Japan at The 2006 Winter Olympics - Speed Skating

Speed Skating

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Yusuke Imai 1000 m n/a 1:10.48 20
1500 m n/a 1:50.56 34
Joji Kato 500 m 35.59 35.19 1:10.78 6
Kesato Miyazaki 5000 m n/a 6:40.03 21
Keiichiro Nagashima 500 m 35.67 35.47 1:11.14 13
1000 m n/a 1:11.78 32
Takaharu Nakajima 1000 m n/a 1:11.10 27
1500 m n/a 1:51.61 38
Yuya Oikawa 500 m 35.35 35.21 1:10.56 4
Hiroyasu Shimizu 500 m 35.66 35.78 1:11.44 18
Teruhiro Sugimori 1500 m n/a 1:49.51 24
Takahiro Ushiyama 1000 m n/a 1:11.21 28
1500 m n/a 1:50.59 35
5000 m n/a 6:51.53 27
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Eriko Ishino 1500 m n/a 2:01.85 22
3000 m n/a 4:11.21 13
5000 m n/a 7:12.48 11
Nami Nemoto 1500 m n/a 2:02.34 29
Tomomi Okazaki 500 m 38.46 38.46 1:16.92 4
1000 m n/a 1:17.63 16
Sayuri Osuga 500 m 38.65 38.74 1:17.39 8
Hiromi Otsu 1500 m n/a 2:04.77 33
Eriko Seo 3000 m n/a 4:16.27 20
Maki Tabata 1000 m n/a 1:17.64 17
1500 m n/a 2:00.77 15
3000 m n/a 4:12.38 14
5000 m n/a 7:18.05 13
Aki Tonoike 1000 m n/a 1:17.64 17
Yukari Watanabe 500 m 39.46 39.19 1:18.65 15
Sayuri Yoshii 500 m 38.68 38.75 1:17.43 9
1000 m n/a 1:17.58 15
Team Pursuit
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Rank
From:
Teruhiro Sugimori
Kesato Miyazaki
Takahiro Ushiyama		 Men's team pursuit 4:03.83 8 Canada (1)
L 3:53.88		 Did not advance 7th place Final
Germany (5)
L 3:50.37		 8
From:
Eriko Ishino
Nami Nemoto
Hiromi Otsu
Maki Tabata		 Women's team pursuit 3:08.34 7 Norway (2)
W Overtook		 Canada (3)
L 3:05.95		 Bronze Final
Russia (1)
L Overtaken		 4

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