Japan_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics

Japan at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Japan at the; 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Sapporo
Competitors	90 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Mineyuki Mashiko
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Japan was the host nation for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. It was the first time that Japan had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, but second time overall after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was also the first Winter Olympic Games held in Asia. The host nation sent 90 athletes, consisting of 70 men and 20 women, along with 20 officers. The flag bearer for the Japanese team, Mineyuki Mashiko did not participate in the game, but instead held the position of team manager.

Quick Facts Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...

Three Japanese ski jumpers swept the medals in the normal hill event, becoming national heroes. This achievement also made Yukio Kasaya the first gold medalist for Japan at the Winter Olympic Games. He was also the first ever Asian to win a Winter Olympic gold medal.

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Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Masahiko Otsue	Downhill					1:59.55	35
Sumihiro Tomii	Downhill					1:55.34	22
Masayoshi Kashiwagi	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Masahiko Otsue		1:38.71	34	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Haruhisa Chiba		1:36.36	26	1:40.87	20	3:17.23	19
Masami Ichimura		1:35.77	22	1:39.57	12	3:15.34	15

Athlete	Classification		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Haruhisa Chiba	1:43.17	1	1:01.25	29	DNF	–	DNF	–
Toshimasa Furukawa	1:46.33	3	?	25	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Masayoshi Kashiwagi	DNF	–	1:00.19	24	56.42	17	1:56.61	18
Masami Ichimura	1:42.90	1	57.58	13	57.25	18	1:54.83	17

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emiko Okazaki	Downhill					1:48.85	41
Harue Okitsu						1:45.37	40
Miyuki Katagiri						1:44.10	35
Mitsuyo Nagumo						1:43.07	32
Mitsuyo Nagumo	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Emiko Okazaki						1:40.37	32
Miyuki Katagiri						1:39.11	30
Harue Okitsu						1:35.33	22
Miyuki Katagiri	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Mitsuyo Nagumo		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Harue Okitsu		50.55	19	50.12	16	1:40.67	16
Emiko Okazaki		50.06	18	49.47	14	1:39.53	13

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Kazuo Sasakubo	1'19:07.43	9	1'28:07.43	38
	Isao Ono	1'16:26.83	7	1'23:26.83	25
	Shozo Sasaki	1'18:05.54	5	1'23:05.54	23
	Miki Shibuya	1'16:57.27	5	1'21:57.27	17

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Isao Ono Shozo Sasaki Miki Shibuya Kazuo Sasakubo	5	1'59:09.48	8

Japan_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics

Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Ice hockey

First round

Consolation round

Luge

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

References

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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	Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe	Two-man	1:18.13	16	1:16.43	6	1:15.17	14	1:16.86	18	5:06.59	15
JPN-2	Akihiko Suzuki Rikio Sato	Two-man	1:18.98	21	1:18.46	21	1:15.63	16	1:18.84	21	5:11.91	21

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
7	West Germany	4	3	1	0	22	10	6
8	Norway	4	3	1	0	16	14	6
9	Japan	4	2	1	1	17	16	5
10	Switzerland	4	0	2	2	9	16	2
11	Yugoslavia	4	0	3	1	9	17	1

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nobutaka Sasaki	Individual	72.5	76.0	190.3	8	54:00.6	169.645	37	359.945	24
Hideki Nakano		82.0	81.0	220.5	1	55:41.2	154.555	39	375.055	13
Yuji Katsuro		74.5	78.0	195.1	6	51:10.9	195.100	18	390.200	5
Kazuo Araya		76.5	77.0	199.7	5	53:29.3	174.340	34	374.040	15

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Takashi Fujisawa	Normal hill	81.0	117.8	68.0	90.0	207.8	23
Akitsugu Konno		82.5	120.2	79.0	114.6	234.8
Seiji Aochi		83.5	123.3	77.5	106.2	229.5
Yukio Kasaya		84.0	126.6	79.0	117.6	244.2
Hiroshi Itagaki	Large hill	90.0	96.0	84.0	87.1	183.1	19
Takashi Fujisawa		95.5	107.2	86.0	89.9	197.1	14
Akitsugu Konno		98.0	109.7	88.5	89.4	199.1	12
Yukio Kasaya		106.0	124.9	85.0	84.5	209.4	7

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Motoharu Matsumura	50:43.76	51
	Akiyoshi Matsuoka	49:50.72	43
	Kunio Shibata	49:38.95	41
	Hideo Tanifuji	49:06.97	37
30 km	Tomio Okamura	1'47:50.22	47
	Seiji Kudo	1'47:00.40	44
	Hideo Tanifuji	1'45:37.13	37
	Kunio Shibata	1'42:30.83	23
50 km	Motoharu Matsumura	DNF	–
50 km	Seiji Kudo	2'57:42.62	29

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Hideo Tanifuji Kunio Shibata Akiyoshi Matsuoka Tomio Okamura	2'13:59.14	10

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Akiko Akasaka	19:49.74	43
	Harumi Imai	19:05.73	38
	Tokiko Ozeki	19:00.82	37
	Hiroko Takahashi	18:32.75	34
10 km	Hideko Saito	39:51.61	38
	Harumi Imai	39:33.13	37
	Tokiko Ozeki	38:07.24	33
	Hiroko Takahashi	36:53.84	25

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Tokiko Ozeki Hiroko Takahashi Hideko Saito	53:20.75	9