Japan at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Japan competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. With Sapporo being the host of the cancelled 1940 Winter Olympics, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Japan at the 1936 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors	31 (30 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Kazuyoshi Oimatsu
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Hiroshi Tadano	Combined	7:58.6	49	1:49.4	DSQ	–	DNF	–
Tsutomu Sekido		7:23.4	46	2:04.5	DSQ	–	DNF	–
Isamu Sekiguchi		6:48.6	41	1:52.5	DSQ	–	DNF	–

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Hiroshi Tadano	1'35:28	59
	Ginzo Yamada	1'33:17	56
	Tsutomu Sekido	1'32:48	55
	Shinzo Yamada	1'31:28	49
50 km	Tadao Okayama	4'30:28	34
	Hiroshi Tadano	4'10:23	28

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Ginzo Yamada Tsutomu Sekido Shinzo Yamada Hiroshi Tadano	3'10:59	12

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Tsugio Hasegawa	Men's singles	24	22	162	314.6	23
Zenjiro Watanabe		23	18	147	325.4	21
Kazuyoshi Oimatsu		20	19	139	325.4	20
Toshiichi Katayama		17	16	108	347.4	15

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Etsuko Inada	Women's singles	13	9	77	368.1	10

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Group D

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Great Britain	2	2	0	0	4	0	4
Sweden	2	1	1	0	2	1	2
Japan	2	0	2	0	0	5	0

7 February	Great Britain	3-0 (2-0,0-0,1-0)	Japan
8 February	Sweden	2-0 (1-0,1-0,0-0)	Japan

Contestants Teiji Honma Masahiro Hayama Tatsuo Ichikawa Shinkichi Kamei Toshihiko Shoji Susumu Hirano Masatatsu Kitazawa Kenichi Furuya Kozue Kinoshita

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tsutomu Sekido	Individual	1'32:48	147.0	40	43.0	45.0	183.3	25	330.3	35
Isamu Sekiguchi		1'32:40	147.7	38	48.0	48.5	203.2	7	350.9	29
Shinzo Yamada		1'31:28	153.6	35	38.5	46.0	125.2	45	278.8	43

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shinji Tatsuta	Normal hill	73.5	45.2	46	77.0	56.0	45	101.2	46
Iwao Miyajima		63.5	95.8	33	63.5	98.8	29	194.6	31
Masaji Iguro		74.5	107.6	11	72.5	110.6	6	218.2	7
Goro Adachi		73.0	109.4	7	71.0	41.4	46	150.8	45

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kunio Nando	46.6	22
	Seitoku Ri	45.9	16
	Reikichi Nakamura	45.0	11
	Shozo Ishihara	44.1	4
1500 m	Yasuo Kawamura	2:29.6	28
	Seitoku Ri	2:28.9	23
	Shozo Ishihara	2:26.7	19
	Seien Kin	2:25.0	15
5000 m	Kunio Nando	9:20.1	31
	Seitoku Ri	9:08.7	27
	Nichiko Cho	9:08.7	27
	Seien Kin	8:55.9	21
10,000 m	Nichiko Cho	19:00.1	26
	Seitoku Ri	18:50.3	25
	Seien Kin	18:02.7	13

References

• (ed.) Peter von le Fort (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• Japan Olympic Committee Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com