Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	JPN
Nocname:	Japanese Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	94
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Tomomi Okazaki (opening) Mao Asada (closing)
Rank:	20
Gold:	0
Silver:	3
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1928

Japan participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Ninety-four athletes participated in all sports except ice hockey. Japanese athletes earned five medals at the games, including three silver and two bronze, short of the 10-medal goal set by the Japanese Olympic team prior to the event. One-hundred eleven Japanese sports officials and coaches accompanied the 94 athletes to the games, a far higher ratio of staff-to-athlete than most other participating nations.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 500 metres
			Ladies' singles
			Women's team pursuit
			Men's 500 metres
			Men's singles

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Kentaro Minagawa		DNF
Akira Sasaki		49.41	52.35	1:41.76	18

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Hidenori Isa	Men's individual	58:06.2	3+0+3+3	83
	Men's sprint	27:42.2	1+2	68
Fuyuko Suzuki	Women's individual	46:30.3	1+1+0+1	53
	Women's sprint	21:58.0	1+0	44
	Women's pursuit	36:41.9	0+0+0+1	54

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hiroshi Suzuki Ryuichi Kobayashi	Two-man	53.24	23	52.30	23	53.13	21	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	2:39.67	21
Manami Hino Konomi Asazu	Two-woman	54.64	18	54.78	19	54.65	16	54.31	15	3:38.38	16
Hiroshi Suzuki Shinji Doigawa Masaru Miyauchi Ryuichi Kobayashi	Four-man	52.09	19	54.16	21	52.53	18	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	2:38.78	21

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Nobu Naruse	Men's 15 kilometre free		36:01.6	2:25.3	49
	Men's 30 kilometre pursuit		1:22:11.1	6:59.7	39
Yuichi Onda	Men's sprint	3:38.49	11 Q	3:37.9	4	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance
Nobuko Fukuda	Women's 10 kilometre free		27:47.7	2:49.3	52
Masako Ishida	Women's 15 kilometre pursuit		42.24.3	2:26.2	20
Michiko Kashiwabara	Women's 10 kilometre free		28:32.0	3:33.6	61
Madoka Natsumi	Women's sprint	3:48.48	22 Q	3:42.6	6	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

Standings

Team

style=background-color:"#efefef"	Name	style=background-color:"#efefef"	Position
Moe Meguro	Skip
Anna Ohmiya	Third
Mari Motohashi	Second
Kotomi Ishizaki	Lead
Mayo Yamaura	Alternate

Round-robin

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 4

Draw 6

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete(s)	Event			/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nobunari Oda	Men's
Daisuke Takahashi	Men's
Takahiko Kozuka	Men's
Miki Ando	Ladies'
Mao Asada	Ladies'
	Ladies'
Cathy Reed, Chris Reed	Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sho Endo	Men's moguls	24.36	8 Q	25.38	7
Nobuyuki Nishi	Men's moguls	23.52	15 Q	25.11	9
Kai Ozaki	Men's moguls	22.07	24	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Yugo Tsukita	Men's moguls	23.80	11 Q	22.74	17
Miki Ito	Women's moguls	21.81	15 Q	21.63	12
Arisa Murata	Women's moguls	22.99	11 Q	23.22	8
Tae Satoya	Women's moguls	22.15	13 Q	12.85	19
Aiko Uemura	Women's moguls	24.31	5 Q	24.68	4

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Hiroomi Takizawa	Men's ski cross	1:15.03	26 Q	3	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	29
Noriko Fukushima	Women's ski cross	1:20.56	21 Q	3	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance	22

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Takahisa Oguchi	Men's	49.542	49.780	49.818	49.903	3:19.043	30
Madoka Harada	Women's	42.608	42.112	42.572	43.188	2:50.480	26
Aya Yasuda	Women's	align=center colspan=6	DSQ*

• = Disqualified for being over the allowed weight

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Jump distance	Jump score	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Taihei Kato	Normal hill/10 km	96.5	114.0	28	25:43.9	25	27:09.9	24
	Large hill/10 km	112.5	90.2	31	26:11.0	28	28:38.0	30
Norihito Kobayashi	Normal hill/10 km	99.0	121.0	12	25:11.0	9	26:09.0	7
	Large hill/10 km	112.0	90.5	30	26:00.1	23	28:26.1	27
Yūsuke Minato	Normal hill/10 km	align=center colspan=7	DNS
	Large hill/10 km	110.0	87.0	34	25:30.0	13	28:10.0	26
Daito Takahashi	Normal hill/10 km	98.0	199.5	13	26:21.0	33	27:25.0	27
	Large hill/10 km	align=center colspan=7	DNS
Akito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	96.5	114.5	27	25:41.0	23	27.15.0	21
	Large hill/10 km	125.0	112.5	9	25:23.7	11	26:21.7	9
Daito Takahashi Akito Watabe Norihito Kobayashi Taihei Kato	Team	518	475.9	4	50:04.8	6	50:45.8	6

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takahiro Fujimoto	500 m	42.366	4	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:26.359	4	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:16.155	3 Q	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=wheat		2:15.984	6	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Yuzo Takamido	1000 m	1:26.074	3	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:15.402	5	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=wheat		align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Junpei Yoshizawa	500 m	42.158	2 Q	41.906	4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:30.701	5 ADV	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=wheat		2:15.129	6	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ayuko Ito	1000 m	1:31.137	3	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Mika Ozawa	1000 m	1:32.577	2 Q	1:32.183	4	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
	1500 m	align=center colspan=8	DSQ
Hiroko Sadakane	1500 m	2:28.046	2 Q	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=wheat		2:24.901	4 QB	2:24.135	12
Yui Sakai	500 m	44.341	3	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Biba Sakurai	500 m	45.146	4	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:36.416	3	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:30.458	5	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Ayuko Ito Mika Ozawa Yui Sakai Biba Sakurai	3000 m relay	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		4:13.752	3 QB	4:28.745	7

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kazuhiro Koshi	Men's	54.02	54.10	53.74	53.42	3:35.28	20
Shinsuke Tayama	Men's	53.94	53.84	54.03	53.36	3:35.17	19
Nozomi Komuro	Women's	align=center colspan=6	DSQ

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Daiki Ito	Large hill	142.6	2 Q	95.6	30 Q	121.3	216.9	20
	Normal hill	134.5	5 Q	125.0	10 Q	124.5	249.5	15
Noriaki Kasai	Large hill	143.5	1 Q	105.7	21 Q	133.5	239.2	8
	Normal hill	133.5	6 Q	120.5	19 Q	124.0	244.5	17
Takanobu Okabe	Large hill	align=center colspan=7	DNS
	Normal hill	align=center colspan=7	DNS
Taku Takeuchi	Large hill	121.6	22 Q	83.9	37	align=center colspan=2	DNQ	37
	Normal hill	113.5	33 Q	110.5	34	align=center colspan=2	DNQ	34
Shōhei Tochimoto	Large hill	123.4	19 Q	73.4	45	align=center colspan=2	DNQ	45
	Normal hill	111.0	39 Q	108.5	37	align=center colspan=2	DNQ	37
Daiki Ito Taku Takeuchi Shōhei Tochimoto Noriaki Kasai	Team	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=wheat		484.7	5 Q	523.0	1007.7	5

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ryo Aono	Men's	43.1	2 QF	align=center colspan=2	Bye	32.9	9
Kazuhiro Kokubo	Men's	42.5	2 QF	align=center colspan=2	Bye	35.7	8
Kohei Kudo	Men's	37.1	7 QS	33.5	8	align=center colspan=2	DNQ
Daisuke Murakami	Men's	23.5	15	align=center colspan=4	DNQ
Shiho Nakashima	Women's	31.4	14 QS	34.9	7	align=center colspan=2	DNQ
Rana Okada	Women's	7.2	29	align=center colspan=4	DNQ
Soko Yamaoka	Women's	37.0	9 QS	30.6	10	align=center colspan=2	DNQ

Parallel Giant Slalom

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Yuki Nofuji	Men's	1:23.88	27	align=center colspan=5	DNQ
Tomoka Takeuchi	Women's	1:24.42	10 Q	Claudia Riegler L +12.68	align=center colspan=4	DNQ
Eri Yanetani	Women's	1:26.39	21	align=center colspan=5	DNQ

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Natsuko Doi	Women's	1:31.23	14 Q	3	align=center colspan=3	DNQ
Yuka Fujimori	Women's	align=center colspan=5	DNS

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shigeyuki Dejima	5000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		6:43.82	27
Shingo Doi	1500 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:49.77	30
Ryohei Haga	1000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:11.46	29
Hiroki Hirako	5000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		6:33.90	19
	10000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		13:37.56	11
Joji Kato	500 m	34.937	3	35.076	5	70.01
Keiichiro Nagashima	500 m	35.108	6	34.876	1	69.98
	1000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:12.71	37
Tadashi Obara	1000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:10.51	17
Akio Ohta	500 m	35.315	15	35.347	17	70.66	17
Yuya Oikawa	500 m	35.174	13	35.254	14	70.42	13
Teruhiro Sugimori	1000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:11.13	26
	1500 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:49.19	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Masako Hozumi	3000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		4:07.36	6
	5000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		7:04.97	7
Shiho Ishizawa	3000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		4:15.62	15
	5000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		7:12.23	9
Nao Kodaira	500 m	38.835	12	38.797	12	77.63	12
	1000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:16.80	5
	1500 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:58.20	5
Eri Natori	3000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		4:18:18	21
Tomomi Okazaki	500 m	38.971	17	39.060	20	78.03	16
	1000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:19.41	34
Shihomi Shinya	500 m	38.964	16	38.765	10	77.72	14
Maki Tabata	1500 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		2:00.12	19
Miho Takagi	1000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:19.53	35
	1500 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		2:01.86	23
Sayuri Yoshii	500 m	38.566	6	38.432	5	76.99	5
	1000 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		1:17.81	15
	1500 m	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		2:02.26	26

See also

• Japan at the Olympics
• Japan at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Nagatsuka, Kaz, "Japan picks over bones of Vancouver medal tally", Japan Times, March 9, 2010, p. 16.