148
Pursuit 41:42.07750
Individual 1:02:44.6568
Shinya Saito Individual 1:05:29.4879
Kyoji Suga Sprint 30:10.6271
Mass start 52:01.6530
Individual 56:57.7114
Tatsumi Kasahara
Hidenori Isa
Kyoji Suga
Shinya Saito
Relay 1:25:15.61312
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Kanae Meguro Sprint 26:19.9464
Individual 55:28.4537
Tomomi Otaka Sprint 26:28.7369
Individual 1:00:22.2669
Tamami Tanaka Sprint 26:20.6565
Individual 55:10.5432
Ikuyo Tsukidate Sprint 25"17.0151
Pursuit Lapped
Individual 57:20.4455
Tomomi Otaka
Kanae Meguro
Tamami Tanaka
Ikuyo Tsukidate
Relay 1:26:09.01816

Bobsleigh

Manami Hino and Chisato Nagaoka Chisato Nagaoka and Manami Hino at 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.jpg
Manami Hino and Chisato Nagaoka
AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
Suguru Kiyokawa
Ryuichi Kobayashi
Two-man 57.2757.0257.90did not advance27
Manami Hino
Chisato Nagaoka
Two-woman 59.4158.8059.5159.773:57.4915

Cross-country skiing

Distance
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Katsuhito Ebisawa Men's 15 km classical 41:25.842
Men's 30 km pursuit 1:21:16.242
Men's 50 km freestyle 2:10:39.649
Masako Ishida Women's 10 km classical 30:24.031
Women's 15 km pursuit 46:37.735
Shunsuke Komamura Men's 30 km pursuit Did not finish
Men's 50 km freestyle 2:14:08.859
Nobu Naruse Men's 15 km classical 41:22.041
Men's 30 km pursuit 1:25:21.359
Men's 50 km freestyle Did not finish
Chizuru Soneta Women's 15 km pursuit 46:45.538
Women's 30 km freestyle 1:27:25.825
Sumiko Yokoyama Women's 15 km pursuit 45:58.630
Women's 30 km freestyle 1:29:41.337
Nobuko Fukuda
Masako Ishida
Sumiko Yokoyama
Madoka Natsumi
Women's 4 x 5 km relay 56:57.812
Sprint
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRank
Nobuko Fukuda Women's sprint 2:17.8228 Q2:18.25Did not advance24
Shunsuke Komamura Men's sprint 2:22.3843Did not advance43
Madoka Natsumi Women's sprint 2:16.3015 Q2:19.94Did not advance17
Yuichi Onda Men's sprint 2:17.5313 Q2:22.36Did not advance26
Katsuhito Ebisawa
Yuichi Onda
Men's team sprint n/a17:46.66Did not advance
Nobuko Fukuda
Madoka Natsumi
Women's team sprint n/a17:33.14 Q17:27.68

Curling

Women's

Team: Ayumi Onodera (skip), Yumie Hayashi, Mari Motohashi, Moe Meguro, Sakurako Terada (alternate)

Round Robin
Draw 2
Team12345678910Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Privivkova) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10000120037
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera)00112001005

;Draw 3

Team1234567891011Final
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Johnson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg200010101005
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera)002100020016

;Draw 4

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000002020X4
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Nordby)100310202X9

;Draw 5

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera)01210001005
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Holm) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10003200219

;Draw 8

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00210010015
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Kleibrink)00000101002

;Draw 9

Team1234567891011Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg120020010107
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Norberg)000202102018

;Draw 10

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Martin)000103010X5
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg021030103X10

;Draw 11

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy (Gaspari) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10010110004
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera)01001002026

;Draw 12

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland (Ott) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg12040004XX11
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Onodera)00201110XX5
Standings
RankTeamSkipWonLost
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anette Norberg 72
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Mirjam Ott 72
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shannon Kleibrink 63
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Dordi Nordby 63
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Rhona Martin 54
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ludmila Privivkova 54
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Ayumi Onodera 45
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Dorthe Holm 27
9Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cassandra Johnson 27
10Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy Diana Gaspari 18

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

AthleteEventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Miki Ando Ladies' n/a56.008 Q84.2016140.2015
Shizuka Arakawa Ladies' n/a66.023 Q125.321191.34 Gold medal icon.svg
Fumie Suguri Ladies' n/a61.754 Q113.484175.234
Daisuke Takahashi Men n/a73.775 Q131.129204.898
Nozomi Watanabe
Akiyuki Kido
Ice dance 27.951746.591578.8715153.4115

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Men
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Ken Mizuno Aerials 157.6725did not advance25
Kai Ozaki Moguls 19.7030did not advance30
Yugo Tsukita Moguls 19.1332did not advance32
Osamu Ueno Moguls 23.0315 Q19.5420
Women
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Miyuki Hatanaka Moguls 18.6127did not advance27
Kayo Henmi Aerials 129.4021did not advance21
Miki Ito Moguls 22.3415 Q17.7820
Tae Satoya Moguls 23.639 Q22.1215
Aiko Uemura Moguls 24.205 Q24.015

Luge

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
Madoka Harada Women's singles 48.04247.85247.98947.7673:11.65013
Takahisa Oguchi Men's singles 52.79552.44952.49852.3663:30.10820
Shigeaki Ushijima Men's singles 53.3061:29.31052.41452.3184:07.34834
Goro Hayashibe
Masaki Toshiro
Doubles 48.06747.793n/a1:35.86012

Nordic combined

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-Country
PointsRankDeficitTimeRank
Yosuke Hatakeyama Sprint 116.170:3819:43.0
+1:14.0
22
Individual Gundersen 235.0101:5044:29.8
+4:45.2
32
Takashi Kitamura Individual Gundersen 192.5404:4047:17.3
+7:32.7
43
Norihito Kobayashi Sprint 103.9281:2719:36.0
+1:07.0
18
Individual Gundersen 217.0233:0242:23.1
+2:38.5
16
Daito Takahashi Sprint 107.7181:1219:31.4
+1:02.4
15
Individual Gundersen 233.5121:56did not start
Akito Watabe Sprint 115.490:4119:37.3
+1:08.3
19
Yosuke Hatakeyama
Norihito Kobayashi
Takashi Kitamura
Daito Takahashi
Team 864.250:4951:36.0
+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.

Short track speed skating

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yuka Kamino Women's 500 m 45.8482 Q47.3564did not advance14
Women's 1000 m 1:33.9593did not advance14
Women's 1500 m 2:37.8653 Qn/a2:44.0574Final B
2:29.540
7
Takafumi Nishitani Men's 500 m 43.2123did not advance15
Mika Ozawa Women's 1000 m 1:34.7152 Q1:33.33751:33.3375did not advance9
Hayato Sueyoshi Men's 1500 m 2:25.2804did not advance19
Chikage Tanaka Women's 500 m 46.3873did not advance17
Satoru Terao Men's 500 m 42.6071 Q42.4712 Q42.1203Final B
42.377
6
Men's 1000 m 1:29.0902 Q1:28.4993did not advance9
Men's 1500 m 2:37.8653 Qn/a2:44.0574Final B
2:24.875
9
Ikue Teshigawara Women's 1500 m 2:30.9774did not advance17
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 advance4:21.4134Final B
4:35.096
7

Skeleton

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2TotalRank
Masaru Inada Men's 59.6359.741:59.3718
Kazuhiro Koshi Men's 58.6559.401:58.0511
Eiko Nakayama Women's 1:01.821:02.102:03.9214

Ski jumping

AthleteEventQualifyingFirst RoundFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRank
Masahiko Harada Normal hill disqualified
Tsuyoshi Ichinohe Large hill 89.918 Q108.516 Q93.9202.425
Daiki Ito Normal hill 123.09 Q126.013 Q117.5243.518
Large hill 110.96 Q82.542did not advance42
Noriaki Kasai Normal hill 132.51 Q126.013 Q115.0241.020
Large hill 117.31 Q104.021 Q123.3227.312
Takanobu Okabe Normal hill 127.57 PQ118.024 Q111.5229.523
Large hill 122.17 PQ115.08 Q121.8236.88
Tsuyoshi Ichinohe
Daiki Ito
Noriaki Kasai
Takanobu Okabe
Team n/a426.86 Q466.3893.16

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
Men
AthleteEventQualifying Run 1Qualifying Run 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2Rank
Kazuhiro Kokubo Halfpipe 26.92331.017did not advance23
Fumiyuki Murakami Halfpipe 27.92031.116did not advance22
Takaharu Nakai Halfpipe 36.0936.88did not advance14
Domu Narita Halfpipe 31.51514.729did not advance35
Women
AthleteEventQualifying Run 1Qualifying Run 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2Rank
Chikako Fushimi Halfpipe 13.02634.86 Q(9.5)15.612
Melo Imai Halfpipe 7.2311.428did not advance34
Shiho Nakashima Halfpipe 35.55 Qn/a33.1(30.6)9
Soko Yamaoka Halfpipe 28.51435.65 Q(22.4)32.710

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.

Parallel GS
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Tomoka Takeuchi Women's parallel giant slalom 1:21.679 QFlag of Austria.svg  Guenther  (AUT) (8)
L+0.24 (+0.10+0.14)
did not advance9
Kentaro Tsuruoka Men's parallel giant slalom 1:18.1428did not advance28
Eri Yanetani Women's parallel giant slalom 1:23.2118did not advance18

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross
AthleteEventQualifying1/8 FinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Itaru Chimura Men's snowboard cross 1:22.8327 Q2 Q4did not advanceClassification 13-16
4
16
Yuka Fujimori Women's snowboard cross 1:32.4615 Qn/a2 Q4Classification 5-8
3
7

Speed skating

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Final
TimeRankTimeRank
Yusuke Imai 1000 m n/a1:10.4820
1500 m n/a1:50.5634
Joji Kato 500 m 35.5935.191:10.786
Kesato Miyazaki 5000 m n/a6:40.0321
Keiichiro Nagashima 500 m 35.6735.471:11.1413
1000 m n/a1:11.7832
Takaharu Nakajima 1000 m n/a1:11.1027
1500 m n/a1:51.6138
Yuya Oikawa 500 m 35.3535.211:10.564
Hiroyasu Shimizu 500 m 35.6635.781:11.4418
Teruhiro Sugimori 1500 m n/a1:49.5124
Takahiro Ushiyama 1000 m n/a1:11.2128
1500 m n/a1:50.5935
5000 m n/a6:51.5327
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Final
TimeRankTimeRank
Eriko Ishino 1500 m n/a2:01.8522
3000 m n/a4:11.2113
5000 m n/a7:12.4811
Nami Nemoto 1500 m n/a2:02.3429
Tomomi Okazaki 500 m 38.4638.461:16.924
1000 m n/a1:17.6316
Sayuri Osuga 500 m 38.6538.741:17.398
Hiromi Otsu 1500 m n/a2:04.7733
Eriko Seo 3000 m n/a4:16.2720
Maki Tabata 1000 m n/a1:17.6417
1500 m n/a2:00.7715
3000 m n/a4:12.3814
5000 m n/a7:18.0513
Aki Tonoike 1000 m n/a1:17.6417
Yukari Watanabe 500 m 39.4639.191:18.6515
Sayuri Yoshii 500 m 38.6838.751:17.439
1000 m n/a1:17.5815
Team Pursuit
AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
From:
Teruhiro Sugimori
Kesato Miyazaki
Takahiro Ushiyama
Men's team pursuit 4:03.838Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (1)
L3:53.88
did not advance7th place Final
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (5)
L3:50.37
8
From:
Eriko Ishino
Nami Nemoto
Hiromi Otsu
Maki Tabata
Women's team pursuit 3:08.347Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (2)
WOvertook
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (3)
L3:05.95
Bronze Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1)
LOvertaken
4

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