Japan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics

Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Japan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Shizuka Arakawa won the country's only medal, a gold, in women's figure skating. She was the first person born and raised in Asia to become an Olympic champion in that event. Athletes representing Japan participated in all but one of the 2006 Olympics' 15 sports, with Ice hockey the only exception.

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Medalists

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Alpine skiing

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Biathlon

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Women
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Bobsleigh

Manami Hino and Chisato Nagaoka
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Cross-country skiing

Distance
Sprint
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Curling

Women's

Team: Ayumi Onodera (skip), Yumie Hayashi, Mari Motohashi, Moe Meguro, Sakurako Terada (alternate)

Round Robin
Draw 2
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;Draw 3

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;Draw 4

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;Draw 5

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;Draw 8

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;Draw 9

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;Draw 10

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;Draw 11

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;Draw 12

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Standings
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Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

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Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

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Luge

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Nordic combined

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Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

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Skeleton

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Ski jumping

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Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
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Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS
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Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross
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Speed skating

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Team Pursuit
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References

  1. "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved Feb 22, 2009.[permanent dead link]

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