Japan competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
As Sapporo would be the host city for the following Winter Olympics, the flag of Japan was raised at the closing ceremony.
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJuichi MaruyamaDownhill2:19.3364Hitonari Maruyama2:18.0459Yoshiharu Fukuhara2:14.0954Tsuneo Noto2:10.3245Yoshinari KidaGiant SlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Yoshiharu Fukuhara1:53.96511:58.01563:51.9750Tomio Sasaki1:53.16461:56.99513:50.1547Tsuneo Noto1:52.55431:54.10403:46.6540
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankTsuneo NotoDNF–56.602did not advanceYoshiharu FukuharaDSQ–56.822did not advanceYoshinari KidaDSQ–57.872did not advanceTomio Sasaki55.98456.622did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMihoko OtsueDownhill1:51.6034Mihoko OtsueGiant Slalom2:10.5636Mihoko OtsueSlalom46.78261:04.59311:51.3731
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmHajime Yoshimura1'23:05.591'32:05.543Shozo Okuyama1'21:51.071'28:51.034Isao Ono1'20:47.881'28:47.833Miki Shibuya1'21:37.161'27:37.128
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankIsao OnoMiki ShibuyaShozo OkuyamaHajime Yoshimura92'35:21.013
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmKazuo SatoDNF–Hiroshi Ogawa59:55.465Akiyoshi Matsuoka54:46.253Tokio Sato53:41.25030 kmKazuo Sato1'46:12.445Tokio Sato1'43:13.83350 kmSotoo Okushiba2'45:09.438Tokio Sato2'40:00.529
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankTokio SatoSotoo OkushibaKazuo SatoAkiyoshi Matsuoka2'20:54.810
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmFujiko Kato18:28.23210 kmFujiko Kato40:40.023
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Yutaka Higuchi23261529.621825 Tsuguhiko Kozuka24191584.018921
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Haruko Ishida18251552.721826 Kazumi Yamashita15141639.013914 Kumiko Okawa851763.6618
Ice hockey
Consolation round Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. Japan entered in this round, from the start they did not play for a medal.
RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts9550033910105410271281153201515612523022234135140122721450509320
Yugoslavia – Japan 5:1 (2:0, 0:0, 3:1) Goalscorers: Tisler 2, Beravs, Felc, Mlakar – Iwamoto.
Japan – Norway 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0) Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.
Japan – Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1) Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.
Japan – Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1) Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.
France – Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2) Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.
Contestants 10. JAPAN Goaltenders: Katsuji Morishima, Toshimitsu Otsubo Defence: Isao Asai, Michihiro Sato, Hisashi Kasai, Toru Itabashi, Takaaki Kaneiri, Kenji Toriyabe. Forwards: Mamoru Takashima, Kimihisa Kudo, Koji Iwamoto, Takao Hikigi, Toru Okajima, Minoru Ito, Takeshi Akiba, Yutaka Ebina, Kazuo Matsuda, Nobuhiro Araki.
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankMasatoshi SutoIndividual62.066.0183.03053:32.6176.0331359.0331Katsutoshi Okubo66.069.5194.82352:33.1187.4326382.2324Akemi Taniguchi73.072.5224.4455:04.5158.7439383.1423Hiroshi Itagaki73.576.0237.4253:26.2177.2529414.6510
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankYukio KasayaNormal hill71.095.472.0101.0196.423Takashi Fujisawa73.0100.671.093.9194.526Masakatsu Asari72.5100.859.569.0169.847Akitsugu Konno72.5101.369.595.0196.324Seiji AochiLarge hill90.594.687.590.4185.026Akitsugu Konno91.595.590.595.6191.120Yukio Kasaya91.097.388.593.8191.120Takashi Fujisawa101.0116.882.575.9192.718
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mTakayuki Hida42.937Tamio Dejima42.633Masaki Suzuki41.215Keiichi Suzuki40.881500 mMasaki Suzuki2:14.840Mutsuhiko Maeda2:14.840Keiichi Suzuki2:13.131Tadao Ishihata2:12.7305000 mMutsuhiko Maeda8:08.333Tadao Ishihata7:55.822Yoshiaki Demachi7:55.62110,000 mHirofumi Otsuka17:38.828Yoshiaki Demachi16:54.622
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mSachiko SaitoDNF–Kaname Ide50.027Misae Takeda49.4251000 mSachiko Saito1:41.026Misae Takeda1:40.4251500 mJitsuko Saito2:36.626Kaname Ide2:34.223Sachiko Saito2:31.4183000 mKaname Ide5:27.921Jitsuko Saito5:27.820
References Official Olympic Reports Japan Olympic Committee database Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com