Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics
| Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | BLR | ||||||||
| NOC | Belarus Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| in Nagano | |||||||||
| Competitors | 59 (44 men, 15 women) in 9 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Alexandr Popov, Biathlon | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 20th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
| Other related appearances | |||||||||
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Poland (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Belarus competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
The Belorussian hockey team was put into the preliminaries for the Olympics. They won their group that featured Germany, France and Japan by beating France 4-0, Germany 8-2 and by drawing Japan 2-2. Their first place helped them to play in the final tournament. They were in group A and lost all 3 games 5-0 to Canada and identical scores of 5-2 to Sweden and the United States. They finished last of group A and had to face the top spot in group B which was Russia. They lost 4-1 and got eliminated in the process from the tournament. They ended the tournament in 7th place.
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
All times are local (UTC-7).
All times are local (UTC-7).
All times are local (UTC-7).
Men's individual
Events:
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