Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| Belarus at the Olympic Games | ||||
 Flag of Belarus |
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| IOC code: | BLR | |||
| NOC: | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus external link (Belarusian) |
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| 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||
| Medals Rank: 37 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 8 |
Total 15 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
| Other related appearances | ||||
 Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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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
- Ekaterina Karsten — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
[edit] Silver
- Vladimir Dubrovshchik — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Natalya Sazanovich — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
- 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
- Vasiliy Kaptyukh — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Ellina Zvereva — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Vitaly Scherbo — Gymnastics, Men's All-around Individual
- Vitaly Scherbo — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Vitaly Scherbo — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
- Yelena Mikulich, Marina Znak, Natalya Volchek, Natalia Stasyuk, Tamara Davydenko, Valentina Skrabatun, Natalya Lavrinenko, Yaroslava Pavlovich, and Aleksandra Pankina — Rowing, Women's Eights
- 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
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- Final Result — 8613 points (→ 5th place)
Men's Pole Vault
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- Qualification — 5.60m
- Final — 5.86m (→ 6th place)
Men's Shot Put
- Dmitriy Goncharuk
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- Qualification — 19.57m
- Final — 19.79m (→ 9th place)
- Viktor Bulat
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- Qualification — 17.29m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
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- Qualification — 63.22m
- Final — 66.60m (→
Silver Medal)
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- Qualification — 62.22m
- Final — 65.80m (→
Bronze Medal)
Men's 20km Walk
- Yevgeniy Misyulya — 1:21:16 (→ 9th place)
- Mikhail Khmelnitskiy — 1:22:17 (→ 12th place)
Women's High Jump
- Tatyana Khramova
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- Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Natasha Shikolenko
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- Qualification — 62.32m
- Final — 58.56m (→ 12th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Elyna Zvereva
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- Qualification — 62.74m
- Final — 65.64m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Ira Yatchenko
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- Qualification — 62.04m
- Final — 60.46m (→ 12th place)
- Lyudmila Filimonova
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- Qualification — 53.30m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
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- Final Result — 6563 points (→ Silver Medal)
- Final Result — 6563 points (→
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
- First Round — Lost to Dennis Zimba (Zambia), referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)
- Serguei Bykovski
- First Round — Defeated Besiki Wardzetashvili (Georgia), 11-11 (referee decision)
- Second Round — Lost to Nordine Mouichi (France), 6-17
Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
- Vadim Mezga
- First Round — Defeated Lucas Sinoia (Mozambique), 11-6
- Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 2-12
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
- Serguei Dychkov
- First Round — Defeated Romans Kuklins (Latvia), 16-6
- Second Round — Defeated Garth da Silva (New Zealand), 12-8
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany), 5-10
Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
- Sergei Liakhovich
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 9-10
[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
- Heat – 23.12 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
- Dimitri Kalinovski
- Heat – 23.61 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Oleg Rukhlevich
- Heat – 50.42 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
- Sergei Mikhnovets
- Heat – 15:41.80 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Alexei Kriventsov
- Heat – 1:04.20 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Alexander Gukov
- Heat – 2:17.49 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
- Alena Popchanka
- Heat – 27.18 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Svetlana Zhidko
- Heat – 58.64 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
- Inga Borodich
- Heat – 2:05.85 (→ did not advance, 33th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Elena Rudkovskaya
- Heat – 1:13.71 (→ did not advance, 33th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
- Natalya Baranovskaya
- Heat – 1:04.09 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka
- Heat – 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka
- Heat – 8:21.70 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
