Japan at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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Japan
competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics
in Lake Placid
, United States
.
Men
Men
Men's 4 x 7.5km relay
1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men
Men
Women
All times are local (UTC-5
).
Men
(Men's) Doubles
Events:
Men
Women
Japan
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competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
in Lake Placid
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
, United States
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.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ski jumping Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics -Large hill:February 23, 1980-Normal hill:February 17, 1980-References:*... |
Men's normal hill (K90) |
Alpine skiing
Men| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mikio Katagiri | Downhill | 1:49.77 | 21 | ||||
| Osamu Kodama | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Atsushi Sawada | 1:25.23 | 36 | 1:28.82 | 37 | 2:54.05 | 36 | |
| Toshihiro Kaiwa | 1:24.29 | 35 | 1:24.49 | 28 | 2:48.78 | 29 | |
| Osamu Kodama | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Atsushi Sawada | 56.80 | 21 | 53.14 | 14 | 1:49.94 | 15 | |
| Toshihiro Kaiwa | 55.78 | 17 | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Biathlon
Men
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Masaichi Kinoshita | 4 | 38:50.19 | 43 |
| Takashi Shibata | 6 | 37:26.91 | 37 | |
| Hiroyuki Deguchi | 2 | 36:14.61 | 26 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Tsusumisa Kikuchi | 1'13:44.30 | 11 | 1'24:44.30 | 41 |
| Hiroyuki Deguchi | 1'14:53.16 | 7 | 1'21:53.16 | 39 | |
| Masaichi Kinoshita | 1'14:21.46 | 2 | 1'16:21.46 | 28 |
Men's 4 x 7.5km relay
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
| Hiroyuki Deguchi Masaichi Kinoshita Takashi Shibata Tsusumisa Kikuchi |
7 | 1'45:53.98 | 13 |
1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Bobsleigh
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| JPN-1 | Yoshimitsu Kadowaki Yuji Funayama |
Two-man | 1:04.62 | 17 | 1:04.92 | 19 | 1:04.82 | 20 | 1:04.30 | 14 | 4:18.66 | 19 |
Cross-country skiing
Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Shiro Sato | 46:15.29 | 43 |
| 30 km | Shiro Sato | 1'35:52.77 | 39 |
| 50 km | Shiro Sato | 2'48:33.02 | 37 |
Figure skating
Men
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fumio Igarashi Fumio Igarashi is a former Japanese figure skater from Tokyo, Japan. He was the 1977 and 1979-1981 Japanese national champion. His highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was fourth, in 1981. He placed ninth at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He was coached by Frank Carroll.-Results:-References:* *... |
13 | 8 | 6 | 172.04 | 77 | 9 |
| Mitsuru Matsumura Mitsuru Matsumura is a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. He won the Japan Figure Skating Championships in 1978. He placed 18th in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games, and 8th in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.-Competitive highlights:- See also :... |
11 | 7 | 7 | 172.28 | 75 | 8 |
Women
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emi Watanabe Emi Watanabe is a Japanese figure skater of Filipino ancestry. Her father is Japanese, and mother is Filipino. She won eight consecutive Japanese championships and earned the first World Championship medal in ladies' singles for Japan in 1979... |
4 | 8 | 5 | 179.04 | 48 | 6 |
Ice hockey
First Round - Red Division
| Team advanced to the Final Round | |
| Team advanced to Consolation Round |
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 10 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-5
UTC-5
UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05.This offset is used in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time and in the Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time ....
).
| Contestants Minoru Misawa Takeshi Iwamoto Hiroshi Hori Iwao Nakayama Norio Ito Hitoshi Nakamura Tadamitsu Fujii Koji Wakasa Yoshiaki Kyoya Katsutoshi Kawamura Takeshi Azuma Satoru Misawa Mikio Matsuda Sadaki Honma Hideo Sakurai Tsutomu Hanzawa Hideo Urabe Osamu Wakabayashi Mikio Hosoi Yoshio Hoshino |
Luge
Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Koji Kuriyama | 45.820 | 26 | 45.872 | 17 | 45.852 | 18 | 45.538 | 18 | 3:03.082 | 19 |
| Takashi Takagi | 45.294 | 20 | 51.003 | 24 | 45.575 | 17 | 47.962 | 21 | 3:09.564 | 23 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Koji Kuriyama Takashi Takagi |
41.035 | 17 | 41.499 | 14 | 1:22.534 | 13 |
Nordic combined
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Toshihiro Hanada | Individual | 73.0 | 78.0 | 192.1 | 15 | 54:44.2 | 157.045 | 28 | 349.145 | 27 |
| Michio Kubota | 78.5 | 72.5 | 187.9 | 16 | 52:34.4 | 176.515 | 26 | 364.415 | 25 | |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Hiroyasu Aizawa Hiroyasu Aizawa Hiroyasu Aizawa is a retired Japanese ski jumper.In the World Cup his highest place was number 13 from December 1979 in Cortina d'Ampezzo.He won a bronze medal at the 1979 World Junior Championships.-External links:... |
Normal hill | 69.5 | 88.4 | 68.0 | 88.5 | 176.9 | 42 |
| Takafumi Kawabata | 79.0 | 111.1 | 71.5 | 96.1 | 207.2 | 29 | |
| Masahiro Akimoto Masahiro Akimoto was a Japanese ski jumper.He competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Akimoto's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the team large hill events at Seefeld, Austria in 1985... |
83.5 | 120.8 | 87.5 | 127.7 | 248.5 | 4 | |
| Hirokazu Yagi Hirokazu Yagi . is a former Japanese ski jumper who competed between 1979 and 1984. His best known finish was a Silver Medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, .... |
87.0 | 128.9 | 83.5 | 120.3 | 249.2 | ||
| Hiroyasu Aizawa Hiroyasu Aizawa Hiroyasu Aizawa is a retired Japanese ski jumper.In the World Cup his highest place was number 13 from December 1979 in Cortina d'Ampezzo.He won a bronze medal at the 1979 World Junior Championships.-External links:... |
Large hill | 95.0 | 99.2 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 195.3 | 35 |
| Hirokazu Yagi Hirokazu Yagi . is a former Japanese ski jumper who competed between 1979 and 1984. His best known finish was a Silver Medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, .... |
96.5 | 103.3 | 105.5 | 116.9 | 220.2 | 19 | |
| Takafumi Kawabata | 102.5 | 111.2 | 90.0 | 90.2 | 201.4 | 32 | |
| Masahiro Akimoto Masahiro Akimoto was a Japanese ski jumper.He competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Akimoto's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the team large hill events at Seefeld, Austria in 1985... |
104.0 | 113.8 | 108.0 | 120.9 | 234.7 | 10 | |
Speed skating
Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Kazuaki Ichimura | 39.44 | 20 |
| Kaoru Fukuda | 39.24 | 14 | |
| 1000 m | Kazuaki Ichimura | 1:21.05 | 25 |
| Masayuki Kawahara | 1:20.88 | 23 | |
| Kaoru Fukuda | 1:19.66 | 19 | |
| 1500 m | Yasuhiro Shimizu | 2:04.54 | 24 |
| Masayuki Kawahara | 2:01.28 | 20 | |
| Masahiko Yamamoto | 2:01.25 | 19 | |
| 5000 m | Masayuki Kawahara | 7:42.18 | 25 |
| Masahiko Yamamoto | 7:33.02 | 21 | |
| Yasuhiro Shimizu | 7:21.50 | 16 | |
| 10,000 m | Masahiko Yamamoto | 15:26.92 | 17 |
| Yasuhiro Shimizu | 14:57.48 | 9 | |
Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Makiko Nagaya | 42.70 | 5 |
| 1000 m | Yuko Yaegashi-Ota | 1:30.72 | 25 |
| Makiko Nagaya | 1:30.27 | 22 | |
| Miyoshi Kato | 1:28.97 | 17 | |
| 1500 m | Miyoshi Kato | 2:19.80 | 24 |
| Yuko Yaegashi-Ota | 2:19.41 | 23 | |
| 3000 m | Yuko Yaegashi-Ota | 5:00.40 | 25 |
| Miyoshi Kato | 4:57.39 | 21 | |