Belarus competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Biathlon Men's individual 11 February Freestyle skiing Men's aerials 18 February
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 1 0 1Biathlon 4 5 9Cross-country skiing 5 5 10Figure skating 1 1 2Freestyle skiing 5 1 6Ice hockey 23 0 23Nordic combined 2 – 2Ski jumping 2 – 2Speed skating 1 3 4 Total 44 15 59
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankIgor YudinSuper-G1:45.9236
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintAleksandr Popov230:53.055Vadim Sashurin130:34.046Alexei Aidarov230:12.337Oleg Ryzhenkov229:38.227
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmAleksandr Popov57:39.631'00:39.629Vadim Sashurin57:08.6259:08.613Oleg Ryzhenkov56:31.3258:31.39Alexei Aidarov55:46.5156:46.5
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankAlexei AidarovOleg RyzhenkovAleksandr PopovVadim Sashurin01'23:14.04
Women EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank7.5 km SprintNataliya Ryzhenkova426:10.552Nataliya Moroz025:04.728Svetlana Paramygina224:50.024Irina Tananayko024:42.522
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank15 kmNataliya Permyakova58:33.531'01:33.541Irina Tananayko57:25.4158:25.422Nataliya Ryzhenkova55:03.5358:03.519Svetlana Paramygina54:53.4256:53.412
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankIrina TananaykoNataliya RyzhenkovaNataliya MorozSvetlana Paramygina01'45:24.012
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CSergey DolidovichDNF–Nikolay Semenyako31:54.573Aleksey Tregubov31:43.970Aleksandr Sannikov29:54.73915 km pursuit1 FAleksey TregubovDNF–Nikolay Semenyako49:31.360Aleksandr Sannikov43:16.92630 km CNikolay Semenyako1'47:32.554Aleksandr Sannikov1'42:48.040Sergey Dolidovich1'42:18.736Aleksey Tregubov1'40:05.91850 km FVyacheslav PlaksunovDNF–Nikolay SemenyakoDNF–Sergey Dolidovich2'17:07.531Aleksandr Sannikov2'16:34.427
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankSergey DolidovichAleksey TregubovAleksandr SannikovVyacheslav Plaksunov1'45:15.314
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CLyudmila Korolik20:17.963Irina Skripnik19:44.255Svetlana Kamotskaya19:32.748Yelena Sinkevich18:50.22310 km pursuit2 FLyudmila Korolik34:55.458Irina Skripnik34:15.855Svetlana Kamotskaya33:11.247Yelena Sinkevich30:42.52115 km CIrina Skripnik52:26.243Yekaterina Antonyuk52:24.542Svetlana Kamotskaya51:59.039Yelena Sinkevich49:20.81530 km FIrina Skripnik1'34:38.447Lyudmila Korolik1'34:07.544Svetlana Kamotskaya1'33:51.642Yelena Sinkevich1'27:15.312
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankSvetlana KamotskayaYekaterina AntonyukYelena SinkevichLyudmila Korolik59:56.914
Figure skating
Ice Dancing AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank Tatjana NavkaNikolai Morozov1415171632.016
Freestyle skiing
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankOleg KuleshovMoguls34.3711.1329did not advanceAleksandr TkachenkoAerials178.4618did not advanceVasily Vorobyov199.2913did not advanceAleksey Grishin217.849 Q220.998Dmitry Dashchinsky249.041 Q240.79
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankYuliya Milko-ChernemoretsMoguls35.9120.2019did not advance
Ice hockey
Men's tournament The Belarusian hockey team was put into the preliminaries for the Olympics. They won their group that featured Germany, France and Japan by beating France 4–0, Germany 8-2 and by drawing Japan 2-2. Their first place helped them to play in the final tournament. They were in group A and lost all 3 games 5–0 to Canada and identical scores of 5–2 to Sweden and the United States. They finished last of group A and had to face the top spot in group B which was Russia. They lost 4-1 and got eliminated in the process from the tournament. They ended the tournament in 7th place.
Preliminary round – group B Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round. Team 3201144+105 321079-24 312058-32 3021510-51
First Round – group C Team 3300123+96 3210117+44 3120810-22 3030415-110
Quarter-final
Contestants Aleksandr Alekseyev Aleksandr Andriyevsky Vadim Bekbulatov Sergey Yerkovich Aleksandr Galchenyuk Aleksey Kalyuzhny Viktor Karachun Oleg Khmyl Andrey Kovalyov Aleksey Lozhkin Igor Matushkin Andrey Mezin Vasily Pankov Oleg Romanov Oleg Antonenko Yevgeny Roshchin Ruslan Salei Aleksandr Shumidub Andrey Skabelka Sergey Stas Vladimir Tsyplakov Eduard Zankovets Aleksandr Zhurik
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankSergey ZakharenkoIndividual158.04851:12.243Konstantin Kalinovsky181.04549:38.242
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRankAleksandr SinyavskyNormal hill70.071.550did not advanceAleksey Shibko74.080.040did not advanceAleksey ShibkoLarge hill94.565.155did not advanceAleksandr Sinyavsky109.094.232did not advance
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5000 mVitaly Novichenko7:19.7632
Women EventAthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 mLyudmila Kostyukevich41.003241.433482.4331Anzhelika Kotyuga39.761739.851879.61161000 mLyudmila Kostyukevich1:22.5834Anzhelika Kotyuga1:21.35253000 mSvetlana Chepelnikova4:36.9729
Trivia In a video game released that was related to the Olympic Hockey tournament, Belarus was represented with the Pahonia flag and with the national anthem of the former Soviet Union.
External links Medal winners Hockey tournament
References
Sources Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com