Short Track Speed Skating
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
| Satoru Terao | 500 m | 42.948 | 1 Q | 1:05.470 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Hitoshi Uematsu | 43.428 | 2 Q | 43.657 | 2 Q | 43.697 | 1 QA | 43.713 | 03 ! | |
| Takafumi Nishitani | 43.348 | 2 Q | 42.980 | 2 Q | 42.756 OR | 1 Q | 42.862 | 01 ! | |
| Satoru Terao | 1000 m | 1:35.323 | 2 Q | 1:29.398 OR | 1 Q | 1:32.636 | 5 | Did not advance | |
| Naoya Tamura | 1:31.168 | 1 Q | 1:29.509 | 1 Q | 1:42.908 | 4 QB | 1:32.927 | 5 | |
| Hitoshi Uematsu | 1:30.466 | 1 Q | DSQ | – | Did not advance | ||||
| Satoru Terao Naoya Tamura Takehiro Kodera Yugo Shinohara |
5000 m relay | 7:17.223 | 4 QB | 7:01.660 OR | 5 | ||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
| Chikage Tanaka | 500 m | 46.786 | 1 Q | 56.798 | 3 ADV | 46.497 | 5 | Did not advance | |
| Ikue Teshigawara | 47.354 | 1 Q | 52.693 | 3 ADV | 45.736 | 3 QB | 46.889 | 6 | |
| Ayako Tsubaki | 46.950 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Ikue Teshigawara | 1000 m | 1:35.964 | 1 Q | 1:38.446 | 2 Q | 1:35.266 | 3 QB | 1:37.693 | 5 |
| Sachi Ozawa | 1:35.275 | 2 Q | 1:37.493 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Chikage Tanaka | 1:39.822 | 2 Q | 1:36.570 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ikue Teshigawara Chikage Tanaka Nobuko Yamada Sachi Ozawa |
3000 m relay | 4:24.087 | 1 QA | 4:30.612 | 4 | ||||
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