Belarus_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics

Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation


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

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Medalists

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Alpine skiing

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Biathlon

Men
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Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
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Women
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Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
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1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

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1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
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Women
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2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
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Figure skating

Ice Dancing
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Freestyle skiing

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Ice hockey

Men's tournament

The Belarusian hockey team was put into the preliminaries for the Olympics. They won their group that featured Germany, France and Japan by beating France 4–0, Germany 8-2 and by drawing Japan 2-2. Their first place helped them to play in the final tournament. They were in group A and lost all 3 games 5–0 to Canada and identical scores of 5–2 to Sweden and the United States. They finished last of group A and had to face the top spot in group B which was Russia. They lost 4-1 and got eliminated in the process from the tournament. They ended the tournament in 7th place.

Preliminary round – group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

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All times are local (UTC-7).

7 February 1998France 0 – 4
(0-1, 0-1, 0-2)
 BelarusThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,419
9 February 1998Germany 2 – 8
(0-2, 2-3, 0-3)
 BelarusThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,063
10 February 1998Japan 2 – 2
(1-1, 1-1, 0-0)
 BelarusThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 3,659

First Round – group C

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All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998Canada 5 – 0
(0-2, 0-2, 0-1)
 BelarusThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,960
14 February 1998United States 5 – 2
(2-1, 1-0, 2-1)
 BelarusThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,975
16 February 1998Sweden 5 – 2
(0-2, 1-1, 1-2)
 BelarusThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,235

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998Russia 4 – 1
(1-0, 1-0, 2-0)
 BelarusThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 4,628
Contestants
Aleksandr Alekseyev
Aleksandr Andriyevsky
Vadim Bekbulatov
Sergey Yerkovich
Aleksandr Galchenyuk
Aleksey Kalyuzhny
Viktor Karachun
Oleg Khmyl
Andrey Kovalyov
Aleksey Lozhkin
Igor Matushkin
Andrey Mezin
Vasily Pankov
Oleg Romanov
Oleg Antonenko
Yevgeny Roshchin
Ruslan Salei
Aleksandr Shumidub
Andrey Skabelka
Sergey Stas
Vladimir Tsyplakov
Eduard Zankovets
Aleksandr Zhurik

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

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

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Speed skating

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Trivia

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