Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Belarus at the Olympic Games

Flag of Belarus – Flag bearers
IOC code  BLR
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Website www.noc.by (Russian)
At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer
Competitors 33 (21 men, 12 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Igor Zhelezovski (speed skating)
Medals
Rank: 15		 Gold
0		 Silver
2		 Bronze
0		 Total
2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
Other related appearances
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.

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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Paramygina, SvetlanaSvetlana Paramygina Biahtlon Women's 7.5 km sprint
 Silver Zhelezovski, IgorIgor Zhelezovski Speed skating Men's 1000 m

Results and competitors by event

Biathlon

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Pen. Rank
Igor Khokhryakov 10 km Sprint 31:50.7 4 45
Viktor Maigourov 10 km Sprint 31:09.2 3 37
20 km Individual 1:00:42.7 4 23
Eugeni Redkine 20 km Individual 1:03:34.9 6 53
Alexander Popov 10 km Sprint 29:38.5 0 10
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
Alexander Popov		 4 x 7.5 kilometres relay 1:32:57.2 0 4
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Pen. Rank
Irina Kokuyeva 7.5 km Sprint 26:38.4 2 6
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
15 km Individual 53:21.3 4 4
Nataliya Permyakova 7.5 km Sprint 28:26.9 4 38
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		 4x 7.5 km Relay 1:54:55.1 8 6

Cross country skiing

Men
Athlete Event Final
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
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 x 10 km relay 1:49:23.7 12
Women
Athlete Event Final
Start Rank Time Rank Total Rank
Lyudmila Dideleva 5 km Classical 15:57.7 37
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 x 5 km relay 1:04:25.8 14

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Final
Short Program Rank Free Skating Total Rank
Aleksandr Murashko 12.0 24 23.0 35.0 23
Pairs
Athlete Final
Short Program Rank Free Skating Total Rank
Yelena Grigoryeva
Sergey Sheyko		 9.0 18 17.0 26.0 17
Ice Dancing
Athlete Final
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

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
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
Points Rank Points Rank
Yuliya Rakovich Aerials 152.10 5 Q 135.53 10

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

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

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event First Round Final
Points Rank Points Total Rank
Aleksandr Sinyavsky Large hill 22.7 57 46.9 69.6 54
Normal hill 93.5 44 85.5 179.0 38

Speed skating

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

Trivia

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

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