Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:BLR
Nocname:Belarus Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1998
Website: 
Location:Nagano
Competitors:59 (44 men, 15 women)
Sports:9
Flagbearer:Alexandr Popov, Biathlon
Rank:20
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1994
See also: (1900–1912)
(1924–1936)
(1952–1988)
(1992)

Belarus competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

See main article: 1998 Winter Olympics medal table.

MedalNameSportEventDate
11 February
18 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

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Alpine skiing1 0 1
Biathlon4 5 9
Cross-country skiing5 5 10
Figure skating1 1 2
Freestyle skiing5 1 6
Ice hockey23 0 23
Nordic combined2 2
Ski jumping2 2
Speed skating1 3 4
Total 44 15 59

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km SprintAleksandr Popov230:53.055
Vadim Sashurin130:34.046
Alexei Aidarov230:12.337
Oleg Ryzhenkov229:38.227
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 kmAleksandr Popov57:39.631'00:39.629
Vadim Sashurin57:08.6259:08.613
Oleg Ryzhenkov56:31.3258:31.39
Alexei Aidarov55:46.5156:46.5
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km SprintNataliya Ryzhenkova426:10.552
Nataliya Moroz025:04.728
Svetlana Paramygina224:50.024
Irina Tananayko024:42.522
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 kmNataliya Permyakova58:33.531'01:33.541
Irina Tananayko57:25.4158:25.422
Nataliya Ryzhenkova55:03.5358:03.519
Svetlana Paramygina54:53.4256:53.412
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km
C
Sergey DolidovichDNF -
Nikolay Semenyako31:54.573
Aleksey Tregubov31:43.970
Aleksandr Sannikov29:54.739
15 km
pursuit1
F
Aleksey TregubovDNF -
Nikolay Semenyako49:31.360
Aleksandr Sannikov43:16.926
30 km
C
Nikolay Semenyako1'47:32.554
Aleksandr Sannikov1'42:48.040
Sergey Dolidovich1'42:18.736
Aleksey Tregubov1'40:05.918
50 km
F
Vyacheslav PlaksunovDNF -
Nikolay SemenyakoDNF -
Sergey Dolidovich2'17:07.531
Aleksandr Sannikov2'16:34.427

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km
C
Lyudmila Korolik20:17.963
Irina Skripnik19:44.255
Svetlana Kamotskaya19:32.748
Yelena Sinkevich18:50.223
10 km
pursuit2
F
Lyudmila Korolik34:55.458
Irina Skripnik34:15.855
Svetlana Kamotskaya33:11.247
Yelena Sinkevich30:42.521
15 km
C
Irina Skripnik52:26.243
Yekaterina Antonyuk52:24.542
Svetlana Kamotskaya51:59.039
Yelena Sinkevich49:20.815
30 km
F
Irina Skripnik1'34:38.447
Lyudmila Korolik1'34:07.544
Svetlana Kamotskaya1'33:51.642
Yelena Sinkevich1'27:15.312

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Ice Dancing

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Oleg KuleshovMoguls34.3711.1329did not advance
Aleksandr TkachenkoAerials178.4618did not advance
Vasily Vorobyov199.2913did not advance
Aleksey Grishin217.849 Q220.998
Dmitry Dashchinsky249.041 Q240.79
Women

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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.

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First Round – group C

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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

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-country
time
Total
rank
PointsRank
Sergey ZakharenkoIndividual158.04851:12.243
Konstantin Kalinovsky181.04549:38.242

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRank
Aleksandr SinyavskyNormal hill70.071.550did not advance
Aleksey Shibko74.080.040did not advance
Aleksey ShibkoLarge hill94.565.155did not advance
Aleksandr Sinyavsky109.094.232did not advance

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
Women
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 mLyudmila Kostyukevich41.003241.433482.4331
Anzhelika Kotyuga39.761739.851879.6116
1000 mLyudmila Kostyukevich1:22.5834
Anzhelika Kotyuga1:21.3525
3000 mSvetlana Chepelnikova4:36.9729

Trivia

External links

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/BLR/editions/46 Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics