Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

competed in the Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

 for the first time as an independent nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

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, United States

United States

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. Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania competed separately. The team has been informally called the Commonwealth of Independent States team, though Georgia was...

.

Gold

• Ekaterina Karsten
  Ekaterina Karsten
  Ekaterina Karsten is a famous rower from Minsk, Belarus, an Olympic champion and world champion in single sculls....
  
   — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls

Silver

• Vladimir Dubrovshchik
  Vladimir Dubrovshchik
  Vladimir Vladimirovich Dubrovshchik is a former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. He is also the 1994 European champion and 1995 World Championships silver medallist, and he finished fourth at the 1997 World Championships. In 2000 he set his personal best throw...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

• Natalya Sazanovich — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon

• Igor Basinsky — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol

• Aleksandr Pavlov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Sergei Lishtvan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg)

• Aleksey Medvedev
  Aleksei Vladimirovich Medvedev
  Aleksei Vladimirovich Medvedev is a Belarusian wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's FreestyleHeavyweight category.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)

Bronze

• Vasiliy Kaptyukh
  Vasiliy Kaptyukh
  Vasiliy Kaptyukh is a Belarusian former discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996. He has in fact never won gold or silver medals in major competitions, and he finished fourth in major contests such as the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, despite he even setting his personal best throw...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

• Ellina Zvereva
  Ellina Zvereva
  Ellina Zvereva is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 1995, and again in 2001 after the disqualification of Natalya Sadova....
  
   — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw

• Vitaly Scherbo
  Vitaly Scherbo
  Vitaly Venediktovich Scherbo , born 13 January 1972 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, is a Belarusian and former Soviet artistic gymnast...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual

• Vitaly Scherbo
  Vitaly Scherbo
  Vitaly Venediktovich Scherbo , born 13 January 1972 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, is a Belarusian and former Soviet artistic gymnast...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

• Vitaly Scherbo
  Vitaly Scherbo
  Vitaly Venediktovich Scherbo , born 13 January 1972 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, is a Belarusian and former Soviet artistic gymnast...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

• Yelena Mikulich
  Yelena Mikulich
  Yelena Vladimirovna Mikulich is a Belarus rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Marina Znak
  Marina Znak
  Marina Nikolayevna Znak is a Belarusian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Natalya Volchek, Natalia Stasyuk, Tamara Davydenko
  Tamara Davydenko
  Tamara Viktorovna Davydenko is a Belarus rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Valentina Skrabatun
  Valentina Skrabatun
  Valentina Aleksandrovna Skrabatun is a Belarusian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Natalya Lavrinenko, Yaroslava Pavlovich
  Yaroslava Pavlovich
  Yaroslava Anatolyevna Pavlovich is a Belarusian rowing cox..- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Aleksandra Pankina
  Aleksandra Pankina
  Aleksandra Yuryevna Pankina is a Belarusian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Eights [In 2000, Stasyuk and Lavrinenko were banned for life from the sport of rowing for steroid use.]

• Valery Tsilent — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)

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Archery

In its debut Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women. Their combined record was 4-2 as Olga Yakusheva made it to the quarterfinals before being defeated.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Olga Yakusheva - quarterfinal, 5th place (3-1)
• Olga Zabugina - round of 32, 31st place (1-1)

Athletics

Men's Decathlon

• Eduard Hämäläinen
  Eduard Hämäläinen
  Eduard Hämäläinen is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.-Biograpfhy:He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan in 1917...
  
  
• Final Result — 8613 points (→ 5th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Dmitriy Markov
• Qualification — 5.60m
• Final — 5.86m (→ 6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Igor Astapkovich
  Igor Astapkovich
  Ihar Astapkovich , born in Minsk, is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.-Biography:...
  
  
• Qualification — 78.52m
• Final — 78.20m (→ 7th place)

• Sergey Alay
  Sergey Alay
  Sergey Alay is a retired Belarusian hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.00 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Stayki.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Qualification — 75.10m
• Final — 77.38m (→ 8th place)

• Aleksandr Krasko
• Qualification — 73.74m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Dzimitry Hancharuk
  Dzimitry Hancharuk
  Dzimitry Hancharuk is a Belarusian shot putter. His best finishes include eighth place at the 1995 World Championships and ninth place at the 1996 Olympic Games. His personal best is 20.12 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Vaasa.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Qualification — 19.57m
• Final — 19.79m (→ 9th place)

• Viktor Bulat
• Qualification — 17.29m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Vladimir Dubrovshchik
  Vladimir Dubrovshchik
  Vladimir Vladimirovich Dubrovshchik is a former Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 1996. He is also the 1994 European champion and 1995 World Championships silver medallist, and he finished fourth at the 1997 World Championships. In 2000 he set his personal best throw...
  
  
• Qualification — 63.22m
• Final — 66.60m (→ Silver Medal)

• Vasiliy Kaptyukh
  Vasiliy Kaptyukh
  Vasiliy Kaptyukh is a Belarusian former discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996. He has in fact never won gold or silver medals in major competitions, and he finished fourth in major contests such as the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, despite he even setting his personal best throw...
  
  
• Qualification — 62.22m
• Final — 65.80m (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Yevgeniy Misyulya
  Yevgeniy Misyulya
  Yevgeny Nikolayevich Misyulya is a Belarusian race walker. He has won two World Championships bronze medals, and even participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics at the age of 40. He is married to racewalker Natalya Misyulya.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 1:21:16 (→ 9th place)

• Mikhail Khmelnitskiy
  Mikhail Khmelnitskiy
  Mikhail Khmelnitskiy is a male race walker who represented the USSR and later Belarus.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
   — 1:22:17 (→ 12th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Viktor Ginko
  Viktor Ginko
  Viktor Ginko is a male race walker from Belarus.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — 3:45:27 (→ 5th place)

• Yevgeniy Misyulya
  Yevgeniy Misyulya
  Yevgeny Nikolayevich Misyulya is a Belarusian race walker. He has won two World Championships bronze medals, and even participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics at the age of 40. He is married to racewalker Natalya Misyulya.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Tanya Ledovskaya
• Qualification — 55.82
• Semifinals — 54.99 (→ did not advance)

• Nelli Voronkova
• Qualification — 56.97 (→ did not advance)

• Tanya Kurochkina
• Qualification — 57.28 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Anzhela Atroschenko
• Qualification — 5.94m (→ did not advance)

• Natasha Sazanovich
• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Tatyana Khramova
• Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Natalya Shikolenko
  Natalya Shikolenko
  Natalya Shikolenko is a javelin thrower who represented USSR and later Belarus. She won an Olympic silver medal and a World Championship gold....
  
  
• Qualification — 62.32m
• Final — 58.56m (→ 12th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Ellina Zvereva
  Ellina Zvereva
  Ellina Zvereva is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 1995, and again in 2001 after the disqualification of Natalya Sadova....
  
  
• Qualification — 62.74m
• Final — 65.64m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Ira Yatchenko
• Qualification — 62.04m
• Final — 60.46m (→ 12th place)

• Lyudmila Filimonova
  Lyudmila Filimonova
  Lyudmila Filimonova is a retired Belarusian discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 64.44 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Minsk....
  
  
• Qualification — 53.30m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Natalya Sazanovich
• Final Result — 6563 points (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Marathon

• Alena Mazouka — 2:36.22 (→ 24th place)
• Natalia Galuchko — 2:44.21 (→ 50th place)
• Madina Biktagirova
  Madina Biktagirova
  Madina Biktagirova is a former long-distance runner who competed for Belarus, then Russia.She represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 5th place. Biktagirova set her personal best in 1997, clocking 2:24:46. She also competed at the 1992 and the 1996 Summer...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Olga Kardopoltseva
  Olga Kardopoltseva
  -Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 43:02 (→ 6th place)
• Valentina Tsybulskaya
  Valentina Tsybulskaya
  Valentina Ivanovna Tsybulskaya is a Belarusian race walker. She has won World Championships silver and bronze medals, but no Olympic medals although she participated in 1996, 2000 and 2004.-Achievements:- External links :*...
  
   — 43:21 (→ 8th place)
• Nataliya Misyulya
  Nataliya Misyulya
  Natalya Misyulya is a retired female race walker from Belarus. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country: 1996 and 2000.She is married with race walker Yevgeniy Misyulya.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 45:11 (→ 17th place)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Serguei Ostrochapkine
  1. First Round — Lost to Dennis Zimba (Zambia), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Sergey Bykovsky
  Sergey Bykovsky
  Sergey Bykovsky is a boxer from Belarus, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Welterweight division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark, alongside Bulgaria's Radoslav Suslekov....
  
  
  1. First Round — Defeated Besiki Wardzetashvili (Georgia), 11-11 (referee decision)
  2. Second Round — Lost to Nordine Mouichi (France), 6-17

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Vadim Mezga
  1. First Round — Defeated Lucas Sinoia (Mozambique), 11-6
  2. Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra
     Juan Hernández Sierra
     Juan Hernández Sierra is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight...
     
      (Cuba), 2-12

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Serguei Dychkov
  1. First Round — Defeated Romans Kuklins (Latvia), 16-6
  2. Second Round — Defeated Garth da Silva
     Garth da Silva
     Garth John da Silva is a boxer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won his first round in the Heavyweight division against Cathel O'Grady of Ireland, before losing to Serguei Dychkov of Belarus...
     
      (New Zealand), 12-8
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Luan Krasniqi
     Luan Krasniqi
     Luan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....
     
      (Germany), 5-10

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Sergei Liakhovich
  Sergei Liakhovich
  Sergei "White Wolf" Liakhovich , is a Belarusian boxer and a former WBO heavyweight boxing champion.-Amateur career:Liakhovich, who represented Belarus at the 1996 Olympic Games, was a long-time amateur who won Bronze at the 1997 World Championships....
  
  
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 9-10

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Zinaida Stagurskaya
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 14th place)

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Men's 3m Springboard

• Andrey Semenyuk
  Andrey Semenyuk
  Andrey Semenyuk is a retired diver from Belarus, who won the gold medal in the Men's 1m Springboard event at the 1991 European Championships in Athens, Greece. He represented Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 385.32
• Semi Final — 202.23
• Final — 393.33 (→ 10th place)

• Vyacheslav Khamulkin
• Preliminary Heat — 331.86 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Svetlana Alekseyeva
• Preliminary Heat — 246.27
• Semi Final — 200.37 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Gymnastics

Women's Rhythmic Individual Competition

• Larissa Loukianenko
  Larissa Loukianenko
  Larissa Loukianenko Russian: Лариса Лукьяненко Larisa Luk'yanenko was a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast....
  
   → 7th place (38.666 points)
• Tatyana Ogryzko → 8th place (38.530 points)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Oleg Rukhlevich
  1. Heat – 23.12 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

• Dimitri Kalinovski
  1. Heat – 23.61 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Oleg Rukhlevich
  1. Heat – 50.42 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Sergei Mikhnovets
  1. Heat – 15:41.80 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Alexei Kriventsov
  1. Heat – 1:04.20 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Aleksandr Gukov
  Aleksandr Gukov
  Aleksandr Gukov is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Belarus, who won two gold medal in the men's breaststroke events at the 1997 European Championships in Seville, Spain. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Atlanta, Georgia .-References:*...
  
  
  1. Heat – 2:17.49 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Alena Popchanka
  Alena Popchanka
  Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
  
  
  1. Heat – 27.18 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Svetlana Zhidko
  1. Heat – 58.64 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Inga Borodich
  1. Heat – 2:05.85 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Elena Rudkovskaya
  1. Heat – 1:13.71 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Natalya Baranovskaya
  Natalya Baranovskaya
  Natalia Hadjiloizou is a professional Cypriot swimmer, who made her Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta for Belarus....
  
  
  1. Heat – 1:04.09 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya
  Natalya Baranovskaya
  Natalia Hadjiloizou is a professional Cypriot swimmer, who made her Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta for Belarus....
  
  , and Alena Popchanka
  Alena Popchanka
  Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
  
  
  1. Heat – 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

• Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya
  Natalya Baranovskaya
  Natalia Hadjiloizou is a professional Cypriot swimmer, who made her Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta for Belarus....
  
  , and Alena Popchanka
  Alena Popchanka
  Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
  
  
  1. Heat – 8:21.70 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

These are the final results for the tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.American teenager Jennifer Capriati stunned German Steffi Graf in the women's singles final to win the gold medal...

Women's Singles Competition

• Natasha Zvereva
  Natasha Zvereva
  Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
  
  
  1. First round — Defeated Sabine Appelmans
     Sabine Appelmans
     Sabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:...
     
      (Belgium) 7-5 6-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Amanda Coetzer
     Amanda Coetzer
     Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
     
      (South Africa) 6-1 4-6 6-2
  3. Third round — Lost to Conchita Martínez
     Conchita Martínez
     Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
     
      (Spain) 2-6 5-7

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

Men's Bantamweight

• Viktor Sinyak

Men's Middleweight

• Leonid Lobachev
• Oleg Kechko

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

• Vladimir Khlud
• Viktor Belyatsky

Men's Heavyweight I

• Oleg Chiritso

Men's Heavyweight II (– 108 kg)

• Vladimir Yemelyanov
• Snatch — 187.5 kg
• Clean & Jerk — 220.0 kg
• Total — 407.5 kg (→ 4th place)

• Gennadiy Shchekalo
• Snatch — 175.0 kg
• Clean & Jerk — no mark
• Total — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 108 kg)

• Aleksandr Kurlovich