Japan_at_the_1992_Winter_Olympics

Japan at the
1992 Winter Olympics
Japan at the; 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Albertville, France; 8–23 February 1992
Competitors	60 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Tsutomu Kawasaki
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Japan competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, from February 8 to February 23, 1992. As many as 63 athletes competed accompanied by 42 officers. Japanese athletes compete in all disciplines except ice hockey.

Quick Facts Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...

The flag bearer is short track speed skater Tsutomu Kawasaki at the opening and closing ceremony, while the captain of the delegation is cross-country skier Kazunari Sasaki.

The nordic combined team consisting of Kenji Ogiwara, Takanori Kono and Reiichi Mikata won gold which became Japan's first medal in nordic combined and also the first gold after four previous Winter Olympics editions without gold. The last gold which was also Japan's first gold at the Winter Olympics was won by Yukio Kasaya at their home, Sapporo 1972. Midori Ito also won Japan's first medal in figure skating.

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Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	4	2	6
Biathlon	2	1	3
Bobsleigh	4	–	4
Cross-country skiing	2	4	6
Figure skating	3	3	6
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1
Luge	3	0	3
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	4	4	8
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	9	6	15
Total	40	20	60

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Tsuyoshi Tomii	Downhill			1:54.23	25
Tsuyoshi Tomii	Super-G			DNF	–
Takuya Ishioka				1:17.81	41
Kiminobu Kimura				1:17.06	33
Tsuyoshi Tomii	Giant slalom	1:13.36	DNF	DNF	–
Takuya Ishioka		1:09.28	1:06.64	2:15.92	29
Kiminobu Kimura		1:07.20	1:04.90	2:12.10	21
Takuya Ishioka	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Kiminobu Kimura		DNF	–	DNF	–
Tetsuya Okabe		54.99	54.49	1:49.48	18

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Kiminobu Kimura	1:50.98	49.47	52.08	64.14	15
Takuya Ishioka	1:49.29	49.48	52.94	51.83	9

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Sachiko Yamamoto	Downhill			1:58.52	26
Emi Kawabata	Downhill			1:54.52	11
Sachiko Yamamoto	Super-G			1:27.54	33
Emi Kawabata	Super-G			1:27.31	31
Emi Kawabata	Giant slalom	1:10.44	DSQ	DSQ	–
Sachiko Yamamoto	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Sachiko Yamamoto	1:30.70	36.56	DNF	DNF	–
Emi Kawabata	1:27.13	37.56	37.81	66.10	13

Japan_at_the_1992_Winter_Olympics

Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Medalists

Competitors

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Speed skating

References

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Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Atsushi Kazama	6	30:34.7	78
10 km Sprint	Misao Kodate	3	28:07.0	36

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Atsushi Kazama	58:32.8	6	1'04:32.8	63
20 km	Misao Kodate	58:53.1	2	1'00:53.1	28

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
JPN-1	Naomi Takewaki Fuminori Tsushima	Two-man	1:01.74	26	1:01.99	22	1:01.77	16	1:01.95	19	4:07.45	21
JPN-2	Toshio Wakita Ryoji Yamazaki	Two-man	1:01.22	19	1:01.65	18	1:02.03	19	1:01.96	20	4:06.86	19

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Noriaki Kasai	Normal hill	77.5	89.0	83.5	98.1	187.1	31
Kenji Suda		80.0	93.5	79.5	91.2	184.7	39
Jiro Kamiharako		80.0	94.0	80.5	94.8	188.8	28
Masahiko Harada		83.5	98.6	84.0	102.4	201.0	14
Jiro Kamiharako	Large hill	100.0	79.5	97.5	76.0	155.5	25
Noriaki Kasai		101.5	82.1	84.5	72.3	154.4	26
Kenji Suda		106.5	91.1	97.5	77.0	168.1	17
Masahiko Harada		113.5	102.4	116.0	108.9	211.3	4

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Masahiko Harada Kenji Suda Jiro Kamiharako Noriaki Kasai	571.0	4

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Kazunari Sasaki	31:31.4	46
10 km C	Hiroyuki Imai	30:17.3	27
15 km pursuit¹ F	Kazunari Sasaki	43:08.6	35
15 km pursuit¹ F	Hiroyuki Imai	42:32.8	29
30 km C	Kazunari Sasaki	1'30:35.9	40
30 km C	Hiroyuki Imai	1'29:35.6	32
50 km F	Kazunari Sasaki	2'17:20.1	40
50 km F	Hiroyuki Imai	2'13:33.0	25

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Yumi Inomata	16:49.4	54
	Naomi Hoshikawa	16:13.2	48
	Miwa Ota	16:03.1	43
	Fumiko Aoki	15:33.0	30
10 km pursuit² F	Yumi Inomata	31:58.6	47
	Miwa Ota	31:17.3	43
	Naomi Hoshikawa	30:10.8	34
	Fumiko Aoki	28:44.4	19
15 km C	Miwa Ota	DNF	–
	Naomi Hoshikawa	49:46.2	42
	Fumiko Aoki	48:30.2	37
30 km F	Fumiko Aoki	1'36:21.9	44
	Naomi Hoshikawa	1'35:29.4	42
	Miwa Ota	1'35:19.4	41

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Miwa Ota Fumiko Aoki Naomi Hoshikawa Yumi Inomata	1'04:09.3	12

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Mitsuhiro Murata	22	23	34.0	23
Masakazu Kagiyama	11	15	20.5	13