Japan competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, from February 12 to February 27, 1994. A total of 65 athletes competed with 45 officers. The flag bearer is Nordic combined skier Reiichi Mikata, while the captain of the delegation is speed skater Seiko Hashimoto.
The Nordic combined team was able to retain the gold medal from the same previous achievement in Albertville 1992. Overall the Japanese team won 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze, and managed to finish in eleventh place on the medal table.
As Nagano would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, a traditional Japanese segment was performed at the end of the closing ceremony.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Nordic combined Men's team February 24 Nordic combined Men's individual February 19 Ski jumping Men's team large hill February 22 Speed skating Men's 500 m February 14 Speed skating Women's 5000 m February 25
Medals by sportSport TotalNordic combined 1 1 02Ski jumping 0 1 01Speed skating 0 0 22 Total 1 2 2 5
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Japan at the 1994 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 4 1 5Biathlon 1 1 2Bobsleigh 5 – 5Cross-country skiing 5 2 7Figure skating 2 2 4Freestyle skiing 2 1 3Luge 3 0 3Nordic combined 4 – 4Short track speed skating 4 1 5Ski jumping 4 – 4Speed skating 9 8 17 Total 43 16 59
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankKiminobu KimuraSuper-G1:36.3833Kiminobu KimuraGiant Slalom1:31.861:26.642:58.5026Gaku HirasawaSlalomDNF–DNF–Takuya Ishioka1:05.941:04.402:10.3419Kiminobu Kimura1:05.261:02.712:07.9718Tetsuya Okabe1:03.98DNFDNF–
Men's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRankKiminobu Kimura1:41.7351.45DNFDNF–Takuya Ishioka1:40.55DNF–DNF–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankEmi KawabataDownhill1:38.2921Emi KawabataSuper-G1:23.9024
Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRankEmi Kawabata1:29.0056.5052.723:18.2217
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintMisao Kodate331:40.242
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmMisao Kodate58:34.671'05:34.662
Women EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank7.5 km SprintYoshiko Honda-Mikami228:37.344
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank15 kmYoshiko Honda-Mikami54:00.561'00:00.554
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-1Toshio WakitaTakashi OhoriTwo-man53.432053.511653.471853.69183:34.1019JPN-2Naomi TakewakiHiroshi SuzukiTwo-man53.081653.722253.471853.73193:34.0018
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Naomi TakewakiHiroyuki OshimaHiroshi SuzukiTakashi OhoriFour-man52.562152.832352.551252.73163:30.6718
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CMasaaki Kozu28:20.272Hiroyuki Imai26:48.840Mitsuo Horigome26:36.231Kazunari Sasaki26:12.12515 km pursuit1 FMasaaki Kozu43:30.154Hiroyuki Imai41:59.842Mitsuo Horigome40:47.027Kazunari Sasaki39:40.51830 km FKazutoshi Nagahama1'22:24.948Kazunari Sasaki1'20:52.139Hiroyuki Imai1'18:03.720Mitsuo Horigome1'17:49.41950 km CKazutoshi Nagahama2'22:30.248Hiroyuki Imai2'17:55.228Kazunari Sasaki2'16:51.724
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHiroyuki ImaiKazutoshi NagahamaKazunari SasakiMasaaki Kozu1'49:42.114
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CSumiko Yokoyama16:30.550Fumiko Aoki15:41.92610 km pursuit2 FSumiko Yokoyama32:48.036Fumiko Aoki30:00.41615 km FSumiko Yokoyama46:00.436Fumiko Aoki43:01.41130 km CSumiko Yokoyama1'37:14.745Fumiko Aoki1'32:22.326
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Figure skating
Men AthleteSPFSTFPRank Fumihiro Oikawa212232.522 Masakazu Kagiyama111116.512
Women AthleteSPFSTFPRank Rena Inoue191827.018 Yuka Sato758.55
Freestyle skiing
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankGota MiuraMoguls26.4920.1527did not advanceHiroshi MachiiAerials153.5320did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankTae SatoyaMoguls30.4223.3210 Q30.0623.1811
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAtsushi Sasaki52.4602952.6613052.2412752.434273:29.79628Yuji Sasaki51.9702452.2792652.2862851.943243:28.47825Kazuhiko Takamatsu51.6582251.4711951.7822352.192253:27.10322
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAtsushi SasakiYuji Sasaki50.7821849.342151:40.12418
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankMasashi AbeIndividual207.01443:21.710Junichi Kogawa220.5845:33.819Kenji Ogiwara231.0641:16.74Takanori Kono239.5440:25.4
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankTakanori KonoKenji OgiwaraMasashi Abe733.511'22:51.8
Short track speed skating
Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankJun Uematsu500 m44.502 Q44.204did not advanceSatoru Terao44.882 Q44.273did not advanceSatoru Terao1000 m1:31.111 Q1:29.642 Q1:43.584 QB1:33.394Jun Uematsu1:32.673did not advanceYuichi AkasakaTatsuyoshi IshiharaSatoru TeraoJun Uematsu5000 m relay7:15.853 QB7:19.115
Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankAyako Tsubaki500 m48.491 Q47.513did not advanceAyako Tsubaki1000 m1:39.311 Q1:39.123did not advance
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankMasahiko HaradaNormal hill92.0120.554.55.0125.555Takanobu Okabe95.0125.595.5126.5252.09Jinya Nishikata99.0130.094.0123.0253.08Noriaki Kasai98.0134.593.0124.5259.05Noriaki KasaiLarge hill110.099.0109.597.1196.114Takanobu Okabe117.0110.6128.0132.9243.54Jinya Nishikata123.5120.8110.097.5218.38Masahiko Harada122.0121.1101.078.8199.913
Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankTakanobu OkabeJinya NishikataNoriaki KasaiMasahiko Harada956.9
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mYasunori Miyabe36.729Junichi Inoue36.636Hiroyasu Shimizu36.605Manabu Horii36.531000 mHiroyasu Shimizu1:15.0119Yukinori Miyabe1:14.2814Toshiyuki Kuroiwa1:13.9511Junichi Inoue1:13.7581500 mToshihiko Itokawa1:56.6727Yukinori Miyabe1:55.5621Toru Aoyanagi1:54.85155000 mToru Aoyanagi6:59.8824Kazuhiro Sato6:54.8313Toshihiko Itokawa6:49.36610,000 mKazuhiro Sato14:18.4413Toshihiko Itokawa14:17.0011
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mMayumi Yamamoto41.2025Shiho Kusunose40.9418Tomomi Okazaki40.5514Kyoko Shimazaki40.26101000 mMayumi Yamamoto1:23.1527Seiko Hashimoto1:22.3121Kyoko Shimazaki1:21.9618Shiho Kusunose1:20.3761500 mMaki Tabata2:06.7916Hiromi Yamamoto2:06.5415Shiho Kusunose2:06.2013Seiko Hashimoto2:04.9893000 mMiki Ogasawara4:25.2710Hiromi Yamamoto4:22.377Seiko Hashimoto4:21.0765000 mMiki Ogasawara7:30.479Seiko Hashimoto7:29.798Hiromi Yamamoto7:19.68
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Japan Olympic Committee database Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com