Belarus at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Belarus at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Belarus.svg
IOC code BLR
NOC Belarus Olympic Committee
Website www.noc.by  (in Russian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors26 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Aleksei Grishin (opening) [1] [2]
Darya Domracheva (closing) [3]
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
5
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (1924–1936)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

Belarus competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Belarus' team consisted of 26 athletes, competing in five sports. [4]

Contents

With five gold medals won this was Belarus' most successful Winter Olympics. The five gold medals was also the most won by the country at any Olympics since independence. [5]

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 112
Biathlon 5510
Cross-country skiing 415
Freestyle skiing 426
Short track speed skating 112
Total151025

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Darya Domracheva Biathlon Women's pursuit February 11
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Darya Domracheva Biathlon Women's individual February 14
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Alla Tsuper Freestyle skiing Women's aerials February 14
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Darya Domracheva Biathlon Women's mass start February 17
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Anton Kushnir Freestyle skiing Men's aerials February 17
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nadezhda Skardino Biathlon Women's individual February 14

Alpine skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Belarus had two athletes in qualification position. [6]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yuri Danilochkin Men's downhill 2:10.5831
Men's super-G 1:22.4538
Men's combined DNF
Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom DNF
Maria Shkanova Women's super-G DNF
Women's giant slalom 1:26.79521:23.79412:50.5844
Women's slalom 59.673357.56311:57.2329

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Belarus qualified 5 men and 5 women. [7]

Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Yauhen Abramenka Sprint 26:55.02 (1+1)56
Pursuit 39:11.55 (0+0+4+1)51
Individual 55:38.83 (1+1+1+0)53
Uladzimir Chapelin Sprint 25:49.71 (0+1)29
Pursuit 36:57.21 (0+0+1+0)41
Individual 54:59.23 (1+1+0+1)49
Aliaksandr Darozhka Individual 58:27.75 (2+0+2+1)80
Yuryi Liadau Sprint 26:55.12 (1+1)57
Pursuit 39:46.24 (1+1+0+2)56
Siarhei Novikau Sprint 26:00.80 (0+0)33
Pursuit 38:59.53 (0+1+1+1)50
Individual 55:41.72 (0+1+1+0)54
Yauhen Abramenka
Uladzimir Chapelin
Yuryi Liadau
Siarhei Novikau
Team relay 1:16:02.35 (0+5)13
Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Darya Domracheva Sprint 21:38.61 (1+0)9
Pursuit 29:30.71 (0+0+0+1)Gold medal icon.svg
Individual 43:19.61 (0+1+0+0)Gold medal icon.svg
Mass start 35:25.61 (0+0+0+1)Gold medal icon.svg
Nastassia Dubarezava Sprint 22:29.71 (0+1)34
Pursuit 41:01.812 (1+4+4+3)56
Lyudmila Kalinchik Sprint 22:37.82 (1+1)37
Pursuit 32:54.92 (0+0+0+2)33
Individual 48:06.22 (0+1+0+1)25
Nadzeya Pisareva Individual 48:55.43 (0+3+0+0)35
Nadezhda Skardino Sprint 21:50.90 (0+0)17
Pursuit 30:43.71 (0+0+0+1)13
Individual 44:57.80 (0+0+0+0)Bronze medal icon.svg
Mass start 37:08.02 (0+0+1+1)16
Darya Domracheva
Lyudmila Kalinchik
Nadzeya Pisareva
Nadezhda Skardino
Team relay 1:11:33.49 (1+8)5
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Yauhen Abramenka
Uladzimir Chapelin
Nastassia Dubarezava
Lyudmila Kalinchik
Team relay 1:13:11.89 (0+9)10

Cross-country skiing

According to final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Belarus had five athletes in qualification position. [6]

Distance
Men
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Sergei Dolidovich 15 km classical 42:55.4+4:25.753
30 km skiathlon 36:57.23233:55.9381:11:28.1+3:12.734
50 km freestyle 1:47:09.5+14.35
Aliaksei Ivanou 50 km freestyle 1:52:52.9+5:57.746
Alexander Lasutkin 15 km classical 42:45.1+4:15.449
30 km skiathlon 38:46.95235:12.2541:14:39.4+6:24.055
Michail Semenov 15 km classical 43:36.0+5:06.359
30 km skiathlon 36:48.22932:54.5191:10:13.3+1:57.924
50 km freestyle 1:47:36.0+40.817
Sergei Dolidovich
Aliaksei Ivanou
Alexander Lasutkin
Michail Semenov
4×10 km relay 1:34:40.1+5:58.114
Women
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Alena Sannikova 10 km classical 31:42.2+3:24.443
15 km skiathlon 21:46.45521:47.05444:09.75:36.153
30 km freestyle 1:18:46.3+7:41.142
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Michail Semenov Men's sprint 3:42.9348Did not advance
Valiantsina Kaminskaya Women's sprint 2:46.7647Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Belarus had six athletes in qualification position. [6] The full list of Belarusian freestyle skiing team was officially announced on 22 January 2014. [8]

Aerials
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Jump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Dmitri Dashinski Men's aerials 106.648117.191 Q108.415 Q100.458did not advance
Aleksei Grishin 76.822088.949Did not advance
Anton Kushnir 107.527115.382 Q119.032 Q115.843 Q134.50Gold medal icon.svg
Denis Osipau 81.8617111.055 Q99.369did not advance
Hanna Huskova Women's aerials 44.082252.6015Did not advance
Alla Tsuper 66.151477.526 Q99.181 Q88.504 Q98.01Gold medal icon.svg

Short track speed skating

Based on their performance at World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013, Belarus qualified 1 man (1500 m) and 1 woman (1500 m). [9] For the first time ever a Belarusian male athlete qualified in the sport. [10]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Maksim Siarheyeu Men's 1500 m 2:19.5055Did not advance28
Volha Talayeva Women's 1500 m 2:27.8176Did not advance32

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