Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Ukraine at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Ukraine.svg
IOC code UKR
NOC National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website www.noc-ukr.org/en
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors33 (17 men and 16 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers Olena Pidhrushna (opening) [1]
Oleksandr Abramenko (closing)
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (1924–1936)
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Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

Ukraine competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 33 competitors in 9 sports. Oleksandr Abramenko won the only medal for the country, a gold in men's aerials freestyle skiing, earning Ukraine the 21st place in the overall medal table.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Oleksandr Abramenko Freestyle skiing Men's aerials 18 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 112
Biathlon 5611
Cross-country 224
Figure skating 224
Freestyle skiing 123
Luge 426
Nordic combined 101
Skeleton 101
Snowboarding 011
Total171633

Alpine skiing

Ukraine has qualified at least one male and one female athlete for alpine skiing. [2]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ivan Kovbasnyuk Men's combined 1:24.2157DNF
Men's downhill 1:48.5749
Men's giant slalom 1:20.41701:17.26512:37.6757
Men's slalom DNF
Men's super-G DNF
Olha Knysh Women's giant slalom 1:20.5153DNF
Women's slalom 59.075058.93461:58.0045
Women's super-G 1:30.6043

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Ukraine has qualified a team of 5 men and 6 women. [3] [4] Olena Pidhrushna was selected for the team, but did not take part in the races.

Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Dmytro Pidruchnyi Sprint 24:27.50 (0+0)21
Pursuit 36:53.24 (1+0+2+1)34
Artem Pryma Sprint 25:14.92 (1+1)40
Pursuit 37:16.36 (1+1+2+2)38
Individual 52:36.54 (1+2+0+1)46
Serhiy Semenov Sprint 25:24.91 (0+1)46
Pursuit 38:23.75 (1+0+2+2)49
Individual 52:57.93 (1+0+1+1)53
Vladimir Semakov Sprint 26:31.73 (1+2)78
Individual 51:32.11 (0+1+0+0)31
Artem Tyshchenko Individual 51:15.20 (0+0+0+0)29
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
Artem Pryma
Vladimir Semakov
Serhiy Semenov
Team relay 1:20:17.311 (0+11)9
Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Yuliia Dzhima Individual 44:33.92 (1+0+1+0)20
Anastasiya Merkushyna Sprint 23:32.33 (2+1)55
Pursuit 35:30.45 (0+2+2+1)46
Individual 48:42.06 (1+1+3+1)70
Valentyna Semerenko Sprint 23:20.93 (2+1)46
Pursuit DNS
Individual 44:53.91 (0+0+0+1)25
Mass start 37:39.91 (1+0+0+0)19
Vita Semerenko Sprint 22:00.71 (0+1)14
Pursuit 32:54.44 (2+1+1+0)18
Individual 48:03.85 (0+3+1+1)63
Mass start 38:25.33 (0+0+3+0)24
Iryna Varvynets Sprint 24:48.15 (1+4)73
Iryna Varvynets
Vita Semerenko
Yuliia Dzhima
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Team relay 1:13:44.810 (2+10)11
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Iryna Varvynets
Yuliia Dzhima
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
Artem Pryma
Team relay 1:09:46.45 (0+5)7

Cross-country skiing

Four skiers will represent Ukraine in cross-country skiing.

Distance
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleTotal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Oleksii Krasovskyi Men's 15 km freestyle 39:05.3+5:21.484
Men's 30 km skiathlon 44:36.759LAP
Men's 50 km classical 2:25:36.4+17:14.350
Andrii Orlyk Men's 15 km freestyle 39:11.3+5:27.486
Maryna Antsybor Women's 10 km freestyle 28:18.7+3:18.246
Women's 15 km skiathlon 24:09.35521:36.55246:18.2+5:33.353
Tetyana Antypenko Women's 10 km freestyle 28:38.2+3:37.752
Women's 15 km skiathlon 23:32.34521:24.04945:31.2+4:46.345
Women's 30 km classical 1:38:17.3+15:59.738
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Oleksii Krasovskyi Men's sprint 3:33.4070Did not advance
Andrii Orlyk 3:39.1879Did not advance
Oleksii Krasovskyi
Andrii Orlyk
Men's team sprint 17:32.5010Did not advance
Maryna Antsybor Women's sprint 3:40.1756Did not advance
Tetyana Antypenko 3:38.5654Did not advance
Maryna Antsybor
Tetyana Antypenko
Women's team sprint 17:44.0410Did not advance

Figure skating

Ukraine qualified an ice dancing team, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. [5] They additionally qualified one male and one female figure skater through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. [6] The team was announced on December 19, 2017. [7]

AthleteEventSP / SDFS / FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Yaroslav Paniot Men's singles 46.5830Did not advance
Anna Khnychenkova Ladies' singles 47.5929Did not advance
Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Ice dancing 57.9721Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

Three skiers will represent Ukraine in freestyle skiing.

Aerials
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Jump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Oleksandr Abramenko Men's aerials 123.019123.084 Q125.673 Q125.794 Q128.51Gold medal icon.svg
Olga Polyuk Women's aerials 82.211055.5017Did not advance
Moguls
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3
TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRank
Tetiana Petrova Women's moguls 36.6939.5446.192937.6217.4623.0720Did not advance

Luge

Based on the results from the World during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Ukraine qualified 5 sleds. [8]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Anton Dukach Men's singles 48.8882748.3072148.30324Eliminated2:25.49823
Andriy Mandziy 1:02.9354048.4732547.98119Eliminated2:39.38940
Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Roman Zakharkiv
Men's doubles 48.3162047.401201:35.71720
Olena Shkhumova Women's singles 46.9501946.8441947.75126Eliminated2:21.54521
Olena Stetskiv 50.5993048.3032947.92928Eliminated2:26.83128
Mixed team relay
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Olena Shkhumova
Anton Dukach
Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Roman Zakharkiv
Team relay 51.5031349.135950.365132:31.00313

Nordic combined

One skier will represent Ukraine in Nordic combined.

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotal
DistancePointsRankTimeRankTimeRank
Viktor Pasichnyk Normal hill/10 km 89.584.03624:40.11327:46.130
Large hill/10 km 126.0108.22124:36.63326:39.623

Skeleton

Ukraine qualified 1 sled, making its Olympic debut in the sport of skeleton. [9]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Vladyslav Heraskevych Men's 51.261451.161551.211750.8573:24.4712

Snowboarding

One athlete will represent Ukraine in snowboarding.

Parallel
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Annamari Dancha Women's giant slalom 1:46.6428Did not advance

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