Japan at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Japan participated in the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976 with a delegation of 58 (50 men, 8 women) athletes participate. The speed skaters Masaki Suzuki was selected as the standard-bearer of the Japanese team for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Alpine Skiing

Gentlemen:

  • Haruhisa Chiba Giant Slalom: DSQ Slalom: DNF
  • Masami Ichimura Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF
  • Mikio Katagiri Departure: 27th place - 1:50,03 min Giant Slalom: 37th place - 3:52,73 min Slalom: DNF
  • Sumihiro Tomii Departure: 20th Place - 1:48,88 min Giant Slalom: 34th place - 3:49,73 min Slalom: 29th place - 2:18,67 min

Biathlon

Gentlemen:

  • Hiroyuki Deguchi Single (20 km): 30th place - 1:24:53,84 h; 6 Error Season (4 x 7,5 km): 14th Place - 2:17:09,04 h; 10 Error
  • Isao Ono Season (4 x 7,5 km): 14th Place - 2:17:09,04 h; 10 Error
  • Kazuo Sasakubo Single (20 km): 41st - 1:27:35,31 h; 6 Error
  • Yoshiyuki Shirate Season (4 x 7,5 km): 14th Place - 2:17:09,04 h; 10 Error
  • Manabu Suzuki Single (20 km): 38th place - 1:26:35,79 h; 7 Error Season (4 x 7,5 km): 14th Place - 2:17:09,04 h; 10 Error

Bob

Bobsleigh:

  • Kazumi Abe / Susumu Esashika (JPN I) 24th Place - 3:56,06 min
  • Rikio Sato / Kimihiro Shinada (JPN II) 22nd place - 3:53,72 min

Bobsled:

  • Kazumi Abe / Susumu Esashika / Rikio Sato / Kimihiro Shinada 18th Place - 3:49,41 min

Hockey

Men: 9th place

  • Takeshi Akiba
  • Takeshi Azuma
  • Kiyoshi Esashika
  • Tsutomu Hanzawa
  • Sadaki Honma
  • Hiroshi Hori
  • Yoshio Hoshino
  • Minoru Ito
  • Yoshiaki Kyoya
  • Minoru Misawa
  • Hitoshi Nakamura
  • Iwao Nakayama
  • Toshimitsu Otsubo
  • Hideo Sakurai
  • Yasushio Tanaka
  • Hideo Urabe
  • Osamu Wakabayashi
  • Koji Wakasa

Figure skating

Women:

Gentlemen:

Speed ​​Skating

Women:

  • Keiko Hasegawa 500 m: 17th Place - 45.09 sec 1000 m: 24th Place - 1:35,42 min
  • Chieko Ito 1500 m: 22 Square - 2:25,27 min 3000 m: 21 Square - 5:02,57 min
  • Makiko Nagaya 500 m: 7th place - 43.88 sec 1000 m: 9th place - 1:31,23 min
  • Yuko Ota Yaegashi - 1000 m: 20th Place - 1:33,99 min 1500 m: 24th Place - 2:25,74 min 3000 m: 19th Place - 4:58,92 min

Gentlemen:

  • Norio Hirate 500 m: 16th Place - 40.85 sec 1000 m: 30th place - 1:29,42 min
  • Masayuki Kawahara 5000 m: 24th Place - 8:10,08 min
  • Mikio Oyama 500 m: 18th Place - 40.90 sec 1000 m: 24th Place - 1:25,91 min
  • Masaki Suzuki 500 m: 11th place - 40.22 sec 1000 m: 19th Place - 1:23,40 min
  • Masahiko Yamamoto 1500 m: 21 Square - 2:06,67 min 5000 m: 22 Square - 8:06,97 min 10,000 m: 16th Place - 16:20,83 min

Toboggan

Women:

  • Mieko Ogawa 19th Place - 3:00,730 min
  • Teruko Yamada 20th Place - 3:00,808 min

Gentlemen:

  • Kazuaki Ichikawa 27th place - 3:42,442 min
  • Hidetoshi Sato 24th Place - 3:40,931 min

Doubles:

  • Kazuaki Ichikawa / Masaaki Oyagi 18th Place - 1:30,583 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women:

  • Mikiko Terui 5 km: 26th place - 17:29,65 min 10 km: 30th place - 33:25,81 min

Gentlemen:

  • Ryoji Fujiki 15 km: 58th - 49:40,48 min 30 km: 57th place - 1:42:59,25 h
  • Kiyoshi Hayasaka 15 km: 50th place - 48:46,93 min 30 km: 55th place - 1:41:33,76 h

Ski Jumping

  • Hiroshi Itagaki Normal hill: 20th Place - 221.1 points Large hill: 19th Place - 183.1 points
  • Takao Ito Normal hill: 24th Place - 213.9 points Large hill: 22 Place - 183.2 points
  • Koji Kakuta Normal hill: 29th place - 210.4 points
  • Yukio Kasaya Normal hill: 16th Place - 224.0 points Large hill: 17th Place - 192.3 points
  • Minoru Wakasa Large hill: 29th place - 177.5 points

Nordic Combined

  • Yuji Katsuro Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 21 Place
  • Michio Kubota Single ( normal hill / 15 km): 30th place
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