Results for Japan in 500 metres, Women

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
1960 Winter Olympics	Hatsue Takamizawa	5
	Fumie Hama	8
	Yoshiko Takano	19
1964 Winter Olympics	Hatsue Nagakubo	12
	Yasuko Takano	19
	Kaneko Takahashi	24
1968 Winter Olympics	Misae Takeda	25
	Kaname Ide	27
	Sachiko Saito	DNF
1972 Winter Olympics	Sachiko Saito	9
	Ryoko Onozawa	21
1976 Winter Olympics	Makiko Nagaya	7
	Keiko Hasegawa	17
1980 Winter Olympics	Makiko Nagaya	5
1984 Winter Olympics	Seiko Hashimoto	=11
	Hiromi Ozawa	16
	Shoko Fusano	=22
1988 Winter Olympics	Seiko Hashimoto	5
	Shoko Fusano	8
	Noriko Toda	21
1992 Winter Olympics	Kyoko Shimazaki	7
	Seiko Hashimoto	12
	Noriko Toda	23
	Yoko Fukazawa	24
1994 Winter Olympics	Kyoko Shimazaki	10
	Tomomi Okazaki	14
	Shiho Kusunose	18
	Mayumi Yamamoto	25
1998 Winter Olympics	Tomomi Okazaki	3	Bronze
	Kyoko Shimazaki	5
	Eriko Sanmiya	11
	Shiho Kusunose	12
2002 Winter Olympics	Tomomi Okazaki	6
	Yukari Watanabe	9
	Eriko Sanmiya	11
	Sayuri Osuga	12
2006 Winter Olympics	Tomomi Okazaki	4
	Sayuri Osuga	8
	Sayuri Yoshii	9
	Yukari Watanabe	15
2010 Winter Olympics	Sayuri Yoshii	5
	Nao Kodaira	12
	Shihomi Shinya	14
	Tomomi Okazaki	16
2014 Winter Olympics	Nao Kodaira	5
	Maki Tsuji	9
	Miyako Sumiyoshi	14
2018 Winter Olympics	Nao Kodaira	1	Gold
	Arisa Go	8
	Erina Kamiya	13
2022 Winter Olympics	Miho Takagi	2	Silver
	Arisa Go	15
	Nao Kodaira	17