Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Belarus at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Belarus at the; 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BLR
NOC	Belarus Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.by (in Russian and English)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	33 (21 men, 12 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Igor Zhelezovski (speed skating)
Medals; Ranked 15th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;
Other related appearances
	Poland (1924–1936); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Igor Zhelezovski	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	18 February
Silver	Svetlana Paramygina	Biathlon	Women's sprint	23 February

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Biathlon	6	5	11
Cross-country skiing	5	4	9
Figure skating	3	2	5
Freestyle skiing	3	1	4
Nordic combined	1	–	1
Ski jumping	1	–	1
Speed skating	2	0	2
Total	21	12	33

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Pen.	Rank
Igor Khokhryakov	10 km Sprint	31:50.7	4	45
Viktor Maigourov	10 km Sprint	31:09.2	3	37
Viktor Maigourov	20 km Individual	1:00:42.7	4	23
Eugeni Redkine	20 km Individual	1:03:34.9	6	53
Alexandr Popov	10 km Sprint	29:38.5	0	10
Alexandr Popov	20 km Individual	57:53.1	0	4
Oleg Ryzhenkov	10 km Sprint	30:11.0	3	17
Vadim Sashurin	20 km Individual	1:01:09.8	2	28
Viktor Maigourov Igor Khokhryakov Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexandr Popov	4 × 7.5 kilometres relay	1:32:57.2	0	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Pen.	Rank
Irina Kokuyeva	7.5 km Sprint	26:38.4	2	6
Irina Kokuyeva	15 km Individual	56:12.0	6	28
Lyudmila Lysenko	7.5 km Sprint	29:23.9	3	50
Svetlana Paramygina	7.5 km Sprint	26:09.9	2
Svetlana Paramygina	15 km Individual	53:21.3	4	4
Nataliya Permyakova	7.5 km Sprint	28:26.9	4	38
Nataliya Permyakova	15 km Individual	53:39.2	2	7
Nataliya Ryzhenkova	15 km Individual	59:26.9	9	49
Irina Kokuyeva Nataliya Permyakova Nataliya Ryzhenkova Svetlana Paramygina	4× 7.5 km Relay	1:54:55.1	8	6

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Sergei Dolidovich	10 km Classical					28:02.8	70
	15 km Free Pursuit	+03:42	70	39:28.5	45	+7:21.7	51
	30 km Free					1:20:36.5	37
Vasily Gorbachyov	30 km Free					1:24:17.9	57
Vasily Gorbachyov	50 km Classical					2:21:31.3	43
Viktor Kamotsky	10 km Classical					26:22.6	28
	15 km Free Pursuit						DNS
	30 km Free					1:19:47.7	31
	50 km Classical					2:15:02.9	21
Igor Obukhov	10 km Classical					27:29.2	62
	15 km Free Pursuit	+03:09	62	39:24.5	42	+6:44.7	46
	50 km Classical					2:17:08.4	25
Vyacheslav Plaksunov	10 km Classical					27:12.1	53
	15 km Free Pursuit	+02:52	53	37:23.2	12	+4:26.4	21
	30 km Free					1:18:57.7	27
Igor Obukhov Viktor Kamotsky Sergei Dolidovich Vyacheslav Plaksunov	4 × 10 km relay					1:49:23.7	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Lyudmila Dideleva	5 km Classical					15:57.7	37
Lyudmila Dideleva	10 km Free Pursuit	+01:49	37	31:58.9	48	+6:17.8	45
Yelena Piiraynen	5 km Classical					16:25.0	44
	10 km Free Pursuit	+02:17	44	31:49.4	45	+6:36.3	49
	15 km Free					48:45.3	51
Svetlana Kamotskaya	5 km Classical					16:25.8	45
	10 km Free Pursuit						DNS
	15 km Free					47:56.5	50
	30 km Classical					1:36:51.0	44
Yelena Sinkevich	5 km Classical					15:50.2	34
	10 km Free Pursuit						DNF
	15 km Free					45:45.4	33
	30 km Classical					1:31:47.8	22
Yelena Piiraynen Svetlana Kamotskaya Lyudmila Dideleva Yelena Sinkevich	4 × 5 km relay					1:04:25.8	14

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	Final
Athlete	Short Program	Rank	Free Skating	Total	Rank
Alexander Murashko	12.0	24	23.0	35.0	23

Pairs

Athlete	Final
Athlete	Short Program	Rank	Free Skating	Total	Rank
Yelena Grigoryeva Sergey Sheyko	9.0	18	17.0	26.0	17

Ice Dancing

Athlete	Final
Athlete	Compulsory Dance 1	Rank	Compulsory Dance 2	Rank	Original Dance	Rank	Free Dance	Total	Rank
Tatiana Navka Samvel Gezalian	2.2	11	2.2	11	6.6	11	11.0	22.0	11

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleksey Parfenkov	Aerials	228.49	1 Q	178.48	12
Aleksandr Penigin	Moguls	19.41	28	Did Not Advance
Vasily Vorobyov	Aerials	188.92	13	Did Not Advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuliya Rakovich	Aerials	152.10	5 Q	135.53	10

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Sergey Zakharenko	Individual	146.5	50	53:44.3	50

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	First Round		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Aleksandr Sinyavsky	Large hill	22.7	57	46.9	69.6	54
Aleksandr Sinyavsky	Normal hill	93.5	44	85.5	179.0	38

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vitali Novichenko	1500 metres	1:57.50	35
Vitali Novichenko	5000 metres	7:17.55	32
Igor Zhelezovski	500 metres	36.73	10
Igor Zhelezovski	1000 metres	1:12.72

Trivia

As of 2022, this is the only Olympic Games that Belarus competed under the tricolour white-red-white flag. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, the current national flag of green, red, and a red on white ornamental pattern was used.

References

^ Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Sources

[1] Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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