Ukraine at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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

Ukraine at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	UKR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website	www.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	37 (20 men, 17 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Viktor Petrenko (figure skating)
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Czechoslovakia (1924–1936)  Poland (1924–1936)  Romania (1924–1936)  Soviet Union (1956–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Oksana Baiul	Figure skating	Women's singles	25 February
Bronze	Valentina Tserbe-Nessina	Biathlon	Women's sprint	23 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	0	2	2
Biathlon	5	5	10
Bobsleigh	4	–	4
Cross-country skiing	0	1	1
Figure skating	4	6	10
Freestyle skiing	1	2	3
Luge	2	1	3
Nordic combined	1	–	1
Ski jumping	1	–	1
Speed skating	2	0	2
Total	20	17	37

Returning Olympians

• Viktor Petrenko (figure skating) – represented the "Unified Team" in 1992
• Oleksandr Bortiuk (bobsleigh) – represented the "Unified Team" in 1992
• Serhiy But (freestyle skiing) – represented the "Unified Team" in 1992
• Natalia Yakushenko (luge) – represented the "Unified Team" in 1992
• Yuriy Shulha (speed skating) – represented the "Unified Team" in 1992

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Olha Lohinova	Super-G				1:30.00	40
	Downhill				1:43.07	37
	Combined	1:33.29	54.26	51.88	3:19.43	18
	Giant Slalom	1:26.78	DNS		Did Not Finish
	Slalom	1:03.49	DQ		Did Not Finish
Khrystyna Podrushna	Downhill				1:46.96	42
	Combined	1:35.21	DNF		Did Not Finish

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Ivan Maksymov	3	31:52.7	47
	Valentyn Dzhyma	3	31:31.8	40
	Taras Dolnyi^[a]	1	30:16.6	18

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Vitaliy Mohilenko	58:07.7	3	1'01:07.7	26
	Roman Zvonkov	1'00:06.8	0	1'00:06.8	14
	Taras Dolnyi	56:51.1	3	59:51.1	12

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Vitaliy Mohilenko Taras Dolnyi Valentyn Dzhyma Roman Zvonkov	4	1'35:48.0	15

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Maryna Skolota	3	28:11.3	33
	Olena Zubrilova-Ohurtsova	2	27:06.8	14
	Valentina Tserbe-Nessina	0	26:10.0

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Olena Petrova	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Nadiya Billova	51:44.3	3	54:44.3	13
	Olena Zubrilova-Ohurtsova	50:40.4	4	54:40.4	12

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Valentina Tserbe-Nessina Maryna Skolota Olena Petrova Olena Zubrilova-Ohurtsova	3	1'54:26.5	5

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

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Oleksiy Zhukov Oleksandr Bortiuk	Two-man	54.71	54.64	54.78	54.61	3:38.74	32
Oleksiy Zhukov Andriy Petukhov Vasyl Lantukh Oleksandr Bortiuk	Four-man	53.61	53.75	53.99	53.97	3:35.32	27

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	15:46.0	29
10 km pursuit^2 F	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	30:38.2	20
15 km F	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	45:19.1	27
30 km C	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	1'31:26.5	20

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Viktor Petrenko	9	4	8.5	4

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Lyudmyla Ivanova	19	23	32.5	22
Elena Liashenko	17	19	27.5	19
Oksana Baiul	2	1	2.0

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Olena Bilousivska Ihor Maliar	18	17	24.5	16

Ice dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Svitlana Chernikova Oleksandr Sosnenko	19	19	19	19	38.0	19
Irina Romanova Igor Yaroshenko	7	7	7	7	14.0	7

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Serhiy But	Aerials	171.19	16	Did Not Advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nataliya Shertsneva	Aerials	147.78	9 Q	154.88	5
Inna Paliyenko	Aerials	146.18	11 Q	135.28	11

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Natalya Yakuchenko	Women's singles	49.233	49.304	49.413	49.428	3:17.378	8
Igor Urbanski Andrey Mukhin	Doubles	48.728	48.963			1:37.691	8

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

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

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
		Points	Rank
Dmytro Prosvirnin	Individual	208.5	13	45:04.8	16

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Vasyl Hrybovych	Large hill	40.8	50	42.3	83.1	52
	Normal hill	56.0	58	46.0	102.0	56

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Oleh Kostromitin	37.50	23
1000 m	Oleh Kostromitin	1:15.95	33
1500 m	Yuriy Shulha	1:54.28	10
5000 m	Yuriy Shulha	6:59.32	21

Notes

1. the athlete is Ukrainian, not Spanish; therefore Taras and not Toras.

References

1. Ukraine at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Sources

• International Olympic Committee results database