Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Ukraine competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022, in its eighth appearance as an independent nation.[1][2]

Ukraine at the
2022 Winter Olympics
IOC codeUKR
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Websitewww.noc-ukr.org/en
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors45 (24 men and 21 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Oleksandr Abramenko
Oleksandra Nazarova
Flag bearer (closing)Olena Bilosiuk
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czechoslovakia (1924–1936)
 Poland (1924–1936)
 Romania (1924–1936)
 Soviet Union (1956–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Oleksandr Abramenko and Oleksandra Nazarova were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[3] Meanwhile biathlete Olena Bilosiuk was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[4]

The games were held amidst the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis.[5][6] Prior to the opening ceremony the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine advised its athletes to avoid Russians where possible and instructed them how to behave in case they are provoked.[5][6] The ministry also did not recommend Ukrainian athletes to give interviews in Russian.[6]

Ukrainian athletes won a total of one silver medal, matching their medal haul from the 2018 Olympics, although that medal was a gold. Therefore, this result can be considered the worst since 2010 when Ukraine did not win any medals.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Biathlon 5 5 10
Bobsleigh 0 1 1
Cross-country skiing 2 5 7
Figure skating 3 3 6
Freestyle skiing 3 2 5
Luge 4 2 6
Nordic combined 1 1
Short track speed skating 1 1 2
Skeleton 1 0 1
Ski jumping 3 0 3
Snowboarding 0 1 1
Total 24 21 45

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Silver Oleksandr Abramenko Freestyle skiing Men's aerials February 16

Alpine skiing

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By meeting the basic qualification standards Ukraine qualified one male and one female alpine skier.[7]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ivan Kovbasnyuk Men's combined 1:49.13 21 55.30 14 2:44.43 14
Men's downhill 1:48.09 33
Men's slalom DNF Did not advance
Men's super-G 1:25.56 32
Anastasiya Shepilenko Women's giant slalom 1:05.95 45 1:06.38 40 2:12.33 39
Women's slalom DNF Did not advance
Women's super-G 1:19.60 37

Biathlon

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Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Anton Dudchenko Individual 54:54.9 4 (1+0+1+2) 50
Dmytro Pidruchnyi 51:49.3 3 (0+1+1+1) 18
Artem Pryma 53:36.2 4 (1+2+0+1) 37
Bogdan Tsymbal 55:19.0 4 (3+0+1+0) 55
Dmytro Pidruchnyi Mass start 42:16.2 7 (0+3+2+2) 24
Artem Pryma 43:12.6 7 (2+1+3+1) 28
Anton Dudchenko Pursuit 43:36.5 3 (2+0+1+0) 23
Dmytro Pidruchnyi 42:45.9 5 (1+2+2+0) 13
Artem Pryma 42:59.8 6 (2+2+2+0) 18
Anton Dudchenko Sprint 26:51.6 2 (2+0) 60
Dmytro Pidruchnyi 25:19.0 1 (0+1) 13
Artem Pryma 25:19.8 1 (0+1) 15
Bogdan Tsymbal 26:59.0 3 (3+0) 66
Bogdan Tsymbal
Artem Pryma
Anton Dudchenko
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
Team relay 1:23:31.5 4+12 9
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Darya Blashko Individual DNS
Yuliia Dzhima 45:34.4 2 (0+1+0+1) 10
Iryna Petrenko 45:42.2 0 (0+0+0+0) 11
Valentyna Semerenko DNF
Yuliia Dzhima Mass start 41:43.7 3 (1+0+2+0) 7
Yuliia Dzhima Pursuit 37:36.2 4 (1+0+1+2) 13
Anastasiya Merkushyna 38:37.2 2 (1+0+0+1) 25
Iryna Petrenko 43:03.7 4 (1+1+2+0) 55
Yuliia Dzhima Sprint 21:51.8 1 (0+1) 8
Anastasiya Merkushyna 22:31.6 1 (1+0) 24
Iryna Petrenko 23:11.7 2 (2+0) 40
Olena Bilosiuk
Yuliia Dzhima
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Iryna Petrenko
Team relay 1:14:04.1 1+6 7
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Yuliia Dzhima
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
Artem Pryma
Valentyna Semerenko
Relay 1:10:21.7 4+15 13

Bobsleigh

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Lidiia Hunko failed a doping test during the Olympics and was suspended on 15 February.[8]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lidiia Hunko Monobob 1:06.34 18 1:07.84 20 1:07.47 20 1:07.45 19 4:29.10 20

Cross-country skiing

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Ukraine qualified two male and five female cross-country skiers.[9]

Valiantsina Kaminskaya failed a doping test during the Olympics and was suspended on 16 February.[10]

Distance
Men
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Oleksii Krasovskyi 15 km classical 44:59.8 +7:05.0 77
Ruslan Perekhoda 45:05.6 +7:10.8 78
Oleksii Krasovskyi 30 km skiathlon 45:22.6 58 LAP 58
Ruslan Perekhoda LAP 64
Women
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Maryna Antsybor 10 km classical 32:36.5 +4:30.2 58
Valiantsina Kaminskaya 35:42.7 +7:36.4 79
Viktoriia Olekh 34:58.1 +6:51.8 76
Maryna Antsybor 15 km skiathlon 27:08.4 57 25:08.3 56 52:54.0 +8:40.3 56
Yuliia Krol 27:57.6 60 28:22.9 62 57:04.4 +12:50.7 62
Viktoriia Olekh 28:26.8 62 25:47.3 60 54:55.7 +10:42.0 60
Daria Rublova 29:59.6 64 LAP 63
Maryna Antsybor Women's 30 km freestyle 1:35:31.3 +10:37.3 37
Viktoriia Olekh 1:46:22.1 +21:28.1 58
Viktoriya Olekh
Valiantsina Kaminskaya
Maryna Antsybor
Daria Rublova
4 x 5 km relay LAP 18
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Oleksii Krasovskyi Men's individual 3:05.52 64 Did not advance
Ruslan Perekhoda 2:59.34 46 Did not advance
Oleksii Krasovskyi
Ruslan Perekhoda
Men's team 20:48.40 9 Did not advance 17
Maryna Antsybor Women's individual 3:33.80 54 Did not advance
Valiantsina Kaminskaya 3:44.10 70 Did not advance
Viktoriya Olekh 3:42.78 69 Did not advance
Maryna Antsybor
Yuliya Krol
Women's team 25:46.04 9 Did not advance 18

Figure skating

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In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Ukraine secured one quota in the men's competition and one quota in the ice dance competition.[11]

Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ivan Shmuratko Men's singles 78.11 22 Q 127.65 24 205.76 24
Anastasiia Shabotova Women's singles 48.68 30 Did not advance
Oleksandra Nazarova
Maksym Nikitin
Ice dance 65.53 20 Q 97.34 18 162.87 20

Freestyle skiing

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Ukraine had qualified for the mixed team event but was not allowed by the Chinese authorities to compete due to positive COVID-19 tests by Kotovskyi, Okipniuk, and Novosad.[12]

Aerials
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Oleksandr Abramenko Men's 120.36 5 Q 123.53 5 116.50 2 240.03  
Dmytro Kotovskyi 73.89 24 114.03 9 Did not advance 15
Oleksandr Okipniuk 92.76 22 125.00 1 Q 122.01 9 Did not advance 9
Anastasiya Novosad Women's DNS Did not advance
Olga Polyuk 68.76 20 68.76 16 Did not advance 22

Luge

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anton Dukach Men's singles 58.873 25 58.726 18 58.408 19 Did not advance 2:56.007 22
Andriy Mandziy 1:01.082 32 58.706 17 58.346 17 Did not advance 2:58.134 27
Ihor Stakhiv
Andrii Lysetskyi
Men's doubles 59.983 14 1:00.080 15 2:00.063 15
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Olena Stetskiv Singles 59.663 21 59.586 19 59.963 27 Did not advance 2:59.212 22
Yulianna Tunytska 59.690 22 59.844 23 59.571 24 Did not advance 2:59.105 21
Mixed
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yulianna Tunytska
Anton Dukach
Ihor Stakhiv / Andrii Lysetskyi
Team relay 1:01.123 8 1:04.244 13 1:04.237 12 3:09.604 11

Nordic combined

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Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dmytro Mazurchuk Large hill/10 km 116.0 83.5 33 27:35.4 33 31:20.4 32
Normal hill/10 km 87.0 82.5 35 27:08.3 35 30:30.3 36


Short track speed skating

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Ukraine has qualified one male and one female short track speed skater.[13]

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Oleh Handei 500 m 44.163 4 Did not advance 27
Uliana Dubrova 1500 m 2:26.832 6 Did not advance 32

Skeleton

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vladyslav Heraskevych Men's 1:01.63 18 1:01.58 16 1:01.62 18 1:01.45 17 4:06.28 18

Ski jumping

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Vitaliy Kalinichenko Large hill 118.0 94.2 42 Q 122.5 106.0 44 Did not advance
Anton Korchuk 82.5 25.4 56 Did not advance
Yevhen Marusiak 104.0 76.0 49 Q 111.0 81.6 50 Did not advance
Anton Korchuk Normal hill 67.5 38.0 52 Did not advance
Yevhen Marusiak 73.0 49.8 48 Q 91.5 97.4 47 Did not advance

Snowboarding

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Parallel
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Annamari Dancha Women's giant slalom 1:37.79 26 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b Ukraine Tells Winter Olympic Athletes to Shun Russian Rivals, The Moscow Times (24 January 2022)
    'We're not best friends': Ukrainian and Russian athletes keep distance, Reuters (4 February 2022)
  6. ^ a b c Ukraine Advises Its Olympic Athletes to Not Take Photos With Russians in Beijing, Newsweek (26 January 2022)
    "Украинским олимпийцам рекомендовано не стоять рядом с россиянами и флагом ОКР на Играх в Пекине". sports.ru (in Russian). 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Ukrainian bobsledder tests positive for banned substance at Beijing Olympics". globalnews.ca. 17 February 2022.
  9. ^ "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Winter Olympics: Skier Valentyna Kaminska suspended after fails doping test in Beijing". BBC Sport. 16 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Communication No. 2388 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  12. ^ Олімпіада-2022: Командні змагання з фристайлу, до яких не допустили Україну, завершилися сенсацією, Espreso TV, 10 February 2022 (in Ukrainian).
  13. ^ "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.