Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belarus
Belarus at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	BLR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Website	www.noc.by (Russian) (English)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	115 in 17 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
Winter Games
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
	Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Poland (1924–1936); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Belarus is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Athletics

Belarusian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

Men's marathon – 2 quota places (Vladislav Pryamov, Stsiapan Rahautsou)
Men's 20 km walk – 3 quota places (Dzianis Simanovich, Aliaksandr Liakhovich, Yauheni Zalesski)
Men's 50 km walk – 2 quota places (Ivan Trotski, Pavel Yarokhau)
Men's high jump – 2 quota places (Andrei Churyla, Dmitri Nabokau)
Men's long jump – 1 quota place (Kanstantsin Barycheuski)
Men's shot put – 1 quota place (Pavel Lyzhyn)
Men's hammer throw – 2 quota places (Ivan Tsikhan, Siarhei Kalamoyets)
Men's decathlon – 1 quota place (Andrei Krauchanka)
Women's 800 m – 1 quota place (Maryna Arzamasava)
Women's 100 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Alina Talay)
Women's 3000 m steeplechase – 1 quota place (Sviatlana Kudzelich)
Women's marathon – 3 quota places
Women's 20 km walk – 3 quota places
Women's long jump – 2 quota places (Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova, Volha Sudarava)
Women's triple jump – 2 quota places (Kseniya Dziatsuk, Iryna Vaskouskaya)
Women's shot put – 3 quota places (Aliona Dubitskaya, Yuliya Leantsiuk, Natallia Mikhnevich)
Women's hammer throw – 2 quota places (Aksana Miankova, Alena Sobaleva)
Women's javelin throw – 1 quota place (Tatsiana Khaladovich)
Women's heptathlon – 2 quota places (Yana Maksimava, Katsiaryna Netsviatayeva)

Boxing

Belarus has entered one boxer to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Dzmitry Asanau became the first Belarusian boxer to be selected to the Olympic team, following a top three finish and a box-off victory at the 2015 World Championships.^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dzmitry Asanau	Bantamweight

Canoeing

Sprint

Belarusian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	C-1 200 m
	K-1 1000 m
	C-2 1000 m
	K-2 1000 m
	K-4 1000 m

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	K-1 500 m
	K-4 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Belarusian riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour (for men) and top 22 in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women).^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Women's road race
	Women's time trial

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Belarus has entered one rider to compete in women's omnium at the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race	Individual pursuit		Elimination race	Time trial		Flying lap		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Tatsiana Sharakova	Women's omnium

Diving

Belarusian divers qualified for the following individual and synchronized team spots at the 2016 Olympic Games through the World Championships and FINA World Cup series.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vadim Kaptur	10 m platform

Equestrian

Belarus has entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top two finish from a combined group of North Western, South Western, Central & Eastern Europe in the individual FEI Olympic rankings.^[7]^[8]

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Alena Tseliapushkina	Passat	Individual

Fencing

Belarus has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2012 Olympian Aliaksandr Buikevich had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre by finishing among the top 14 individual fencers in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aliaksandr Buikevich	Men's sabre

Gymnastics

Artistic

Belarus has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Andrey Likhovitskiy and American-born Kylie Dickson had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[10]^[11]

Men

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Andrey Likhovitskiy

Women

Athlete	Qualification						Final
	Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Kylie Dickson

Rhythmic

Belarus has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Katsiaryna Halkina	Individual
Melitina Staniouta	Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank
	Team

Trampoline

Belarus has qualified a total of three gymnasts (one male and two females) in both men's and women's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Uladzislau Hancharou	Men's
Hanna Harchonak	Women's
Tatsiana Piatrenia	Women's

Judo

Belarus has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Dzmitry Shershan was ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Darya Skrypnik at women's extra-lightweight (48 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as Belarus' top-ranked judoka based on World Ranking points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dzmitry Shershan	Men's −66 kg
Darya Skrypnik	Women's −48 kg	N/A

Rowing

Belarus has qualified five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Four rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in the men's single sculls, men's four, women's pair, and women's double sculls at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while a women's single sculls rower had added one more boat to the Belarusian roster as a result of her top three finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Four					N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Pair					N/A
	Double sculls					N/A

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Belarusian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[14] Meanwhile, the men's RS:X spot had been re-allocated to the Belarusian team as the next highest-ranked eligible NOC, after New Zealand decided to reject the berth won by JP Tobin at the 2014 World Championships.^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
	RS:X

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Laser Radial

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Belarusian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle
	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle prone

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Belarusian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[17]^[18] To secure their nomination to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain a top two finish under the FINA Olympic qualifying A standard in each of the individual pool events at the Belarusian Open (April 20 to 23) in Brest.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pavel Sankovich	100 m butterfly
Viktar Staselovich	100 m backstroke
Yauhen Tsurkin	100 m freestyle
Yauhen Tsurkin	100 m butterfly
Mikita Tsmyh	100 m backstroke
Mikita Tsmyh	200 m backstroke

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aliaksandra Herasimenia	100 m freestyle
Sviatlana Khakhlova	50 m freestyle
Yuliya Khitraya	50 m freestyle

Synchronized swimming

Belarus has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by picking up one of four spare berths freed by the continental selection for being the next highest ranking nation at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro, signifying their nation's Olympic comeback to the sport since 2008.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Iryna Limanouskaya Veronika Yesipovich	Duet

Table tennis

Belarus has entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Olympic veterans Vladimir Samsonov and Viktoria Pavlovich were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[20] Meanwhile, London 2012 Olympian Aleksandra Privalova granted a wildcard invitation from ITTF to compete in the women's singles as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vladimir Samsonov	Men's singles
Viktoria Pavlovich	Women's singles
Aleksandra Privalova	Women's singles

Taekwondo

Belarus entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time at the Olympics. Arman-Marshall Silla secured a place in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arman-Marshall Silla	Men's +80 kg

Weightlifting

Belarusian weightlifters have qualified a maximum of six men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

Wrestling

Belarus has qualified a total of seven wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots each in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg and women's freestyle 75 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while three more berths were awarded to the Belarusian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[22]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots each in men's Greco-Roman 85 & 98 kg to round out the Belarusian roster at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar.^[23]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amarhajy Mahamedau	−86 kg
Ibrahim Saidau	−125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Soslan Daurov	−59 kg
Javid Hamzatau	−85 kg
Aliaksandr Hrabovik	−98 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maryia Mamashuk	−63 kg
Vasilisa Marzaliuk	−75 kg

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