Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Belarus at the Olympic Games

Flag of Belarus
IOC code  BLR
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
external link (Russian)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors approx. 150
Flag bearer Alexander Medved (wrestler)
Medals
Rank: 26		 Gold
2		 Silver
6		 Bronze
7		 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 at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Before gaining independence many Belarusian athletes competed for the USSR team: Vitaly Scherbo is a 6-times Olympic champion, Nellie Kim is five times Olympic champion, Olga Korbut, Olga Belova, Viktar Sidziak are 4-times Olympic champions, Uladzimir Parfianovich, Svetlana Boguinskaya are 3-times Olympic champions.

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[edit] Medals

The Belarus national team won 15 medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: 2 gold, 6 silver, and 7 bronze. By comparison, in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Belarus won 17 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 11 bronze), and in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, won 15 medals (1 gold, 6 silver, and 8 bronze).

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

(incomplete)

[edit] Archery

[edit] Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

Women's 200 metres:

Women's 400 metres:

Women's 5000 metres:

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

Women's 4x400 metre relay:

Men's decathlon:

Women's heptathlon:

Men's marathon:

  • Azat Rakipov - DNF

Men's 20 km walk:

Women's 20 km walk:

Men's 50 km walk:

Men's triple jump:

  • Dmitriy Valyukevich - Round 1, 16.32 metres (did not advance)
  • Aleksandr Glavatskiy - Round 1, 16.18 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

Men's high jump:

  • Gennadiy Moroz - Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)
  • Aleksey Lesnichiy - Round 1, DQ

Men's shot put:

Women's shot put:

Men's discus:

Women's discus:

Women's javelin:

Men's hammer:

  • Ivan Tikhon - Final, 79.81 metres (silver medal)
  • Vadzim Dzeviatkouski - Final, 78.82 metres (4th place)
  • Igor Astapkovich - Final, 76.22 metres (9th place)

Women's hammer:

[edit] Boxing

Belarus entered six boxers in 2004. They won a pair of silver medals, with a combined record of 9-6 in competition. Belarus ranked 6th in the medals chart for boxing.

Flyweight (51kg)

Bantamweight (54kg)

Featherweight (57kg)

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

Heavyweight (91kg)

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

[edit] Canoeing

Belarus sent five canoe teams to Athens. They competed in seven events, earning a bronze medal in the flatwater men's double kayak 500 metre race. This put Belarus in a three-way tie for 17th place in the canoeing medal count.

Flatwater men's C1 500m:

  • Aliaksandr Zhukouski - 4th place
    1. Heat - 1:50.378 (4th in heat)
    2. Semifinal - 1:50.563 (1st in heat)
    3. Final - 1:47.903 (4th in Final)

Flatwater men's C1 1000m:

  • Aliaksandr Zhukouski - 10th place
    1. Heat - 4:02.159 (5th in heat)
    2. Semifinal - 3:55.456 (4th in heat - 3rd needed to advance)

Flatwater men's C2 500m:

  • Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich - 6th place
    1. Heat - 1:41.576 (5th in heat)
    2. Semifinal - 1:42.484 (3rd in heat)
    3. Final - 1:40.858 (6th in Final)

Flatwater men's C2 1000m:

  • Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich - 10th place
    1. Heat - 3:38.391 (7th in heat)
    2. Semifinal - 3:33.588 (4th in heat - 3rd needed to advance)

Flatwater men's K2 500m:

Flatwater women's K2 500m:

  • Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets - 9th place
    1. Heat - 1:45.279 (6th in heat)
    2. Semifinal - 1:45.234 (3rd in heat)
    3. Final - 1:43.729 (9th in Final)

Flatwater men's K4 1000m:

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's road race:

Women's road race:

  • Zinaida Stahurskaya - 19th place, 3:25:42
  • Volha Hayeva - 45th place, 3:33:35

[edit] Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:

Women's individual sprint:

Women's time trial:

  • Natallia Tsylinskaya - bronze medal, 34.167

Men's points race:

  • Yauheni Sobal - 12th place, 24 points

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

  • Sergei Kuchmasov - Prelim: 377.61 (25th place)
  • Aliaksandr Varlamov - Prelim: 357.09 (30th place)

Men's 10 metre platform:

  • Aliaksandr Varlamov - preliminary, 27th place
  • Andrei Mamontov - preliminary, 30th place

[edit] Equestrian

Individual dressage:

  • Iryna Lis riding Problesk - second round, 24th place

[edit] Fencing

Women's foil individual:

  • Vita Siltchenko - defeated in round of 32

Men's sabre individual:

  • Dmitri Lapkes - 4th place

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

  • Ivan Ivankov - advanced in one exercise
    • Parallel bars - 4th place
  • Denis Savenkov - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:

  • Yulia Tarasenka - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

  • Individual
  • Team - 4th place
    • Natalia Aliaksandrava (hoops and balls)
    • Yavhenia Burlo
    • Hlafira Martsinovich
    • Zlatislava Nersesian
    • Alina Nikandrava (ribbons)
    • Maria Paplyka

Men's trampoline:

  • Dimitri Polyarush - 4th place
  • Nikolai Kazak - 14th place

Women's trampoline:

  • Tatiana Petrenia - 16th place

[edit] Judo

Men's 60 kg:

Men's 73 kg:

Men's 81 kg:

Men's 90 kg:

Men's 100 kg:

Men's 100+ kg:

  • Yury Rybak - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

Women's 48 kg:

  • Tatiana Moskvina - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's:

  • Dzmitry Meliakh - 5th place

Women's:

  • Tatsiana Mazurkevich - 9th place
  • Galina Bashlakova - 21st place

[edit] Officials

  • President: S.e. M. Alexandre Lukashenko
  • Secretary General: Anatoli Ivanov