Ukraine at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	UKR
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1998
Website:
Location:	Nagano
Competitors:	56 (30 men, 26 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Andriy Deryzemlya (biathlon)
Rank:	18
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1994
See also:	(1900–1912) (1896-1912) (1896–1912) (1920–1936) (1924–1936) (1924–1936) (1952–1988) (1992)

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

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

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's combined

Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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

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

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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

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

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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

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

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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

See main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

(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

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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