Japan in Speed Skating

1932 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Shozo Ishihara 3 h1 r1/2
Tokuo Kitani 4 h2 r1/2
Yasuo Kawamura 5 h1 r1/2
Tomeju Uruma 6 h3 r1/2
1,500 metres, Men Tomeju Uruma 6 h1 r1/2
Shozo Ishihara 5 h2 r1/2
Yasuo Kawamura 4 h3 r1/2
Tokuo Kitani 5 h3 r1/2
5,000 metres, Men Yasuo Kawamura 7 h2 r1/2
Shozo Ishihara 8 h1 r1/2
Tokuo Kitani 8 h2 r1/2
Tomeju Uruma 9 h1 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Shozo Ishihara AC h1 r1/2
Tomeju Uruma AC h1 r1/2
Yasuo Kawamura AC h2 r1/2
Tokuo Kitani AC h2 r1/2

1936 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Shozo Ishihara 4
Reikichi Nakamura =11
Lee Seong-Deok =16
Kunio Nando =22
1,500 metres, Men Kim Jeong-Yeon 15
Shozo Ishihara 19
Lee Seong-Deok =23
Yasuo Kawamura 28
5,000 metres, Men Kim Jeong-Yeon 21
Jang U-Shik =27
Lee Seong-Deok =27
Kunio Nando 31
10,000 metres, Men Kim Jeong-Yeon 13
Lee Seong-Deok 25
Jang U-Shik 26

1952 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Kiyotaka Takabayashi =6
Masanori Aoki =12
Sukenobu Kudo =15
Tsuneo Sato 18
1,500 metres, Men Tsuneo Sato 11
Masanori Aoki 23
Sukenobu Kudo 33
Kiyotaka Takabayashi 34
5,000 metres, Men Yoshiyasu Gomi 10
Kazuhiko Sugawara 15
10,000 metres, Men Kazuhiko Sugawara 7
Yoshiyasu Gomi 14

1956 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Shinkichi Takemura =11
Yoshitaki Hori =17
Taketsugu Asazaka =22
Kiyotaka Takabayashi =30
1,500 metres, Men Taketsugu Asazaka 21
Yoshitaki Hori 23
Shinkichi Takemura 36
Yoshiyasu Gomi =39
5,000 metres, Men Yoshiyasu Gomi 27
Taketsugu Asazaka =28
Yoshitaki Hori 46
10,000 metres, Men Taketsugu Asazaka 22
Yoshiyasu Gomi 23

1960 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Fumio Nagakubo 9
Yoshitaki Hori =16
Takeo Mizoo =36
Shinkichi Takemura 43
1,500 metres, Men Fumio Nagakubo 21
Yoshitaki Hori =29
Takeo Mizoo 33
Shuji Kobayashi 34
5,000 metres, Men Takeo Mizoo 23
Shuji Kobayashi 24
10,000 metres, Men Shuji Kobayashi 21
Takeo Mizoo 25
500 metres, Women Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 5
Fumie Hama 8
Yoshiko Takano 19
1,000 metres, Women Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa =5
Fumie Hama 7
Yoshiko Takano 16
1,500 metres, Women Fumie Hama 10
Yoshiko Takano 12
Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 19
3,000 metres, Women Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 4
Yoshiko Takano 10

1964 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Keiichi Suzuki 5
Fumio Nagakubo =16
Satoshi Shinpo 41
1,500 metres, Men Keiichi Suzuki 31
Satoshi Shinpo 34
Toyofumi Aruga 41
5,000 metres, Men Satoshi Shinpo 23
Toyofumi Aruga 24
Yoshihiro Kawano =26
10,000 metres, Men Toyofumi Aruga 22
Satoshi Shinpo 24
Yoshihiro Kawano 32
500 metres, Women Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 12
Yasuko Takano 19
Kaneko Takahashi 24
1,000 metres, Women Kaneko Takahashi 18
Yasuko Takano 20
Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa DNF
1,500 metres, Women Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 10
Yasuko Takano 14
Kaneko Takahashi 18
3,000 metres, Women Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa 6
Yasuko Takano 12
Kaneko Takahashi 16

1968 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Keiichi Suzuki =8
Masaki Suzuki =15
Tamio Dejima =33
Takayuki Hida 37
1,500 metres, Men Tadao Ishihata 30
Keiichi Suzuki 31
Mutsuhiko Maeda =40
Masaki Suzuki =40
5,000 metres, Men Yoshiaki Demachi 21
Tadao Ishihata 22
Mutsuhiko Maeda 33
10,000 metres, Men Yoshiaki Demachi 22
Hirofumi Otsuka 28
500 metres, Women Misae Takeda 25
Kaname Ide 27
Sachiko Saito DNF
1,000 metres, Women Misae Takeda 25
Sachiko Saito 26
1,500 metres, Women Sachiko Saito =18
Kaname Ide 23
Jitsuko Saito 26
3,000 metres, Women Jitsuko Saito 20
Kaname Ide 21

1972 Winter Olympics

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

1976 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Masaki Suzuki =11
Norio Hirate =16
Mikio Oyama 18
1,000 metres, Men Masaki Suzuki 19
Mikio Oyama 24
Norio Hirate 30
1,500 metres, Men Masahiko Yamamoto 21
5,000 metres, Men Masahiko Yamamoto 22
Masayuki Kawahara 24
10,000 metres, Men Masahiko Yamamoto 16
500 metres, Women Makiko Nagaya 7
Keiko Hasegawa 17
1,000 metres, Women Makiko Nagaya 9
Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 20
Keiko Hasegawa 24
1,500 metres, Women Chieko Ito 22
Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 24
3,000 metres, Women Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 19
Chieko Ito 21

1980 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Kaoru Fukuda 14
Kazuaki Ichimura 20
1,000 metres, Men Kaoru Fukuda 19
Masayuki Kawahara 23
Kazuaki Ichimura 25
1,500 metres, Men Masahiko Yamamoto 19
Masayuki Kawahara 20
Yasuhiro Shimizu 24
5,000 metres, Men Yasuhiro Shimizu 16
Masahiko Yamamoto 21
Masayuki Kawahara 25
10,000 metres, Men Yasuhiro Shimizu 9
Masahiko Yamamoto 17
500 metres, Women Makiko Nagaya 5
1,000 metres, Women Miyoshi Kato 17
Makiko Nagaya 22
Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 25
1,500 metres, Women Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 23
Miyoshi Kato 24
3,000 metres, Women Miyoshi Kato 21
Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 25

1984 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Yoshihiro Kitazawa 2 Silver
Akira Kuroiwa 10
Yasushi Suzuki 12
1,000 metres, Men Akira Kuroiwa 9
Kimihiro Hamaya 17
Yoshihiro Kitazawa 31
1,500 metres, Men Kimihiro Hamaya 29
5,000 metres, Men Masahito Shinohara 24
Toshiaki Imamura 26
10,000 metres, Men Toshiaki Imamura 23
Masahito Shinohara 26
500 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto =11
Hiromi Ozawa 16
Shoko Fusano =22
1,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 12
Shoko Fusano 22
Hiromi Ozawa 27
1,500 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 15
3,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 19

1988 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Akira Kuroiwa 3 Bronze
Yasumitsu Kanehama 9
Yasushi Kuroiwa 11
Kimihiro Hamaya 13
1,000 metres, Men Yasumitsu Kanehama =9
Kimihiro Hamaya 13
Akira Kuroiwa 20
Yukihiro Mitani 23
1,500 metres, Men Toru Aoyanagi 5
Munehisa Kuroiwa 16
Yoshiyuki Shimizu 22
Hozumi Moriyama 28
5,000 metres, Men Toru Aoyanagi 14
Munehisa Kuroiwa 27
Yoshiyuki Shimizu 32
10,000 metres, Men Toru Aoyanagi 24
Yoshiyuki Shimizu 28
500 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 5
Shoko Fusano 8
Noriko Toda 21
1,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 5
Shoko Fusano 11
Noriko Toda 22
1,500 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 6
Natsue Seki 19
3,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto =7
Natsue Seki 18
5,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 6
Natsue Seki 19

1992 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Toshiyuki Kuroiwa 2 Silver
Junichi Inoue 3 Bronze
Yasunori Miyabe =5
Yukinori Miyabe 18
1,000 metres, Men Yukinori Miyabe 3 Bronze
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa 9
Yuji Fujimoto 11
Yasunori Miyabe 19
1,500 metres, Men Yukinori Miyabe 9
Toru Aoyanagi 12
Kazuhiro Sato 28
Keiji Shirahata 44
5,000 metres, Men Kazuhiro Sato 17
Toshihiko Itokawa 18
Keiji Shirahata 22
10,000 metres, Men Kazuhiro Sato 5
Toshihiko Itokawa 13
Keiji Shirahata 18
500 metres, Women Kyoko Shimazaki 7
Seiko Hashimoto 12
Noriko Toda 23
Yoko Fukazawa 24
1,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 5
Kyoko Shimazaki =18
Noriko Toda 23
Yoko Fukazawa 24
1,500 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 3 Bronze
Mie Uehara 11
Yumi Kaeriyama =19
3,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 12
Yumi Kaeriyama 13
Mie Uehara 17
5,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 9
Yumi Kaeriyama 12
Mie Uehara 14

1994 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Manabu Horii 3 Bronze
Hiroyasu Shimizu 5
Junichi Inoue 6
Yasunori Miyabe 9
1,000 metres, Men Junichi Inoue 8
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa 11
Yukinori Miyabe 14
Hiroyasu Shimizu 19
1,500 metres, Men Toru Aoyanagi 15
Yukinori Miyabe 21
Toshihiko Itokawa 27
5,000 metres, Men Toshihiko Itokawa 6
Kazuhiro Sato 13
Toru Aoyanagi 24
10,000 metres, Men Toshihiko Itokawa 11
Kazuhiro Sato 13
500 metres, Women Kyoko Shimazaki 10
Tomomi Okazaki 14
Shiho Kusunose 18
Mayumi Yamamoto 25
1,000 metres, Women Shiho Kusunose 6
Kyoko Shimazaki 18
Seiko Hashimoto 21
Mayumi Yamamoto 27
1,500 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 9
Shiho Kusunose 13
Hiromi Yamamoto 15
Maki Tabata 16
3,000 metres, Women Seiko Hashimoto 6
Hiromi Yamamoto 7
Miki Ogasawara 10
5,000 metres, Women Hiromi Yamamoto 3 Bronze
Seiko Hashimoto 8
Miki Ogasawara 9

1998 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Hiroyasu Shimizu 1 Gold
Manabu Horii 13
Hiroaki Yamakage 15
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa =16
1,000 metres, Men Hiroyasu Shimizu 3 Bronze
Yusuke Imai 11
Manabu Horii =17
Hiroyuki Noake 25
1,500 metres, Men Hiroyuki Noake 7
Toru Aoyanagi 8
Yusuke Imai 16
Keiji Shirahata 21
5,000 metres, Men Keiji Shirahata 7
Takahiro Nozaki 17
Hiroyuki Noake 25
10,000 metres, Men Keiji Shirahata 14
500 metres, Women Tomomi Okazaki 3 Bronze
Kyoko Shimazaki 5
Eriko Sanmiya 11
Shiho Kusunose 12
1,000 metres, Women Tomomi Okazaki 7
Eriko Sanmiya 8
Shiho Kusunose 11
Kyoko Shimazaki 22
1,500 metres, Women Chiharu Nozaki 15
Aki Tonoike 16
Mie Uehara 21
Shiho Kusunose 23
3,000 metres, Women Mie Uehara 14
Chiharu Nozaki 17
Noriko Munekata 18
5,000 metres, Women Mie Uehara 11
Nami Nemoto 15

2002 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Hiroyasu Shimizu 2 Silver
Toyoki Takeda 8
Kuniomi Haneishi 12
Manabu Horii 14
1,000 metres, Men Yusuke Imai 15
Toyoki Takeda 16
Manabu Horii 22
Hiroyuki Noake 44
1,500 metres, Men Hiroyuki Noake 15
Takaharu Nakajima 23
Keiji Shirahata 25
Yusuke Imai 34
5,000 metres, Men Toshihiko Itokawa 12
Keiji Shirahata 13
Hiroki Hirako 17
10,000 metres, Men Keiji Shirahata 4
Toshihiko Itokawa 11
500 metres, Women Tomomi Okazaki 6
Yukari Watanabe 9
Eriko Sanmiya 11
Sayuri Osuga 12
1,000 metres, Women Aki Tonoike 7
Eriko Sanmiya 17
Sayuri Osuga =18
Maki Tabata DQ
1,500 metres, Women Maki Tabata 9
Aki Tonoike 14
Yayoi Nagaoka 24
Yuri Obara =29
3,000 metres, Women Maki Tabata 6
Nami Nemoto 18
Eriko Seo 19
5,000 metres, Women Maki Tabata 8
Nami Nemoto DNF

2006 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Yuya Oikawa 4
Joji Kato 6
Keiichiro Nagashima 13
Hiroyasu Shimizu 18
1,000 metres, Men Yusuke Imai 20
Takaharu Nakajima 27
Takahiro Ushiyama 28
Keiichiro Nagashima 32
1,500 metres, Men Teruhiro Sugimori =24
Yusuke Imai 34
Takahiro Ushiyama 35
Takaharu Nakajima 38
5,000 metres, Men Kesato Miyazaki 21
Takahiro Ushiyama 27
Team Pursuit (8 laps), Men Japan 8
Kesato MiyazakiTeruhiro SugimoriTakahiro UshiyamaTakaharu Nakajima (DNS)
500 metres, Women Tomomi Okazaki 4
Sayuri Osuga 8
Sayuri Yoshii 9
Yukari Watanabe 15
1,000 metres, Women Sayuri Yoshii 15
Tomomi Okazaki 16
Maki Tabata =17
Aki Tonoike =17
1,500 metres, Women Maki Tabata 15
Eriko Ishino =22
Nami Nemoto 29
Hiromi Otsu 33
3,000 metres, Women Eriko Ishino 13
Maki Tabata 14
Eriko Seo =20
5,000 metres, Women Eriko Ishino 11
Maki Tabata 13
Team Pursuit (6 laps), Women Japan 4
Eriko IshinoNami NemotoHiromi OtsuMaki TabataEriko Seo (DNS)

2010 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Keiichiro Nagashima 2 Silver
Joji Kato 3 Bronze
Yuya Oikawa 13
Akio Ota 17
1,000 metres, Men Tadashi Obara 17
Teruhiro Sugimori 26
Ryohei Haga 29
Keiichiro Nagashima 37
1,500 metres, Men Teruhiro Sugimori 26
Shingo Doi 30
5,000 metres, Men Hiroki Hirako 19
Shigeyuki Dejima 27
10,000 metres, Men Hiroki Hirako 11
Team Pursuit (8 laps), Men Japan 8
Hiroki HirakoTeruhiro SugimoriShigeyuki DejimaShingo Doi
500 metres, Women Sayuri Yoshii 5
Nao Kodaira 12
Shihomi Shinya 14
Tomomi Okazaki 16
1,000 metres, Women Nao Kodaira 5
Sayuri Yoshii 15
Tomomi Okazaki 34
Miho Takagi 35
1,500 metres, Women Nao Kodaira 5
Maki Tabata 19
Miho Takagi 23
Sayuri Yoshii 26
3,000 metres, Women Masako Hozumi 6
Shiho Ishizawa 15
Eri Natori 21
5,000 metres, Women Masako Hozumi 7
Shiho Ishizawa 9
Team Pursuit (6 laps), Women Japan 2 Silver
Masako HozumiNao KodairaMaki TabataMiho Takagi (DNS)

2012 Winter Youth Olympics

500 metres, Boys Toshihiro Kakui 3 Bronze
1,500 metres, Boys Seitaro Ichinohe 3 Bronze
Toshihiro Kakui 12
3,000 metres, Boys Seitaro Ichinohe 2 Silver
Mass Start, Boys Seitaro Ichinohe 2 Silver
Toshihiro Kakui 4
1,500 metres, Girls Sumire Kikuchi 3 Bronze
Rio Harada 7
3,000 metres, Girls Rio Harada 2 Silver
Mass Start, Girls Sumire Kikuchi 3 Bronze
Rio Harada 6

2014 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Joji Kato 5
Keiichiro Nagashima 6
Yuya Oikawa 15
Yuji Kamijo 20
1,000 metres, Men Taro Kondo 35
Daichi Yamanaka 36
1,500 metres, Men Taro Kondo 31
5,000 metres, Men Shane Williamson 26
500 metres, Women Nao Kodaira 5
Maki Tsuji 9
Miyako Sumiyoshi 14
1,000 metres, Women Nao Kodaira 13
Miyako Sumiyoshi 22
Maki Tsuji 27
1,500 metres, Women Misaki Oshigiri 22
Maki Tabata 25
Ayaka Kikuchi 31
Nana Takagi 32
3,000 metres, Women Shiho Ishizawa 9
Shoko Fujimura 15
Masako Hozumi 21
5,000 metres, Women Shoko Fujimura 10
Shiho Ishizawa 12
Masako Hozumi 13
Team Pursuit (6 laps), Women Japan 4
Misaki OshigiriMaki TabataNana TakagiAyaka Kikuchi

2016 Winter Youth Olympics

500 metres, Boys Kazuki Sakakibara 2 Silver
Daichi Horikawa 8
1,500 metres, Boys Daichi Horikawa 2 Silver
Kazuki Sakakibara 16
Mass Start, Boys Daichi Horikawa 7
500 metres, Girls Moe Kumagai 8
Yuna Onodera 11
1,500 metres, Girls Yuna Onodera 15
Moe Kumagai 20
Mass Start, Girls Yuna Onodera 11

2018 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Daichi Yamanaka 5
Joji Kato 6
Tsubasa Hasegawa 14
1,000 metres, Men Takuro Oda 5
Tsubasa Hasegawa 20
Daichi Yamanaka 24
1,500 metres, Men Takuro Oda 5
Shane Williamson 10
Shota Nakamura 24
5,000 metres, Men Seitaro Ichinohe 9
Ryosuke Tsuchiya 16
10,000 metres, Men Ryosuke Tsuchiya 10
Mass Start, Men Shane Williamson 11
Ryosuke Tsuchiya 11 h2 r1/2
Team Pursuit (8 laps), Men Japan 5
Shane WilliamsonShota NakamuraSeitaro IchinoheRyosuke Tsuchiya
500 metres, Women Nao Kodaira 1 Gold
Arisa Go 8
Erina Kamiya 13
1,000 metres, Women Nao Kodaira 2 Silver
Miho Takagi 3 Bronze
Arisa Go 13
1,500 metres, Women Miho Takagi 2 Silver
Nao Kodaira 6
Ayaka Kikuchi 16
3,000 metres, Women Miho Takagi 5
Ayano Sato 8
Ayaka Kikuchi 19
5,000 metres, Women Misaki Oshigiri 9
Nana Takagi 12
Mass Start, Women Nana Takagi 1 Gold
Ayano Sato 12 h2 r1/2
Team Pursuit (6 laps), Women Japan 1 Gold
Miho TakagiAyaka KikuchiAyano SatoNana Takagi

2020 Winter Youth Olympics

500 metres, Boys Yudai Yamamoto 1 Gold
Motonaga Arito 13
1,500 metres, Boys Motonaga Arito 1 Gold
Yudai Yamamoto 10
Mass Start, Boys Motonaga Arito 1 Gold
Yudai Yamamoto 10
500 metres, Girls Yukino Yoshida 3 Bronze
Yuka Takahashi 10
1,500 metres, Girls Yuka Takahashi 2 Silver
Yukino Yoshida 9
Mass Start, Girls Yuka Takahashi 5
Yukino Yoshida 14

2022 Winter Olympics

500 metres, Men Wataru Morishige 3 Bronze
Yuma Murakami 8
Tatsuya Shinhama 20
1,000 metres, Men Wataru Morishige 16
Ryota Kojima 20
Tatsuya Shinhama 21
1,500 metres, Men Seitaro Ichinohe 10
Takuro Oda 17
5,000 metres, Men Seitaro Ichinohe 12
10,000 metres, Men Ryosuke Tsuchiya 11
Mass Start, Men Ryosuke Tsuchiya 6
Seitaro Ichinohe 8
500 metres, Women Miho Takagi 2 Silver
Arisa Go 15
Nao Kodaira 17
1,000 metres, Women Miho Takagi 1 Gold
Nao Kodaira 10
1,500 metres, Women Miho Takagi 2 Silver
Ayano Sato 4
Nana Takagi 8
3,000 metres, Women Miho Takagi 6
Ayano Sato 9
5,000 metres, Women Misaki Oshigiri 8
Momoka Horikawa 10
Mass Start, Women Ayano Sato 8
Nana Takagi 27
Team Pursuit (6 laps), Women Japan 2 Silver
Ayano SatoMiho TakagiNana TakagiMisaki Oshigiri (DNS)