Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Russia took part in the 1994 Winter Olympics held in Lillehammer, Norway. This was a big moment because it was the first time athletes from Russia competed in the Winter Olympic Games after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Before this, in the 1992 Winter Olympics, Russian athletes had competed together with athletes from other former Soviet republics as part of the Unified Team. The 1994 Winter Olympics was a chance for Russia to show its skills as its own country in events like ice skating, skiing, and more.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Aleksandr Golubev	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	14 February
Gold	Lyubov Yegorova	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 kilometre classical	15 February
Gold	Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov	Figure skating	Pairs	15 February
Gold	Lyubov Yegorova	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit	17 February
Gold	Svetlana Bazhanova	Speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	17 February
Gold	Alexei Urmanov	Figure skating	Men's singles	19 February
Gold	Sergei Tarasov	Biathlon	Men's individual	20 February
Gold	Nina Gavrilyuk Larisa Lazutina Yelena Välbe Lyubov Yegorova	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay	21 February
Gold	Oksana Grishuk Evgeny Platov	Figure skating	Ice dance	21 February
Gold	Sergei Tchepikov	Biathlon	Men's sprint	23 February
Gold	Luiza Noskova Anfisa Reztsova Natalya Snytina Nadezhda Talanova	Biathlon	Women's relay	25 February
Silver	Lyubov Yegorova	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 kilometre freestyle	13 February
Silver	Sergey Klevchenya	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	14 February
Silver	Svetlana Gladisheva	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G	15 February
Silver	Vladimir Drachev Valeri Kiriyenko Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tchepikov	Biathlon	Men's relay	15 February
Silver	Natalia Mishkutenok Artur Dmitriev	Figure skating	Pairs	15 February
Silver	Sergey Shupletsov	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls	16 February
Silver	Svetlana Fedotkina	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	21 February
Silver	Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin	Figure skating	Ice dance	21 February
Bronze	Nina Gavrilyuk	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 km freestyle	13 February
Bronze	Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls	16 February
Bronze	Sergey Klevchenya	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	18 February
Bronze	Sergei Tarasov	Biathlon	Men's sprint	23 February

Competitors

Here is the list showing how many athletes from Russia took part in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	4	6
Biathlon	5	5	10
Bobsleigh	6	–	6
Cross-country skiing	7	6	13
Figure skating	9	6	15
Freestyle skiing	1	5	6
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	6	2	8
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	2	4	6
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	6	6	12
Total	75	38	113

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Vasili Bezsmelnitsyn	Downhill				Disqualified
	Super-G				1:36.50	34
	Giant slalom	DNF		did not finish
	Combined	1:41.19	DNF	did not finish
Andrei Filichkin	Downhill				1:48.81	37
	Super-G				1:35.26	30
	Giant slalom	DNF		did not finish
	Combined	1:39.77	DNF	did not finish

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Nataliya Buga	Super-G				1:26.09	34
	Downhill				1:40.93	35
	Combined	1:32.01	DNS	did not finish
	Giant slalom	DNF		did not finish
Svetlana Gladisheva	Super-G				1:22.44
	Downhill				1:38.10	17
	Combined	1:29.45	DNF	did not finish
Mira Golub	Super-G				1:27.23	38
	Downhill				1:43.21	38
	Combined	1:33.80	DNS	did not finish
Varvara Zelenskaya	Super-G				1:23.80	21
	Downhill				1:37.48	8
	Combined	1:29.66	DNS	did not finish

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Vladimir Drachev	10 km sprint	28:28.9	1	4
Valeri Kiriyenko	20 km individual	1:01:46.3	3	35
Valeri Kiriyenko	10 km sprint	30:06.2	3	16
Valeriy Medvedtsev	20 km individual	1:00:44.0	3	24
Sergei Tchepikov	20 km individual	59:31.4	5	8
Sergei Tchepikov	10 km sprint	28:07.0	0
Sergei Tarasov	20 km individual	57:25.3	3
Sergei Tarasov	10 km sprint	28:27.4	1
Valeri Kiriyenko Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tchepikov	4 x 7.5 km relay	1:31:23.6	2

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Lyubov Belyakova	7.5 km sprint	28:37.0	2	42
Luiza Noskova	15 km individual	54:18.2	4	10
Luiza Noskova	7.5 km sprint	28:27.8	5	39
Anfisa Reztsova	15 km individual	56:10.2	8	26
Anfisa Reztsova	7.5 km sprint	28:09.8	7	32
Natalya Snytina	15 km individual	55:58.7	4	23
Nadezhda Talanova	15 km individual	55:14.0	5	16
Nadezhda Talanova	7.5 km sprint	27:18.1	2	19
Nadezhda Talanova Natalya Snytina Luiza Noskova Anfisa Reztsova	4 x 7.5 km relay	1:47:19.5	0

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Oleg Sukhoruchenko Andrei Gorokhov	Two-man	53.88	54.11	54.09	54.01	3:36.09	26
Vladimir Yefimov Oleg Petrov	Two-man	54.19	54.21	54.30	54.40	3:37.10	29
Oleg Sukhoruchenko Aidar Teregulov Sergei Kruglov Oleg Petrov	Four-man	53.15	53.20	53.44	53.39	3:33.18	24

Cross-country skiing

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

In the 1994 Winter Olympics held in Lillehammer, Norway, athletes from Russia competed in cross-country skiing events for both men and women. The results of these competitions are shown in the tables below.

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Igor Badamchin	30 km freestyle	2:12:20.1	14
Igor Badamchin	50 km classical	2:11:52.8	13
Mikhail Botvinov	30 km freestyle	1:14:43.3	4
	10 km classical	24:58.9	4
	15 km freestyle pursuit	1:01:57.8	5
	50 km classical	2:10:18.9	9
Andrey Kirilov	10 km classical	25:41.2	13
Andrey Kirilov	15 km freestyle pursuit	1:03:59.7	16
Gennadiy Lazutin	30 km freestyle	1:16:45.9	15
Vladimir Legotin	10 km classical	25:52.6	18
Vladimir Legotin	15 km freestyle pursuit	1:04:00.1	17
Alexey Prokurorov	30 km freestyle	1:19:15.3	28
	10 km classical	25:55.3	20
	15 km freestyle pursuit	1:03:07.8	12
	50 km classical	2:11:52.8	13
Aleksandr Vorobyov	50 km classical	2:13:44.5	17
Andrey Kirilov Alexey Prokurorov Gennadiy Lazutin Mikhail Botvinov	4 x 10 km relay	1:44:29.2	5

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Nina Gavrilyuk	15 km freestyle	41:10.4
	5 km classical	15:01.6	11
	10 km freestyle pursuit	42:36.9	5
Larisa Lazutina	15 km freestyle	41:57.6	5
	5 km classical	14:44.2	6
	10 km freestyle pursuit	42:36.6	4
Nataliya Martynova	30 km classical	1:31:59.4	23
Svetlana Nageykina	5 km classical	15:08.5	16
	10 km freestyle pursuit	44:31.7	19
	30 km classical	1:27:57.2	9
Yelena Välbe	15 km freestyle	42:26.6	6
Yelena Välbe	30 km classical	1:26:57.4	6
Lyubov Yegorova	15 km free	41:03.0
	5 km classical	14:08.8
	10 km freestyle pursuit	41:38.1
	30 km classical	1:26:54.8	5
Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Lyubov Yegorova	4 x 5 km relay	57:12.5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, featured exciting figure skating events. Russian athletes participated for the first time since the Soviet Union ended in 1991. Previously, in 1992, they had competed as part of the Unified Team.

Athlete	Event	CD1	CD2	SP/OD	FS/FD	Points	Rank
Igor Pashkevich	Men's			14	15	22.0	15
Oleg Tataurov	Men's			5	13	15.5	11
Alexei Urmanov	Men's			1	1	1.5
Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov	Pairs			1	1	1.5
Natalia Mishkutenok Artur Dmitriev	Pairs			2	2	3.0
Evgenia Shishkova Vadim Naumov	Pairs			4	4	6.0	4
Oksana Grishuk Evgeny Platov	Ice dance	2	1	3	1	3.4
Anjelika Krylova Vladimir Fedorov	Ice dance	6	6	6	6	12.0	6
Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin	Ice dance	1	2	2	2	3.8

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sergey Shupletsov	Moguls	26.64	3 Q	26.90

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marina Cherkasova	Moguls	22.60	13 Q	22.32	14
Lyudmila Dymchenko	Moguls	22.47	14 Q	23.12	12
Yelena Korolyova	Moguls	22.23	16 Q	22.22	15
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova	Moguls	24.70	3 Q	25.81
Nataliya Orekhova	Aerials	150.40	6 Q	134.92	12

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Russian players competed in ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Viktor Tikhonov was the head coach of the men's team. The team took part in several rounds of the competition, including the preliminary round, a play-off, a quarterfinal, a semifinal, and a bronze medal match.

Pos.	No.	Player	Team
GK	1	Andrei Zuev	Traktor Chelyabinsk
GK	35	Sergei Abramov	Ak Bars Kazan
GK	20	Valery Ivannikov	SKA St. Petersburg
D	2	Oleg Davydov	Traktor Chelyabinsk
D	4	Sergei Sorokin	Dynamo Moscow
D	5	Alexander Smirnov	TPS
D	3	Sergei Tertyshny	Traktor Chelyabinsk
D	6	Vladimir Tarasov	Lada Togliatti
D	22	Sergei Shendelev	EC Hedos München
D	10	Igor Ivanov	Krylia Sovetov Moscow
D	26	Oleg Shargorodsky	Dynamo Moscow
F	24	Andrei Nikolishin	Dynamo Moscow
F	12	Sergei Berezin	Khimik Voskresensk
F	19	Aleksandr Vinogradov	SKA St. Petersburg
F	14	Valeri Karpov	Traktor Chelyabinsk
F	21	Dmitri Denisov	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
F	29	Ravil Gusmanov	Traktor Chelyabinsk
F	23	Pavel Torgayev	TPS
F	9	Alexei Kudashov	St. John's Maple Leafs
F	28	Andrei Tarasenko	Traktor Chelyabinsk
F	16	Igor Varitsky	Traktor Chelyabinsk
F	11	Georgi Yevtyukhin	Spartak Moscow
F	25	Vyacheslav Bezukladnikov	Lada Togliatti

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	25	5	10
Germany	5	3	2	11	14	6
Czech Republic	5	3	2	16	11	6
Russia	5	3	2	20	14	6
Austria	5	1	4	13	28	2
Norway	5	0	5	5	19	0

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Eduard Burmistrov	Men's singles	51.102	51.351	50.877	51.063	3:24.393	14
Sergey Danilin	Men's singles	50.767	50.973	50.665	50.856	3:23.261	11
Albert Demtschenko	Men's singles	50.601	50.863	50.633	50.530	3:22.627	9
Irina Gubkina	Women's singles	49.167	49.231	49.376	49.424	3:17.198	7
Olga Novikova	Women's singles	49.860	50.044	49.842	50.231	3:19.977	18
Anatoli Bobkov Gennadi Belyakov	Doubles	49.296	49.384			1:38.680	15
Albert Demtschenko Aleksei Zelensky	Doubles	48.655	48.822			1:37.477	7

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Dmitri Dubrovsky	Individual 15 km	139.0	53	12:00	52:27.6 +13:19.7	47
Stanislav Dubrovsky	Individual 15 km	162.0	49	9:26	51:37.0 +12:29.1	45
Valery Kobelev	Individual 15 km	180.0	38	7:26	53:12.5 +14:04.6	48
Valeri Stolyarov	Individual 15 km	174.5	40	8:03	49:54.2 +10:46.3	43
Valery Kobelev Stanislav Dubrovsky Valeri Stolyarov	3 x 10 km relay	503.0	12	19:12	1:49:55.0 +27:03.2	12

Short track speed skating

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

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergei Kobozev	500 m	44.54	3	did not advance					17
Sergei Kobozev	1000 m	1:33.07	3	did not advance					20
Igor Ozerov	500 m	45.48	3	did not advance					20
Igor Ozerov	1000 m	1:44.38	4	did not advance					30

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marina Pylayeva	500 m	47.47	2 Q	Disqualification		did not advance			16
Marina Pylayeva	1000 m	1:44.38	1 Q	1:42.15	4	did not advance			12
Yelena Tikhanina	500 m	47.79	3	did not advance					17
Yelena Tikhanina	1000 m	1:53.92	3	did not advance					24
Viktoriya Troytskaya	500 m	48.59	3	did not advance					20
Viktoriya Troytskaya	1000 m	1:59.84	4	did not advance					29
Yekaterina Mikhaylova Marina Pylayeva Yelena Tikhanina Viktoriya Troytskaya	3000 m relay					4:33.47	3	4:34.60	Final B 5

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics

The ski jumping events were part of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Russian athletes participated in these events, marking their first appearance since the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. The competitions tested athletes' skills in jumping long distances on specially designed hills.

Athlete	Event	First round		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Dmitri Chelovenko	Large hill	45.4	48	41.0	86.4	49
Dmitri Chelovenko	Normal hill	66.0	57	70.5	136.5	54
Stanislav Pokhilko	Large hill	54.5	44	54.9	109.4	44
Stanislav Pokhilko	Normal hill	93.5	44	80.5	174.0	41
Aleksei Solodyankin	Large hill	26.1	55	32.1	58.2	57
Aleksei Solodyankin	Normal hill	81.0	54	87.0	168.0	45
Mikhail Yesin	Large hill	65.4	41	46.9	112.3	42
Mikhail Yesin	Normal hill	87.0	50	Disqualified
Aleksei Solodyankin Dmitri Chelovenko Stanislav Pokhilko Mikhail Yesin	Team	198.0	12	218.3	416.3	12

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

The men and women from Russia took part in speed skating events at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Their results are shown in the tables below.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andrey Anufriyenko	5000 m	6:53.23	11
	1500 m	1:53.16	5
	10000 m	14:18.42	12
Andrei Bakhvalov	500 m	37.24	16
Andrei Bakhvalov	1000 m	1:15.36	26
Aleksandr Golubev	500 m	36.33 OR
Aleksandr Golubev	1000 m	1:14.78	17
Sergey Klevchenya	500 m	36.39
Sergey Klevchenya	1000 m	1:12.85
Oleg Pavlov	5000 m	7:07.09	31
Oleg Pavlov	1500 m	1:54.90	16
Mikhail Vostroknutov	500 m	37.15	15
Mikhail Vostroknutov	1000 m	did not finish

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Svetlana Bazhanova	3000 m	4:17.43
	1500 m	2:03.99	6
	5000 m	7:22.68	5
Svetlana Boyarkina	500 m	40.17	7
Svetlana Boyarkina	1000 m	1:22.44	24
Svetlana Fedotkina	500 m	41.05	20
	1500 m	2:02.69
	1000 m	1:20.89	11
Nataliya Polozkova	500 m	41.06	22
	1500 m	2:04.00	7
	1000 m	1:20.84	10
Oksana Ravilova	500 m	40.72	17
	1500 m	2:08.65	25
	1000 m	1:20.82	9
Tatyana Trapeznikova	3000 m	4:27.82	12
Tatyana Trapeznikova	5000 m	7:40.55	13

Medalists

Competitors

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Speed skating

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