# Kazakhstan at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Vladimir Smirnov | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit | 14 February |
| Bronze | Lyudmila Prokasheva | Speed skating | Women's 5000 metres | 20 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Figure skating | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
| Speed skating | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 45 | 15 | 60 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Dmitry Kvach | Giant Slalom | 1:29.95 | DNF | DNF | – |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Yuliya Krygina | Super-G | DNF | – |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Dmitry Pantov | 3 | 30:51.8 | 54 |
| 10 km Sprint | Valery Ivanov | 5 | 59:58.8 | 31 |
| 10 km Sprint | Dmitry Pozdnyakov | 0 | 29:30.1 | 24 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Dmitry Pozdnyakov | 59:22.9 | 6 | 1'05:22.9 | 59 |
| 20 km | Valery Ivanov | 56:55.9 | 7 | 1'03:55.9 | 52 |
| 20 km | Dmitry Pantov | 58:10.5 | 5 | 1'03:10.5 | 49 |

### Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Dmitry Pantov Dmitry Pozdnyakov Aleksandr Menshchikov Valery Ivanov | 1 | 1'27:56.0 | 16 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Inna Sheshkil | 1 | 24:32.9 | 20 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Margarita Dulova | 1 | 24:21.7 | 18 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Inna Sheshkil | 56:27.7 | 7 | 1'03:27.7 | 54 |
| 15 km | Lyudmila Guryeva | 54:42.8 | 4 | 58:42.8 | 23 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Inna Sheshkil Margarita Dulova Yelena Dubok Lyudmila Guryeva | 2 | 1'45:22.9 | 11 |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Vitaly Lilichenko | 32:54.5 | 80 |
| 10 km C | Andrey Nevzorov | 31:30.4 | 68 |
| 10 km C | Pavel Ryabinin | 30:37.0 | 50 |
| 10 km C | Vladimir Smirnov | 27:45.1 | 4 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Vitaly Lilichenko | 48:58.1 | 59 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Andrey Nevzorov | 45:30.7 | 48 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Pavel Ryabinin | 44:41.7 | 36 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Vladimir Smirnov | 40:07.5 | |
| 30 km C | Vladimir Bortsov | 1'45:12.8 | 50 |
| 30 km C | Andrey Nevzorov | 1'42:48.8 | 41 |
| 30 km C | Pavel Ryabinin | 1'39:31.6 | 13 |
| 30 km C | Vladimir Smirnov | 1'38:59.1 | 12 |
| 50 km F | Vitaly Lilichenko | 2'25:58.0 | 55 |
| 50 km F | Vladimir Bortsov | 2'20:39.3 | 45 |
| 50 km F | Andrey Nevzorov | 2'15:14.7 | 23 |
| 50 km F | Vladimir Smirnov | 2'07:26.4 | 8 |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Pavel Ryabinin Vladimir Bortsov Andrey Nevzorov Vitaly Lilichenko | 1'46:12.9 | 16 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Olga Seleznyova | 20:27.7 | 66 |
| 5 km C | Svetlana Deshevykh | 19:25.3 | 44 |
| 5 km C | Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova | 19:10.7 | 35 |
| 5 km C | Oksana Yatskaya | 18:57.3 | 27 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Olga Seleznyova | 36:00.6 | 63 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova | 32:39.4 | 42 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Oksana Yatskaya | 32:20.5 | 39 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Svetlana Deshevykh | 32:20.2 | 38 |
| 15 km C | Yelena Volodina-Antonova | 55:34.0 | 57 |
| 15 km C | Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova | 53:13.7 | 49 |
| 15 km C | Oksana Yatskaya | 51:39.7 | 32 |
| 15 km C | Svetlana Deshevykh | 50:28.0 | 20 |
| 30 km F | Olga Seleznyova | 1'36:30.6 | 52 |
| 30 km F | Oksana Yatskaya | 1'33:23.4 | 40 |
| 30 km F | Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova | 1'31:39.7 | 30 |
| 30 km F | Svetlana Deshevykh | 1'29:48.1 | 21 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Svetlana Deshevykh Oksana Yatskaya Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova Olga Seleznyova | 59:11.3 | 12 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Yourii Litvinov | 28 | DNF | DNF | – |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Marina Khalturina Andrei Kroukov | 16 | 14 | 22.0 | 14 |

### Ice dancing

| Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
| Elizaveta Stekolnikova Dmitrii Kazarlyga | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 44.2 | 22 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Aleksey Bannikov | Moguls | 29.06 | 20.18 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Irina Kormysheva | Moguls | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |

## Ice hockey

Summary Key:
* OT – Overtime
* GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Qualification playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kazakhstan men's | Men's tournament | Russia L 2–9 | Switzerland L 2–8 | Finland L 2–8 | — | Canada L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

### Men's tournament
#### Preliminary round - Group A

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 5 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 2 |
All times are local (UTC-7).

#### First round - Group D

| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 4 |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 25 | -19 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Quarterfinal

All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Leading scorers

| Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 4th | Aleksandr Koreshkov | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 6th | Konstantin Shafranov | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
* Team roster
   * Aleksandr Koreshkov
   * Konstantin Shafranov
   * Mikhail Borodulin
   * Yevgeniy Koreshkov
   * Vladimir Zavyalov
   * Igor Zemlyanov
   * Dmitriy Dudarev
   * Andrey Pchelyakov
   * Andrey Sokolov
   * Pavel Kamentsev
   * Vitaly Tregubov
   * Vadim Glovatsky
   * Andrey Savenkov
   * Vladimir Antipin
   * Piotr Deviatkin
   * Igor Dorohkin
   * Alexander Shimin
   * Alexey Trochshinsky
   * Vitaliy Yeremeyev

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Aleksandr Kolmakov | Normal hill | 67.5 | 63.0 | 58 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pavel Gayduk | Normal hill | 72.0 | 76.5 | 48 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stanislav Filimonov | Normal hill | 75.5 | 85.0 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dmitry Chvykov | Normal hill | 79.0 | 93.5 | 25 Q | 75.0 | 83.5 | 177.0 | 30 |
| Dmitry Chvykov | Large hill | 101.5 | 76.2 | 49 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aleksandr Kolmakov | Large hill | 101.5 | 80.7 | 46 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pavel Gayduk | Large hill | 104.5 | 87.1 | 42 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stanislav Filimonov | Large hill | 111.0 | 98.3 | 27 Q | 116.0 | 108.3 | 206.6 | 25 |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
| Pavel Gayduk Aleksandr Kolmakov Dmitry Chvykov Stanislav Filimonov | 602.0 | 11 |
    $^1$ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Vladimir Klepinin | 37.22 | 36 | 36.92 | 31 | 74.14 | 32 |
| 500 m | Vadim Shakshakbayev | 36.87 | 29 | 36.57 | 23 | 73.44 | 24 |
| 1000 m | Vladimir Klepinin | | | | | 1:14.38 | 37 |
| 1000 m | Sergey Tsybenko | | | | | 1:12.40 | 17 |
| 1500 m | Sergey Kaznacheyev | | | | | 1:55.22 | 41 |
| 1500 m | Radik Bikchentayev | | | | | 1:52.87 | 27 |
| 1500 m | Sergey Tsybenko | | | | | 1:52.03 | 19 |
| 5000 m | Radik Bikchentayev | | | | | 6:52.65 | 27 |
| 5000 m | Sergey Kaznacheyev | | | | | 6:51.50 | 26 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 1500 m | Lyudmila Prokasheva | 2:01.65 | 11 |
| 3000 m | Kenzhesh Sarsekenova-Orynbayeva | 4:42.07 | 31 |
| 3000 m | Lyudmila Prokasheva | 4:14.23 | 7 |
| 5000 m | Lyudmila Prokasheva | 7:11.14 | |