Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | UKR |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Ukraine |
Website | www |
in Turin | |
Competitors | 52 (30 men, 22 women) in 9 sports |
Flag bearers | Natalia Yakushenko (opening and closing) [1] [2] |
Medals Ranked 25th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Ukraine competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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![]() | Lilia Efremova | Biathlon | Women's sprint | 16 February |
![]() | Elena Grushina Ruslan Goncharov | Figure skating | Ice dance | 20 February |
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Cross-country | 7 | 5 | 13 |
Figure skating | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Freestyle skiing | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Luge | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Nordic combined | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Short track speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ski jumping | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 30 | 22 | 52 |
Mykola Skriabin managed to qualify and compete in each of the five men's disciplines, with his top finish a 26th in the giant slalom. [3]
Athlete [3] | Event | Final | ||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
Yulia Siparenko | Women's giant slalom | 1:10.43 | 1:15.50 | n/a | 2:25.93 | 35 |
Women's slalom | 50.31 | 52.95 | n/a | 1:43.26 | 45 | |
Mykola Skriabin | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:57.56 | 47 | ||
Men's super-G | n/a | 1:38.86 | 53 | |||
Men's giant slalom | 1:25.81 | 1:25.04 | n/a | 2:50.85 | 26 | |
Men's slalom | 1:01.98 | 57.98 | n/a | 1:59.96 | 36 | |
Men's combined | 1:46.63 | 51.21 | did not finish |
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Lilia Efremova, who had failed to finish in the top 30 in any event at the 2005 World Championships, [4] shot perfectly and survived a relatively slow finish to earn a bronze medal in the women's sprint. [5]
Athlete [5] | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Misses | Rank | ||
Olexander Bilanenko | Sprint | 28:26.6 | 0 | 36 |
Pursuit | did not start | |||
Individual | 1:00:28.6 | 3 | 49 | |
Vyacheslav Derkach | Sprint | 30:15.8 | 2 | 72 |
Andriy Deryzemlya | Sprint | 28:15.2 | 2 | 28 |
Pursuit | 38:54.38 | 6 | 31 | |
Individual | 59:47.2 | 3 | 39 | |
Alexei Korobeynikov | Individual | 1:01:17.8 | 4 | 54 |
Ruslan Lysenko | Sprint | 28:56.6 | 2 | 44 |
Pursuit | 40:16.42 | 5 | 41 | |
Individual | 57:16.6 | 1 | 18 | |
Olexander Bilanenko Andriy Deryzemlya Alexei Korobeynikov Ruslan Lysenko | Relay | 1:23:40.4 | 1+11 | 7 |
Athlete [5] | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Misses | Rank | ||
Lilia Efremova | Sprint | 22:38.0 | 0 | ![]() |
Pursuit | 39:09.89 | 3 | 8 | |
Mass start | 43:21.0 | 6 | 17 | |
Individual | 55:28.0 | 5 | 36 | |
Oksana Khvostenko | Sprint | 25:10.1 | 1 | 49 |
Pursuit | Lapped | |||
Individual | 53:22.5 | 1 | 20 | |
Nina Lemesh | Sprint | 25:13.5 | 2 | 50 |
Pursuit | 43:48.67 | 7 | 41 | |
Olena Petrova | Sprint | 24:52.2 | 2 | 44 |
Pursuit | did not start | |||
Individual | 54:35.6 | 3 | 29 | |
Valj Semerenko | Individual | 56:22.6 | 3 | 46 |
Oksana Khvostenko Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Lilia Efremova | Relay | 1:21:55.5 | 3+14 | 11 |
Twelve skiers represented Ukraine in Turin, the largest delegation in any sport. The top finish came from Valentina Shevchenko in the women's 30 kilometre freestyle; she had the fastest time at the 20 kilometre mark, but fell off the pace to end up 7th. [6]
Athlete [6] | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Oleksandr Batiuk | 15 km classical | 43:17.4 | 63 |
30 km pursuit | 1:24:35.9 | 57 | |
Mikhail Gumenyak | 30 km pursuit | 1:22:24.6 | 46 |
50 km freestyle | 2:13:44.6 | 56 | |
Roman Leybyuk | 15 km classical | 39:48.1 | 17 |
30 km pursuit | 1:22:31.5 | 49 | |
Vitaly Martsyv | 15 km classical | 42:57.4 | 61 |
Vladmir Olschanski | 15 km classical | 42:39.6 | 56 |
50 km freestyle | 2:16:14.7 | 62 | |
Olexandr Putsko | 30 km pursuit | 1:22:37.6 | 52 |
50 km freestyle | Did not finish | ||
Roman Leybyuk Vladmir Olschanski Olexandr Putsko Mikhail Gumenyak | 4 x 10 km relay | 1:50:01.9 | 14 |
Athlete [6] | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Kateryna Grygorenko | 10 km classical | 31:16.6 | 44 |
15 km pursuit | 46:55.2 | 40 | |
30 km freestyle | 1:31:36.9 | 42 | |
Vita Jakimchuk | 15 km pursuit | 45:48.1 | 26 |
30 km freestyle | 1:26:32.2 | 22 | |
Marina Malets-Lisogor | 30 km freestyle | Did not finish | |
Valentina Shevchenko | 10 km classical | 29:40.4 | 21 |
15 km pursuit | 44:13.6 | 14 | |
30 km freestyle | 1:23:07.9 | 7 | |
Tatjana Zavalij | 10 km classical | 30:13.2 | 27 |
15 km pursuit | 47:18.7 | 45 | |
Kateryna Grygorenko Tatjana Zavalij Vita Jakimchuk Valentina Shevchenko | 4 x 5 km relay | 56:36.3 | 8 |
Athlete [6] | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Ivan Bilosyuk | Men's sprint | 2:21.97 | 40 | Did not advance | 40 | ||||
Mikhail Gumenyak | Men's sprint | 2:28.72 | 62 | Did not advance | 62 | ||||
Vita Jakimchuk | Women's sprint | 2:19.92 | 36 | Did not advance | 36 | ||||
Marina Malets-Lisogor | Women's sprint | 2:20.79 | 43 | Did not advance | 43 | ||||
Vitaly Martsyv | Men's sprint | 2:22.30 | 42 | Did not advance | 42 | ||||
Olexandr Putsko | Men's sprint | 2:30.99 | 66 | Did not advance | 66 | ||||
Ivan Bilosyuk Vitaly Martsyv | Men's team sprint | n/a | 18:50.4 | 9 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
Marina Malets-Lisogor Tatjana Zavalij | Women's team sprint | n/a | 19:14.1 | 8 | Did not advance | 16 |
Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, the 2005 World Championship bronze medalists, earned the same result in Turin, rallying from a poor start to end up in 3rd. [7]
Athlete [7] | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Galina Efremenko | Ladies' | n/a | 41.25 | 24 'Q | 84.12 | 17 | 125.37 | 20 | |
Elena Liashenko | Ladies' | n/a | 52.35 | 13 'Q | 81.73 | 18 | 134.08 | 17 | |
Anton Kovalevski | Men's | n/a | 63.41 | 16 'Q | 109.43 | 21 | 172.84 | 20 | |
Julia Beloglazova Andrei Bekh | Pairs | n/a | 43.85 | 17 | 71.77 | 19 | 115.62 | 18 | |
Julia Golovina Oleg Voiko | Ice dance | 23.88 | 23 | 39.92 | 24 | 64.69 | 23 | 128.49 | 23 |
Elena Grushina Ruslan Goncharov | Ice dance | 37.39 | 5 | 59.29 | 3 | 99.17 | 3 | 195.85 | ![]() |
Tatiana Volosozhar Stanislav Morozov | Pairs | n/a | 50.14 | 12 | 98.24 | 12 | 148.38 | 12 |
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
Ukraine sent seven athletes to compete in the freestyle skiing events, specifically men's and women's aerials, but only one, Enver Ablaev, managed to qualify for a final. [8]
Athlete [8] | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Enver Ablaev | Men's aerials | 226.89 | 9 Q | 150.48 | 12 |
Oleksandr Abramenko | Men's aerials | 149.47 | 27 | n/a | 27 |
Nadiya Didenko | Women's aerials | 136.91 | 20 | n/a | 20 |
Igor Ishutko | Men's aerials | 153.04 | 26 | n/a | 26 |
Tatiana Kozachenko | Women's aerials | 147.51 | 18 | n/a | 18 |
Stanislav Kravchuk | Men's aerials | 221.69 | 13 | n/a | 13 |
Olha Volkova | Women's aerials | 160.03 | 13 | n/a | 13 |
The doubles team of Oleg Zherebetskyy and Roman Yazvinskyy, who finished 19th in the first run of the event, pulled out after suffering a serious crash. Yazvinskyy was air-lifted to hospital with a head injury, but he remained conscious and was released the next day. [9] [10]
Athlete [10] | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Liliya Ludan | Women's singles | 47.439 | 47.378 | 47.150 | 47.308 | 3:09.275 | 6 |
Natalia Yakushenko | Women's singles | 54.189 | did not start | ||||
Andriy Kis Yuriy Hayduk | Doubles | 48.850 | 48.327 | n/a | 1:37.177 | 14 | |
Oleg Zherebetskyy Roman Yazvinskyy | Doubles | 50.897 | did not start |
Sergei Diyachuk and Volodymyr Trachuk both finished in the bottom five in the two Nordic combined events in Turin. [11]
Athlete [11] | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | ||||||
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Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank | |||||
Sergei Diyachuk | Sprint | 74.9 | 47 | 3:23 | 21:44.1 +3:15.1 | 45 | |||
Individual Gundersen | 151.0 | 48 | 7:26 | 48:08.1 +8:23.5 | 45 | ||||
Volodymyr Trachuk | Sprint | 61.5 | 48 | 4:17 | 23:57.8 +5:28.8 | 48 | |||
Individual Gundersen | 140.0 | 49 | 8:10 | 23:57.8 +5:28.8 | 48 |
Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.
Volodymyr Grygoriev, Ukraine's only speed skater in Turin, advanced from his heat in the 1000 metres, but then finished last in his quarterfinal. [12]
Athlete [12] | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Volodymyr Grygoriev | Men's 500 m | 43.583 | 3 | did not advance | 17 | ||||
Men's 1000 m | 1:36.397 | 2 Q | 1:29.168 | 5 | did not advance | 15 |
Ukraine's lone competing ski jumper, Volodymyr Boschuk, did not progress beyond the qualification round in either the normal or large hill events. [13]
Athlete [13] | Event | Qualifying | First round | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
Volodymyr Boschuk | Normal hill | 88.5 | 47 | did not advance | ||||
Large hill | 30.6 | 51 | did not advance |
The United States sent 204 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Chris Witty, a four-time Olympian, who competed in both Summer and Winter games, and won a gold medal in speed skating at the 2002 Games, served as the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Speed skater Joey Cheek, who won gold in the 500 m and silver in the 1000 m, was the flag bearer at the closing ceremonies. One athlete, Sarah Konrad, became the first American woman to compete in two different disciplines at the same Winter Olympics – biathlon and cross-country skiing.
Four freestyle skiing events were held at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, at the venue in Sauze d'Oulx. There were both men's and women's competition in both aerials and moguls events. In moguls, the athletes ski down a slope littered with moguls, attempting to get down in as fast a time as possible while also attempting to get points for technique and their two aerial jumps during the course. The aerials events consisted of two jumps, which were judged by air, form and landing.
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New Zealand competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Chile competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Slovakia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Spain competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Turkey competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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