Japan at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Japan competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. The Team Consists of 50 athletes 46 were men and 4 were women.
Alpine skiing
;MenBiathlon
;Men| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Masaichi Kinoshita | 4 | 38:50.19 | 43 |
| 10 km Sprint | Takashi Shibata | 6 | 37:26.91 | 37 |
| 10 km Sprint | Hiroyuki Deguchi | 2 | 36:14.61 | 26 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
| 20 km | Tsusumisa Kikuchi | 1'13:44.30 | 11 | 1'24:44.30 | 41 |
| 20 km | Hiroyuki Deguchi | 1'14:53.16 | 7 | 1'21:53.16 | 39 |
| 20 km | Masaichi Kinoshita | 1'14:21.46 | 2 | 1'16:21.46 | 28 |
;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Cross-country skiing
;MenFigure skating
;Men| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Fumio Igarashi | 13 | 8 | 6 | 172.04 | 77 | 9 |
| Mitsuru Matsumura | 11 | 7 | 7 | 172.28 | 75 | 8 |
;Women
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Emi Watanabe | 4 | 8 | 5 | 179.04 | 48 | 6 |
Ice hockey
First Round - Red Division
| Team | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 10 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1 |
Luge
;Men''' Doubles'''
Nordic combined
Events:Speed skating
;Men;Women