Japan at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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Japan at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.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 12th to February 27th, 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 closing ceremony.

Medalists[]

Alpine skiing[]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Kiminobu Kimura 1:41.73 51.45 DNF DNF –
Takuya Ishioka 1:40.55 DNF – DNF –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Emi Kawabata 1:29.00 56.50 52.72 3:18.22 17

Biathlon[]

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Misao Kodate 3 31:40.2 42
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Misao Kodate 58:34.6 7 1'05:34.6 62
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Yoshiko Honda-Mikami 2 28:37.3 44
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Yoshiko Honda-Mikami 54:00.5 6 1'00:00.5 54
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh[]

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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
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

Cross-country skiing[]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Hiroyuki Imai
Kazutoshi Nagahama
Kazunari Sasaki
Masaaki Kozu 		1'49:42.1 14
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating[]

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Fumihiro Oikawa 21 22 32.5 22
Masakazu Kagiyama 11 11 16.5 12
Women
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Rena Inoue 19 18 27.0 18
Yuka Sato 7 5 8.5 5

Freestyle skiing[]

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
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
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Tae Satoya Moguls 30.42 23.32 10 Q 30.06 23.18 11

Luge[]

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Atsushi Sasaki
Yuji Sasaki 		50.782 18 49.342 15 1:40.124 18

Nordic combined[]

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Takanori Kono
Kenji Ogiwara
Masashi Abe 		733.5 1 1'22:51.8 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Short track speed skating[]

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
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
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
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

Ski jumping[]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Takanobu Okabe
Jinya Nishikata
Noriaki Kasai
Masahiko Harada 		956.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Speed skating[]

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Yasunori Miyabe 36.72 9
Junichi Inoue 36.63 6
Hiroyasu Shimizu 36.60 5
Manabu Horii 36.53 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
Women
Event Athlete Race
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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