Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BLR
Nocname:Belarus Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1996
Website: 
Location:Atlanta
Competitors:157 (91 men, 66 women)
Sports:19
Flagbearer:Aleksey Medvedev
Rank:37
Gold:1
Silver:6
Bronze:8
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996
See also: (1900–1912)
(1924–1936)
(1952–1988)
(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. 157 competitors, 91 men and 66 women, took part in 115 events in 19 sports.[1]

Medalists

See main article: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table.

MedalNameSportEvent
Women's single sculls
Men's discus throw
Women's heptathlon
Men's 50 metre pistol
Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
Men's freestyle 130 kg
Men's discus throw
Women's discus throw
Men's artistic individual all-around
Men's horizontal bar
Men's parallel bars
Men's vault
Women's eight
Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Olga YakushevaWomen's individual63535 (30)
W 159–151
(3)
W 153 9 –153 9
(19)
W 161–157
(6)
L 107–109
did not advance5
Olga Zabugina645 18 (47)
W 158–152
(15)
L 147–152
did not advance32

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men
Road events
AthleteEventTimeRank
Yevgeniy Misyulyaalign=left rowspan=220 km walk1:21:169
Mikhail Khmelnitskiy1:22:1712
Viktor Ginkoalign=left rowspan=250 km walk3:45:27 5
Yevgeniy Misyulyadid not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Dmitriy MarkovPole vault5.6012 q5.866
Igor Astapkovichalign=left rowspan=3Hammer Throw75.822 Q78.207
Sergey Alay75.106 q77.388
Aleksandr Krasko73.7410did not advance
Dzimitry Hancharukalign=left rowspan=2Shot put19.575 q19.799
Viktor Bulat17.2917did not advance
Vladimir Dubrovshchikalign=left rowspan=2Discus throw63.225 Q66.20
Vasiliy Kaptyukh62.2212 q65.80
Combined events - Decathlon
AthleteEventPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Eduard Hämäläinenstyle=font-size:95%Result10.857.4816.321.9846.9113.9549.625.0057.664:34.6886135
style=font-size:95%Points894930871785963981862910703714
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Natallia Safronnikava200m23.145 q23.154 Q22.987did not advance
Anna Kozak400m52.393 Q52.146did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Natasha Dukhnova800m1.59.231 Q1:58.674 Q2:00.327
1500m84:14.754:11.436did not advance
Lidiya Yurkova100m hurdles13.204 Q13.077did not advance
Tatyana Ledovskayaalign=left rowspan=3400m hurdles55.824 q54.997did not advance
Nelli Voronkova56.976did not advance
Tanya Kurochkina57.287did not advance
Yelena Mazovkaalign=left rowspan=3Marathon2:36.2224
Natalia Galuchko2:44.2150
Did not finish
Olga Kardopoltsevaalign=left rowspan=310 km walk43:026
43:21 8
45:1117
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Anzhela Atroshchenkoalign=left rowspan=2Long Jump5.9433did not advance
Natallia Sazanovichdid not advance
Tatyana KhramovaHigh Jump1.907did not advance
Natallia ShikolenkoJavelin Throw63.324 q58.5612
Ellina Zverevaalign=left rowspan=3Discus Throw62.748 Q65.54
Ira Yatchenko62.0411 Q60.4612
Lyudmila Filimonova53.3038did not advance
Combined events - Heptathlon
AthleteEventPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Natalya Sazanovichstyle=font-size:95%Result13.561.8014.5223.726.7046.002:17.926563
style=font-size:95%Points104197882910081072783852
align=left rowspan=2Anzhela Atroshchenkostyle=font-size:95%ResultDNFdid not startrowspan=2-rowspan=2-
style=font-size:95%Points-did not start

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mikhail KorshukMen's singles
L 12–15, 1–15
Did not advance=33
Vlada TcherniavskayaWomen's singles
L 11–6, 3–11, 1-15
Did not advance=33
Vlada Tcherniavskaya
Mikhail Korshuk
Women's doubles
L 14–18, 9–15
Did not advance=17

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Serguei OstrochapkineLightweight
L RSC2
Did not advance17
Sergey BykovskyLight welterweight
W 11-11

L 6-17
Did not advance9
Vadim MezgaWelterweight
W 11-6

L 2-12
Did not advance9
Sergey DychkovHeavyweight
W 16-6

W 12-8

L 5-10
Did not advance5
Sergei LiakhovichSuper heavyweight
L 9-10
Did not advance9

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sergey KaleshinkMen's K-1 500 m1:43.2793 Q1:42.5058Did not advance
Dmitri Dovgalenok
Aleksandr Maseikov
Men's C-2 500 m1:47.9236 R1:47.8371 Q1:43.9383 Q1:46.8409

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Road
AthleteEventTimeRank
Pavel Kavetskyalign=left rowspan=5Men's Road race4:56:4869
Yevgeny Golovanov5:05:38 11:113
Oleg BondarikDid not finish
Vyacheslav GermanDid not finish
Aleksandr SharapovDid not finish
Pavel KavetskyWomen's Road race2:37:0614
Track

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRank
Andrey Semenyukalign=left rowspan=23 m springboard385.327 Q202.2316587.559 Q393.339595.5610
Vyacheslav Khamulkin331.8621Did not advance
Sergey Kudrevichalign=left rowspan=210 m platform375.9010 Q180.634556.539 Q347.3712528.0011
Andrey Kvochinsky349.1415 Q160.5015509.6416did not advance
Women

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. One male fencer represented Belarus in 1996.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men
  • Team
  • AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
    Vitaly Scherboalign=left rowspan=8Team9.687 9.775 Q 9.612 9.000 9.425 9.5259.725 9.650 Q 9.687 9.687 Q 9.687 9.750 Q 115.210 2 Q9.687 9.775 9.612 9.000 9.425 9.5259.725 9.650 9.687 9.687 9.687 9.750 colspan=2
    Andrei Kan9.525 9.7009.375 9.712 9.400 9.550 9.500 9.5379.625 9.512 9.525 9.400114.36111 Q9.525 9.7009.375 9.712 9.400 9.550 9.500 9.5379.625 9.512 9.525 9.400colspan=2
    Vitaly Rudnitski9.425 9.700 9.150 9.450 9.250 9.675 9.650 9.500 9.350 9.2759.400 8.800 112.65319.425 9.700 9.150 9.450 9.250 9.675 9.650 9.500 9.350 9.2759.400 8.800 colspan=2
    Aleksandr Belanovski9.250 0.000 9.525 9.4509.350 9.575 9.587 9.100 9.350 9.4259.500 9.400 103.512 729.250 0.000 9.525 9.4509.350 9.575 9.587 9.100 9.350 9.4259.500 9.400 colspan=2
    Aleksandr Shostak0.000 9.375 9.425 9.6629.250 9.5009.650 9.4759.375 9.475 85.187 92 0.000 9.375 9.425 9.6629.250 9.5009.650 9.4759.375 9.475 colspan=5
    Ivan Pavlovski9.562 9.562 9.200 9.600 9.675 9.6120.000 8.0258.750 9.10083.086969.562 9.562 9.200 9.600 9.675 9.6120.000 8.0258.750 9.100colspan=2
    Aleksei Sinkevich9.500 9.425 9.625 9.6250.000 9.6259.225 9.37566.400 10332 Q9.500 9.425 9.625 9.6250.000 9.6259.225 9.375colspan=2
    Total95.861 (2) 95.461 (2) 94.600 (8) 96.061 (3) 95.036 (5) 94.362 (11)571.3814 Q95.861 (2) 95.461 (2) 94.600 (8) 96.061 (3) 95.036 (5) 94.362 (11)571.3814
    Individual finals
    AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
    Andrei KanAll-around9.600 9.675 9.562 9.525 8.600 9.000 55.96230
    align=left rowspan=1Ivan PavlovskiVault9.493 9.493 8
    Vitaly RudnitskiAll-around9.675 9.700 9.600 9.512 9.350 8.125 55.962 30
    align=left rowspan=5Vitaly ScherboFloor9.275 9.275 7
    Vault9.724 9.724
    Parallel bars9.800 9.800
    Horizontal bar9.800 9.800
    All-around9.762 9.662 9.587 9.687 9.712 9.787 58.197
    Women
  • Team
  • AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
    Yelena Piskunalign=left rowspan=8Team9.700 9.650 9.812 9.575 9.187 9.587 9.700 9.575 76.786 16 Q9.700 9.650 9.812 9.575 9.187 9.587 9.700 9.575 colspan=2
    Alena Polozkova9.637 9.5629.750 9.562 9.550 9.587 9.637 9.362 76.64720 Q9.637 9.5629.750 9.562 9.550 9.587 9.637 9.362 colspan=2
    Svetlana Boginskaya9.737 9.737 Q9.412 9.175 9.425 9.4259.737 9.57576.22325 Q9.737 9.737 9.412 9.175 9.425 9.4259.737 9.575colspan=2
    Olga Yurkina9.325 9.4379.475 9.0129.362 9.362 9.375 8.93774.285479.325 9.4379.475 9.0129.362 9.362 9.375 8.937colspan=2
    Ludmila Vitiukova9.612 9.475 9.462 9.412 9.512 9.61257.085869.612 9.475 9.462 9.412 9.512 9.612colspan=2
    Svetlana Tarasevich9.562 9.637 9.662 9.487 9.300 9.32556.973879.562 9.637 9.662 9.487 9.300 9.325colspan=2
    Tatiana Zharganova9.675 8.925 9.150 8.38736.1371029.675 8.925 9.150 8.387colspan=2
    Total96.309 (5) 95.185 (9) 94.359 (6) 95.410 (7) 381.2636 Q96.309 (5) 95.185 (9) 94.359 (6) 95.410 (7) 381.2636
    Individual finals
    AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
    align=left rowspan=2Svetlana BoginskayaVault9.712 9.712 5
    9.687 9.675 9.537 9.600 38.499 14
    align=left rowspan=1Yelena Piskun9.687 9.712 9.675 9.575 38.649 12
    align=left rowspan=1Alena Polozkova9.587 9.162 9.450 9.600 37.799 25

    Rhythmic

    Individual
    AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalFinal
    ApparatusTotalApparatusTotalApparatusTotal
    RopeBallClubsRibbonScoreRankRopeBallClubsRibbonScoreRankHoopBallClubsRibbonScoreRank
    Larissa Loukianenkoalign=left rowspan=2All-around9.6999.3669.7169.70038.4814 Q9.7009.7509.6169.68338.7495 Q9.4669.7509.7009.75038.6667
    Tatyana Ogryzko8.7669.7509.7509.63337.8999 Q9.6339.6829.7009.66638.6816 Q9.5859.6829.5999.66638.5308
    Group

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Natik Bagirov−60 kg
    W 0100-0000

    L 0000-0101
    Did not advance
    W 0100-0000

    W 0100-0000

    W 0100-0000

    L 0000-0101
    5
    Leonid Svirid−95 kg
    L 0000-1000
    Did not advance
    L 0000-0100
    Did not advance13
    Ruslan Scharapov+95 kg
    W 1000-0000

    L 0000-0001
    Did not advance17
    Women

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Orlin Ninov
    Nikolay Kolev
    Coxless pair6:56.09 3 Q7:12.14 5 FC7:03.31 14
    Konstantin Belevich
    Sergey Tarasevich
    Oleg Solomakhin
    Denis Tabako
    Quadruple sculls6:08.38 3 R6:15.07 6 FB5:55.52 11
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Ekaterina KarstenSingle sculls8:03.731 Q8:00.022 FA7:32.31
    Yelena Mikulich
    Marina Znak
    Nataliya Volchek
    Nataliya Stasyuk
    Tamara Davydenko
    Valentina Skrabatun
    Nataliya Lavrinenko
    Aleksandra Pankina
    Eights6:24.611 FA6:24.44

    Sailing

    See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Women
    Open
    AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
    1234567891011
    Aleksandr ZelenovskyLaser38 2328 26 21181316151714163.0 20
    Sergey Kravtsov
    Viktor Budantsev
    Tornado9 15PMS 16 111016611167137.014
    Sergey Khoretsky
    Vladimir Zuyev
    Star18 21192122 2022 21 2220162.0 23
    M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ScoreRankScoreRank
    Igor Basinski10 m air pistol5827 Q681.8 7
    50 m pistol5654 Q662.0
    Anatoli Klimenko10 m air rifle59011Did not advance
    50 m rifle three positions115828Did not advance
    Kanstantsin Lukashyk10 m air pistol5809Did not advance
    50 m pistol5645 Q660.14
    Sergei Martynov50 m rifle prone5983 Q699.66
    50 m rifle three positions11667 Q1263.98
    Georgi Nekhayev10 m air rifle58526Did not advance
    50 m rifle prone59230Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ScoreRankScoreRank
    Lalita Milshina10 m air pistol3828 Q479.18
    Olga Pogrebniak50 m rifle three positions57717Did not advance
    10 m air rifle3946 Q496.4 5
    Zhanna Shitsik25 m pistol57714Did not advance
    Irina Shilova50 m rifle three positions57717Did not advance
    10 m air rifle3939Did not advance
    Yulia Sinyak25 m pistol5789Did not advance
    10 m air pistol38110Did not advance

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=1Aleksandr Gukov200 metre breaststroke2:17.49 20Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Dimitri Kalinovski50 metre freestyle23.6136Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Alexei Kriventsov100 metre breaststroke1:04.2027Did not advance
    Sergei Mikhnovets1500 m freestyle15:41.8019Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Aleh Rukhlevich50 metre freestyle23.1222Did not advance
    100 metre freestyle50.4219Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=1Natalya Baranovskaya100 metre butterfly1:04.0934Did not advance
    Inga Borodich200 metre freestyle2:05.8533Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Alena Popchanka50 metre freestyle27.1840Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Yelena Rudkovskaya100 metre breaststroke1:13.7133Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Svetlana Zhidko100 metre freestyle58.6440Did not advance
    Svetlana Zhidko
    Inga Borodich
    Natalya Baranovskaya
    Alena Popchanka
    4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:50.2215Did not advance
    Svetlana Zhidko
    Inga Borodich
    Natalya Baranovskaya
    Alena Popchanka
    4 × 200 m freestyle relay8:21.70 17Did not advance

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Vladimir SamsonovMen's singles
    W 2–0

    W 2–0

    W 2–1
    1
    W 3–0

    L 2–3
    Did not advance
    Vladimir Samsonov
    Yevgeny Shchetinin
    Men's doubles
    L 0–2

    L 0–2

    W 2–0
    3Did not advance

    Tennis

    See main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Women
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Olga Barabanschikova align=left rowspan=2Singles
    L 3–6, 5–7
    Did not advance
    Natasha Zvereva
    W 7–5, 6–3

    W 6–1, 4–6, 6-2

    W 2–6, 7–5
    Did not advance
    Olga Barabanschikova
    Natasha Zvereva
    Doubles
    W 6–2, 6–3

    L 6–2, 4–6, 1-6
    Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Viktor Sinyak−59 kg112.512137.514250.0 12
    Oleg Kechkoalign=left rowspan=2−76 kg155.013180.012335.011
    Leonid Lobachev160.0 5182.59342.59
    Viktor Belyatskyalign=left rowspan=2−91 kg167.510190.020357.5 17
    Vladimir Khlud165.014195.016360.0 15
    Oleg Chiritsoalign=left rowspan=1−99 kg172.510207.59380.0 9
    Gennady Shchekaloalign=left rowspan=2−108 kg175.012215.0175.0
    Vladimir Yemelyanov187.55220.04407.5 4
    Aleksandr Kurlovich+108 kg195.04230.07425.0 5

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men's freestyle
    AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Final /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Aleksandr Guzov−57 kg
    W 5-3

    L 3-7

    W 6-5

    L 0-3

    W 3-2
    7
    Sergey Smal−62 kg
    W 6-0

    L 0-5

    W 8-1

    L 0-3
    Did not advance11
    Oleg Gogol−68 kg
    W 3–1

    L 2–3

    W 4-0

    L 1-6
    Did not advance9
    Igor Kozyr−74 kg
    W 5-3

    L 1–4

    L 1–4
    Did not advance14
    Aleksandr Savko−82 kg
    L 2–3

    L 0-5
    Did not advance19
    Sergey Kovalevsky−100 kg
    L 0-3

    W 3-1

    W 10–0

    W 3-0

    W 8-4

    W 4-0

    L 4-7
    5
    Aleksey Medvedev−130 kg
    W 7–1

    W 3-1

    W 0-0

    L 0-3
    Men's Greco-Roman
    AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Final /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Aleksandr Pavlov−48 kg
    W 11-0

    W 3-2

    W 5-0

    L 0-4
    Ibad Akhmedov−52 kg
    W 11–0

    L 1–6

    L 4-5
    Did not advance11
    −62 kg
    L 3-4

    W 3-1

    L 2-6F
    Did not advance13
    Kamandar Madzhidov−68 kg
    W 3–1

    W 5-0

    L 1-4

    W 3-1

    L 0-4
    4
    Vladimir Kopytov−74 kg
    L 2-4

    L 2-3
    Did not advance14
    Valery Tsilent−82 kg
    W 10-0

    W 7-1

    L 0-5

    W 6-0

    W 4-1

    W 4-0
    Aleksandr Sidorenko−90 kg
    W 3-0

    L 0-1

    W 1-1

    W 3-1

    W 3-1

    W 5-0

    L 0-2
    4
    Sergey Lishtvan−100 kg
    W 2-0

    W 3-0

    W 2-1

    L 0-0

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Belarus at the 1996 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044222/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BLR/summer/1996/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . sports-reference.com . 2012-02-05.