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Belarus at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Belarus at the; 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BLR
NOC	Belarus Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.by (in Russian and English)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	64 (44 men, 20 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Oleg Ryzhenkov, Biathlon
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;
Other related appearances
	Poland (1924–1936); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Belarus competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Alexei Grishin	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Aleksandr Syman	3	27:45.3	56
	Alexei Aidarov	2	27:06.4	37
	Vadim Sashurin	0	26:09.9	12
	Oleg Ryzhenkov	0	26:05.5	11
12.5 km pursuit ²	Aleksandr Syman	3	38:05.8	49
	Alexei Aidarov	6	37:43.0	48
	Oleg Ryzhenkov	2	35:08.3	21
	Vadim Sashurin	1	34:00.5	10

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ³	Rank
20 km	Rustam Valiullin	52:46.7	6	58:46.7	60
	Oleg Ryzhenkov	51:56.6	4	55:56.6	31
	Alexei Aidarov	51:25.3	3	54:25.3	17
	Vadim Sashurin	52:52.6	0	52:52.6	9

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Alexei Aidarov Aleksandr Syman Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin	1	1'27:12.0	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Kseniya Zikunkova	5	25:21.5	65
	Yevgeniya Kutsepalova	1	23:26.5	44
	Yelena Khrustalyova	2	23:06.6	33
	Olga Nazarova	1	22:14.9	14
10 km pursuit ⁴	Yevgeniya Kutsepalova	2	34:40.1	28
10 km pursuit ⁴	Olga Nazarova	1	32:24.5	11

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ³	Rank
15 km	Lyudmila Ananko	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Lyudmila Lysenko	50:25.4	4	54:25.4	51
	Kseniya Zikunkova	49:26.8	3	52:26.8	38
	Olga Nazarova	47:29.9	1	48:29.9	6

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Lysenko Yevgeniya Kutsepalova Yelena Khrustalyova	0	1'31:01.6	7

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

² Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.

³ One minute added per missed target.

⁴ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Aleksandr Shalak	3:13.63	58	did not advance
Denis Vorobyov	3:08.79	56	did not advance
Aleksey Tregubov	3:08.05	55	did not advance
Roman Virolaynen	2:57.48	27	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit¹
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Denis Vorobyov	30:04.3	65	did not advance
Aleksandr Sannikov	29:30.5	61	did not advance
Sergey Dolidovich	28:44.0	54 Q	DNS	–
Roman Virolaynen	26:42.2	9 Q	25:29.1	30

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Aleksey Tregubov	42:00.7	51
	Nikolay Semenyako	41:48.0	48
	Aleksandr Shalak	41:44.5	47
	Roman Virolaynen	39:02.4	13
30 km F	Aleksandr Sannikov	1'19:46.9	53
	Nikolay Semenyako	1'19:45.6	52
	Denis Vorobyov	1'17:43.2	44
	Sergey Dolidovich	1'13:51.1	14
50 km C	Aleksandr Shalak	2'24:37.2	46
	Aleksandr Sannikov	2'24:14.2	44
	Aleksey Tregubov	2'22:29.3	40

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Roman Virolaynen Nikolay Semenyako Aleksandr Sannikov Sergey Dolidovich	1'42:12.0	15

Women

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya	3:31.83	45	did not advance
Viktoriya Lopatina	3:20.59	24	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	5 km C		5 km F pursuit²
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya	14:53.6	61	did not advance
Yelena Kalugina	14:34.6	52	did not advance
Nataliya Zyatikova	14:23.5	45 Q	13:31.2	34
Vera Zyatikova	14:15.2	37 Q	13:29.8	32

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Yelena Kalugina	31:10.9	43
	Nataliya Zyatikova	30:44.2	35
	Vera Zyatikova	30:20.5	27
	Svetlana Nageykina	29:48.4	14
15 km F	Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya	44:09.2	40
	Nataliya Zyatikova	42:04.5	17
	Vera Zyatikova	42:04.5	17
	Svetlana Nageykina	40:17.9	5
30 km C	Irina Skripnik	1'42:49.1	30
	Nataliya Zyatikova	1'42:18.0	29
	Svetlana Nageykina	1'35:51.6	11

² Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Yelena Kalugina Svetlana Nageykina Vera Zyatikova Nataliya Zyatikova	50:37.9	5

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Sergei Davydov	31.5	15	24	21

Women

Athlete	Points	SP	FS	Rank
Julia Soldatova	29.0	22	18	18

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dmitry Dashchinsky	Aerials	219.94	12 Q	244.29	7
Dmitry Rak		240.87	5 Q	226.34	10
Alexei Grichin		251.76	1 Q	251.19

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Assol Slivets	Aerials	157.96	13	did not advance
Alla Tsuper	Aerials	181.37	3 Q	164.92	9

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - Group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Ukraine	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	4
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	3
France	3	0	2	1	6	10	−4	1

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002
14:00

Belarus

1 – 0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Ukraine

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,294

11 February 2002
19:00

Belarus

3 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

France

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,214

12 February 2002
16:00

Switzerland

2 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,736

First round - Group D

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	16	3	+13	5
Finland	3	2	1	0	11	8	+3	4
Russia	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	3
Belarus	3	0	3	0	6	22	−16	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

15 February 2002
11:05

Russia

6 – 4
(3–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,484

16 February 2002
16:45

Finland

8 – 1
(3–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599

18 February 2002
11:05

Belarus

1 – 8
(1–0, 0–3, 0–5)

United States

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599

Medal round

Quarter final

20 February 2002
11:05

Sweden

3 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 7,240

Semi final

22 February 2002
12:00

Canada

7 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599

Bronze medal game

23 February 2002
12:15

Belarus

4th

2 – 7
(1–2, 1–2, 0–3)

Russia

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,599

Nordic combined

Men's sprint

Events:

large hill ski jumping
7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Sergey Zakharenko	86.6	40	19:29.5	38

Men's individual

Events:

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

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Sergey Zakharenko	171.5	45	49:18.9	44

Short track speed skating

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova	500 m	47.273	3	did not advance
Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova	1500 m	2:36.058	4	did not advance

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Qualifying jump			Final jump 1			Final jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Andrey Lyskovets	Normal hill	81.5	95.0	33 Q	83.5	98.0	42	did not advance
Andrey Lyskovets	Large hill	96.0	66.3	45	did not advance

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Aleksey Khatylyov	37.40	33	37.41	36	74.81	32
1000 m	Aleksey Khatylyov					1:13.73	42
1000 m	Igor Makovetsky					1:12.33	41
1500 m	Aleksey Khatylyov					1:52.87	47
1500 m	Igor Makovetsky					1:50.15	40

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Svetlana Radkevich	39.84	30	39.61	27	79.45	28
500 m	Anzhelika Kotyuga	37.73	6	37.66	4	75.39	5
1000 m	Svetlana Radkevich					1:18.93	33
1000 m	Anzhelika Kotyuga					1:15.03	12
1500 m	Svetlana Chepelnikova					2:04.06	34
3000 m	Svetlana Chepelnikova					4:24.96	32