Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BLR
Nocname:	Belarus Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	151
Sports:	22
Flagbearer:	Alexander Medved (coach)
Rank:	26
Gold:	2
Silver:	5
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1900–1912) (1924–1936) (1952–1988) (1992)

Belarus competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The Belarus Olympic Committee sent a total of 151 athletes to the Games, 82 men and 69 women, to compete in 22 sports.

The Belarusian team featured two defending Olympic champions: discus thrower Ellina Zvereva and single sculls rower Ekaterina Karsten. Along with Zvereva and Karsten, shooters Sergei Martynov, Kanstantsin Lukashyk, and Igor Basinski, and married couple Iryna Yatchenko and Igor Astapkovich competed at their fourth Olympic Games, although they first appeared as part of either the Soviet Union (Martynov and Basinski in 1988) or the Unified Team (Astapkovich, Yatchenko, Lukashyk, and Karsten in 1992). Notable Belarusian athletes featured professional tennis player Max Mirnyi, table tennis star Vladimir Samsonov, gymnast Ivan Ivankov, Russian-born judoka Anatoly Laryukov, and Greco-Roman wrestler Siarhei Lishtvan. Three-time Olympic champion and wrestling coach Alexander Medved became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Belarus left Athens with a total of 13 Olympic medals (2 gold, 5 silver, and 6 bronze), failing only one gold short of the total achieved in Sydney.^[2] Three of these medals were awarded to the athletes in weightlifting, and two each in rowing and boxing for the first time. Five Belarusian athletes set the nation's historical record to win Olympic medals for the first time, including judoka Ihar Makarau in the men's half-heavyweight division, track cyclist Natallia Tsylinskaya in the women's time trial, and sprinter Yulia Nestsiarenka, who became the first non-American to claim the Olympic title in the women's 100 metres since 1980.^[3]

Originally, Belarus had won a total of fifteen medals at these Games to match its record with Atlanta. On December 5, 2012, hammer thrower Ivan Tsikhan and discus thrower Iryna Yatchenko stripped off their silver and bronze medals respectively as being ordered by the International Olympic Committee, after drug re-testings of their samples were found positive.^[4]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	0	2	1	3
	0	2	0	2
	0	1	1	2
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	2	5	6	13

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Belarusian archers (one man and one woman) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anton Prylepau	Men's individual	638	45	W 141–137	W 155–152	L 166–173	Did not advance
Hanna Karasiova	Women's individual	588	62	L 155–162	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Belarusian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[5] [6]}

On December 5, 2012, hammer thrower Ivan Tsikhan and discus thrower Iryna Yatchenko stripped off their silver and bronze medals respectively as being ordered by the International Olympic Committee, after drug re-testings of their samples were found positive.^{[4] [7]}

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Yevgeniy Misyulya	20 km walk	1:25:10	19
Azat Rakipov	Marathon
Andrei Stsepanchuk	50 km walk	3:59:32	19
Andrei Talashko	align=left rowspan=2	20 km walk	1:29:36	35
Ivan Trotski	1:25:53	23

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Igor Astapkovich	Hammer throw	76.88	7 q	76.22	9
Yury Bialou	Shot put	20.06	11 q	20.34	5
Leonid Cherevko	Discus throw	57.89	27	Did not advance
Vadim Devyatovskiy	Hammer throw	76.72	10 q	78.82	4
Aliaksandr Hlavatski	Triple jump	16.18	34	Did not advance
Vasiliy Kaptyukh	Discus throw	63.04	8 q	65.10	4
Aleksey Lesnichiy	High jump	Disqualified due to doping
Pavel Lyzhyn	Shot put	19.60	17	Did not advance
Aliaksandr Malashevich	Discus throw	58.45	23	Did not advance
Hennazdy Maroz	High jump	2.25	=13	Did not advance
Andrei Mikhnevich	Shot put	20.11	9 q	20.60	4
Ivan Tsikhan	Hammer throw	80.78	1 Q	79.81
Dmitrij Vaľukevič	Triple jump	16.32	30	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Aliaksandr Parkhomenka	Result	11.14	6.61	15.69	2.03	51.04	14.88	41.90	4.80	65.82	4:37.94	7918	20
Points	830	723	832	831	767	864	703	849	826	693

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elena Ginko	20 km walk	1:30:22	9
Volha Krautsova	5000 m	15:44.01	13	Did not advance
Yulia Nestsiarenka	100 m	10.94 NR	1 Q	10.99	1 Q	10.92 NR	1 Q	10.93
Natallia Safronnikava	200 m	23.28	4 Q	23.63	8	Did not advance
Valentina Tsybulskaya	align=left rowspan=2	20 km walk	1:31:49	15
Ryta Turava	1:29:39	4
Sviatlana Usovich	400 m	51.37	2 Q	51.42	6	Did not advance
Aksana Drahun Yulia Nestsiarenka Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Natallia Safronnikava	4 × 100 m relay	43.06	5 q	42.94 NR	5
Irina Khlyustova Natallia Solohub Ilona Usovich Sviatlana Usovich	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.36	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nadzeya Astapchuk	align=left rowspan=2	Shot put	19.69	1 Q	19.01	3 (without medal)*
Natallia Kharaneka	18.52	8 Q	18.96	4
Natallia Safronava	Triple jump	14.52	15 Q	14.22	13
Natallia Shymchuk	Javelin throw	51.23	41	Did not advance
Maryia Smaliachkova	align=left rowspan=3	Hammer throw	65.68	25	Did not advance
Sviatlana Sudak	64.42	31	Did not advance
Volha Tsander	69.94	9 Q	72.27	6
Iryna Yatchenko	align=left rowspan=2	Discus throw	63.04	7 Q	66.17
Ellina Zvereva	60.63	15	Did not advance

*Nadzeya Astapchuk originally took a fifth place. After a series of doping-related disqualifications she moved up to third place.^[8] However as she had been banned for doping offenses since 2004, the IOC decided not to award the bronze medals.^[9]

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Natallia Sazanovich	Result	13.73	1.73		—	—	—	—
Points	1017	891	0	—	—	—	—

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bato-Munko Vankeev	Flyweight	L 18–26	Did not advance
Khavazhi Khatsigov	Bantamweight	W 27–19	L 18–33	Did not advance
Mikhail Biarnadski	Featherweight	W 32–18	L 13–38	Did not advance
Magomed Aripgadjiev	Light heavyweight	W 29–10	W 18–10	W 27–18	W 23–20	L 13–20
Viktar Zuyev	Heavyweight		W	W 36–27	W	L 13–22
Aliaksandr Apanasionak	Super heavyweight		L 5–23	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Aliaksandr Zhukouski	C-1 500 m	1:50.378	4 q	1:50.563	1 Q	1:47.903	4
C-1 1000 m	4:02.159	5 q	3:55.456	4	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Aliaksandr Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk	C-2 500 m	1:41.576	5 q	1:42.484	3 Q	1:40.858	6
C-2 1000 m	3:38.391	7 q	3:33.588	4	Did not advance
Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka	K-2 500 m	1:28.295	1 Q	1:27.996
Aliaksei Abalmasau Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka Dziamyan Turchyn	K-4 1000 m	2:52.170	2 Q	3:02.419	6

Women

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Aliaksandr Usau	Men's road race	Did not finish
Volha Hayeva	align=left rowspan=2	Women's road race	3:33:35	45
Zinaida Stahurskaya	3:25:42	19

Track

Sprint

Pursuit

Time trial

Omnium

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Belarusian divers qualified for four individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sergei Kuchmasov	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	377.61	25	Did not advance
Aliaksandr Varlamau	357.09	30	Did not advance
Andrei Mamontov	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	338.55	30	Did not advance
Aliaksandr Varlamau	361.41	27	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Belarusian fencers qualified for the following individual spots:

Men

Women

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Ivan Ivankov	Pommel horse		9.675	9.675	13	Did not advance
Rings	9.700	9.700	13	Did not advance
Parallel bars	9.762		9.762	4 Q	9.762		9.762	4
Horizontal bar	9.700	9.700	16	Did not advance
Dzianis Savenkov	All-around	9.512	8.800	9.637	9.500	8.875	7.300	53.624	42	Did not advance

Women

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Svetlana Rudalova	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	23.925	24.600	24.350	23.050	95.925	10 Q	24.700	25.000	24.125	23.450	97.275	10
Inna Zhukova	24.575	24.200	25.100	24.700	98.575	8 Q	25.000	25.300	25.200	25.075	100.575	7

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mikalai Kazak	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	52.80	14	Did not advance
Dmitri Poliaroush	67.80	5 Q	40.20	4
Tatsiana Piatrenia	Women's	32.90	16	Did not advance

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Seven Belarusian judoka (six men and one woman) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Siarhei Novikau	−60 kg	L 0100–1010	Did not advance
Anatoly Laryukov	−73 kg	L 0011–0021	Did not advance			L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Siarhei Shundzikau	−81 kg	W 1111–0011	L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Siarhei Kukharenka	−90 kg	L 0000–1000	Did not advance			W 1021–0000	L 0100–1000	Did not advance
Ihar Makarau	−100 kg	W 1010–0010	W 0200–0000	W 0011–0001	W 0011–0001	W 0101–0020
Yury Rybak	+100 kg	W 1001–0000	W 0210–0000	L 0010–1011	Did not advance		L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Three Belarusian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Dzmitry Meliakh	Men's	186	1	1168	11–20	30	692	2:02.63	5	1332	56	4	1144	9:59.45	15	1004	5340	5
Halina Bashlakova	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	156	31	808	14–17	=19	776	2:26.02	18	1168	28	2	1172	11:15.25	16	1020	4944	21
Tatsiana Mazurkevich	184	2	1144	13–18	=22	748	2:27.64	24	1152	80	10	1120	11:06.21	8	1056	5220	9

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Belarusian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ekaterina Karsten	Single sculls	7:45.22	1 SA/B	7:31.91	1 FA	7:22.04
Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh	Pair	7:27.73	1 FA	7:09.36
Volha Berazniova Mariya Brel Tatsyana Narelik Mariya Vorona	Quadruple sculls	6:20.72	3 R	6:29.04	6 FB	6:54.02	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Belarusian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Women

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Nine Belarusian shooters (five men and two women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Igor Basinski	10 m air pistol	580	=11	Did not advance
50 m pistol	554	=15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Vitali Bubnovich	10 m air rifle	590	=24	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1144	=33	Did not advance
Andrei Kazak	10 m running target	575	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kanstantsin Lukashyk	10 m air pistol	579	=13	Did not advance
50 m pistol	539	37	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sergei Martynov	50 m rifle prone	596	5 Q	701.6
50 m rifle 3 positions	1152	29	Did not advance
Yury Shcherbatsevich	50 m rifle prone	591	=24	Did not advance
Andrei Vasilyeu	10 m running target	569	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Yuliya Alipava	10 m air pistol	382	=10	Did not advance
25 m pistol	571	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Viktoria Chaika	10 m air pistol	380	=16	Did not advance
25 m pistol	565	32	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Belarusian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pavel Lagoun	100 m butterfly	53.87	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Stanislau Neviarouski	50 m freestyle	23.13	33	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	50.36	29	Did not advance
Yahor Salabutau	200 m freestyle	1:53.03	37	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Inna Kapishina	100 m breaststroke	1:10.66	18	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:31.26	15 Q			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sviatlana Khakhlova	50 m freestyle	25.24	4 Q	25.47	15	Did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:03.25	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Alena Popchanka	100 m freestyle	55.49	10 Q	54.97	6 Q	55.24	8
200 m freestyle	2:00.67	12 Q	1:59.87	11	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	59.77	14 Q	58.97	7 Q	59.06	7
Hanna Shcherba	100 m freestyle	56.01	15 Q	55.67	13	Did not advance
Sviatlana Khakhlova Iryna Niafedava Hanna Shcherba Maryia Shcherba	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:45.38	11	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Belarusian synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Four Belarusian table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vladimir Samsonov	Men's singles	W 4–2	L 3–4	Did not advance
Viktoria Pavlovich	Women's singles	W 4–2	L 2–4	Did not advance
Tatyana Kostromina Viktoria Pavlovich	align=left rowspan=2	Women's doubles	L 2–4	Did not advance
	L 3–4	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Belarus nominated two male tennis players to compete in both singles and doubles.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Max Mirnyi	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 3–6, 7–6^(7–0), 6–4	W 6–3, 6–4	L 3–6, 6–4, 1–6	Did not advance
Vladimir Voltchkov	L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov	Men's doubles		W	L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Eight Belarusian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vitali Dzerbianiou	−56 kg	127.5	3	152.5	6	280	4
Siarhei Laurenau	−69 kg	147.5	=4	170	6	317.5	6
Aliaksandr Anishchanka	align=left rowspan=2	−85 kg	170	5	200	=5	370	6
Andrei Rybakou	180	1	200	=5	380
Mikhail Audzeyeu	−105 kg	185	=9	215	=9	400	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nastassia Novikava	−53 kg	87.5	=3	102.5	=6	190	5
Hanna Batsiushka	align=left rowspan=2	−63 kg	115	1	127.5	2	242.5
Tatsiana Stukalava	100	3	122.5	=3	222.5

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Herman Kantoyeu	−55 kg	L 1–3	W 3–1		2	Did not advance			15
Murad Haidarau	−74 kg	W 4–0	W 3–1		1 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance	L 0–5	DSQ
Siarhei Borchanka	−84 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3		2	Did not advance			14
Aleksandr Shemarov	−96 kg	W 3–1	W 3–0		1 Q	L 0–3	Did not advance		7
Barys Hrynkevich	−120 kg	L 0–3	L 1–3	L 0–3	4	Did not advance			17

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aliaksandr Kikiniou	−74 kg	L 1–3	L 1–3	3	Did not advance			15
Viachaslau Makaranka	−84 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	1 Q	W 3–0	L 0–3	W 3–1
Siarhei Lishtvan	−96 kg	L 0–3	W 5–0	2	Did not advance			12
Andrei Chekhauskoi	−120 kg	L 0–3	L 0–3	3	Did not advance			18

Women's freestyle

See also

• Belarus at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Belarus Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. News: 2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony. Olympics. 13 August 2004. 11 September 2013.
2. Web site: 2004 Athens: Medal Tally. USA Today. 1 April 2014.
3. News: Nesterenko takes women's 100m gold. CNN. 21 August 2004. 22 April 2014.
4. News: IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples. Olympics. 5 December 2012. 22 April 2014.
5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
7. News: Olympic drug tests: Four athletes stripped of 2004 Athens medals. BBC Sport. 5 December 2012. 22 April 2014.
8. News: IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples. IOC. 5 December 2012. 1 May 2023.
9. News: Athens 2004 Athletics Shot Put Women Results. IOC. 18 August 2004. 1 May 2023.