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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MedalNameSportEventDate
10 February
11 February
15 February



17 February
21 February
11 February
14 February
15 February
15 February
21 February
Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Ski jumping2114
Speed skating1023
Short track speed skating1012
Freestyle skiing1001
Total51410

Competitors

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

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Alpine skiing6 4 10
Biathlon4 4 8
Bobsleigh9 9
Cross-country skiing5 6 11
Curling5 5 10
Figure skating4 3 7
Freestyle skiing5 2 7
Ice hockey22 20 42
Luge3 3 6
Nordic combined5 5
Short track speed skating6 5 11
Ski jumping5 5
Snowboarding4 3 7
Speed skating9 9 18
Total 92 64 156

Alpine skiing

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

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Yasuyuki TakishitaDownhillDNF -
Tsuyoshi Tomii1:52.6217
Yasuyuki TakishitaSuper-G1:38.3927
Tsuyoshi Tomii1:37.8624
Kentaro MinagawaGiant slalomDNF - DNF -
Takuya Ishioka1:26.161:23.352:49.5129
Kiminobu Kimura1:25.021:21.332:46.3525
Kentaro MinagawaSlalomDNF - DNF -
Takuya Ishioka58.8556.841:55.6921
Gaku Hirasawa57.7457.501:55.2420
Kiminobu Kimura56.5355.621:52.1513

Men's combined

Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Kumiko KashiwagiSuper-G1:21.8936
Noriyo HiroiGiant slalomDNF - DNF -
Kumiko Kashiwagi1:26.331:35.583:01.9127
Junko Yamakawa1:24.931:39.023:03.9529
Kazuko Ikeda1:23.061:37.653:00.7125
Noriyo HiroiSlalomDSQ - DSQ -
Kumiko Kashiwagi49.6350.831:40.4624
Junko Yamakawa48.7649.341:38.1020
Kazuko Ikeda47.8849.411:37.2917

Women's combined

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km SprintAtsushi Kazama631:41.261
Shuichi Sekiya330:33.443
Kyoji Suga229:19.418
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 kmAtsushi Kazama58:23.541'02:23.545
Hironao Meguro58:38.221'00:38.228
Kyoji Suga57:15.6259:15.614
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km SprintMie Takeda628:10.161
Ryoko Takahashi526:34.255
Hiromi Seino-Suga426:13.553
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 kmHiromi Seino-Suga54:21.971'01:21.937
Mami Shindo-Horma55:59.3459:59.329
Ryoko Takahashi53:17.4356:17.46
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.

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
JPN-1Naomi Takewaki
Hiroaki Ohishi
Two-man55.311755.242055.202054.96163:40.7117
JPN-2Hiroshi Suzuki
Masanori Inoue
Two-man55.472055.101655.191955.04193:40.8019
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
JPN-1Naomi Takewaki
Hiroaki Ohishi
Takashi Ohori
Masanori Inoue
Four-man53.731453.871853.95152:41.5515
JPN-2Toshio Wakita
Yasuo Nakamura
Toshiya Onoda
Shinji Aoto
Four-man54.021953.661154.28162:41.9616

Cross-country skiing

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

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km
C
Mitsuo Horigome29:44.836
Katsuhito Ebisawa29:30.034
Masaaki Kozu29:23.129
Hiroyuki Imai28:51.519
15 km
pursuit1
F
Hiroyuki Imai43:31.028
Masaaki Kozu42:59.924
Mitsuo Horigome42:47.122
Katsuhito Ebisawa42:46.021
30 km
C
Masaaki Kozu1'48:15.356
Kazutoshi Nagahama1'42:58.742
Katsuhito Ebisawa1'40:48.027
Hiroyuki Imai1'40:40.924
50 km
F
Katsuhito Ebisawa2'18:52.539
Kazutoshi Nagahama2'17:24.433
Mitsuo Horigome2'17:09.232
Hiroyuki Imai2'16:49.530

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km
C
Kumiko Yokoyama19:34.550
Tomomi Otaka19:28.846
Fumiko Aoki19:04.831
Sumiko Yokoyama18:55.125
10 km
pursuit2
F
Tomomi Otaka33:21.948
Kumiko Yokoyama33:07.046
Fumiko Aoki31:50.129
Sumiko Yokoyama31:04.225
15 km
C
Emiko Sato54:11.154
Fumiko Aoki51:53.737
Kumiko Yokoyama51:48.734
Sumiko Yokoyama50:55.324
30 km
F
Kumiko Yokoyama1'33:19.739
Midori Furusawa1'33:16.238
Sumiko Yokoyama1'32:04.332

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 SkipWL
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 SkipWL
6 1
6 1
5 2
4 3
5th 2 5
2 5
2 5
1 6

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Contestants

Figure skating

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

Men
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Yamato Tamura151724.517
Takeshi Honda181221.015
Women
Pairs
Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

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

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Takehiro SakamotoMoguls38.078.6830did not advance
Yugo Tsukita25.9023.8118did not advance
Daigo Hara29.4224.0416 Q31.2712.1315
Gota Miura28.9724.1415 Q28.1123.0613
Kazuaki AndoAerials135.1223did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Aiko UemuraMoguls36.1621.8213 Q33.0823.797
Tae Satoya34.7322.2911 Q32.1025.06

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.

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Consolation round

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.

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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
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eriko Yamada53.4942653.0152551.5951451.319153:29.42321
Yumie Kobayashi52.8292353.0252652.1982252.718263:30.77025
Shino Yanagisawa52.7622252.7062452.2432452.123233:29.83423

Nordic combined

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

Men's individual

Events:

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-country
time
Total
rank
PointsRank
Satoshi MoriIndividual195.03448:29.038
Kenji Ogiwara226.0942:42.24
Junichi Kogawa232.0445:36.823
Tsugiharu Ogiwara232.5342:46.46

Men's team

Four participants per team.

Events:

Short track speed skating

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

Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Satoru Terao500 m42.9481 Q1:05.4704did not advance
Hitoshi Uematsu43.4282 Q43.6572 Q43.6971 QA43.713
Takafumi Nishitani43.3482 Q42.9802 Q42.756 OR1 Q42.862
Satoru Terao1000 m1:35.3232 Q1:29.398 OR1 Q1:32.6365did not advance
Naoya Tamura1:31.1681 Q1:29.5091 Q1:42.9084 QB1:32.9275
Hitoshi Uematsu1:30.4661 QDSQ - did not advance
Satoru Terao
Naoya Tamura
Takehiro Kodera
Yugo Shinohara
5000 m relay7:17.2234 QB7:01.660 OR5
Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Chikage Tanaka500 m46.7861 Q56.7983 ADV46.4975did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara47.3541 Q52.6933 ADV45.7363 QB46.8896
Ayako Tsubaki46.9504did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara1000 m1:35.9641 Q1:38.4462 Q1:35.2663 QB1:37.6935
Sachi Ozawa1:35.2752 Q1:37.4933did not advance
Chikage Tanaka1:39.8222 Q1:36.5704did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara
Chikage Tanaka
Nobuko Yamada
Sachi Ozawa
3000 m relay4:24.0871 QA4:30.6124

Ski jumping

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

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRank
Hiroya SaitoNormal hill86.5110.57 Q83.0103.0213.59
Noriaki Kasai87.5113.55 Q84.5108.0221.57
Kazuyoshi Funaki87.5114.04 Q90.5119.5233.5
Masahiko Harada91.5121.01 Q84.5107.5228.55
Hiroya SaitoLarge hill100.079.547did not advance
Masahiko Harada120.0117.06 Q136.0141.3258.3
Kazuyoshi Funaki126.0129.84 Q132.5142.5272.3
Takanobu Okabe130.0134.02 Q119.5116.1250.16
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
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Takamasa Imai24.43524.428did not advance
Takashi Nishida32.22833.420did not advance
Makoto Takagaki34.62032.222did not advance
Shinichi Watanabe35.71529.126did not advance
Women's giant slalom
Women's halfpipe
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Kaori Takeyama23.52322.718did not advance
Yuri Yoshikawa25.62024.916did not advance

Speed skating

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

Men
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 mHiroaki Yamakage36.611936.301072.9115
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa36.371236.602472.9716
Manabu Horii36.371236.411572.7813
Hiroyasu Shimizu35.76135.59 OR171.35
1000 mHiroyuki Noake1:12.6825
Manabu Horii1:12.4017
Yusuke Imai1:11.9611
Hiroyasu Shimizu1:11.00
1500 mKeiji Shirahata1:52.2321
Yusuke Imai1:51.7016
Toru Aoyanagi1:50.688
Hiroyuki Noake1:50.497
5000 mHiroyuki Noake6:51.3525
Takahiro Nozaki6:42.3017
Keiji Shirahata6:36.717
10,000 mKeiji Shirahata13:57.4514
Women
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 mShiho Kusunose39.561439.24878.8012
Eriko Sanmiya39.251239.31978.5611
Kyoko Shimazaki38.75438.93577.685
Tomomi Okazaki38.55338.55377.10
1000 mKyoko Shimazaki1:20.4922
Shiho Kusunose1:18.8211
Eriko Sanmiya1:18.368
Tomomi Okazaki1:18.277
1500 mShiho Kusunose2:04.3823
Mie Uehara2:03.3721
Aki Tonoike2:02.8416
Chiharu Nozaki2:02.7815
3000 mNoriko Munekata4:20.7218
Chiharu Nozaki4:19.6017
Mie Uehara4:17.9214
5000 mNami Nemoto7:36.7715
Mie Uehara7:21.7211

References

Notes and References

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