Japan_at_the_1968_Winter_Olympics

Japan at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Japan at the; 1968 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Grenoble
Competitors	61 (52 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Takaaki Kaneiri
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Japan at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Japan competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

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As Sapporo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, the flag of Japan was raised at the closing ceremony.

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Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juichi Maruyama	Downhill					2:19.33	64
Hitonari Maruyama						2:18.04	59
Yoshiharu Fukuhara						2:14.09	54
Tsuneo Noto						2:10.32	45
Yoshinari Kida	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Yoshiharu Fukuhara		1:53.96	51	1:58.01	56	3:51.97	50
Tomio Sasaki		1:53.16	46	1:56.99	51	3:50.15	47
Tsuneo Noto		1:52.55	43	1:54.10	40	3:46.65	40

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Tsuneo Noto	DNF	–	56.60	2	did not advance
Yoshiharu Fukuhara	DSQ	–	56.82	2	did not advance
Yoshinari Kida	DSQ	–	57.87	2	did not advance
Tomio Sasaki	55.98	4	56.62	2	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mihoko Otsue	Downhill					1:51.60	34
Mihoko Otsue	Giant Slalom					2:10.56	36
Mihoko Otsue	Slalom	46.78	26	1:04.59	31	1:51.37	31

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Hajime Yoshimura	1'23:05.5	9	1'32:05.5	43
	Shozo Okuyama	1'21:51.0	7	1'28:51.0	34
	Isao Ono	1'20:47.8	8	1'28:47.8	33
	Miki Shibuya	1'21:37.1	6	1'27:37.1	28

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Isao Ono Miki Shibuya Shozo Okuyama Hajime Yoshimura	9	2'35:21.0	13

Japan at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Yutaka Higuchi	23	26	1529.6	218	25
Tsuguhiko Kozuka	24	19	1584.0	189	21

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Haruko Ishida	18	25	1552.7	218	26
Kazumi Yamashita	15	14	1639.0	139	14
Kumiko Okawa	8	5	1763.6	61	8

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Masatoshi Suto	Individual	62.0	66.0	183.0	30	53:32.6	176.03	31	359.03	31
Katsutoshi Okubo		66.0	69.5	194.8	23	52:33.1	187.43	26	382.23	24
Akemi Taniguchi		73.0	72.5	224.4	4	55:04.5	158.74	39	383.14	23
Hiroshi Itagaki		73.5	76.0	237.4	2	53:26.2	177.25	29	414.65	10

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Yukio Kasaya	Normal hill	71.0	95.4	72.0	101.0	196.4	23
Takashi Fujisawa		73.0	100.6	71.0	93.9	194.5	26
Masakatsu Asari		72.5	100.8	59.5	69.0	169.8	47
Akitsugu Konno		72.5	101.3	69.5	95.0	196.3	24
Seiji Aochi	Large hill	90.5	94.6	87.5	90.4	185.0	26
Akitsugu Konno		91.5	95.5	90.5	95.6	191.1	20
Yukio Kasaya		91.0	97.3	88.5	93.8	191.1	20
Takashi Fujisawa		101.0	116.8	82.5	75.9	192.7	18

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Tokio Sato Sotoo Okushiba Kazuo Sato Akiyoshi Matsuoka	2'20:54.8	10