Ukraine at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Ukraine competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Ukraine at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codeUKR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Websitewww.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
in Nagano
Competitors56 (30 men, 26 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Andriy Deryzemlya (biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1936)
 Poland (1924–1936)
 Romania (1924–1936)
 Soviet Union (1956–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverOlena PetrovaBiathlonWomen's 15 km

Sports/disciplines and athletes

Ukraine was represented in 10 out of 14 disciplines. Despite the increase in number of disciplines, Ukraine stayed with those that it competed previously and increased number of its athletes.

  • Alpine skiing (2; 1 male, 1 female)
  • Biathlon (10; 4 males, 6 females)
  • Bobsleigh (2; 2 males, 0 females)
  • Cross-country skiing (10; 5 males, 5 females)
  • Figure skating (10; 5 males, 5 females)
  • Freestyle skiing (7; 3 males, 4 females)
  • Luge (6; 4 males, 2 females)
  • Ski jumping (3; 3 males, 0 females)
  • Speed skating (4; 2 males, 2 females)
  • Speed skating, short track (2; 1 male, 1 female)

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's combined

Athlete Slalom Downhill Total
Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank
Mykola Skriabin 55.18 51.99 1:43.08 3:30.25 12
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Yuliya Kharkivska Downhill 1:35.60 33

Women's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Yuliya Kharkivska 1:35.84 41.10 40.17 2:57.11 20

Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Andriy Deryzemlya 3 30:33.6 45
Ruslan Lysenko 0 29:49.6 30
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Mykola Krupnyk 59:36.3 6 1'05:36.3 63
Vyacheslav Derkach 59:14.6 4 1'03:14.6 50
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Vyacheslav Derkach
Ruslan Lysenko
Mykola Krupnyk
Andriy Deryzemlya		 4 1'28:57.1 18
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Iryna Merkushina 3 25:58.6 49
Nina Lemesh 1 24:39.8 21
Tetiana Vodop'ianova 0 24:23.3 19
Olena Petrova 1 24:04.5 11
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Valentina Tserbe-Nessina 57:58.8 4 1'01:58.8 47
Olena Zubrilova-Ohurtsova 57:43.0 2 59:43.0 28
Tetiana Vodop'ianova 55:45.9 3 58:45.9 24
Olena Petrova 54:09.8 1 55:09.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Valentina Tserbe-Nessina
Olena Petrova
Tetiana Vodop'ianova
Olena Zubrilova-Ohurtsova		 0 1'42:32.6 5
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
UKR-1 Yuriy Panchuk
Oleh Polyvach		 Two-man 55.47 20 55.36 22 55.52 23 55.47 23 3:41.82 23

Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C		 Oleksandr Zarovniy DNF –
Mykhailo Artiukhov 31:52.8 72
Hennadiy Nykon 31:07.6 60
Mykola Popovych 30:51.2 55
15 km
pursuit1
F		 Mykola Popovych DNF –
Mykhailo Artiukhov 46:28.5 52
Hennadiy Nykon 45:20.1 46
30 km
C		 Oleksandr Ushkalenko 1'44:15.7 48
Oleksandr Zarovniy 1'43:26.2 44
Hennadiy Nykon 1'42:32.7 38
Nykhailo Artiukhov 1'41:13.0 29
50 km
F		 Oleksandr Ushkalenko 2'27:09.1 57
Mykola Popovych 2'22:48.0 50
Mykhailo Artiukhov 2'20:59.2 46
Oleksandr Zarovniy 2'20:31.0 43
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Hennadiy Nykon
Oleksandr Zarovniy
Mykhailo Artiukhov
Mykola Popovych		 1'44:33.9 12
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C		 Olena Haiasova 19:18.2 41
Maryna Pestriakova 19:17.6 40
Valentina Shevchenko 18:47.5 19
Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 18:17.2 11
10 km
pursuit2
F		 Maryna Pestriakova 32:18.7 36
Olena Haiasova 31:51.9 30
Valentina Shevchenko 30:38.8 20
Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 28:40.1 4
15 km
C		 Olena Haiasova DNF –
Maryna Pestriakova 50:45.6 23
Valentina Shevchenko 49:12.9 11
Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 48:10.2 4
30 km
F		 Hanna Slipenko DNF –
Olena Haiasova 1'31:01.0 27
Valentina Shevchenko 1'28:20.0 14
Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 1'25:22.3 8
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Valentina Shevchenko
Iryna Taranenko-Terelia
Olena Haiasova
Maryna Pestriakova		 57:54.8 9

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Dmitry Dmitrenko 8 16 20.0 14
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk 16 8 16.0 10
Women
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Yulia Lavrenchuk 15 9 16.5 11
Elena Liashenko 7 10 13.5 9
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Evgenia Filonenko
Igor Marchenko		 13 10 16.5 11
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD1 CD2 OD FD TFP Rank
Elena Grushina
Ruslan Goncharov		 15 16 15 15 30.2 15
Irina Romanova
Igor Yaroshenko		 9 8 10 9 18.4 9

Freestyle skiing
Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Serhiy But Aerials 110.61 24 did not advance
Yuriy Stetsko 171.46 19 did not advance
Stanislav Kravchuk 226.65 6 Q 219.94 9
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Olena Yunchyk Aerials 156.95 12 Q 139.05 10
Yuliya Kliukova 161.59 11 Q 153.15 8
Tetiana Kozachenko 162.09 9 Q 167.32 4
Alla Tsuper 178.46 2 Q 166.12 5

Luge
Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ihor Urbanskiy
Andriy Mukhin		 51.262 7 50.706 5 1:41.968 7
Oleh Avdeev
Danylo Panchenko		 51.413 11 51.275 12 1:42.688 11
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Liliya Ludan 52.213 17 52.087 15 51.815 19 51.596 19 3:27.711 16
Nataliya Yakushenko 52.014 13 51.746 9 51.511 11 51.277 12 3:26.548 11

Short track speed skating
Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Yevhen Yakovlev 500 m 44.041 3 did not advance
Yevhen Yakovlev 1000 m 1:36.005 3 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Nataliya Sverchikova 500 m 46.976 3 did not advance
Nataliya Sverchikova 1000 m 1:45.279 4 did not advance

Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Liubym Kohan Normal hill 67.5 63.5 56 did not advance
Volodymyr Hlyvka 73.0 77.0 47 did not advance
Ivan Kozlov 76.0 85.5 31 did not advance
Liubym Kohan Large hill 79.0 35.2 61 did not advance
Ivan Kozlov 108.0 91.9 36 did not advance
Volodymyr Hlyvka 109.0 94.7 30 Q 98.5 73.8 168.5 29

Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Oleh Kostromitin 37.27 37 37.19 35 74.46 35
1000 m Oleh Kostromitin 1:14.53 39
5000 m Serhiy Priz 6:54.27 28
Women
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Lesia Bilozub 40.42 28 40.52 27 80.94 27
1000 m Lesia Bilozub 1:21.84 28
1500 m Svitlana Konstantynova 2:08.76 33
3000 m Svitlana Konstantynova 4:37.27 30

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