Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Medalists

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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Alpine skiing

 * Men

Men's combined


 * Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

 * Men


 * Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay


 * Women


 * Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay


 * 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
 * 2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

 * Men


 * 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
 * C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


 * Men's 4 × 10 km relay


 * Women


 * 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
 * C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


 * Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.


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Tie-breaker


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Contestants

Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.


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Contestants

Figure skating

 * Men


 * Women


 * Pairs


 * Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

 * Men


 * Women

Preliminary round
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round. All times are local (UTC-7).

Consolation round
All times are local (UTC-7).


 * Team roster
 * Akihito Sugisawa
 * Shin Yahata
 * Tsutsumi Otomo
 * Matt Kabayama
 * Ryan Kuwabara
 * Ryan Fujita
 * Atsuo Kudo
 * Toshiyuki Sakai
 * Takeshi Yamanaka
 * Hiroyuki Miura
 * Yuji Iga
 * Dusty Imoo
 * Shinichi Iwasaki
 * Tatsuki Katayama
 * Makato Kawahira
 * Takayuki Kobori
 * Kunihiko Sakurai
 * Takayuki Miura
 * Steve Tsujiura
 * Chris Yule

Group stage
The first four teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.


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Luge

 * Men

(Men's) Doubles


 * Women

Nordic combined
Men's individual

Events:
 * normal hill ski jumping
 * 15 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)

Men's team

Four participants per team.

Events:
 * normal hill ski jumping
 * 5 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.

Snowboarding

 * Men's halfpipe


 * Women's giant slalom


 * Women's halfpipe

Speed skating

 * Men


 * Women