Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Russia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the first time the nation had competed at the Winter Olympic Games since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Russian athletes had competed as part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	RUS
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
Website	www.roc.ru (in Russian)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	113 (75 men, 38 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Sergei Tchepikov
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 11 Silver 8 Bronze 4 Total 23
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018–2022
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988)  Unified Team (1992)  Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)  ROC (2022)

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

The following is the list of number of competitors 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

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	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

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	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

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Vladimir Drachev	10 km sprint	28:28.9	1	4
Valeri Kiriyenko	20 km individual	1:01:46.3	3	35
	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
	10 km sprint	28:07.0	0
Sergei Tarasov	20 km individual	57:25.3	3
	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

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Lyubov Belyakova	7.5 km sprint	28:37.0	2	42
Luiza Noskova	15 km individual	54:18.2	4	10
	7.5 km sprint	28:27.8	5	39
Anfisa Reztsova	15 km individual	56:10.2	8	26
	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
	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
		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

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Igor Badamchin	30 km freestyle	2:12:20.1	14
	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
	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
	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

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		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
	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

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

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		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

Men

• Head coach: Viktor Tikhonov

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

Preliminary round

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

12 February 1994 17:30

Norway

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Russia

Gjøvik Olympiske Fjellhall Attendance: 5 000

	0–1 Gusmanov 0–2 Berezin Rath 1–2 1–3 Tarasenko 1–4 Karpov 1–5 Sorokin

14 February 1994 20:00

Finland

5–0 (1–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Russia

Håkons Hall Attendance: 8 751

	Lehtinen 1–0 Koivu 2–0 Alatalo 3–0 Ojanen 4–0 Kiprusoff 5–0

16 February 1994 15:30

Russia

9–1 (1–0, 7–1, 1–0)

Austria

Håkons Hall Attendance: 6 500

	Berezin 1–0 Varitsky 2–0 Vinogradov 3–0 Smirnov 4–0 Davydov 5–0 Denisov 6–0 Vinogradov 7–0 Denisov 8–0 8–1 Burton Gusmanov 9–1

18 February 1994 15:00

Germany

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Russia

Håkons Hall Attendance: 8 600

	Truntschka 1–0 Truntschka 2–0 Stefan 3–0 3–1 Torgayev 3–2 Kudashov Kummer 4–2

20 February 1994 15:00

Russia

4–3 (2–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Håkons Hall Attendance: 9 200

Play-off

Quarterfinal

23 February 1994 21:00

Slovakia

2–3 (2–1, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Russia

Håkons Hall Attendance: 6 000

Semifinal

25 February 1994 22:00

Sweden

4–3 (2–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Russia

Håkons Hall Attendance: 8 528

Bronze medal match

26 February 1994 21:00

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Russia

Håkons Hall Attendance: 10 000

	Palo 1–0 Alatalo 2–0 Peltonen 3–0 Strömberg 4–0

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		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
		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

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marina Pylayeva	500 m	47.47	2 Q	Disqualification		did not advance			16
	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
	1000 m	1:53.92	3	did not advance					24
Viktoriya Troytskaya	500 m	48.59	3	did not advance					20
	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

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

Men

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
	1000 m	1:15.36	26
Aleksandr Golubev	500 m	36.33 OR
	1000 m	1:14.78	17
Sergey Klevchenya	500 m	36.39
	1000 m	1:12.85
Oleg Pavlov	5000 m	7:07.09	31
	1500 m	1:54.90	16
Mikhail Vostroknutov	500 m	37.15	15
	1000 m	did not finish

Women

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
	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
	5000 m	7:40.55	13

Sources

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database