Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah
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, United States
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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, was held over fourteen days, from 9 February to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the Utah Olympic Oval.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Records:...

 
Men's 500 m
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, at the venue in Deer Valley. There were both men's and women's competition in both aerials and moguls events...

 
Women's moguls

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Yasuyuki Takishita
Yasuyuki Takishita
is a Japanese alpine skier. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-External links:*...

Downhill 1:43.75 42
Yasuyuki Takishita
Yasuyuki Takishita
is a Japanese alpine skier. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-External links:*...

Super-G DNF
Kiminobu Kimura
Kiminobu Kimura
is a Japanese alpine skier. He competed in slalom and giant slalom at the 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...

Giant Slalom 1:17.19 1:14.67 2:31.86 37
Akira Sasaki
Akira Sasaki
is a Japanese alpine skier.At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Sasaki ranked 34th in the giant slalom. He did not finish in the slalom event.His best result in the Alpine Skiing World Cup is from 2003 slalom in Wengen, where he finished in a surprising second place with starting number 65...

1:16.11 1:14.47 2:30.58 34
Kentaro Minagawa
Kentaro Minagawa
is a Japanese alpine skier.His first international successes were at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Schwyz, with a 5th rank in Slalom, and a 9th rank in Giant Slalom....

Slalom DSQ DSQ
Akira Sasaki
Akira Sasaki
is a Japanese alpine skier.At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Sasaki ranked 34th in the giant slalom. He did not finish in the slalom event.His best result in the Alpine Skiing World Cup is from 2003 slalom in Wengen, where he finished in a surprising second place with starting number 65...

DNF DNF
Kiminobu Kimura
Kiminobu Kimura
is a Japanese alpine skier. He competed in slalom and giant slalom at the 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...

52.46 55.97 1:48.43 18

Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Kumiko Kashiwagi
Kumiko Kashiwagi
is a Japanese alpine skier. She competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.-External links:*...

Giant Slalom 1:19.90 1:19.65 2:39.55 35
Noriyo Hiroi
Noriyo Hiroi
is a Japanese alpine skier. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and also at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...

1:19.85 1:18.12 2:37.97 29
Noriyo Hiroi
Noriyo Hiroi
is a Japanese alpine skier. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and also at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...

Slalom 56.35 55.63 1:51.98 14
Kumiko Kashiwagi
Kumiko Kashiwagi
is a Japanese alpine skier. She competed in slalom, giant slalom, and super-G at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.-External links:*...

56.14 56.27 1:52.41 16

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km sprint Yukio Mochizuki 2 28:28.5 69
Hidenori Isa 2 28:03.6 62
Kyoji suga 1 27:21.0 41
12.5 km
pursuit 2
Kyoji Suga 3 36:28.8 35

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
20 km Hironao Meguro 56:29.2 3 59:29.2 66
Hidenori Isa 52:52.8 4 56:52.8 44
Kyoji Suga 52:51.9 2 54:51.9 20


Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Hironao Meguro
Hidenori Isa
Kyoji Suga
Yukio Mochizuki
2 1'29:04.4 13

Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km sprint Mami Shindo-Honma 2 23:36.8 45
Hiromi Seino-Suga 2 23:03.5 30
Tamami Tanaka 2 23:00.0 29
Ryoko Takahashi 2 22:58.3 28
10 km
pursuit 4
Mami Shindo-Honma 3 36:28.6 41
Ryoko Takahashi 3 35:20.6 36
Hiromi Seino-Suga 1 34:18.8 24
Tamami Tanaka 2 34:07.7 23

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
15 km Mami Shindo-Honma 51:38.6 8 59:38.6 64
Ryoko Takahashi 50:18.0 4 54:18.0 50
Tamami Tanaka 49:40.4 4 53:40.4 45
Hiromi Seino-Suga 50:10.6 3 53:10.6 42


Women's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Mami Shindo-Honma
Tamami Tanaka
Hiromi Seino-Suga
Ryoko Takahashi
1 1'35:09.8 14


1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2 Starting delay based om 10 km sprint results.

3One minute added per missed target.

4 Starting delay based om 7.5 km sprint results.

Bobsleigh

Men
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
JPN-1 Masanori Inoue
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki (bobsleigh)
is a Japanese bobsledder who has competed since 1992. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 18th in both the two-man and four-man events at Lillehammer in 1994...

Two-man 48.41 21 48.61 27 48.58 24 48.36 18 3:13.96 21
JPN-2 Shinji Miura
Hiroaki Ohishi
Two-man 48.61 28 48.70 28 49.08 29 48.70 24 3:15.09 29

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
JPN-1 Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki (bobsleigh)
is a Japanese bobsledder who has competed since 1992. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 18th in both the two-man and four-man events at Lillehammer in 1994...


Sinji Miura
Shinji Doigawa
Shinji Doigawa
is a Japanese bobsledder who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 20th in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002....


Masanori Inoue
Four-man 47.65 23 47.46 21 47.92 19 48.14 19 3:11.17 20

Cross-country skiing

Men
Sprint
Athlete Qualifying round Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Masaaki Kozu
Masaaki Kozu
is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1993. His best World Cup finish was ninth in a 4 x 10 km relay at Switzerland in 2001....

3:05.90 47 Did not advance
Daichi Azegami 3:01.47 38 Did not advance


Pursuit
Athlete 10 km C 10 km F pursuit1
Time Rank Time Final rank
Katsuhito Ebisawa
Katsuhito Ebisawa
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay and 21st in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, respectively.Ebisawa's best finish at the FIS...

28:45.2 55 Q 27:14.3 49
Mitsuo Horigome
Mitsuo Horigome
Mitsuo Horigome is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay at Nagano in 1998 while earning his best individual finish of 19th in the 30 km event at Lillehammer in...

27:50.3 38 Q 25:30.5 33
Hiroyuki Imai
Hiroyuki Imai
is a former Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of sixth in the 50 km event at Salt Lake City in 2002....

27:42.6 36 Q 25:32.8 34
Masaaki Kozu
Masaaki Kozu
is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1993. His best World Cup finish was ninth in a 4 x 10 km relay at Switzerland in 2001....

27:37.6 34 Q 25:05.6 24

Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C
Katsuhito Ebisawa
Katsuhito Ebisawa
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay and 21st in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, respectively.Ebisawa's best finish at the FIS...

41:54.4 50
Hiroshi Kudo
Hiroshi Kudo
is a Japanese cross-country skier. He represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he competed in the 15 km and the 50 km events.-External links:*...

40:29.9 38
Hiroyuki Imai
Hiroyuki Imai
is a former Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of sixth in the 50 km event at Salt Lake City in 2002....

40:27.1 36
Masaaki Kozu
Masaaki Kozu
is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1993. His best World Cup finish was ninth in a 4 x 10 km relay at Switzerland in 2001....

39:28.3 19
30 km
F
Mitsuo Horigome
Mitsuo Horigome
Mitsuo Horigome is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay at Nagano in 1998 while earning his best individual finish of 19th in the 30 km event at Lillehammer in...

1'18:06.3 48
Katsuhito Ebisawa
Katsuhito Ebisawa
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay and 21st in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, respectively.Ebisawa's best finish at the FIS...

1'17:18.2 42
Masaaki Kozu
Masaaki Kozu
is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1993. His best World Cup finish was ninth in a 4 x 10 km relay at Switzerland in 2001....

1'15:32.4 30
Hiroyuki Imai
Hiroyuki Imai
is a former Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of sixth in the 50 km event at Salt Lake City in 2002....

1'14:55.6 27
50 km
C
Hiroshi Kudo
Hiroshi Kudo
is a Japanese cross-country skier. He represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he competed in the 15 km and the 50 km events.-External links:*...

2'23:02.3 41
Katsuhito Ebisawa
Katsuhito Ebisawa
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay and 21st in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, respectively.Ebisawa's best finish at the FIS...

2'21:05.3 38
Masaaki Kozu
Masaaki Kozu
is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1993. His best World Cup finish was ninth in a 4 x 10 km relay at Switzerland in 2001....

2'17:51.9 27
Hiroyuki Imai
Hiroyuki Imai
is a former Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of sixth in the 50 km event at Salt Lake City in 2002....

2'09:41.3 6

1 Starting delay based om 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Masaaki Kozu
Masaaki Kozu
is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1993. His best World Cup finish was ninth in a 4 x 10 km relay at Switzerland in 2001....


Hiroyuki Imai
Hiroyuki Imai
is a former Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of sixth in the 50 km event at Salt Lake City in 2002....


Mitsuo Horigome
Mitsuo Horigome
Mitsuo Horigome is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay at Nagano in 1998 while earning his best individual finish of 19th in the 30 km event at Lillehammer in...


Katsuhito Ebisawa
Katsuhito Ebisawa
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay and 21st in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, respectively.Ebisawa's best finish at the FIS...

1'37:50.5 12

Women
Sprint
Athlete Qualifying round Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Tomomi Otaka 3:34.14 47 Did not advance
Nobuko Fukuda
Nobuko Fukuda
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the team sprint at Turin in 2006...

3:28.38 39 Did not advance
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo with a fifth place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at...

3:18.78 16 Q 3:17.5 3 Did not advance


Pursuit
Athlete 5 km C 5 km F pursuit2
Time Rank Time Final rank
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo with a fifth place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at...

14:51.4 59 Did not advance
Nobuko Fukuda
Nobuko Fukuda
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the team sprint at Turin in 2006...

14:31.6 50 Did not advance
Sumiko Yokoyama
Sumiko Yokoyama
is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003....

14:22.4 44 Q 13:25.1 27
Kanoko Goto 14:16.1 38 Q 13:37.4 38

Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C
Tomomi Otaka 32:27.9 48
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo with a fifth place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at...

31:54.1 47
Kanoko Goto 30:36.6 32
Sumiko Yokoyama
Sumiko Yokoyama
is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003....

30:32.3 31
15 km
F
Nobuko Fukuda
Nobuko Fukuda
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the team sprint at Turin in 2006...

DNF
Midori Furusawa 44:41.8 42
Kanoko Goto 42:50.4 27
Sumiko Yokoyama
Sumiko Yokoyama
is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003....

42:16.2 22
30 km
C
Tomomi Otaka 1'50:00.3 43
Midori Furusawa 1'45:50.0 36
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo with a fifth place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at...

1'41:06.0 26
Sumiko Yokoyama
Sumiko Yokoyama
is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003....

1'39:48.8 21

2 Starting delay based om 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Kanoko Goto
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi
Madoka Natsumi is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo with a fifth place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at...


Nobuko Fukuda
Nobuko Fukuda
is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the team sprint at Turin in 2006...


Sumiko Yokoyama
Sumiko Yokoyama
is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003....

51:35.7 10

Group stage

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 Canada Canada
Canada
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Kelley Law
Kelley Law
Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia...

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 Switzerland Switzerland
Switzerland
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Luzia Ebnöther
Luzia Ebnöther
Luzia Ebnöther, born , is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:...

7 2
 United States United States Kari Erickson
Kari Erickson
Kari Erickson is an American curler. She was born in Bemidji, Minnesota and is the sister of Stacey Liapis. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where the American team placed fourth.-References:...

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 United Kingdom Great Britain
United Kingdom
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Rhona Martin
Rhona Martin
Rhona Martin MBE is a Scottish curler who has skipped the Scotland women's team at both the European and World Championships, but is most famous as the skip of the Great Britain team that claimed the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002.-Early career:For a long time best known in...

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 Germany Germany
Germany
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Natalie Neßler 5 4
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Elisabet Gustafson
Elisabet Gustafson
Elisabet Gustafson is a retired Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...

5 4
 Norway Norway
Norway
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Dordi Nordby
Dordi Nordby
Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international...

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 Japan Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 8th
Akiko Katoh 2 7
 Denmark Denmark
Denmark
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Lene Bidstrup 2 7
 Russia Russia
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Olga Jarkova
Olga Jarkova
Olga Nikolayevna Jarkova is a Russian curler.Jarkova has been curling for Russia internationally since 1999, when she threw fourth stones for Nina Golovtchenko at the World Junior Challenge where they won silver. She threw third stones that year at a disappointing last place finish in the World...

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Contestants
Tokoro CC, Tokoro
Tokoro, Hokkaido
was a town located in Tokoro District, Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 4,885 and a density of 17.55 persons per km². The total area was 278.29 km²....



Skip: Akiko Katoh 

Third: Yumie Hayashi
Yumie Hayashi
is a Japanese curler, born April 5, 1978 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Hayashi is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the Games she threw third under skip Ayumi Onodera.- References :...

 

Second: Ayumi Onodera
Ayumi Onodera
is a Japanese curler, born November 25, 1978 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Onodera is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

 

Lead: Mika Konaka 

Alternate: Kotomi Ishizaki
Kotomi Ishizaki
is a curler from Japan.Kotomi Ishizaki currently throws Lead stones for skip Moe Meguro.She made her World Championship debut at the 2003 Winnipeg World Championships playing lead for Shinobu Aota's team from Japan...

 

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Points SP FS Rank
Yosuke Takeuchi
Yosuke Takeuchi
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 1999 World Junior bronze medalist and the 1999 & 2002 Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, placing 22nd. He was coached by Takashi Mura and his programs were choreographed by Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai...

32.0 24 20 22
Takeshi Honda
Takeshi Honda
in Kōriyama, Fukushima is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist , two-time Four Continents champion , and six-time Japan national champion.-Biography:...

5.0 2 4 4


Women
Athlete Points SP FS Rank
Yoshie Onda
Yoshie Onda
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2005 Four Continents silver medalist and 2001-2002 bronze medalist.-Career:Onda started skating when she turned nine years old....

22.5 17 14 17
Fumie Suguri
Fumie Suguri
is a Japanese figure skater. She is a five-time Japanese National Champion, a three-time World Championship medalist, a three-time Four Continents Champion and the 2003-2004 Grand Prix Final Champion.-Personal life:Suguri was born in Chiba, Chiba, Japan...

8.5 7 5 5

Freestyle skiing

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Teppei Noda Moguls DNF 0.30 30 Did not advance
Katsuya Nakamoto 30.70 20.56 26 Did not advance
Kenro Shimoyama 30.20 23.39 20 Did not advance
Yugo Tsukita 29.20 25.33 9 Q 29.82 15.81 16
Taku Nakanishi Aerials 162.89 20 Did not advance

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Miyuki Hatanaka Moguls 39.49 21.36 20 Did not advance
Tae Satoya
Tae Satoya
is a Japanese freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and she finished third at the 2002 games.Tae became the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Winter Olympics....

37.21 23.65 6 Q 34.23 24.85
Aiko Uemura
Aiko Uemura
is a Japanese freestyle skier. She participates in moguls and dual moguls.Her family moved to Hakuba town, Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1986. She graduated from Hakuba High School in 1998, and works for the Kitano Construction Corporation in Nagano city, Japan....

37.00 23.82 4 Q 35.48 24.66 6

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shigeaki Ushijima
Shigeaki Ushijima
is a Japanese luger who has competed since 1996. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 16th in the men's singles event at Nagano in 1998....

45.905 29 45.260 24 45.283 27 45.651 28 3:02.099 27


(Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Takahisa Oguchi
Takahisa Oguchi
Takahisha Oguchi is a Japanese luger who has competed since 1999. He finished 20th in the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...


Kei Takahashi
DNF DNF

Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yumie Kobayashi 44.192 19 44.107 23 44.149 24 44.215 23 2:56.663 25

Nordic combined

Men's sprint

Events:
  • large hill ski jumping
  • 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete Ski Jumping Cross-country
time
Total
rank
Points Rank
Kenji Ogiwara
Kenji Ogiwara
is a former Japanese Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival....

93.5 34 18:39.1 33
Norihito Kobayashi
Norihito Kobayashi
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2000. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of fifth in the 10 km individual normal hill at those same...

101.1 24 18:04.6 17
Satoshi Mori
Satoshi Mori
Satoshi Mori was a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best individual finish of 22nd in the 7.5 km sprint event at Salt Lake City in...

106.9 14 18:25.0 22
Daito Takahashi
Daito Takahashi
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth twice ....

114.4 4 17:37.9 6


Men's individual

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete Ski Jumping Cross-country
time
Total
rank
Points Rank
Satoshi Mori
Satoshi Mori
Satoshi Mori was a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best individual finish of 22nd in the 7.5 km sprint event at Salt Lake City in...

221.5 22 44:40.6 30
Kenji Ogiwara
Kenji Ogiwara
is a former Japanese Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival....

233.0 13 41:56.6 11
Gen Tomii
Gen Tomii
Gen Tomii is a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1998 to 2004. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best individual finish of 33rd in the 15 km individual event at Salt Lake City in...

234.5 12 45:15.4 33
Daito Takahashi
Daito Takahashi
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth twice ....

243.5 6 42:01.2 12


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
Points Rank
Gen Tomii
Gen Tomii
Gen Tomii is a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1998 to 2004. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best individual finish of 33rd in the 15 km individual event at Salt Lake City in...


Kenji Ogiwara
Kenji Ogiwara
is a former Japanese Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival....


Satoshi Mori
Satoshi Mori
Satoshi Mori was a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1994 to 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best individual finish of 22nd in the 7.5 km sprint event at Salt Lake City in...


Daito Takahashi
Daito Takahashi
is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth twice ....

901.0 4 52:26.5 8

Short track speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Takafumi Nishitani
Takafumi Nishitani
is a Japanese short track speed skater. He won a gold medal on the 500 m at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.-References:...

500 m 43.211 1 Q 45.535 3 Did not advance
Satoru Terao 42.334 2 Q 42.692 1 Q 1:05.790 3 ADV 42:219 5
Satoru Terao 1000 m 1:31.025 2 Q 1:28.241 2 Q DSQ DSQ
Naoya Tamura 1:28.867 1 Q 1:29.864 3 ADV 1:27.751 4 QB 1:35.823 7
Satoru Terao 1500 m 2:23.680 3 Q DSQ DSQ
Naoya Tamura 3:06.585 5 Did not advance
Takafumi Nishitani
Takafumi Nishitani
is a Japanese short track speed skater. He won a gold medal on the 500 m at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.-References:...


Satoru Terao
Yugo Shinohara
Takehiro Kodera
Naoya Tamura
5000 m relay 6:50.925 3 QB 7:19.893 5

Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Chikage Tanaka 500 m 45.193 1 Q DSQ DSQ
Yuka Kamino 45.933 4 Did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara 1000 m 1:33.855 3 Did not advance
Chikage Tanaka 1:42.332 1 Q 1:34.960 2 Q 1:38.269 3 QB 1:35.125 7
Yuka Kamino 1500 m 2:52.591 4 Did not advance
Chikage Tanaka 2:29.202 1 Q 2:21.924 4 QB 2:31.479 7
Chikage Tanaka
Yuka Kamino
Ikue Teshigawara
Atsuko Takata
Nobuko Yamada
3000 m relay 4:17.968 2 Q 4:21.107 4

Skeleton

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Masaru Inada
Masaru Inada
is a Japanese skeleton racer who has competed since 1997. He finished 18th in the men's skeleton event at both the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. Inada's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 11th in Nagano in 2003.He is a graduate of Sendai University....

52.05 16 51.93 16 1:43.98 18
Kazuhiro Koshi
Kazuhiro Koshi
is a Japanese skeleton racer who has competed since 1991.Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the men's skeleton event at Salt Lake City in 2002...

51.50 6 51.52 10 1:43.02 8


Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eiko Nakayama
Eiko Nakayama
is a Japanese skeleton racer who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 12th in the women's skeleton event at Salt Lake City in 2002....

54.00 12 54.72 12 1:48.72 12

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Qualifying jump Final jump 1 Final jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Noriaki Kasai
Noriaki Kasai
, born June 6, 1972 in Shimokawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese ski jumper.Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of March 23, 2011 he performed record 435 times in World Cup...

Normal hill 85.0 101.5 29 Q 85.0 83.0 49 Did not advance
Hiroki Yamada
Hiroki Yamada
is a Japanese ski jumper.In the World Cup he finished four times among the top 10, his best results being two fourth places from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Hakuba ....

84.5 103.0 28 Q 88.0 109.5 33 Did not advance
Masahiko Harada
Masahiko Harada
is a Japanese ski jumper. He is best remembered for a meltdown at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and his subsequent redemption at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....

90.5 114.5 11 Q 91.0 117.5 14 Q 89.5 114.5 232.0 20
Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki
, born April 27, 1975 in Yoichi, Hokkaido) is a Japanese ski jumper.He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style technique, where the body lies flat....

Pre-qualified 92.0 119.5 10 Q 94.5 123.5 243.0 9
Hideharu Miyahira
Hideharu Miyahira
is a retired Japanese ski jumper.He competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers and one bronze .Miyahara competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 5th in the team...

Large hill 111.5 97.7 19 Q 117.0 108.6 29 Q 116.0 106.8 215.4 24
Noriaki Kasai
Noriaki Kasai
, born June 6, 1972 in Shimokawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese ski jumper.Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of March 23, 2011 he performed record 435 times in World Cup...

113.0 101.9 14 Q 110.0 97.5 41 Did not advance
Masahiko Harada
Masahiko Harada
is a Japanese ski jumper. He is best remembered for a meltdown at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and his subsequent redemption at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....

19.5 116.1 2 Q 119.5 115.1 20 Q 116.5 107.7 222.8 20
Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki
, born April 27, 1975 in Yoichi, Hokkaido) is a Japanese ski jumper.He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style technique, where the body lies flat....

Pre-qualified 126.5 128.7 5 Q 121.0 116.8 245.5 7


Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Masahiko Harada
Masahiko Harada
is a Japanese ski jumper. He is best remembered for a meltdown at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and his subsequent redemption at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....


Hiroki Yamada
Hiroki Yamada
is a Japanese ski jumper.In the World Cup he finished four times among the top 10, his best results being two fourth places from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Hakuba ....


Hideharu Miyahira
Hideharu Miyahira
is a retired Japanese ski jumper.He competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers and one bronze .Miyahara competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 5th in the team...


Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki
, born April 27, 1975 in Yoichi, Hokkaido) is a Japanese ski jumper.He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style technique, where the body lies flat....

926.0 5

1Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kentaro Miyawaki 13.6 31 27.0 23 Did not advance
Daisuke Murakami
Daisuke Murakami (snowboarder)
is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the half-pipe event. He represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he placed 19th. He won the 2009–10 FIS Snowboard World Cup event in Kreischberg, Austria, his first career World Cup victory...

19.4 27 32.7 13 Did not advance
Takaharu Nakai 38.3 6 Q 40.7 5

Women's parallel giant slalom
Athlete Qualifying Round one Quarter final Semi final Final Rank
Time Rank
Tomoka Takeuchi 43.76 22 Did not advance
Ran Iida 43.06 16 Q DSQ DSQ


Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Nagako Mori
Nagako Mori
is a snowboarder from Chiba, Japan, specializing in halfpipe riding. She is currently working in finance and living in Tokyo Japan. She was a member of the Japanese National team at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics...

14.4 21 13.0 16 Did not advance
Yuri Yoshikawa 17.7 19 21.8 14 Did not advance
Yoko Miyake 24.5 14 35.4 5 Q 33.7 8
Michiyo Hashimoto 27.0 12 38.0 3 Q 26.6 12

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Manabu Horii
Manabu Horii
is a speed skater. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1994, and also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics.-References:...

35.30 15 35.02 15 70.32 14
Kuniomi Haneishi 35.15 13 34.96 12 70.11 12
Toyoki Takeda 35.00 8 34.81 6 69.81 8
Hiroyasu Shimizu
Hiroyasu Shimizu
Hiroyasu Shimizu is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic Gold medal from 1998 in the 500m and his win made him a hero in his home country. He currently holds the world record for the 100m speed skating event in 9.43 seconds...

34.61 2 34.65 2 69.26
1000 m Hiroyuki Noake 1:49.18 44
Manabu Horii
Manabu Horii
is a speed skater. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1994, and also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics.-References:...

1:09.50 22
Toyoki Takeda 1:08.95 16
Yusuke Imai 1:08.90 15
1500 m Yusuke Imai 1:48.76 34
Keiji Shirahata 1:47.78 25
Takaharu Nakajima 1:47.64 23
Hiroyuki Noake 1:46.38 15
5000 m Hiroki Hirako
Hiroki Hirako
is a Japanese speed skater. He has competed for Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He has also previously competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.- References :...

6:30.46 17
Keiji Shirahata 6:28.95 13
Toshihiko Itokawa 6:27.52 12
10,000 m Toshihiko Itokawa 13:31.96 11
Keiji Shirahata 13:20.40 4


Women
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Eriko Sanmiya 38.25 12 38.12 9 76.37 11
Yukari Watanabe 37.98 9 38.22 10 76.20 9
Sayuri Osuga
Sayuri Osuga
Sayuri Osuga |Shibetsu, Hokkaido]], Japan) is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 and in the 2004 Summer Games . Until 2006, she was a member of the professional Sankyoseiki speedskating team...

37.82 8 38.60 16 76.42 12
Tomomi Okazaki
Tomomi Okazaki
Tomomi Okazaki is a Japanese speed skater who has competed in five Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Okazaki was the oldest member of the Japanese team at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

37.77 7 37.87 6 75.64 6
1000 m Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...

DSQ
Sayuri Osuga
Sayuri Osuga
Sayuri Osuga |Shibetsu, Hokkaido]], Japan) is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 and in the 2004 Summer Games . Until 2006, she was a member of the professional Sankyoseiki speedskating team...

1:16.48 18
Eriko Sanmiya 1:16.26 17
Aki Tonoike 1:14.64 7
1500 m Yuri Obara 2:01.39 29
Yayoi Nagaoka 1:59.93 24
Aki Tonoike 1:57.97 14
Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...

1:56.35 9
3000 m Eriko Seo 4:12.33 19
Nami Nemoto 4:11.92 18
Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...

4:03.63 6
5000 m Nami Nemoto DNF
Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata
Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...

7:06.32 8
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