Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics
# Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Belarus competed in the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Igor Zhelezovski | Speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 18 February |
| Silver | Svetlana Paramygina | Biathlon | Women's sprint | 23 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Biathlon | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Cross-country skiing | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Figure skating | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Freestyle skiing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Nordic combined | 1 | – | 1 |
| Ski jumping | 1 | – | 1 |
| Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 21 | 12 | 33 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Pen. | Rank |
| Igor Khokhryakov | 10 km Sprint | 31:50.7 | 4 | 45 |
| Viktor Maigourov | 10 km Sprint | 31:09.2 | 3 | 37 |
| Viktor Maigourov | 20 km Individual | 1:00:42.7 | 4 | 23 |
| Eugeni Redkine | 20 km Individual | 1:03:34.9 | 6 | 53 |
| Alexandr Popov | 10 km Sprint | 29:38.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Alexandr Popov | 20 km Individual | 57:53.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Oleg Ryzhenkov | 10 km Sprint | 30:11.0 | 3 | 17 |
| Vadim Sashurin | 20 km Individual | 1:01:09.8 | 2 | 28 |
| Viktor Maigourov Igor Khokhryakov Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexandr Popov | 4 × 7.5 kilometres relay | 1:32:57.2 | 0 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Pen. | Rank |
| Irina Kokuyeva | 7.5 km Sprint | 26:38.4 | 2 | 6 |
| Irina Kokuyeva | 15 km Individual | 56:12.0 | 6 | 28 |
| Lyudmila Lysenko | 7.5 km Sprint | 29:23.9 | 3 | 50 |
| Svetlana Paramygina | 7.5 km Sprint | 26:09.9 | 2 | |
| Svetlana Paramygina | 15 km Individual | 53:21.3 | 4 | 4 |
| Nataliya Permyakova | 7.5 km Sprint | 28:26.9 | 4 | 38 |
| Nataliya Permyakova | 15 km Individual | 53:39.2 | 2 | 7 |
| Nataliya Ryzhenkova | 15 km Individual | 59:26.9 | 9 | 49 |
| Irina Kokuyeva Nataliya Permyakova Nataliya Ryzhenkova Svetlana Paramygina | 4× 7.5 km Relay | 1:54:55.1 | 8 | 6 |

## Cross-country skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Start | Rank | Time | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Sergei Dolidovich | 10 km Classical | | | | | 28:02.8 | 70 |
| Sergei Dolidovich | 15 km Free Pursuit | +03:42 | 70 | 39:28.5 | 45 | +7:21.7 | 51 |
| Sergei Dolidovich | 30 km Free | | | | | 1:20:36.5 | 37 |
| Vasily Gorbachyov | 30 km Free | | | | | 1:24:17.9 | 57 |
| Vasily Gorbachyov | 50 km Classical | | | | | 2:21:31.3 | 43 |
| Viktor Kamotsky | 10 km Classical | | | | | 26:22.6 | 28 |
| Viktor Kamotsky | 15 km Free Pursuit | | | | | | DNS |
| Viktor Kamotsky | 30 km Free | | | | | 1:19:47.7 | 31 |
| Viktor Kamotsky | 50 km Classical | | | | | 2:15:02.9 | 21 |
| Igor Obukhov | 10 km Classical | | | | | 27:29.2 | 62 |
| Igor Obukhov | 15 km Free Pursuit | +03:09 | 62 | 39:24.5 | 42 | +6:44.7 | 46 |
| Igor Obukhov | 50 km Classical | | | | | 2:17:08.4 | 25 |
| Vyacheslav Plaksunov | 10 km Classical | | | | | 27:12.1 | 53 |
| Vyacheslav Plaksunov | 15 km Free Pursuit | +02:52 | 53 | 37:23.2 | 12 | +4:26.4 | 21 |
| Vyacheslav Plaksunov | 30 km Free | | | | | 1:18:57.7 | 27 |
| Igor Obukhov Viktor Kamotsky Sergei Dolidovich Vyacheslav Plaksunov | 4 × 10 km relay | | | | | 1:49:23.7 | 12 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Start | Rank | Time | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Lyudmila Dideleva | 5 km Classical | | | | | 15:57.7 | 37 |
| Lyudmila Dideleva | 10 km Free Pursuit | +01:49 | 37 | 31:58.9 | 48 | +6:17.8 | 45 |
| Yelena Piiraynen | 5 km Classical | | | | | 16:25.0 | 44 |
| Yelena Piiraynen | 10 km Free Pursuit | +02:17 | 44 | 31:49.4 | 45 | +6:36.3 | 49 |
| Yelena Piiraynen | 15 km Free | | | | | 48:45.3 | 51 |
| Svetlana Kamotskaya | 5 km Classical | | | | | 16:25.8 | 45 |
| Svetlana Kamotskaya | 10 km Free Pursuit | | | | | | DNS |
| Svetlana Kamotskaya | 15 km Free | | | | | 47:56.5 | 50 |
| Svetlana Kamotskaya | 30 km Classical | | | | | 1:36:51.0 | 44 |
| Yelena Sinkevich | 5 km Classical | | | | | 15:50.2 | 34 |
| Yelena Sinkevich | 10 km Free Pursuit | | | | | | DNF |
| Yelena Sinkevich | 15 km Free | | | | | 45:45.4 | 33 |
| Yelena Sinkevich | 30 km Classical | | | | | 1:31:47.8 | 22 |
| Yelena Piiraynen Svetlana Kamotskaya Lyudmila Dideleva Yelena Sinkevich | 4 × 5 km relay | | | | | 1:04:25.8 | 14 |

## Figure skating

### Men

| Athlete | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Short Program | Rank | Free Skating | Total | Rank |
| Alexander Murashko | 12.0 | 24 | 23.0 | 35.0 | 23 |

### Pairs

| Athlete | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Short Program | Rank | Free Skating | Total | Rank |
| Yelena Grigoryeva Sergey Sheyko | 9.0 | 18 | 17.0 | 26.0 | 17 |

### Ice Dancing

| Athlete | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Compulsory Dance 1 | Rank | Compulsory Dance 2 | Rank | Original Dance | Rank | Free Dance | Total | Rank |
| Tatiana Navka Samvel Gezalian | 2.2 | 11 | 2.2 | 11 | 6.6 | 11 | 11.0 | 22.0 | 11 |

## Freestyle skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Aleksey Parfenkov | Aerials | 228.49 | 1 Q | 178.48 | 12 |
| Aleksandr Penigin | Moguls | 19.41 | 28 | Did Not Advance | Did Not Advance |
| Vasily Vorobyov | Aerials | 188.92 | 13 | Did Not Advance | Did Not Advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yuliya Rakovich | Aerials | 152.10 | 5 Q | 135.53 | 10 |

## Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Sergey Zakharenko | Individual | 146.5 | 50 | 53:44.3 | 50 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | First Round | First Round | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank |
| Aleksandr Sinyavsky | Large hill | 22.7 | 57 | 46.9 | 69.6 | 54 |
| Aleksandr Sinyavsky | Normal hill | 93.5 | 44 | 85.5 | 179.0 | 38 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Vitali Novichenko | 1500 metres | 1:57.50 | 35 |
| Vitali Novichenko | 5000 metres | 7:17.55 | 32 |
| Igor Zhelezovski | 500 metres | 36.73 | 10 |
| Igor Zhelezovski | 1000 metres | 1:12.72 | |

## Trivia

As of 2022, this is the only Olympic Games that Belarus competed under the tricolour white-red-white flag. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, the current national flag of green, red, and a red on white ornamental pattern was used.

