1994 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)

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Japan took part in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, with a delegation of 59 athletes in eleven disciplines, including 43 men and 16 women. With a gold medal and two silver and two bronze medals, Japan placed eleventh in the medal table.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the Nordic combined athlete Reiichi Mikata .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Misao Kodate

  10 km sprint: 42nd place (31: 40.2 min)

  20 km individual: 62nd place (1: 05: 34.6 h)

Women

• Yoshiko Honda-Mikami

  7.5 km sprint: 44th place (28: 37.3 min)

  15 km individual: 54th place (1: 00: 00.5 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Toshio Wakita , Takashi Ohori (JPN-1)

  19th place (3: 34.10 min)

• Naomi Takewaki , Hiroshi Suzuki (JPN-2)

  18th place (3: 34.00 min)

Men, foursome

• Naomi Takewaki , Hiroyuki Oshima , Hiroshi Suzuki , Takashi Ohori (JPN-1)

  18th place (3: 30.67 min)

figure skating

Men

• Masakazu Kagiyama

  12th place (16.5)

• Fumihiro Oikawa

  22nd place (32.5)

Women

• Rena Inoue

  18th place (27.0)

• Yuka Sato

  5th place (8.5)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Toru Aoyanagi

  1500 m: 15th place (1: 54.85 min)

  5000 m: 24th place (6: 59.88 min)

• Manabu Horii

  500 m: bronze (36.53 s)

• Junichi Inoue

  500 m: 6th place (36.63 s)

  1000 m: 8th place (1: 13.75 min)

• Toshihiko Itokawa

  1500 m: 27th place (1: 56.67 min)

  5000 m: 6th place (6: 49.36 min)

  10,000 m: 11th place (14: 17.00 min)

• Toshiyuki Kuroiwa

  1000 m: 11th place (1: 13.95 min)

• Yasunori Miyabe

  500 m: 9th place (36.72 s)

• Yukinori Miyabe

  1000 m: 14th place (1: 14.28 min)

  1500 m: 21st place (1: 55.56 min)

• Kazuhiro Satō

  5000 m: 13th place (6: 54.83 min)

  10,000 m: 13th place (14: 18.44 min)

• Hiroyasu Shimizu

  500 m: 5th place (36.60 s)

  1000 m: 19th place (1: 15.01 min)

Women

• Seiko Hashimoto

  1000 m: 21st place (1: 22.31 min)

  1500 m: 9th place (2: 04.98 min)

  3000 m: 6th place (4: 21.07 min)

  5000 m: 8th place (7: 29.79 min)

• Shiho Kusunose

  500 m: 18th place (40.94 s)

  1000 m: 6th place (1: 20.37 min)

  1500 m: 21st place (1: 55.56 min)

• Miki Ogasawara

  3000 m: 10th place (4: 25.27 min)

  5000 m: 9th place (7: 30.47 min)

• Tomomi Okazaki

  500 m: 14th place (40.55 s)

• Kyoko Shimazaki

  500 m: 10th place (40.26 s)

  1000 m: 18th place (1: 21.96 min)

• Maki Tabata

  1500 m: 16th place (2: 06.79 min)

• Hiromi Yamamoto

  1500 m: 15th place (2: 06.54 min)

  3000 m: 7th place (4: 22.37 min)

  5000 m: Bronze (7: 19.68 min)

• Mayumi Yamamoto

  500 m: 25th place (41.20 s)

  1000 m: 27th place (1: 23.15 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Hiroshi Machii

  Jumping: 20th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Gota Miura

  Moguls: 27th place (eliminated in qualification)

Women

• Tae Satoya

  Mogul slope: 11th place (23.18)

Nordic combination

• Masashi Abe

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 10th place (43: 21.7 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Gold (1: 22: 51.8 h)

• Junichi Kogawa

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 19th place (45: 33.8 min)

• Takanori Kono

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Silver (40: 25.4 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Gold (1: 22: 51.8 h)

• Kenji Ogiwara

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 4th place (41: 16.7 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Gold (1: 22: 51.8 h)

Luge

Men

• Atsushi Sasaki

  28th place (3: 29.796 min)

• Yuji Sasaki

  25th place (3: 28.478 min)

• Kazuhiko Takamatsu

  22nd place (3: 27.103 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Atsushi Sasaki & Yuji Sasaki

  18th place (1: 40.124 min)

Short track

Men

• Yūichi Akasaka

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7:19.11 min)

• Tatsuyoshi Ishihara

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7:19.11 min)

• Satoru Terao

  500 m: 13th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 4th place (1: 33.39 min)

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7:19.11 min)

• Jun Uematsu

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

  1000 m: 18th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7:19.11 min)

Women

• Ayako Tsubaki

  500 m: 9th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 10th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Gaku Hirasawa

  Slalom: race not finished

• Takuya Ishioka

  Slalom: 19th place (2: 10.34 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Kiminobu Kimura

  Super-G: 33rd place (1: 36.38 min)

  Giant slalom: 26th place (2: 58.50 min)

  Slalom: 18th place (2: 07.97 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Tetsuya Okabe

  Slalom: race not finished

Women

• Emi Kawabata

  Downhill: 21st place (1: 38.29 min)

  Super-G: 24th place (1: 23.90 min)

  Combination: 17th place (3: 18.22 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Mitsuo Horigome

  10 km classic: 31st place (26: 36.2 min)

  15 km pursuit: 27th place (40: 47.0 min)

  30 km freestyle: 19th place (1: 17: 49.4 h)

• Hiroyuki Imai

  10 km classic: 40th place (26: 48.8 min)

  15 km pursuit: 42nd place (41: 59.8 min)

  30 km freestyle: 20th place (1: 18: 03.7 h)

  50 km classic: 28th place (2: 17: 55.2 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (1: 49: 42.1 h)

• Masaaki Kōzu

  10 km classic: 72nd place (28: 20.2 min)

  15 km pursuit: 54th place (43: 30.1 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (1: 49: 42.1 h)

• Kazunari Sasaki

  10 km classic: 25th place (26: 12.1 min)

  15 km pursuit: 18th place (39: 40.5 min)

  30 km freestyle: 39th place (1: 20: 52.1 h)

  50 km classic: 24th place (2: 16: 51.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (1: 49: 42.1 h)

• Kazutoshi Nagahama

  30 km freestyle: 48th place (1: 22: 24.9 h)

  50 km classic: 48th place (2: 22: 30.2 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (1: 49: 42.1 h)

Women

• Fumiko Aoki

  5 km classic: 26th place (15: 41.9 min)

  10 km pursuit: 16th place (30: 00.4 min)

  15 km freestyle: 11th place (43: 01.4 min)

  30 km classic: 26th place (1: 32: 22.3 h)

• Sumiko Yokoyama

  5 km classic: 50th place (16: 30.5 min)

  10 km pursuit: 36th place (32: 48.0 min)

  15 km freestyle: 36th place (46: 00.4 min)

  30 km classic: 45th place (1: 37: 14.7 h)

Ski jumping

• Masahiko Harada

  Normal hill: 55th place (125.5)

  Large hill: 13th place (199.9)

  Team: Silver (956.9)

• Noriaki Kasai

  Normal hill: 5th place (259.0)

  Large hill: 14th place (196.1)

  Team: Silver (956.9)

• Jin'ya Nishikata

  Normal hill: 8th place (253.0)

  Large hill: 8th place (218.3)

  Team: Silver (956.9)

• Takanobu Okabe

  Normal hill: 9th place (252.0)

  Large hill: 4th place (243.5)

  Team: Silver (956.9)

Web links

• Japan at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )