Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Archery

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

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

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Serguei Ostrochapkine
 First Round — Lost to Dennis Zimba (Zambia), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)
Sergey Bykovsky
 First Round — Defeated Besiki Wardzetashvili (Georgia), 11-11 (referee decision)
 Second Round — Lost to Nordine Mouichi (France), 6-17

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
Vadim Mezga
 First Round — Defeated Lucas Sinoia (Mozambique), 11-6
 Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 2-12

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
Serguei Dychkov
 First Round — Defeated Romans Kuklins (Latvia), 16-6
 Second Round — Defeated Garth da Silva (New Zealand), 12-8
 Quarter Finals — Lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany), 5-10

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
Sergei Liakhovich
 First Round — Bye
 Second Round — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 9-10

Canoeing

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race
Zinaida Stahurskaya
 Final — 02:37:06 (→ 14th place)

Diving

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

One male fencer represented Belarus in 1996.

Men's épée
 Vitaly Zakharov

Gymnastics

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

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

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle
 Oleg Rukhlevich
 Heat – 23.12 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
 Dimitri Kalinovski
 Heat – 23.61 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle
 Oleg Rukhlevich
 Heat – 50.42 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle
 Sergei Mikhnovets
 Heat – 15:41.80 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke
 Alexei Kriventsov
 Heat – 1:04.20 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
 Aleksandr Gukov
 Heat – 2:17.49 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle
 Alena Popchanka
 Heat – 27.18 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle
 Svetlana Zhidko
 Heat – 58.64 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle
 Inga Borodich
 Heat – 2:05.85 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke
 Yelena Rudkovskaya
 Heat – 1:13.71 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Butterfly
 Natalya Baranovskaya
 Heat – 1:04.09 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
 Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka
 Heat – 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
 Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka
 Heat – 8:21.70 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

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

Weightlifting

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

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 108 kg)
Aleksandr Kurlovich

Wrestling

References

External links

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