Japan was represented at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France by the Japanese Olympic Committee.
In total, 60 athletes including 40 men and 20 women represented Japan in 11 different sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, Nordic combined, short track speed skating, ski jumping and speed skating.
Japan won seven medals at the games including one gold, two silver and four bronze across four different sports including one in figure skating, one in Nordic combined, four in speed skating and one in short track speed skating.
Competitors In total, 60 athletes represented Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France across 11 different sports. SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 4 2 6Biathlon 2 1 3Bobsleigh 4 – 4Cross-country skiing 2 4 6Figure skating 3 3 6Freestyle skiing 1 0 1Luge 3 0 3Nordic combined 4 – 4Short track speed skating 4 4 8Ski jumping 4 – 4Speed skating 9 6 15 Total 40 20 60
Medalists
Japan won a total of seven medals at the games including one gold, two silver and four bronze. MedalNameSportEventDate Nordic combined Men's team 17 February Speed skating Men's 500 metres 15 February Figure skating Ladies' singles 21 February Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 12 February Speed skating Men's 500 metres 15 February Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 18 February Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay 22 February
Alpine skiing
In total, six Japanese athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Takuya Ishioka, Emi Kawabata, Kiminobu Kimura, Tetsuya Okabe, Tsuyoshi Tomii and Sachiko Yamamoto.
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankTsuyoshi TomiiDownhill1:54.2325Tsuyoshi TomiiSuper-GDNF–Takuya Ishioka1:17.8141Kiminobu Kimura1:17.0633Tsuyoshi TomiiGiant slalom1:13.36DNFDNF–Takuya Ishioka1:09.281:06.642:15.9229Kiminobu Kimura1:07.201:04.902:12.1021Takuya IshiokaSlalomDNF–DNF–Kiminobu KimuraDNF–DNF–Tetsuya Okabe54.9954.491:49.4818
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Men's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankKiminobu Kimura1:50.9849.4752.0864.1415Takuya Ishioka1:49.2949.4852.9451.839
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Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankSachiko YamamotoDownhill1:58.5226Emi Kawabata1:54.5211Sachiko YamamotoSuper-G1:27.5433Emi Kawabata1:27.3131Emi KawabataGiant slalom1:10.44DSQDSQ–Sachiko YamamotoSlalomDNF–DNF–
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Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankSachiko Yamamoto1:30.7036.56DNFDNF–Emi Kawabata1:27.1337.5637.8166.1013
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Biathlon
In total, three Japanese athletes participated in the biathlon events – Yoshiko Honda-Mikami, Atsushi Kazama and Misao Kodate.
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintAtsushi Kazama630:34.778Misao Kodate328:07.036
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EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmAtsushi Kazama58:32.861'04:32.863Misao Kodate58:53.121'00:53.128
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Women EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank7.5 km SprintYoshiko Honda-Mikami226:57.322
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EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank15 kmYoshiko Honda-Mikami54:55.8357:55.835
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
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Bobsleigh
In total, four Japanese athletes participated in the bobsleigh events – Naomi Takewaki, Fuminori Tsushima, Toshio Wakita and Ryoji Yamazaki.
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Naomi TakewakiFuminori TsushimaTwo-man1:01.74261:01.99221:01.77161:01.95194:07.4521JPN-2Toshio WakitaRyoji YamazakiTwo-man1:01.22191:01.65181:02.03191:01.96204:06.8619
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SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Toshio WakitaRyoji YamazakiFuminori TsushimaNaomi TakewakiFour-man59.232159.301859.331759.38173:57.2417
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Cross-country skiing
In total, six Japanese athletes participated in the cross-country skiing events – Fumiko Aoki, Naomi Hoshikawa, Hiroyuki Imai, Yumi Inomata, Miwa Ota and Kazunari Sasaki.
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CKazunari Sasaki31:31.446Hiroyuki Imai30:17.32715 km pursuit1 FKazunari Sasaki43:08.635Hiroyuki Imai42:32.82930 km CKazunari Sasaki1'30:35.940Hiroyuki Imai1'29:35.63250 km FKazunari Sasaki2'17:20.140Hiroyuki Imai2'13:33.025
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
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Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CYumi Inomata16:49.454Naomi Hoshikawa16:13.248Miwa Ota16:03.143Fumiko Aoki15:33.03010 km pursuit2 FYumi Inomata31:58.647Miwa Ota31:17.343Naomi Hoshikawa30:10.834Fumiko Aoki28:44.41915 km CMiwa OtaDNF–Naomi Hoshikawa49:46.242Fumiko Aoki48:30.23730 km FFumiko Aoki1'36:21.944Naomi Hoshikawa1'35:29.442Miwa Ota1'35:19.441
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
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Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankMiwa OtaFumiko AokiNaomi HoshikawaYumi Inomata1'04:09.312
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Figure skating
In total, six Japanese athletes participated in the Yfigure skating events – Rena Inoue, Midori Ito, Masakazu Kagiyama, Tomoaki Koyama, Mitsuhiro Murata and Yuka Sato.
Men AthleteSPFSTFPRank Mitsuhiro Murata222334.023 Masakazu Kagiyama111520.513
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Women AthleteSPFSTFPRank Yuka Sato7710.57 Midori Ito424.0
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Pairs AthletesSPFSTFPRank Rena InoueTomoaki Koyama141421.014
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Freestyle skiing
In total, one Japanese athlete participated in the freestyle skiing events – Osamu Yamazaki.
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankOsamu YamazakiMoguls35.3114.4940did not advance
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Luge
In total, three Japanese athletes participated in the luge events – Atsushi Sasaki, Yuji Sasaki and Kazuhiko Takamatsu.
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKazuhiko Takamatsu46.2832046.0651746.8381846.614173:05.80017
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(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAtsushi SasakiYuji Sasaki47.7761947.566181:35.34218
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Nordic combined
In total, four Japanese athletes participated in the Nordic combined events – Masashi Abe, Takanori Kono, Reiichi Mikata and Kenji Ogiwara.
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankTakanori KonoIndividual197.425+3:27.448:46.319Masashi Abe197.924+3:24.051:08.530Kenji Ogiwara215.36+1:28.046:25.57Reiichi Mikata226.12+16.052:09.134
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Men's team
Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankReiichi MikataTakanori KonoKenji Ogiwara645.11+0.01'23:36.5
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Short track speed skating
In total, eight Japanese athletes participated in the short track speed skating events – Yuichi Akasaka, Tatsuyoshi Ishihara, Toshinobu Kawai, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Mie Naito, Rie Sato, Hiromi Takeuchi and Nobuko Yamada.
Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankTsutomu Kawasaki1000 m1:38.752 Q1:35.664did not advanceToshinobu Kawai1:42.283did not advanceTatsuyoshi Ishihara1:34.112 Q1:34.864did not advanceYuichi AkasakaTatsuyoshi IshiharaToshinobu KawaiTsutomu Kawasaki5000 m relay7:22.432 Q7:22.841 QA7:18.18
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Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankNobuko Yamada500 m48.791 Q57.693did not advanceMie NaitoRie SatoHiromi TakeuchiNobuko Yamada3000 m relay4:37.081 Q4:44.504
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Ski jumping
In total, four Japanese athletes participated in the ski jumping events – Masahiko Harada, Jiro Kamiharako, Noriaki Kasai and Kenji Suda.
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankNoriaki KasaiNormal hill77.589.083.598.1187.131Kenji Suda80.093.579.591.2184.739Jiro Kamiharako80.094.080.594.8188.828Masahiko Harada83.598.684.0102.4201.014Jiro KamiharakoLarge hill100.079.597.576.0155.525Noriaki Kasai101.582.184.572.3154.426Kenji Suda106.591.197.577.0168.117Masahiko Harada113.5102.4116.0108.9211.34
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Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankMasahiko HaradaKenji SudaJiro KamiharakoNoriaki Kasai571.04
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
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Speed skating
In total, 15 Japanese athletes participated in the speed skating events – Toru Aoyanagi, Yuji Fujimoto, Yoko Fukazawa, Seiko Hashimoto, Junichi Inoue, Toshihiko Itokawa, Yumi Kaeriyama, Seiko Krohn, Toshiyuki Kuroiwa, Yasunori Miyabe, Yukinori Miyabe, Kazuhiro Sato, Kyoko Shimazaki, Keiji Shirahata, Noriko Toda and Mie Uehara.
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mYukinori Miyabe38.1218Yasunori Miyabe37.495Junichi Inoue37.26Toshiyuki Kuroiwa37.181000 mYasunori Miyabe1:16.5219Yuji Fujimoto1:15.7811Toshiyuki Kuroiwa1:15.569Yukinori Miyabe1:14.921500 mKeiji Shirahata2:05.4744Kazuhiro Sato2:00.5128Toru Aoyanagi1:57.3612Yukinori Miyabe1:56.9995000 mKeiji Shirahata7:24.9522Toshihiko Itokawa7:20.5018Kazuhiro Sato7:19.691710,000 mKeiji Shirahata14:47.5618Toshihiko Itokawa14:42.3513Kazuhiro Sato14:28.305
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Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mYoko Fukazawa42.1824Noriko Toda41.9723Seiko Hashimoto41.3212Kyoko Shimazaki40.9871000 mYoko Fukazawa1:25.0024Noriko Toda1:24.9623Kyoko Shimazaki1:24.2818Seiko Hashimoto1:22.6351500 mYumi Kaeriyama2:10.7519Mie Uehara2:09.3311Seiko Hashimoto2:06.883000 mMie Uehara4:37.5417Yumi Kaeriyama4:33.5313Seiko Krohn4:32.12125000 mMie Uehara7:54.1514Yumi Kaeriyama7:50.7712Seiko Hashimoto7:47.659
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External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Japan Olympic Committee database Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com
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