2002 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)

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Japan took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA, with a delegation of 103 athletes in 14 disciplines, 59 of them men and 44 women.

As in the previous games, Japan provided the largest delegation of all Asian participating countries. With a silver and a bronze medal, the country placed 21st in the medal table. Hiroyasu Shimizu won the silver medal in men's speed skating over 2 × 500 m, while Tae Satoya won bronze on the mogul slope in women's freestyle skiing . Satoya, who became an Olympic champion in this discipline in 1998 , was the first Japanese woman to win more than one medal at the Winter Games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Eriko Sanmiya .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Hidenori Isa

  10 km sprint: 62nd place (28: 03.6 min)

  20 km individual: 44th place (56: 52.8 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place (1: 29: 04.4 h)

• Hironao Meguro

  20 km individual: 66th place (59: 29.2 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place (1: 29: 04.4 h)

• Yukio Mochizuki

  10 km sprint: 69th place (28: 28.5 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place (1: 29: 04.4 h)

• Kyōji Suga

  10 km sprint: 41st place (27: 21.0 min)

  12.5 km pursuit: 35th place (36: 28.8 min)

  20 km individual: 20th place (54: 51.9 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place (1: 29: 04.4 h)

Women

• Hiromi Suga

  7.5 km sprint: 30th place (23: 03.5 min)

  10 km pursuit: 24th place (34: 18.8 min)

  15 km individual: 42nd place (53: 10.6 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 35: 09.8 h)

• Mami Shindo

  7.5 km sprint: 45th place (23: 36.8 min)

  10 km pursuit: 41st place (36: 28.6 min)

  15 km individual: 64th place (59: 38.6 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 35: 09.8 h)

• Ryoko Takahashi

  7.5 km sprint: 28th place (22: 58.3 min)

  10 km pursuit: 36th place (35: 20.6 min)

  15 km individual: 50th place (54: 18.0 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 35: 09.8 h)

• Tamami Tanaka

  7.5 km sprint: 29th place (23: 00.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: 23rd place (34: 07.7 min)

  15 km individual: 45th place (53: 40.4 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 35: 09.8 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Masanori Inoue , Hiroshi Suzuki (JPN-1)

  21st place (3: 13.96 min)

• Shinji Miura , Hiroaki Ohishi (JPN-2)

  29th place (3: 15.09 min)

Men, foursome

• Hiroshi Suzuki , Shinji Miura , Shinji Doigawa , Masanori Inoue (JPN-1)

  20th place (3: 11.17 min)

Curling

Women

• Akiko Katō (Skip), Yumie Hayashi , Ayumi Onodera , Kotomi Ishizaki

  8th place

figure skating

Men

• Takeshi Honda

  4th place (5.0)

• Yosuke Takeuchi

  22nd place (32.0)

Women

• Yoshie Onda

  17th place (22.5)

• Fumie Suguri

  5th place (8.5)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Kuniomi Haneishi

  500 m: 12th place (70.11 s)

• Hiroki Hirako

  5000 m: 17th place (6: 30.46 min)

• Manabu Horii

  500 m: 14th place (70.32 s)

  1000 m: 22nd place (1: 09.50 min)

• Yusuke Imai

  1000 m: 15th place (1: 08.90 min)

  1500 m: 34th place (1: 48.76 min)

• Toshihiko Itokawa

  5000 m: 12th place (6: 27.52 min)

  10,000 m: 11th place (13: 31.96 min)

• Takaharu Nakajima

  1500 m: 23rd place (1: 47.64 min)

• Hiroyuki Noake

  1000 m: 44th place (1: 49.18 min)

  1500 m: 15th place (1: 46.38 min)

• Hiroyasu Shimizu

  500 m: silver (69.26 s)

• Keiji Shirahata

  1500 m: 25th place (1: 47.78 min)

  5000 m: 13th place (6: 28.95 min)

  10,000 m: 4th place (13: 20.40 min)

• Toyoki Takeda

  500 m: 8th place (69.81 s)

  1000 m: 16th place (1: 08.95 min)

Women

• Yayoi Nagaoka

  1500 m: 24th place (1: 59.93 min)

• Nami Nemoto

  3000 m: 18th place (4: 11.92 min)

  5000 m: race not finished

• Yuri Obara

  1500 m: 29th place (2: 01.39 min)

• Tomomi Okazaki

  500 m: 6th place (75.64 s)

• Sayuri Ōsuga

  500 m: 12th place (76.42 s)

  1000 m: 18th place (1: 16.48 min)

• Eriko Sanmiya

  500 m: 11th place (76.37 s)

  1000 m: 17th place (1: 16.26 min)

• Eriko Seo

  3000 m: 19th place (4: 12.33 min)

• Maki Tabata

  1000 m: disqualified

  1500 m: 9th place (1: 56.35 min)

  3000 m: 6th place (4: 03.63 min)

  5000 m: 8th place (7: 06.32 min)

• Aki Tonoike

  1000 m: 7th place (1: 14.64 min)

  1500 m: 14th place (1: 57.97 min)

• Yukari Watanabe

  500 m: 9th place (76.20 s)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Katsuya Nakamoto

  Moguls: 26th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Taku Nakanishi

  Jumping: 20th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Teppei Noda

  Mogul slope: 30th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Kenro Shimoyama

  Mogul slope: 20th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Yugo Tsukita

  Mogul slope: 16th place (15.81)

Women

• Miyuki Hatanaka

  Mogul slope: 20th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Tae Satoya

  Moguls: bronze (24.85)

• Aiko Uemura

  Mogul slope: 6th place (24.66)

Nordic combination

• Norihito Kobayashi

  Sprint (large hill / 7.5 km): 17th place (18: 04.6 min)

• Satoshi Mori

  Sprint (large hill / 7.5 km): 22nd place (18: 25.0 min)

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 30th place (44: 40.6 min)

  Relay (normal hill / 5 km): 8th place (52: 26.5 min)

• Kenji Ogiwara

  Sprint (large hill / 7.5 km): 33rd place (18: 39.1 min)

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 11th place (41: 56.6 min)

  Relay (normal hill / 5 km): 8th place (52: 26.5 min)

• Daito Takahashi

  Sprint (large hill / 7.5 km): 6th place (17: 37.9 min)

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 12th place (42: 01.2 min)

  Relay (normal hill / 5 km): 8th place (52: 26.5 min)

• Gen Tomii

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 33rd place (45: 15.4 min)

  Relay (normal hill / 5 km): 8th place (52: 26.5 min)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Shigeaki Ushijima

  27th place (3: 02.099 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Takahisa Oguchi & Kei Takahashi

  Race not finished

Women

• Yumie Kobayashi

  25th place (2: 56.663 min)

Short track

Men

• Takehiro Kodera

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 19.893 min)

• Takafumi Nishitani

  500 m: 8th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 19.893 min)

• Yugo Shinohara

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 19.893 min)

• Naoya Tamura

  1000 m: 7th place (1: 35.823 min)

  1500 m: 29th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 19.893 min)

• Satoru Terao

  500 m: 5th place (42.219 s)

  1000 m: 12th place (disqualified in the semifinals)

  1500 m: 18th place (disqualified in the semifinals)

  5000 m relay: 5th place (7: 19.893 min)

Women

• Yuka Kamino

  500 m: 25th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  1500 m: 20th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 21.107 min)

• Atsuko Takata

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 21.107 min)

• Chikage Tanaka

  500 m: 12th place (disqualified in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 7th place (1: 35.125 min)

  1500 m: 7th place (2: 31.479 min)

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 21.107 min)

• Ikue Teshigawara

  1000 m: 17th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 21.107 min)

• Nobuko Yamada

  3000 m relay: 4th place (4: 21.107 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Kiminobu Kimura

  Giant Slalom: 37th place (2: 31.86 min)

  Slalom: 18th place (1: 48.43 min)

• Kentaro Minagawa

  Slalom: disqualified

• Akira Sasaki

  Giant Slalom: 34th place (2: 30.58 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Yasuyuki Takishita

  Downhill: 42nd place (1: 43.75 min)

  Super-G: race not finished

Women

• Noriyo Hiroi

  Giant Slalom: 29th place (2: 37.97 min)

  Slalom: 14th place (1: 51.98 min)

• Kumiko Kashiwagi

  Giant Slalom: 35th place (2: 39.55 min)

  Slalom: 16th place (1: 52.41 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Daichi Azegami

  1.5 km sprint: 38th place (3: 01.47 min)

• Katsuhito Ebisawa

  15 km classic: 50th place (41: 54.4 min)

  20 km pursuit: 49th place (55: 59.5 min)

  30 km freestyle: 42nd place (1: 17: 18.2 h)

  50 km classic: 38th place (2: 21: 05.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (1: 37: 50.5 h)

• Mitsuo Horigome

  20 km pursuit: 33rd place (53: 20.8 min)

  30 km freestyle: 48th place (1: 18: 06.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (1: 37: 50.5 h)

• Hiroyuki Imai

  15 km classic: 36th place (40: 27.1 min)

  20 km pursuit: 34th place (53: 15.4 min)

  30 km freestyle: 27th place (1: 14: 55.6 h)

  50 km classic: 6th place (2: 09: 41.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (1: 37: 50.5 h)

• Masaaki Kōzu

  1.5 km sprint: 47th place (3: 05.90 min)

  15 km classic: 19th place (39: 28.3 min)

  20 km pursuit: 24th place (52: 43.2 min)

  30 km freestyle: 30th place (1: 15: 32.4 h)

  50 km classic: 27th place (2: 17: 51.9 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (1: 37: 50.5 h)

• Hiroshi Kudo

  15 km classic: 38th place (40: 29.9 min)

  50 km classic: 41st place (2: 23: 02.3 h)

Women

• Nobuko Fukuda

  1.5 km sprint: 39th place (3: 28.38 min)

  10 km pursuit: 50th place (not qualified for the freestyle race)

  15 km freestyle: race not finished

  4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (51: 35.7 min)

• Midori Furusawa

  15 km freestyle: 42nd place (44: 41.8 min)

  30 km classic: 36th place (1: 45: 50.0 h)

• Kanoko Goto

  10 km classic: 32nd place (30: 36.6 min)

  10 km pursuit: 38th place (27: 53.5 min)

  15 km freestyle: 27th place (42: 50.4 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (51: 35.7 min)

• Madoka Natsumi

  1.5 km sprint: 12th place (3: 17.5 min)

  10 km classic: 47th place (31: 54.1 min)

  10 km pursuit: 59th place (not qualified for the freestyle race)

  30 km classic: 26th place (1: 41: 06.0 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (51: 35.7 min)

• Tomomi Ōtaka

  1.5 km sprint: 47th place (3: 34.14 min)

  10 km classic: 48th place (32: 27.9 min)

  30 km classic: 43rd place (1: 50: 00.3 h)

• Sumiko Yokoyama

  10 km classic: 31st place (30: 32.3 min)

  10 km pursuit: 27th place (27: 47.5 min)

  15 km freestyle: 22nd place (42: 16.2 min)

  30 km classic: 21st place (1: 39: 48.8 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (51: 35.7 min)

skeleton

Men

• Masaru Inada

  18th place (1: 43.98 min)

• Kazuhiro Koshi

  8th place (1: 43.02 min)

Women

• Eiko Nakayama

  12th place (1: 48.72 min)

Ski jumping

• Masahiko Harada

  Normal hill: 20th place (232.0)

  Large hill: 20th place (222.8)

  Team: 5th place (926.0)

• Kazuyoshi Funaki

  Normal hill: 9th place (243.0)

  Large hill: 7th place (245.5)

  Team: 5th place (926.0)

• Noriaki Kasai

  Normal hill: 49th place (not qualified for the 2nd final jump)

  Large hill: 41st place (not qualified for the 2nd final jump)

• Hideharu Miyahira

  Large hill: 24th place (215.4)

  Team: 5th place (926.0)

• Hiroki Yamada

  Normal hill: 33rd place (not qualified for the 2nd final jump)

  Team: 5th place (926.0)

Snowboard

Men

• Kentaro Miyawaki

  Halfpipe: 23rd place (not qualified for the final)

• Daisuke Murakami

  Halfpipe: 13th place (not qualified for the final)

• Takaharu Nakai

  Halfpipe: 5th place (40.7)

Women

• Ran Iida

  Mogul slope: 16th place (disqualified in the final)

• Tomoka Takeuchi

  Moguls: 22nd place (not qualified for the final)

• Michiyo Hashimoto

  Halfpipe: 12th place (26.6)

• Yoko Miyake

  Halfpipe: 8th place (33.7)

• Nagako Mori

  Halfpipe: 16th place (not qualified for the final)

• Yuri Yoshikawa

  Halfpipe: 14th place (not qualified for the final)

Web links

• Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nagano Games gold medalist Satoya announces retirement. In: japantimes.co.jp. The Japan Times , January 19, 2013, accessed November 4, 2017 .