Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
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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 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 2 Top 10 finishes 2.1 4th place 2.2 7th place 3 Events 3.1 Alpine skiing 3.2 Biathlon 3.3 Bobsleigh 3.3.1 Men 3.3.2 Women 3.4 Cross-country skiing 3.4.1 Men 3.4.2 Women 3.5 Curling 3.6 Figure skating 3.6.1 Ice dancing 3.6.2 Ladies' individual 3.6.3 Men's individual 3.7 Freestyle skiing 3.7.1 Aerials 3.7.2 Moguls 3.8 Luge 3.9 Nordic combined 3.10 Short track 3.11 Skeleton 3.12 Ski jumping 3.13 Snowboarding 3.13.1 Giant slalom 3.13.2 Halfpipe 3.13.3 Snowboard Cross 3.14 Speed skating 4 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Figure skating
  • Women's individual: Shizuka Arakawa

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

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's slalom: Kentaro Minagawa
• ""Figure Skating""
  • Women's Figure Skating: Fumie Suguri

[edit] 7th place

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's slalom: Naoki Yuasa

[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

• Suguru Kiyokawa
• Ryuichi Kobayashi

[edit] Women

• Manami Hino
• Kanae Meguro
• Chisato Nagaoka

[edit] Cross-country skiing

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

[edit] Men

• Katsuhito Ebisawa
• Shunsuke Komamura
• Nobu Naruse
• Yuichi Onda
• Chizuru Soneta

[edit] Women

• Nobuku Fukuda
• Masako Ishida
• Madoka Natsumi
• Sumiko Yokoyama

[edit] Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Women

• Yumie Hayashi
• Moe Meguro
• Mari Motohashi
• Ayumi Onodera
• Sakurako Terada

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Ice dancing

• Akiyuki Kido and Nozomi Watanabe

[edit] Ladies' individual

• Miki Ando
• Shizuka Arakawa
• Fumie Suguri

[edit] Men's individual

• Daisuke Takahashi

[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)

• Tae Satoya

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)

• Takafumi Nishitani

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

• Yoshiharu Arino
• Takahiro Fujimoto
• Takafumi Nishitani
• Hayato Sueyoshi
• Saturo Terao

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

• Yahoo! Sports – Japan

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