Luge
- Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Masatoshi Kobayashi | 55.30 | 32 | 54.43 | 25 | 53.00 | 19 | 53.66 | 27 | 3:36.39 | 24 |
| Satoru Arai | 54.76 | 26 | 55.07 | 30 | 53.75 | 25 | 53.73 | 29 | 3:37.31 | 26 |
| Masako Eguchi | 54.09 | 15 | 53.37 | 12 | 52.78 | 18 | 53.57 | 25 | 3:33.81 | 18 |
| Kazuaki Ichikawa | 54.09 | 15 | 54.21 | 22 | 53.29 | 22 | 53.40 | 22 | 3:34.99 | 20 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Satoru Arai Masatoshi Kobayashi |
44.73 | 4 | 44.90 | 7 | 1:29.63 | 4 |
| Masako Eguchi Kazuaki Ichikawa |
46.93 | 19 | 46.63 | 18 | 1:33.56 | 18 |
- Women
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Miyako Kawase | 47.93 | 20 | 47.31 | 19 | 46.72 | 18 | 46.14 | 18 | 3:08.10 | 19 |
| Hiroko Shibuya | 46.66 | 14 | 46.41 | 13 | 45.89 | 8 | 45.49 | 12 | 3:04.45 | 13 |
| Yuko Otaka | 45.21 | 4 | 45.65 | 5 | 45.39 | 5 | 44.73 | 5 | 3:00.98 | 5 |
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