title: Japan at the 1936 Winter Olympics
text: # 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.
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Downhill | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Total points | Rank |
  | Hiroshi Tadano | Combined | 7:58.6 | 49 | 1:49.4 | DSQ | – | DNF | – |
  | Tsutomu Sekido | Combined | 7:23.4 | 46 | 2:04.5 | DSQ | – | DNF | – |
  | Isamu Sekiguchi | Combined | 6:48.6 | 41 | 1:52.5 | DSQ | – | DNF | – |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 18 km | Hiroshi Tadano | 1'35:28 | 59 |
  | 18 km | Ginzo Yamada | 1'33:17 | 56 |
  | 18 km | Tsutomu Sekido | 1'32:48 | 55 |
  | 18 km | Shinzo Yamada | 1'31:28 | 49 |
  | 50 km | Tadao Okayama | 4'30:28 | 34 |
  | 50 km | Hiroshi Tadano | 4'10:23 | 28 |
  
  ### Men's 4 x 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | Ginzo Yamada Tsutomu Sekido Shinzo Yamada Hiroshi Tadano | 3'10:59 | 12 |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tsugio Hasegawa | Men's singles | 24 | 22 | 162 | 314.6 | 23 |
  | Zenjiro Watanabe | Men's singles | 23 | 18 | 147 | 325.4 | 21 |
  | Kazuyoshi Oimatsu | Men's singles | 20 | 19 | 139 | 325.4 | 20 |
  | Toshiichi Katayama | Men's singles | 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
  
  ### 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
  
  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 | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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 | Individual | 1'32:40 | 147.7 | 38 | 48.0 | 48.5 | 203.2 | 7 | 350.9 | 29 |
  | Shinzo Yamada | Individual | 1'31:28 | 153.6 | 35 | 38.5 | 46.0 | 125.2 | 45 | 278.8 | 43 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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 | Normal hill | 63.5 | 95.8 | 33 | 63.5 | 98.8 | 29 | 194.6 | 31 |
  | Masaji Iguro | Normal hill | 74.5 | 107.6 | 11 | 72.5 | 110.6 | 6 | 218.2 | 7 |
  | Goro Adachi | Normal hill | 73.0 | 109.4 | 7 | 71.0 | 41.4 | 46 | 150.8 | 45 |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Kunio Nando | 46.6 | 22 |
  | 500 m | Seitoku Ri | 45.9 | 16 |
  | 500 m | Reikichi Nakamura | 45.0 | 11 |
  | 500 m | Shozo Ishihara | 44.1 | 4 |
  | 1500 m | Yasuo Kawamura | 2:29.6 | 28 |
  | 1500 m | Seitoku Ri | 2:28.9 | 23 |
  | 1500 m | Shozo Ishihara | 2:26.7 | 19 |
  | 1500 m | Seien Kin | 2:25.0 | 15 |
  | 5000 m | Kunio Nando | 9:20.1 | 31 |
  | 5000 m | Seitoku Ri | 9:08.7 | 27 |
  | 5000 m | Nichiko Cho | 9:08.7 | 27 |
  | 5000 m | Seien Kin | 8:55.9 | 21 |
  | 10,000 m | Nichiko Cho | 19:00.1 | 26 |
  | 10,000 m | Seitoku Ri | 18:50.3 | 25 |
  | 10,000 m | Seien Kin | 18:02.7 | 13 |
  