Japan at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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Alpine skiing
Men| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mikio Katagiri | Downhill | 1:50.03 | 27 | ||||
| Sumihiro Tomii | 1:48.88 | 20 | |||||
| Haruhisa Chiba | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Masami Ichimura | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Mikio Katagiri | 1:54.68 | 45 | 1:58.05 | 38 | 3:52.73 | 37 | |
| Sumihiro Tomii | 1:53.92 | 40 | 1:55.81 | 34 | 3:49.73 | 34 | |
| Haruhisa Chiba | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Mikio Katagiri | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Sumihiro Tomii | 1:07.69 | 34 | 1:10.98 | 28 | 2:18.67 | 29 | |
| Masami Ichimura | 1:02.35 | 10 | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Biathlon
Men
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Kazuo Sasakubo | 1'21:35.31 | 6 | 1'27:35.31 | 41 |
| Manabu Suzuki | 1'19:35.79 | 7 | 1'26:35.79 | 38 | |
| Hiroyuki Deguchi | 1'20:53.84 | 4 | 1'24:53.84 | 30 |
1One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 2 | Time | Rank | |
| Isao Ono Hiroyuki Deguchi Manabu Suzuki Yoshiyuki Shirate |
10 | 2'17:09.04 | 14 |
2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied 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 | Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe |
Two-man | 58.69 | 24 | 59.07 | 24 | 59.12 | 24 | 59.18 | 24 | 3:56.06 | 24 |
| JPN-2 | Rikio Sato Kimihiro Shinada |
Two-man | 58.52 | 22 | 58.30 | 21 | 58.55 | 23 | 58.35 | 21 | 3:53.72 | 22 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| JPN-1 | Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Kimihiro Shinada |
Four-man | 56.47 | 18 | 56.97 | 21 | 57.78 | 19 | 58.19 | 19 | 3:49.41 | 18 |
Cross-country skiing
Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Ryoji Fujiki | 49:40.48 | 58 |
| Kiyoshi Hayasaka | 48:46.93 | 50 | |
| 30 km | Ryoji Fujiki | 1'42:59.25 | 57 |
| Kiyoshi Hayasaka | 1'41:33.76 | 55 | |
Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km | Mikiko Terui | 17:29.65 | 26 |
| 10 km | Mikiko Terui | 33:25.81 | 30 |
Figure skating
Men
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsuru Matsumura Mitsuru Matsumura is a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. He won the Japan Figure Skating Championships in 1978. He placed 18th in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games, and 8th in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.-Competitive highlights:- See also :... |
16 | 12 | 11 | 172.48 | 99 | 11 |
| Minoru Sano Minoru Sano is a former Japanese figure skater. He won the Japan Figure Skating Championships from 1972 to 1976 and represented Japan in the World Figure Skating Championships from 1973 to 1977.... |
9 | 7 | 10 | 178.72 | 79 | 9 |
Women
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emi Watanabe Emi Watanabe is a Japanese figure skater of Filipino ancestry. Her father is Japanese, and mother is Filipino. She won eight consecutive Japanese championships and earned the first World Championship medal in ladies' singles for Japan in 1979... |
11 | 12 | 15 | 171.72 | 118.5 | 13 |
Ice hockey
First Round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.|}
Consolation Round
| Rank | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6 | |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 6 | |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 6 | |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 4 | |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0 |
- Romania 3-1 Japan
- Austria 3-2 Japan
- Japan 6-4 Switzerland
- Japan 4-3 Yugoslavia
- Japan 7-5 Bulgaria
| Contestants Toshimitsu Otsubo Minoru Misawa Hiroshi Hori Iwao Nakayama Hitoshi Nakamura Kiyoshi Esashika Takeshi Akiba Koji Wakasa Hideo Urabe Yoshiaki Kyoya Minoru Ito Takeshi Azuma Sadaki Honma Hideo Sakurai Tsutomu Hanzawa Osamu Wakabayashi Yasushio Tanaka Yoshio Hoshino |
Luge
Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Kazuaki Ichikawa | 56.252 | 29 | 55.502 | 30 | 55.400 | 33 | 55.288 | 29 | 3:42.442 | 27 |
| Hidetoshi Sato | 55.699 | 27 | 55.142 | 26 | 54.906 | 27 | 55.184 | 27 | 3:40.931 | 24 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Kazuaki Ichikawa Masaaki Oyagi |
45.176 | 18 | 45.407 | 19 | 1:30.583 | 18 |
Women
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Teruko Yamada | 45.482 | 20 | 45.155 | 19 | 44.943 | 21 | 45.228 | 20 | 3:00.808 | 20 |
| Mieko Ogawa | 45.341 | 18 | 45.263 | 20 | 44.907 | 20 | 45.219 | 19 | 3:00.730 | 19 |
Nordic combined
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Michio Kubota | Individual | 74.0 | 74.5 | 196.3 | 15 | 56:39.45 | 142.31 | 32 | 338.61 | 30 |
| Yuji Katsuro Yuji Katsuro Yuji Katsuro was a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed in the 1970s. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fifth in the Nordic combined event at Sapporo in 1972.-External links:... |
75.0 | 76.0 | 209.8 | 5 | 54:15.75 | 163.87 | 29 | 373.67 | 21 | |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Koji Kakuta | Normal hill | 74.5 | 104.5 | 76.0 | 105.9 | 210.4 | 29 |
| Takao Ito | 75.0 | 106.8 | 75.5 | 107.1 | 213.9 | 24 | |
| Hiroshi Itagaki | 76.0 | 109.4 | 76.5 | 111.7 | 221.1 | 20 | |
| Yukio Kasaya Yukio Kasaya Yukio Kasaya is a former Japanese ski jumper. He was one of the most successful ski jumpers of the late 1960s and the early 1970s. At the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia, he finished 2nd in the individual normal hill behind Gariy Napalkov... |
78.0 | 114.1 | 76.0 | 109.9 | 224.0 | 16 | |
| Minoru Wakasa | Large hill | 86.0 | 90.4 | 84.0 | 87.1 | 177.5 | 29 |
| Hiroshi Itagaki | 86.0 | 95.4 | 77.0 | 79.8 | 175.2 | 33 | |
| Takao Ito | 85.0 | 95.5 | 80.5 | 87.7 | 183.2 | 22 | |
| Yukio Kasaya Yukio Kasaya Yukio Kasaya is a former Japanese ski jumper. He was one of the most successful ski jumpers of the late 1960s and the early 1970s. At the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia, he finished 2nd in the individual normal hill behind Gariy Napalkov... |
86.0 | 95.9 | 86.0 | 96.4 | 192.3 | 17 | |
Speed skating
Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Mikio Oyama | 40.90 | 18 |
| Norio Hirate | 40.85 | 16 | |
| Masaki Suzuki | 40.22 | 11 | |
| 1000 m | Norio Hirate | 1:29.42 | 30 |
| Mikio Oyama | 1:25.91 | 24 | |
| Masaki Suzuki | 1:23.40 | 19 | |
| 1500 m | Masahiko Yamamoto | 2:06.67 | 21 |
| 5000 m | Masayuki Kawahara | 8:10.08 | 24 |
| Masahiko Yamamoto | 8:06.97 | 22 | |
| 10,000 m | Masahiko Yamamoto | 16:20.83 | 16 |
Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Keiko Hasegawa | 45.09 | 17 |
| Makiko Nagaya | 43.88 | 7 | |
| 1000 m | Keiko Hasegawa | 1:35.42 | 24 |
| Yuko Yaegashi-Ota | 1:33.99 | 20 | |
| Makiko Nagaya | 1:31.23 | 9 | |
| 1500 m | Yuko Yaegashi-Ota | 2:25.74 | 24 |
| Chieko Ito | 2:25.27 | 22 | |
| 3000 m | Chieko Ito | 5:02.57 | 21 |
| Yuko Yaegashi-Ota | 4:58.92 | 19 | |