Japan at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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Japan at the
1964 Winter Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Innsbruck
Competitors47 (41 men, 6 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerSadao Kikuchi
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Yoshihiro Ohira Downhill 2:40.82 57
Tsuneo Noto 2:34.76 46
Yoshiharu Fukuhara 2:34.55 45
Hajime Tomii 2:30.02 33
Yoshinari Kida Giant Slalom 2:04.22 39
Tsuneo Noto 2:01.26 35
Yoshiharu Fukuhara 1:58.35 25
Hajime Tomii 1:56.65 22
Men's slalom
Athlete Qualifying Final
Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Hajime Tomii 1:20.85 78 57.44 17 QF 1:18.49 32 1:06.60 27 2:25.09 31
Yoshiharu Fukuharu 1:01.66 49 54.07 2 QF 1:14.35 19 1:06.36 24 2:20.71 23
Yoshinari Kida 57.36 37 58.06 18 QF 1:19.11 35 1:10.00 35 2:29.11 34
Yoshihiro Ohira 56.31 31 59.09 19 QF 1:28.79 41 1:09.08 33 2:37.87 38

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Yoshio Ninomine 1'29:38.6 3 1'35:38.6 26
Yuji Yamanaka 1'29:51.8 2 1'33:51.8 19
1 Two minutes added per miss.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Chogoro Yahata 1'00:46.1 58
Hidezo Takahashi 57:03.4 42
Kazuo Sato 56:04.5 35
Tatsuo Kitamura 55:24.3 26
30 km Chogoro Yahata 1'51:45.3 62
Tatsuo Kitamura 1'46:13.4 51
Hidezo Takahashi 1'43:11.0 47
Kazuo Sato 1'42:39.2 41
50 km Chogoro Yahata DNF –
Hidezo Takahashi 3'14:31.4 35
Kazuo Sato 3'03:57.9 27
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Hidezo Takahashi
Kazuo Sato
Tatsuo Kitamura
Chogoro Yahata 		2'32:05.5 10

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Nobuo Sato 8 10 1746.2 88 8
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Junko Ueno 14 26 1685.0 170 22
Kumiko Okawa 15 11 1725.4 136 13
Miwa Fukuhara 4 9 1845.1 50 5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Czechoslovakia 17–2  Japan

Consolation round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
9  Poland 7 6 1 0 40 13 12
10  Norway 7 5 2 0 40 19 10
11  Japan 7 4 2 1 35 31 9
12  Romania 7 3 3 1 31 28 7
13  Austria 7 3 3 1 24 28 7
14  Yugoslavia 7 3 3 1 29 37 7
15  Italy 7 2 5 0 24 42 4
16  Hungary 7 0 7 0 14 39 0
  • Japan 4-3 Norway
  • Japan 6-4 Romania
  • Austria 5-5 Japan
  • Yugoslavia 6-4 Japan
  • Japan 4-3 Poland
  • Japan 6-2 Hungary
  • Italy 8-6 Japan
Contestants
Shinichi Honma
Toshiei Honma
Hidenori Inatsu
Atsuo Irie
Koji Iwamoto
Kimio Kazahari
Isao Kawabuchi
Kimihisa Kudo
Hiroyuki Matsuura
Katsuji Morishima
Minoru Nakano
Jiro Ogawa
Isao Ono
Masahiro Sato
Shigeru Shimada
Mamoru Takashima
Masami Tanabu

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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
Takashi Fujisawa Individual 63.5 68.0 208.1 12 56:31.0 167.12 26 375.22 20
Akemi Taniguchi 57.0 (fall) 56.5 121.5 32 56:14.1 170.01 22 291.51 31
Eiichi Tanaka 62.5 62.0 190.2 22 58:23.9 147.30 31 337.50 30

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Naoki Shimura Normal hill 71.5 95.2 71.0 95.7 190.9 40
Yosuke Eto 72.0 98.4 73.0 100.0 198.4 27
Sadao Kikuchi 74.0 99.7 72.5 98.8 198.5 26
Yukio Kasaya 74.5 101.4 73.5 99.2 200.6 23
Yosuke Eto Large hill 80.0 91.4 70.0 86.4 177.8 44
Sadao Kikuchi 78.5 87.4 74.5 87.4 174.8 47
Naoki Shimura 82.0 94.1 76.5 90.4 184.5 37
Yukio Kasaya 87.0 101.6 86.0 105.1 206.7 11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Satoshi Shinpo 44.4 41
Fumio Nagakubo 41.8 16
Keiichi Suzuki 40.7 5
1500 m Toyofumi Aruga 2:20.7 41
Satoshi Shinpo 2:18.5 34
Keiichi Suzuki 2:17.5 31
5000 m Yoshihiro Kawano 8:19.4 26
Toyofumi Aruga 8:15.9 24
Satoshi Shinpo 8:12.5 23
10,000 m Yoshihiro Kawano 17:39.0 32
Satoshi Shinpo 17:11.3 24
Toyofumi Aruga 17:09.9 22
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Kaneko Takahashi 50.5 24
Yasuko Takano 49.3 19
Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 47.9 12
1000 m Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa DNF –
Yasuko Takano 1:41.6 20
Kaneko Takahashi 1:40.5 18
1500 m Kaneko Takahashi 2:34.6 18
Yasuko Takano 2:33.1 14
Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 2:30.9 10
3000 m Kaneko Takahashi 5:39.6 16
Yasuko Takano 5:30.4 12
Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 5:25.4 6

References

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