Japan participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Ninety-four athletes participated in all sports except ice hockey. Japanese athletes earned five medals at the games, including three silver and two bronze, short of the 10-medal goal set by the Japanese Olympic team prior to the event. One-hundred eleven Japanese sports officials and coaches accompanied the 94 athletes to the games, a far higher ratio of staff-to-athlete than most other participating nations.Nagatsuka, Kaz, "Japan picks over bones of Vancouver medal tally", Japan Times, March 9, 2010, p. 16.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Speed skating Men's 500 metres February 15 Figure skating Ladies' singles February 25 Masako HozumiNao KodairaMaki Tabata Speed skating Women's team pursuit February 27 Speed skating Men's 500 metres February 15 Figure skating Men's singles February 18
Medals by sportSport TotalFigure skating 0 1 12Speed skating 0 2 13 Total 0 3 2 5
Alpine skiing
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRankKentaro MinagawaMen's slalom DNFAkira SasakiMen's slalom 49.4152.351:41.7618
Biathlon
AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankHidenori IsaMen's individual58:06.23+0+3+383 Men's sprint27:42.21+268Fuyuko SuzukiWomen's individual46:30.31+1+0+153Women's sprint21:58.01+044Women's pursuit36:41.90+0+0+154
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHiroshi SuzukiRyuichi KobayashiTwo-man53.242352.302353.1321--2:39.6721Manami HinoKonomi AsazuTwo-woman54.641854.781954.651654.31153:38.3816Hiroshi SuzukiShinji DoigawaMasaru Miyauchi Ryuichi KobayashiFour-man52.091954.162152.5318--2:38.7821
Cross-country skiing
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankNobu Naruse Men's 15 kilometre free36:01.62:25.349Men's 30 kilometre pursuit1:22:11.16:59.739Yuichi OndaMen's sprint3:38.4911 Q3:37.94Did not advanceNobuko Fukuda Women's 10 kilometre free27:47.72:49.352Masako Ishida Women's 15 kilometre pursuit42.24.32:26.220Michiko Kashiwabara Women's 10 kilometre free28:32.03:33.661Madoka NatsumiWomen's sprint3:48.4822 Q3:42.66Did not advance
Curling
Women's tournament
Standings
Team NamePositionMoe MeguroSkipAnna OhmiyaThirdMari MotohashiSecondKotomi IshizakiLeadMayo YamauraAlternate
Round-robin
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 4
Draw 6
Draw 8
Draw 9
Draw 10
Draw 11
Draw 12
Figure skating
Athlete(s)Event//TotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank Nobunari OdaMen's Daisuke TakahashiMen's Takahiko KozukaMen's Miki AndoLadies'Mao AsadaLadies'Akiko Suzuki Ladies' Cathy Reed, Chris ReedIce dancing
Freestyle skiing
Moguls AthleteEventQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankSho EndoMen's moguls24.368 Q25.387Nobuyuki NishiMen's moguls23.5215 Q25.119Kai OzakiMen's moguls22.0724Did not advanceYugo TsukitaMen's moguls23.8011 Q22.7417Miki ItoWomen's moguls21.8115 Q21.6312Arisa MurataWomen's moguls22.9911 Q23.228Tae SatoyaWomen's moguls22.1513 Q12.8519Aiko UemuraWomen's moguls24.315 Q24.684 Ski cross AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankHiroomi TakizawaMen's ski cross1:15.0326 Q3Did not advance29Noriko FukushimaWomen's ski cross1:20.5621 Q3Did not advance22
Luge
Athlete(s)EventRun 1Run 2Run 3 Run 4TotalTimeTimeTimeTimeTimeRank Takahisa OguchiMen's49.54249.78049.81849.9033:19.04330Madoka HaradaWomen's42.60842.11242.57243.1882:50.48026 Aya YasudaWomen'sDSQ* *= Disqualified for being over the allowed weight
Nordic combined
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalJump distanceJump scoreRankTimeRankTimeRankTaihei KatoNormal hill/10 km96.5114.02825:43.92527:09.924Large hill/10 km112.590.23126:11.02828:38.030Norihito KobayashiNormal hill/10 km99.0121.01225:11.0926:09.07Large hill/10 km112.090.53026:00.12328:26.127Yūsuke MinatoNormal hill/10 kmDNSLarge hill/10 km110.087.03425:30.01328:10.026Daito TakahashiNormal hill/10 km98.0199.51326:21.03327:25.027Large hill/10 kmDNSAkito WatabeNormal hill/10 km96.5114.52725:41.02327.15.021Large hill/10 km125.0112.5925:23.71126:21.79Daito TakahashiAkito WatabeNorihito KobayashiTaihei KatoTeam518475.9450:04.8650:45.86
Short track speed skating
Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTakahiro Fujimoto500 m42.3664Did not advance1000 m1:26.3594Did not advance1500 m2:16.1553 Q2:15.9846Did not advanceYuzo Takamido1000 m1:26.0743Did not advance1500 m2:15.4025Did not advance Junpei Yoshizawa500 m42.1582 Q41.9064Did not advance1500 m2:30.7015 ADV2:15.1296Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAyuko Ito1000 m1:31.1373Did not advanceMika Ozawa1000 m1:32.5772 Q1:32.1834Did not advance1500 mDSQHiroko Sadakane1500 m2:28.0462 Q2:24.9014 QB2:24.13512Yui Sakai500 m44.3413Did not advanceBiba Sakurai500 m45.1464Did not advance1000 m1:36.4163Did not advance1500 m2:30.4585Did not advanceAyuko ItoMika OzawaYui SakaiBiba Sakurai3000 m relay4:13.7523 QB4:28.7457
Skeleton
Athlete(s)EventRun 1Run 2Run 3 Run 4TotalTimeTimeTimeTimeTimeRankKazuhiro KoshiMen's54.0254.1053.7453.423:35.2820Shinsuke TayamaMen's53.9453.8454.0353.363:35.1719Nozomi KomuroWomen'sDSQ
Ski jumping
AthleteEventQualifyingFirst RoundFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRankDaiki ItoLarge hill142.62 Q95.630 Q121.3216.920Normal hill134.55 Q125.010 Q124.5249.515Noriaki KasaiLarge hill143.51 Q105.721 Q133.5239.28Normal hill133.56 Q120.519 Q124.0244.517Takanobu OkabeLarge hillDNSNormal hillDNSTaku TakeuchiLarge hill121.622 Q83.937DNQ37Normal hill113.533 Q110.534DNQ34Shōhei TochimotoLarge hill123.419 Q73.445DNQ45Normal hill111.039 Q108.537DNQ37Daiki ItoTaku TakeuchiShōhei TochimotoNoriaki KasaiTeam484.75 Q523.01007.75
Snowboarding
Halfpipe AthleteEventQualifyingSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankRyo AonoMen's43.12 QFBye32.99Kazuhiro KokuboMen's42.52 QFBye35.78Kohei KudoMen's37.17 QS33.58DNQDaisuke MurakamiMen's23.515DNQShiho NakashimaWomen's31.414 QS34.97DNQRana OkadaWomen's7.229DNQSoko YamaokaWomen's37.09 QS30.610DNQ Parallel Giant Slalom AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankOppositiontimeOppositiontimeOppositiontimeOppositiontimeRankYuki NofujiMen's1:23.8827DNQTomoka TakeuchiWomen's1:24.4210 Q Claudia RieglerL +12.68 DNQEri YanetaniWomen's1:26.3921DNQ Snowboard cross AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankRankRankRankNatsuko DoiWomen's1:31.2314 Q3DNQYuka FujimoriWomen'sDNS
Speed skating
Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankShigeyuki Dejima5000 m6:43.8227Shingo Doi1500 m1:49.7730Ryohei Haga1000 m1:11.4629Hiroki Hirako5000 m6:33.901910000 m13:37.5611Joji Kato500 m34.937335.076570.01Keiichiro Nagashima500 m35.108634.876169.981000 m1:12.7137Tadashi Obara1000 m1:10.5117Akio Ohta500 m35.3151535.3471770.6617Yuya Oikawa500 m35.1741335.2541470.4213Teruhiro Sugimori1000 m1:11.13261500 m1:49.1926 Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMasako Hozumi3000 m4:07.3665000 m7:04.977Shiho Ishizawa3000 m4:15.62155000 m7:12.239Nao Kodaira500 m38.8351238.7971277.63121000 m1:16.8051500 m1:58.205 Eri Natori3000 m4:18:1821 Tomomi Okazaki500 m38.9711739.0602078.03161000 m1:19.4134Shihomi Shinya500 m38.9641638.7651077.7214Maki Tabata1500 m2:00.1219Miho Takagi1000 m1:19.53351500 m2:01.8623Sayuri Yoshii500 m38.566638.432576.9951000 m1:17.81151500 m2:02.2626
See also Japan at the Olympics Japan at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
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