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Japan at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Japan competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

As Sapporo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, the flag of Japan was raised at the closing ceremony.

Alpine skiing

Men
Men's slalom
Women

Biathlon

Men
<sup>1</sup> One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5&nbsp;km relay
<sup>2</sup> A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10&nbsp;km relay
Women

Figure skating

Men
Women

Ice hockey

Consolation round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. Japan entered in this round, from the start they did not play for a medal.

Yugoslavia – Japan 5:1 (2:0, 0:0, 3:1) <br />Goalscorers: Tisler 2, Beravs, Felc, Mlakar – Iwamoto.

Japan – Norway 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0) <br />Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.

Japan – Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1) <br />Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.

Japan – Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1) <br />Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.

France – Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2) <br />Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.

Contestants

10. JAPAN <br />Goaltenders: Katsuji Morishima, Toshimitsu Otsubo <br />Defence: Isao Asai, Michihiro Sato, Hisashi Kasai, Toru Itabashi, Takaaki Kaneiri, Kenji Toriyabe. <br />Forwards: Mamoru Takashima, Kimihisa Kudo, Koji Iwamoto, Takao Hikigi, Toru Okajima, Minoru Ito, Takeshi Akiba, Yutaka Ebina, Kazuo Matsuda, Nobuhiro Araki.

Nordic combined

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15&nbsp;km cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Men
Women

References