| Belarus at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BLR |
| NOC | Belarus Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sochi | |
| Competitors | 26 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearers | Aleksei Grishin (opening)[1][2] Darya Domracheva (closing)[3] |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Poland (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
Belarus competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Belarus' team consisted of 26 athletes, competing in five sports.[4]
With five gold medals won this was Belarus' most successful Winter Olympics. The five gold medals was also the most won by the country at any Olympics since independence.[5]
Competitors
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Cross-country skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Freestyle skiing | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Short track speed skating | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 10 | 25 |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Darya Domracheva | Biathlon | Women's pursuit | February 11 |
| Gold |
Darya Domracheva | Biathlon | Women's individual | February 14 |
| Gold |
Alla Tsuper | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | February 14 |
| Gold |
Darya Domracheva | Biathlon | Women's mass start | February 17 |
| Gold |
Anton Kushnir | Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | February 17 |
 Bronze |
Nadezhda Skardino | Biathlon | Women's individual | February 14 |
Alpine skiing
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Belarus had two athletes in qualification position.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Yuri Danilochkin | Men's downhill | — | 2:10.58 | 31 | |||
| Men's super-G | — | 1:22.45 | 38 | ||||
| Men's combined | DNF | ||||||
| Men's giant slalom | DNF | ||||||
| Men's slalom | DNF | ||||||
| Maria Shkanova | Women's super-G | — | DNF | ||||
| Women's giant slalom | 1:26.79 | 52 | 1:23.79 | 41 | 2:50.58 | 44 | |
| Women's slalom | 59.67 | 33 | 57.56 | 31 | 1:57.23 | 29 | |
Biathlon
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Belarus qualified 5 men and 5 women.[7]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yauhen Abramenka | Sprint | 26:55.0 | 2 (1+1) | 56 |
| Pursuit | 39:11.5 | 5 (0+0+4+1) | 51 | |
| Individual | 55:38.8 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | 53 | |
| Uladzimir Chapelin | Sprint | 25:49.7 | 1 (0+1) | 29 |
| Pursuit | 36:57.2 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 41 | |
| Individual | 54:59.2 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | 49 | |
| Aliaksandr Darozhka | Individual | 58:27.7 | 5 (2+0+2+1) | 80 |
| Yuryi Liadau | Sprint | 26:55.1 | 2 (1+1) | 57 |
| Pursuit | 39:46.2 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | 56 | |
| Siarhei Novikau | Sprint | 26:00.8 | 0 (0+0) | 33 |
| Pursuit | 38:59.5 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 50 | |
| Individual | 55:41.7 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 54 | |
| Yauhen Abramenka Uladzimir Chapelin Yuryi Liadau Siarhei Novikau |
Team relay | 1:16:02.3 | 5 (0+5) | 13 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darya Domracheva | Sprint | 21:38.6 | 1 (1+0) | 9 |
| Pursuit | 29:30.7 | 1 (0+0+0+1) |
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| Individual | 43:19.6 | 1 (0+1+0+0) |
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| Mass start | 35:25.6 | 1 (0+0+0+1) |
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| Nastassia Dubarezava | Sprint | 22:29.7 | 1 (0+1) | 34 |
| Pursuit | 41:01.8 | 12 (1+4+4+3) | 56 | |
| Lyudmila Kalinchik | Sprint | 22:37.8 | 2 (1+1) | 37 |
| Pursuit | 32:54.9 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 33 | |
| Individual | 48:06.2 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 25 | |
| Nadzeya Pisareva | Individual | 48:55.4 | 3 (0+3+0+0) | 35 |
| Nadezhda Skardino | Sprint | 21:50.9 | 0 (0+0) | 17 |
| Pursuit | 30:43.7 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 13 | |
| Individual | 44:57.8 | 0 (0+0+0+0) |
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| Mass start | 37:08.0 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 16 | |
| Darya Domracheva Lyudmila Kalinchik Nadzeya Pisareva Nadezhda Skardino |
Team relay | 1:11:33.4 | 9 (1+8) | 5 |
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yauhen Abramenka Uladzimir Chapelin Nastassia Dubarezava Lyudmila Kalinchik |
Team relay | 1:13:11.8 | 9 (0+9) | 10 |
Cross-country skiing
According to final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Belarus had five athletes in qualification position.[6]
- Distance
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Sergei Dolidovich | 15 km classical | — | 42:55.4 | +4:25.7 | 53 | |||
| 30 km skiathlon | 36:57.2 | 32 | 33:55.9 | 38 | 1:11:28.1 | +3:12.7 | 34 | |
| 50 km freestyle | — | 1:47:09.5 | +14.3 | 5 | ||||
| Aliaksei Ivanou | 50 km freestyle | — | 1:52:52.9 | +5:57.7 | 46 | |||
| Alexander Lasutkin | 15 km classical | — | 42:45.1 | +4:15.4 | 49 | |||
| 30 km skiathlon | 38:46.9 | 52 | 35:12.2 | 54 | 1:14:39.4 | +6:24.0 | 55 | |
| Michail Semenov | 15 km classical | — | 43:36.0 | +5:06.3 | 59 | |||
| 30 km skiathlon | 36:48.2 | 29 | 32:54.5 | 19 | 1:10:13.3 | +1:57.9 | 24 | |
| 50 km freestyle | — | 1:47:36.0 | +40.8 | 17 | ||||
| Sergei Dolidovich Aliaksei Ivanou Alexander Lasutkin Michail Semenov |
4×10 km relay | — | 1:34:40.1 | +5:58.1 | 14 | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Alena Sannikova | 10 km classical | — | 31:42.2 | +3:24.4 | 43 | |||
| 15 km skiathlon | 21:46.4 | 55 | 21:47.0 | 54 | 44:09.7 | 5:36.1 | 53 | |
| 30 km freestyle | — | 1:18:46.3 | +7:41.1 | 42 | ||||
- Sprint
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Michail Semenov | Men's sprint | 3:42.93 | 48 | Did not advance | |||||
| Valiantsina Kaminskaya | Women's sprint | 2:46.76 | 47 | Did not advance | |||||
Freestyle skiing
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Belarus had six athletes in qualification position.[6] The full list of Belarusian freestyle skiing team was officially announced on 22 January 2014.[8]
- Aerials
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | |||||||
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Dmitri Dashinski | Men's aerials | 106.64 | 8 | 117.19 | 1 Q | 108.41 | 5 Q | 100.45 | 8 | did not advance | |
| Aleksei Grishin | 76.82 | 20 | 88.94 | 9 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Anton Kushnir | 107.52 | 7 | 115.38 | 2 Q | 119.03 | 2 Q | 115.84 | 3 Q | 134.50 |
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| Denis Osipau | 81.86 | 17 | 111.05 | 5 Q | 99.36 | 9 | did not advance | ||||
| Hanna Huskova | Women's aerials | 44.08 | 22 | 52.60 | 15 | Did not advance | |||||
| Alla Tsuper | 66.15 | 14 | 77.52 | 6 Q | 99.18 | 1 Q | 88.50 | 4 Q | 98.01 |
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Short track speed skating
Based on their performance at World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013, Belarus qualified 1 man (1500 m) and 1 woman (1500 m).[9] For the first time ever a Belarusian male athlete qualified in the sport.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Maksim Siarheyeu | Men's 1500 m | 2:19.505 | 5 | Did not advance | 28 | ||
| Volha Talayeva | Women's 1500 m | 2:27.817 | 6 | Did not advance | 32 | ||
References
- ^ "Alexei Grishin to carry Belarus' flag in Sochi". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. Minsk, Belarus. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Belarus' Olympic Team announced". www.mst.by. Belarus Sports and Tourism Ministry. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 the most successful Olympics in Belarus' independent history". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. Minsk, Belarus. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Belarus' Olympic Team announced". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Communication No. 1841 XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi Entries Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ^ "Belarusian short track skaters earn two Olympic spots". www.noc.by. National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
External links
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