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| Japan at the 1994 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | JPN |
| NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Lillehammer | |
| Competitors | 65 in 11 sports |
| Flag bearer | Reiichi Mikata |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Japan competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, from February 12 to February 27, 1994. A total of 65 athletes competed with 45 officers. The flag bearer is Nordic combined skier Reiichi Mikata, while the captain of the delegation is speed skater Seiko Hashimoto.
The Nordic combined team was able to retain the gold medal from the same previous achievement in Albertville 1992. Overall the Japanese team won 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze, and managed to finish in eleventh place on the medal table.
As Nagano would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, a traditional Japanese segment was performed at the end of the closing ceremony.
Medalists
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobsleigh | 5 | – | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Freestyle skiing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Luge | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Short track speed skating | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
| Speed skating | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Total | 43 | 16 | 59 |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Kiminobu Kimura | Super-G | 1:36.38 | 33 | ||
| Kiminobu Kimura | Giant Slalom | 1:31.86 | 1:26.64 | 2:58.50 | 26 |
| Gaku Hirasawa | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Takuya Ishioka | 1:05.94 | 1:04.40 | 2:10.34 | 19 | |
| Kiminobu Kimura | 1:05.26 | 1:02.71 | 2:07.97 | 18 | |
| Tetsuya Okabe | 1:03.98 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank | |
| Kiminobu Kimura | 1:41.73 | 51.45 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Takuya Ishioka | 1:40.55 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Emi Kawabata | Downhill | 1:38.29 | 21 | ||
| Emi Kawabata | Super-G | 1:23.90 | 24 | ||
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank | |
| Emi Kawabata | 1:29.00 | 56.50 | 52.72 | 3:18.22 | 17 |
Biathlon
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Misao Kodate | 3 | 31:40.2 | 42 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Misao Kodate | 58:34.6 | 7 | 1'05:34.6 | 62 |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 km Sprint | Yoshiko Honda-Mikami | 2 | 28:37.3 | 44 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km | Yoshiko Honda-Mikami | 54:00.5 | 6 | 1'00:00.5 | 54 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| JPN-1 | Toshio Wakita Takashi Ohori |
Two-man | 53.43 | 20 | 53.51 | 16 | 53.47 | 18 | 53.69 | 18 | 3:34.10 | 19 |
| JPN-2 | Naomi Takewaki Hiroshi Suzuki |
Two-man | 53.08 | 16 | 53.72 | 22 | 53.47 | 18 | 53.73 | 19 | 3:34.00 | 18 |
| 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 Hiroyuki Oshima Hiroshi Suzuki Takashi Ohori |
Four-man | 52.56 | 21 | 52.83 | 23 | 52.55 | 12 | 52.73 | 16 | 3:30.67 | 18 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men