Japan at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Japan competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
;MenBiathlon
;Men| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Masaichi Kinoshita | 4 | 38:50.19 | 43 |
| 10 km Sprint | Takashi Shibata | 6 | 37:26.91 | 37 |
| 10 km Sprint | Hiroyuki Deguchi | 2 | 36:14.61 | 26 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
| 20 km | Tsusumisa Kikuchi | 1'13:44.30 | 11 | 1'24:44.30 | 41 |
| 20 km | Hiroyuki Deguchi | 1'14:53.16 | 7 | 1'21:53.16 | 39 |
| 20 km | Masaichi Kinoshita | 1'14:21.46 | 2 | 1'16:21.46 | 28 |
;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;MenFigure skating
;Men| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Fumio Igarashi | 13 | 8 | 6 | 172.04 | 77 | 9 |
| Mitsuru Matsumura | 11 | 7 | 7 | 172.28 | 75 | 8 |
;Women
| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Emi Watanabe | 4 | 8 | 5 | 179.04 | 48 | 6 |
Ice hockey
First Round - Red Division
| Team | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 10 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1 |
| Contestants Minoru Misawa Takeshi Iwamoto Hiroshi Hori Iwao Nakayama Norio Ito Hitoshi Nakamura Tadamitsu Fujii Koji Wakasa Yoshiaki Kyoya Katsutoshi Kawamura Takeshi Azuma Satoru Misawa Mikio Matsuda Sadaki Honma Hideo Sakurai Tsutomu Hanzawa Hideo Urabe Osamu Wakabayashi Mikio Hosoi Yoshio Hoshino |
Luge
;MenDoubles
Nordic combined
Events:- normal hill ski jumping
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Ski jumping
Speed skating
;Men;Women