Japan at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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.

Japan at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	65 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Reiichi Mikata
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Takanori Kono Masashi Abe Kenji Ogiwara	Nordic combined	Men's team	February 24
Silver	Takanori Kono	Nordic combined	Men's individual	February 19
Silver	Jinya Nishikata Takanobu Okabe Noriaki Kasai Masahiko Harada	Ski jumping	Men's team large hill	February 22
Bronze	Manabu Horii	Speed skating	Men's 500 m	February 14
Bronze	Hiromi Yamamoto	Speed skating	Women's 5000 m	February 25

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Nordic combined	1	1	0	2
Ski jumping	0	1	0	1
Speed skating	0	0	2	2
Total	1	2	2	5

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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

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

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

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

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
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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Japan Olympic Committee database Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com