Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Japan at the
1998 Winter Olympics

IOC code| JPN
NOC| Japanese Olympic Committee
Website| www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Nagano
Competitors| 156 (92 men, 64 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer | Hiroyasu Shimizu (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 7th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

## Medalists

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| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Hiroyasu Shimizu | Speed skating | Men's 500 m | 10 February
Gold | Tae Satoya | Freestyle skiing | Women's moguls | 11 February
Gold | Kazuyoshi Funaki | Ski jumping | Men's large hill individual | 15 February
Gold | Takanobu Okabe
Hiroya Saito
Masahiko Harada
Kazuyoshi Funaki | Ski jumping | Men's large hill team | 17 February
Gold | Takafumi Nishitani | Short track speed skating | Men's 500 m | 21 February
Silver | Kazuyoshi Funaki | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill individual | 11 February
Bronze | Tomomi Okazaki | Speed skating | Women's 500 m | 14 February
Bronze | Hiroyasu Shimizu | Speed skating | Men's 1000 m | 15 February
Bronze | Masahiko Harada | Ski jumping | Men's large hill individual | 15 February
Bronze | Hitoshi Uematsu | Short track speed skating | Men's 500 m | 21 February

| Medals by sport

Sport |  |  |  | Total
Ski jumping | 2  | 1  | 1  | 4
Speed skating | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3
Short track speed skating | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
Freestyle skiing | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Total | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Alpine skiing | 6 | 4 | 10
Biathlon | 4 | 4 | 8
Bobsleigh | 9 | – | 9
Cross-country skiing | 5 | 6 | 11
Curling | 5 | 5 | 10
Figure skating | 4 | 3 | 7
Freestyle skiing | 5 | 2 | 7
Ice hockey | 22 | 20 | 42
Luge | 3 | 3 | 6
Nordic combined | 5 | – | 5
Short track speed skating | 6 | 5 | 11
Ski jumping | 5 | – | 5
Snowboarding | 4 | 3 | 7
Speed skating | 9 | 9 | 18
Total | 92 | 64 | 156

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Yasuyuki Takishita | Downhill  |  | DNF  | -
Tsuyoshi Tomii |  | 1:52.62  | 17
Yasuyuki Takishita | Super-G  |  | 1:38.39  | 27
Tsuyoshi Tomii |  | 1:37.86  | 24
Kentaro Minagawa | Giant slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Takuya Ishioka | 1:26.16  | 1:23.35  | 2:49.51  | 29
Kiminobu Kimura | 1:25.02  | 1:21.33  | 2:46.35  | 25
Kentaro Minagawa | Slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Takuya Ishioka | 58.85  | 56.84  | 1:55.69  | 21
Gaku Hirasawa | 57.74  | 57.50  | 1:55.24  | 20
Kiminobu Kimura | 56.53  | 55.62  | 1:52.15  | 13

Men's combined

Athlete  | Slalom  | Downhill  | Total

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Time 1  | Time 2  | Time  | Total time  | Rank
Yasuyuki Takishita | DNF  | - | - | DNF  | -

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Kumiko Kashiwagi | Super-G  |  | 1:21.89  | 36
Noriyo Hiroi | Giant slalom  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Kumiko Kashiwagi | 1:26.33  | 1:35.58  | 3:01.91  | 27
Junko Yamakawa | 1:24.93  | 1:39.02  | 3:03.95  | 29
Kazuko Ikeda | 1:23.06  | 1:37.65  | 3:00.71  | 25
Noriyo Hiroi | Slalom  | DSQ  | - | DSQ  | -
Kumiko Kashiwagi | 49.63  | 50.83  | 1:40.46  | 24
Junko Yamakawa | 48.76  | 49.34  | 1:38.10  | 20
Kazuko Ikeda | 47.88  | 49.41  | 1:37.29  | 17

Women's combined

Athlete  | Downhill  | Slalom  | Total

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Time  | Time 1  | Time 2  | Total time  | Rank
Junko Yamakawa | 1:34.98  | 38.24  | 37.14  | 2:50.36  | 16

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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10 km Sprint  | Atsushi Kazama | 6  | 31:41.2  | 61
Shuichi Sekiya | 3  | 30:33.4  | 43
Kyoji Suga | 2  | 29:19.4  | 18
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Misses  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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20 km  | Atsushi Kazama | 58:23.5  | 4  | 1'02:23.5  | 45
Hironao Meguro | 58:38.2  | 2  | 1'00:38.2  | 28
Kyoji Suga | 57:15.6  | 2  | 59:15.6  | 14

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Kyoji Suga
Hironao Meguro
Shuichi Sekiya
Atsushi Kazama | 4  | 1'27:55.7  | 15

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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7.5 km Sprint  | Mie Takeda | 6  | 28:10.1  | 61
Ryoko Takahashi | 5  | 26:34.2  | 55
Hiromi Seino-Suga | 4  | 26:13.5  | 53
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Misses  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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15 km  | Hiromi Seino-Suga | 54:21.9  | 7  | 1'01:21.9  | 37
Mami Shindo-Horma | 55:59.3  | 4  | 59:59.3  | 29
Ryoko Takahashi | 53:17.4  | 3  | 56:17.4  | 6

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Mami Shindo-Honma
Hiromi Seino-Suga
Mie Takeda
Ryoko Takahashi | 1  | 1'46:23.0  | 14

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
JPN-1  | Naomi Takewaki
Hiroaki Ohishi | Two-man  | 55.31  | 17  | 55.24  | 20  | 55.20  | 20  | 54.96  | 16  | 3:40.71  | 17
JPN-2  | Hiroshi Suzuki
Masanori Inoue | Two-man  | 55.47  | 20  | 55.10  | 16  | 55.19  | 19  | 55.04  | 19  | 3:40.80  | 19
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
JPN-1  | Naomi Takewaki
Hiroaki Ohishi
Takashi Ohori
Masanori Inoue | Four-man  | 53.73  | 14  | 53.87  | 18  | 53.95  | 15  | 2:41.55  | 15
JPN-2  | Toshio Wakita
Yasuo Nakamura
Toshiya Onoda
Shinji Aoto | Four-man  | 54.02  | 19  | 53.66  | 11  | 54.28  | 16  | 2:41.96  | 16

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
10 km
C  | Mitsuo Horigome | 29:44.8  | 36
Katsuhito Ebisawa | 29:30.0  | 34
Masaaki Kozu | 29:23.1  | 29
Hiroyuki Imai | 28:51.5  | 19
15 km
pursuit1
F  | Hiroyuki Imai | 43:31.0  | 28
Masaaki Kozu | 42:59.9  | 24
Mitsuo Horigome | 42:47.1  | 22
Katsuhito Ebisawa | 42:46.0  | 21
30 km
C  | Masaaki Kozu | 1'48:15.3  | 56
Kazutoshi Nagahama | 1'42:58.7  | 42
Katsuhito Ebisawa | 1'40:48.0  | 27
Hiroyuki Imai | 1'40:40.9  | 24
50 km
F  | Katsuhito Ebisawa | 2'18:52.5  | 39
Kazutoshi Nagahama | 2'17:24.4  | 33
Mitsuo Horigome | 2'17:09.2  | 32
Hiroyuki Imai | 2'16:49.5  | 30

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Katsuhito Ebisawa
Hiroyuki Imai
Mitsuo Horigome
Kazutoshi Nagahama | 1'43:06.7  | 7

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5 km
C  | Kumiko Yokoyama | 19:34.5  | 50
Tomomi Otaka | 19:28.8  | 46
Fumiko Aoki | 19:04.8  | 31
Sumiko Yokoyama | 18:55.1  | 25
10 km
pursuit2
F  | Tomomi Otaka | 33:21.9  | 48
Kumiko Yokoyama | 33:07.0  | 46
Fumiko Aoki | 31:50.1  | 29
Sumiko Yokoyama | 31:04.2  | 25
15 km
C  | Emiko Sato | 54:11.1  | 54
Fumiko Aoki | 51:53.7  | 37
Kumiko Yokoyama | 51:48.7  | 34
Sumiko Yokoyama | 50:55.3  | 24
30 km
F  | Kumiko Yokoyama | 1'33:19.7  | 39
Midori Furusawa | 1'33:16.2  | 38
Sumiko Yokoyama | 1'32:04.3  | 32

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Tomomi Otaka
Sumiko Yokoyama
Fumiko Aoki
Kumiko Yokoyama | 58:22.8  | 10

## Curling

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Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

### Men's tournament

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#### Group stage

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Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country  | Skip  | W  | L

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Canada | Mike Harris | 6 | 1
Norway | Eigil Ramsfjell | 5 | 2
Switzerland | Patrick Hürlimann | 5 | 2
United States | Tim Somerville | 3 | 4
Japan 5th | Makoto Tsuruga | 3 | 4
Sweden | Peja Lindholm | 3 | 4
Great Britain | Douglas Dryburgh | 2 | 5
Germany | Andy Kapp | 1 | 6
Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Canada | 7–4  |  Japan
Japan | 6–5  |  Sweden
Switzerland | 5–3  |  Japan
Norway | 5–3  |  Japan
United Kingdom | 9–5  |  Japan
Japan | 8–6  |  United States
Japan | 7–5  |  Germany

Tie-breaker

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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United States | 5–4  |  Japan

Contestants

Skip  | Third  | Second  | Lead  | Alternate

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Makoto Tsuruga | Hiroshi Sato | Yoshiyuki Ohmiya | Hirofumi Kudo | Hisaaki Nakamine

### Women's tournament

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#### Group stage

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Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country  | Skip  | W  | L

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Canada | Sandra Schmirler | 6 | 1
Sweden | Elisabet Gustafson | 6 | 1
Denmark | Helena Blach Lavrsen | 5 | 2
Great Britain | Kirsty Hay | 4 | 3
Japan 5th | Mayumi Ohkutsu | 2 | 5
Norway | Dordi Nordby | 2 | 5
United States | Lisa Schoeneberg | 2 | 5
Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 1 | 6
Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Japan | 5–7  |  United Kingdom
Germany | 2–9  |  Japan
Japan | 4–7  |  Canada
Japan | 6–12  |  Sweden
Japan | 8–4  |  Norway
Denmark | 6–4  |  Japan
United States | 10–2  |  Japan

Contestants

Skip  | Third  | Second  | Lead  | Alternate

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Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Yoko Mimura | Akemi Niwa

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Yamato Tamura | 15  | 17  | 24.5  | 17
Takeshi Honda | 18  | 12  | 21.0  | 15

Women
Athlete  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Shizuka Arakawa | 14  | 14  | 21.0  | 13

Pairs
Athletes  | SP  | FS  | TFP  | Rank

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Marie Arai
Shin Amano | 20  | 20  | 30.0  | 20

Ice dancing
Athletes  | CD1  | CD2  | OD  | FD  | TFP  | Rank

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Aya Kawai
Hiroshi Tanaka | 21  | 23  | 23  | 23  | 45.6  | 23

## Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank
Takehiro Sakamoto | Moguls  | 38.07  | 8.68  | 30  | did not advance
Yugo Tsukita | 25.90  | 23.81  | 18  | did not advance
Daigo Hara | 29.42  | 24.04  | 16 Q | 31.27  | 12.13  | 15
Gota Miura | 28.97  | 24.14  | 15 Q | 28.11  | 23.06  | 13
Kazuaki Ando | Aerials  |  | 135.12  | 23  | did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank
Aiko Uemura | Moguls  | 36.16  | 21.82  | 13 Q | 33.08  | 23.79  | 7
Tae Satoya | 34.73  | 22.29  | 11 Q | 32.10  | 25.06  |

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

### Men's tournament

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

#### Preliminary round

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Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Belarus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 5
Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 4
France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 2
Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 1

All times are local (UTC-7).

7 February 1998| Germany | 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)|  Japan| The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,861

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9 February 1998| Japan | 2–5
(2–1, 0–1, 0–3)|  France| The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,930

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10 February 1998| Japan | 2–2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)|  Belarus| The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,659

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#### Consolation round

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All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 1998| Japan 13th| 4–3 (SO)
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1, 0–0, 1–0)|  Austria| The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,495

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* Team roster

* Akihito Sugisawa
* Shin Yahata
* Tsutsumi Otomo
* Matt Kabayama
* Ryan Kuwabara
* Ryan Fujita
* Atsuo Kudo
* Toshiyuki Sakai
* Takeshi Yamanaka
* Hiroyuki Miura
* Yuji Iga
* Dusty Imoo
* Shinichi Iwasaki
* Tatsuki Katayama
* Makato Kawahira
* Takayuki Kobori
* Kunihiko Sakurai
* Takayuki Miura
* Steve Tsujiura
* Chris Yule

### Women's tournament

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

#### Group stage

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The first four teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 10
Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8
Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 6
China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 4
Sweden | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 2
Japan 6th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0
Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Canada | 13–0  |  Japan
Finland | 11–1  |  Japan
Japan | 1–6  |  China
United States | 10–0  |  Japan
Japan | 0–5  |  Sweden
| Contestants
Miharu Araki
Shiho Fujiwara
Akiko Hatanaka
Mitsuko Igarashi
Yoko Kondo
Akiko Naka
Maiko Obikawa
Yuka Oda
Yukari Ohno
Chie Sakuma
Ayumi Sato
Masako Sato
Rie Sato
Satomi Ono
Yukio Satomi
Aki Sudo
Yuki Togawa
Aki Tsuchida
Haruka Watanabe
Naho Yoshimi

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## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Shigeaki Ushijima | 50.747  | 20  | 50.405  | 17  | 50.716  | 19  | 50.435  | 15  | 3:22.303  | 16

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Atsushi Sasaki
Kei Takahashi | 51.541  | 13  | 51.835  | 14  | 1:43.376  | 14

Women
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Eriko Yamada | 53.494  | 26  | 53.015  | 25  | 51.595  | 14  | 51.319  | 15  | 3:29.423  | 21
Yumie Kobayashi | 52.829  | 23  | 53.025  | 26  | 52.198  | 22  | 52.718  | 26  | 3:30.770  | 25
Shino Yanagisawa | 52.762  | 22  | 52.706  | 24  | 52.243  | 24  | 52.123  | 23  | 3:29.834  | 23

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)

Athlete  | Event  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country
time  | Total
rank

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Points  | Rank
Satoshi Mori | Individual  | 195.0  | 34  | 48:29.0  | 38
Kenji Ogiwara | 226.0  | 9  | 42:42.2  | 4
Junichi Kogawa | 232.0  | 4  | 45:36.8  | 23
Tsugiharu Ogiwara | 232.5  | 3  | 42:46.4  | 6

Men's team

Four participants per team.

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping
* 5 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)

Athletes  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country
time  | Total
rank

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Points  | Rank
Tsugiharu Ogiwara
Satoshi Mori
Gen Tomii
Kenji Ogiwara | 893.0  | 5  | 56:18.8  | 5

## Short track speed skating

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Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round one  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Final rank
Satoru Terao | 500 m  | 42.948  | 1 Q | 1:05.470  | 4  | did not advance
Hitoshi Uematsu | 43.428  | 2 Q | 43.657  | 2 Q | 43.697  | 1 QA | 43.713  |
Takafumi Nishitani | 43.348  | 2 Q | 42.980  | 2 Q | 42.756 OR | 1 Q | 42.862  |
Satoru Terao | 1000 m  | 1:35.323  | 2 Q | 1:29.398 OR | 1 Q | 1:32.636  | 5  | did not advance
Naoya Tamura | 1:31.168  | 1 Q | 1:29.509  | 1 Q | 1:42.908  | 4 QB | 1:32.927  | 5
Hitoshi Uematsu | 1:30.466  | 1 Q | DSQ  | - | did not advance
Satoru Terao
Naoya Tamura
Takehiro Kodera
Yugo Shinohara | 5000 m relay  |  | 7:17.223  | 4 QB | 7:01.660 OR | 5

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Round one  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Final rank
Chikage Tanaka | 500 m  | 46.786  | 1 Q | 56.798  | 3 ADV | 46.497  | 5  | did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara | 47.354  | 1 Q | 52.693  | 3 ADV | 45.736  | 3 QB | 46.889  | 6
Ayako Tsubaki | 46.950  | 4  | did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara | 1000 m  | 1:35.964  | 1 Q | 1:38.446  | 2 Q | 1:35.266  | 3 QB | 1:37.693  | 5
Sachi Ozawa | 1:35.275  | 2 Q | 1:37.493  | 3  | did not advance
Chikage Tanaka | 1:39.822  | 2 Q | 1:36.570  | 4  | did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara
Chikage Tanaka
Nobuko Yamada
Sachi Ozawa | 3000 m relay  |  | 4:24.087  | 1 QA | 4:30.612  | 4

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Hiroya Saito | Normal hill  | 86.5  | 110.5  | 7 Q | 83.0  | 103.0  | 213.5  | 9
Noriaki Kasai | 87.5  | 113.5  | 5 Q | 84.5  | 108.0  | 221.5  | 7
Kazuyoshi Funaki | 87.5  | 114.0  | 4 Q | 90.5  | 119.5  | 233.5  |
Masahiko Harada | 91.5  | 121.0  | 1 Q | 84.5  | 107.5  | 228.5  | 5
Hiroya Saito | Large hill  | 100.0  | 79.5  | 47  | did not advance
Masahiko Harada | 120.0  | 117.0  | 6 Q | 136.0  | 141.3  | 258.3  |
Kazuyoshi Funaki | 126.0  | 129.8  | 4 Q | 132.5  | 142.5  | 272.3  |
Takanobu Okabe | 130.0  | 134.0  | 2 Q | 119.5  | 116.1  | 250.1  | 6

Men's team large hill
Athletes  | Result

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Points 1 | Rank
Takanobu Okabe
Hiroya Saito
Masahiko Harada
Kazuyoshi Funaki | 933.0  |

1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

## Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's halfpipe
Athlete  | Qualifying round 1  | Qualifying round 2  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Takamasa Imai | 24.4  | 35  | 24.4  | 28  | did not advance
Takashi Nishida | 32.2  | 28  | 33.4  | 20  | did not advance
Makoto Takagaki | 34.6  | 20  | 32.2  | 22  | did not advance
Shinichi Watanabe | 35.7  | 15  | 29.1  | 26  | did not advance

Women's giant slalom
Athlete  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Time  | Time  | Rank
Shinobu Ueshima | 1:16.88  | 1:11.17  | 2:28.05  | 15

Women's halfpipe
Athlete  | Qualifying round 1  | Qualifying round 2  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Kaori Takeyama | 23.5  | 23  | 22.7  | 18  | did not advance
Yuri Yoshikawa | 25.6  | 20  | 24.9  | 16  | did not advance

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men
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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
500 m  | Hiroaki Yamakage | 36.61  | 19  | 36.30  | 10  | 72.91  | 15
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa | 36.37  | 12  | 36.60  | 24  | 72.97  | 16
Manabu Horii | 36.37  | 12  | 36.41  | 15  | 72.78  | 13
Hiroyasu Shimizu | 35.76  | 1  | 35.59 OR | 1  | 71.35  |
1000 m  | Hiroyuki Noake |  | 1:12.68  | 25
Manabu Horii |  | 1:12.40  | 17
Yusuke Imai |  | 1:11.96  | 11
Hiroyasu Shimizu |  | 1:11.00  |
1500 m  | Keiji Shirahata |  | 1:52.23  | 21
Yusuke Imai |  | 1:51.70  | 16
Toru Aoyanagi |  | 1:50.68  | 8
Hiroyuki Noake |  | 1:50.49  | 7
5000 m  | Hiroyuki Noake |  | 6:51.35  | 25
Takahiro Nozaki |  | 6:42.30  | 17
Keiji Shirahata |  | 6:36.71  | 7
10,000 m  | Keiji Shirahata |  | 13:57.45  | 14

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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500 m  | Shiho Kusunose | 39.56  | 14  | 39.24  | 8  | 78.80  | 12
Eriko Sanmiya | 39.25  | 12  | 39.31  | 9  | 78.56  | 11
Kyoko Shimazaki | 38.75  | 4  | 38.93  | 5  | 77.68  | 5
Tomomi Okazaki | 38.55  | 3  | 38.55  | 3  | 77.10  |
1000 m  | Kyoko Shimazaki |  | 1:20.49  | 22
Shiho Kusunose |  | 1:18.82  | 11
Eriko Sanmiya |  | 1:18.36  | 8
Tomomi Okazaki |  | 1:18.27  | 7
1500 m  | Shiho Kusunose |  | 2:04.38  | 23
Mie Uehara |  | 2:03.37  | 21
Aki Tonoike |  | 2:02.84  | 16
Chiharu Nozaki |  | 2:02.78  | 15
3000 m  | Noriko Munekata |  | 4:20.72  | 18
Chiharu Nozaki |  | 4:19.60  | 17
Mie Uehara |  | 4:17.92  | 14
5000 m  | Nami Nemoto |  | 7:36.77  | 15
Mie Uehara |  | 7:21.72  | 11

## References

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1. ^ Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

* Japan Olympic Committee database Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
* Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com

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