Japan competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMikio KatagiriDownhill1:50.0327Sumihiro Tomii1:48.8820Haruhisa ChibaGiant SlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Masami IchimuraDNF–––DNF–Mikio Katagiri1:54.68451:58.05383:52.7337Sumihiro Tomii1:53.92401:55.81343:49.7334Haruhisa ChibaSlalomDNF–––DNF–Mikio KatagiriDNF–––DNF–Sumihiro Tomii1:07.69341:10.98282:18.6729Masami Ichimura1:02.3510DNF–DNF–
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmKazuo Sasakubo1'21:35.3161'27:35.3141Manabu Suzuki1'19:35.7971'26:35.7938Hiroyuki Deguchi1'20:53.8441'24:53.8430
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankIsao OnoHiroyuki DeguchiManabu SuzukiYoshiyuki Shirate102'17:09.0414
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Susumu EsashikaKazumi AbeTwo-man58.692459.072459.122459.18243:56.0624JPN-2Rikio SatoKimihiro ShinadaTwo-man58.522258.302158.552358.35213:53.7222
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Susumu EsashikaKazumi AbeRikio SatoKimihiro ShinadaFour-man56.471856.972157.781958.19193:49.4118
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmRyoji Fujiki49:40.4858Kiyoshi Hayasaka48:46.935030 kmRyoji Fujiki1'42:59.2557Kiyoshi Hayasaka1'41:33.7655
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmMikiko Terui17:29.652610 kmMikiko Terui33:25.8130
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Mitsuru Matsumura161211172.489911 Minoru Sano9710178.72799
Women AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank Emi Watanabe111215171.72118.513
Ice hockey
First round Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
Consolation round RankPldWLTGFGAPts754102315885320181469532020186105320221961152302422412505019380
Romania 3-1 Japan Austria 3-2 Japan Japan 6-4 Switzerland Japan 4-3 Yugoslavia Japan 7-5 Bulgaria
Contestants Toshimitsu Otsubo Minoru Misawa Hiroshi Hori Iwao Nakayama Hitoshi Nakamura Kiyoshi Esashika Takeshi Akiba Koji Wakasa Hideo Urabe Yoshiaki Kyoya Minoru Ito Takeshi Azuma Sadaki Honma Hideo Sakurai Tsutomu Hanzawa Osamu Wakabayashi Yasushio Tanaka Yoshio Hoshino
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKazuaki Ichikawa56.2522955.5023055.4003355.288293:42.44227Hidetoshi Sato55.6992755.1422654.9062755.184273:40.93124
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKazuaki IchikawaMasaaki Oyagi45.1761845.407191:30.58318
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTeruko Yamada45.4822045.1551944.9432145.228203:00.80820Mieko Ogawa45.3411845.2632044.9072045.219193:00.73019
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankMichio KubotaIndividual74.074.5196.31556:39.45142.3132338.6130Yuji Katsuro75.076.0209.8554:15.75163.8729373.6721
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankKoji KakutaNormal hill74.5104.576.0105.9210.429Takao Ito75.0106.875.5107.1213.924Hiroshi Itagaki76.0109.476.5111.7221.120Yukio Kasaya78.0114.176.0109.9224.016Minoru WakasaLarge hill86.090.484.087.1177.529Hiroshi Itagaki86.095.477.079.8175.233Takao Ito85.095.580.587.7183.222Yukio Kasaya86.095.986.096.4192.317
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mMikio Oyama40.9018Norio Hirate40.8516Masaki Suzuki40.22111000 mNorio Hirate1:29.4230Mikio Oyama1:25.9124Masaki Suzuki1:23.40191500 mMasahiko Yamamoto2:06.67215000 mMasayuki Kawahara8:10.0824Masahiko Yamamoto8:06.972210,000 mMasahiko Yamamoto16:20.8316
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mKeiko Hasegawa45.0917Makiko Nagaya43.8871000 mKeiko Hasegawa1:35.4224Yuko Yaegashi-Ota1:33.9920Makiko Nagaya1:31.2391500 mYuko Yaegashi-Ota2:25.7424Chieko Ito2:25.27223000 mChieko Ito5:02.5721Yuko Yaegashi-Ota4:58.9219
References Official Olympic Reports Japan Olympic Committee database Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com