Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing

Downhill, Men Sumihiro Tomii 22
Masahiko Otsue 35
Giant Slalom, Men Masami Ichimura 15
Haruhisa Chiba 19
Masahiko Otsue DQ
Masayoshi Kashiwagi DQ
Slalom, Men Masami Ichimura 17
Masayoshi Kashiwagi 18
Haruhisa Chiba DNF
Toshimasa Furukawa DQ
Downhill, Women Mitsuyo Nagumo 32
Miyuki Katagiri 35
Harue Okitsu 40
Emiko Okazaki 41
Giant Slalom, Women Harue Okitsu 22
Miyuki Katagiri 30
Emiko Okazaki 32
Mitsuyo Nagumo DQ
Slalom, Women Emiko Okazaki 13
Harue Okitsu 16
Mitsuyo Nagumo DNF
Miyuki Katagiri DNF

Biathlon

20 kilometres, Men Miki Shibuya 17
Shozo Sasaki 23
Isao Ono 25
Kazuo Sasakubo 38
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men Japan 8
Isao OnoShozo SasakiMiki ShibuyaKazuo Sasakubo

Bobsleigh

Two, Men Japan 1 15
Susumu EsashikaKazumi Abe
Japan 2 21
Akihiko SuzukiRikio Sato
Four, Men Japan 1 12
Susumu EsashikaKazumi AbeRikio SatoYoshiyuki Ichihashi
Japan 2 DQ
Toshihisa NagataHiroshi InabaKoichi SugawaraAkihiko Suzuki

Cross Country Skiing

15 kilometres, Men Hideo Tanifuji 37
Kunio Shibata 41
Akiyoshi Matsuoka 43
Motoharu Matsumura 51
30 kilometres, Men Kunio Shibata 23
Hideo Tanifuji 37
Seiji Kudo 44
Tomio Okamura 47
50 kilometres, Men Seiji Kudo 29
Motoharu Matsumura DNF
4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men Japan 10
Hideo TanifujiKunio ShibataAkiyoshi MatsuokaTomio Okamura
5 kilometres, Women Hiroko Takahashi 34
Tokiko Ozeki 37
Harumi Imai 38
Akiko Akasaka 43
10 kilometres, Women Hiroko Takahashi 25
Tokiko Ozeki 33
Harumi Imai 37
Hideko Saito 38
3 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women Japan 9
Tokiko OzekiHiroko TakahashiHideko Saito

Figure Skating

Singles, Men Yutaka Higuchi 16
Singles, Women Kazumi Yamashita 10
Pairs, Mixed Japan 16
Kotoe NagasawaHiroshi Nagakubo

Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey, Men Japan 9
Toshimitsu OtsuboTsutomu HanzawaMinoru Misawa (DNS)Hiroshi HoriIwao NakayamaTakeshi AkibaFumio YamazakiTakashi TsuburaiMinoru ItoTeruyasu HonmaYasushio TanakaHideaki KurokawaTakao HikigiKoji IwamotoIsao KakiharaToru OkajimaYoshio HoshinoHerb WakabayashiHideo SuzukiMinoru Kawashima (DNS)

Luge

Singles, Men Masako Eguchi 18
Kazuaki Ichikawa 20
Masatoshi Kobayashi 24
Satoru Arai 26
Doubles, Open Japan 1 4
Satoru AraiMasatoshi Kobayashi
Japan 2 18
Masako EguchiKazuaki Ichikawa
Singles, Women Yuko Otaka 5
Hiroko Shibuya 13
Miyako Kawase 19

Nordic Combined

Individual, Men Yuji Katsuro 5
Hideki Nakano 13
Kazuo Araya 15
Nobutaka Sasaki 24

Ski Jumping

Normal Hill, Individual, Men Yukio Kasaya 1 Gold
Akitsugu Konno 2 Silver
Seiji Aochi 3 Bronze
Takashi Fujisawa 23
Large Hill, Individual, Men Yukio Kasaya 7
Akitsugu Konno 12
Takashi Fujisawa 14
Hiroshi Itagaki 19

Speed Skating

500 metres, Men Masaki Suzuki 8
Takayuki Hida 13
Norio Hirate 17
Keiichi Suzuki 19
1,500 metres, Men Mutsuhiko Maeda 20
Kiyomi Ito 22
5,000 metres, Men Kiyomi Ito 13
Osamu Naito 16
10,000 metres, Men Kiyomi Ito 10
Osamu Naito 12
500 metres, Women Sachiko Saito 9
Ryoko Onozawa 21
1,000 metres, Women Emiko Taguchi 15
Sachiko Saito 18
Ryoko Onozawa 28
1,500 metres, Women Satomi Koike 11
Emiko Taguchi 17
Kaname Ide 18
3,000 metres, Women Satomi Koike 12
Kaname Ide 16
Akiko Aruga 18