Japan at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Japan participated in the IV Olympic Winter Games in 1936 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen with a delegation of 31 athletes at sports part 7. Here, the athletes have won no medals. The most successful athlete was Ishihara Shozo with a 4th place in the 500-meter speed skating. Japan was the only Asian country with a delegation at the Winter Games in 1936.
Participants by sport
Hockey (9 )
Men (9th )
- Homma Teiji
- Hayama Masahiro
- Tatsuo Ichikawa
- Kamei Shinkichi
- Toshihiko Shoji
- Susumu Hirano
- Kitazawa Masatatsu
- Ken'ichi Furuya
- Kinoshita Kozue
Figure skating ( 5)
- Katayama Toshiichi ( 15th place)
- Oimatsu Kazuyoshi ( No. 20 )
- Hasegawa Tsugio ( No. 21 )
- Watanabe Zenjiro ( place 23 )
Women
- Inada Etsuko (sleeps 10), with 12 years the youngest participant of Olympic Games
Speed Skating ( 7)
500m
- Ishihara Shozo (4th place )
- Nakamura Reikichi (11th )
- Nando Kunio ( 22nd place)
- Ri Seitoku [A 1] ( 16th place)
1500m
- Ishihara Shozo ( 19th place )
- Be Kin [A 1] ( 15th place)
- Ri Seitoku [A 1] ( # 23 )
- Yasuo Kawamura ( No. 28 )
5000m
- Chō Yūshoku [A 1] ( # 27 )
- Be Kin [A 1] ( # 21 )
- Nando Kunio ( place 31 )
- Ri Seitoku [A 1] ( # 27 )
10000m
- Chō Yūshoku [A 1] ( # 26 )
- Be Kin [A 1] ( 13th)
- Ri Seitoku [A 1] ( # 25 )
Cross-country skiing ( 5)
18km
- Sekido Tsutomu ( 55th place )
- Hiroshi Tadano ( number 59 )
- Yamada Ginzo ( No. 56 )
- Yamada Shinzō ( No. 49 )
50km
- Okayama Tadao ( No. 34 )
- Hiroshi Tadano ( No. 28 )
4x10km Season ( 12th place)
- Yamada Ginzo
- Sekido Tsutomu
- Yamada Shinzō
- Hiroshi Tadano
Nordic Combined ( 3)
- Sekiguchi Isamu ( 29th place )
- Sekido Tsutomu ( 25th place )
- Yamada Shinzō ( No. 43 )
Alpine skiing ( 3)
- Sekido Tsutomu ( Square - )
- Sekiguchi Isamu ( Square - )
- Hiroshi Tadano ( Square - )
Ski Jumping ( 4)
- Iguro Masaji ( 7th place)
- Miyajima Iwao ( place 31 )
- Adachi Gorō ( place 46)
- Tatsuta Shunji ( place 46)