Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Japan at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Japan at the; 2018 Winter Olympics
	Flag of Japan
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp
in Pyeongchang, South Korea; February 9–25, 2018
Competitors	124 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Noriaki Kasai (opening)
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 4 Total 13
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Japan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 124 competitors in 13 sports. They won 13 medals in total, four gold, five silver and four bronze, ranking 11th in the medal table. Six medals of those were won in the speed skating events.

Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai was chosen to be the flag bearer during the opening ceremony. On 9 February 2018, on the opening day of the Games, he became the first athlete in history to participate in 8 different Winter Olympics.^[2] The previous record was from the Russian luger Albert Demchenko, with 7 participations.

^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ "Skispringer Kasai in olympicshe recordboeken". NU.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-09.

[1] "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[2] "Skispringer Kasai in olympicshe recordboeken". NU.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-09.

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