Ukraine at the 1998 Winter Olympics
# Ukraine at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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

## Medalists

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

## Sports/disciplines and athletes

Ukraine was represented in 10 out of 14 disciplines. Despite the increase in number of disciplines, Ukraine stayed with those that it competed previously and increased number of its athletes.

* Alpine skiing (2; 1 male, 1 female)
* Biathlon (10; 4 males, 6 females)
* Bobsleigh (2; 2 males, 0 females)
* Cross-country skiing (10; 5 males, 5 females)
* Figure skating (10; 5 males, 5 females)
* Freestyle skiing (7; 3 males, 4 females)
* Luge (6; 4 males, 2 females)
* Ski jumping (3; 3 males, 0 females)
* Speed skating (4; 2 males, 2 females)
* Speed skating, short track (2; 1 male, 1 female)

## Alpine skiing

Men's combined

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

Women's combined

| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | 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 | Race | 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 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Nina Lemesh | 1 | 24:39.8 | 21 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Tetiana Vodop'ianova | 0 | 24:23.3 | 19 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | 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 |
| 15 km | Olena Zubrilova-Ohurtsova | 57:43.0 | 2 | 59:43.0 | 28 |
| 15 km | Tetiana Vodop'ianova | 55:45.9 | 3 | 58:45.9 | 24 |
| 15 km | Olena Petrova | 54:09.8 | 1 | 55:09.8 | |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | 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 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | 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 | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Oleksandr Zarovniy | DNF | – |
| 10 km C | Mykhailo Artiukhov | 31:52.8 | 72 |
| 10 km C | Hennadiy Nykon | 31:07.6 | 60 |
| 10 km C | Mykola Popovych | 30:51.2 | 55 |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Mykola Popovych | DNF | – |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Mykhailo Artiukhov | 46:28.5 | 52 |
| 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Hennadiy Nykon | 45:20.1 | 46 |
| 30 km C | Oleksandr Ushkalenko | 1'44:15.7 | 48 |
| 30 km C | Oleksandr Zarovniy | 1'43:26.2 | 44 |
| 30 km C | Hennadiy Nykon | 1'42:32.7 | 38 |
| 30 km C | Nykhailo Artiukhov | 1'41:13.0 | 29 |
| 50 km F | Oleksandr Ushkalenko | 2'27:09.1 | 57 |
| 50 km F | Mykola Popovych | 2'22:48.0 | 50 |
| 50 km F | Mykhailo Artiukhov | 2'20:59.2 | 46 |
| 50 km F | 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 | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Hennadiy Nykon Oleksandr Zarovniy Mykhailo Artiukhov Mykola Popovych | 1'44:33.9 | 12 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Olena Haiasova | 19:18.2 | 41 |
| 5 km C | Maryna Pestriakova | 19:17.6 | 40 |
| 5 km C | Valentina Shevchenko | 18:47.5 | 19 |
| 5 km C | Iryna Taranenko-Terelia | 18:17.2 | 11 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Maryna Pestriakova | 32:18.7 | 36 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Olena Haiasova | 31:51.9 | 30 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Valentina Shevchenko | 30:38.8 | 20 |
| 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Iryna Taranenko-Terelia | 28:40.1 | 4 |
| 15 km C | Olena Haiasova | DNF | – |
| 15 km C | Maryna Pestriakova | 50:45.6 | 23 |
| 15 km C | Valentina Shevchenko | 49:12.9 | 11 |
| 15 km C | Iryna Taranenko-Terelia | 48:10.2 | 4 |
| 30 km F | Hanna Slipenko | DNF | – |
| 30 km F | Olena Haiasova | 1'31:01.0 | 27 |
| 30 km F | Valentina Shevchenko | 1'28:20.0 | 14 |
| 30 km F | 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 | 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 | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Serhiy But | Aerials | 110.61 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yuriy Stetsko | Aerials | 171.46 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stanislav Kravchuk | Aerials | 226.65 | 6 Q | 219.94 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Olena Yunchyk | Aerials | 156.95 | 12 Q | 139.05 | 10 |
| Yuliya Kliukova | Aerials | 161.59 | 11 Q | 153.15 | 8 |
| Tetiana Kozachenko | Aerials | 162.09 | 9 Q | 167.32 | 4 |
| Alla Tsuper | Aerials | 178.46 | 2 Q | 166.12 | 5 |

## Luge

(Men's) Doubles

| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | 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 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | 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 | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Yevhen Yakovlev | 500 m | 44.041 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yevhen Yakovlev | 1000 m | 1:36.005 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Nataliya Sverchikova | 500 m | 46.976 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nataliya Sverchikova | 1000 m | 1:45.279 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Liubym Kohan | Normal hill | 67.5 | 63.5 | 56 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Volodymyr Hlyvka | Normal hill | 73.0 | 77.0 | 47 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ivan Kozlov | Normal hill | 76.0 | 85.5 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liubym Kohan | Large hill | 79.0 | 35.2 | 61 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ivan Kozlov | Large hill | 108.0 | 91.9 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Volodymyr Hlyvka | Large hill | 109.0 | 94.7 | 30 Q | 98.5 | 73.8 | 168.5 | 29 |

## Speed skating

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | 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 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | 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 |
