Russia at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codeRUS
NOCRussian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.roc.ru (in Russian)
in Nagano
Competitors122 (79 men, 43 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer Alexey Prokurorov
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
9
Silver
6
Bronze
3
Total
18
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1956–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
 ROC (2022)

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Galina Koukleva Biathlon Women's 7.5 km sprint
 Gold Yuliya Chepalova Cross-country skiing Women's 30 km freestyle
 Gold Olga Danilova Cross-country skiing Women's 15 km classical
 Gold Larisa Lazutina Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km classical
 Gold Larisa Lazutina Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km freestyle pursuit
 Gold Olga Danilova, Nina Gavrilyuk
Larisa Lazutina, Yelena Välbe		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay
 Gold Ilia Kulik Figure skating Men's
 Gold Oksana Kazakova, Artur Dmitriev Figure skating Pairs
 Gold Oksana Grishuk, Evgeny Platov Figure skating Ice dance
 Silver Albina Akhatova, Galina Koukleva
Olga Melnik, Olga Romasko		 Biathlon Women's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 Silver Olga Danilova Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km freestyle pursuit
 Silver Larisa Lazutina Cross-country skiing Women's 15 km classical
 Silver Elena Berezhnaya, Anton Sikharulidze Figure skating Pairs
 Silver Anjelika Krylova, Oleg Ovsyannikov Figure skating Ice dance
 Silver Pavel Bure, Valeri Bure
Sergei Gonchar, Alexei Gusarov
Valeri Kamensky, Darius Kasparaitis
Igor Kravchuk, Sergei Krivokrasov
Boris Mironov, Dmitri Mironov
Aleksey Morozov, Sergei Nemchinov
Oleg Shevtsov, Mikhail Shtalenkov
German Titov, Andrei Trefilov
Alexei Yashin, Dmitri Yushkevich
Valeri Zelepukin, Alexei Zhamnov
Alexei Zhitnik		 Ice hockey Men's team
 Bronze Vladimir Drachev, Viktor Maigourov
Pavel Muslimov, Sergei Tarasov		 Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 Bronze Larisa Lazutina Cross-country skiing Women's 30 km freestyle
 Bronze Valeri Stolyarov Nordic combined Men's individual 15 km

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn Downhill 1:54.27 24
Super-G 1:39.39 29
Giant slalom did not finish
Andrey Filichkin Downhill 1:52.65 18
Super-G 1:37.29 21
Giant slalom did not finish
Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Olesya Aliyeva Super-G 1:22.00 37
Svetlana Gladisheva Downhill 1:29.50 5
Super-G 1:18.82 13
Anna Larionova Downhill 1:34.36 32
Super-G 1:20.61 33
Yekaterina Nesterenko Downhill 1:32.54 29
Varvara Zelenskaya Downhill 1:30.38 13
Super-G 1:18.72 12

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Vladimir Drachev 10 km sprint 28:46.4 1 12
20 km individual 1:01:13.9 6 35
Aleksei Kobelev 10 km sprint 31:02.8 4 56
Viktor Maigourov 10 km sprint 28:36.0 0 4
Pavel Muslimov 20 km individual 59:26.5 3 17
Sergei Tarasov 10 km sprint 29:23.2 3 22
20 km individual 59:24.3 4 15
Pavel Vavilov 20 km individual 1:03:59.4 7 53
Pavel Muslimov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Tarasov
Viktor Maigourov 		4 x 7.5 km relay 1:22:19.3 0+7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Albina Akhatova 7.5 km sprint 24:06.4 2 13
15 km individual 56:21.7 1 7
Galina Koukleva 7.5 km sprint 23:08.0 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
15 km individual 1:00:29.2 6 31
Olga Melnik 15 km individual 57:10.8 2 13
Olga Romasko 7.5 km sprint 25:03.6 3 27
15 km individual 1:00:58.8 3 33
Anna Volkova 7.5 km sprint 25:42.7 4 44
Olga Melnik
Galina Koukleva
Albina Akhatova
Olga Romasko 		4 x 7.5 km relay 1:40:25.2 0+9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Pavel Shcheglovsky
Konstantin Dyomin 		Two-man 55.41 55.09 54.84 54.97 3:40.31 16
Yevgeni Popov
Oleg Petrov 		Two-man 55.53 55.37 55.25 55.31 3:41.46 21
Pavel Shcheglovsky
Alexei Seliverstov
Vladislav Posedkin
Konstantin Dyomin 		Four-man 53.72 53.95 54.71 2:42.38 19

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Aleksandr Kravchenko 30 km classical 1:41:22.3 31
Sergey Kriyanin 10 km classical 30:03.2 42
15 km freestyle pursuit 1:10:33.4 25
Vladimir Legotin 10 km classical 31:10.3 62
15 km freestyle pursuit 1:12:19.5 39
30 km classical 1:38:23.7 9
Grigori Menkhenin 50 km freestyle did not finish
Andrei Nutrikhin 50 km freestyle 2:12:21.9 15
Maksim Pichugin 30 km classical 1:42:41.7 39
50 km freestyle 2:18:19.1 37
Alexey Prokurorov 10 km classical 29:27.3 31
15 km freestyle pursuit 1:09:48.1 18
50 km freestyle 2:06:41.5 4
Sergei Tchepikov 10 km classical 28:55.9 22
15 km freestyle pursuit 1:08:24.3 9
30 km classical 1:41:59.9 32
Vladimir Legotin
Alexey Prokurorov
Sergey Kriyanin
Sergei Tchepikov 		4 x 10 km relay 1:42:39.5 5
Women
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Yuliya Chepalova 5 km classical 18:20.0 13
10 km freestyle pursuit 46:28.4 6
30 km freestyle 1:22:01.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olga Danilova 5 km classical 17:51.3 5
10 km freestyle pursuit 46:13.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
15 km classical 46:55.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
30 km freestyle 1:28:08.1 13
Nina Gavrilyuk 5 km classical 17:50.3 4
10 km freestyle pursuit 46:49.3 7
Larisa Lazutina 5 km classical 17:37.9 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10 km freestyle pursuit 46:06.9 1st place, gold medalist(s)
15 km classical 47:01.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
30 km freestyle 1:23:15.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Svetlana Nageykina 15 km classical 49:22.5 16
Yelena Välbe 15 km classical 49:25.9 17
30 km freestyle 1:24:52.8 5
Nina Gavrilyuk
Olga Danilova
Yelena Välbe
Larisa Lazutina 		4 x 5 km relay 55:13.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event CD1 CD2 SP/OD FS/FD Points Rank
Ilia Kulik Men's 1 1 1.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Alexei Yagudin Men's 4 5 7.0 5
Maria Butyrskaya Ladies' 3 4 5.5 4
Irina Slutskaya Ladies' 5 5 7.5 5
Elena Sokolova Ladies' 10 7 12.0 7
Elena Berezhnaya
Anton Sikharulidze 		Pairs 3 2 3.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Marina Eltsova
Andrei Bushkov 		Pairs 5 7 9.5 7
Oksana Kazakova
Artur Dmitriev 		Pairs 1 1 1.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Oksana Grishuk
Evgeny Platov 		Ice dance 1 1 1 1 2.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anjelika Krylova
Oleg Ovsyannikov 		Ice dance 2 2 2 2 4.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Irina Lobacheva
Ilia Averbukh 		Ice dance 4 5 5 5 9.8 5

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Vitali Glushchenko Moguls did not finish did not advance
Andrei Ivanov Moguls 18.73 27 did not advance
Aleksandr Mikhaylov Aerials 246.21 3 Q 229.98 6
Yevgeni Sennikov Moguls 22.76 24 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lyudmila Dymchenko Moguls 22.53 7 Q 21.02 15
Yelena Korolyova Moguls 20.97 17 did not advance
Nataliya Orekhova Aerials 118.61 22 did not advance
Nadezhda Radovitskaya Moguls 13.41 25 did not advance
Yelena Vorona Moguls 20.54 18 did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Pos. No. Player Team
GK 1 Oleg Shevtsov Russia Severstal Cherepovets
GK 34 Andrei Trefilov United States Chicago Blackhawks
GK 35 Mikhail Shtalenkov United States Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
D 2 Boris Mironov Canada Edmonton Oilers
D 3 Dmitri Yushkevich Canada Toronto Maple Leafs
D 5 Alexei Gusarov United States Colorado Avalanche
D 11 Darius Kasparaitis United States Pittsburgh Penguins
D 15 Dmitri Mironov United States Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
D 29 Igor Kravchuk Canada Ottawa Senators
D 44 Alexei Zhitnik United States Buffalo Sabres
D 55 Sergei Gonchar United States Washington Capitals
F 8 Sergei Nemchinov United States New York Islanders
F 9 Sergei Krivokrasov United States Chicago Blackhawks
F 10 Pavel Bure Canada Vancouver Canucks
F 13 Valeri Kamensky United States Colorado Avalanche
F 14 German Titov Canada Calgary Flames
F 19 Alexei Yashin Canada Ottawa Senators
F 20 Valeri Bure Canada Calgary Flames
F 24 Aleksey Morozov United States Pittsburgh Penguins
F 25 Valeri Zelepukin Canada Edmonton Oilers
F 33 Alexei Zhamnov United States Chicago Blackhawks
F 51 Andrei Kovalenko Canada Edmonton Oilers
F 91 Sergei Fedorov United States Detroit Red Wings
Preliminary round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Russia 3 3 0 0 15 6 6
 Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 12 4 4
 Finland 3 1 2 0 11 15 2
 Kazakhstan 3 0 3 0 6 25 0
13 February 1998 Russia9–2
(2–1, 5–0, 2–1)		 KazakhstanAqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 3752
Mikhail Shtalenkov (out 50:46)
Andrei Trefilov (in 50:46)		GoaliesVitaliy Yeremeyev (out 32:14)
Aleksandr Shimin (in 32:14)
Fedorov (Kovalenko) – 1:301–0
1–12:15 – Sagymbayev (Pchelyakov)
Yashin (Fedorov) – 8:152–1
Yashin (Kasparaitis)- 20:553–1
P. Bure (D. Mironov) – 27:344–1
P. Bure – 32:015–1
Kovalenko – 32:146–1
Titov (Kamensky, Morozov) – 38:397–1
Kovalenko (B. Mironov) – 45:098–1
Zelepukin (Morozov) – 55:469–1
9–257:40 – E. Koreshkov (Shafranov, A. Koreshkov)
6 minPenalties8 min
31Shots18
14 February 1998 Russia4–3
(1–2, 2–1, 1–0)		 FinlandBig Hat
Attendance: 9894
Andrei TrefilovGoaliesJarmo MyllysReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
0–16:11 – Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne) (PP)
0–27:04 – Lehtinen (Koivu, Selänne) PP
P. Bure (Fedorov, Kamensky) – 13:36 PP1–2
1–38:24 – Lehtinen (Selänne)
Nemchinov (Gonchar, Kravchuk) – 29:312–3
Yashin (Fedorov, Zhitnik)- 35:03 PP3–3
Morozov (Zelepukin) – 56:434–3
24 minPenalties24 min
28Shots33
16 February 1998 Russia2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicBig Hat
Attendance: 9847
Mikhail ShtalenkovGoaliesDominik HašekReferee:
Canada Kerry Fraser
0–131:53 – Reichel (Patera) (PP)
V. Bure (Kravchuk, Gonchar) – 43:271–1
Zhamnov (Gusarov, D. Mironov) – 43:372–1
6 minPenalties14 min
24Shots31
Play-off
Quarterfinal
18 February 1998 Russia4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 BelarusAqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 4628
Mikhail ShtalenkovGoaliesAndrei MezinReferee:
United States Mark Faucette
Kamensky (Yashin) – 19:001–0
Kovalenko (Fedorov, Yashin) – 21:312–0
P. Bure – 42:383–0
Morozov (Zelepukin, Kasparaitis) – 43:194–0
4–144:18 – Yerkovich (Khmyl, Roshchin)
16 minPenalties10 min
35Shots26
Semifinal
20 February 1998 Finland4–7
(0–2, 3–2, 1–3)		 RussiaBig Hat
Attendance: 9640
Jarmo MyllysGoaliesMikhail ShtalenkovReferee:
Canada Kerry Fraser
0–19:51 – P. Bure (Zhamnov) (PP)
0–217:28 – P. Bure (D. Mironov
0–320:59 – P. Bure
Helminen (Lind) – 23:281–3
Rintanen (Kurri, Timonen) – 24:592–3
Selänne (Kurri, Koivu) – 34:073–3
3–437:26 – Zhamnov (Zhitnik) PP
Koivu (Selänne) – 45:154–4
4–546:33 – Kovalenko (Fedorov)
4–655:58 – P. Bure
4–759:55 – P. Bure (EN)
6 minPenalties12 min
32Shots21
Final
21 February 1998 Czech Republic1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 RussiaBig Hat
Attendance: 10 010
Dominik HašekGoaliesMikhail ShtalenkovReferee:
Canada Bill McCreary
Svoboda (Patera, Procházka) – 48:081–0
8 minPenalties4 min
21Shots20
 Silver

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Albert Demtschenko Men's singles 50.224 50.011 DQ did not finish
Alexandr Zubkov Men's singles 50.488 50.944 50.650 50.619 3:22.701 20
Irina Gubkina Women's singles 52.295 52.199 52.107 51.514 3:28.115 18
Margarita Klimenko Women's singles 52.391 52.123 51.789 51.448 3:27.751 17
Danil Chaban
Viktor Kneib 		Doubles 51.370 51.023 1:42.393 9
Albert Demtschenko
Semen Kolobayev 		Doubles 51.515 51.041 1:42.556 10

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Alexey Fadeyev Individual 15 km 195.5 33 4:33 48:19.7
+6:58.6 		37
Dmitry Sinitsyn Individual 15 km 213.5 14 2:45 43:48.0
+2:26.9 		10
Valeri Stolyarov Individual 15 km 235.0 2 0:36 41:49.3
+28.2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Denis Tishagin Individual 15 km 198.5 31 4:15 did not finish
Alexey Fadeyev
Vladimir Lysenin
Dmitry Sinitsyn
Valeri Stolyarov 		Team 826.0 8 2:13 58:34.2
+4:22.7 		9

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marina Pylayeva 500 m 46.359 2 Q 46.220 3 did not advance 12
1000 m 1:39.340 4 did not advance 26
Yelena Tikhanina 500 m 46.980 2 Q 46.206 3 did not advance 11
1000 m 1:39.242 4 did not advance 25

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event First round Final
Points Rank Points Total Rank
Arthur Khamidulin Normal hill 90.5 26 96.0 186.5 25
Large hill 109.6 15 107.6 217.2 23
Valery Kobelev Normal hill 68.0 54 did not advance 54
Large hill 92.9 35 did not advance 35
Nikolai Petrushin Normal hill 79.5 42 did not advance 42
Large hill 66.1 54 did not advance 54
Aleksandr Volkov Normal hill 90.5 26 93.5 184.0 27
Large hill 98.3 27 81.2 179.5 27
Nikolai Petrushin
Arthur Khamidulin
Aleksandr Volkov
Valery Kobelev 		Team 264.9 9 374.8 639.7 9

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrey Anufriyenko 1000 m 1:12.61 23
1500 m 1:50.99 10
Aleksandr Golubev 500 m 36.67 21 36.54 21 73.21 20
Aleksandr Kibalko 500 m 37.32 38 36.86 28 74.18 33
1000 m 1:12.94 28
1500 m 1:52.27 22
Sergey Klevchenya 500 m 36.56 15 36.30 10 72.86 14
1000 m 1:13.51 33
Yuri Kokhanets 5000 m 6:47.21 22
Andrei Krivosheyev 5000 m 6:46.57 20
Sergey Savelyev 500 m Disqualified
Vadim Sayutin 1500 m 1:51.31 11
5000 m 6:39.92 15
10000 m 13:54.57 13
Dmitri Shepel 1000 m 1:13.31 32
1500 m 1:51.64 14
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Varvara Barysheva 1500 m 2:03.34 20
Svetlana Bazhanova 1500 m 2:01.54 9
3000 m 4:16.45 10
Tatyana Danshina 500 m 40.53 29 40.59 29 81.12 28
1000 m 1:19.95 19
Nataliya Polozkova 1000 m 1:19.78 17
1500 m 2:01.56 10
Oksana Ravilova 500 m 39.99 21 40.04 21 80.03 21
Anna Savelyeva 1000 m 1:21.83 27
Tatyana Trapeznikova 1500 m 2:03.25 19
3000 m 4:17.76 13
Svetlana Vysokova 3000 m 4:17.70 12
5000 m 7:22.18 12
Svetlana Zhurova 500 m 39.11 7 39.38 11 78.49 9
1000 m 1:19.04 12

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