1988 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)

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Japan took part in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, with a delegation of 48 athletes in nine disciplines, 37 men and 11 women. The only medal won the speed skater Akira Kuroiwa with bronze over 500 meters.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Seiko Hashimoto .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Misao Kodate

  10 km sprint: 39th place (27: 52.6 min)

  20 km individual: 40th place (1: 03: 51.0 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 32: 52.4 h)

• Tadashi Nakamura

  10 km sprint: 44th place (28: 11.4 min)

  20 km individual: 48th place (1: 05: 01.3 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 32: 52.4 h)

• Kōichi Satō

  10 km sprint: 59th place (29: 43.1 min)

  20 km individual: 60th place (1: 10: 18.7 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 32: 52.4 h)

• Akihiro Takizawa

  10 km sprint: 63rd place (31: 38.7 min)

  20 km individual: 61st place (1: 10: 38.0 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 32: 52.4 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Takao Sakai , Naomi Takewaki (JPN-1)

  3. Run not finished

• Yuji Yaku , Toshio Wakita (JPN-2)

  20th place (4: 01.04 min)

Men, foursome

• Takao Sakai , Toshio Wakita , Yuji Yaku , Naomi Takewaki (JPN-1)

  18th place (3: 51.35 min)

figure skating

Men

• Makoto Kano

  17th place (38.0)

Women

• Midori Itō

  5th place (10.6)

• Junko Yaginuma

  14th place (29.6)

Ice dance

• Tomoko Tanaka & Hiroyuki Suzuki

  18th place (36.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Toru Aoyanagi

  1500 m: 5th place (1: 52.85 min)

  5000 m: 29th place (6: 54.70 min)

  10,000 m: 24th place (14: 34.87 min)

• Kimihiro Hamaya

  500 m: 13th place (37.38 s)

  1000 m: 13th place (1: 14.43 min)

• Yasumitsu Kanehama

  500 m: 9th place (37.25 s)

  1000 m: 9th place (1: 14.36 min)

• Akira Kuroiwa

  500 m: bronze (36.77 s)

  1000 m: 20th place (1: 15.05 min)

• Munehisa Kuroiwa

  1500 m: 16th place (1: 55.42 min)

  5000 m: 27th place (7: 01.55 min)

• Yasushi Kuroiwa

  500 m: 11th place (37.34 s)

• Yukihiro Mitani

  1000 m: 23rd place (1: 15.28 min)

• Hozumi Noriyama

  1500 m: 28th place (1: 56.84 min)

• Yoshiyuki Shimizu

  1500 m: 22nd place (1: 55.98 min)

  5000 m: 32nd place (7: 05.35 min)

  10,000 m: 28th place (14: 47.21 min)

Women

• Shoko Fusano

  500 m: 8th place (40.61 s)

  1000 m: 11th place (1: 21.47 min)

• Seiko Hashimoto

  500 m: 5th place (39.74 s)

  1000 m: 5th place (1: 19.75 min)

  1500 m: 6th place (2: 04.38 min)

  3000 m: 6th place (4: 23.29 min)

  5000 m: 6th place (7: 34.43 min)

• Natsue Seki

  1500 m: 19th place (2: 08.89 min)

  3000 m: 18th place (4: 29.77 min)

  5000 m: 19th place (7: 47.43 min)

• Noriko Toda

  500 m: 21st place (41.44 s)

  1000 m: 22nd place (1: 23.49 min)

Nordic combination

• Masashi Abe

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 31st place (386,690)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 9th place (1: 29: 26.3 min)

• Kazuoki Kodama

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 36th place (376,320)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 9th place (1: 29: 26.3 min)

• Hideki Miyazaki

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 37th place (376,240)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 9th place (1: 29: 26.3 min)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Tōru Itō

  26th place (3: 12.673 min)

• Kazuhiko Takamatsu

  18th place (3: 09.015 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Kazuhiko Takamatsu , Tsukasa Hirakawa

  14th place (1: 34.453 min)

Women

• Hitomi Koshimizu

  21st place (3: 14.126 min)

• Mina Tanaka

  18th place (3: 11.242 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Shinya Chiba

  Downhill: 11th place (2: 03.16 min)

  Super-G: 14th place (1: 43.03 min)

• Katsuhito Kumagai

  Departure: 34th place (2: 07.17 min)

  Super-G: race not finished

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Combination: 21st place (144.65)

• Chiaki Ishioka

  Giant Slalom: 31st place (2: 15.40 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Tetsuya Okabe

  Giant Slalom: 28th place (2: 14.49 min)

  Slalom: 12th place (1: 41.93 min)

Women

• Emi Kawabata

  Downhill: 14th place (1: 27.85 min)

  Super-G: 24th place (1: 22.24 min)

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: 19th place (1: 49.35 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Sachiko Yamamoto

  Departure: 23rd place (1: 30.15 min)

  Super-G: 30th place (1: 24.32 min)

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: race not finished

  Combination: 20th place (139.01)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Atsushi Egawa

  30 km classic: 37th place (1: 32: 35.4 h)

  50 km freestyle: 42nd place (2: 17: 52.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (1: 51: 10.7 h)

• Kazunari Sasaki

  15 km classic: 45th place (46: 12.6 min)

  30 km classic: 20th place (1: 29: 59.2 h)

  50 km freestyle: 32nd place (2: 13: 09.6 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (1: 51: 10.7 h)

• Masaharu Yamazaki

  15 km classic: 68th place (50: 06.8 min)

  30 km classic: 77th place (1: 43: 58.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (1: 51: 10.7 h)

• Taniyuki Yuki

  15 km classic: 52nd place (47: 08.4 min)

  30 km classic: 57th place (1: 37: 11.9 h)

  50 km freestyle: 39th place (2: 16: 24.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (1: 51: 10.7 h)

Ski jumping

• Masaru Nagaoka

  Normal hill: 25th place (181.3)

  Large hill: 48th place (146.0)

  Team: 11th place (468.0)

• Akira Sato

  Normal hill: 11th place (194.0)

  Large hill: 33rd place (170.2)

  Team: 11th place (468.0)

• Shin'ichi Tanaka

  Normal hill: 52nd place (160.1)

  Large hill: 47th place (147.3)

  Team: 11th place (468.0)

• Katsushi Tao

  Normal hill: 51st place (161.6)

  Large hill: 52nd place (138.2)

  Team: 11th place (468.0)

Web links

• Japan at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )