Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Japan at the Olympic Games
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At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Competitors	103 (59 men, 44 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Eriko Sanmiya (speed skating)
Medals Rank: 21	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 2
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Japan competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Speed skating	Men's 500 m
Bronze	Tae Satoya	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Yasuyuki Takishita	Downhill			1:43.75	42
Yasuyuki Takishita	Super-G			DNF	–
Kiminobu Kimura	Giant Slalom	1:17.19	1:14.67	2:31.86	37
Akira Sasaki		1:16.11	1:14.47	2:30.58	34
Kentaro Minagawa	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Akira Sasaki		DNF	–	DNF	–
Kiminobu Kimura		52.46	55.97	1:48.43	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kumiko Kashiwagi	Giant Slalom	1:19.90	1:19.65	2:39.55	35
Noriyo Hiroi		1:19.85	1:18.12	2:37.97	29
Noriyo Hiroi	Slalom	56.35	55.63	1:51.98	14
Kumiko Kashiwagi		56.14	56.27	1:52.41	16

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Yukio Mochizuki	2	28:28.5	69
	Hidenori Isa	2	28:03.6	62
	Kyoji suga	1	27:21.0	41
12.5 km pursuit 2	Kyoji Suga	3	36:28.8	35

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 3	Rank
20 km	Hironao Meguro	56:29.2	3	59:29.2	66
	Hidenori Isa	52:52.8	4	56:52.8	44
	Kyoji Suga	52:51.9	2	54:51.9	20

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Hironao Meguro Hidenori Isa Kyoji Suga Yukio Mochizuki	2	1'29:04.4	13

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Mami Shindo-Honma	2	23:36.8	45
	Hiromi Seino-Suga	2	23:03.5	30
	Tamami Tanaka	2	23:00.0	29
	Ryoko Takahashi	2	22:58.3	28
10 km pursuit 4	Mami Shindo-Honma	3	36:28.6	41
	Ryoko Takahashi	3	35:20.6	36
	Hiromi Seino-Suga	1	34:18.8	24
	Tamami Tanaka	2	34:07.7	23

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 3	Rank
15 km	Mami Shindo-Honma	51:38.6	8	59:38.6	64
	Ryoko Takahashi	50:18.0	4	54:18.0	50
	Tamami Tanaka	49:40.4	4	53:40.4	45
	Hiromi Seino-Suga	50:10.6	3	53:10.6	42

Women's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Mami Shindo-Honma Tamami Tanaka Hiromi Seino-Suga Ryoko Takahashi	1	1'35:09.8	14

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.

³ One minute added per missed target.

⁴ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
JPN-1	Masanori Inoue Hiroshi Suzuki	Two-man	48.41	21	48.61	27	48.58	24	48.36	18	3:13.96	21
JPN-2	Shinji Miura Hiroaki Ohishi	Two-man	48.61	28	48.70	28	49.08	29	48.70	24	3:15.09	29

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
JPN-1	Hiroshi Suzuki Sinji Miura Shinji Doigawa Masanori Inoue	Four-man	47.65	23	47.46	21	47.92	19	48.14	19	3:11.17	20

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Masaaki Kozu	3:05.90	47	Did not advance
Daichi Azegami	3:01.47	38	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit1
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Katsuhito Ebisawa	28:45.2	55 Q	27:14.3	49
Mitsuo Horigome	27:50.3	38 Q	25:30.5	33
Hiroyuki Imai	27:42.6	36 Q	25:32.8	34
Masaaki Kozu	27:37.6	34 Q	25:05.6	24

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Katsuhito Ebisawa	41:54.4	50
	Hiroshi Kudo	40:29.9	38
	Hiroyuki Imai	40:27.1	36
	Masaaki Kozu	39:28.3	19
30 km F	Mitsuo Horigome	1'18:06.3	48
	Katsuhito Ebisawa	1'17:18.2	42
	Masaaki Kozu	1'15:32.4	30
	Hiroyuki Imai	1'14:55.6	27
50 km C	Hiroshi Kudo	2'23:02.3	41
	Katsuhito Ebisawa	2'21:05.3	38
	Masaaki Kozu	2'17:51.9	27
	Hiroyuki Imai	2'09:41.3	6

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Masaaki Kozu Hiroyuki Imai Mitsuo Horigome Katsuhito Ebisawa	1'37:50.5	12

Women

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Tomomi Otaka	3:34.14	47	Did not advance
Nobuko Fukuda	3:28.38	39	Did not advance
Madoka Natsumi	3:18.78	16 Q	3:17.5	3	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	5 km C		5 km F pursuit2
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Madoka Natsumi	14:51.4	59	Did not advance
Nobuko Fukuda	14:31.6	50	Did not advance
Sumiko Yokoyama	14:22.4	44 Q	13:25.1	27
Kanoko Goto	14:16.1	38 Q	13:37.4	38

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Tomomi Otaka	32:27.9	48
	Madoka Natsumi	31:54.1	47
	Kanoko Goto	30:36.6	32
	Sumiko Yokoyama	30:32.3	31
15 km F	Nobuko Fukuda	DNF	–
	Midori Furusawa	44:41.8	42
	Kanoko Goto	42:50.4	27
	Sumiko Yokoyama	42:16.2	22
30 km C	Tomomi Otaka	1'50:00.3	43
	Midori Furusawa	1'45:50.0	36
	Madoka Natsumi	1'41:06.0	26
	Sumiko Yokoyama	1'39:48.8	21

² Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Kanoko Goto Madoka Natsumi Nobuko Fukuda Sumiko Yokoyama	51:35.7	10

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Women's tournament

Group stage

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kelley Law	8	1
Switzerland	Luzia Ebnöther	7	2
United States	Kari Erickson	6	3
Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
Germany	Natalie Neßler	5	4
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	5	4
Norway	Dordi Nordby	4	5
Japan 8th	Akiko Katoh	2	7
Denmark	Lene Bidstrup	2	7
Russia	Olga Jarkova	1	8

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Japan	7–8	United States
United Kingdom	9–1	Japan
Germany	5–3	Japan
Japan	7–8	Switzerland
Japan	7–8	Sweden
Canada	9–4	Japan
Japan	5–8	Norway
Russia	6–7	Japan
Denmark	5–6	Japan

Contestants

Japan
Tokoro CC, Kitami Skip: Akiko Katoh Third: Yumie Hayashi Second: Ayumi Onodera Lead: Mika Konaka Alternate: Kotomi Ishizaki

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Yosuke Takeuchi	32.0	24	20	22
Takeshi Honda	5.0	2	4	4

Women

Athlete	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Yoshie Onda	22.5	17	14	17
Fumie Suguri	8.5	7	5	5

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Teppei Noda	Moguls	DNF	0.30	30	Did not advance
Katsuya Nakamoto		30.70	20.56	26	Did not advance
Kenro Shimoyama		30.20	23.39	20	Did not advance
Yugo Tsukita		29.20	25.33	9 Q	29.82	15.81	16
Taku Nakanishi	Aerials		162.89	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Miyuki Hatanaka	Moguls	39.49	21.36	20	Did not advance
Tae Satoya		37.21	23.65	6 Q	34.23	24.85
Aiko Uemura		37.00	23.82	4 Q	35.48	24.66	6

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shigeaki Ushijima	45.905	29	45.260	24	45.283	27	45.651	28	3:02.099	27

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takahisa Oguchi Kei Takahashi	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yumie Kobayashi	44.192	19	44.107	23	44.149	24	44.215	23	2:56.663	25

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's sprint

Events:

• large hill ski jumping
• 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Kenji Ogiwara	93.5	34	18:39.1	33
Norihito Kobayashi	101.1	24	18:04.6	17
Satoshi Mori	106.9	14	18:25.0	22
Daito Takahashi	114.4	4	17:37.9	6

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Satoshi Mori	221.5	22	44:40.6	30
Kenji Ogiwara	233.0	13	41:56.6	11
Gen Tomii	234.5	12	45:15.4	33
Daito Takahashi	243.5	6	42:01.2	12

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Gen Tomii Kenji Ogiwara Satoshi Mori Daito Takahashi	901.0	4	52:26.5	8

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Takafumi Nishitani	500 m	43.211	1 Q	45.535	3	Did not advance
Satoru Terao		42.334	2 Q	42.692	1 Q	1:05.790	3 ADV	42:219	5
Satoru Terao	1000 m	1:31.025	2 Q	1:28.241	2 Q	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Naoya Tamura		1:28.867	1 Q	1:29.864	3 ADV	1:27.751	4 QB	1:35.823	7
Satoru Terao	1500 m	2:23.680	3 Q			DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Naoya Tamura		3:06.585	5			Did not advance
Takafumi Nishitani Satoru Terao Yugo Shinohara Takehiro Kodera Naoya Tamura	5000 m relay					6:50.925	3 QB	7:19.893	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Chikage Tanaka	500 m	45.193	1 Q	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Yuka Kamino		45.933	4	Did not advance
Ikue Teshigawara	1000 m	1:33.855	3	Did not advance
Chikage Tanaka		1:42.332	1 Q	1:34.960	2 Q	1:38.269	3 QB	1:35.125	7
Yuka Kamino	1500 m	2:52.591	4			Did not advance
Chikage Tanaka		2:29.202	1 Q			2:21.924	4 QB	2:31.479	7
Chikage Tanaka Yuka Kamino Ikue Teshigawara Atsuko Takata Nobuko Yamada	3000 m relay					4:17.968	2 Q	4:21.107	4

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Masaru Inada	52.05	16	51.93	16	1:43.98	18
Kazuhiro Koshi	51.50	6	51.52	10	1:43.02	8

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eiko Nakayama	54.00	12	54.72	12	1:48.72	12

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying jump			Final jump 1			Final jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Noriaki Kasai	Normal hill	85.0	101.5	29 Q	85.0	83.0	49	Did not advance
Hiroki Yamada		84.5	103.0	28 Q	88.0	109.5	33	Did not advance
Masahiko Harada		90.5	114.5	11 Q	91.0	117.5	14 Q	89.5	114.5	232.0	20
Kazuyoshi Funaki		Pre-qualified			92.0	119.5	10 Q	94.5	123.5	243.0	9
Hideharu Miyahira	Large hill	111.5	97.7	19 Q	117.0	108.6	29 Q	116.0	106.8	215.4	24
Noriaki Kasai		113.0	101.9	14 Q	110.0	97.5	41	Did not advance
Masahiko Harada		19.5	116.1	2 Q	119.5	115.1	20 Q	116.5	107.7	222.8	20
Kazuyoshi Funaki		Pre-qualified			126.5	128.7	5 Q	121.0	116.8	245.5	7

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points 1	Rank
Masahiko Harada Hiroki Yamada Hideharu Miyahira Kazuyoshi Funaki	926.0	5

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kentaro Miyawaki	13.6	31	27.0	23	Did not advance
Daisuke Murakami	19.4	27	32.7	13	Did not advance
Takaharu Nakai	38.3	6 Q			40.7	5

Women's parallel giant slalom

Athlete	Qualifying		Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	Rank
	Time	Rank
Tomoka Takeuchi	43.76	22	Did not advance
Ran Iida	43.06	16 Q	DSQ	–	–	DSQ	–

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nagako Mori	14.4	21	13.0	16	Did not advance
Yuri Yoshikawa	17.7	19	21.8	14	Did not advance
Yoko Miyake	24.5	14	35.4	5 Q	33.7	8
Michiyo Hashimoto	27.0	12	38.0	3 Q	26.6	12

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Manabu Horii	35.30	15	35.02	15	70.32	14
	Kuniomi Haneishi	35.15	13	34.96	12	70.11	12
	Toyoki Takeda	35.00	8	34.81	6	69.81	8
	Hiroyasu Shimizu	34.61	2	34.65	2	69.26
1000 m	Hiroyuki Noake					1:49.18	44
	Manabu Horii					1:09.50	22
	Toyoki Takeda					1:08.95	16
	Yusuke Imai					1:08.90	15
1500 m	Yusuke Imai					1:48.76	34
	Keiji Shirahata					1:47.78	25
	Takaharu Nakajima					1:47.64	23
	Hiroyuki Noake					1:46.38	15
5000 m	Hiroki Hirako					6:30.46	17
	Keiji Shirahata					6:28.95	13
	Toshihiko Itokawa					6:27.52	12
10,000 m	Toshihiko Itokawa					13:31.96	11
	Keiji Shirahata					13:20.40	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Eriko Sanmiya	38.25	12	38.12	9	76.37	11
	Yukari Watanabe	37.98	9	38.22	10	76.20	9
	Sayuri Osuga	37.82	8	38.60	16	76.42	12
	Tomomi Okazaki	37.77	7	37.87	6	75.64	6
1000 m	Maki Tabata					DSQ	–
	Sayuri Osuga					1:16.48	18
	Eriko Sanmiya					1:16.26	17
	Aki Tonoike					1:14.64	7
1500 m	Yuri Obara					2:01.39	29
	Yayoi Nagaoka					1:59.93	24
	Aki Tonoike					1:57.97	14
	Maki Tabata					1:56.35	9
3000 m	Eriko Seo					4:12.33	19
	Nami Nemoto					4:11.92	18
	Maki Tabata					4:03.63	6
5000 m	Nami Nemoto					DNF	–
	Maki Tabata					7:06.32	8

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Japan Olympic Committee database
• Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com