Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	UKR
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2006
Website:
Location:	Turin
Competitors:	52 (30 men, 22 women)
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Natalia Yakushenko (opening and closing)^[1] ^[2]
Rank:	25
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1994
See also:	(1900–1912) (1896-1912) (1896–1912) (1920–1936) (1924–1936) (1924–1936) (1952–1988) (1992)

Ukraine competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				16 February
	Ruslan Goncharov	Figure skating		20 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country	7	5	13
Figure skating	5	6	11
Freestyle skiing	4	3	7
Luge	4	2	6
Nordic combined	2	0	2
Short track speed skating	1	0	1
Ski jumping	1	0	1
Total	30	22	52

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Mykola Skriabin managed to qualify and compete in each of the five men's disciplines, with his top finish a 26th in the giant slalom.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Yuliya Siparenko	Women's giant slalom	1:10.43	1:15.50	n/a	2:25.93	35
	Women's slalom	50.31	52.95	n/a	1:43.26	45
Mykola Skriabin	Men's downhill	n/a	1:57.56	47
	Men's super-G	n/a	1:38.86	53
	Men's giant slalom	1:25.81	1:25.04	n/a	2:50.85	26
	Men's slalom	1:01.98	57.98	n/a	1:59.96	36
	Men's combined	1:46.63	51.21	did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Lilia Efremova, who had failed to finish in the top 30 in any event at the 2005 World Championships,^[4] shot perfectly and survived a relatively slow finish to earn a bronze medal in the women's sprint.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Olexander Bilanenko	Sprint	28:26.6	0	36
	Pursuit	did not start
	Individual	1:00:28.6	3	49
Vyacheslav Derkach	Sprint	30:15.8	2	72
Andriy Deryzemlya	Sprint	28:15.2	2	28
	Pursuit	38:54.38	6	31
	Individual	59:47.2	3	39
Alexei Korobeynikov	Individual	1:01:17.8	4	54
Ruslan Lysenko	Sprint	28:56.6	2	44
	Pursuit	40:16.42	5	41
	Individual	57:16.6	1	18
Olexander Bilanenko Andriy Deryzemlya Alexei Korobeynikov Ruslan Lysenko	Relay	1:23:40.4	1+11	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Lilia Efremova	Sprint	22:38.0	0
	Pursuit	39:09.89	3	8
	Mass start	43:21.0	6	17
	Individual	55:28.0	5	36
Oksana Khvostenko	Sprint	25:10.1	1	49
	Pursuit	Lapped
	Individual	53:22.5	1	20
Nina Lemesh	Sprint	25:13.5	2	50
	Pursuit	43:48.67	7	41
Olena Petrova	Sprint	24:52.2	2	44
	Pursuit	did not start
	Individual	54:35.6	3	29
Valj Semerenko	Individual	56:22.6	3	46
Oksana Khvostenko Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Lilia Efremova	Relay	1:21:55.5	3+14	11

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Twelve skiers represented Ukraine in Turin, the largest delegation in any sport. The top finish came from Valentina Shevchenko in the women's 30 kilometre freestyle; she had the fastest time at the 20 kilometre mark, but fell off the pace to end up 7th.^[6]

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Oleksandr Batiuk	15 km classical	43:17.4	63
	30 km pursuit	1:24:35.9	57
Mikhail Gumenyak	30 km pursuit	1:22:24.6	46
	50 km freestyle	2:13:44.6	56
Roman Leybyuk	15 km classical	39:48.1	17
	30 km pursuit	1:22:31.5	49
Vitaly Martsyv	15 km classical	42:57.4	61
Vladmir Olschanski	15 km classical	42:39.6	56
	50 km freestyle	2:16:14.7	62
Olexandr Putsko	30 km pursuit	1:22:37.6	52
	50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Roman Leybyuk Vladmir Olschanski Olexandr Putsko Mikhail Gumenyak	4 x 10 km relay	1:50:01.9	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Kateryna Grygorenko	10 km classical	31:16.6	44
	15 km pursuit	46:55.2	40
	30 km freestyle	1:31:36.9	42
Vita Jakimchuk	15 km pursuit	45:48.1	26
	30 km freestyle	1:26:32.2	22
Marina Malets-Lisogor	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Valentina Shevchenko	10 km classical	29:40.4	21
	15 km pursuit	44:13.6	14
	30 km freestyle	1:23:07.9	7
Tatjana Zavalij	10 km classical	30:13.2	27
	15 km pursuit	47:18.7	45
Kateryna Grygorenko Tatjana Zavalij Vita Jakimchuk Valentina Shevchenko	4 x 5 km relay	56:36.3	8

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Ivan Bilosyuk	Men's sprint	2:21.97	40	Did not advance	40
Mikhail Gumenyak	Men's sprint	2:28.72	62	Did not advance	62
Vita Jakimchuk	Women's sprint	2:19.92	36	Did not advance	36
Marina Malets-Lisogor	Women's sprint	2:20.79	43	Did not advance	43
Vitaly Martsyv	Men's sprint	2:22.30	42	Did not advance	42
Olexandr Putsko	Men's sprint	2:30.99	66	Did not advance	66
Ivan Bilosyuk Vitaly Martsyv	Men's team sprint	n/a	18:50.4	9	Did not advance	17
Marina Malets-Lisogor Tatjana Zavalij	Women's team sprint	n/a	19:14.1	8	Did not advance	16

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, the 2005 World Championship bronze medalists, earned the same result in Turin, rallying from a poor start to end up in 3rd.^[7]

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Galina Efremenko	Ladies'	n/a	41.25	24 Q	84.12	17	125.37	20
Elena Liashenko	Ladies'	n/a	52.35	13 Q	81.73	18	134.08	17
Anton Kovalevski	Men's	n/a	63.41	16 Q	109.43	21	172.84	20
Julia Beloglazova Andrei Bekh	Pairs	n/a	43.85	17	71.77	19	115.62	18
Julia Golovina Oleg Voiko	Ice dance	23.88	23	39.92	24	64.69	23	128.49	23
Elena Grushina Ruslan Goncharov	Ice dance	37.39	5	59.29	3	99.17	3	195.85
Tatiana Volosozhar Stanislav Morozov	Pairs	n/a	50.14	12	98.24	12	148.38	12

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Ukraine sent seven athletes to compete in the freestyle skiing events, specifically men's and women's aerials, but only one, Enver Ablaev, managed to qualify for a final.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Enver Ablaev	Men's aerials	226.89	9 Q	150.48	12
Oleksandr Abramenko	Men's aerials	149.47	27	n/a	27
Nadiya Didenko	Women's aerials	136.91	20	n/a	20
Igor Ishutko	Men's aerials	153.04	26	n/a	26
Tatiana Kozachenko	Women's aerials	147.51	18	n/a	18
Stanislav Kravchuk	Men's aerials	221.69	13	n/a	13
Olha Volkova	Women's aerials	160.03	13	n/a	13

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The doubles team of Oleg Zherebetskyy and Roman Yazvinskyy, who finished 19th in the first run of the event, pulled out after suffering a serious crash. Yazvinskyy was air-lifted to hospital with a head injury, but he remained conscious and was released the next day.^{[9] [10]}

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Liliya Ludan	Women's singles	47.439	47.378	47.150	47.308	3:09.275	6
Natalia Yakushenko	Women's singles	54.189	did not start
Andriy Kis Yuriy Hayduk	Doubles	48.850	48.327	n/a	1:37.177	14
Oleg Zherebetskyy Roman Yazvinskyy	Doubles	50.897	did not start

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Sergei Diyachuk and Volodymyr Trachuk both finished in the bottom five in the two Nordic combined events in Turin.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Sergei Diyachuk	Sprint	74.9	47	3:23	21:44.1 +3:15.1	45
	Individual Gundersen	151.0	48	7:26	48:08.1 +8:23.5	45
Volodymyr Trachuk	Sprint	61.5	48	4:17	23:57.8 +5:28.8	48
	Individual Gundersen	140.0	49	8:10	23:57.8 +5:28.8	48

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Volodymyr Grygoriev, Ukraine's only speed skater in Turin, advanced from his heat in the 1000 metres, but then finished last in his quarterfinal.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Volodymyr Grygoriev	Men's 500 m	43.583	3	did not advance	17
	Men's 1000 m	1:36.397	2 Q	1:29.168	5	did not advance	15

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Ukraine's lone competing ski jumper, Volodymyr Boschuk, did not progress beyond the qualification round in either the normal or large hill events.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Volodymyr Boschuk	Normal hill	88.5	47	did not advance
	Large hill	30.6	51	did not advance

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony. 20 May 2009.
2. Web site: Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony. 20 May 2009.
3. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
4. Web site: Official IBU Profile . International Biathlon Union . 20 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211305/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTUKR21504197701 . 3 March 2016.
5. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
6. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
7. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Figure Skating. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
8. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
9. Web site: Ask Anna-Part Three. Anna THompson. BBC Sport. 19 February 2006. 20 May 2009.
10. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Luge. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
11. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Nordic Combined. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
12. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Short Track Speed Skating. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
13. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Ski Jumping. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.