1984 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)

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Japan participated in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo with 39 athletes (32 men and 7 women) in nine sports. The Japanese team won a silver medal from the speed skater Yoshihiro Kitazawa and finished14thin the medal table.

The flag bearer was Tadayuki Takahashi , a figure skater.

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Hiroyuki Deguchi

  4 × 7.5 km relay → 15th (1: 51: 43.1 h - 16 spare rounds, 1 penalty loop)

• Shōichi Kinoshita

  4 × 7.5 km relay → 15th (1: 51: 43.1 h - 16 spare rounds, 1 penalty loop)

  10 km sprint → 30th (34: 12.2 min - 1 miss)

  20 km individual → 39. (1: 23: 49.8 min - 7 misses)

• Yoshinobu Murase

  4 × 7.5 km relay → 15th (1: 51: 43.1 h - 16 spare rounds, 1 penalty loop)

  10 km sprint → 43rd (35: 35.9 min - 3 misses)

  20 km individual → 38th (1: 23: 39.1 min - 6 misses)

• Isao Yamase

  4 × 7.5 km relay → 15th (1: 51: 43.1 h - 16 spare rounds, 1 penalty loop)

  10 km sprint → 47. (35: 57.0 min - 4 misses)

  20 km individual → 42nd (1: 25: 09.6 min - 7 misses)

bob

Two-man bobsleigh

• Japan I.

  Hiroshi Okachi and Yūji Yaku → 20. (3: 32.96 min)

• Japan II

  Yūji Funayama and Satoshi Sugawara → 27. (3: 36.13 min)

Four-man bobsleigh

• Hiroshi Okachi , Yūji Yaku , Yūji Funayama and Satoshi Sugawara → 24. (3: 28.75 min)

figure skating

• Women singles

  Masako Katō → 19.

• Men singles

  Masaru Ogawa → 14.

• Ice dance

  Noriko Satō and Tadayuki Takahashi → 17.

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Kimihiro Hamaya

  1000 m → 17. (1: 18.74 min)

  1500 m → 29. (2: 03.72 min)

• Toshiaki Imamura

  5000 m → 26. (7: 38.16 min)

  10,000 m → 23. (15: 23.37 min)

• Yoshihiro Kitazawa

  500 m → (38.30 s)

  1000 m → 31st (1: 19.95 min)

• Akira Kuroiwa

  500 m → 10. (38.70 s)

  1000 m → 9. (1: 17.49 min)

• Masahito Shinohara

  5000 m → 24. (7: 37.94 min)

  10,000 m → 26th (15: 31.70 min)

• Yasushi Suzuki

  500 m → 12. (38.92 s)

Women

• Shoko Fusano

  500 m → 22nd (43.75 s)

  1000 m → 22. (1: 28.19 min)

• Seiko Hashimoto

  500 m → 11th (42.99 s)

  1000 m → 12. (1: 26.69 min)

  1500 m → 15. (2: 12.56 min)

  3000 m → 19. (4: 53.38 min)

• Hiromi Ozawa

  500 m → 16. (43.46 s)

  1000 m → 27. (1: 29.20 min)

Sledding

• Women

  Yumiko Katō → DNF

  Hitomi Koshimizu → 18. (2: 54.376 min)

• Men

  Tsukasa Hirakawa → 24. (3: 11.764 min)

  Takashi Takagi → 20. (3: 11,135 min)

• Double

  Tsukasa Hirakawa and Takashi Takagi → 12. (1: 26.027 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Shin'ya Chiba

  Departure → 28. (+ 3.43 s)

  Giant slalom → 30. (+ 12.00 s)

• Naomine Iwaya

  Giant slalom → 25th (+ 8.51 s)

  Slalom → DNF

• Toshihiro Kaiwa

  Giant Slalom → 26. (+ 8.79 s)

  Slalom → 12. (+ 4.46 s)

• Osamu Kodama

  Giant Slalom → 27. (+ 9.03 s)

  Slalom → disqualified

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Yūsei Nakazawa

  15 km → 56. (46: 38.6 min)

  Season → 13. (2: 06: 42.5 h)

• Kazunari Sasaki

  15 km → 47. (46: 04.8 s)

  50 km → DNF

  Season → 13. (2: 06: 42.5 h)

• Satoshi Satō

  15 km → 50. (46: 25.5 min)

  50 km → 47. (2: 39: 43.1 h)

  Season → 13. (2: 06: 42.5 h)

• Hideaki Yamada

  15 km → 43rd (45: 42.3 min)

  Season → 13. (2: 06: 42.5 h)

Nordic combination

• Toshiaki Maruyama → 21. (373,465 points)
• Takahiro Tanaka → 20. (378.175 points)

Ski jumping

• Masaru Nagaoka

  Normal hill → 22nd (187.8 points)

  Large hill → 43rd (138.8 points)

• Satoru Matsuhashi

  Normal hill → 34th (177.2 points)

  Large hill → 20th (177.6 points)

• Hiroo Shima

  Normal hill → 45th (161.0 points)

  Large hill → 51st (95.9 points)

• Hirokazu Yagi

  Normal hill → 55th (133.2 points)

  Large hill → 19th (179.8 points)

Web links

• Olympic team Japan 1984 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )