1992 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)

JPN

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Japan took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, with a delegation of 60 athletes in eleven disciplines, 40 of them men and 20 women. With one gold medal, two silver and four bronze medals, Japan took eleventh place in the medal table. The Olympic victory went to the Nordic combined team.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the short tracker Tsutomu Kawasaki .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Atsushi Kazama

  10 km sprint: 78th place (30: 34.7 min)

  20 km individual: 63rd place (1: 04: 32.8 h)

• Misao Kodate

  10 km sprint: 36th place (28: 07.0 min)

  20 km individual: 28th place (1: 00: 53.1 h)

Women

• Yoshiko Honda-Mikami

  7.5 km sprint: 12th place (26: 57.3 min)

  15 km individual: 35th place (57: 55.8 min)

bob

Men, twos

• Naomi Takewaki , Fuminori Tsushima (JPN-1)

  21st place (4: 07.45 min)

• Toshio Wakita , Ryoji Yamazaki (JPN-2)

  19th place (4: 06.86 min)

Men, foursome

• Toshio Wakita , Ryoji Yamazaki , Fuminori Tsushima , Naomi Takewaki (JPN-1)

  17th place (3: 57.24 min)

figure skating

Men

• Masakazu Kagiyama

  13th place (20.5)

• Mitsuhiro Murata

  23rd place (34.0)

Women

• Midori Itō

  Silver (4.0)

• Yuka Sato

  7th place (10.5)

Couples

• Rena Inoue & Tomoaki Koyama

  14th place (21.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Tōru Aoyanagi

  1500 m: 12th place (1: 57.36 min)

• Yūji Fujimoto

  1000 m: 11th place (1: 15.78 min)

• Junichi Inoue

  500 m: bronze (37.26 s)

• Toshihiko Itokawa

  5000 m: 18th place (7: 20.50 min)

  10,000 m: 13th place (14: 42.35 min)

• Toshiyuki Kuroiwa

  500 m: silver (37.18 s)

  1000 m: 9th place (1: 15.56 min)

• Yasunori Miyabe

  500 m: 5th place (37.49 s)

  1000 m: 19th place (1: 16.52 min)

• Yukinori Miyabe

  500 m: 18th place (38.12 s)

  1000 m: bronze (1: 14.92 min)

  1500 m: 9th place (1: 56.99 min)

• Kazuhiro Satō

  1500 m: 28th place (2: 00.51 min)

  5000 m: 17th place (7: 19.69 min)

  10,000 m: 5th place (14: 28.30 min)

• Keiji Shirahatato

  1500 m: 44th place (2: 05.47 min)

  5000 m: 22nd place (7: 24.95 min)

  10,000 m: 18th place (14: 47.56 min)

Women

• Yoko Fukazawa

  500 m: 24th place (42.18 s)

  1000 m: 24th place (1: 25.00 min)

• Seiko Hashimoto

  500 m: 12th place (41.32 s)

  1000 m: 5th place (1: 22.63 min)

  1500 m: bronze (2: 06.88 min)

  3000 m: 12th place (4: 32.12 min)

  5000 m: 9th place (7: 47.65 min)

• Yumi Kaeriyama

  1500 m: 19th place (2: 10.75 min)

  3000 m: 13th place (4: 33.53 min)

  5000 m: 12th place (7: 50.77 min)

• Kyoko Shimazaki

  500 m: 7th place (40.98 s)

  1000 m: 18th place (1: 24.28 min)

• Noriko Toda

  500 m: 23rd place (41.97 s)

  1000 m: 23rd place (1: 24.96 min)

• Mie Uehara

  1500 m: 11th place (2: 09.33 min)

  3000 m: 17th place (4: 37.54 min)

  5000 m: 14th place (7: 54.15 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Osamu Yamazaki

  Mogul slope: 40th place (eliminated in qualification)

Nordic combination

• Masashi Abe

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 30th place (51: 08.5 min)

• Takanori Kono

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 19th place (48: 46.3 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Gold (1: 23: 36.5 h)

• Reiichi Mikata

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 34th place (52: 09.1 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Gold (1: 23: 36.5 h)

• Kenji Ogiwara

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 7th place (46: 25.5 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Gold (1: 23: 36.5 h)

Sledding

Men, single-seaters

• Kazuhiko Takamatsu

  17th place (3: 05.800 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Atsushi Sasaki & Yuji Sasaki

  18th place (1: 35.342 min)

Short track

Men

• Yūichi Akasaka

  5000 m relay: Bronze (7: 18.18 min)

• Tatsuyoshi Ishihara

  500 m: 15th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: Bronze (7: 18.18 min)

• Toshinobu Kawai

  500 m: 23rd place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  5000 m relay: Bronze (7: 18.18 min)

• Tsutomu Kawasaki

  500 m: 16th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: Bronze (7: 18.18 min)

Women

• Mie Naito

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 44.50 min)

• Rie Sato

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 44.50 min)

• Hiromi Takeuchi

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 44.50 min)

• Nobuko Yamada

  500 m: 10th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 44.50 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Tsuyoshi Tomii

  Downhill: 25th place (1: 54.23 min)

  Super-G: race not finished

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Takuya Ishioka

  Super-G: 41st place (1: 17.81 min)

  Giant Slalom: 29th place (2: 15.92 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

  Combination: 9th place (51.83)

• Kiminobu Kimura

  Super-G: 33rd place (1: 17.06 min)

  Giant Slalom: 21st place (2: 12.10 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

  Combination: 15th place (64.14)

• Tetsuya Okabe

  Slalom: 18th place (1: 49.48 min)

Women

• Emi Kawabata

  Downhill: 11th place (1: 54.52 min)

  Super-G: 31st place (1: 27.31 min)

  Giant slalom: disqualified

  Combination: 13th place (66.10)

• Sachiko Yamamoto

  Downhill: 26th place (1: 58.52 min)

  Super-G: 33rd place (1: 27.54 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

  Combination: slalom race not finished

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Hiroyuki Imai

  10 km classic: 27th place (30: 17.3 min)

  15 km pursuit: 29th place (42: 32.8 min)

  30 km classic: 32nd place (1: 29: 35.6 h)

  50 km freestyle: 25th place (2: 13: 33.0 h)

• Kazunari Sasaki

  10 km classic: 46th place (31: 31.4 min)

  15 km pursuit: 35th place (43: 08.6 min)

  30 km classic: 40th place (1: 30: 35.9 h)

  50 km freestyle: 40th place (2: 17: 20.1 h)

Women

• Fumiko Aoki

  5 km classic: 30th place (15: 33.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: 19th place (28: 44.4 min)

  15 km classic: 37th place (48: 30.2 min)

  30 km freestyle: 44th place (1: 36: 21.9 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 12th place (1: 04: 09.3 h)

• Naomi Hoshikawa

  5 km classic: 48th place (16: 13.2 min)

  10 km pursuit: 34th place (30: 10.8 min)

  15 km classic: 42nd place (49: 46.2 min)

  30 km freestyle: 42nd place (1: 35: 29.4 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 12th place (1: 04: 09.3 h)

• Yumi Inomata

  5 km classic: 54th place (16: 49.4 min)

  10 km pursuit: 47th place (31: 58.6 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 12th place (1: 04: 09.3 h)

• Miwa Ota

  5 km classic: 43rd place (16: 03.1 min)

  10 km pursuit: 43rd place (31: 17.3 min)

  15 km classic: race not finished

  30 km freestyle: 41st place (1: 35: 19.4 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 12th place (1: 04: 09.3 h)

Ski jumping

• Masahiko Harada

  Normal hill: 14th place (201.0)

  Large hill: 4th place (211.3)

  Team: 4th place (571.0)

• Jirō Kamiharako

  Normal hill: 28th place (188.8)

  Large hill: 25th place (155.5)

  Team: 4th place (571.0)

• Noriaki Kasai

  Normal hill: 31st place (187.1)

  Large hill: 26th place (154.4)

  Team: 4th place (571.0)

• Kenji Suda

  Normal hill: 39th place (184.7)

  Large hill: 17th place (168.1)

  Team: 4th place (571.0)

Web links

• Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )