Belarus at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Belarus competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 33 competitors in 6 sports. They won three medals in total, two gold and one silver, ranking 15th in the medal table.

Belarus at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Belarus
IOC code	BLR
NOC	Belarus Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.by/en
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	33 (16 men and 17 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Alla Tsuper[1]
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Poland (1924–1936)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

Main article: 2018 Winter Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Hanna Huskova	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials	16 February
Gold	Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Darya Domracheva	Biathlon	Women's relay	22 February
Silver	Darya Domracheva	Biathlon	Women's mass start	17 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country skiing	4	5	9
Freestyle skiing	3	3	6
Short track speed skating	1	0	1
Speed skating	2	3	5
Total	16	17	33

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belarus has qualified one male and one female skier:

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuri Danilochkin	Men's downhill	—				1:45.86	44
	Men's super-G	—				1:30.13	42
	Men's combined	1:22.78	48	55.94	35	2:18.72	34
	Men's giant slalom	1:19.45	64	1:17.44	53	2:36.89	54
	Men's slalom	55.42	41	56.73	32	1:52.15	33
Maria Shkanova	Women's super-G	—				DNS
	Women's giant slalom	1:18.17	45	1:14.16	35	2:32.33	38
	Women's slalom	52.50	30	51.71	27	1:44.21	28

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Belarus has qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women.^[2][3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sergey Bocharnikov	Sprint	25:20.9	2 (1+1)	42
	Pursuit	37:15.6	6 (1+3+0+2)	37
	Individual	50:25.3	1 (0+0+0+1)	18
Vladimir Chepelin	Sprint	25:04.8	2 (1+1)	34
	Pursuit	37:04.6	6 (0+0+3+3)	36
	Individual	51:27.9	3 (1+0+1+1)	30
Anton Smolski	Sprint	25:05.9	1 (1+0)	35
	Pursuit	36:44.1	3 (1+1+1+0)	33
Maksim Varabei	Individual	52:01.3	3 (0+2+0+1)	39
Raman Yaliotnau	Sprint	26:12.6	6 (2+4)	71
	Individual	52:57.6	5 (1+2+1+1)	52
Sergey Bocharnikov Vladimir Chepelin Anton Smolski Raman Yaliotnau	Team relay	1:20:06.0	15 (8+7)	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Dzinara Alimbekava	Individual	47:04.0	4 (1+1+1+1)	56
Darya Domracheva	Sprint	21:52.4	2 (1+1)	9
	Pursuit	34:26.8	6 (0+1+1+4)	37
	Individual	44:57.8	4 (0+0+1+3)	27
	Mass start	35:41.8	1 (0+0+1+0)
Iryna Kryuko	Sprint	22:17.4	1 (0+1)	17
	Pursuit	32:54.0	2 (1+0+0+1)	17
	Individual	45:26.0	3 (0+2+0+1)	36
	Mass start	39:04.0	4 (3+1+0+0)	26
Nadzeya Pisareva	Sprint	23:29.1	2 (0+2)	52
	Pursuit	35:10.3	3 (2+0+0+1)	44
Nadezhda Skardino	Sprint	23:07.8	3 (2+1)	36
	Pursuit	32:42.7	1 (0+0+1+0)	14
	Individual	43:40.2	1 (0+0+0+1)	10
	Mass start	36:10.9	0 (0+0+0+0)	7
Dzinara Alimbekava Darya Domracheva Iryna Kryuko Nadezhda Skardino	Team relay	1:12:03.4	9 (3+6)

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Sergey Bocharnikov Vladimir Chepelin Darya Domracheva Nadezhda Skardino	Team relay	1:09:29.8	3 (2+1)	5

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belarus has qualified four male and five female skiers:

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Yury Astapenka	15 km freestyle	—				37:04.0	+3:20.1	55
	30 km skiathlon	44:35.3	54	38:37.2	49	1:23:12.5	+6:52.5	50
Sergei Dolidovich	30 km skiathlon	DNF
Michail Semenov	15 km freestyle	—				36:25.8	+2:41.9	40
	30 km skiathlon	43:44.1	48	37:27.9	37	1:21:12.0	+4:52.0	44
	50 km classical	—				2:22:51.2	+14:29.1	44
Aliaksandr Voranau	15 km freestyle	—				38:05.5	+4:21.6	73

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Valiantsina Kaminskaya	10 km freestyle	—				30:01.6	+5:01.1	70
	30 km classical	—				1:42:27.6	+20:10.0	45
Polina Seronosova	10 km freestyle	—				28:22.8	+3:22.3	48
	15 km skiathlon	23:09.8	37	21:53.8	57	45:34.9	+4:50.0	46
	30 km classical	—				1:39:36.0	+17:18.4	40
Yulia Tikhonova	10 km freestyle	—				28:07.0	+3:06.5	40
	15 km skiathlon	23:29.6	40	20:54.2	37	44:57.1	+4:12.2	42
	30 km classical	—				DNF
Valiantsina Kaminskaya Anastasia Kirillova Polina Seronosova Yulia Tikhonova	4×5 km relay	—				57:56.1	+6:31.8	14

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aliaksandr Voranau	Men's sprint	3:17.12	27 Q	3:14.95	5	Did not advance
Yury Astapenka Michail Semenov	Men's team sprint	—				16:32.31	7	Did not advance
Valiantsina Kaminskaya	Women's sprint	3:32.80	47	Did not advance
Anastasia Kirillova		3:28.98	40	Did not advance
Polina Seronosova		3:29.44	41	Did not advance
Yulia Tikhonova		3:27.19	35	Did not advance
Polina Seronosova Yulia Tikhonova	Women's team sprint	—				17:33.63	8	Did not advance

Qualification legend: Q – Qualify on position in heat; q – Qualify on time in round

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belarus has qualified three male and three female skiers:

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
Maxim Gustik	Men's aerials	92.92	18	89.14	16	Did not advance
Stanislau Hladchenko		126.11	4 QF	Bye		123.01	5 Q	126.70	3 Q	92.61	6
Anton Kushnir		120.80	11	121.27	7	Did not advance
Hanna Huskova	Women's aerials	100.45	2 QF	Bye		94.15	1	85.05	4	96.14
Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya		38.85	24	83.65	8	Did not advance
Alla Tsuper		77.90	15	99.37	1 Q	90.82	3	84.00	5	59.94	4

Short track speed skating

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belarus has qualified one skater for men's 1500 m events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maksim Siarheyeu	Men's 1500 m	2:15.242	5	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belarus earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification.^[5]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Ignat Golovatsiuk	Men's 500 m	35.23	22
	Men's 1000 m	1:10.140	28
Kseniya Sadouskaya	Women's 500 m	39.64	30
Maryna Zuyeva	Women's 1500 m	DSQ
	Women's 3000 m	4:05.96	11
	Women's 5000 m	7:04.41	7

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Vitali Mikhailau	Men's mass start	20	7:55.25	3 Q	1	7:53.38	7
Tatsiana Mikhailava	Women's mass start	0	8:33.93	11	Did not advance
Maryna Zuyeva		0	8:54.38	8 Q	3	8:41.73	6

References

1. "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
2. "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
3. "Women's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
4. "XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
5. "Communication No. 2136: XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang Entries Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.