Kazakhstan at the 1994 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	KAZ
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1994
Website:
Location:	Lillehammer
Competitors:	29
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Kayrat Biekenov^[1]
Rank:	12
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1994
See also:	(1900–1912) (1952–1988) (1992)

Kazakhstan competed in the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Previously, Kazakhstani athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				27 February
				17 February
				19 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	1	1	2
Cross-country skiing	6	4	10
Figure skating	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	0	1	1
Ski jumping	3	–	3
Speed skating	6	2	8
Total	19	10	29

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Andrey Kolotvin	Super-G		1:50.39	43
	Combined	1:41.14	58.54	54.91	3:34.59	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Olga Vedyacheva	Super-G		1:26.66	37
	Downhill		1:38.58	24
	Combined	1:29.74	56.89	54.24	3:20.87	19

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Dmitry Pantov	10 km sprint	31:54.2	5	48
	20 km individual	1:03:29.8	6	51

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Inna Sheshkil	7.5 km sprint	26:13.9	2	4
	15 km individual	56:16.5	5	29

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Nikolay Ivanov	10 km classical		25:48.3	16
	15 km free pursuit	+01:28	16	38:22.5	25	+4:01.7	19
	30 km free		1:20:53.9	40
	50 km classical		2:22:59.1	50
Pavel Korolyov	30 km free		1:23:25.3	53
Sergey Margatsky	50 km classical		2:21:57.9	45
Andrey Nevzorov	10 km classical		26:45.9	37
	15 km free pursuit	+02:25	37	38:47.9	37	+5:24.1	31
	30 km free		1:21:14.5	42
Pavel Ryabinin	10 km classical		26:41.7	34
	15 km free pursuit	+2:21	34	38:24.6	27	+4:56.8	26
	50 km classical		2:18:08.1	29
Vladimir Smirnov	10 km classical		24:38.3
	15 km free pursuit	+00:18	2	36:00.0	2	+29.2
	30 km free		1:16:01.8	10
	50 km classical		2:07:20.3
Nikolay Ivanov Pavel Korolyov Andrey Nevzorov Pavel Ryabinin	4 × 10 km relay		1:47:41.3	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Yelena Chernetsova	5 km classical		16:28.8	49
	10 km free pursuit	+02:20	49	33:26.4	53	+8:16.3	53
	15 km free		49:56.7	53
	30 km classical		1:38:17.0	46
Oksana Kotova	5 km classical		16:40.7	56
	10 km free pursuit	+02:32	56	31:31.6	43	+6:33.5	48
	15 km free		47:02.1	43
	30 km classical		1:38:34.1	47
Nataliya Shtaymets	5 km classical		16:33.4	52
	10 km free pursuit		DNF
Yelena Volodina	5 km classical		15:49.7	33
	10 km free pursuit	+01:41	33	31:12.1	40	+5:23.0	38
	15 km free		47:35.6	47
	30 km classical		1:31:43.1	21
Nataliya Shtaymets Yelena Chernetsova Oksana Kotova Yelena Volodina	4 × 5 km relay		1:03:13.0	13

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Yelena Sinitsina	500 metres	50.36	3rd	Ranking round					21st
1000 metres	-	DQ	Ranking round					DQ

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Andrey Verveykin	Large hill	72.0	32	62.1	134.1	37
	Normal hill	102.0	37	119.5	221.5	24
Aleksandr Kolmakov	Large hill	52.6	45	44.3	96.9	48
	Normal hill	89.5	48	76.0	165.5	46
Kayrat Biekenov	Large hill	91.0	47	66.5	157.5	49
	Normal hill	7.3	58	27.9	35.2	58

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Radik Bikchentayev	1500 metres	1:56.73	29
	5000 metres	6:58.17	16
Vladimir Klepenin	500 metres	38.09	33
	1000 metres	1:15.99	34
Yevgeny Sanarov	5000 metres	6:59.02	19
	10000 metres	14:21.12	14
Vadim Sayutin	1500 metres	1:57.03	30
	5000 metres	7:01.93	27
Vadim Shakshakbayev	500 metres	37.07	12
	1000 metres	1:15.06	20
Sergey Tsybenko	1500 metres	1:57.43	33

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Lyudmila Prokasheva	3000 metres	4:19.33	4
	5000 metres	7:28.58	6
Kenzhesh Sarsekenova	3000 metres	4:45.56	24

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kayrat Biekenov . olympedia.org . 30 December 2023.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/KAZ/editions/45 Kazakhstan at the 1994 Winter Olympics