Japan at the 1986 Asian Winter Games

Japan at the
1986 Asian Winter Games
Japan at the; 1986 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	https://www.joc.or.jp
in Sapporo
Competitors	92 (61 men, 31 women)
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 29 Silver 23 Bronze 6 Total 58
Asian Winter Games appearances
	1986; 1990; 1996; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2017;

Japan participated and hosted the 1986 Asian Winter Games held in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan from March 1 to March 8, 1986. The country sent a total of 92 athletes to the games, 61 men and 31 women. Japan garnered 29 gold medals securing its top spot in the medal tally.^[1]

Medal table

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Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Short track speed skating	8	6	1	15
Speed skating	7	5	3	15
Cross-country skiing	5	5	0	10
Alpine skiing	4	3	0	7
Biathlon	3	1	1	5
Figure skating	2	2	1	5
Ice Hockey	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)	29	23	6	58

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Keiko Asao	Speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	March 4
Gold	Seiko Hashimoto	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	March 4
Gold	Seiko Hashimoto	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	March 4
Gold	Munehisa Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres	March 4
Gold	Masahito Shinohara	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	March 4
Gold	Yukihiro Mitani	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	March 4
Gold	Akira Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	March 4
Gold	Naomine Iwaya	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	March 6
Gold	Tetsuya Okabe	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	March 6
Gold	Sachie Sato	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	March 6
Gold	Harumi Jin	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	March 6
Gold	Kazuko Nakajima	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km classical	March 6
Gold	Kazuko Nakajima	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km freestyle	March 6
Gold	Kazunari Sasaki	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical	March 6
Gold	Taniyuki Yuki	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km freestlye	March 6
Gold	Hirofumi Sokata Yuji Yamaishi Taniyuki Yuki Hidetsugu Sugawara	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay	March 6
Gold	Eiko Shishii	Short-track speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	March 6
Gold	Mariko Kinoshita	Short-track speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	March 6
Gold	Hiromi Takeuchi	Short-track speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	March 6
Gold	Eiko Shishii	Short-track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	March 6
Gold	Yuichi Akasaka	Short-track speed skating	Men's 3000 metres	March 6
Gold	Toshinobu Kawai	Short-track speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	March 6
Gold	Yuichi Akasaka	Short-track speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	March 6
Gold	Kenichi Sugio	Short-track speed skating	Men's 500 metres	March 6
Gold	Koichi Sato	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint	March 7
Gold	Isao Yamase	Biathlon	Men's 20 km individual	March 7
Gold	Koichi Sato Isao Yamase Hirohide Sato Tadashi Nakamura	Biathlon	4 × 7.5 km relay	March 7
Gold	Juri Ozawa	Figure skating	Women's singles	March 8
Gold	Makoto Kano	Figure skating	Men's singles	March 8
Silver	Natsue Seki	Speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	March 4
Silver	Shoko Fusano	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	March 4
Silver	Toshiaki Imamura	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres	March 4
Silver	Munehisa Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	March 4
Silver	Makoto Hirose	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	March 4
Silver	Chiaki Ishioka	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	March 6
Silver	Waka Okazaki	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	March 6
Silver	Sachie Sato	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	March 6
Silver	Mihoko Shimizume	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km classical	March 6
Silver	Mihoko Shimizume	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km freestyle	March 6
Silver	Mayumi Ando Mika Ito Kazuko Nakajima Rumiko Yamamoto	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay	March 6
Silver	Yuji Yamaishi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical	March 6
Silver	Kazunari Sasaki	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km freestlye	March 6
Silver	Hiromi Takeuchi	Short-track speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	March 6
Silver	Yumiko Yamada	Short-track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	March 6
Silver	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Short-track speed skating	Men's 3000 metres	March 6
Silver	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Short-track speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	March 6
Silver	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Short-track speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	March 6
Silver	Toshinobu Kawai	Short-track speed skating	Men's 500 metres	March 6
Silver	Koichi Sato	Biathlon	Men's 20 km individual	March 7
Silver	Takeshi Iwamoto Atsuo Kudo Hayato Aoyama Fumihiko Kajikawa Yuji Sugai Kazutoshi Kawamura Hidekatsu Takagi Kunio Takagi Shuji Momoi Sadaki Honma Kenji Tanaka Keiji Takahashi Yoshio Hoshino Toshiyuki Yajima Norio Suzuki Kazumi Unjo Koji Wakasa Toshiyuki Sakai Takayuki Ueno Motoki Ebina Kenichi Suzuki Masaki Hino	Ice hockey	Men's tournaments	March 8
Silver	Hiroaki Takita Junko Ito	Figure skating	Ice dancing	March 8
Silver	Masako Kato	Figure skating	Women's singles	March 8
Bronze	Shoko Fusano	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	March 4
Bronze	Munehisa Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	March 4
Bronze	Akira Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	March 4
Bronze	Hiromi Takeuchi	Short-track speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	March 6
Bronze	Isao Yamase	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint	March 7
Bronze	Kenji Takino Kaoru Takino	Figure skating	Ice dancing	March 8

Demonstration sports

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jun Shibuya	Ski jumping	Men's large hill	March 2
Silver	Sadao Shimizu	Ski jumping	Men's large hill	March 2
Bronze	Masahiko Takahashi	Ski jumping	Men's large hill	March 2

References

^ OCA 1986 Winter Asiad medal tally Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] OCA 1986 Winter Asiad medal tally Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

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