Japan competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Figure skating Boys' singles Ice hockey Girls' individual skills challenge Speed skating Boys' 500 m Speed skating Boys' 1500 m Short track Boys' 500 m Alpine skiing Boys' giant slalom
Medalists in mixed NOCs events
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Medals by sportSport TotalFigure skating 1 0 0 1Ice hockey 1 0 0 1Speed skating 0 2 0 2Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1Short track 0 1 0 1Total 2 4 0 6
Alpine skiing
Boys AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYohei KoyamaSlalomDNFdid not advanceGiant slalom1:18.0031:18.1242:36.12Super-Gcolspan="4" 1:12.5717Combined1:13.151241.7271:54.878
Girls AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChisaki MaedaSlalomDNFdid not advanceGiant slalomDNFdid not advanceSuper-Gcolspan="4" 1:16.9221Combined1:18.522344.7992:03.3115
Parallel mixed team AthletesEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChisaki MaedaYohei KoyamaParallel mixed teamL 2 – 2+did not advance
Cross-country skiing
Boys AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRiku Kasahara10 km freestylecolspan=6 25:34.115Classical sprint3:14.4530 Q3:15.136did not advanceCross-country cross3:16.9223 Qcolspan=2 3:16.447did not advance
Girls AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHikari Miyazaki5 km freestylecolspan=6 14:07.815Classical sprint3:42.7121 Q3:38.835did not advanceCross-country cross3:52.0321 Qcolspan=2 3:45.826did not advance
Curling
Mixed team
Team Kosuke Aita Kota Ito Yako Matsuzawa Honoka Sasaki
Round Robin Group A Skip W L Luc Violette 6 1 Selina Witschonke 6 1 Nadezhda Karelina 6 1 Oğuzhan Karakurt 3 4 Luca Rizzolli 3 4 Du Hongrui 2 5 Matthew Neilson 1 6 Kota Ito 1 6
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Mixed doubles
AthletesEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMixed doublesW 12 – 1W 6 – 2W 7 – 5L 3 - 6L 1 - 104W 9 – 6W 10 – 5W 11 – 1W 7 – 6W 11 – 5W 8 – 2L 3 – 7did not advanceL 7 – 8did not advance
Figure skating
Singles Athlete Event Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankKoshiro ShimadaBoys' singles63.186119.346182.526Sota YamamotoBoys' singles73.071142.453215.52Kaori SakamotoGirls' singles56.25598.986155.236Yuna ShiraiwaGirls' singles60.871105.795166.664
Mixed NOC team trophy AthletesEventFree skate/Free danceIce dancePairsGirlsBoysTotalPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankTeam FocusTeam trophy64.68492.745110.01861.571185
Ice hockey
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankRoy KandaBoys' individual skills challenge813did not advanceSena TakenakaGirls' individual skills challenge182 Q16
Nordic combined
Individual AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryDistancePointsRankDeficitTimeRankYoshihiro KimuraNormal hill/5 km88.5109.7111:2814:58.511
Nordic mixed team AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryPointsRankDeficitTimeRankShihori OiYoshihiro KimuraMasamitsu ItoHikari MiyazakiRiku KasaharaNordic mixed team314.281:2228:01.77
Skeleton
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSho GonaiBoys55.631555.71151:51.3415Mayu IjichiGirls57.201356.6991:53.8910Madoka OiGirls57.701758.82201:56.5219
Ski jumping
Individual AthleteEventFirst roundFinalTotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankMasamitsu ItoBoys' normal hill95.5120.6491.5114.14234.74Shihori OiGirls' normal hill73.072.31172.571.311143.611
Team AthleteEventFirst roundFinalTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankShihori OiYoshihiro KimuraMasamitsu ItoTeam competition288.58290.28578.78
Short track speed skating
Boys AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKiichi Shigehiro500 m42.6712 SA/B42.4034 FB43.04171000 m1:33.6881 SA/B1:27.2882 FA1:28.7184Kazuki Yoshinaga500 m43.6572 SA/B42.4162 FA41.9691000 m1:33.0062 SA/B1:28.2953 FB1:41.7786
Girls AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankShione Kaminaga500 m46.0322 SA/B46.7413 FB47.91651000 m1:41.0263 FCcolspan=2 1:35.90311
Mixed team relay AthleteEventSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTeam CMixed team relay4:15.3321 FA4:14.495Team FMixed team relay4:15.6691 FA4:17.181Team HMixed team relay4:27.6073 FB4:22.1984
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized
Snowboarding
Halfpipe AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankJunna AsayaGirls' halfpipe78.2570.0080.7580.754
Snowboard cross AthleteEventQualificationGroup heatsSemifinalFinalTimeRankPointsRankPositionPositionYoshiki TakaharaBoys' snowboard cross49.3910 Q155 Q3 FB5
Snowboard and ski cross relay AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalPositionPositionPositionTeam snowboard ski cross3did not advance
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Speed skating
Boys AthleteEventRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDaichi Horikawa500 m37.35837.03474.38681500 mcolspan=4 1:52.96Mass startcolspan=4 5:53.037Kazuki Sakakibara500 m36.84237.12773.971500 mcolspan=4 1:57.2616
Girls AthleteEventRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMoe Kumagai500 m40.71641.00981.7181500 mcolspan=4 2:14.3420Yuna Onodera500 m41.581241.701383.28111500 mcolspan=4 2:11.3715Mass startcolspan=4 5:56.4111
Mixed team sprint AthletesEventFinalTimeRankTeam 3Mixed team sprint1:59.206Team 8Mixed team sprintDSQTeam 11Mixed team sprint2:00.139Team 12Mixed team sprint1:58.954
See also Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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