Japan at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Grenoble
Competitors61 (52 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerTakaaki Kaneiri
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

As Sapporo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, the flag of Japan was raised at the closing ceremony.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Juichi Maruyama Downhill 2:19.33 64
Hitonari Maruyama 2:18.04 59
Yoshiharu Fukuhara 2:14.09 54
Tsuneo Noto 2:10.32 45
Yoshinari Kida Giant Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Yoshiharu Fukuhara 1:53.96 51 1:58.01 56 3:51.97 50
Tomio Sasaki 1:53.16 46 1:56.99 51 3:50.15 47
Tsuneo Noto 1:52.55 43 1:54.10 40 3:46.65 40
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Tsuneo Noto DNF – 56.60 2 did not advance
Yoshiharu Fukuhara DSQ – 56.82 2 did not advance
Yoshinari Kida DSQ – 57.87 2 did not advance
Tomio Sasaki 55.98 4 56.62 2 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mihoko Otsue Downhill 1:51.60 34
Mihoko Otsue Giant Slalom 2:10.56 36
Mihoko Otsue Slalom 46.78 26 1:04.59 31 1:51.37 31

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Hajime Yoshimura 1'23:05.5 9 1'32:05.5 43
Shozo Okuyama 1'21:51.0 7 1'28:51.0 34
Isao Ono 1'20:47.8 8 1'28:47.8 33
Miki Shibuya 1'21:37.1 6 1'27:37.1 28
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Isao Ono
Miki Shibuya
Shozo Okuyama
Hajime Yoshimura 		9 2'35:21.0 13
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Kazuo Sato DNF –
Hiroshi Ogawa 59:55.4 65
Akiyoshi Matsuoka 54:46.2 53
Tokio Sato 53:41.2 50
30 km Kazuo Sato 1'46:12.4 45
Tokio Sato 1'43:13.8 33
50 km Sotoo Okushiba 2'45:09.4 38
Tokio Sato 2'40:00.5 29
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Tokio Sato
Sotoo Okushiba
Kazuo Sato
Akiyoshi Matsuoka 		2'20:54.8 10
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Fujiko Kato 18:28.2 32
10 km Fujiko Kato 40:40.0 23

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Yutaka Higuchi 23 26 1529.6 218 25
Tsuguhiko Kozuka 24 19 1584.0 189 21
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Haruko Ishida 18 25 1552.7 218 26
Kazumi Yamashita 15 14 1639.0 139 14
Kumiko Okawa 8 5 1763.6 61 8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Consolation round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. Japan entered in this round, from the start they did not play for a medal.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
9  Yugoslavia 5 5 0 0 33 9 10
10  Japan 5 4 1 0 27 12 8
11  Norway 5 3 2 0 15 15 6
12  Romania 5 2 3 0 22 23 4
13  Austria 5 1 4 0 12 27 2
14  France 5 0 5 0 9 32 0

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia – Japan Japan 5:1 (2:0, 0:0, 3:1)
Goalscorers: Tisler 2, Beravs, Felc, Mlakar – Iwamoto.

Japan Japan – Norway Norway 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.

Japan Japan – Romania Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.

Japan Japan – Austria Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.

France France – Japan Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2)
Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.

Contestants

10. JAPAN
Goaltenders: Kazudži Morišima, Tošimitsu Ótsubo
Defence: Isao Asai, Mičihiro Sató, Hisaši Kasai, Toru Itabaši, Takaaki Kaneiri, Kendži Toriyanbe.
Forwards: Mamoru Takašima, Kimihisa Kudó, Kodži Iwamoto, Takao Hikigi, Toru Okadžima, Minoru Itó, Takeši Akiba, Yutaka Ebina, Kazuo Matsuda, Nobuhiro Araki.

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Events:

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Masatoshi Suto Individual 62.0 66.0 183.0 30 53:32.6 176.03 31 359.03 31
Katsutoshi Okubo 66.0 69.5 194.8 23 52:33.1 187.43 26 382.23 24
Akemi Taniguchi 73.0 72.5 224.4 4 55:04.5 158.74 39 383.14 23
Hiroshi Itagaki 73.5 76.0 237.4 2 53:26.2 177.25 29 414.65 10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Yukio Kasaya Normal hill 71.0 95.4 72.0 101.0 196.4 23
Takashi Fujisawa 73.0 100.6 71.0 93.9 194.5 26
Masakatsu Asari 72.5 100.8 59.5 69.0 169.8 47
Akitsugu Konno 72.5 101.3 69.5 95.0 196.3 24
Seiji Aochi Large hill 90.5 94.6 87.5 90.4 185.0 26
Akitsugu Konno 91.5 95.5 90.5 95.6 191.1 20
Yukio Kasaya 91.0 97.3 88.5 93.8 191.1 20
Takashi Fujisawa 101.0 116.8 82.5 75.9 192.7 18

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Takayuki Hida 42.9 37
Tamio Dejima 42.6 33
Masaki Suzuki 41.2 15
Keiichi Suzuki 40.8 8
1500 m Masaki Suzuki 2:14.8 40
Mutsuhiko Maeda 2:14.8 40
Keiichi Suzuki 2:13.1 31
Tadao Ishihata 2:12.7 30
5000 m Mutsuhiko Maeda 8:08.3 33
Tadao Ishihata 7:55.8 22
Yoshiaki Demachi 7:55.6 21
10,000 m Hirofumi Otsuka 17:38.8 28
Yoshiaki Demachi 16:54.6 22
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Sachiko Saito DNF –
Kaname Ide 50.0 27
Misae Takeda 49.4 25
1000 m Sachiko Saito 1:41.0 26
Misae Takeda 1:40.4 25
1500 m Jitsuko Saito 2:36.6 26
Kaname Ide 2:34.2 23
Sachiko Saito 2:31.4 18
3000 m Kaname Ide 5:27.9 21
Jitsuko Saito 5:27.8 20

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