Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Belarus at the Olympic Games
Flag of Belarus – Flag bearers IOC code  BLR NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus Website www.noc.by (Russian)
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Competitors	50 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Oleg Antonenko
Medals Rank: 17	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 3
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Belarus participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Grishin, AlexeiAlexei Grishin	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
2 Silver	Novikov, SergeySergey Novikov	Biathlon	Men's individual
3 Bronze	Domracheva, DaryaDarya Domracheva	Biathlon	Women's individual

Alpine skiing

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Lizaveta Kuzmenka	Women's giant slalom	1:24.60	1:26.29	2:50.89	54
	Women's slalom	59.97	DNF
Maria Shkanova	Women's giant slalom	1:22.18	1:18.20	2:40.38	40
	Women's slalom	56.92	57.58	1:54.50	39
	Women's Super-G			1:27.84	33

Biathlon

• Evgeny Abramenko
• Vladimir Miklashevski
• Sergei Novikov
• Mikhail Semenov
• Alexander Syman
• Rustam Valliulin

• Lyudmila Ananko
• Darya Domracheva
• Lyudmila Kalinchik
• Olga Kudryashova
• Olga Nazarova
• Nadezhda Skardino

Cross-country skiing

• Sergei Dolidovich
• Leanid Karneyenka

• Nastassia Dubarezava
• Ekaterina Rudakova
• Alena Sannikova
• Olga Vasiljonok

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dmitri Dashinski	Men's aerials	238.33	4 Q	215.68	11
Alexei Grishin	Men's aerials	234.27	7 Q	248.41	01 !
Anton Kushnir	Men's aerials	213.90	15	Did not advance
Timofei Slivets	Men's aerials	221.91	12 Q	225.58	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Assoli Slivets	Women's aerials	169.39	7 Q	198.69	4
Alla Tsuper	Women's aerials	195.76	1 Q	181.84	8

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Belarusian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[2]

No.	Pos.		Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
1	G	Koval, VitaliVitali Koval	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	&10000000000000100000000100 kg (220 lb)	01980-03-31 31 March 1980	Perm, Russian SFSR	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
37	G	Malyutin, MaximMaxim Malyutin	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	&1000000000000007400000074 kg (160 lb)	01988-09-16 16 September 1988	Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR	Vitebsk (BLR)
31	G	Mezin, AndreiAndrei Mezin	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	&1000000000000007800000078 kg (170 lb)	01974-07-08 8 July 1974	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
7	D	Vladimir, Vladimir Denisov (ice hockey)Vladimir Denisov (ice hockey) Vladimir	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	&1000000000000009400000094 kg (210 lb)	01984-06-29 29 June 1984	Navapolatsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
33	D	Karev, AndreiAndrei Karev	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	&1000000000000009000000090 kg (200 lb)	01985-02-12 12 February 1985	Elektrostal, Russian SFSR	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
25	D	Kolosov, SergeiSergei Kolosov	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	&1000000000000009200000092 kg (200 lb)	01986-05-22 22 May 1986	Navapolatsk	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
43	D	Kostiuchenok, ViktorViktor Kostiuchenok	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	&1000000000000009400000094 kg (210 lb)	01979-06-07 7 June 1979	Minsk	Spartak Moscow (KHL)
4	D	Makritski, AleksandrAleksandr Makritski	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	&1000000000000009000000090 kg (200 lb)	01971-08-11 11 August 1971	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
52	D	Ryadinsky, AleksandrAleksandr Ryadinsky	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	&1000000000000009300000093 kg (210 lb)	01978-04-01 1 April 1978	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
24	D	Salei, RuslanRuslan Salei – C	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	&1000000000000009600000096 kg (210 lb)	01974-11-02 2 November 1974	Minsk	Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
5	D	Stasenko, NikolaiNikolai Stasenko	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)	&10000000000000101000000101 kg (220 lb)	01987-02-15 15 February 1987	Roshino	Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)
10	F	Antonenko, OlegOleg Antonenko – A	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	&1000000000000009200000092 kg (200 lb)	01971-07-01 1 July 1971	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
59	F	Demagin, SergeiSergei Demagin	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	&1000000000000007900000079 kg (170 lb)	01986-07-19 19 July 1986	Minsk	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL)
71	F	Kalyuzhny, AlexeiAlexei Kalyuzhny	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	&1000000000000008400000084 kg (190 lb)	01977-06-13 13 June 1977	Minsk	Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
28	F	Koltsov, KonstantinKonstantin Koltsov – A	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	&1000000000000009000000090 kg (200 lb)	01981-04-17 17 April 1981	Minsk	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
74	F	Kostitsyn, SergeiSergei Kostitsyn	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	&1000000000000009300000093 kg (210 lb)	01987-03-20 20 March 1987	Navapolatsk	Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
11	F	Kulakov, AleksandrAleksandr Kulakov	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	&1000000000000008900000089 kg (200 lb)	01983-05-15 15 May 1983	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
19	F	Meleshko, DmitriDmitri Meleshko	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	&1000000000000008100000081 kg (180 lb)	01982-11-08 8 November 1982	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
8	F	Mikhalev, AndreiAndrei Mikhalev	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	&1000000000000009000000090 kg (200 lb)	01978-02-23 23 February 1978	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
26	F	Stas, AndreiAndrei Stas	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	&1000000000000008300000083 kg (180 lb)	01988-10-18 18 October 1988	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
18	F	Ugarov, AlexeiAlexei Ugarov	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	&1000000000000008000000080 kg (180 lb)	01985-01-02 2 January 1985	Minsk	HC MVD (KHL)
22	F	Zadelenov, SergeiSergei Zadelenov	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	&1000000000000008800000088 kg (190 lb)	01976-02-27 27 February 1976	Navapolatsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
21	F	Zakharov, KonstantinKonstantin Zakharov	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	&1000000000000009300000093 kg (210 lb)	01985-05-02 2 May 1985	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)

Defencemen Andrei Antonov, Andrei Bashko, Vadim Sushko and Aleksandr Syrei, along with forwards Mikhail Grabovski and Andrei Kostitsyn, were initially selected but could not play due to injuries. The players chosen to replace them were defencemen Andrei Karev, Sergei Kolosov, Aleksandr Makritsky and Aleksandr Ryadinsky, and forwards Dmitri Meleshko and Konstantin Zakharov.^[3]

Group play

Belarus played in Group C.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

17 February 2010 12:00

Finland

5 – 1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,639

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Paul Devorski Peter Ország
	Jokinen (S. Koivu, Selänne) (PP) - 03:24 Hagman (M. Koivu, Pitkänen) (PP) - 17:50 Hagman (M. Koivu) - 36:52 Filppula (M. Koivu) - 40:23 J. Ruutu (Kukkonen, Kapanen) - 52:59	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 4 – 1 5 – 1	20:21 - S. Kostitsyn (Demagin)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	12

19 February 2010 12:00

Belarus

2 – 4 (0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,878

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Jonas Gustavsson	Referees: Dennis LaRue Brent Reiber
	Meleshko (Stasenko, Ryadinski) (PP) - 34:40 Meleshko (Kulakov) - 51:33	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4	06:40 - D. Sedin (H. Sedin, Weinhandl) 09:04 - Alfredsson (Johansson, Bäckström) (PP) 29:35 - Franzén (Påhlsson, Modin) 59:49 - Alfredsson (H. Sedin, D. Sedin)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	38

20 February 2010 21:00

Germany

3 – 5 (1–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,979

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Danny Kurmann Bill McCreary
	Seidenberg (Sturm, Goc) (PP) - 05:39 Tripp (Rankel) - 51:49 Goc (Hecht) - 52:10	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 3 – 4 3 – 5	10:43 - Ugarov 28:36 - Kalyuzhny (Kostitsyn, Stasenko) 51:10 - Kostitsyn (Koltsov) 54:36 - Salei (Kalyuzhny, Kostitsyn) (PP) 58:45 - Kalyuzhny (Koltsov, Kostitsyn)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	17

Standings

	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	9	2	+7	9
Finland	3	2	0	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	−4	3
Germany	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

23 February 2010 12:00

Switzerland

3 – 2 (SO) (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 2/3–1/3)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,397

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referees: Paul Devorski Peter Ország
	Sprunger (Wick, Plüss) (PP) - 12:25 Domenichelli (Streit, Blindenbacher) (PP) - 27:07 Déruns Lemm Rüthemann	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1 2 – 2 Shootout 1 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 1	00:59 - Kalyuzhny (Kostiuchenok) 35:42 - Zakharov (Ugarov, Stasenko) (PP) Antonenko Meleshko S. Kostitsyn
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	22

Speed skating

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Svetlana Radkevich	500 m	39.899	35	39.854	33	79.753	33

See also

• Belarus at the Olympics
• Belarus at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

References

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