Ukraine at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Ukraine at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Ukraine at the; 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	UKR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website	www.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
in Nagano
Competitors	56 (30 men, 26 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Andriy Deryzemlya (biathlon)
Medals ; Ranked 18th	Gold0Silver1Bronze0Total1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1994 ; 1998 ; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2014 ; 2018 ; 2022 ;
Other related appearances
	Czechoslovakia (1924–1936); Poland (1924–1936); Romania (1924–1936); Soviet Union (1956–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Last updated December 10, 2024

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Olena Petrova	Biathlon	Women's 15 km

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	4	6	10
Bobsleigh	2	–	2
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Figure skating	5	5	10
Freestyle skiing	3	4	7
Luge	4	2	6
Short track speed skating	1	1	2
Ski jumping	3	–	3
Speed skating	2	2	4
Total	30	26	56

Alpine skiing

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
Athlete	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Yuliya Kharkivska	Downhill			1:35.60	33

Women's combined

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

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Andriy Deryzemlya	3	30:33.6	45
10 km Sprint	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
20 km	Vyacheslav Derkach	59:14.6	4	1'03:14.6	50

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	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

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	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

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
Athletes	Time	Rank
Hennadiy Nykon Oleksandr Zarovniy Mykhailo Artiukhov Mykola Popovych	1'44:33.9	12

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
Athletes	Time	Rank
Valentina Shevchenko Iryna Taranenko-Terelia Olena Haiasova Maryna Pestriakova	57:54.8	9

Figure skating

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	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
Athlete	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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	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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