Japanese speed skaters practice in Vancouver. Surveys show the popularity of the Olympics in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
February 10, 11:23 PM
By Joshua Williams
Olympic fever is growing in Japan as the days towards the opening ceremony in Vancouver draw near. Several recently published Japanese survey show the popular and expectations of the winter games, particularly towards skating.
A survey of 1,000 people over the age of fifteen taken in mid-January by research group Intage asked participants if they had an interest in the Olympics, and 61.2 % said yes.
Same survey asked which sports they had strong interests in. Top sports included:
- Figure Skating (77%)
- Ski Jump (46.2%)
- Speed Skating (44.2%)
- Curling (25.2%)
A survey of 20,000 people over the age of twenty taken at the beginning of February by the SANNO Institute of Management asked participates what Winter Olympic Sport they wanted to watch the most. The top five were as follows:
- 1st: Figure Skating
- 2nd: Ski Jump
- 3rd: Speed Skating
- 4th: Freestyle Skiing
- 5th: Alpine Skiing
The same survey asked which athletes they thought would get metals:
Mao Asada (Women’s Figure Skating)
Daisuke Takahashi (Men’s Figure Skating)
Aiko Uemura (Women’s Freestyle Skiing)
Miki Ando (Women’s Figure Skating)
Nobunari Oda (Men’s Figure Skating)
rounded off the top five.
Finally, the first survey of 1,000 people asked participants how many metals they thought Japan will win:
- 76.5% thought 1~4
- 19.1% thought 5~9.
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