Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Ukraine competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 33 competitors in 9 sports. Oleksandr Abramenko won the only medal for the country, a gold in men's aerials freestyle skiing, earning Ukraine the 21st place in the overall medal table.

Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Ukraine
IOC code	UKR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website	www.noc-ukr.org/en
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	33 (17 men and 16 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Olena Pidhrushna (opening)[1] Oleksandr Abramenko (closing)
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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	Oleksandr Abramenko	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials	18 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	6	11
Cross-country	2	2	4
Figure skating	2	2	4
Freestyle skiing	1	2	3
Luge	4	2	6
Nordic combined	1	0	1
Skeleton	1	0	1
Snowboarding	0	1	1
Total	17	16	33

Alpine skiing

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

Ukraine has qualified at least one male and one female athlete for alpine skiing. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivan Kovbasnyuk	Men's combined	1:24.21	57	DNF
	Men's downhill	—				1:48.57	49
	Men's giant slalom	1:20.41	70	1:17.26	51	2:37.67	57
	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's super-G	—				DNF
Olha Knysh	Women's giant slalom	1:20.51	53	DNF
	Women's slalom	59.07	50	58.93	46	1:58.00	45
	Women's super-G	—				1:30.60	43

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, Ukraine has qualified a team of 5 men and 6 women.^[3][4] Olena Pidhrushna was selected for the team, but did not take part in the races.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Sprint	24:27.5	0 (0+0)	21
	Pursuit	36:53.2	4 (1+0+2+1)	34
Artem Pryma	Sprint	25:14.9	2 (1+1)	40
	Pursuit	37:16.3	6 (1+1+2+2)	38
	Individual	52:36.5	4 (1+2+0+1)	46
Serhiy Semenov	Sprint	25:24.9	1 (0+1)	46
	Pursuit	38:23.7	5 (1+0+2+2)	49
	Individual	52:57.9	3 (1+0+1+1)	53
Vladimir Semakov	Sprint	26:31.7	3 (1+2)	78
	Individual	51:32.1	1 (0+1+0+0)	31
Artem Tyshchenko	Individual	51:15.2	0 (0+0+0+0)	29
Dmytro Pidruchnyi Artem Pryma Vladimir Semakov Serhiy Semenov	Team relay	1:20:17.3	11 (0+11)	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Yuliia Dzhima	Individual	44:33.9	2 (1+0+1+0)	20
Anastasiya Merkushyna	Sprint	23:32.3	3 (2+1)	55
	Pursuit	35:30.4	5 (0+2+2+1)	46
	Individual	48:42.0	6 (1+1+3+1)	70
Valentyna Semerenko	Sprint	23:20.9	3 (2+1)	46
	Pursuit	DNS
	Individual	44:53.9	1 (0+0+0+1)	25
	Mass start	37:39.9	1 (1+0+0+0)	19
Vita Semerenko	Sprint	22:00.7	1 (0+1)	14
	Pursuit	32:54.4	4 (2+1+1+0)	18
	Individual	48:03.8	5 (0+3+1+1)	63
	Mass start	38:25.3	3 (0+0+3+0)	24
Iryna Varvynets	Sprint	24:48.1	5 (1+4)	73
Iryna Varvynets Vita Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Anastasiya Merkushyna	Team relay	1:13:44.8	10 (2+10)	11

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Iryna Varvynets Yuliia Dzhima Dmytro Pidruchnyi Artem Pryma	Team relay	1:09:46.4	5 (0+5)	7

Cross-country skiing

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

Four skiers will represent Ukraine in cross-country skiing.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Oleksii Krasovskyi	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				39:05.3	+5:21.4	84
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	44:36.7	59	LAP
	Men's 50 km classical	—				2:25:36.4	+17:14.3	50
Andrii Orlyk	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				39:11.3	+5:27.4	86
Maryna Antsybor	Women's 10 km freestyle	—				28:18.7	+3:18.2	46
	Women's 15 km skiathlon	24:09.3	55	21:36.5	52	46:18.2	+5:33.3	53
Tetyana Antypenko	Women's 10 km freestyle	—				28:38.2	+3:37.7	52
	Women's 15 km skiathlon	23:32.3	45	21:24.0	49	45:31.2	+4:46.3	45
	Women's 30 km classical	—				1:38:17.3	+15:59.7	38

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oleksii Krasovskyi	Men's sprint	3:33.40	70	Did not advance
Andrii Orlyk		3:39.18	79	Did not advance
Oleksii Krasovskyi Andrii Orlyk	Men's team sprint	—				17:32.50	10	Did not advance
Maryna Antsybor	Women's sprint	3:40.17	56	Did not advance
Tetyana Antypenko		3:38.56	54	Did not advance
Maryna Antsybor Tetyana Antypenko	Women's team sprint	—				17:44.04	10	Did not advance

Figure skating

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

Ukraine qualified an ice dancing team, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[5] They additionally qualified one male and one female figure skater through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.^[6] The team was announced on December 19, 2017.^[7]

Athlete	Event	SP / SD		FS / FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yaroslav Paniot	Men's singles	46.58	30	Did not advance
Anna Khnychenkova	Ladies' singles	47.59	29	Did not advance
Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin	Ice dancing	57.97	21	Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

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

Three skiers will represent Ukraine in freestyle skiing.

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
Oleksandr Abramenko	Men's aerials	123.01	9	123.08	4 Q	125.67	3 Q	125.79	4 Q	128.51
Olga Polyuk	Women's aerials	82.21	10	55.50	17	Did not advance

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Tetiana Petrova	Women's moguls	36.69	39.54	46.19	29	37.62	17.46	23.07	20	Did not advance

Luge

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

Based on the results from the World during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Ukraine qualified 5 sleds.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anton Dukach	Men's singles	48.888	27	48.307	21	48.303	24	Eliminated		2:25.498	23
Andriy Mandziy		1:02.935	40	48.473	25	47.981	19	Eliminated		2:39.389	40
Oleksandr Obolonchyk Roman Zakharkiv	Men's doubles	48.316	20	47.401	20	—				1:35.717	20
Olena Shkhumova	Women's singles	46.950	19	46.844	19	47.751	26	Eliminated		2:21.545	21
Olena Stetskiv		50.599	30	48.303	29	47.929	28	Eliminated		2:26.831	28

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olena Shkhumova Anton Dukach Oleksandr Obolonchyk Roman Zakharkiv	Team relay	51.503	13	49.135	9	50.365	13	2:31.003	13

Nordic combined

Main articles: Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

One skier will represent Ukraine in Nordic combined.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktor Pasichnyk	Normal hill/10 km	89.5	84.0	36	24:40.1	13	27:46.1	30
	Large hill/10 km	126.0	108.2	21	24:36.6	33	26:39.6	23

Skeleton

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

Ukraine qualified 1 sled, making its Olympic debut in the sport of skeleton.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vladyslav Heraskevych	Men's	51.26	14	51.16	15	51.21	17	50.85	7	3:24.47	12

Snowboarding

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

One athlete will represent Ukraine in snowboarding.

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Annamari Dancha	Women's giant slalom	1:46.64	28	Did not advance

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. "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
3. "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
4. "Women's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
5. "Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
6. "ISU communication 2119". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
7. "Визначено склад команди для участі у чемпіонаті Європи та зимовій Олімпіаді" [Squad named for the European Championships and the Winter Olympics] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. 19 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017.
8. "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
9. "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.