Japan at the 1968 Winter Olympics
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = JPN
| NOCname = Japanese Olympic Committee
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 1968
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.joc.or.jp }} {{in lang|ja|en}}
| location = Grenoble
| competitors = 61 (52 men, 9 women)
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = Takaaki Kaneiri
| rank =
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1928
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso =
}}
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|Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Juichi Maruyama
|rowspan="4"|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:19.33 |align="center"|64 |
| Hitonari Maruyama
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:18.04 |align="center"|59 |
| Yoshiharu Fukuhara
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:14.09 |align="center"|54 |
| Tsuneo Noto
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:10.32 |align="center"|45 |
| Yoshinari Kida
|rowspan="4"|Giant Slalom |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Yoshiharu Fukuhara
|align="center"|1:53.96 |align="center"|51 |align="center"|1:58.01 |align="center"|56 |align="center"|3:51.97 |align="center"|50 |
| Tomio Sasaki
|align="center"|1:53.16 |align="center"|46 |align="center"|1:56.99 |align="center"|51 |align="center"|3:50.15 |align="center"|47 |
| Tsuneo Noto
|align="center"|1:52.55 |align="center"|43 |align="center"|1:54.10 |align="center"|40 |align="center"|3:46.65 |align="center"|40 |
;Men's slalom
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Heat 1 !colspan="2"|Heat 2 !colspan="6"|Final |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time 1 !Rank !Time 2 !Rank !Total !Rank |
| Tsuneo Noto
|align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|56.60 |align="center"|2 |colspan="6" align="center"|did not advance |
| Yoshiharu Fukuhara
|align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|56.82 |align="center"|2 |colspan="6" align="center"|did not advance |
| Yoshinari Kida
|align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|57.87 |align="center"|2 |colspan="6" align="center"|did not advance |
| Tomio Sasaki
|align="center"|55.98 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|56.62 |align="center"|2 |colspan="6" align="center"|did not advance |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Mihoko Otsue
|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:51.60 |align="center"|34 |
| Mihoko Otsue
|Giant Slalom |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:10.56 |align="center"|36 |
| Mihoko Otsue
|Slalom |align="center"|46.78 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|1:04.59 |align="center"|31 |align="center"|1:51.37 |align="center"|31 |
Biathlon
{{main|Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Time !Penalties !Adjusted time 1 !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="4"|20 km
|align="center"|1'23:05.5 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|1'32:05.5 |align="center"|43 |
| Shozo Okuyama
|align="center"|1'21:51.0 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|1'28:51.0 |align="center"|34 |
| Isao Ono
|align="center"|1'20:47.8 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|1'28:47.8 |align="center"|33 |
| Miki Shibuya
|align="center"|1'21:37.1 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|1'27:37.1 |align="center"|28 |
{{ref begin}}
: 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
{{ref end}}
;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=3|Race |
|---|
| Misses 2
!Time !Rank |
| Isao Ono Miki Shibuya Shozo Okuyama Hajime Yoshimura |align=center|9 |align=center|2'35:21.0 |align=center|13 |
{{ref begin}}
: 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
{{ref end}}
Cross-country skiing
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|15 km
|align=center|DNF |align=center|– |
| Hiroshi Ogawa
|align=center|59:55.4 |align=center|65 |
| Akiyoshi Matsuoka
|align=center|54:46.2 |align=center|53 |
| Tokio Sato
|align=center|53:41.2 |align=center|50 |
| rowspan=2|30 km
|align=center|1'46:12.4 |align=center|45 |
| Tokio Sato
|align=center|1'43:13.8 |align=center|33 |
| rowspan=2|50 km
|align=center|2'45:09.4 |align=center|38 |
| Tokio Sato
|align=center|2'40:00.5 |align=center|29 |
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Tokio Sato Sotoo Okushiba Kazuo Sato Akiyoshi Matsuoka |align=center|2'20:54.8 |align=center|10 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| 5 km
|align=center|18:28.2 |align=center|32 |
| 10 km
|align=center|40:40.0 |align=center|23 |
Figure skating
{{main|Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!CF !FS !Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Yutaka Higuchi |23 |26 |1529.6 |218 |25 |
| align=center
|align=left| Tsuguhiko Kozuka |24 |19 |1584.0 |189 |21 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!CF !FS !Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Haruko Ishida |18 |25 |1552.7 |218 |26 |
| align=center
|align=left| Kazumi Yamashita |15 |14 |1639.0 |139 |14 |
| align=center
|align=left| Kumiko Okawa |8 |5 |1763.6 |61 |8 |
Ice hockey
{{main|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.
| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Rank !bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Team !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts | ||||||
| align=center
|9 |align=left|{{ih|YUG}} |5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 |
| align=center bgcolor="ccccff"
|10 |align=left|{{ih|JPN}} |5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| align=center
|11 |align=left|{{ih|NOR}} |5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| align=center
|12 |align=left|{{ih|ROU|1965}} |5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| align=center
|13 |align=left|{{ih|AUT}} |5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
| align=center
|14 |align=left|{{ih|FRA}} |5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 |
{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia – {{flagicon|Japan}} Japan 5:1 (2:0, 0:0, 3:1)
Goalscorers: Tisler 2, Beravs, Felc, Mlakar – Iwamoto.
{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan – {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.
{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan – {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.
{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.
{{Flagicon|France}} France – {{flagicon|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|Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping {{small|(Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)}}
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="4"|Ski Jumping !colspan="3"|Cross-country !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance 1
!Distance 2 !Points !Rank !Time !Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| Masatoshi Suto
|rowspan="4"|Individual |align="center"|62.0 |align="center"|66.0 |align="center"|183.0 |align="center"|30 |align="center"|53:32.6 |align="center"|176.03 |align="center"|31 |align="center"|359.03 |align="center"|31 |
| Katsutoshi Okubo
|align="center"|66.0 |align="center"|69.5 |align="center"|194.8 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|52:33.1 |align="center"|187.43 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|382.23 |align="center"|24 |
| Akemi Taniguchi
|align="center"|73.0 |align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|224.4 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|55:04.5 |align="center"|158.74 |align="center"|39 |align="center"|383.14 |align="center"|23 |
| Hiroshi Itagaki
|align="center"|73.5 |align="center"|76.0 |align="center"|237.4 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|53:26.2 |align="center"|177.25 |align="center"|29 |align="center"|414.65 |align="center"|10 |
Ski jumping
{{main|Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Jump 1 !colspan="2"|Jump 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance
!Points !Distance !Points !Points !Rank |
| Yukio Kasaya
|rowspan="4"|Normal hill |align="center"|71.0 |align="center"|95.4 |align="center"|72.0 |align="center"|101.0 |align="center"|196.4 |align="center"|23 |
| Takashi Fujisawa
|align="center"|73.0 |align="center"|100.6 |align="center"|71.0 |align="center"|93.9 |align="center"|194.5 |align="center"|26 |
| Masakatsu Asari
|align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|100.8 |align="center"|59.5 |align="center"|69.0 |align="center"|169.8 |align="center"|47 |
| Akitsugu Konno
|align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|101.3 |align="center"|69.5 |align="center"|95.0 |align="center"|196.3 |align="center"|24 |
| Seiji Aochi
|rowspan="4"|Large hill |align="center"|90.5 |align="center"|94.6 |align="center"|87.5 |align="center"|90.4 |align="center"|185.0 |align="center"|26 |
| Akitsugu Konno
|align="center"|91.5 |align="center"|95.5 |align="center"|90.5 |align="center"|95.6 |align="center"|191.1 |align="center"|20 |
| Yukio Kasaya
|align="center"|91.0 |align="center"|97.3 |align="center"|88.5 |align="center"|93.8 |align="center"|191.1 |align="center"|20 |
| Takashi Fujisawa
|align="center"|101.0 |align="center"|116.8 |align="center"|82.5 |align="center"|75.9 |align="center"|192.7 |align="center"|18 |
Speed skating
{{main|Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|500 m
|align=center|42.9 |align=center|37 |
| Tamio Dejima
|align=center|42.6 |align=center|33 |
| Masaki Suzuki
|align=center|41.2 |align=center|15 |
| Keiichi Suzuki
|align=center|40.8 |align=center|8 |
| rowspan=4|1500 m
|align=center|2:14.8 |align=center|40 |
| Mutsuhiko Maeda
|align=center|2:14.8 |align=center|40 |
| Keiichi Suzuki
|align=center|2:13.1 |align=center|31 |
| Tadao Ishihata
|align=center|2:12.7 |align=center|30 |
| rowspan=3|5000 m
|align=center|8:08.3 |align=center|33 |
| Tadao Ishihata
|align=center|7:55.8 |align=center|22 |
| Yoshiaki Demachi
|align=center|7:55.6 |align=center|21 |
| rowspan=2|10,000 m
|align=center|17:38.8 |align=center|28 |
| Yoshiaki Demachi
|align=center|16:54.6 |align=center|22 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=3|500 m
|align=center|DNF |align=center|– |
| Kaname Ide
|align=center|50.0 |align=center|27 |
| Misae Takeda
|align=center|49.4 |align=center|25 |
| rowspan=2|1000 m
|align=center|1:41.0 |align=center|26 |
| Misae Takeda
|align=center|1:40.4 |align=center|25 |
| rowspan=3|1500 m
|align=center|2:36.6 |align=center|26 |
| Kaname Ide
|align=center|2:34.2 |align=center|23 |
| Sachiko Saito
|align=center|2:31.4 |align=center|18 |
| rowspan=2|3000 m
|align=center|5:27.9 |align=center|21 |
| Jitsuko Saito
|align=center|5:27.8 |align=center|20 |
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
- [http://www.joc.or.jp/database/index.html Japan Olympic Committee database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219194520/http://www.joc.or.jp/database/index.html |date=2014-02-19 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100621234822/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/ Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com]
{{Nations at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}