Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Japan at the; 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp
in Lausanne
Competitors	72 in 14 sports
Medals	Gold 9 Silver 7 Bronze 1 Total 17
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2012; 2016; 2020;

Japan competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold		Speed skating	Boys' 500 metres	12 January
Gold	Yuma Kagiyama	Figure skating	Boys' singles	12 January
Gold		Speed skating	Boys' 1500 metres	13 January
Gold		Speed skating	Boys' mass start	16 January
Gold		Snowboarding	Girls' halfpipe	20 January
Gold		Snowboarding	Boys' halfpipe	21 January
Gold	Makoto Ito	Ice hockey	Girls' tournament	21 January
Gold		Snowboarding	Boys' big air	22 January
Gold		Snowboarding	Girls' big air	22 January
Silver		Speed skating	Girls' 1500 metres	13 January
Silver		Curling	Mixed team	16 January
Silver		Nordic combined	Girls' normal hill individual/4 km	18 January
Silver		Snowboarding	Girls' halfpipe	20 January
Silver		Snowboarding	Boys' halfpipe	21 January
Silver		Ski jumping	Mixed team normal hill	20 January
Silver		Snowboarding	Boys' big air	22 January
Bronze		Speed skating	Girls' 500 metres	12 January

Medalists in mixed NOCs events[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold		Speed skating	Mixed team sprint	15 February
Gold	Utana Yoshida Shingo Nishiyama	Figure skating	Team trophy	15 January
Silver		Speed skating	Mixed team sprint	15 February
Silver	Yuma Kagiyama	Figure skating	Team trophy	15 January
Silver		Ice hockey	Girls' 3x3 mixed tournament	15 January
Bronze		Ice hockey	Girls' 3x3 mixed tournament	15 January

Alpine skiing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Super-G	N/A	58.52	42
	Combined	58.52	42	36.02	23	1:34.54	26
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	38.54	17	40.94	10	1:19.48	11

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Super-G	N/A	1:02.38	41
	Combined	1:02.38	41	41.47	26	1:43.85	28
	Giant slalom	1:10.59	34	1:09.44	27	2:20.03	26
	Slalom	49.79	29	48.98	25	1:38.77	24

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Team	Norway (NOR) L 0–4	Did not advance			16

Biathlon[]

Boys

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	24:27.9	5 (2+3)	81
Individual	46:57.6	13 (3+5+4+1)	91
Sprint	25:35.7	7 (3+4)	90
Individual	43:19.5	8 (3+3+1+1)	81
Sprint	22:38.0	5 (1+4)	52
Individual	42:20.7	10 (2+4+2+2)	71

Girls

Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sprint	23:18.7	2 (1+1)	75
	43:44.6	7 (3+1+2+1)	78
Sprint	23:32.6	5 (3+2)	78
	40:58.3	7 (2+3+1+1)	66

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Single mixed relay	52:38.7	10+20	28
	Mixed relay	1:33:11.3	14+21	24

Cross-country skiing[]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	5 km classic	N/A

	Cross-country cross

Curling[]

Japan qualified a mixed team of four athletes.^[1]

Mixed team

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed team	Sweden (SWE) W 7 – 4	Czech Republic (CZE) W 8 – 1	United States (USA) W 8 – 2	Italy (ITA) L 6 – 7	Latvia (LAT) W 9 – 4	2 Q	Canada (CAN) W 5 – 4	New Zealand (NZL) W 8 – 4	Norway (NOR) L 4 – 5

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 48	Round of 24	Round of 12	Round of 6	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
(JPN) (FRA)	Mixed doubles	(CZE) (KOR) W 6 – 5

Figure skating[]

Two Japanese figure skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuma Kagiyama	Boys' singles	72.76	3	166.41	1	239.17
Mana Kawabe	Girls' singles	65.84	4	119.38	3	185.22	4

Couples

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shingo Nishiyama Utana Yoshida	Ice dancing	56.38	6	92.32	4	148.70	6

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	Free skate/Free dance
		Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Courage Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama (JPN) Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava (GEO) Ksenia Sinitsyna (RUS) Arlet Levandi (EST)	Team trophy	99.21 8	100.70 6	127.63 8	97.63 2	24
Team Focus Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy (RUS) / (USA) (USA) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)	Team trophy	96.39 7	91.34 3	101.84 4	157.62 8	22

Freestyle skiing[]

Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
	Boys' big air
	Boys' slopestyle
	Boys' big air
	Boys' slopestyle
	Boys' halfpipe
	Girls' big air
	Girls' halfpipe
	Girls' slopestyle
	Girls' halfpipe

Ice hockey[]

Girls' tournament[]

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group Stage			Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Girls' tournament	Czech Republic	Switzerland

Team roster

Makoto Ito

Mixed NOC 3x3 tournament[]

Boys

Girls

Luge[]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Singles	57.654	23	57.402	22	1:55.056	22

Nordic combined[]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
	Normal hill/6 km
	Normal hill/6 km
	Normal hill/4 km
	Normal hill/4 km

Short track speed skating[]

Three Japanese skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.^[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	500 m
	1000 m	1:37.849	1	1:31.554	2	1:32.308	3	1:36.969	8
	500 m
	1000 m	DNF	4	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	500 m
	1000 m	1:47.696	1	1:35.182	3	Did not advance

Skeleton[]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Boys'
	Boys'

Ski jumping[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Normal hill

Girls

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Normal hill
	Normal hill

Snowboarding[]

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Position	Position
	Boys' snowboard cross

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
	Boys' halfpipe
	Boys' halfpipe
	Boys' big air
	Boys' slopestyle
	Boys' big air
	Boys' slopestyle
	Girls' big air
	Girls' slopestyle
	Girls' halfpipe
	Girls' big air
	Girls' slopestyle
	Girls' halfpipe

Speed skating[]

Four Japanese skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships.^[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	500 m	38.31	13
	1500 m	1:52.24
	500 m	36.42
	1500 m	1:59.36	10

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	500 m	42.21	10
	1500 m	2:10.58
	500 m	41.16
	1500 m	2:17.054	9

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
	Boys' mass start	31	5:53.77	1 Q	30	6:29.72
	Boys' mass start	3	6:36.80	5 Q	1	6:49.70	10
	Girls' mass start	20	6:13.86	2 Q	4	6:51.07	5
	Girls' mass start	4	6:50.83	4 Q	0	6:57.26	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Team 3 (FIN) (JPN) (AUT) (RUS)	Mixed team sprint	2:04.10
Team 7 (BLR) (NED) (CZE) (JPN)	Mixed team sprint	2:06.80	5
Team 10 (POL) (JPN) (POL) (KOR)	Mixed team sprint	2:08.62	10
Team 16 (FIN) (POL) (GBR) (JPN)	Mixed team sprint	2:05.92

References[]

^ Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[1] Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[ISU-2235-2] "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

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