1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)
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Japan took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in their native Nagano with a delegation of 156 athletes in all 14 disciplines, 92 of them men and 64 women. With five gold medals, one silver medal and four bronze medals, the host achieved seventh place in the medal table. The most successful Japanese participant was the ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki , who became Olympic champion on the large hill and with the team. He also won silver on the normal hill.
The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Hiroyasu Shimizu .
Participants by sport
biathlon
Men
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Atsushi Kazama
- 10 km sprint: 61st place (31: 41.2 min)
- 20 km individual: 45th place (1: 02: 23.5 h)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 27: 55.7 h)
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Hironao Meguro
- 20 km individual: 28th place (1: 00: 38.2 h)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 27: 55.7 h)
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Shuichi Sekiya
- 10 km sprint: 43rd place (30: 33.4 min)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 27: 55.7 h)
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Kyōji Suga
- 10 km sprint: 18th place (29: 19.4 min)
- 20 km individual: 14th place (59: 15.6 min)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 27: 55.7 h)
Women
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Hiromi Suga
- 7.5 km sprint: 53rd place (26: 13.5 min)
- 15 km individual: 37th place (1: 01: 21.9 h)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 46: 23.0 h)
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Mami Shindo
- 15 km individual: 29th place (59: 59.3 min)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 46: 23.0 h)
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Ryoko Takahashi
- 7.5 km sprint: 55th place (26: 34.2 min)
- 15 km individual: 6th place (56: 17.4 min)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 46: 23.0 h)
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Mie Takeda
- 7.5 km sprint: 61st place (28: 10.1 min)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 46: 23.0 h)
bob
Men, twos
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Naomi Takewaki , Hiroaki Ohishi (JPN-1)
- 17th place (3: 40.71 min)
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Hiroshi Suzuki , Masanori Inoue (JPN-2)
- 19th place (3: 40.80 min)
Men, foursome
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Naomi Takewaki , Hiroaki Ohishi , Takashi Ohori , Masanori Inoue (JPN-1)
- 15th place (2: 41.55 min)
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Toshio Wakita , Yasuo Nakamura , Toshiya Onoda , Shinji Aoto (JPN-2)
- 16th place (2: 41.96 min)
Curling
Men
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Makoto Tsuruga (Skip), Hiroshi Satō , Yoshiyuki Ōmiya , Hirofumi Kudō , Hisaaki Nakamine
- 5th place
Women
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Mayumi Ōkutsu (Skip), Akiko Katō , Yukari Kondō , Yōko Mimura , Akemi Niwa
- 5th place
ice Hockey
Men
- 13th place
Women
- 6th place
figure skating
Men
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Takeshi Honda
- 15th place (21.0)
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Yamato Tamura
- 17th place (24.5)
Women
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Shizuka Arakawa
- 13th place (21.0)
Couples
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Marie Arai & Shin Amano
- 20th place (30.0)
Ice dance
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Aya Kawai & Hiroshi Tanaka
- 23rd place (45.6)
Speed skating
Men
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Toru Aoyanagi
- 1500 m: 8th place (1: 50.68 min)
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Manabu Horii
- 500 m: 13th place (72.78 s)
- 1000 m: 17th place (1: 12.40 min)
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Yusuke Imai
- 1000 m: 11th place (1: 11.96 min)
- 1500 m: 16th place (1: 51.70 min)
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Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
- 500 m: 16th place (72.97 s)
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Hiroyuki Noake
- 1000 m: 25th place (1: 12.68 min)
- 1500 m: 7th place (1: 50.49 min)
- 5000 m: 25th place (6: 51.35 min)
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Takahiro Nozaki
- 5000 m: 17th place (6: 42.30 min)
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Hiroyasu Shimizu
- 500 m: gold (71.35 s)
- 1000 m: bronze (1: 11.00 min)
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Keiji Shirahata
- 1500 m: 21st place (1: 52.23 min)
- 5000 m: 7th place (6: 36.71 min)
- 10,000 m: 14th place (13: 57.45 min)
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Hiroaki Yamakage
- 500 m: 15th place (72.91 s)
Women
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Shiho Kusunose
- 500 m: 12th place (78.80 s)
- 1000 m: 11th place (1: 18.82 min)
- 1500 m: 23rd place (2: 04.38 min)
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Noriko Munekata
- 3000 m: 18th place (4: 20.72 min)
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Nami Nemoto
- 5000 m: 15th place (7: 36.77 min)
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Chiharu Nozaki
- 1500 m: 15th place (2: 02.78 min)
- 3000 m: 17th place (4: 19.60 min)
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Tomomi Okazaki
- 500 m: bronze (77.10 s)
- 1000 m: 7th place (1: 18.27 min)
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Eriko Sanmiya
- 500 m: 11th place (78.56 s)
- 1000 m: 8th place (1: 18.36 min)
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Kyoko Shimazaki
- 500 m: 5th place (77.68 s)
- 1000 m: 22nd place (1: 20.49 min)
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Aki Tonoike
- 1500 m: 16th place (2: 02.84 min)
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Mie Uehara
- 1500 m: 21st place (2: 03.37 min)
- 3000 m: 14th place (4: 17.92 min)
- 5000 m: 11th place (7: 21.72 min)
Freestyle skiing
Men
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Kazuaki Ando
- Jumping: 23rd place (eliminated in qualification)
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Daigo Hara
- Mogul slope: 15th place (12.13)
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Gota Miura
- Moguls: 13th place (23.06)
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Takehiro Sakamoto
- Mogul slope: 30th place (eliminated in qualification)
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Yugo Tsukita
- Mogul slope: 18th place (eliminated in qualification)
Women
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Tae Satoya
- Moguls: Gold (25.06)
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Aiko Uemura
- Mogul slope: 7th place (23.79)
Nordic combination
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Junichi Kogawa
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 23rd place (45: 36.8 min)
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Satoshi Mori
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 38th place (48: 29.0 min)
- Team (normal hill / 5 km): 5th place (56: 18.8 min)
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Kenji Ogiwara
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 4th place (42: 42.2 min)
- Team (normal hill / 5 km): 5th place (56: 18.8 min)
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Tsugiharu Ogiwara
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 6th place (42: 46.4 min)
- Team (normal hill / 5 km): 5th place (56: 18.8 min)
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Gen Tomii
- Team (normal hill / 5 km): 5th place (56: 18.8 min)
Luge
Men, single-seaters
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Shigeaki Ushijima
- 16th place (3: 22.303 min)
Men, two-seaters
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Atsushi Sasaki & Kei Takahashi
- 14th place (1: 43.376 min)
Women
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Yumie Kobayashi
- 25th place (3: 30.770 min)
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Eriko Yamada
- 21st place (3: 29.423 min)
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Shino Yanagisawa
- 23rd place (3: 29.834 min)
Short track
Men
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Takafumi Nishitani
- 500 m: gold (42.862 s)
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Takehiro Kodera
- 5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 01.660 min, Olympic record in the B final)
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Yugo Shinohara
- 5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 01.660 min, Olympic record in the B final)
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Naoya Tamura
- 1000 m: 5th place (1: 32.927 min)
- 5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 01.660 min, Olympic record in the B final)
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Satoru Terao
- 500 m: 13th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)
- 1000 m: 9th place (eliminated in the semi-finals)
- 5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 01.660 min, Olympic record in the B final)
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Hitoshi Uematsu
- 500 m: bronze (43.713 s)
- 1000 m: 15th place (disqualified in the quarterfinals)
Women
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Sachi Ozawa
- 1000 m: 10th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)
- 3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 30.612 min)
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Chikage Tanaka
- 500 m: 9th place (eliminated in the semi-finals)
- 1000 m: 15th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)
- 3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 30.612 min)
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Ikue Teshigawara
- 500 m: 6th place (46.889 s)
- 1000 m: 5th place (1: 37.693 min)
- 3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 30.612 min)
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Ayako Tsubaki
- 500 m: 25th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)
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Nobuko Yamada
- 3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 30.612 min)
Alpine skiing
Men
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Gaku Hirasawa
- Slalom: 20th place (1: 55.24 min)
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Takuya Ishioka
- Giant Slalom: 29th place (2: 49.51 min)
- Slalom: 21st place (1: 55.69 min)
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Kiminobu Kimura
- Giant Slalom: 25th place (2: 46.35 min)
- Slalom: 13th place (1: 52.15 min)
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Kentaro Minagawa
- Giant slalom: race not finished
- Slalom: race not finished
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Yasuyuki Takishita
- Departure: race not finished
- Super-G: 27th place (1: 38.39 min)
- Combination: slalom race not finished
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Tsuyoshi Tomii
- Downhill: 17th place (1: 52.62 min)
- Super-G: 24th place (1: 37.86 min)
Women
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Kumiko Kashiwagi
- Super-G: 36th place (1: 21.89 min)
- Giant Slalom: 27th place (3: 01.91 min)
- Slalom: 24th place (1: 40.46 min)
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Noriyo Hiroi
- Giant slalom: race not finished
- Slalom: disqualified
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Kazuko Ikeda
- Giant slalom: 25th place (3: 00.71 min)
- Slalom: 17th place (1: 37.29 min)
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Junko Yamakawa
- Giant Slalom: 29th place (3: 03.95 min)
- Slalom: 20th place (1: 38.10 min)
- Combination: 16th place (2: 50.36 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Katsuhito Ebisawa
- 10 km classic: 34th place (29: 30.0 min)
- 15 km pursuit: 21st place (42: 46.0 min)
- 30 km classic: 27th place (1: 40: 48.0 h)
- 50 km freestyle: 39th place (2: 18: 52.5 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 7th place (1: 43: 06.7 h)
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Mitsuo Horigome
- 10 km classic: 36th place (29: 44.8 min)
- 15 km pursuit: 22nd place (42: 47.1 min)
- 50 km freestyle: 32nd place (2: 17: 09.2 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 7th place (1: 43: 06.7 h)
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Hiroyuki Imai
- 10 km classic: 19th place (28: 51.5 min)
- 15 km pursuit: 28th place (43: 31.0 min)
- 30 km classic: 24th place (1: 40: 40.9 h)
- 50 km freestyle: 30th place (2: 16: 49.5 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 7th place (1: 43: 06.7 h)
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Masaaki Kōzu
- 10 km classic: 29th place (29: 23.1 min)
- 15 km pursuit: 24th place (42: 59.9 min)
- 30 km classic: 56th place (1: 48: 15.3 h)
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Kazutoshi Nagahama
- 30 km classic: 42nd place (1: 42: 58.7 h)
- 50 km freestyle: 33rd place (2: 17: 24.4 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 7th place (1: 43: 06.7 h)
Women
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Fumiko Aoki
- 5 km classic: 31st place (19: 04.8 min)
- 10 km pursuit: 29th place (31: 50.1 min)
- 15 km classic: 37th place (51: 53.7 min)
- 4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (58: 22.8 min)
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Midori Furusawa
- 30 km freestyle: 38th place (1: 33: 16.2 h)
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Tomomi Ōtaka
- 5 km classic: 46th place (19: 28.8 min)
- 10 km pursuit: 48th place (33: 21.9 min)
- 4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (58: 22.8 min)
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Emiko Sato
- 15 km classic: 54th place (54: 11.1 min)
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Kumiko Yokoyama
- 5 km classic: 50th place (19: 34.5 min)
- 10 km pursuit: 46th place (33: 07.0 min)
- 15 km classic: 34th place (51: 48.7 min)
- 30 km freestyle: 39th place (1: 33: 19.7 h)
- 4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (58: 22.8 min)
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Sumiko Yokoyama
- 5 km classic: 25th place (18: 55.1 min)
- 10 km pursuit: 25th place (31: 04.2 min)
- 15 km classic: 24th place (50: 55.3 min)
- 30 km freestyle: 32nd place (1: 32: 04.3 h)
- 4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (58: 22.8 min)
Ski jumping
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Kazuyoshi Funaki
- Normal hill: Silver (233.5)
- Large hill: Gold (272.3)
- Team: Gold (933.0)
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Masahiko Harada
- Normal hill: 5th place (228.5)
- Large hill: Bronze (258.3)
- Team: Gold (933.0)
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Noriaki Kasai
- Normal hill: 7th place (221.5)
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Takanobu Okabe
- Large hill: 6th place (250.1)
- Team: Gold (933.0)
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Hiroya Saitō
- Normal hill: 9th place (213.5)
- Large hill: 47th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)
- Team: Gold (933.0)
Snowboard
Men
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Takamasa Imai
- Halfpipe: 28th place (not qualified for the final)
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Takashi Nishida
- Halfpipe: 20th place (not qualified for the final)
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Makoto Takagaki
- Halfpipe: 22nd place (not qualified for the final)
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Shin'ichi Watanabe
- Halfpipe: 26th place (not qualified for the final)
Women
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Kaori Takeyama
- Halfpipe: 18th place (not qualified for the final)
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Shinobu Ueshima
- Giant Slalom: 15th place (2: 28.05 min)
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Yuri Yoshikawa
- Halfpipe: 16th place (not qualified for the final)
Web links
- Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )