1932 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)

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Japan participated in the III. 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid with a delegation of 16 athletes in five disciplines, all men. Japan was the only participating nation from Asia. None of the athletes managed to win a medal. The best result was achieved by ski jumper Goro Adachi with eighth place.

Participants by sport

figure skating

Men

• Ryuichi Obitani

  12th place (1856.7)

• Kazuyoshi Oimatsu

  9th place (1978.6)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Yasuo Kawamura

  500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  5000 m: race not finished

  10,000 m: race not finished

• Shozo Ishihara

  500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  5000 m: race not finished

  10,000 m: race not finished

• Tokuo Kitani

  500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  5000 m: race not finished

  10,000 m: race not finished

• Tomeju Uruma

  500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  5000 m: race not finished

  10,000 m: race not finished

Nordic combination

• Heigoro Kuriyagawa

  Individual: 20th place (332.80)

• Takemitsu Tsubokawa

  Individual: 15th place (358.90)

• Katsumi Yamada

  Singles: 32nd place (222.20)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Iwao Ageishi

  50 km: 17th place (5:19:31 h)

• Takeo Hoshina

  18 km: 17th place (1:35:47 h)

• Saburo Iwasaki

  18 km: 37th place (1:44:07 h)

  50 km: 18th place (5:21:40 h)

• Heigoro Kuriyagawa

  18 km: 12th place (1:31:34 h)

  50 km: race not finished

• Kinzo Taniguchi

  50 km: not finished

• Takemitsu Tsubokawa

  18 km: 15th place (1:33:15 h)

Ski jumping

• Goro Adachi

  Normal hill: 8th place (210.7)

• Mitsutake Makita

  Normal hill: 28th place (134.2)

• Yoichi Takata

  Normal hill: 31st place (91.1)

• Katsumi Yamada

  Normal hill: 32nd place (70.0)

Web links

• Japan at the 1932 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )