Results for Japan in 500 metres, Men

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Games Athlete/Team Placement
1932 Winter Olympics Shozo Ishihara 3 h1 r1/2
Tokuo Kitani 4 h2 r1/2
Yasuo Kawamura 5 h1 r1/2
Tomeju Uruma 6 h3 r1/2
1936 Winter Olympics Shozo Ishihara 4
Reikichi Nakamura =11
Lee Seong-Deok =16
Kunio Nando =22
1952 Winter Olympics Kiyotaka Takabayashi =6
Masanori Aoki =12
Sukenobu Kudo =15
Tsuneo Sato 18
1956 Winter Olympics Shinkichi Takemura =11
Yoshitaki Hori =17
Taketsugu Asazaka =22
Kiyotaka Takabayashi =30
1960 Winter Olympics Fumio Nagakubo 9
Yoshitaki Hori =16
Takeo Mizoo =36
Shinkichi Takemura 43
1964 Winter Olympics Keiichi Suzuki 5
Fumio Nagakubo =16
Satoshi Shinpo 41
1968 Winter Olympics Keiichi Suzuki =8
Masaki Suzuki =15
Tamio Dejima =33
Takayuki Hida 37
1972 Winter Olympics Masaki Suzuki 8
Takayuki Hida 13
Norio Hirate 17
Keiichi Suzuki 19
1976 Winter Olympics Masaki Suzuki =11
Norio Hirate =16
Mikio Oyama 18
1980 Winter Olympics Kaoru Fukuda 14
Kazuaki Ichimura 20
1984 Winter Olympics Yoshihiro Kitazawa 2 Silver
Akira Kuroiwa 10
Yasushi Suzuki 12
1988 Winter Olympics Akira Kuroiwa 3 Bronze
Yasumitsu Kanehama 9
Yasushi Kuroiwa 11
Kimihiro Hamaya 13
1992 Winter Olympics Toshiyuki Kuroiwa 2 Silver
Junichi Inoue 3 Bronze
Yasunori Miyabe =5
Yukinori Miyabe 18
1994 Winter Olympics Manabu Horii 3 Bronze
Hiroyasu Shimizu 5
Junichi Inoue 6
Yasunori Miyabe 9
1998 Winter Olympics Hiroyasu Shimizu 1 Gold
Manabu Horii 13
Hiroaki Yamakage 15
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa =16
2002 Winter Olympics Hiroyasu Shimizu 2 Silver
Toyoki Takeda 8
Kuniomi Haneishi 12
Manabu Horii 14
2006 Winter Olympics Yuya Oikawa 4
Joji Kato 6
Keiichiro Nagashima 13
Hiroyasu Shimizu 18
2010 Winter Olympics Keiichiro Nagashima 2 Silver
Joji Kato 3 Bronze
Yuya Oikawa 13
Akio Ota 17
2014 Winter Olympics Joji Kato 5
Keiichiro Nagashima 6
Yuya Oikawa 15
Yuji Kamijo 20
2018 Winter Olympics Daichi Yamanaka 5
Joji Kato 6
Tsubasa Hasegawa 14
2022 Winter Olympics Wataru Morishige 3 Bronze
Yuma Murakami 8
Tatsuya Shinhama 20