Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Japan at the Olympic Games

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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 113
Medals
Rank: 18		 Gold
1		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
1
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Japan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Shizuka Arakawa won the country's only medal, a gold, in women's figure skating. She is the first person born and raised in Asia to become an Olympic champion in that event.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

At 24 years and 56 days old, Shizuka Arakawa is the oldest female figure skater to win the gold medal in 86 years.

[edit] Top 10 finishes

[edit] 4th place

[edit] 7th place

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Men's giant slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Daisuke Yoshioka 1:23.78 1:21.25 2:45.03 24th place
Akira Sasaki Did not finish - - -
Men's slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Kentaro Minagawa 53.44 50.74 1:44.18 4th place
Naoki Yuasa 54.76 49.81 1:44.57 7th place
Yasuhiro Ikuta 1:15.19 1:08.09 2:23.28 47th place
Akira Sasaki 54.37 Did not finish - -
Women's giant slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Noriyo Hiroi 1:04.63 1:12.03 2:16.66 26th place
Women's slalom
Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Mizue Hoshi 45.35 48.03 1:33.38 27th place
Noriyo Hiroi 44.74 48.85 1:33.59 29th place
Mami Sekizuka 47.22 50.50 1:37.72 38th place

[edit] Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Men's 10 km sprint
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Hidenori Isa 1 28:37.1 40th place
Tatsumi Kasahara 1 29:07.0 49th place
Daisuke Ebisawa 3 29:49.7 64th place
Kyoji Suga 2 30:10.6 72nd place
Men's 12.5 km pursuit
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Hidenori Isa 5 +3:51.0 37th place
Tatsumi Kasahara 7 +6:21.8 52nd place
Men's 15 km mass start
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Kyoji Suga 5 52:01.6 30th place
Men's 20 km individual
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Kyoji Suga 1 56:57.7 14th place
Hidenori Isa 6 1:02:33.2 64th place
Tatsumi Kasahara 5 1:02:44.6 68th place
Shinya Saito 8 1:05:29.4 79th place
Men's 4x6 km relay
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tatsumi Kasahara 2 21:22.1
Hidenori Isa 2 20:39.0
Kyoji Suga 3 20:48.6
Shinya Saito 6 22:25.9
Total 13 1:25:15.6 12th place
Women's 7.5 km sprint
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Ikuyo Tsukidate 1 25:17.0 51st place
Kanae Meguro 4 26:19.9 64th place
Tamami Tanaka 5 26:20.6 65th place
Tomomi Otaka 3 26:28.7 69th place
Women's 10 km pursuit
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Ikuyo Tsukidate Lapped - -
Women's 15 km individual
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tamami Tanaka 4 55:10.5 32nd place
Kanae Meguro 5 55:28.4 37th place
Ikuyo Tsukidate 4 57:20.4 55th place
Tomomi Otaka 6 1:00:22.2 69th place
Women's 4x6 km relay
Name Missed shots Final Final rank
Tomomi Otaka 7 23:21.2
Kanae Meguro 2 19:58.5
Tamami Tanaka 5 21:21.3
Ikuyo Tsukidate 4 21:28.0
Total 18 1:26:09.0 16th place

[edit] Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Women

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Ice dancing

[edit] Ladies' individual

[edit] Men's individual

[edit] Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Aerials

Men's aerials

  • Ken Mizuno

Women's aerials

  • Kayo Henmi

[edit] Moguls

Men's moguls

  • Kai Ozaki
  • Yugo Tsukita
  • Osamu Ueno

Women's moguls

  • Aiko Uemura
Qualifying Run - 24.20 points
Final Run - 24.10 (5th place)
Qualifying Run - 23.63 points
Final Run - 22.12 (15th place)
  • Miki Ito
Qualifying Run - 22.34 points
Final Run - 17.78 (20th place)
  • Miyuki Hatanaka
Qualifying Run - 18.61 points (did not advance)

[edit] Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's singles luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Final rank
Takahisa Oguchi 52.795 52.449 52.498 42.366 3:30.108 20th place
shigeaki Ushijima 53.306 1:29.310 52.414 52.318 4:07.348 34th place

Women's singles luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Final rank
Madoka Harada 48:042 47.852 47.989 47.767 3:11.650 13th place

Doubles luge

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Goro Hayashibe
Masaki Toshiro		 48.067 47.793 1:35.650 12th place

[edit] Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Individual Gundersen 15 km

Name 1st round Final round Jump Total 15 km Final rank
Norihito Kobayashi 111.0 106.0 217.0 39:21.1
(16th behind)		 16th place
Yosuke Hatakeyama 120.0 115.0 235.0 42:39.8
(4:45.2 behind)		 32nd place
Takashi Kitamura 94.5 98.0 192.5 42:37.3
(7:32.7 behind)		 43rd place
Daito Takahashi 118.0 115.5 233.5 Did not start

Large hill sprint

Name LH jump Sprint 7.5 km Final rank
Daito Takahashi 107.7 18:19.4 (+1:02.4 behind) 15th place
Norihito Kobayashi 103.9 18:09.0 (+1:07.0 behind) 18th place
Akito Watabe 115.4 18:56.3 (+1:08.3 behind) 19th place
Yosuke Hatakeyama 116.1 19:05.0 (+1:14.0 behind) 22nd place

Team event

Name 1st round Final round Jump Total 4x5 km Final rank
Daito Takahashi 109.9 109.9 219.8 12:02.5
Takashi Kitamura 105.5 93.6 199.1 12:49.5
Norihito Kobayashi 109.9 111.4 221.3 12:33.7
Yosuke Hatakeyama 112.4 111.6 224.0 13:21.3
Team total 437.7 426.5 864.2 51:36.0
(1:43.4 behind)		 6th place

[edit] Short track

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 500 m

  • Satoru Terao
Qualifying heats - 0:42.607 (Heat 4; 1st place)
Quarterfinals - 0:42.471 (Quarterfinal 1; 2nd place)
Semifinals - 0:42.120 (Semifinal 2; 3rd place)
Finals - 0:42.377 (6th place)
Qualifying heats - 0:43.212 (Heat 7; 3rd place - did not advance)

Men's 1000 m

  • Satoru Terao
Qualifying heats - 1:29.090 (Heat 2; 2nd place)
Quarterfinals - 1:28.499 (Quarterfinal 3; 3rd place) (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m

  • Satoru Terao
Qualifying heats - 2:31.903 (Heat 2; 2nd place)
Semifinals - 2:21.774 QB (Semifinal 1; 4th place)
Finals - 2:24.875 (9th place)
  • Hayato Sueyoshi
Qualifying heats - 2:25.280 (Heat 6; 4th place) (did not advance)

Men's 5000 m relay

  • Yoshiharu Arino, Takahiro Fijimoto, Takfumi Nishitani, Satoru Terao
Semifinals - Disqualified

Women's 500 m

  • Yuka Kamino
Qualifying heats - 0:45.848 (Heat 5; 2nd place)
Quarterfinals - 0:47.356 (Quarterfinal 4; 4th place) (did not advance)
  • Chikage Tanaka
Qualifying heats - 0:46.387 (Heat 3; 3rd place) (did not advance)

Women's 1000 m

  • Mika Ozawa
Qualifying heats - 1:33.977 (Heat 1, 2nd place)
Quarterfinals - 1:34.715 (Quarterfinal 4,2nd place)
Semifinals - 1:33.337 (Semifinal 2, 4th place - did not advance)
  • Yuka Kamino
Qualifying heats - 1:33.959 (Heat 8, 3rd place)

Women's 1500 m

  • Yuka Kamino
Qualifying heats - 2:37.865 (Heat 3; 3rd place)
Semifinals - 2:44.057 (Semifinal 1; 4th place) QB
Finals - 2:29.540 (7th place)
  • Ikue Teshigawara
Qualifying heats - 2:30.977 (Heat 2; 4th place) (did not advance)

Women's 3000 m results

  • Yuka Kamino, Mika Ozawa, Chikage Tanaka, Nobuko Yamada
Semifinals - 4:21.413 (Semifinal 1, 4th place)
Final B - 4:36.096 (7th place)

Men's team

Women's team

  • Yuka Kamino
  • Mika Ozawa
  • Chikage Tanaka
  • Ikue Teshigawara

[edit] Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Kazuhiro Koshi 58.65 59.40 01:58.05 11th place
Masaru Inada 59.63 59.74 01:59.37 18th place

Women's skeleton

Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank
Eiko Nakayama 01:01.82 01:02.10 02:03.92 14th place

[edit] Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's large hill individual

    Final round jumps  
Name Qualification 1st round Final round Total Final rank
Takanobu Okabe 122.1 points (Pre-qualified) 115.0 points 121.8 points 236.8 points 8th place
Noriaki Kasai 117.3 points 104.0 points 123.3 points 227.3 points 12th place
Tsuyoshi Ichinohe 89.9 points 108.5 points 93.9 points 202.4 points 25th place
Daiki Ito 110.9 points 82.5 points - - 42nd place

Men's normal hill individual jump

    Final round jumps  
Name Qualification 1st round Final round Total Final rank
Daiki Ito 123.00 points 126.00 points 117.50 points 243.50 points 18th place
Noriaki Kasai 132.50 points 126.00 points 115.00 points 241.00 points 20th place
Takanobu Okabe 127.50 points (Pre-qualified) 118.00 points 111.50 points 229.50 points 24th place
Masahiko Harada Disqualified - - - -

Men's large hill team jump

Name 1st round Final round Total Final rank
Daiki Ito 106.20 points 107.20 points
Tsuyoshi Ichinohe 104.30 points 103.10 points
Noriaki Kasai 110.50 points 126.40 points
Takanobu Okabe 105.80 points 129.60 points
Total 426.80 points 466.30 points 893.10 points 6th place

[edit] Snowboarding

[edit] Giant slalom

Men's parallel giant slalom

  Qualification  
Name Blue course Red course Total 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Kentaro Tsuruoka 39.71 38.43 01:18.14 - - - - -

Women's parallel giant slalom

  Qualification  
Name Blue course Red course Total 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Tomoka Takeuchi 40.76 40.91 01:21.67 Heat 2
2nd place		 - - -
Eri Yanetani 40.91 42.30 01:23.21 - - - - -

[edit] Halfpipe

Men’s Halfpipe

In Men’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final rank
Takaharu Nakai 36.0 points 36.8 points - - -
Domu Narita 31.5 points 14.7 points - - -
Fumiyuki Murakami 27.9 points 31.1 points - - -
Kazuhiro Kokubo 26.9 points 31.0 points - - -

Women’s Halfpipe

In Women’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

  Qualification Final  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Final rank
Shiho Nakashima 35.5 points - 33.1 points 30.6 points 9th place
Soko Yamaoka 28.5 points 35.6 points 22.4 points 32.7 points 10th place
Chikako Fushimi 13.0 points 34.8 points 9.5 points 15.6 points 12th place
Melo Imai 7.2 points 1.4 points - - -

[edit] Snowboard Cross

Men's Snowboard Cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Itaru Chimura 1:25.86 1:22.83 Heat 6
2nd place		 Quarterfinal 1
4th place		 - Classification 13-16 16th place

Women's Snowboard Cross

  Qualification  
Name Run 1 Run 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Yuka Fujimori 1:32.46 1:32.63 Quarterfinal 4
2nd place		 Semifinal 2
4th place		 Small final 7th place

[edit] Speed skating

Men's 500 m

Name Race 1 Race 2 Total Rank
Yuya Oikawa 35.35 35.21 70.56 4th place
Joji Kato 35.59 35.19 70.78 6th place
Keiichiro Nagashima 35.67 35.47 71.14 13th place
Hiroyasu Shimizu 35.66 35.78 71.44 18th place

Men's 1000 m

Name Final Rank
Yusuke Imai 1:10.48 20th place
Takaharu Nakajima 1:11.10 27th place
Takahiro Ushiyama 1:11.21 28th place

Men's 1500 m

Name Final Rank
Teruhiro Sugimori 01:49.51 24th place
Yusuke Imai 01:50.56 34th place
Takahiro Ushiyama 01:50.59 35th place
Takaharu Nakajima 01:51.61 38th place

Men's 5000 m

Name Final Rank
Kesato Miyazaki 6:40.03 21st place
Takahiro Ushiyama 6:51.53 27th place

Men's Team Pursuit

Name Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Kesato Miyazaki
Teruhiro Sugimori
Takhiro Ushiyama		 4:03.83 Lost to Canada - Final D
Lost to Germany		 8th place

Women's 500 m

Name Race 1 Race 2 Total Rank
Tomomi Okazaki 38.46 38.46 76.92 4th place
Sayuri Osuga 38.74 38.65 77.39 8th place
Sayuri Yoshii 38.68 38.75 77.43 9th place
Yukari Watanabe 39.46 39.19 78.65 15th place

Women's 1000 m

Name Final Rank
Sayuri Yoshii 01:17.58 15th place
Tomomi Okazaki 01:17.63 16th place
Maki Tabata 01:17.64 17th place
Aki Tonoike 01:17.64 17th place

Women's 1500 m

Name Final Rank
Maki Tabata 02:00.77 15th place
Eriko Ishino 02:01.85 22nd place
Nami Nemoto 02:02.34 29th place
Hiromi Otsu 02:04.77 33rd place

Women's 3000 m

Name Final Rank
Eriko Ishino 4:11.21 13th place
Maki Tabata 4:12.38 14th place
Eriko Seo 4:16.27 20th place

Women's 5000 m

Name Final Rank
Eriko Ishino 07:12.48 11th place
Maki Tabata 07:18.05 13th place

Women's Team Pursuit

Name Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Rank
Eriko Ish
Nami Nemoto
Hiromi Otsu
Maki Tabata		 3:08.34 Defeated Norway Lost to Canada Lost to Russia 4th place

[edit] References