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


 * 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.


 * Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay


 * 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

 * Men


 * Men's 4 × 10 km relay


 * Women

Figure skating

 * Men


 * Women

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)

Goalscorers: Tisler 2, Beravs, Felc, Mlakar – Iwamoto.

🇯🇵 Japan – 🇳🇴 Norway  4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)

Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.

🇯🇵 Japan – 🇷🇴 Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)

Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.

🇯🇵 Japan – 🇦🇹 Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1)

Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.

🇫🇷 France – 🇯🇵 Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2)

Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.

Contestants
10. JAPAN

Goaltenders: Kazudži Morišima, Tošimitsu Ótsubo

Defence: Isao Asai, Mičihiro Sató, Hisaši Kasai, Toru Itabaši, Takaaki Kaneiri, Kendži Toriyanbe.

Forwards: Mamoru Takašima, Kimihisa Kudó, Kodži Iwamoto, Takao Hikigi, Toru Okadžima, Minoru Itó, Takeši Akiba, Yutaka Ebina, Kazuo Matsuda, Nobuhiro Araki.

Nordic combined
Events:
 * normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
 * 15 km cross-country skiing

Speed skating

 * Men


 * Women