Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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
Silver	Svetlana Paramygina	Biahtlon	Women's 7.5 km sprint
Silver	Igor 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:

• 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
		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.

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com