Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	JPN
Nocname:	Japanese Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1998
Website:
Location:	Nagano
Competitors:	156 (92 men, 64 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Hiroyasu Shimizu (speed skating)
Rank:	7
Gold:	5
Silver:	1
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1928

Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				10 February
				11 February
				15 February
				17 February
				21 February
				11 February
				14 February
				15 February
				15 February
				21 February

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9	Total
Ski jumping	2	1	1	4
Speed skating	1	0	2	3
Short track speed skating	1	0	1	2
Freestyle skiing	1	0	0	1
Total	5	1	4	10

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	6	4	10
Biathlon	4	4	8
Bobsleigh	9	–	9
Cross-country skiing	5	6	11
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	4	3	7
Freestyle skiing	5	2	7
Ice hockey	22	20	42
Luge	3	3	6
Nordic combined	5	–	5
Short track speed skating	6	5	11
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Snowboarding	4	3	7
Speed skating	9	9	18
Total	92	64	156

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Yasuyuki Takishita	Downhill			DNF	-
Tsuyoshi Tomii	Downhill			1:52.62	17
Yasuyuki Takishita	Super-G			1:38.39	27
Tsuyoshi Tomii	Super-G			1:37.86	24
Kentaro Minagawa	Giant slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Takuya Ishioka		1:26.16	1:23.35	2:49.51	29
Kiminobu Kimura		1:25.02	1:21.33	2:46.35	25
Kentaro Minagawa	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Takuya Ishioka		58.85	56.84	1:55.69	21
Gaku Hirasawa		57.74	57.50	1:55.24	20
Kiminobu Kimura		56.53	55.62	1:52.15	13

Men's combined

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kumiko Kashiwagi	Super-G			1:21.89	36
Noriyo Hiroi	Giant slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Kumiko Kashiwagi		1:26.33	1:35.58	3:01.91	27
Junko Yamakawa		1:24.93	1:39.02	3:03.95	29
Kazuko Ikeda		1:23.06	1:37.65	3:00.71	25
Noriyo Hiroi	Slalom	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Kumiko Kashiwagi		49.63	50.83	1:40.46	24
Junko Yamakawa		48.76	49.34	1:38.10	20
Kazuko Ikeda		47.88	49.41	1:37.29	17

Women's combined

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Atsushi Kazama	6	31:41.2	61
	Shuichi Sekiya	3	30:33.4	43
	Kyoji Suga	2	29:19.4	18

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Atsushi Kazama	58:23.5	4	1'02:23.5	45
	Hironao Meguro	58:38.2	2	1'00:38.2	28
	Kyoji Suga	57:15.6	2	59:15.6	14

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Mie Takeda	6	28:10.1	61
	Ryoko Takahashi	5	26:34.2	55
	Hiromi Seino-Suga	4	26:13.5	53

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Hiromi Seino-Suga	54:21.9	7	1'01:21.9	37
	Mami Shindo-Horma	55:59.3	4	59:59.3	29
	Ryoko Takahashi	53:17.4	3	56:17.4	6

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
JPN-1	Naomi Takewaki Hiroaki Ohishi	Two-man	55.31	17	55.24	20	55.20	20	54.96	16	3:40.71	17
JPN-2	Hiroshi Suzuki Masanori Inoue	Two-man	55.47	20	55.10	16	55.19	19	55.04	19	3:40.80	19

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
JPN-1	Naomi Takewaki Hiroaki Ohishi Takashi Ohori Masanori Inoue	Four-man	53.73	14	53.87	18	53.95	15	2:41.55	15
JPN-2	Toshio Wakita Yasuo Nakamura Toshiya Onoda Shinji Aoto	Four-man	54.02	19	53.66	11	54.28	16	2:41.96	16

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Mitsuo Horigome	29:44.8	36
	Katsuhito Ebisawa	29:30.0	34
	Masaaki Kozu	29:23.1	29
	Hiroyuki Imai	28:51.5	19
15 km pursuit¹ F	Hiroyuki Imai	43:31.0	28
	Masaaki Kozu	42:59.9	24
	Mitsuo Horigome	42:47.1	22
	Katsuhito Ebisawa	42:46.0	21
30 km C	Masaaki Kozu	1'48:15.3	56
	Kazutoshi Nagahama	1'42:58.7	42
	Katsuhito Ebisawa	1'40:48.0	27
	Hiroyuki Imai	1'40:40.9	24
50 km F	Katsuhito Ebisawa	2'18:52.5	39
	Kazutoshi Nagahama	2'17:24.4	33
	Mitsuo Horigome	2'17:09.2	32
	Hiroyuki Imai	2'16:49.5	30

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Kumiko Yokoyama	19:34.5	50
	Tomomi Otaka	19:28.8	46
	Fumiko Aoki	19:04.8	31
	Sumiko Yokoyama	18:55.1	25
10 km pursuit² F	Tomomi Otaka	33:21.9	48
	Kumiko Yokoyama	33:07.0	46
	Fumiko Aoki	31:50.1	29
	Sumiko Yokoyama	31:04.2	25
15 km C	Emiko Sato	54:11.1	54
	Fumiko Aoki	51:53.7	37
	Kumiko Yokoyama	51:48.7	34
	Sumiko Yokoyama	50:55.3	24
30 km F	Kumiko Yokoyama	1'33:19.7	39
	Midori Furusawa	1'33:16.2	38
	Sumiko Yokoyama	1'32:04.3	32

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	W	L
	6	1
	5	2
	5	2
	3	4
5th	3	4
	3	4
	2	5
	1	6

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Contestants

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	W	L
	6	1
	6	1
	5	2
	4	3
5th	2	5
	2	5
	2	5
	1	6

Contestants

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Yamato Tamura	15	17	24.5	17
Takeshi Honda	18	12	21.0	15

Women

Pairs

Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Takehiro Sakamoto	Moguls	38.07	8.68	30	did not advance
Yugo Tsukita		25.90	23.81	18	did not advance
Daigo Hara		29.42	24.04	16 Q	31.27	12.13	15
Gota Miura		28.97	24.14	15 Q	28.11	23.06	13
Kazuaki Ando	Aerials		135.12	23	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Aiko Uemura	Moguls	36.16	21.82	13 Q	33.08	23.79	7
Tae Satoya	Moguls	34.73	22.29	11 Q	32.10	25.06

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Preliminary round

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

width=165	Team	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40
	3	2	0	1	14	4	+10	5
	3	2	1	0	7	9	-2	4
	3	1	2	0	5	8	-3	2
	3	0	2	1	5	10	-5	1

Consolation round

Team roster

Akihito Sugisawa

Shin Yahata

Tsutsumi Otomo

Matt Kabayama

Ryan Kuwabara

Ryan Fujita

Atsuo Kudo

Toshiyuki Sakai

Takeshi Yamanaka

Hiroyuki Miura

Yuji Iga

Dusty Imoo

Shinichi Iwasaki

Tatsuki Katayama

Makato Kawahira

Takayuki Kobori

Kunihiko Sakurai

Takayuki Miura

Steve Tsujiura

Chris Yule

Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

Group stage

The first four teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

width=165	Team	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	width=40	width=40	width=40
	5	5	0	0	33	7	10
	5	4	1	0	28	12	8
	5	3	2	0	27	10	6
	5	2	3	0	10	15	4
	5	1	4	0	10	21	2
6th	5	0	5	0	2	45	0

	Contestants Miharu Araki Shiho Fujiwara Akiko Hatanaka Mitsuko Igarashi Yoko Kondo Akiko Naka Maiko Obikawa Yuka Oda Yukari Ohno Chie Sakuma Ayumi Sato Masako Sato Rie Sato Satomi Ono Yukio Satomi Aki Sudo Yuki Togawa Aki Tsuchida Haruka Watanabe Naho Yoshimi

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

(Men's) Doubles

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eriko Yamada	53.494	26	53.015	25	51.595	14	51.319	15	3:29.423	21
Yumie Kobayashi	52.829	23	53.025	26	52.198	22	52.718	26	3:30.770	25
Shino Yanagisawa	52.762	22	52.706	24	52.243	24	52.123	23	3:29.834	23

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Satoshi Mori	Individual	195.0	34	48:29.0	38
Kenji Ogiwara		226.0	9	42:42.2	4
Junichi Kogawa		232.0	4	45:36.8	23
Tsugiharu Ogiwara		232.5	3	42:46.4	6

Men's team

Four participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
5 km cross-country skiing

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Satoru Terao	500 m	42.948	1 Q	1:05.470	4	did not advance
Hitoshi Uematsu		43.428	2 Q	43.657	2 Q	43.697	1 QA	43.713
Takafumi Nishitani		43.348	2 Q	42.980	2 Q	42.756 OR	1 Q	42.862
Satoru Terao	1000 m	1:35.323	2 Q	1:29.398 OR	1 Q	1:32.636	5	did not advance
Naoya Tamura		1:31.168	1 Q	1:29.509	1 Q	1:42.908	4 QB	1:32.927	5
Hitoshi Uematsu		1:30.466	1 Q	DSQ	-	did not advance
Satoru Terao Naoya Tamura Takehiro Kodera Yugo Shinohara	5000 m relay		7:17.223	4 QB	7:01.660 OR	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Chikage Tanaka	500 m	46.786	1 Q	56.798	3 ADV	46.497	5	did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara		47.354	1 Q	52.693	3 ADV	45.736	3 QB	46.889	6
Ayako Tsubaki		46.950	4	did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara	1000 m	1:35.964	1 Q	1:38.446	2 Q	1:35.266	3 QB	1:37.693	5
Sachi Ozawa		1:35.275	2 Q	1:37.493	3	did not advance
Chikage Tanaka		1:39.822	2 Q	1:36.570	4	did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara Chikage Tanaka Nobuko Yamada Sachi Ozawa	3000 m relay		4:24.087	1 QA	4:30.612	4

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Hiroya Saito	Normal hill	86.5	110.5	7 Q	83.0	103.0	213.5	9
Noriaki Kasai		87.5	113.5	5 Q	84.5	108.0	221.5	7
Kazuyoshi Funaki		87.5	114.0	4 Q	90.5	119.5	233.5
Masahiko Harada		91.5	121.0	1 Q	84.5	107.5	228.5	5
Hiroya Saito	Large hill	100.0	79.5	47	did not advance
Masahiko Harada		120.0	117.0	6 Q	136.0	141.3	258.3
Kazuyoshi Funaki		126.0	129.8	4 Q	132.5	142.5	272.3
Takanobu Okabe		130.0	134.0	2 Q	119.5	116.1	250.1	6

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Takamasa Imai	24.4	35	24.4	28	did not advance
Takashi Nishida	32.2	28	33.4	20	did not advance
Makoto Takagaki	34.6	20	32.2	22	did not advance
Shinichi Watanabe	35.7	15	29.1	26	did not advance

Women's giant slalom

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kaori Takeyama	23.5	23	22.7	18	did not advance
Yuri Yoshikawa	25.6	20	24.9	16	did not advance

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Hiroaki Yamakage	36.61	19	36.30	10	72.91	15
	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	36.37	12	36.60	24	72.97	16
	Manabu Horii	36.37	12	36.41	15	72.78	13
	Hiroyasu Shimizu	35.76	1	35.59 OR	1	71.35
1000 m	Hiroyuki Noake					1:12.68	25
	Manabu Horii					1:12.40	17
	Yusuke Imai					1:11.96	11
	Hiroyasu Shimizu					1:11.00
1500 m	Keiji Shirahata					1:52.23	21
	Yusuke Imai					1:51.70	16
	Toru Aoyanagi					1:50.68	8
	Hiroyuki Noake					1:50.49	7
5000 m	Hiroyuki Noake					6:51.35	25
	Takahiro Nozaki					6:42.30	17
	Keiji Shirahata					6:36.71	7
10,000 m	Keiji Shirahata					13:57.45	14

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Shiho Kusunose	39.56	14	39.24	8	78.80	12
	Eriko Sanmiya	39.25	12	39.31	9	78.56	11
	Kyoko Shimazaki	38.75	4	38.93	5	77.68	5
	Tomomi Okazaki	38.55	3	38.55	3	77.10
1000 m	Kyoko Shimazaki					1:20.49	22
	Shiho Kusunose					1:18.82	11
	Eriko Sanmiya					1:18.36	8
	Tomomi Okazaki					1:18.27	7
1500 m	Shiho Kusunose					2:04.38	23
	Mie Uehara					2:03.37	21
	Aki Tonoike					2:02.84	16
	Chiharu Nozaki					2:02.78	15
3000 m	Noriko Munekata					4:20.72	18
	Chiharu Nozaki					4:19.60	17
	Mie Uehara					4:17.92	14
5000 m	Nami Nemoto					7:36.77	15
5000 m	Mie Uehara					7:21.72	11

References

Notes and References

https://www.olympedia.org/countries/JPN/editions/46 Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics