Kazakhstan at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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

Kazakhstan at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	29 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Kayrat Biekenov[1]
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Vladimir Smirnov	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 kilometre classical	27 February
Silver	Vladimir Smirnov	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 kilometre classical	17 February
Silver	Vladimir Smirnov	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit	19 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	1	1	2
Cross-country skiing	6	4	10
Figure skating	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	0	1	1
Ski jumping	3	–	3
Speed skating	6	2	8
Total	19	10	29

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Andrey Kolotvin	Super-G				1:50.39	43
	Combined	1:41.14	58.54	54.91	3:34.59	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Olga Vedyacheva	Super-G				1:26.66	37
	Downhill				1:38.58	24
	Combined	1:29.74	56.89	54.24	3:20.87	19

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Dmitry Pantov	10 km sprint	31:54.2	5	48
	20 km individual	1:03:29.8	6	51

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Inna Sheshkil	7.5 km sprint	26:13.9	2	4
	15 km individual	56:16.5	5	29

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Nikolay Ivanov	10 km classical					25:48.3	16
	15 km free pursuit	+01:28	16	38:22.5	25	+4:01.7	19
	30 km free					1:20:53.9	40
	50 km classical					2:22:59.1	50
Pavel Korolyov	30 km free					1:23:25.3	53
Sergey Margatsky	50 km classical					2:21:57.9	45
Andrey Nevzorov	10 km classical					26:45.9	37
	15 km free pursuit	+02:25	37	38:47.9	37	+5:24.1	31
	30 km free					1:21:14.5	42
Pavel Ryabinin	10 km classical					26:41.7	34
	15 km free pursuit	+2:21	34	38:24.6	27	+4:56.8	26
	50 km classical					2:18:08.1	29
Vladimir Smirnov	10 km classical					24:38.3
	15 km free pursuit	+00:18	2	36:00.0	2	+29.2
	30 km free					1:16:01.8	10
	50 km classical					2:07:20.3
Nikolay Ivanov Pavel Korolyov Andrey Nevzorov Pavel Ryabinin	4 × 10 km relay					1:47:41.3	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Yelena Chernetsova	5 km classical					16:28.8	49
	10 km free pursuit	+02:20	49	33:26.4	53	+8:16.3	53
	15 km free					49:56.7	53
	30 km classical					1:38:17.0	46
Oksana Kotova	5 km classical					16:40.7	56
	10 km free pursuit	+02:32	56	31:31.6	43	+6:33.5	48
	15 km free					47:02.1	43
	30 km classical					1:38:34.1	47
Nataliya Shtaymets	5 km classical					16:33.4	52
	10 km free pursuit						DNF
Yelena Volodina	5 km classical					15:49.7	33
	10 km free pursuit	+01:41	33	31:12.1	40	+5:23.0	38
	15 km free					47:35.6	47
	30 km classical					1:31:43.1	21
Nataliya Shtaymets Yelena Chernetsova Oksana Kotova Yelena Volodina	4 × 5 km relay					1:03:13.0	13

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Ice dancing

Athlete	Final
	Compulsory dance 1	Rank	Compulsory dance 2	Rank	Original dance	Rank	Free dance	Total	Rank
Elizaveta Stekolnikova Dmitry Kazarlyga	3.4	17	3.4	17	10.2	17	18.0	35.0	18

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleksey Bannikov	Moguls	22.98	21	Did Not Advance

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yelena Sinitsina	500 metres	50.36	3rd	Ranking round					21st
	1000 metres	-	DQ	Ranking round					DQ

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Andrey Verveykin	Large hill	72.0	32	62.1	134.1	37
	Normal hill	102.0	37	119.5	221.5	24
Aleksandr Kolmakov	Large hill	52.6	45	44.3	96.9	48
	Normal hill	89.5	48	76.0	165.5	46
Kayrat Biekenov	Large hill	91.0	47	66.5	157.5	49
	Normal hill	7.3	58	27.9	35.2	58

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Radik Bikchentayev	1500 metres	1:56.73	29
	5000 metres	6:58.17	16
Vladimir Klepenin	500 metres	38.09	33
	1000 metres	1:15.99	34
Yevgeny Sanarov	5000 metres	6:59.02	19
	10000 metres	14:21.12	14
Vadim Sayutin	1500 metres	1:57.03	30
	5000 metres	7:01.93	27
Vadim Shakshakbayev	500 metres	37.07	12
	1000 metres	1:15.06	20
Sergey Tsybenko	1500 metres	1:57.43	33

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Lyudmila Prokasheva	3000 metres	4:19.33	4
	5000 metres	7:28.58	6
Kenzhesh Sarsekenova	3000 metres	4:45.56	24

References

1. "Kayrat Biekenov". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
2. Kazakhstan at the 1994 Winter Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database