Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Japan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 124 competitors in 13 sports. They won 13 medals in total, four gold, five silver and four bronze, ranking 11th in the medal table. Six medals of those were won in the speed skating events.

Japan at the
2018 Winter Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
February 9–25, 2018
Competitors124 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Noriaki Kasai (opening)[1]
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
4
Silver
5
Bronze
4
Total
13
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai was chosen to be the flag bearer during the opening ceremony. On 9 February 2018, on the opening day of the Games, he became the first athlete in history to participate in 8 different Winter Olympics.[2] The previous record was from the Russian luger Albert Demchenko, with 7 participations.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 224
Biathlon 156
Cross-country skiing 112
Curling 5510
Figure skating 549
Freestyle skiing 6511
Ice hockey 02323
Nordic combined 505
Short track speed skating 5510
Skeleton 213
Ski jumping 549
Snowboarding 7916
Speed skating 8816
Total5272124

Alpine skiing

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tomoya Ishii Men's giant slalom 1:12.43 35 1:12.35 29 2:24.78 30
Naoki Yuasa Men's slalom 52.89 36 DNF
Asa Ando Women's slalom DNF
Haruna Ishikawa Women's giant slalom 1:16.49 33 1:12.50 31 2:28.99 33

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Japan has qualified 1 man and 5 women.[3]

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Mikito Tachizaki Men's sprint 27:27.1 3 (0+3) 84
Men's individual 54:11.5 3 (0+1+2+0) 64
Sari Furuya Women's sprint 23:21.5 2 (1+1) 49
Women's pursuit 37:02.1 5 (2+1+1+1) 54
Women's individual 53:11.0 9 (2+2+3+2) 85
Asuka Hachisuka Women's individual 50:30.2 4 (1+1+1+1) 81
Rina Mitsuhashi Women's sprint 25:53.1 5 (3+2) 85
Fuyuko Tachizaki Women's sprint 23:19.7 1 (0+1) 42
Women's pursuit 37:07.9 7 (2+0+2+3) 56
Women's individual 50:06.9 7 (3+1+2+1) 76
Yurie Tanaka Women's sprint 24:21.6 2 (1+1) 68
Women's individual 50:28.0 5 (2+2+0+1) 80
Sari Furuya
Rina Mitsuhashi
Fuyuko Tachizaki
Yurie Tanaka
Women's team relay 1:15:47.7 11 (2+9) 17

Cross-country skiing

Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Keishin Yoshida Men's 15 km freestyle N/A 34:59.1 +1:15.2 13
Men's 30 km skiathlon 41:11.9 23 36:37.5 27 1:18:23.0 +2:03.0 25
Men's 50 km classical N/A 2:17:21.9 +8:59.8 23
Masako Ishida Women's 10 km freestyle N/A 27:03.5 +2:03.0 18
Women's 15 km skiathlon 21:39.2 15 19:54.4 17 42:04.1 +1:19.2 14
Women's 30 km classical N/A 1:26:38.4 +4:20.8 10

Curling

Japan has qualified their men's and women's team (five athletes per gender), by finishing in the top seven teams in Olympic Qualification points.[4]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Tiebreaker Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yusuke Morozumi
Tetsuro Shimizu
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Kosuke Morozumi
Kohsuke Hirata
Men's tournament NOR
W 6–4
GBR
L 5–6
SUI
L 5–6
ITA
W 6–5
USA
W 8–2
SWE
L 4–11
CAN
L 4–8
DEN
W 6–4
KOR
L 4–10
8 Did not advance
Satsuki Fujisawa
Chinami Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki
Yurika Yoshida
Mari Motohashi
Women's tournament USA
W 10-5
DEN
W 8–5
KOR
W 7–5
CHN
L 6–7
OAR
W 10–5
CAN
L 3–8
SWE
W 5–4
GBR
L 6–8
SUI
L 4–8
4 Q BYE KOR
L 7–8
GBR
W 5–3

Men's tournament

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country
Skip W L PF PA Ends
won
Ends
lost
Blank
ends
Stolen
ends
Shot %
 Sweden Niklas Edin 726243342813887%
 Canada Kevin Koe 635646363414887%
 United States John Shuster 54676337394680%
 Great Britain Kyle Smith 54556040378782%
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 546055393710683%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 45525634397882%
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 45656339398882%
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 454856333513581%
 Italy Joël Retornaz 365056373815781%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 275370363912583%
Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draws 1, 4 and 9.

Women's tournament

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
Skip W L PF PA Ends
won
Ends
lost
Blank
ends
Stolen
ends
Shot %
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 817544413451579%
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 7264484234141383%
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 636156393812679%
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 5459553836101375%
 China Wang Bingyu 455765353812578%
 Canada Rachel Homan 4568594036101281%
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 456055343712778%
 United States Nina Roth 45566538397678%
 Olympic Athletes from Russia Victoria Moiseeva 27457634408676%
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 185072324110673%
Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11.

Semifinal

Friday, 23 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, 24 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Muirhead) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5

Figure skating

Athlete Event SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Yuzuru Hanyu Men's singles 111.68 1 Q 206.17 2 317.85
Keiji Tanaka 80.05 20 Q 164.78 15 244.83 18
Shoma Uno 104.17 3 Q 202.73 3 306.90
Satoko Miyahara Ladies' singles 75.94 4 Q 146.44 4 222.38 4
Kaori Sakamoto 73.18 5 Q 136.53 6 209.71 6
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Pairs 57.74 21 Did not advance
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Ice dancing 63.41 15 Q 97.22 13 160.63 15

Team event

Athlete Event Short program/Short dance Free skate/Free dance
Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dance Total Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dance Total
Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points Rank Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points Rank
Shoma Uno (M) (SP)
Keiji Tanaka (M) (FS)
Satoko Miyahara (L) (SP)
Kaori Sakamoto (L) (FS)
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara (P)
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed (ID)
Team event 103.25
10
68.95
7
57.42
3
62.15
6
26 4 148.36
6
131.91
6
97.67
6
87.88
6
50 5

Freestyle skiing

Aerials
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Naoya Tabara Men's aerials 103.98 17 78.73 13 Did not advance
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Ayana Onozuka Women's halfpipe 74.60 84.80 84.80 5 Q 50.80 77.20 82.20 82.20 5
Saori Suzuki 69.20 71.80 71.80 14 Did not advance
Yurie Watabe 21.20 56.60 56.60 21 Did not advance
Moguls
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank
Sho Endo Men's moguls 24.92 60.59 75.73 13 25.19 60.60 75.38 7 Q 24.42 66.92 82.72 1 Q DNF Did not advance
Daichi Hara 25.06 65.06 80.01 6 QF Bye 24.75 65.93 81.29 3 Q 24.41 66.49 82.30 1 Q 24.90 67.03 82.19
Ikuma Horishima 23.95 63.93 80.35 5 QF Bye 24.09 63.41 79.64 7 Q DNF Did not advance
Nobuyuki Nishi 24.74 59.79 75.17 16 25.35 60.58 75.15 9 Q 25.14 31.19 46.04 19 Did not advance
Arisa Murata Women's moguls 29.90 59.83 74.13 9 QF Bye 30.51 67.15 70.77 18 Did not advance
Ski cross
Athlete Event Seeding Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Reina Umehara Women's ski cross 1:17.81 21 3 Did not advance

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Slopestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Taisei Yamamoto Men's slopestyle 56.00 70.40 70.40 20 Did not advance

Ice hockey

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Japan women's Women's tournament  Sweden
L 1–2
  Switzerland
L 1–3
 Korea
W 4–1
3 N/A  Sweden
W 2–1 OT
  Switzerland
L 0–1
6

Women's tournament

Japan women's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament in Tomakomai, Japan.

Team roster
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 23 players
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 13 2 +11 9 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 6 6 0 3 Classification
4  Korea (H) 3 0 0 0 3 1 20 19 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.
10 February 2018
16:40
Japan 1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
 SwedenKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,762

12 February 2018
16:40
Switzerland  3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 JapanKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,033

14 February 2018
16:40
Korea 1–4
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2)
 JapanKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,110
5–8th place semifinal
18 February 2018
16:40
Sweden 1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
 JapanKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,554
Fifth place game
20 February 2018
16:40
Switzerland  1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 JapanKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,958

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hideaki Nagai Normal hill/10 km 101.0 104.2 14 24:44.5 16 26:30.5 14
Large hill/10 km 134.0 121.0 13 24:08.2 22 25:20.2 12
Akito Watabe Normal hill/10 km 105.5 123.7 3 24:56.2 2 24:56.2
Large hill/10 km 134.0 138.9 1 24:05.0 20 24:05.0 5
Yoshito Watabe Normal hill/10 km 104.0 114.3 8 25:11.2 29 26:16.2 12
Large hill/10 km 121.0 110.6 20 24:14.9 26 26:07.9 20
Go Yamamoto Normal hill/10 km 97.5 104.0 15 26:11.1 42 27:57.1 33
Large hill/10 km 127.5 124.5 8 24:34.2 32 25:32.2 16
Hideaki Nagai
Akito Watabe
Yoshito Watabe
Takehiro Watanabe
Go Yamamoto
Team large hill/4×5 km 525.0 455.3 3 47:59.6 7 48:18.6 4

Short track speed skating

According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Japan has qualified 5 men and 5 women.[5]

On 13 February 2018, Japanese short-track speedskater Kei Saito, a reserve on the 5,000-meter relay team, has tested positive for a banned diuretic acetazolamide, and has been suspended from Winter Olympics for doping.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ryosuke Sakazume 500 m 40.658 2 Q 40.563 2 Q 40.434 4 FB 40.985 8
1000 m DNF 3 ADV 1:24.099 2 Q 1:24.317 3 FB 1:27.522 5
Keita Watanabe 500 m 41.678 2 Q 41.354 4 Did not advance
1000 m 1:24.078 3 Did not advance
1500 m 2:19.205 4 N/A Did not advance
Hiroki Yokoyama 1500 m 2:13.323 4 N/A Did not advance
Kazuki Yoshinaga 1000 m 1:24.030 2 Q 1:24.649 4 Did not advance
1500 m PEN N/A Did not advance
Ryosuke Sakazume
Keita Watanabe
Hiroki Yokoyama
Kazuki Yoshinaga
5000 m relay N/A 6:42.655 4 FB 7:02.554 7
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shione Kaminaga 1500 m 2:28.719 6 N/A Did not advance
Sumire Kikuchi 500 m 44.838 4 Did not advance
1000 m 1:30.970 3 Did not advance
1500 m 2:29.665 3 Q N/A 2:34.526 3 FB 2:54.450 11
Yuki Kikuchi 1500 m PEN N/A Did not advance
Hitomi Saito 1000 m 1:32.457 2 Q 1:30.804 4 Did not advance
Ayuko Ito
Shione Kaminaga
Sumire Kikuchi
Yuki Kikuchi
Hitomi Saito
3000 m relay N/A 4:12.664 4 FB 4:13.072 8

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; OR – Olympic record

Skeleton

Based on the world rankings, Japan qualified 3 sleds.[7][8]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Katsuyuki Miyajima Men's 51.63 20 52.15 27 51.80 24 Eliminated 2:35.58 26
Hiroatsu Takahashi 52.00 27 51.50 21 51.19 16 Eliminated 2:34.69 22
Takako Oguchi Women's 53.82 19 53.41 18 53.62 19 53.11 18 3:33.96 19

Ski jumping

Men
Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Daiki Ito Normal hill 93.5 106.0 31 Q 103.0 110.3 19 Q 102.0 104.4 20 214.7 20
Noriaki Kasai Normal hill 98.0 117.7 20 Q 104.5 113.9 16 Q 99.0 99.4 26 213.3 21
Large hill 122.5 104.2 22 Q 121.0 107.9 33 Did not advance
Junshirō Kobayashi Normal hill 101.0 118.4 18 Q 93.0 98.0 31 Did not advance
Large hill 115.0 89.5 37 Q 122.0 114.8 26 122.0 110.0 24 224.8 24
Ryoyu Kobayashi Normal hill 98.0 115.3 21 Q 108.0 120.2 9 Q 108.0 120.6 7 240.8 7
Large hill 143.5 127.6 3 Q 135.5 134.0 7 Q 128.0 124.0 15 258.0 12
Taku Takeuchi Large hill 120.5 98.5 27 Q 124.0 114.1 27 Q 125.5 120.1 19 234.2 22
Daiki Ito
Noriaki Kasai
Ryoyu Kobayashi
Taku Takeuchi
Team large hill N/A 506.5 475.5 6 Q 501.0 465.0 6 940.5 6
Women
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Yuki Ito Normal hill 94.0 105.1 9 93.0 98.8 10 203.9 9
Kaori Iwabuchi 93.5 98.2 11 89.0 90.1 13 188.3 12
Yuka Seto 93.0 90.3 15 89.0 81.7 24 172.0 17
Sara Takanashi 103.5 120.3 3 103.5 123.5 3 243.8

Snowboarding

Freestyle
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Hiroaki Kunitake Big air 37.25 36.75 37.25 17 Did not advance
Slopestyle 39.45 43.16 43.16 14 Did not advance
Yuri Okubo Big air 84.25 44.25 84.25 9 Did not advance
Slopestyle 24.45 75.05 75.05 8 Did not advance
Ayumu Hirano Halfpipe 87.50 95.25 95.25 3 Q 35.25 95.25 43.25 95.25
Taku Hiraoka 26.00 75.75 75.75 13 Did not advance
Raibu Katayama 85.50 90.75 90.75 5 Q 85.75 25.00 87.00 87.00 7
Yuto Totsuka 80.00 65.25 80.00 10 Q 39.25 7.00 DNS 39.25 11
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Yuka Fujimori Big air 82.00 94.25 94.25 2 Q 82.25 40.50 JNS 122.75 7
Slopestyle Canceled 63.73 48.51 CAN 63.73 9
Asami Hirono Big air 27.50 37.75 37.75 24 Did not advance
Slopestyle Canceled 49.80 27.26 CAN 49.80 12
Reira Iwabuchi Big air 80.00 92.75 92.75 3 Q 79.75 67.75 JNS 147.50 4
Slopestyle Canceled 48.33 31.06 CAN 48.33 14
Miyabi Onitsuka Big air 81.75 86.50 86.50 7 Q 78.75 JNS 40.25 119.00 8
Slopestyle Canceled 33.25 39.55 CAN 39.55 19
Kurumi Imai Halfpipe 54.75 50.00 54.75 17 Did not advance
Haruna Matsumoto 80.75 84.25 84.25 3 Q 70.00 46.25 65.75 70.00 6
Hikaru Oe 10.00 51.00 51.00 17 Did not advance
Sena Tomita 59.50 66.75 66.75 7 Q 65.25 34.50 60.50 65.25 8
Parallel
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Masaki Shiba Men's giant slalom 1:26.91 27 Did not advance
Tomoka Takeuchi Women's giant slalom 1:32.86 6 Q  Dujmovits (AUT)
W –0.17
 Jörg (GER)
L +0.62
Did not advance

Speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Tsubasa Hasegawa 500 m 35.08 14
1000 m 1:09.83 20
Seitaro Ichinohe 5000 m 6:16.55 9
Joji Kato 500 m 34.831 6
Shota Nakamura 1500 m 1:47.38 24
Takuro Oda 1000 m 1:08.568 5
1500 m 1:45.44 5
Ryousuke Tsuchiya 5000 m 6:22.45 16
10000 m 13:10.31 10
Shane Williamson 1500 m 1:46.21 10
Daichi Yamanaka 500 m 34.78 5
1000 m 1:10.027 24
Women
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Arisa Go 500 m 37.67 8
1000 m 1:15.84 13
Erina Kamiya 500 m 38.255 13
Ayaka Kikuchi 1500 m 1:58.92 16
3000 m 4:13.25 19
Nao Kodaira 500 m 36.94 OR
1000 m 1:13:82
1500 m 1:56.11 6
Misaki Oshigiri 5000 m 7:07.71 9
Ayano Sato 3000 m 4:04.35 8
Miho Takagi 1000 m 1:13:98
1500 m 1:54.55
3000 m 4:01.35 5
Nana Takagi 5000 m 7:17.45 12
Mass start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Ryousuke Tsuchiya Men's mass start 0 7:55.77 11 Did not advance
Shane Williamson 20 8:25.44 3 Q 0 7:46.19 11
Ayano Sato Women's mass start 0 4:49.19 12 Did not advance
Nana Takagi 5 8:55.14 5 Q 60 8:32.87
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
Seitaro Ichinohe
Shota Nakamura
Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Shane Williamson
Men's team pursuit  Canada (CAN)
W 3:41.62
5 FC Did not advance Final C
 Italy (ITA)
W 3:41.62
5
Miho Takagi
Ayaka Kikuchi
Ayano Sato
Nana Takagi
Women's team pursuit  China (CHN)
W 2:56.09
2 Q  Canada (CAN)
W 2:58.94
1 FA  Netherlands (NED)
W 2:53.89 OR

See also

References

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