Kazakhstan at the 1998 Winter Olympics
{{no footnotes|date=April 2011}}
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = KAZ
| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 1998
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.olympic.kz}} {{in lang|kk|ru|en}}
| location = Nagano
| competitors = 60 (45 men, 15 women)
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = Vladimir Smirnov (cross-country skiing)
| rank = 20
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 2
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1994
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912)
{{flagIOC|URS}} (1952–1988)
{{flagIOC|EUN}} (1992)
}}
Kazakhstan competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Medalists
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" | ||||
| style="width:5em"|Medal
! Name ! Sport ! Event ! Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Vladimir|Smirnov|Vladimir Smirnov (skier)}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit | 14 February |
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Lyudmila|Prokasheva}} | Speed skating | Women's 5000 metres | 20 February |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/KAZ/editions/46 Kazakhstan at the 1998 Winter Olympics]
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
| width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men ! width=55|Women ! width=55|Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Alpine skiing
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| align=left|Biathlon
| 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| align=left|Cross-country skiing
| 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| align=left|Figure skating
| 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| align=left|Freestyle skiing
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| align=left|Ice hockey
| 22 | 0 | 22 | |
| align=left|Ski jumping
| 4 | – | 4 | |
| align=left|Speed skating
| 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Total | 45 | 15 | 60 |
Alpine skiing
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !Race 1 !Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Time !Time !Rank |
| Dmitry Kvach
|Giant Slalom |align="center"|1:29.95 |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Yuliya Krygina
|Super-G |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
Biathlon
{{main|Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Misses 1 !Time !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|10 km Sprint
|align="center"|3 |align="center"|30:51.8 |align="center"|54 |
| Valery Ivanov
|align="center"|5 |align="center"|59:58.8 |align="center"|31 |
| Dmitry Pozdnyakov
|align="center"|0 |align="center"|29:30.1 |align="center"|24 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Time !Misses !Adjusted time 2 !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|20 km
|align="center"|59:22.9 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|1'05:22.9 |align="center"|59 |
| Valery Ivanov
|align="center"|56:55.9 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|1'03:55.9 |align="center"|52 |
| Dmitry Pantov
|align="center"|58:10.5 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1'03:10.5 |align="center"|49 |
;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=3|Race |
|---|
| Misses 1
!Time !Rank |
| Dmitry Pantov Dmitry Pozdnyakov Aleksandr Menshchikov Valery Ivanov |align=center|1 |align=center|1'27:56.0 |align=center|16 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Misses 1 !Time !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|7.5 km Sprint
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|24:32.9 |align="center"|20 |
| Margarita Dulova
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|24:21.7 |align="center"|18 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Time !Misses !Adjusted time 2 !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|15 km
|align="center"|56:27.7 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|1'03:27.7 |align="center"|54 |
| Lyudmila Guryeva
|align="center"|54:42.8 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|58:42.8 |align="center"|23 |
;Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=3|Race |
|---|
| Misses 1
!Time !Rank |
| Inna Sheshkil Margarita Dulova Yelena Dubok Lyudmila Guryeva |align=center|2 |align=center|1'45:22.9 |align=center|11 |
{{ref begin}}
: 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
: 2 One minute added per missed target.
{{ref end}}
Cross-country skiing
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|10 km C |align=center|32:54.5 |align=center|80 |
| Andrey Nevzorov
|align=center|31:30.4 |align=center|68 |
| Pavel Ryabinin
|align=center|30:37.0 |align=center|50 |
| Vladimir Smirnov
|align=center|27:45.1 |align=center|4 |
| rowspan=4|15 km pursuit1 F |align=center|48:58.1 |align=center|59 |
| Andrey Nevzorov
|align=center|45:30.7 |align=center|48 |
| Pavel Ryabinin
|align=center|44:41.7 |align=center|36 |
| Vladimir Smirnov
|align=center|40:07.5 |align=center|{{bronze03}} |
| rowspan=4|30 km C |align=center|1'45:12.8 |align=center|50 |
| Andrey Nevzorov
|align=center|1'42:48.8 |align=center|41 |
| Pavel Ryabinin
|align=center|1'39:31.6 |align=center|13 |
| Vladimir Smirnov
|align=center|1'38:59.1 |align=center|12 |
| rowspan=4|50 km F |align=center|2'25:58.0 |align=center|55 |
| Vladimir Bortsov
|align=center|2'20:39.3 |align=center|45 |
| Andrey Nevzorov
|align=center|2'15:14.7 |align=center|23 |
| Vladimir Smirnov
|align=center|2'07:26.4 |align=center|8 |
{{ref begin}}
: 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
: C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
{{ref end}}
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Pavel Ryabinin Vladimir Bortsov Andrey Nevzorov Vitaly Lilichenko |align=center|1'46:12.9 |align=center|16 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|5 km C |align=center|20:27.7 |align=center|66 |
| Svetlana Deshevykh
|align=center|19:25.3 |align=center|44 |
| Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova
|align=center|19:10.7 |align=center|35 |
| Oksana Yatskaya
|align=center|18:57.3 |align=center|27 |
| rowspan=4|10 km pursuit2 F |align=center|36:00.6 |align=center|63 |
| Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova
|align=center|32:39.4 |align=center|42 |
| Oksana Yatskaya
|align=center|32:20.5 |align=center|39 |
| Svetlana Deshevykh
|align=center|32:20.2 |align=center|38 |
| rowspan=4|15 km C |align=center|55:34.0 |align=center|57 |
| Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova
|align=center|53:13.7 |align=center|49 |
| Oksana Yatskaya
|align=center|51:39.7 |align=center|32 |
| Svetlana Deshevykh
|align=center|50:28.0 |align=center|20 |
| rowspan=4|30 km F |align=center|1'36:30.6 |align=center|52 |
| Oksana Yatskaya
|align=center|1'33:23.4 |align=center|40 |
| Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova
|align=center|1'31:39.7 |align=center|30 |
| Svetlana Deshevykh
|align=center|1'29:48.1 |align=center|21 |
{{ref begin}}
: 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
: C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
{{ref end}}
;Women's 4 × 5 km relay
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Svetlana Deshevykh Oksana Yatskaya Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova Olga Seleznyova |align=center|59:11.3 |align=center|12 |
Figure skating
{{main|Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!SP !FS !TFP !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Yourii Litvinov |28 |DNF |DNF |– |
;Pairs
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athletes
!SP !FS !TFP !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Marina Khalturina |16 |14 |22.0 |14 |
;Ice dancing
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athletes
!CD1 !CD2 !OD !FD !TFP !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Elizaveta Stekolnikova |23 |22 |22 |22 |44.2 |22 |
Freestyle skiing
{{main|Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="3"|Qualification !colspan="3"|Final |
|---|
| Time
!Points !Rank !Time !Points !Rank |
| Aleksey Bannikov
|Moguls |align="center"|29.06 |align="center"|20.18 |align="center"|26 |colspan="3"|did not advance |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="3"|Qualification !colspan="3"|Final |
|---|
| Time
!Points !Rank !Time !Points !Rank |
| Irina Kormysheva
|Moguls |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
Ice hockey
{{main|Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Summary
Key:
- OT – Overtime
- GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|Event !colspan=3|Group stage !Qualification !Quarterfinal !Semifinal !colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}} |
|---|
| style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Opposition !Rank |
| align=center
|align=left|Kazakhstan men's |align=left|Men's tournament |{{ih|RUS}} |{{ih|CHE}} |{{ih|FIN}} |{{n/a}} |{{ih|CAN}} |colspan=2|Did not advance |8 |
=Men's tournament=
==Preliminary round - Group A==
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP |Games played}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|W |Wins}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|L |Losses}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|T |Ties}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="ccffcc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|KAZ}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 5 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|SVK}}
|3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|ITA}}
|3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|AUT}}
|3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12| | ||
| 3 | 2 |
{{small|All times are local (UTC-7).}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEEEEE
| date = 7 February 1998
| team1 = {{ih-rt|KAZ}}
| team2 = {{ih|ITA}}
| score = 5 – 3
| periods = (1-3, 1-0, 3-0)
| stadium = The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
| attendance = 8,634
}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEFFFF
| date = 8 February 1998
| team1 = {{ih-rt|AUT}}
| team2 = {{ih|KAZ}}
| score = 5 – 5
| periods = (2-2, 2-1, 1-2)
| stadium = The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
| attendance = 9,410
}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEEEEE
| date = 10 February 1998
| team1 = {{ih-rt|SVK}}
| team2 = {{ih|KAZ}}
| score = 3 – 4
| periods = (1-1, 1-0, 1-3)
| stadium = The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
| attendance = 3,659
}}
==First round - Group D==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 | |||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP |Games played}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|W |Wins}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|L |Losses}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|T |Ties}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="ccffcc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|RUS}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 6 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|CZE}}
|3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 4 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|FIN}}
|3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 2 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|KAZ}}
|3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 25| | ||
| 19 | 0 |
{{small|All times are local (UTC-7).}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEEEEE
| date = 13 February 1998
| team1 = {{ih-rt|RUS}}
| team2 = {{ih|KAZ}}
| score = 9 – 2
| periods = (2-1, 5-0, 2-1)
| stadium = The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
| attendance = 3,752
}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEFFFF
| date = 15 February 1998
| team1 = {{ih-rt|CZE}}
| team2 = {{ih|KAZ}}
| score = 8 – 2
| periods = (0-1, 2-3, 0-4)
| stadium = The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
| attendance = 9,975
}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEEEEE
| date = 16 February 1998
| team1 = {{ih-rt|FIN}}
| team2 = {{ih|KAZ}}
| score = 8 – 2
| periods = (1-3, 0-1, 1-4)
| stadium = The Big Hat / Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
| attendance = 5,544
}}
==Quarterfinal==
{{small|All times are local (UTC-7).}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEEEEE
| date = 18 February 1998
| team1 = {{ih-rt|CAN}}
| team2 = {{ih|KAZ}}
| score = 4 – 1
| periods = (2-1, 2-0, 0-0)
| stadium = The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
| attendance = 9,602
}}
==Leading scorers==
| class="wikitable"
!width="20"|Rank !width="220"|Player !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GP |Games played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|G |Goals}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|A |Assists}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|PIM |Penalty minutes}} | ||||
| align=center
| 4th |align=left|Aleksandr Koreshkov |7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| align=center
| 6th |align=left|Konstantin Shafranov |7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
- Team roster
Ski jumping
{{main|Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="3"|Jump 1 !colspan="2"|Jump 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance
!Points !Rank !Distance !Points !Points !Rank |
| Aleksandr Kolmakov
|rowspan="4"|Normal hill |align="center"|67.5 |align="center"|63.0 |align="center"|58 |colspan="4"|did not advance |
| Pavel Gayduk
|align="center"|72.0 |align="center"|76.5 |align="center"|48 |colspan="4"|did not advance |
| Stanislav Filimonov
|align="center"|75.5 |align="center"|85.0 |align="center"|32 |colspan="4"|did not advance |
| Dmitry Chvykov
|align="center"|79.0 |align="center"|93.5 |align="center"|25 Q |align="center"|75.0 |align="center"|83.5 |align="center"|177.0 |align="center"|30 |
| Dmitry Chvykov
|rowspan="4"|Large hill |align="center"|101.5 |align="center"|76.2 |align="center"|49 |colspan="4"|did not advance |
| Aleksandr Kolmakov
|align="center"|101.5 |align="center"|80.7 |align="center"|46 |colspan="4"|did not advance |
| Pavel Gayduk
|align="center"|104.5 |align="center"|87.1 |align="center"|42 |colspan="4"|did not advance |
| Stanislav Filimonov
|align="center"|111.0 |align="center"|98.3 |align="center"|27 Q |align="center"|116.0 |align="center"|108.3 |align="center"|206.6 |align="center"|25 |
;Men's team large hill
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Result |
|---|
| Points 1
!Rank |
| Pavel Gayduk Aleksandr Kolmakov Dmitry Chvykov Stanislav Filimonov |align=center|602.0 |align=center|11 |
{{ref begin}}
: 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.
{{ref end}}
Speed skating
{{main|Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race 1 !colspan=2|Race 2 !colspan=2|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| rowspan=2|500 m
|align=center|37.22 |align=center|36 |align=center|36.92 |align=center|31 |align=center|74.14 |align=center|32 |
| Vadim Shakshakbayev
|align=center|36.87 |align=center|29 |align=center|36.57 |align=center|23 |align=center|73.44 |align=center|24 |
| rowspan=2|1000 m
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align=center|1:14.38 |align=center|37 |
| Sergey Tsybenko
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align=center|1:12.40 |align=center|17 |
| rowspan=3|1500 m
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align=center|1:55.22 |align=center|41 |
| Radik Bikchentayev
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align=center|1:52.87 |align=center|27 |
| Sergey Tsybenko
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align=center|1:52.03 |align=center|19 |
| rowspan=2|5000 m
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align=center|6:52.65 |align=center|27 |
| Sergey Kaznacheyev
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align=center|6:51.50 |align=center|26 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| 1500 m
|align=center|2:01.65 |align=center|11 |
| rowspan=2|3000 m
|Kenzhesh Sarsekenova-Orynbayeva |align=center|4:42.07 |align=center|31 |
| Lyudmila Prokasheva
|align=center|4:14.23 |align=center|7 |
| 5000 m
|align=center|7:11.14 |align=center|{{bronze03}} |
References
{{reflist}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
- [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com]
{{Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
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