Japan_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics
Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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.
Quick Facts Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | JPN |
| NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Nagano | |
| Competitors | 156 (92 men, 64 women) in 14 sports |
| Flag bearer | Hiroyasu Shimizu (speed skating) |
| Medals Ranked 7th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Men's combined
More information Athlete, Slalom ...
| Athlete | Slalom | Downhill | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank | |
| Yasuyuki Takishita | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Women's combined
More information Athlete, Downhill ...
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank | |
| Junko Yamakawa | 1:34.98 | 38.24 | 37.14 | 2:50.36 | 16 |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Atsushi Kazama | 6 | 31:41.2 | 61 |
| Shuichi Sekiya | 3 | 30:33.4 | 43 | |
| Kyoji Suga | 2 | 29:19.4 | 18 |
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More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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- Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
| Kyoji Suga Hironao Meguro Shuichi Sekiya Atsushi Kazama |
4 | 1'27:55.7 | 15 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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- Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
| Mami Shindo-Honma Hiromi Seino-Suga Mie Takeda Ryoko Takahashi |
1 | 1'46:23.0 | 14 |
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- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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- 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Katsuhito Ebisawa Hiroyuki Imai Mitsuo Horigome Kazutoshi Nagahama |
1'43:06.7 | 7 |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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- 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Tomomi Otaka Sumiko Yokoyama Fumiko Aoki Kumiko Yokoyama |
58:22.8 | 10 |
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Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
More information Country, Skip ...
| Country | Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
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More information Team 1, Score ...
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
 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 |
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Tie-breaker
Contestants
More information Skip, Third ...
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makoto Tsuruga | Hiroshi Sato | Yoshiyuki Ohmiya | Hirofumi Kudo | Hisaaki Nakamine |
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Women's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
More information Country, Skip ...
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More information Team 1, Score ...
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Contestants
More information Skip, Third ...
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayumi Ohkutsu | Akiko Katoh | Yukari Kondo | Yoko Mimura | Akemi Niwa |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, SP ...
| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamato Tamura | 15 | 17 | 24.5 | 17 |
| Takeshi Honda | 18 | 12 | 21.0 | 15 |
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- Women
- Pairs
- Ice dancing
More information Athletes, CD1 ...
| Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aya Kawai Hiroshi Tanaka |
21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 45.6 | 23 |
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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  | |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
More information Team, GP ...
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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 |
| 9 February 1998 | Japan | 2–5 (2–1, 0–1, 0–3) |  France | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,930 |
| 10 February 1998 | Japan | 2–2 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) |  Belarus | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,659 |
Consolation round
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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Women's tournament
Group stage
The first four teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.
More information Team, GP ...
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
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More information Team 1, Score ...
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Canada |
13–0 | Japan |
| Finland |
11–1 | Japan |
| Japan |
1–6 | China |
| United States |
10–0 | Japan |
| Japan |
0–5 | Sweden |
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Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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(Men's) Doubles
More information Athletes, Run 1 ...
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Atsushi Sasaki Kei Takahashi |
51.541 | 13 | 51.835 | 14 | 1:43.376 | 14 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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)
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country time |
Total rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Men's team
Four participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 5 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)
More information Athletes, Ski jumping ...
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country time |
Total rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | |||
| Tsugiharu Ogiwara Satoshi Mori Gen Tomii Kenji Ogiwara |
893.0 | 5 | 56:18.8 | 5 |
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Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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- Men's team large hill
More information Athletes, Result ...
| Athletes | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Points 1 | Rank | |
| Takanobu Okabe Hiroya Saito Masahiko Harada Kazuyoshi Funaki |
933.0 | |
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- 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.
Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men's halfpipe
More information Athlete, Qualifying round 1 ...
| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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- Women's giant slalom
More information Athlete, Race 1 ...
| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | |
| Shinobu Ueshima | 1:16.88 | 1:11.17 | 2:28.05 | 15 |
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- Women's halfpipe
More information Athlete, Qualifying round 1 ...
| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| 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 | |||||
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