Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Belarus at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  BLR
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 37		 Gold
1		 Silver
6		 Bronze
8		 Total
15
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Soviet Union Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Unified Team Unified Team (1992)

Belarus competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

  • Igor Basinsky — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
  • Alexander Pavlov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight (48 kg)
  • Sergei Lishtvan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg)
  • Aleksey Medvedev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)

[edit] Bronze

  • Yelena Mikulich, Marina Znak, Natalya Volchek, Natalia Stasyuk, Tamara Davydenko, Valentina Skrabatun, Natalya Lavrinenko, Yaroslava Pavlovich, and Aleksandra Pankina — 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)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8613 points (→ 5th place)

Men's Pole Vault

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

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 78.52m
  • Final — 78.20m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 75.10m
  • Final — 77.38m (→ 8th place)
  • Aleksandr Krasko
  • Qualification — 73.74m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 19.57m
  • Final — 19.79m (→ 9th place)
  • Viktor Bulat
  • Qualification — 17.29m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 63.22m
  • Final — 66.60m (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Qualification — 62.22m
  • Final — 65.80m (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's 20km Walk


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

  • Qualification — 62.32m
  • Final — 58.56m (→ 12th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Elyna Zvereva
  • Qualification — 62.74m
  • Final — 65.64m (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification — 62.04m
  • Final — 60.46m (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification — 53.30m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

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

Women's Marathon

  • Yelena Mazovka — 2:36.22 (→ 24th place)
  • Natalia Galuchko — 2:44.21 (→ 50th place)
  • Madin Biktagirova — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10km Walk

  • Olya Kardapoltseva — 43:02 (→ 6th place)
  • Valya Tsybulskaya — 43:21 (→ 8th place)
  • Natalya Misyulya — 45:11 (→ 17th place)

[edit] 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)

  • Serguei Bykovski
    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 (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 (New Zealand), 12-8
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany), 5-10

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

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

[edit] Gymnastics

Women's Rhythmic Individual Competition

  • Larissa Loukianenko → 7th place (38.666 points)
  • Tatyana Ogryzko → 8th place (38.530 points)

[edit] 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

  • Alexander Gukov
    1. Heat – 2:17.49 (→ did not advance, 20th place)


Women's 50m Freestyle

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

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

[edit] Weightlifting

Men's 108 kg

  • Vladimir Emelyanov
  • 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)

[edit] References