Belarus at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BLR
Nocname:Belarus Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2000
Website: 
Location:Sydney
Competitors:139 (72 men and 67 women)
Sports:20
Flagbearer:Sergey Lishtvan
Rank:23
Gold:3
Silver:3
Bronze:11
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996
See also: (1900–1912)
(1924–1936)
(1952–1988)
(1992)

Belarus competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 139 competitors, 72 men and 67 women, took part in 109 events in 20 sports.[1] Belarus had its best ever showing both in terms of gold and overall medals at these games. The gold medal result will be later matched in 2008.

Medalists

See main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table.

MedalNameSportEvent
Women's shot put
Women's discus
Women's single sculls
Women's individual all-around
Women's group all around
Men's 50 metre pistol
Women's discus throw
Men's discus throw
Women's heptathlon
Men's half-middleweight
Men's competition
Men's 10 metre air pistol
Women's 25 metre pistol
Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Men's 62 kg
Men's 69 kg
Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In its second Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women. They were not as successful as they had been four years earlier, but two of the archers still won in their first matches.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Anna Karasevaalign=left rowspan=2Women's individual62929
W 163-162

L 152-162
align=center colspan=5did not advance
Olga Moroz62041
L 139-152
align=center colspan=6did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men
Road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Viktor Ginko50 km walkDQ
Mikhail Khmelnitskiyalign=left rowspan=320 km walk1:28:0234
Andrey Makarov1:23:33 17
Artur Meleshkevich1:24:5021
Pavel Pelepyaginalign=left rowspan=1800 m01:46.671 Q01:50.37 7did not advance
Leonid Vershininalign=left rowspan=1400 m hurdles51.8453did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Igor AstapkovichHammer Throw79.811 Q79.17
Leonid Cherevkoalign=left rowspan=3Discus throw58.3233did not advance
Vladimir Dubrovshchik64.037 Q65.137
Vasiliy Kaptyukh65.904 Q67.594
Aleksei Lelinalign=left rowspan=1High jump2.1534did not advance
Andrei MikhnevichShot put19.977 q19.489
Vladimir SasimovichJavelin Throw78.0424did not advance
Ivan TikhonHammer Throw76.9010 q79.174
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Natasha Dukhnova800m02:03.2022did not advance
align=left rowspan=320 km walk1:33:08 9
Larisa Ramazanova1:37:3932
1:36:4428
Elena Bunnik
Anna Kazak
Irina Khlyustova
Natalya Sologub
4 x 400 m relay03:26.319did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Lyudmila Gubkinaalign=left rowspan=1Hammer Throw63.2910 q67.086
Yanina Karolchykalign=left rowspan=1Shot put19.361 Q20.56
Natallia SafronavaTriple Jump13.9115did not advance
Tatyana ShevchikHigh Jump1.8530did not advance
Svetlana Sudakalign=left rowspan=2Hammer Throw63.838 q64.2110
Olga TsanderNMdid not advance
Irina Yatchenkoalign=left rowspan=2Discus Throw62.725 q65.20
Ellina Zvereva64.811 Q68.40
Combined events - Heptathlon
AthleteEventPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Natalya Sazanovichstyle=font-size:95%Result13.451.8414.7924.126.5043.9702:16.416527
style=font-size:95%Points105810298479691007744873

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men
Women
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Elena Bet
Svetlana Vakula
K-2 500 m1:55.7577 Q1:49.758 7did not advance
Alesya Bakunova
Elena Bet
Natalya Bondarenko
Svetlana Vakula
K-4 500 m01:34.7342 Q01:37.7486

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men
Women

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Four fencers, all men, represented Belarus in 2000.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
align=left Andrey Murashkoalign=left rowspan=3Individual épée
L 4-8
did not advance38
align=left
L 9-15
did not advance31
align=left Vitaly Zakharov
L 14-15
did not advance24
Vitaly Zakharov
Andrey Murashko
Vladimir Pchenikin
Team épée
W 45-44

L 44-45

W 45-34

L 37-41
6
Dmitry LapkesIndividual sabre
W 15-7

W 15–9

L 11–15
did not advance15

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men
  • Team
  • AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
    Aleksei Sinkevichalign=left rowspan=7Team9.462 9.587 9.4629.312 9.287 9.512 56.62216 Q 8.750 9.587 9.500 9.137 9.5759.51256.06123
    Vitaly Rudnitski9.525 9.4879.1259.26237.39973did not advance
    Ivan Ivankov8.925 9.625 9.675 Q9.350 9.662 Q9.712 56.94911 Q9.575 9.725 9.762 9.500 9.700 9.762 58.0244
    Aleksandr Shostak9.4629.5379.4129.56237.97369did not advance
    Ivan Pavlovski9.350 9.3259.3379.3509.4629.55056.37422 Q8.9259.5009.3129.4378.3759.36254.91133
    Aleksandr Kruzhilov9.462 9.2379.0259.50037.22475did not advance
    Total37.799 (3) 37.999 (11) 38.161 (7) 37.137 (9) 37.823 (7) 38.336 (7)227.255 8did not advance
    Individual finals
    AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
    align=left rowspan=2Ivan IvankovRings9.7009.7005
    Parallel bars9.775 9.775 5
    Women
  • Team
  • AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
    Tatyana Grigorenkoalign=left rowspan=7Team9.0628.4257.20024.68779did not advance
    Anna Meisak8.8128.55017.36291did not advance
    Natalya Naranovich8.9499.3508.85027.14975did not advance
    Alena Polozkova9.106 9.575 9.3759.50037.55623 Q9.1008.2259.2759.56236.16233
    Marina Zarzhitskaya9.431 9.2379.0509.05036.76840 Q9.3879.6379.1508.70036.87426
    Tatyana Zharganova9.0189.7129.2128.50036.44246did not advance
    Total36.617 (11) 37.874 (10) 36.187 (12) 35.900 (12) 146.578 12did not advance
    Individual finals

    Judo

    See main article: article and Judo at the 2000 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 0101-0100

    L 0010-1100
    did not advance17
    Anatoly Laryukhov−73 kg
    W 1000-0010

    W 1000-0010

    W 1000-0100

    L 0100-0000

    W 1000-0000
    Siarhei Kukharenka−81 kg
    W 1000-0000

    L 0010-0010
    did not advance17
    Leonid Svirid−100 kg
    L 0000-0100
    did not advance17
    Ruslan Scharapov+100 kg
    L 0000-1000
    did not advance
    W 1000-0100

    W 1000-0100

    W 0100-0011

    L 0000-1000
    5

    Modern pentathlon

    See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventShooting
    (10 m air pistol)
    Fencing
    (épée one touch)
    Swimming
    (200 m freestyle)
    Riding
    (show jumping)
    Running
    (3000 m)
    Total pointsFinal rank
    PointsRankMP PointsWinsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
    Pavel DovgalMen's186 1116810177602:04.624125430110709:38.751210865338
    Janna Choubenokalign=left rowspan=1Women's17919108412188402:25.89111142909101011:17.8911101050866

    Rhythmic gymnastics

    See main article: article.

    Individual

    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    RopeHoopBallRibbonTotalRankRopeHoopBallRibbonTotalRank
    Yulia Raskinaalign=left rowspan=2Individual9.9009.9089.9089.90839.6242 Q9.9089.7919.9839.91639.548
    Valeria Vatkina9.7509.7339.7759.80039.0586 Q9.7919.7509.6669.75038.9578

    Team

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Women
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Ekaterina KarstenSingle sculls7:47.73 1 Q7:40.36 2 FA7:28.14
    Irina Bazilevskaya
    Marina Kuzhmar
    Olga Berezneva
    Marina Znak
    Yuliya Bichik
    Inessa Zakharevskaya
    Nataliya Gelakh
    Olga Tratsevskaya
    Valentina Khokhlova
    Eights6:19.02 3 R6:19.42 4 FA6:13.57 4

    Sailing

    See main article: article and Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    Women
    Open
    M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

    Shooting

    See main article: article and Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ScoreRankScoreRank
    align=left rowspan=2Igor Basinski10 m air pistol5834 Q682.7
    50 m pistol5692 Q663.3
    align=left rowspan=2Anatoli Klimenko10 m air rifle5932 Q693.44
    50 m rifle three positions115725did not advance
    Oleg Khvatsovas25 m rapid fire pistol5865 Q682.4 6
    align=left rowspan=2Kanstantsin Lukashyk10 m air pistol57715did not advance
    50 m pistol5609did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Sergei Martynov50 m rifle prone5982 Q700.3
    50 m rifle three positions11649did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Georgi Nekhayev10 m air rifle58818did not advance
    50 m rifle prone59319did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ScoreRankScoreRank
    Viktoria Chaika10 m air pistol38111did not advance
    Oksana Kovtonovich10 m air rifle38932did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Olga Pogrebniak50 m rifle three positions57811did not advance
    10 m air rifle3939did not advance
    Irina Shilova50 m rifle three positions57420did not advance
    Yulia Sinyak25 m pistol5844 Q685.94
    align=left rowspan=2Lalita Yauhleuskaya25 m pistol5835 Q686.0
    10 m air pistol38111did not advance

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Aliaksandr Hukau100 metre breaststroke1:04.9646did not advance
    200 metre breaststroke2:16.9322did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Dimitri Kalinovski50 metre freestyle23.2134did not advance
    Igor Koleda200 metre freestyle1:49.017 Q1:49.5212did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Dmitry Koptur400 metre freestyle03:55.2622did not advance
    1500 m freestyle15:29.6220did not advance
    align=left rowspan=1Aleh Rukhlevich100 metre freestyle50.9630did not advance
    Igor Koleda
    Pavel Lagun
    Dmitry Kalinovsky
    Aleh Rukhlevich
    4 × 100 m freestyle relay03:20.8510did not advance
    Igor Koleda
    Pavel Lagun
    Dmitry Koptur
    Valery Khuroshvili
    4 × 200 m freestyle relay07:24.8312did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Natalya Baranovskaya200 metre freestyle02:00.5810 Q01:59.903 Q01:59.286 NR
    400 metre freestyle04:12.67 13did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Alena Popchanka50 metre freestyle26.126did not advance
    100 metre freestyle56.3316 Q56.4 16did not advance

    Synchronized swimming

    See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Table tennis

    See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Yevgeny ShchetininMen's singles
    L 1–3

    W 3–0
    2did not advance33
    Vladimir SamsonovMen's singles
    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    L 2–3
    did not advance5
    Vladimir Samsonov
    Evgueni Chtchetinine
    Men's doubles
    L 0–2

    W 2–0
    2did not advance17
    Women
    AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Tatyana Kostrominaalign=left rowspan=3Women's singles
    L 2–3

    W 3–0
    2did not advance33
    Veronika Pavlovich
    L 0–3

    W 3–0
    2did not advance33
    Viktoria Pavlovich
    L 1–3

    W 3–0
    2did not advance33
    Tatyana Kostromina
    Viktoria Pavlovich
    Women's doubles
    W 2–1

    W 2-0
    1 Q
    L 0-3
    did not advance9

    Tennis

    See main article: article and Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Max Mirnyialign=left rowspan=2Singles
    W 6-3, 6–3

    W 6-7, 6–4, 11-9

    W 7–6, 6–2

    L 6-4, 5-7, 3-6
    did not advance5
    Vladimir Voltchkov
    L 7–6, 4-6, 6-1

    L 2–6, 2-6
    did not advance
    Max Mirnyi
    Vladimir Voltchkov
    Doubles
    W 6–3, 4-4r

    W 6–4, 7-6

    L 7–6, 3-6, 5-7
    did not advance5
    Women
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Olga Barabanschikovaalign=left rowspan=2Singles
    L 4–6, 2-6
    did not advance
    Natasha Zvereva
    L 3–6, 6-4, 2-6
    did not advance
    Olga Barabanschikova
    Natasha Zvereva
    Doubles
    W 6–2, 6–2

    W 6–4, 7-5

    W 6–3, 7-5

    L 3–6, 2-6

    L 6-4, 4–6, 1-6
    4

    Trampolining

    See main article: article and Trampolining at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ScoreRankScoreRank
    Dimitri PolyarushMen’s68.303 Q38.105
    Natalia KarpenkovaWomen’s63.805 Q35.805

    Weightlifting

    See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Vitaly Derbenyov - 56 kg125.05150.09275.07
    Gennady Oleshchuk - 62 kg142.53175.03317.5
    Sergey Lavrenov - 69 kg157.53182.57340.0
    Pavel Bazuk - 94 kg167.516197.516365.016
    Women

    Wrestling

    See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

    Freestyle
    AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Herman Kantoyeu−54 kg
    W 7-1

    L 2-5
    1 Q
    W 4-2

    L 0-4

    L 4-5
    4
    Aleksandr Guzov−58 kg
    W 14-4

    L 1-3
    2did not advance8
    Mikalai Savin−63 kg
    L 4-7

    W 4-1
    2did not advance12
    Sergey Demchenko−69 kg
    W 10-0

    W 3-0

    W WO
    1 Q
    L 2-3

    L 1-3
    4
    Beibulat Musaev−85 kg
    L 1-4

    W 13-0
    2did not advance9
    Aleksandr Shemarov−97 kg
    W 7-0

    W 5–0

    L 2-3
    2did not advance7
    Aleksey Medvedev−130 kg
    W 3-2

    W 3-0
    1 Q
    L 0-4

    L WO
    6
    Greco-Roman
    AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Igor Petrenko−58 kg
    W 4-2

    L 0-4
    2did not advance13
    Vitaly Zhuk−63 kg
    L 0-1

    L 1-6
    3did not advance17
    Vladimir Kopytov−69 kg
    L 0-3

    L 0-11

    L PA
    4did not advance17
    Viachaslau Makaranka−76 kg
    L 1-12

    W 4-1

    W 42-0
    2did not advance7
    Valery Tsilent−85 kg
    W 3-0

    L 1-6
    1 Q
    L 5-6

    W 4-0
    4
    Sergey Lishtvan−97 kg
    L 1–3

    W 10-0

    L 2-5
    3did not advance9
    Dmitry Debelka−130 kg
    W 3-0

    W 2–1
    1 Q
    L 0–3

    W 1-0

    Notes

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Belarus at the 2000 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BLR/summer/2000/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 February 2012 . sports-reference.com.