# 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.
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
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Slalom | 1:05.94 | 1:04.40 | 2:10.34 | 19 |
| Kiminobu Kimura | Slalom | 1:05.26 | 1:02.71 | 2:07.97 | 18 |
| Tetsuya Okabe | Slalom | 1:03.98 | DNF | DNF | – |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | 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 | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| Emi Kawabata | 1:29.00 | 56.50 | 52.72 | 3:18.22 | 17 |

## Biathlon
### 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

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | 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 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | 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
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Masaaki Kozu | 28:20.2 | 72 |
| 10 km C | Hiroyuki Imai | 26:48.8 | 40 |
| 10 km C | Mitsuo Horigome | 26:36.2 | 31 |
| 10 km C | Kazunari Sasaki | 26:12.1 | 25 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Masaaki Kozu | 43:30.1 | 54 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Hiroyuki Imai | 41:59.8 | 42 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Mitsuo Horigome | 40:47.0 | 27 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Kazunari Sasaki | 39:40.5 | 18 |
| 30 km F | Kazutoshi Nagahama | 1'22:24.9 | 48 |
| 30 km F | Kazunari Sasaki | 1'20:52.1 | 39 |
| 30 km F | Hiroyuki Imai | 1'18:03.7 | 20 |
| 30 km F | Mitsuo Horigome | 1'17:49.4 | 19 |
| 50 km C | Kazutoshi Nagahama | 2'22:30.2 | 48 |
| 50 km C | Hiroyuki Imai | 2'17:55.2 | 28 |
| 50 km C | 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 | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Hiroyuki Imai Kazutoshi Nagahama Kazunari Sasaki Masaaki Kozu | 1'49:42.1 | 14 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Sumiko Yokoyama | 16:30.5 | 50 |
| 5 km C | Fumiko Aoki | 15:41.9 | 26 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Sumiko Yokoyama | 32:48.0 | 36 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Fumiko Aoki | 30:00.4 | 16 |
| 15 km F | Sumiko Yokoyama | 46:00.4 | 36 |
| 15 km F | Fumiko Aoki | 43:01.4 | 11 |
| 30 km C | Sumiko Yokoyama | 1'37:14.7 | 45 |
| 30 km C | Fumiko Aoki | 1'32:22.3 | 26 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

## Figure skating
### 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
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Gota Miura | Moguls | 26.49 | 20.15 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hiroshi Machii | Aerials | | 153.53 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Tae Satoya | Moguls | 30.42 | 23.32 | 10 Q | 30.06 | 23.18 | 11 |

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | 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 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Atsushi Sasaki Yuji Sasaki | 50.782 | 18 | 49.342 | 15 | 1:40.124 | 18 |

## Nordic combined

Men's individual
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Masashi Abe | Individual | 207.0 | 14 | 43:21.7 | 10 |
| Junichi Kogawa | Individual | 220.5 | 8 | 45:33.8 | 19 |
| Kenji Ogiwara | Individual | 231.0 | 6 | 41:16.7 | 4 |
| Takanori Kono | Individual | 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 | Ski jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Takanori Kono Kenji Ogiwara Masashi Abe | 733.5 | 1 | 1'22:51.8 | |

## Short track speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Jun Uematsu | 500 m | 44.50 | 2 Q | 44.20 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Satoru Terao | 500 m | 44.88 | 2 Q | 44.27 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | 1000 m | 1:32.67 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Ayako Tsubaki | 500 m | 48.49 | 1 Q | 47.51 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ayako Tsubaki | 1000 m | 1:39.31 | 1 Q | 1:39.12 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Masahiko Harada | Normal hill | 92.0 | 120.5 | 54.5 | 5.0 | 125.5 | 55 |
| Takanobu Okabe | Normal hill | 95.0 | 125.5 | 95.5 | 126.5 | 252.0 | 9 |
| Jinya Nishikata | Normal hill | 99.0 | 130.0 | 94.0 | 123.0 | 253.0 | 8 |
| Noriaki Kasai | Normal hill | 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 | Large hill | 117.0 | 110.6 | 128.0 | 132.9 | 243.5 | 4 |
| Jinya Nishikata | Large hill | 123.5 | 120.8 | 110.0 | 97.5 | 218.3 | 8 |
| Masahiko Harada | Large hill | 122.0 | 121.1 | 101.0 | 78.8 | 199.9 | 13 |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
| Takanobu Okabe Jinya Nishikata Noriaki Kasai Masahiko Harada | 956.9 | |
    $^1$ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Yasunori Miyabe | 36.72 | 9 |
| 500 m | Junichi Inoue | 36.63 | 6 |
| 500 m | Hiroyasu Shimizu | 36.60 | 5 |
| 500 m | Manabu Horii | 36.53 | |
| 1000 m | Hiroyasu Shimizu | 1:15.01 | 19 |
| 1000 m | Yukinori Miyabe | 1:14.28 | 14 |
| 1000 m | Toshiyuki Kuroiwa | 1:13.95 | 11 |
| 1000 m | Junichi Inoue | 1:13.75 | 8 |
| 1500 m | Toshihiko Itokawa | 1:56.67 | 27 |
| 1500 m | Yukinori Miyabe | 1:55.56 | 21 |
| 1500 m | Toru Aoyanagi | 1:54.85 | 15 |
| 5000 m | Toru Aoyanagi | 6:59.88 | 24 |
| 5000 m | Kazuhiro Sato | 6:54.83 | 13 |
| 5000 m | Toshihiko Itokawa | 6:49.36 | 6 |
| 10,000 m | Kazuhiro Sato | 14:18.44 | 13 |
| 10,000 m | Toshihiko Itokawa | 14:17.00 | 11 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Mayumi Yamamoto | 41.20 | 25 |
| 500 m | Shiho Kusunose | 40.94 | 18 |
| 500 m | Tomomi Okazaki | 40.55 | 14 |
| 500 m | Kyoko Shimazaki | 40.26 | 10 |
| 1000 m | Mayumi Yamamoto | 1:23.15 | 27 |
| 1000 m | Seiko Hashimoto | 1:22.31 | 21 |
| 1000 m | Kyoko Shimazaki | 1:21.96 | 18 |
| 1000 m | Shiho Kusunose | 1:20.37 | 6 |
| 1500 m | Maki Tabata | 2:06.79 | 16 |
| 1500 m | Hiromi Yamamoto | 2:06.54 | 15 |
| 1500 m | Shiho Kusunose | 2:06.20 | 13 |
| 1500 m | Seiko Hashimoto | 2:04.98 | 9 |
| 3000 m | Miki Ogasawara | 4:25.27 | 10 |
| 3000 m | Hiromi Yamamoto | 4:22.37 | 7 |
| 3000 m | Seiko Hashimoto | 4:21.07 | 6 |
| 5000 m | Miki Ogasawara | 7:30.47 | 9 |
| 5000 m | Seiko Hashimoto | 7:29.79 | 8 |
| 5000 m | Hiromi Yamamoto | 7:19.68 | |