Kazakhstan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Kazakhstan at the 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh)
in Nagano
Competitors	60 (45 men, 15 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Vladimir Smirnov (cross-country skiing)
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Kazakhstan competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Vladimir Smirnov	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit	14 February
Bronze	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Speed skating	Women's 5000 metres	20 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Figure skating	3	2	5
Freestyle skiing	1	1	2
Ice hockey	22	0	22
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	5	2	7
Total	45	15	60

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Dmitry Kvach	Giant Slalom	1:29.95	DNF	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Total
		Time	Rank
Yuliya Krygina	Super-G	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Dmitry Pantov	3	30:51.8	54
	Valery Ivanov	5	59:58.8	31
	Dmitry Pozdnyakov	0	29:30.1	24

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Dmitry Pozdnyakov	59:22.9	6	1'05:22.9	59
	Valery Ivanov	56:55.9	7	1'03:55.9	52
	Dmitry Pantov	58:10.5	5	1'03:10.5	49

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Dmitry Pantov Dmitry Pozdnyakov Aleksandr Menshchikov Valery Ivanov	1	1'27:56.0	16

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Inna Sheshkil	1	24:32.9	20
	Margarita Dulova	1	24:21.7	18

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Inna Sheshkil	56:27.7	7	1'03:27.7	54
	Lyudmila Guryeva	54:42.8	4	58:42.8	23

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Inna Sheshkil Margarita Dulova Yelena Dubok Lyudmila Guryeva	2	1'45:22.9	11

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

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Vitaly Lilichenko	32:54.5	80
	Andrey Nevzorov	31:30.4	68
	Pavel Ryabinin	30:37.0	50
	Vladimir Smirnov	27:45.1	4
15 km pursuit^1 F	Vitaly Lilichenko	48:58.1	59
	Andrey Nevzorov	45:30.7	48
	Pavel Ryabinin	44:41.7	36
	Vladimir Smirnov	40:07.5
30 km C	Vladimir Bortsov	1'45:12.8	50
	Andrey Nevzorov	1'42:48.8	41
	Pavel Ryabinin	1'39:31.6	13
	Vladimir Smirnov	1'38:59.1	12
50 km F	Vitaly Lilichenko	2'25:58.0	55
	Vladimir Bortsov	2'20:39.3	45
	Andrey Nevzorov	2'15:14.7	23
	Vladimir Smirnov	2'07:26.4	8

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Pavel Ryabinin Vladimir Bortsov Andrey Nevzorov Vitaly Lilichenko	1'46:12.9	16

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Olga Seleznyova	20:27.7	66
	Svetlana Deshevykh	19:25.3	44
	Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova	19:10.7	35
	Oksana Yatskaya	18:57.3	27
10 km pursuit^2 F	Olga Seleznyova	36:00.6	63
	Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova	32:39.4	42
	Oksana Yatskaya	32:20.5	39
	Svetlana Deshevykh	32:20.2	38
15 km C	Yelena Volodina-Antonova	55:34.0	57
	Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova	53:13.7	49
	Oksana Yatskaya	51:39.7	32
	Svetlana Deshevykh	50:28.0	20
30 km F	Olga Seleznyova	1'36:30.6	52
	Oksana Yatskaya	1'33:23.4	40
	Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova	1'31:39.7	30
	Svetlana Deshevykh	1'29:48.1	21

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Svetlana Deshevykh Oksana Yatskaya Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova Olga Seleznyova	59:11.3	12

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Yourii Litvinov	28	DNF	DNF	–

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Marina Khalturina Andrei Kroukov	16	14	22.0	14

Ice dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Elizaveta Stekolnikova Dmitrii Kazarlyga	23	22	22	22	44.2	22

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Aleksey Bannikov	Moguls	29.06	20.18	26	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Irina Kormysheva	Moguls	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - Group A

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	14	11	+3	5
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	3
Italy	3	1	2	0	11	11	0	2
Austria	3	0	1	2	9	12	-3	2

All times are local (UTC-7).

7 February 1998

Kazakhstan

5 – 3 (1-3, 1-0, 3-0)

Italy

The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 8,634

8 February 1998

Austria

5 – 5 (2-2, 2-1, 1-2)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,410

10 February 1998

Slovakia

3 – 4 (1-1, 1-0, 1-3)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,659

First round - Group D

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	4
Finland	3	1	2	0	11	9	+2	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	6	25	-19	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998

Russia

9 – 2 (2-1, 5-0, 2-1)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 3,752

15 February 1998

Czech Republic

8 – 2 (0-1, 2-3, 0-4)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975

16 February 1998

Finland

8 – 2 (1-3, 0-1, 1-4)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 5,544

Quarterfinal

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998

Canada

4 – 1 (2-1, 2-0, 0-0)

Kazakhstan

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,602

Leading scorers

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
4th	Aleksandr Koreshkov	7	3	6	9	2
6th	Konstantin Shafranov	7	4	3	7	6

• Team roster

• Aleksandr Koreshkov
• Konstantin Shafranov
• Mikhail Borodulin
• Yevgeniy Koreshkov
• Vladimir Zavyalov
• Igor Zemlyanov
• Dmitriy Dudarev
• Andrey Pchelyakov
• Andrey Sokolov
• Pavel Kamentsev
• Vitaly Tregubov
• Vadim Glovatsky
• Andrey Savenkov
• Vladimir Antipin
• Piotr Deviatkin
• Igor Dorohkin
• Alexander Shimin
• Alexey Trochshinsky
• Vitaliy Yeremeyev

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Aleksandr Kolmakov	Normal hill	67.5	63.0	58	did not advance
Pavel Gayduk		72.0	76.5	48	did not advance
Stanislav Filimonov		75.5	85.0	32	did not advance
Dmitry Chvykov		79.0	93.5	25 Q	75.0	83.5	177.0	30
Dmitry Chvykov	Large hill	101.5	76.2	49	did not advance
Aleksandr Kolmakov		101.5	80.7	46	did not advance
Pavel Gayduk		104.5	87.1	42	did not advance
Stanislav Filimonov		111.0	98.3	27 Q	116.0	108.3	206.6	25

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points ^1	Rank
Pavel Gayduk Aleksandr Kolmakov Dmitry Chvykov Stanislav Filimonov	602.0	11

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Vladimir Klepinin	37.22	36	36.92	31	74.14	32
	Vadim Shakshakbayev	36.87	29	36.57	23	73.44	24
1000 m	Vladimir Klepinin					1:14.38	37
	Sergey Tsybenko					1:12.40	17
1500 m	Sergey Kaznacheyev					1:55.22	41
	Radik Bikchentayev					1:52.87	27
	Sergey Tsybenko					1:52.03	19
5000 m	Radik Bikchentayev					6:52.65	27
	Sergey Kaznacheyev					6:51.50	26

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1500 m	Lyudmila Prokasheva	2:01.65	11
3000 m	Kenzhesh Sarsekenova-Orynbayeva	4:42.07	31
	Lyudmila Prokasheva	4:14.23	7
5000 m	Lyudmila Prokasheva	7:11.14

References

1. Kazakhstan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com