Japan competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank18 kmSubaru Takahashi2'10:5737Minoru Nagata2'04:2332Sakuta Takefushi2'04:2031Takeo Yazawa2'02:292750 kmTakeji AsoDNF–Sakuta Takefushi6'08:5026Subaru Takahashi6'05:2525Minoru Nagata6'02:2424
Nordic combined
Events: 18 km cross-country skiing normal hill ski jumping
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.
AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalTimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRankSakuta TakefushiIndividualDNF––––––DNF–
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1 (Dist.)Jump 2 (Dist.)TotalPointsRankMotohiko BanNormal hill34.0 (fall)39.04.00038
References
Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com