Ukraine competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Biathlon Women's sprint 16 February Ruslan Goncharov Figure skating Ice dance 20 February
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 1 1 2Biathlon 5 5 10Cross-country 7 5 13Figure skating 5 6 11Freestyle skiing 4 3 7Luge 4 2 6Nordic combined 2 0 2Short track speed skating 1 0 1Ski jumping 1 0 1 Total 30 22 52
Alpine skiing
Mykola Skriabin managed to qualify and compete in each of the five men's disciplines, with his top finish a 26th in the giant slalom.
AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalRankYuliya SiparenkoWomen's giant slalom1:10.431:15.50n/a2:25.9335Women's slalom50.3152.95n/a1:43.2645Mykola SkriabinMen's downhilln/a1:57.5647Men's super-Gn/a1:38.8653Men's giant slalom1:25.811:25.04n/a2:50.8526Men's slalom1:01.9857.98n/a1:59.9636Men's combined1:46.6351.21did not finish
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Biathlon
Lilia Efremova, who had failed to finish in the top 30 in any event at the 2005 World Championships, shot perfectly and survived a relatively slow finish to earn a bronze medal in the women's sprint.
Men AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankOlexander BilanenkoSprint28:26.6036Pursuitdid not startIndividual1:00:28.6349Vyacheslav DerkachSprint30:15.8272Andriy DeryzemlyaSprint28:15.2228Pursuit38:54.38631Individual59:47.2339Alexei KorobeynikovIndividual1:01:17.8454Ruslan LysenkoSprint28:56.6244Pursuit40:16.42541Individual57:16.6118Olexander BilanenkoAndriy DeryzemlyaAlexei KorobeynikovRuslan LysenkoRelay1:23:40.41+117
Women AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankLilia EfremovaSprint22:38.00Pursuit39:09.8938Mass start43:21.0617Individual55:28.0536Oksana KhvostenkoSprint25:10.1149PursuitLappedIndividual53:22.5120Nina LemeshSprint25:13.5250Pursuit43:48.67741Olena PetrovaSprint24:52.2244Pursuitdid not startIndividual54:35.6329Valj SemerenkoIndividual56:22.6346Oksana KhvostenkoOlena PetrovaNina LemeshLilia EfremovaRelay1:21:55.53+1411
Cross-country skiing
Twelve skiers represented Ukraine in Turin, the largest delegation in any sport. The top finish came from Valentina Shevchenko in the women's 30 kilometre freestyle; she had the fastest time at the 20 kilometre mark, but fell off the pace to end up 7th.
Distance
Men AthleteEventFinalTotalRankOleksandr Batiuk15 km classical 43:17.4 6330 km pursuit 1:24:35.9 57Mikhail Gumenyak30 km pursuit 1:22:24.6 4650 km freestyle 2:13:44.6 56Roman Leybyuk15 km classical39:48.1 1730 km pursuit 1:22:31.5 49Vitaly Martsyv15 km classical 42:57.4 61Vladmir Olschanski15 km classical 42:39.6 5650 km freestyle 2:16:14.7 62Olexandr Putsko30 km pursuit 1:22:37.6 5250 km freestyle Did not finishRoman LeybyukVladmir OlschanskiOlexandr PutskoMikhail Gumenyak4 x 10 km relay 1:50:01.9 14
Women AthleteEventFinalTotalRankKateryna Grygorenko10 km classical 31:16.6 4415 km pursuit 46:55.2 4030 km freestyle 1:31:36.9 42Vita Jakimchuk15 km pursuit 45:48.1 2630 km freestyle 1:26:32.2 22Marina Malets-Lisogor30 km freestyle Did not finishValentina Shevchenko10 km classical 29:40.4 2115 km pursuit 44:13.6 1430 km freestyle 1:23:07.9 7Tatjana Zavalij10 km classical 30:13.2 2715 km pursuit 47:18.7 45Kateryna GrygorenkoTatjana ZavalijVita JakimchukValentina Shevchenko4 x 5 km relay 56:36.3 8
Sprint AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankIvan BilosyukMen's sprint 2:21.97 40 Did not advance 40Mikhail GumenyakMen's sprint 2:28.72 62 Did not advance 62Vita JakimchukWomen's sprint 2:19.92 36 Did not advance 36Marina Malets-LisogorWomen's sprint 2:20.79 43 Did not advance 43Vitaly MartsyvMen's sprint 2:22.30 42 Did not advance 42Olexandr PutskoMen's sprint 2:30.99 66 Did not advance 66Ivan BilosyukVitaly MartsyvMen's team sprint n/a 18:50.4 9 Did not advance 17Marina Malets-LisogorTatjana ZavalijWomen's team sprint n/a 19:14.1 8 Did not advance 16
Figure skating
Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, the 2005 World Championship bronze medalists, earned the same result in Turin, rallying from a poor start to end up in 3rd.
AthleteEventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankGalina EfremenkoLadies'n/a41.2524 Q|align="center"|84.12 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|125.37 |align="center"|20 |- |Elena Liashenko |Ladies' |colspan=2 align="center"|n/a |align="center"|52.35 |align="center"|13 '''Q |align="center"|81.73 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|134.08 |align="center"|17 |- |Anton Kovalevski |Men's |colspan=2 align="center"|n/a |align="center"|63.41 |align="center"|16 Q''109.4321172.8420Julia Beloglazova Andrei BekhPairsn/a43.851771.7719115.6218Julia Golovina Oleg VoikoIce dance23.882339.92 2464.6923128.4923Elena Grushina Ruslan GoncharovIce dance37.39559.29 399.173195.85Tatiana Volosozhar Stanislav MorozovPairsn/a50.141298.2412148.3812
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
Freestyle skiing
Ukraine sent seven athletes to compete in the freestyle skiing events, specifically men's and women's aerials, but only one, Enver Ablaev, managed to qualify for a final.
AthleteEventQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankEnver AblaevMen's aerials226.899 Q150.4812Oleksandr AbramenkoMen's aerials149.4727n/a27Nadiya DidenkoWomen's aerials136.9120n/a20Igor IshutkoMen's aerials153.0426n/a26Tatiana KozachenkoWomen's aerials147.5118n/a18Stanislav KravchukMen's aerials221.6913n/a13 Olha VolkovaWomen's aerials160.0313n/a13
Luge
The doubles team of Oleg Zherebetskyy and Roman Yazvinskyy, who finished 19th in the first run of the event, pulled out after suffering a serious crash. Yazvinskyy was air-lifted to hospital with a head injury, but he remained conscious and was released the next day.
AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRankLiliya LudanWomen's singles47.43947.37847.15047.3083:09.2756Natalia YakushenkoWomen's singles54.189did not start Andriy KisYuriy HaydukDoubles48.85048.327n/a1:37.17714 Oleg ZherebetskyyRoman YazvinskyyDoubles50.897did not start
Nordic combined
Sergei Diyachuk and Volodymyr Trachuk both finished in the bottom five in the two Nordic combined events in Turin.
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryPointsRankDeficitTimeRankSergei DiyachukSprint74.9473:2321:44.1 +3:15.145Individual Gundersen151.0487:2648:08.1 +8:23.545Volodymyr TrachukSprint61.5484:1723:57.8 +5:28.848Individual Gundersen140.0498:1023:57.8 +5:28.848
Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.
Short track speed skating
Volodymyr Grygoriev, Ukraine's only speed skater in Turin, advanced from his heat in the 1000 metres, but then finished last in his quarterfinal.
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVolodymyr GrygorievMen's 500 m43.5833did not advance17Men's 1000 m1:36.3972 Q1:29.1685did not advance15
Ski jumping
Ukraine's lone competing ski jumper, Volodymyr Boschuk, did not progress beyond the qualification round in either the normal or large hill events.
AthleteEventQualifyingFirst roundFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRankVolodymyr BoschukNormal hill88.547did not advanceLarge hill30.651did not advance
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