Sporting event delegation
Japan competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, from February 8 to February 23, 1992. As many as 63 athletes competed accompanied by 42 officers. Japanese athletes compete in all disciplines except ice hockey.
The flag bearer is short track speed skater Tsutomu Kawasaki at the opening and closing ceremony, while the captain of the delegation is cross-country skier Kazunari Sasaki.
The Nordic combined team consisting of Kenji Ogiwara, Takanori Kono and Reiichi Mikata won gold which became Japan's first medal in Nordic combined and also the first gold after four previous Winter Olympics editions without gold. The last gold which was also Japan's first gold at the Winter Olympics was won by Yukio Kasaya at their home, Sapporo 1972. Midori Ito also won Japan's first medal in figure skating.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
Alpine skiing
- Men
Men's combined
- Women
Women's combined
Biathlon
- Men
- Women
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
- Men
- 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women
- 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Figure skating
- Men
- Women
- Pairs
Freestyle skiing
- Men
Luge
- Men
(Men's) Doubles
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps)
- 15 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)
Men's team
Three participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
- 10 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)
Short track speed skating
- Men
- Women
Ski jumping
- Men's team large hill
- 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
- Men
- Women
References
- ^ Japan at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Japan Olympic Committee database Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com