Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Japan participated in the Olympic Winter Games Sapporo in 1972 with a delegation of 85 (65 men, 20 women) athletes participate.

Participants by sport

Alpine Skiing

Women:

  • Miyuki Katagiri Departure: 35th place - 1:44,10 min Giant Slalom: 30th place - 1:39,11 min Slalom: DNF
  • Mitsuyo Nagumo Departure: 32nd - 1:43,07 min Giant Slalom: DSQ Slalom: DNF
  • Emiko Okazaki Departure: 40th place - 1:45,37 min Giant Slalom: 22 Square - 1:35,33 min Slalom: 16th Place - 1:40,67 min
  • Harue Okitsu Departure: 13th Place - 1:40,62 min Giant Slalom: 9th place - 1:33,08 min Slalom: DNF

Gentlemen:

  • Haruhisa Chiba Giant Slalom: 19th Place - 3:17,23 min Slalom: DNF
  • Toshimasa Furukawa Giant Slalom: 15th Place - 3:15,34 min Slalom: 17th Place - 1:54,83 min
  • Masami Ichimura Departure: 29th place - 1:56,67 min
  • Masayoshi Kashiwagi Giant Slalom: DSQ Slalom: 18th Place - 1:56,61 min
  • Masahiko Otsue Departure: DSQ Giant Slalom: 6th place - 3:11,94 min
  • Sumihiro Tomii Departure: 22nd place - 1:55,34 min

Biathlon

Gentlemen:

  • Isao Ono Single (20 km): 25th place - 1:23:26,83 h; 7 Error Season (4 x 7,5 km): 8th Place - 1:59:09,81 min
  • Shozo Sasaki Single (20 km): 23 Place - 1:23:05,54 h; 5 Mistakes Season (4 x 7,5 km): 8th Place - 1:59:09,81 min
  • Kazuo Sasakubo Single (20 km): 38th place - 1:28:07,43 h; 9 Error Season (4 x 7,5 km): 8th Place - 1:59:09,81 min
  • Miki Shibuya Single (20 km): 17th Place - 1:21:57,27 h; 5 Mistakes Season (4 x 7,5 km): 8th Place - 1:59:09,81 min

Bob

Bobsleigh:

  • Kazumi Abe / Susumu Esashika (JAP I) 15th Place - 5:06,59 min
  • Rikio Sato / Akihiko Suzuki (JAP II) 21th Place - 5:11,91 min

Bobsled:

  • Kazumi Abe / Susumu Esashika / Yoshiyuki Ichihashi / Rikio Sato (JAP I) 12th Place - 4:47,92 min
  • Hiroshi Inaba / Toshihisa Nagata / Koichi Sugawara / Akihiko Suzuki (JAP II) DSQ

Hockey

Men: 7th place

  • Takeshi Akiba
  • Tsutomu Hanzawa
  • Takao Hikigi
  • Teruyasu Honma
  • Hiroshi Hori
  • Yoshio Hoshino
  • Minoru Ito
  • Koji Iwamoto
  • Isao Kakihara
  • Hideaki Kurokawa
  • Minoru Misawa
  • Iwao Nakayama
  • Toru Okajima
  • Toshimitsu Otsubo
  • Hideo Suzuki
  • Yasushio Tanaka
  • Takashi Tsuburai
  • Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Fumio Yamazaki

Figure skating

Women:

  • Kazumi Yamashita 10th Place

Gentlemen:

  • Yutaka Higuchi 16th Place

Couples:

  • Kotoe Nagasawa / Hiroshi Nagakubo Pair of running: 10th place

Speed ​​Skating

Women:

  • Akiko Aruga 3000 m: 18th Place - 5:22,60 min
  • Satomi Koike 1500 m: 11th place - 2:25,16 min 3000 m: 12th Place - 5:09,21 min
  • Ryoko Onozawa 500 m: 21 Course - 46.70 sec 1000 m: 28th place - 1:36,99 min
  • Sachiko Saito 500 m: 9th place - 45.35 sec 1000 m: 18th Place - 1:35,12 min
  • Emiko Taguchi 1000 m: 15th Place - 1:34,40 min 1500 m: 17th Place - 2:28,19 min

Gentlemen:

  • Takayuki Hida 500 m: 13th Place - 40.62 sec
  • Norio Hirate 500 m: 17th Place - 41.08 sec
  • Kiyomi Ito 1500 m: 22 Square - 2:11,96 min 5000 m: 13th Place - 7:45,96 min 10,000 m: 10th place - 15:48,17 min
  • Mutsuhiko Maeda 1500 m: 20th Place - 2:11,09 min
  • Osamu Naito 5000 m: 16th Place - 7:56,97 min 10,000 m: 12th Place - 15:52,93 min
  • Keiichi Suzuki 500 m: 19th Place - 41.28 sec
  • Masaki Suzuki 500 m: 8th place - 40.35 sec

Toboggan

Women:

  • Miyako Kawase 19th Place - 3:08,10 min
  • Yuko Otaka 5th Place - 3:00,98 min
  • Hiroko Shibuya 13th Place - 3:04,45 min

Gentlemen:

  • Satoru Arai 26th place - 3:37,31 min
  • Masako Eguchi 18th Place - 3:33,81 min
  • Kazuaki Ichikawa 20th Place - 3:34,99 min
  • Masatoshi Kobayashi 24th Place - 3:36,39 min

Doubles:

  • Satoru Arai / Masatoshi Kobayashi 4th place - 1:29,63 min
  • Masako Eguchi / Kazuaki Ichikawa 18th Place - 1:33,56 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women:

  • Akiko Akasaka 5 km: 43rd - 19:49,74 min
  • Harumi Imai 5 km: 38th place - 19:05,73 min 10 km: 37th place - 39:33,13 min
  • Tokiko ozeki 5 km: 37th place - 19:00,82 min 10 km: 33rd - 38:07,24 min 3x5 km relay: 9th place - 53:20,75 min
  • Hideko Saito 10 km: 38th place - 39:51,61 min 3x5 km relay: 9th place - 53:20,75 min
  • Hiroko Takahashi 5 km: 34th place - 18:32,75 min 10 km: 25th place - 36:53,84 min 3x5 km relay: 9th place - 53:20,75 min

Gentlemen:

  • Seiji Kudo 30 km: 44th - 1:47:00,40 h 50 km: 29th place - 2:57:42,62 h
  • Motoharu Matsumura 15 km: 51 Square - 50:43,76 min 50 km: dnf
  • Akiyoshi Matsuoka 15 km: 43rd - 49:50,72 min 4x10 km relay: 10th place - 2:13:59,14 h
  • Tomio Okamura 30 km: 47th - 1:47:50,22 h 4x10 km relay: 10th place - 2:13:59,14 h
  • Kunio Shibata 15 km: 41st - 49:38,95 min 30 km: 23th Place - 1:42:30,83 h 4x10 km relay: 10th place - 2:13:59,14 h
  • Hideo Tanifuji 15 km: 37th place - 49:06,97 min 30 km: 37th place - 1:45:37,13 h 4x10 km relay: 10th place - 2:13:59,14 h

Ski Jumping

  • Yukio Kasaya Normal hill: - 244.2 points Large hill: 7th place - 209.4 points
  • Akitsugu Konno Normal hill: - 234.8 points Large hill: 12th Place - 199.1 points
  • Seiji Aochi Normal hill: - 229.5 points
  • Takashi Fujisawa Normal hill: 23 Place - 207.8 points Large hill: 14th Place - 197.1 points
  • Hiroshi Itagaki Large hill: 19th Place - 183.1 points

Nordic Combined

  • Kazuo Araya Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 15th Place
  • Yuji Katsuro Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 5th place
  • Hideki Nakano Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 13th Place
  • Nobutaka Sasaki Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 24th Place

Weblink

  • Japanese Olympic team in 1972 in the database of Sports- Reference.com (English)

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