Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
participated in the
2010 Winter Olympics
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, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
in
Vancouver
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,
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Canada
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. Ninety-four athletes participated in all sports except ice hockey. Japanese athletes earned five medals at the games, including three silver and two bronze, short of the 10-medal goal set by the Japanese Olympic team prior to the event. One-hundred eleven Japanese sports officials and coaches accompanied the 94 athletes to the games, a far higher ratio of staff-to-athlete than most other participating nations.
[Nagatsuka, Kaz,]
Japan picks over bones of Vancouver medal tally
, ''Japan Times
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History
''The Japan Times'' was launched by ...
'', March 9, 2010, p. 16.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
Curling
Women's tournament
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;Standings
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;Round-robin
;Draw 1
;Draw 2
;Draw 4
;Draw 6
;Draw 8
;Draw 9
;Draw 10
;Draw 11
;Draw 12
Figure skating
Freestyle skiing
;Moguls
;Ski cross
Luge
*= Disqualified for being over the allowed weight
Nordic combined
Short track speed skating
;Men
;Women
Skeleton
Ski jumping
Snowboarding
;Halfpipe
;Parallel Giant Slalom
;Snowboard cross
Speed skating
;Men
;Women
See also
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Japan at the Olympics
Japan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912, and has competed at almost every Games since then. The nation was not invited to the 1948 Games after World War II, and was part of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mos ...
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Japan at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
References
{{Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 in Japanese sport
Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010
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