Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics


Japan was represented at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France by the Japanese Olympic Committee.
In total, 60 athletes including 40 men and 20 women represented Japan in 11 different sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, Nordic combined, short track speed skating, ski jumping and speed skating.
Japan won seven medals at the games including one gold, two silver and four bronze across four different sports including one in figure skating, one in Nordic combined, four in speed skating and one in short track speed skating.

Competitors

In total, 60 athletes represented Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France across 11 different sports.
SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing426
Biathlon213
Bobsleigh44
Cross-country skiing246
Figure skating336
Freestyle skiing101
Luge303
Nordic combined44
Short track speed skating448
Ski jumping44
Speed skating9615
Total402060

Medalists

Japan won a total of seven medals at the games including one gold, two silver and four bronze.
MedalNameSportEventDate


Nordic combinedMen's team17 February
Speed skatingMen's 500 metres15 February
Figure skatingLadies' singles21 February
Speed skatingWomen's 1500 metres12 February
Speed skatingMen's 500 metres15 February
Speed skatingMen's 1000 metres18 February



Short track speed skatingMen's 5000 metre relay22 February

Alpine skiing

In total, six Japanese athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Takuya Ishioka, Emi Kawabata, Kiminobu Kimura, Tetsuya Okabe, Tsuyoshi Tomii and Sachiko Yamamoto.
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Biathlon

In total, three Japanese athletes participated in the biathlon events – Yoshiko Honda-Mikami, Atsushi Kazama and Misao Kodate.
;Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km SprintAtsushi Kazama630:34.778
10 km SprintMisao Kodate328:07.036

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EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 kmAtsushi Kazama58:32.861'04:32.863
20 kmMisao Kodate58:53.121'00:53.128

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;Women
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km SprintYoshiko Honda-Mikami226:57.322

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EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 kmYoshiko Honda-Mikami54:55.8357:55.835

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Bobsleigh

In total, four Japanese athletes participated in the bobsleigh events – Naomi Takewaki, Fuminori Tsushima, Toshio Wakita and Ryoji Yamazaki.
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Cross-country skiing

In total, six Japanese athletes participated in the cross-country skiing events – Fumiko Aoki, Naomi Hoshikawa, Hiroyuki Imai, Yumi Inomata, Miwa Ota and Kazunari Sasaki.
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Figure skating

In total, six Japanese athletes participated in the Yfigure skating events – Rena Inoue, Midori Ito, Masakazu Kagiyama, Tomoaki Koyama, Mitsuhiro Murata and Yuka Sato.
;Men
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Mitsuhiro Murata222334.023
Masakazu Kagiyama111520.513

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;Women
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Yuka Sato7710.57
Midori Ito424.0

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;Pairs
AthletesSPFSTFPRank
Rena Inoue
Tomoaki Koyama
141421.014

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Freestyle skiing

In total, one Japanese athlete participated in the freestyle skiing events – Osamu Yamazaki.
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Luge

In total, three Japanese athletes participated in the luge events – Atsushi Sasaki, Yuji Sasaki and Kazuhiko Takamatsu.
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Nordic combined

In total, four Japanese athletes participated in the Nordic combined eventsMasashi Abe, Takanori Kono, Reiichi Mikata and Kenji Ogiwara.
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  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 10 km cross-country skiing
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Short track speed skating

In total, eight Japanese athletes participated in the short track speed skating events – Yuichi Akasaka, Tatsuyoshi Ishihara, Toshinobu Kawai, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Mie Naito, Rie Sato, Hiromi Takeuchi and Nobuko Yamada.
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Ski jumping

In total, four Japanese athletes participated in the ski jumping eventsMasahiko Harada, Jiro Kamiharako, Noriaki Kasai and Kenji Suda.
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Speed skating

In total, 15 Japanese athletes participated in the speed skating events – Toru Aoyanagi, Yuji Fujimoto, Yoko Fukazawa, Seiko Hashimoto, Junichi Inoue, Toshihiko Itokawa, Yumi Kaeriyama, Seiko Krohn, Toshiyuki Kuroiwa, Yasunori Miyabe, Yukinori Miyabe, Kazuhiro Sato, Kyoko Shimazaki, Keiji Shirahata, Noriko Toda and Mie Uehara.
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