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Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
BLR

Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Belarus Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.noc.by (Russian) (English)

Competitors
  
59 (44 men, 15 women) in 9 sports

Flag bearer
  
Alexandr Popov, Biathlon

MedalsRanked 20th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal0022

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

Contents

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

Men's Tournament

The Belorussian 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.)

    • 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.

    • References

    Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
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