Japan at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Japan joined the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. This event let athletes from Japan show their skills in winter sports like skiing and ice skating. The Winter Olympics are games where countries compete in snowy and icy sports. For Japan, it was a chance to share what they could do and learn from others.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Japan joined in alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The men raced in slalom events during these games.

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yoshihiro Ohira	Downhill	2:40.82	57
Tsuneo Noto		2:34.76	46
Yoshiharu Fukuhara		2:34.55	45
Hajime Tomii		2:30.02	33
Yoshinari Kida	Giant Slalom	2:04.22	39
Tsuneo Noto		2:01.26	35
Yoshiharu Fukuhara		1:58.35	25
Hajime Tomii		1:56.65	22

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
Athlete	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Hajime Tomii	1:20.85	78	57.44	17 QF	1:18.49	32	1:06.60	27	2:25.09	31
Yoshiharu Fukuharu	1:01.66	49	54.07	2 QF	1:14.35	19	1:06.36	24	2:20.71	23
Yoshinari Kida	57.36	37	58.06	18 QF	1:19.11	35	1:10.00	35	2:29.11	34
Yoshihiro Ohira	56.31	31	59.09	19 QF	1:28.79	41	1:09.08	33	2:37.87	38

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Two minutes were added for each miss you made.

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Yoshio Ninomine	1'29:38.6	3	1'35:38.6	26
20 km	Yuji Yamanaka	1'29:51.8	2	1'33:51.8	19

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Japan joined in cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Chogoro Yahata	1'00:46.1	58
	Hidezo Takahashi	57:03.4	42
	Kazuo Sato	56:04.5	35
	Tatsuo Kitamura	55:24.3	26
30 km	Chogoro Yahata	1'51:45.3	62
	Tatsuo Kitamura	1'46:13.4	51
	Hidezo Takahashi	1'43:11.0	47
	Kazuo Sato	1'42:39.2	41
50 km	Chogoro Yahata	DNF	–
	Hidezo Takahashi	3'14:31.4	35
	Kazuo Sato	3'03:57.9	27

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Hidezo Takahashi Kazuo Sato Tatsuo Kitamura Chogoro Yahata	2'32:05.5	10

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Japan joined in figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. There were contests for both men and women skaters.

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Nobuo Sato	8	10	1746.2	88	8

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Junko Ueno	14	26	1685.0	170	22
Kumiko Okawa	15	11	1725.4	136	13
Miwa Fukuhara	4	9	1845.1	50	5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

In the 1964 Winter Olympics, Japan played in the ice hockey event. In the first round, teams that won moved on to compete for better positions, while the teams that lost played for other positions.

Later, Japan had some exciting games. They won against Norway and Romania, drew with Austria, and had close matches against Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, and Italy.

Japan 4-3 Norway
Japan 6-4 Romania
Austria 5-5 Japan
Yugoslavia 6-4 Japan
Japan 4-3 Poland
Japan 6-2 Hungary
Italy 8-6 Japan

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9	Poland	7	6	1	0	40	13	12
10	Norway	7	5	2	0	40	19	10
11	Japan	7	4	2	1	35	31	9
12	Romania	7	3	3	1	31	28	7
13	Austria	7	3	3	1	24	28	7
14	Yugoslavia	7	3	3	1	29	37	7
15	Italy	7	2	5	0	24	42	4
16	Hungary	7	0	7	0	14	39	0

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics

In the 1964 Winter Olympics, Japan joined the Nordic combined events. These events had ski jumping and cross-country skiing. In ski jumping, athletes jumped three times and the best two jumps counted. They also raced a 15 km cross-country ski race.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Takashi Fujisawa	Individual	63.5	68.0	208.1	12	56:31.0	167.12	26	375.22	20
Akemi Taniguchi		57.0 (fall)	56.5	121.5	32	56:14.1	170.01	22	291.51	31
Eiichi Tanaka		62.5	62.0	190.2	22	58:23.9	147.30	31	337.50	30

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

In ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics, athletes jumped three times. Their best two jumps were used to decide their scores.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Naoki Shimura	Normal hill	71.5	95.2	71.0	95.7	190.9	40
Yosuke Eto		72.0	98.4	73.0	100.0	198.4	27
Sadao Kikuchi		74.0	99.7	72.5	98.8	198.5	26
Yukio Kasaya		74.5	101.4	73.5	99.2	200.6	23
Yosuke Eto	Large hill	80.0	91.4	70.0	86.4	177.8	44
Sadao Kikuchi		78.5	87.4	74.5	87.4	174.8	47
Naoki Shimura		82.0	94.1	76.5	90.4	184.5	37
Yukio Kasaya		87.0	101.6	86.0	105.1	206.7	11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

In the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, Japan competed in speed skating. Both men and women athletes took part in the events.

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Satoshi Shinpo	44.4	41
	Fumio Nagakubo	41.8	16
	Keiichi Suzuki	40.7	5
1500 m	Toyofumi Aruga	2:20.7	41
	Satoshi Shinpo	2:18.5	34
	Keiichi Suzuki	2:17.5	31
5000 m	Yoshihiro Kawano	8:19.4	26
	Toyofumi Aruga	8:15.9	24
	Satoshi Shinpo	8:12.5	23
10,000 m	Yoshihiro Kawano	17:39.0	32
	Satoshi Shinpo	17:11.3	24
	Toyofumi Aruga	17:09.9	22

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Kaneko Takahashi	50.5	24
	Yasuko Takano	49.3	19
	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	47.9	12
1000 m	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	DNF	–
	Yasuko Takano	1:41.6	20
	Kaneko Takahashi	1:40.5	18
1500 m	Kaneko Takahashi	2:34.6	18
	Yasuko Takano	2:33.1	14
	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	2:30.9	10
3000 m	Kaneko Takahashi	5:39.6	16
	Yasuko Takano	5:30.4	12
	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	5:25.4	6