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.[1]

Belarus at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBLR
NOCBelarus Olympic Committee
Websitewww.noc.by (in Russian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors157 (91 men, 66 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer Igor Astapkovich
Medals
Ranked 37th
Gold
1
Silver
6
Bronze
8
Total
15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Poland (1924–1936)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldEkaterina KarstenRowingWomen's single sculls
 SilverVladimir DubrovshchikAthleticsMen's discus throw
 SilverNatalya SazanovichAthleticsWomen's heptathlon
 SilverIgor BasinskyShootingMen's 50 metre pistol
 SilverAleksandr PavlovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 48 kg
 SilverSergey LishtvanWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 100 kg
 SilverAleksey MedvedevWrestlingMen's freestyle 130 kg
 BronzeVasiliy KaptyukhAthleticsMen's discus throw
 BronzeEllina ZverevaAthleticsWomen's discus throw
 BronzeVitaly ScherboGymnasticsMen's artistic individual all-around
 BronzeVitaly ScherboGymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
 BronzeVitaly ScherboGymnasticsMen's parallel bars
 BronzeVitaly ScherboGymnasticsMen's vault
 BronzeYelena Mikulich
Marina Znak
Nataliya Volchek
Nataliya Stasyuk
Tamara Davydenko
Valentina Skrabatun
Nataliya Lavrinenko
Yaroslava Pavlovich
Aleksandra Pankina
RowingWomen's eight
 BronzeValery TsilentWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 82 kg

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

Men's Pole Vault

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

Men's Hammer Throw

Men's Shot Put

Men's Discus Throw

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk


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

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

Women's Marathon

Women's 10 km Walk

Badminton

Boxing

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)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

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

Canoeing

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

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

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
    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


Women's 50m Freestyle

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Women's 100m Butterfly

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

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight

Men's Middleweight

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

Men's Heavyweight I

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)

Wrestling

References

  1. "Belarus at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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