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

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Alpine skiing

Men

Biathlon

Men
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

Ice Dancing

Freestyle skiing

Men
Women

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

The Belarusian hockey team was put into the preliminaries for the Olympics. They won their group that featured Germany, France and Japan by beating France 4–0, Germany 8-2 and by drawing Japan 2-2. Their first place helped them to play in the final tournament. They were in group A and lost all 3 games 5–0 to Canada and identical scores of 5–2 to Sweden and the United States. They finished last of group A and had to face the top spot in group B which was Russia. They lost 4-1 and got eliminated in the process from the tournament. They ended the tournament in 7th place.

Preliminary round – group B

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

All times are local (UTC-7).

First Round – group C

All times are local (UTC-7).

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Men
Women

Trivia

  • In a video game released that was related to the Olympic Hockey tournament, Belarus was represented with the Pahonia flag and with the national anthem of the former Soviet Union.

External links

  • Medal winners
  • Hockey tournament

References

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

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