Belarus at the Olympics

Belarus at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
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)

Athletes from Belarus began their Olympic participation at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland as part of the Soviet Union (IOC code: URS).^[1] After the Soviet Union disbanded in 1991, Belarus, along with four of the other fourteen former Soviet republics, competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics (held in Albertville, France) as the Unified Team. Later in 1992, eleven republics joined Belarus to compete as the Unified Team at the Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain. Two years later, Belarus competed for the first time as an independent nation in the 1994 Winter Olympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway.^[2] From 1952 until the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, Belarusian athletes won 240 medals either as part of the Soviet Union or as independent Belarus.^[3]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896–1948 did not participate 1952–1988 as part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Barcelona as part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1996 Atlanta 157 1 6 8 15 37 2000 Sydney 139 3 3 11 17 23 2004 Athens 151 2 5 6 13 26 2008 Beijing 181 4 5 9 18 16 2012 London 165 2 5 5 12 26 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo Total 12 24 39 75 48

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924–1948 did not participate 1952–1988 as part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Albertville as part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1994 Lillehammer 33 0 2 0 2 15 1998 Nagano 59 0 0 2 2 20 2002 Salt Lake City 64 0 0 1 1 23 2006 Turin 28 0 1 0 1 21 2010 Vancouver 50 1 1 1 3 17 2014 Sochi 25 5 0 1 6 8 2018 Pyeongchang Total 6 4 5 15 24

Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics 4 5 7 16 Canoeing 2 2 3 7 Rowing 2 1 4 7 Weightlifting 1 3 6 10 Shooting 1 2 4 7 Judo 1 0 1 2 Tennis 1 0 1 2 Gymnastics 0 4 6 10 Wrestling 0 3 5 8 Boxing 0 2 0 2 Swimming 0 2 0 2 Cycling 0 0 1 1 Modern pentathlon 0 0 1 1 Total 12 24 39 75

Medals by winter sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Biathlon 3 2 3 8 Freestyle skiing 3 1 2 6 Speed skating 0 1 0 1 Total 6 4 5 15

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Ekaterina Karsten	1996 Atlanta	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Silver	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Natallia Sazanovich	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's heptathlon
Silver	Igor Basinsky	1996 Atlanta	Shooting	Men's 50 metre pistol
Silver	Aleksandr Pavlov	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Silver	Sergey Lishtvan	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
Silver	Aleksey Medvedev	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 130 kg
Bronze	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Ellina Zvereva	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo	1996 Atlanta	Gymnastics (Artistic)	Individual all-around
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo	1996 Atlanta	Gymnastics (Artistic)	Men's horizontal bar
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo	1996 Atlanta	Gymnastics (Artistic)	Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo	1996 Atlanta	Gymnastics (Artistic)	Men's vault
Bronze	Tamara Davydenko Nataliya Lavrinenko Yelena Mikulich Aleksandra Pankina Yaroslava Pavlovich Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Stasyuk Nataliya Volchek Marina Znak	1996 Atlanta	Rowing	Women's Eight
Bronze	Valery Tsilent	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
Gold	Ellina Zvereva	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Gold	Yanina Korolchik	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's shot put
Gold	Ekaterina Karsten	2000 Sydney	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Silver	Yulia Raskina	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics (Rhythmic)	Individual all-around
Silver	Tatyana Ananko Tatyana Belan Anna Glazkova Irina Ilyenkova Maria Lazuk Olga Puzhevich	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics (Rhythmic)	Group all-around
Silver	Igor Basinsky	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's 50 metre pistol
Bronze	Igor Astapkovich	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Bronze	Iryna Yatchenko	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Bronze	Natallia Sazanovich	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's heptathlon
Bronze	Anatoly Laryukov	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's 73 kg
Bronze	Pavel Dovgal	2000 Sydney	Modern pentathlon	Men's individual
Bronze	Igor Basinsky	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's 10 metre air pistol
Bronze	Sergei Martynov	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Bronze	Lalita Yauhleuskaya	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Women's 25 metre pistol
Bronze	Gennady Oleshchuk	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
Bronze	Sergey Lavrenov	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg
Bronze	Dmitry Debelka	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Gold	Yulia Nestsiarenka	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Gold	Ihar Makarau	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's 100 kg
Silver	Magomed Aripgadjiev	2004 Athens	Boxing	Light heavyweight
Silver	Viktar Zuyev	2004 Athens	Boxing	Heavyweight
Silver	Ekaterina Karsten	2004 Athens	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Silver	Andrei Rybakou	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg
Silver	Hanna Batsiushka	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg
Bronze	Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka	2004 Athens	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 metres
Bronze	Natallia Tsylinskaya	2004 Athens	Cycling	Women's track time trial
Bronze	Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh	2004 Athens	Rowing	Women's coxless pair
Bronze	Sergei Martynov	2004 Athens	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Bronze	Tatsiana Stukalava	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg
Bronze	Viachaslau Makaranka	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
Gold	Aksana Miankova	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's hammer throw
Gold	Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m
Gold	Raman Piatrushenka Aliaksei Abalmasau Artur Litvinchuk Vadzim Makhneu	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 m
Gold	Andrei Aramnau	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg
Silver	Vadim Devyatovskiy	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Silver	Natallia Mikhnevich	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put
Silver	Andrei Krauchanka	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Silver	Inna Zhukova	2008 Beijing	Gymnastics (Rhythmic)	Individual all-around
Silver	Andrei Rybakou	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg
Bronze	Ivan Tsikhan	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Bronze	Nadzeya Ostapchuk	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's shot put
Bronze	Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka	2008 Beijing	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 m
Bronze	Olesya Babushkina Anastasia Ivankova Zinaida Lunina Glafira Martinovich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich	2008 Beijing	Gymnastics (Rhythmic)	Group all-around
Bronze	Ekaterina Karsten	2008 Beijing	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Bronze	Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh	2008 Beijing	Rowing	Women's coxless pair
Bronze	Nastassia Novikava	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
Bronze	Mikhail Siamionau	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's 66 kg
Bronze	Murad Gaidarov	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's 74 kg
Gold	Sergei Martynov	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone
Gold	Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi	2012 London	Tennis	Mixed doubles
Silver	Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	2012 London	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m
Silver	Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu	2012 London	Canoeing	Men's K-2 200 m
Silver	Maryna Hancharova Anastasia Ivankova Nataliya Leshchyk Aliaksandra Narkevich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich	2012 London	Gymnastics (Rhythmic)	Group all-around
Silver	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	2012 London	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
Silver	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	2012 London	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
Bronze	Volha Khudzenka Iryna Pamialova Nadzeya Papok Maryna Pautaran	2012 London	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m
Bronze	Liubov Charkashyna	2012 London	Gymnastics (Rhythmic)	Individual all-around
Bronze	Victoria Azarenka	2012 London	Tennis	Women's singles
Bronze	Maryna Shkermankova	2012 London	Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg
Bronze	Iryna Kulesha	2012 London	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg

Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Svetlana Paramygina	1994 Lillehammer	Biathlon	Women's sprint
Silver	Igor Zhelezovski	1994 Lillehammer	Speed skating	Men's 1000 m
Bronze	Alexei Aidarov	1998 Nagano	Biathlon	Men's individual
Bronze	Dmitri Dashinski	1998 Nagano	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
Bronze	Aleksei Grishin	2002 Salt Lake City	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
Silver	Dmitri Dashinski	2006 Turin	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
Gold	Aleksei Grishin	2010 Vancouver	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
Silver	Sergey Novikov	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Men's individual
Bronze	Darya Domracheva	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Women's individual
Gold	Darya Domracheva	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's individual
Gold	Darya Domracheva	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's mass start
Gold	Darya Domracheva	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's pursuit
Gold	Anton Kushnir	2014 Sochi	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
Gold	Alla Tsuper	2014 Sochi	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials
Bronze	Nadezhda Skardino	2014 Sochi	Biathlon	Women's individual

Soviet Union

Athletes from the Soviet Union began participating in the Olympic Games in 1952, winning 194 total medals in the Winter Games^[4] and 1010 at the Summer Games for a total of 1204 medals. Of those medals, 473 were gold, 376 were silver and 355 were bronze.^[5] The Belarusian collection of medals began with Mikhail Krivonosov winning silver in the hammer throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The Soviet Republic's first gold medal was won by Leonid Geishtor and Sergei Makarenko in the 1000 metre pairs canoe event during the 1960 Summer Games in Rome, Italy.^[6] The Soviet Union first competed in the Winter Olympics in 1964, located in Innsbruck.^[7] In 1988, the Soviet Union competed for the last time as a unified country.^[3]

Unified Team

Gymnast Vitaly Shcherbo won six gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[8]

Summer Olympic Games

1996 Atlanta

In Belarus's first independent appearance at the Summer Olympics, the delegation took home fifteen medals: one gold, six silver and eight bronze. The first Belarusian gold medal was won by Ekaterina Karsten in the women's single sculls rowing event. The silver medals were won in athletics, shooting, and wrestling (both freestyle and Greco-Roman). The bronze medals were won in artistic gymnastics, athletics, rowing and Greco-Roman wrestling.^[9] The country sent 159 athletes to compete in 21 disciplines.^[10]

2000 Sydney

The Belarusian government, using public funds and sponsorships, spent five million USD to prepare the athletes for the 2000 Olympics. Minister of Sports and Tourism Yevgeny Vorsin predicted that Belarus would win four gold medals during the Games.^[11] Belarus finished with three gold, three silver and 11 bronze medals. Karsten successfully defended her championship in the single sculls, with the other two gold medals won by Yanina Karolchik and Ellina Zvereva in the shot put and discus throw events, respectively. The Belarusian women took silver in both individual and team rhythmic gymnastics, with a third silver medal coming in the men's 50 metre pistol event. Bronze medals were won in hammer throwing, shooting (3), Greco-Roman wrestling, pentathlon, weight lifting (2), judo, heptathlon and discus throwing.^[12] One athlete from Belarus, Vadim Devyatovsky, was banned from Olympic competition due to testing positive for the substance nandrolone.^[13]

2004 Athens

Belarus used leftover funds from the Sydney Games to prepare athletes to compete in the 2004 Olympics.^[11] Belarus sent to Athens 153 athletes competing in 21 disciplines.^[14] Those athletes won 15 medals: two golds, six silvers, and nine bronzes. The gold medals were won in the 100 meter dash and in judo. The silver medals were won in weightlifting (2), boxing (2), rowing and the hammer throw. The bronzes were won in shooting, the discus throw, weightlifting, cycling, rowing (2), wrestling (Greco-Roman) and canoe/kayak (2).^[15] Ivan Tsikhan originally won the bronze in the hammer throw, but his medal was upgraded to silver after Adrian Annus of Hungary was stripped of his gold medal due to doping.^[16] Yulia Nestsiarenka, who wasn't expected to do well in the 100 meter dash, took home the gold in the event. She was clocked at 10.93 seconds, beating the second place American by .03 seconds.^[17] Wrestler Alexander Medved was tasked to carry the national flag during the opening ceremony.^[18]

2008 Beijing

One hundred and eighty-one athletes from Belarus competed in 28 events at the Beijing Olympics.^[19] Before the Olympics started, the National Olympic Committee of Belarus announced that medal winners would be awarded cash prizes, valued in United States dollars, from the Committee and their sponsors. Another sponsor, Belatmit,^[20] offered gold medal winners free sausage for life. The women's basketball team would be given free sausage regardless of what medal they won.^[20] The team captain was Ivan Tsikhan^[21] and fencer Alexander Romankov carried the national flag during the opening ceremonies.^[22] Overall, Belarus took home 19 medals, with four medals being gold, placing 16th in the medal standings, 13th in the total medal count.^[23] At a ceremony bestowing state decorations on the Olympic champions President Lukashenko said his country had performed better in Beijing than they did in Athens, but he still called the Games a "missed opportunity" for winning less gold medals than he personally had expected.^[24] However, on September 21, the IOC has asked Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan to provide the body information on why they tested positive for abnormal traces of testosterone after the completion of the hammerthrow final on August 17. If found guilty, the pair will be stripped of their respective medals and Devyatovskiy will face a lifetime ban for a second doping offense.^[25] The IOC found them guilty on December 11 and officially stripped them of their medals.^[26] 10 June 2010 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeals filed by the two Belarusian hammer throwers, Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, against the decision of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of 11 December 2008. Consequently, the silver and bronze medals won at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing are to be returned to Vadim Deviyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan respectively. In 2012 IAAF retested doping samples from the 2005 World Athletics Championships and shotputter Andrei Mikhnevich was found positive for 3 anabolic steroids: Clenbuterol, Methandienone and Oxandrolone. In August 2014 IOC disqualified his results from the 2008 Summer Olympics and allocated the bronze medal.^[27]

2012 London

Belarus won two gold medals at the 2012 games in London, the first being for Sergei Martynov in the men's 50m rifle prone shooting. Mixed doubles tennis players Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka won the other gold, with Azarenka also winning a bronze in the women's singles.

Winter Olympic Games

1994 Lillehammer

This was the first Olympic Games in which an independent Belarus participated. Before competing as an independent state, Belarusian athletes won four medals as part of the USSR and CIS squads from Olympic Games spanning 1964 to 1992.^[7] Belarus sent 33 athletes to compete in seven disciplines. Silver medals were won by Igor Zhelezovski in the 1000 m speed skating and Svetlana Paramygina in the biathlon.^[28] Out of the 67 nations that competed, Belarus ranked 15th in the medal totals.^[6] According to the NOC RB, competing in the Lillehammer Olympics is a historic event for Belarus and "opened a new page in the history of Belarusian sport."^[7]

1998 Nagano

Belarus sent a delegation of 59 athletes to compete in nine disciplines.^[7] Belarus medaled twice, both times with bronze. The medals were earned by Dmitry Dashchinsky in aerials and Alexei Aidarov in the biathlon.^[29] Belarus qualified for the second round of the hockey tournament, but lost its group matches and was eliminated by Russia in the quarterfinals, finishing seventh overall.^[30] In a speech by President Alexander Lukashenko in 2002, he reflected on the achievements of athletes in the Nagano Games. While watching the events, he stated that the Belarusian athletes competed with dignity and brought glory to Belarus.^[31]

2002 Salt Lake City

Belarus competed in nine disciplines, just like at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Belarus's single medal was a bronze won by Aleksei Grishin.^[32] The men's ice hockey team drew international attention for its upset of top-seeded Sweden and subsequent 4th-place finish.^[33] However, hockey team member Vasily Pankov, along with Belarusian team doctor Evgeni Lositski, were removed from the Olympic Games due to positive doping results. Lositski was barred from coming to the 2004 and 2006 Olympic Games for giving Pankov medication that included nandrolone.^[34] Another Belarusian athlete was given a "strong warning" by the IOC for missing a doping test and admonished the NOC RB for helping her miss the test.^[35]

2006 Turin

Sending 33 athletes, Belarus competed in eight disciplines.^[36] Dmitry Dashchinsky took home the only medal, a silver in the aerials. Dashchinsky had earned a bronze medal at the 1998 Nagano Games.^[6] The result was upsetting to Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus and head of the National Olympic Committee. He told members of the NOC RB that the coaches were to blame for the poor showing and that Belarus needed victories so they could feel pride as a nation. He also told the assembled members that if there are any more poor showings, he will fire the members.^[37]

2010 Vancouver

Belarus won three medals. Alexei Grishin took the nation’s only gold in freestyle skiing – men’s aerials. Sergey Novikov took silver in the men’s 20-kilometers individual biathlon, while Darya Domracheva took bronze in the women’s 15-kilometer individual biathlon.^[38] The men's hockey team was eliminated in the first round of playoffs.

2014 Sochi

Belarus ranked 8th, its highest at any Olympic Games, after winning five golds and a bronze. Biathlete Darya Domracheva won three golds, in the women's pursuit, individual and mass start events. Nadzeya Skardzina won the bronze in the individual. In freestyle skiing, Alla Tsuper and Anton Kushnir won golds in the respective women's and men's aerial events.

Flag bearers

Games	Name
1994 Lillehammer	Igor Zhelezovsky
1996 Atlanta	Igor Astapkovich
1998 Nagano	Alexandr Popov
2000 Sydney	Sergey Lishtvan
2002 Salt Lake City	Oleg Ryzhenkov
2004 Athens	Aleksandr Medved
2006 Turin	Alexandr Popov
2008 Beijing	Alexander Romankov
2010 Vancouver	Oleg Antonenko
2012 London	Max Mirnyi
2014 Sochi	Aleksei Grishin

National Olympic Committee

In 1991, an order was issued to create the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь), and it was not until 1993 before the NOC RB (НОК РБ) became a full member of the International Olympic Committee.^[39] Also in 1993, Vladimir Ryzhenkov, who was at the time the Belarus Minister for Sport and Tourism, was elected to the post of President of the NOC RB. In May 1997, a year after the death of Ryzhenkov, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was elected to the post, which he still holds today. Lukashenko is the first known example of a head of state to also lead a National Olympic Committee at the same time.^[6] Funding for the NOC RB comes from marketing of goods with the Olympic logo, donations from the private sector, sponsorships and from the national government.^[11][40] As head of state, President Lukashenko issued decrees awarding prizes to those who bring home medals, use state funds to prepare for athletes and pay the coaches of the athletes. In 2004, President Lukashenko issued a decree awarding those who win medals in the 2004 and 2006 Olympic Games the following tax-free monetary awards (in United States dollars): $60,000 for gold, $30,000 for silver and $20,000 for bronze.^[41] For the 2008 and 2010 games, the following tax-free prizes will be awarded to medal winners and their coaches (in United States dollars): $100,000 for gold, $50,000 for silver and $30,000 for bronze.^[42]

See also

• Belarus at the Paralympics

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External links

• "Belarus". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Belarus". Sports-Reference.com.
• Official website of the NOCRB (English), (Russian)