Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Belarus at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	157 (91 men, 66 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Igor Astapkovich
Medals Rank: 37	Gold 1	Silver 6	Bronze 8	Total 15
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Poland (1924–1936)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (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.

Medalists

Gold

• Ekaterina Karsten — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls

Silver

• Vladimir Dubrovshchik — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Natalya Sazanovich — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
• Igor Basinsky — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
• Aleksandr Pavlov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight (48 kg)
• Sergey Lishtvan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg)
• Aleksey Medvedev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)

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
• Vitaly Scherbo — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Yelena Mikulich, Marina Znak, Natalya Volchek, Natalia Stasyuk, Tamara Davydenko, Valentina Skrabatun, Natalya Lavrinenko, Yaroslava Pavlovich, and Aleksandra Pankina — Rowing, Women's Eights [In 2000, Stasyuk and Lavrinenko were banned for life from the sport of rowing for steroid use.]
• Valery Tsilent — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)

Archery

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.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Olga Yakusheva - quarterfinal, 5th place (3-1)
• Olga Zabugina - round of 32, 31st place (1-1)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Decathlon

• Eduard Hämäläinen
  • Final Result — 8613 points (→ 5th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Dmitriy Markov
  • Qualification — 5.60m
  • Final — 5.86m (→ 6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Igor Astapkovich
  • Qualification — 78.52m
  • Final — 78.20m (→ 7th place)

• Sergey Alay
  • Qualification — 75.10m
  • Final — 77.38m (→ 8th place)

• Aleksandr Krasko
  • Qualification — 73.74m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Dzimitry Hancharuk
  • Qualification — 19.57m
  • Final — 19.79m (→ 9th place)

• Viktor Bulat
  • Qualification — 17.29m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Vladimir Dubrovshchik
  • Qualification — 63.22m
  • Final — 66.60m (→ Silver Medal)

• Vasiliy Kaptyukh
  • Qualification — 62.22m
  • Final — 65.80m (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Yevgeniy Misyulya — 1:21:16 (→ 9th place)

• Mikhail Khmelnitskiy — 1:22:17 (→ 12th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Viktor Ginko — 3:45:27 (→ 5th place)

• Yevgeniy Misyulya — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Tatyana Ledovskaya
  • Qualification — 55.82
  • Semifinals — 54.99 (→ did not advance)

• Nelli Voronkova
  • Qualification — 56.97 (→ did not advance)

• Tanya Kurochkina
  • Qualification — 57.28 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Anzhela Atroschenko
  • Qualification — 5.94m (→ did not advance)

• Natallia Sazanovich
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Tatyana Khramova
  • Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Natallia Shikolenko
  • Qualification — 62.32m
  • Final — 58.56m (→ 12th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Ellina Zvereva
  • Qualification — 62.74m
  • Final — 65.64m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Ira Yatchenko
  • Qualification — 62.04m
  • Final — 60.46m (→ 12th place)

• Lyudmila Filimonova
  • Qualification — 53.30m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Natallia Sazanovich
  • Final Result — 6563 points (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Marathon

• Alena Mazouka — 2:36.22 (→ 24th place)
• Natalia Galuchko — 2:44.21 (→ 50th place)
• Madina Biktagirova — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Olga Kardopoltseva — 43:02 (→ 6th place)
• Valentina Tsybulskaya — 43:21 (→ 8th place)
• Nataliya Misyulya — 45:11 (→ 17th place)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Serguei Ostrochapkine
  1. First Round — Lost to Dennis Zimba (Zambia), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Sergey Bykovsky
  1. First Round — Defeated Besiki Wardzetashvili (Georgia), 11-11 (referee decision)
  2. Second Round — Lost to Nordine Mouichi (France), 6-17

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Vadim Mezga
  1. First Round — Defeated Lucas Sinoia (Mozambique), 11-6
  2. Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 2-12

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Serguei Dychkov
  1. First Round — Defeated Romans Kuklins (Latvia), 16-6
  2. Second Round — Defeated Garth da Silva (New Zealand), 12-8
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany), 5-10

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Sergei Liakhovich
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 9-10

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Road Race

• Zinaida Stagurskaya
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 14th place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

• Andrey Semenyuk
  • Preliminary Heat — 385.32
  • Semi Final — 202.23
  • Final — 393.33 (→ 10th place)

• Vyacheslav Khamulkin
  • Preliminary Heat — 331.86 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Svetlana Alekseyeva
  • Preliminary Heat — 246.27
  • Semi Final — 200.37 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Belarus in 1996.

Men's épée

• Vitaly Zakharov

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

• Larissa Loukianenko → 7th place (38.666 points)
• Tatyana Ogryzko → 8th place (38.530 points)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Oleg Rukhlevich
  1. Heat – 23.12 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

• Dimitri Kalinovski
  1. Heat – 23.61 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Oleg Rukhlevich
  1. Heat – 50.42 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Sergei Mikhnovets
  1. Heat – 15:41.80 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Alexei Kriventsov
  1. Heat – 1:04.20 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Aleksandr Gukov
  1. Heat – 2:17.49 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Alena Popchanka
  1. Heat – 27.18 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Svetlana Zhidko
  1. Heat – 58.64 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Inga Borodich
  1. Heat – 2:05.85 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Elena Rudkovskaya
  1. Heat – 1:13.71 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Natalya Baranovskaya
  1. Heat – 1:04.09 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka
  1. Heat – 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

• Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka
  1. Heat – 8:21.70 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

• Natasha Zvereva
  1. First round — Defeated Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 7-5 6-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) 6-1 4-6 6-2
  3. Third round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 2-6 5-7

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight

• Viktor Sinyak

Men's Middleweight

• Leonid Lobachev
• Oleg Kechko

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

• Vladimir Khlud
• Viktor Belyatsky

Men's Heavyweight I

• Oleg Chiritso

Men's Heavyweight II (– 108 kg)

• Vladimir Yemelyanov
  • Snatch — 187.5 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — 220.0 kg
  • Total — 407.5 kg (→ 4th place)

• Gennadiy Shchekalo
  • Snatch — 175.0 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — no mark
  • Total — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 108 kg)

• Aleksandr Kurlovich

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics