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Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
JPN

Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Japanese Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.joc.or.jp (Japanese) (English)

Competitors
  
156 (92 men, 64 women) in 14 sports

Flag bearer
  
Hiroyasu Shimizu (speed skating)

MedalsRanked 7th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal51410

Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men

Men's combined

Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

Men
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Tie-breaker

Contestants

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Contestants

Figure skating

Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

Men
Women

Preliminary round

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

All times are local (UTC-7).

Consolation round

All times are local (UTC-7).

  • Team roster
  • Akihito Sugisawa
  • Shin Yahata
  • Tsutsumi Otomo
  • Matt Kabayama
  • Ryan Kuwabara
  • Ryan Fujita
  • Atsuo Kudo
  • Toshiyuki Sakai
  • Takeshi Yamanaka
  • Hiroyuki Miura
  • Yuji Iga
  • Dusty Imoo
  • Shinichi Iwasaki
  • Tatsuki Katayama
  • Makato Kawahira
  • Takayuki Kobori
  • Kunihiko Sakurai
  • Takayuki Miura
  • Steve Tsujiura
  • Chris Yule

    • Group stage

    The first four teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

    Luge

    Men

    (Men's) Doubles

    Women

    Nordic combined

    Men's individual

    Events:

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

    • Men's team

    Four participants per team.

    Events:

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

    • Short track speed skating

    Men
    Women

    Ski jumping

    Men's team large hill

    Snowboarding

    Men's halfpipe
    Women's giant slalom
    Women's halfpipe

    Speed skating

    Men
    Women

    References

    Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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