Japan competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Japan at the 1988 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 4 2 6Biathlon 4 – 4Bobsleigh 4 – 4Cross-country skiing 4 0 4Figure skating 2 3 5Luge 3 2 5Nordic combined 3 – 3Ski jumping 4 – 4Speed skating 9 4 13 Total 37 11 48
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Speed skating Men's 500 metres 14 February
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankKatsuhito KumagaiDownhill2:07.1734Shinya Chiba2:03.1611Katsuhito KumagaiSuper-GDNF–Shinya Chiba1:43.0314Katsuhito KumagaiGiant SlalomDNF–DNF–Chiaki Ishioka1:09.111:06.292:15.4031Tetsuya Okabe1:08.301:06.182:14.4928Chiaki IshiokaSlalomDNF–DNF–Tetsuya Okabe53.1148.821:41.9312
Men's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankKatsuhito Kumagai1:52.1048.8547.17144.6521
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankSachiko YamamotoDownhill1:30.1523Emi Kawabata1:27.8514Sachiko YamamotoSuper-G1:24.3230Emi Kawabata1:22.2424Sachiko YamamotoGiant SlalomDNF–DNF–Emi Kawabata1:02.10DNFDNF–Sachiko YamamotoSlalomDNF–DNF–Emi Kawabata54.7054.651:49.3519
Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankSachiko Yamamoto1:20.3343.6646.60139.0120Emi Kawabata1:18.53DNF–DNF–
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintAkihiro Takizawa531:38.763Koichi Sato329:43.159Tadashi Nakamura228:11.444Misao Kodate227:52.639
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmAkihiro Takizawa1'03:38.071'10:38.061Koichi Sato1'02:18.781'10:18.760Tadashi Nakamura57:01.381'05:01.348Misao Kodate57:51.061'03:51.040
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankTadashi NakamuraMisao KodateAkihiro TakizawaKoichi Sato61'32:52.414
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Takao SakaiNaomi TakewakiTwo-man58.32151:00.3921DNF–––DNF–JPN-2Yuji YakuToshio WakitaTwo-man58.57191:00.58231:01.51251:00.38224:01.0420
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Takao SakaiToshio WakitaYuji YakuNaomi TakewakiFour-man57.361758.151657.682258.16163:51.3518
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 km CMasaharu Yamazaki50:06.868Tanayuki Yuki47:08.452Kazunari Sasaki46:12.64530 km CMasaharu Yamazaki1'43:58.377Tanayuki Yuki1'37:11.957Atsushi Egawa1'32:35.437Kazunari Sasaki1'29:59.22050 km FAtsushi Egawa2'17:52.842Tanayuki Yuki2'16:24.739Kazunari Sasaki2'13:09.632
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankAtsushi EgawaKazunari SasakiTanayuki YukiMasaharu Yamazaki1'51:10.714
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Makoto Kano19191938.017
Women AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Junko Yaginuma16151429.614 Midori Ito104310.65
Ice Dancing AthletesCDODFDTFPRank Tomoko TanakaHiroyuki Suzuki18181836.018
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankToru Ito47.7532747.8802746.6012848.439293:12.67326Kazuhiko Takamatsu47.2781947.2351947.3261847.176133:09.01518
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKazuhiko TakamatsuTsukasa Hirakawa47.1291647.324141:34.45314
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMina Tanaka47.7702047.9451847.9281947.599183:11.24218Hitomi Koshimizu47.6821949.2762449.1602348.008213:14.12621
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimePointsRankHideki MiyazakiIndividual175.8415:51.445:40.8376.24037Masashi Abe182.5365:06.744:31.1386.69031Kazuoki Kodama187.7324:32.045:40.2376.32036
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankHideki MiyazakiMasashi AbeKazuoki Kodama515.3109:32.51'29:26.39
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankShinichi TanakaNormal hill74.079.075.081.1160.152Katsushi Tao75.081.680.597.4161.651Masaru Nagaoka78.589.280.092.1181.325Akira Sato80.096.680.097.1194.011Katsushi TaoLarge hill96.078.885.059.4138.252Masaru Nagaoka99.082.589.063.5146.048Shinichi Tanaka99.083.088.564.3147.347Akira Sato100.088.496.081.8170.233
Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankKatsushi TaoShinichi TanakaMasaru NagaokaAkira Sato468.011
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mKimihiro Hamaya37.3813Yasushi Kuroiwa37.3411Yasumitsu Kanehama37.259Akira Kuroiwa36.771000 mYukihiro Mitani1:15.2823Akira Kuroiwa1:15.0520Kimihiro Hamaya1:14.4313Yasumitsu Kanehama1:14.3691500 mHozumi Noriyama1:56.8428Yoshiyuki Shimizu1:55.9822Munehisa Kuroiwa1:55.4216Toru Aoyanagi1:52.8555000 mYoshiyuki Shimizu7:05.3532Munehisa Kuroiwa7:01.5527Toru Aoyanagi6:54.701410,000 mYoshiyuki Shimizu14:47.2128Toru Aoyanagi14:34.8724
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mNoriko Toda41.4421Shoko Fusano40.618Seiko Hashimoto39.7451000 mNoriko Toda1:23.4922Shoko Fusano1:21.4711Seiko Hashimoto1:19.7551500 mNatsue Seki2:08.8919Seiko Hashimoto2:04.3863000 mNatsue Seki4:29.7718Seiko Hashimoto4:23.2975000 mNatsue Seki7:47.4319Seiko Hashimoto7:34.436
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Japan Olympic Committee database Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com