Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Belarus at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Belarus at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BLR
NOC	Belarus Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.by (in Russian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	181 in 20 sports
Flag bearers	Alexander Romankov (opening); Andrei Aramnau (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 16th	Gold3Silver4Bronze7Total14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996 ; 2000 ; 2004 ; 2008 ; 2012 ; 2016 ; 2020 ;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Poland (1924–1936); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Last updated May 10, 2023

Belarus attended the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A team of 181 athletes competed in 28 different sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Andrei Aramnau	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg
Gold	Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m
Gold	Raman Piatrushenka Aliaksei Abalmasau Artur Litvinchuk Vadzim Makhneu	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 m
Silver	Vadim Devyatovskiy	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Silver	Andrei Krauchanka	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Silver	Inna Zhukova	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual all-around
Silver	Murad Gaidarov	Wrestling	Men's 74 kg
Bronze	Ekaterina Karsten	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Bronze	Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh	Rowing	Women's coxless pair
Bronze	Ivan Tsikhan	Athletics	Men's hammer throw
Bronze	Mikhail Siamionau	Wrestling	Men's 66 kg
Bronze	Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka	Canoeing	Men's K-2 500 m
Bronze	Olesya Babushkina Anastasia Ivankova Zinaida Lunina Glafira Martinovich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic team all-around
Bronze	Anastasiya Samusevich	Modern pentathlon	Women's

Archery

Belarus sent two archers to the Olympics, one in the men's competition and one in the women's.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maksim Kunda	Men's individual	646	48	Furukawa (JPN) (17) W 111 (19)–111 (18)	Petersson (SWE) (49) W 112–110	Serrano (MEX) (1) L 106–110	Did not advance
Katsiaryna Muliuk	Women's individual	616	47	Sánchez (COL) (18) W 104–101	Chen L (CHN) (17) L 105–106	Did not advance

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Siarhei Charnou	20 km walk	—						1:29:38	44
Andrei Hardzeyeu	Marathon	—						DNF
Maksim Lynsha	110 m hurdles	13.86	5	Did not advance
Dzianis Simanovich	20 km walk	—						1:23:53	28
Andrei Stsepanchuk	50 km walk	—						4:14:09	43
Ivan Trotski	20 km walk	—						1:22:55	22

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yury Bialou	Shot put	20.12	11 q	20.06	9
Vadim Devyatovskiy	Hammer throw	76.95	9 q	81.61	¹
Uladzimir Kazlou	Javelin throw	80.06	8 q	82.06	8
Pavel Lyzhyn	Shot put	20.36	7 q	20.98	4
Andrei Mikhnevich	Shot put	20.48	3 Q	~~21.05~~	DSQ²
Dzmitry Platnitski	Triple jump	16.51	27	Did not advance
Dzmitry Sivakou	Discus throw	61.75	15	Did not advance
Valeriy Sviatokha	Hammer throw	74.41	17	Did not advance
Ivan Tsikhan	Hammer throw	79.26	4 Q	81.51	¹

1 Ivan Tsikhan and Vadim Devyatovskiy were stripped of their medals due to doping.^[2] However, these medals were later reinstated after appeal to the CAS.^[3]
2 Andrei Mikhnevich originally claimed a bronze medal in the men's shot put, but it was later stripped due to doping violation.^[4]

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Andrei Krauchanka	Result	10.96	7.61	14.39	2.11	47.30	14.21	44.58	5.00	60.23	4:27.47	8551
Andrei Krauchanka	Points	870	962	752	906	943	948	758	910	741	761	8551
Aliaksandr Parkhomenka	Result	11.29	6.99	15.49	1.93	50.71	15.06	45.27	4.70	64.60	4:45.17	7838	16
Aliaksandr Parkhomenka	Points	797	811	820	740	782	842	772	819	807	648	7838	16
Mikalai Shubianok	Result	11.31	6.86	14.88	1.99	50.02	14.52	45.80	4.60	62.10	4:38.14	7906	15
Mikalai Shubianok	Points	793	781	782	794	814	908	783	790	769	692	7906	15

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elena Ginko	20 km walk	—						DSQ
Volha Krautsova	5000 m	15:21.85	9	—				Did not advance
Yulia Nestsiarenka	100 m	11.40	2 Q	11.14	4 q	11.26	5	Did not advance
Katsiaryna Paplauskaya	100 m hurdles	13.39	7	—		Did not advance
Ryta Turava	20 km walk	—						1:28:26	11
Sviatlana Usovich	800 m	2:00.42	4 q	—		2:02.79	8	Did not advance
Sniazhana Yurchanka	20 km walk	—						1:35:33	33
Hanna Bahdanovich Aksana Drahun Yulia Nestsiarenka Nastassia Shuliak	4 × 100 m relay	43.69	6	—				Did not advance
Anna Kozak Iryna Khliustava Ilona Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Yulyana Yushchanka*	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.78	3 Q	—				3:21.85 NR	4

* Competed in the heats only

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nadzeya Astapchuk	Shot put	19.08	6 Q	~~19.86~~	DSQ³
Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk	Long jump	6.48	18	Did not advance
Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya	Shot put	17.79	18	Did not advance
Hanna Mazgunova	Discus throw	56.77	29	Did not advance
Aksana Miankova	Hammer throw	69.77	11 q	~~76.34 OR~~	DSQ⁴
Natallia Mikhnevich	Shot put	19.11	4 Q	~~20.28~~	DSQ⁵
Maryna Novik	Javelin throw	56.10	31	Did not advance
Darya Pchelnik	Hammer throw	71.30	8 q	73.65	4
Kseniya Pryiemka-Dziatsuk	Triple jump	13.08	31	Did not advance
Natallia Shymchuk	Javelin throw	57.11	23	Did not advance
Volha Siarheyenka	Long jump	6.25	32	Did not advance
Maryia Smaliachkova	Hammer throw	69.22	13	Did not advance
Iryna Yatchenko	Discus throw	62.26	3 Q	59.27	11
Ellina Zvereva	Discus throw	60.28	12 q	60.82	6

3 Nadzeya Astapchuk originally claimed a bronze medal in the women's shot put, but it was later stripped due to doping violation.^[5]
4 Aksana Miankova originally claimed a gold medal in the women's hammer throw, but it was later stripped due to doping violation.^[6]
5 Natallia Mikhnevich originally claimed a silver medal in the women's shot put, but it was later stripped due to doping violation.^[6]

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Yana Maksimava	Result	14.71	1.74	13.60	25.94	NM	39.14	2:21.55	4806	34*
Yana Maksimava	Points	880	903	767	802	0	651	803	4806	34*

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[7] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Maksimava moved up a position.

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Olga Konon	Women's singles	Xing Ay (SIN) W 21–19, 21–12	Tvrdy (SLO) W 21–17, 21–14	Xie Xf (CHN) L 16–21, 15–21	Did not advance

Basketball

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Belarus roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Belarus women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Volha Padabed	29 – (1979-04-24)April 24, 1979	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	SK Cesis
SG	5	Olga Masilionene	28 – (1980-01-25)January 25, 1980	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Gospic
G/F	6	Katsiaryna Snytsina	22 – (1985-09-02)September 2, 1985	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Dynamo-Energiya Novosibirsk
C	7	Viktoryia Hasper	20 – (1988-01-09)January 9, 1988	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Chevakata Vologda
PG	8	Tatsiana Likhtarovich	20 – (1988-03-29)March 29, 1988	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Olimpia Grodno
PG	9	Natallia Anufryienka	23 – (1985-06-11)June 11, 1985	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Olimpia Grodno
F/C	10	Anastasiya Verameyenka	21 – (1987-07-10)July 10, 1987	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Nadezhda Orenburg
C	11	Yelena Leuchanka	25 – (1983-04-30)April 30, 1983	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	UMMC Ekaterinburg
G	12	Natallia Marchanka	29 – (1979-05-19)May 19, 1979	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia
G/F	13	Tatyana Troina	27 – (1981-06-30)June 30, 1981	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Maccabi Ramat Hen
F	14	Nataliya Trafimava (C)	29 – (1979-06-16)June 16, 1979	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Wisla Krakow
C	15	Marina Kress	27 – (1980-08-23)August 23, 1980	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Extragusa

Head coach

Anatoly Buyalski

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	424	319	+105	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	339	333	+6	9
3	Belarus	5	2	3	324	332	−8	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	South Korea	5	2	3	327	360	−33	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Latvia	5	1	4	334	387	−53	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Brazil	5	1	4	337	354	−17	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head record: Belarus 1–0 South Korea
1 2 Head-to-head record: Latvia 1–0 Brazil

9 August 2008
09:00

Report

Belarus	64–83	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 16–25 , 22–21, 14–18
Pts: Leuchanka 13, Troina 13 Rebs: Leuchanka 10 Asts: Marchanka 2		Pts: Jackson 18 Rebs: Batkovic 12 Asts: Harrower 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

11 August 2008
16:45

Report

Latvia	57–79	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 15–19, 14–20, 8–19
Pts: Baško 19 Rebs: Jansone, Kubliņa, Tamane 6 Asts: Eglīte 3		Pts: Leuchanka 22 Rebs: Verameyenka 9 Asts: Marchanka 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB)

13 August 2008
09:00

Report

Belarus	65–71	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 8–15, 13–17, 25–19
Pts: Marchanka 16 Rebs: Leuchanka 12 Asts: Leuchanka 4		Pts: Stepanova 13 Rebs: Abrosimova 10 Asts: Korstin 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

15 August 2008
22:15

Report

South Korea	53–63	Belarus
Scoring by quarter:15–12, 13–21, 9–17, 16–13
Pts: Lee, Jung 10 Rebs: Lee, Beon 6 Asts: Beon 3		Pts: Snytsina 15 Rebs: Leuchanka 14 Asts: Maarchanka 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

17 August 2008
16:45

Report

Brazil	68–53	Belarus
Scoring by quarter:20–12, 19–14, 10–12, 19–15
Pts: Santos 14 Rebs: Nascimento 10 Asts: Nascimento 3		Pts: Anufryienka, Leuchanka 10 Rebs: Verameyenka 10 Asts: Marchanka 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP)

Quarterfinals

19 August 2008
14:30

Report

China	77–62	Belarus
Scoring by quarter:19–13, 19–12, 18–18, 21–19
Pts: Miao 28 Rebs: Song, Chen, Sui 4 Asts: Miao 3		Pts: Troina 15 Rebs: Leuchanka 13 Asts: Padabed, Marchanka 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA)

Boxing

Belarus qualified four boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Nurudzinau, Magamedau, and Zuyeu each qualified for their weight classes in the first European qualifying event.^[9] Khatsigov qualified at the second European qualifying event.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khavazhi Khatsigov	Bantamweight	Gojan (MDA) L 1–1⁺	Did not advance
Mahamed Nurudzinau	Welterweight	Jackson (ISV) L 2–4	Did not advance
Ramazan Magamedau	Light heavyweight	Yasser (EGY) L 10–10⁺	Did not advance
Viktar Zuyeu	Heavyweight	—	Russo (ITA) L 1–7	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aliaksandr Zhukovski	C-1 500 m	1:48.669	1 QF	Bye		1:49.092	5
Aliaksandr Zhukovski	C-1 1000 m	4:01.380	4 QS	3:58.851	3 Q	3:55.645	5
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich Andrei Bahdanovich	C-2 1000 m	3:40.369	1 QF	Bye		3:36.365
Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka	K-2 500 m	1:28.661	1 QF	Bye		1:30.005
Aliaksei Abalmasau Artur Litvinchuk Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka	K-4 1000m	2:58.825	3 QF	Bye		2:55.714

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tatsiana Fedarovich	K-1 500 m	1:57.881	8	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vasil Kiryienka	Men's time trial	1:06.12	21
Aleksandr Kuschynski	Men's road race	6:39:42	73
Kanstantsin Sivtsov		6:26:17	33
Aliaksandr Usau		6:49:59	83

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Natallia Tsylinskaya	Women's sprint	11:372 63.313	7	Sanchez (FRA) L	Guerra (CUB) Tsukuda (JPN) W 11.871 60.652	Guo S (CHN) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final Sanchez (FRA) Reed (USA) Krupeckaitė (LTU) L	6

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Vasil Kiryienka	Men's points race	34	1	5

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sergei Kuchmasov	3 m springboard	399.40	25	Did not advance
Vadim Kaptur	10 m platform	432.90	13 Q	420.55	14	Did not advance
Aliaksandr Varlamau	10 m platform	406.60	21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Darya Romenskaya	3 m springboard	207.00	29	Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Iryna Lis	Redford	Individual	63.500	30	Did not advance

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
Viachaslau Poita	Energiya	Individual	59.10	56	75.60	114.70	58	31.00	165.70	54	Did not advance			165.70	54
Alena Tseliapushkina	Passat	Individual	77.40	67	59.60	137.00	59	30.00	167.00	55	Did not advance			167.00	55

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aliaksandr Buikevich	Individual sabre	Bye	Yakimenko (RUS) W 15–9	Limbach (GER) W 15–14	Covaliu (ROU) L 13–15	Did not advance
Dmitri Lapkes		Bye	Oh E-S (KOR) L 8–15	Did not advance
Valery Pryiemka		Talaat (EGY) W 15–7	Covaliu (ROU) L 9–15	Did not advance
Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Valery Pryiemka	Team sabre	—			Italy (ITA) L 39–45	Classification semi-final Egypt (EGY) W 45–22	5th place final China (CHN) W 45–39	5

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Aliaksei Ignatovich	Team	—	15.075	—			13.000	—		Did not advance
Dzmitry Kaspiarovich		14.675	—	15.275	16.500 Q	15.525	14.250	—
Ihar Kazloŭ		14.025	12.675	14.925	15.275	—
Dzianis Savenkov		14.525	13.525	13.750	15.675	14.800	14.750	87.025	33
Dzmitry Savitski		14.375	14.525	15.175	16.300	15.700	14.575	90.650	12 Q
Aliaksandr Tsarevich		14.300	14.450	—		15.175	14.850	—
Total		57.875	57.575	59.125	63.750	61.200	58.425	375.950	10

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Dzmitry Kaspiarovich	Vault	—			16.050	—		16.050	6
Dzmitry Savitski	All-around	13.725	13.750	15.300	15.900	13.400	10.100	82.175	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Nastassia Marachkovskaya	All-around	14.025	15.275	12.200	13.600	55.100	48	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Inna Zhukova	Individual	17.850	18.375	17.300	17.425	70.950	4 Q	18.125	18.125	17.850	17.825	71.925

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Olesya Babushkina Anastasia Ivankova Zinaida Lunina Glafira Martinovich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich	Team	17.525	17.425	34.950	1 Q	17.625	17.275	34.900

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Tatsiana Piatrenia	Women's	63.80	9	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kanstantsin Siamionau	−73 kg	—	Meridja (ALG) W 0102–0010	Mammadli (AZE) L 0001–1001	Did not advance		van Tichelt (BEL) L 0020–1021	Did not advance
Siarhei Shundzikau	−81 kg	Bye	Kim J-B (KOR) L 0000–0011	Did not advance			Krawczyk (POL) L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Andrei Kazusionak	−90 kg	—	Ghomi (IRI) W 1110–0000	Izumi (JPN) W 1000–0000	Pershin (RUS) L 0000–1010	Did not advance	Bye	Rosati (ARG) W 1000–0000	Mesbah (EGY) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Yury Rybak	+100 kg	Ceraj (SLO) W 1000–0000	Roudaki (IRI) L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Yahor Lapo	Men's	178	24	1072	17–18	19	808	2:05.62	18	1296	DNF	=35	0	9:41.17	22	1076	4252	35
Dzmitry Meliakh	Men's	186	6	1168	11–24	35	664	2:03.03	9	1324	84	6	1116	9:41.97	23	1076	5348	12
Hanna Arkhipenka	Women's	180	13	1096	16–20	=22	784	2:27.06	30	1156	56	15	1144	10:53.23	21	1108	5288	22
Anastasiya Samusevich	Women's	187	3	1180	19–17	=14	856	2:29.64	33	1128	28	5	1172	10:04.46	1	1304	5640

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dzianis Mihal Stanislau Shcharbachenia	Double sculls	6:27.18	2 SA/B	Bye		6:32.76	6 FB	6:32.59	7
Andrei Dzemyanenka Vadzim Lialin Yauheni Nosau Aliaksandr Kazubouski	Four	6:12.53	5 R	6:00.44	3 SA/B	6:02.79	5 FB	6:12.54	12
Kiryl Lemiashkevich Aliaksandr Novikau Valery Radzevich Pavel Shurmei	Quadruple sculls	5:43.73	3 SA/B	Bye		6:06.80	6 FB	5:50.74	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch	Single sculls	7:40.03	1 QF	—		7:25.74	1 SA/B	7:22.86	1 FA	7:23.98
Yuliya Bichyk Natallia Helakh	Pair	7:24.47	1 FA	Bye		—				7:22.91

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Mikalai Zhukavets	RS:X	27	23	26	24	29	21	32	26	26	27	EL	229	28
Sergei Desukevich Pavel Logunov	470	29	27	16	26	16	2	12	17	16	27	EL	159	21

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
Tatiana Drozdovskaya	Laser Radial	12	24	17	17	10	22	11	15	26	CAN	EL	119	20

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

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vitali Bubnovich	10 m air rifle	592	18	Did not advance
Vitali Bubnovich	50 m rifle 3 positions	1161	29	Did not advance
Yury Dauhapolau	10 m air pistol	577	22	Did not advance
Yury Dauhapolau	50 m pistol	558	12	Did not advance
Andrei Gerachtchenko	Skeet	109	34	Did not advance
Petr Litvinchuk	50 m rifle prone	593	17	Did not advance
Kanstantsin Lukashyk	10 m air pistol	575	27	Did not advance
Kanstantsin Lukashyk	50 m pistol	558	11	Did not advance
Sergei Martynov	50 m rifle prone	595	6 Q	698.3	8
Sergei Martynov	50 m rifle 3 positions	1156	34	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Viktoria Chaika	10 m air pistol	384	5 Q	482.0	4
Viktoria Chaika	25 m pistol	581	13	Did not advance
Zhanna Shapialevich	10 m air pistol	368	42	Did not advance
Zhanna Shapialevich	25 m pistol	569	38	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yauheni Lazuka	100 m butterfly	53.54	43	Did not advance
Stanislau Neviarouski	100 m freestyle	50.14	44	Did not advance
Andrei Radzionau	50 m freestyle	22.65	36	Did not advance
Pavel Sankovich	100 m backstroke	55.39	29	Did not advance
Viktar Vabishchevich	100 m breaststroke	1:03.29	49	Did not advance
Yauheni Lazuka Stanislau Neviarouski Pavel Sankovich Viktar Vabishchevich	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:39.39	16	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aliaksandra Herasimenia	50 m freestyle	25.07	16 Q	24.72	8 Q	24.77	8
Aliaksandra Herasimenia	100 m freestyle	54.52	12 Q	55.31	14	Did not advance
Inna Kapishina	100 m breaststroke	1:10.15	27	Did not advance
Inna Kapishina	200 m breaststroke	2:27.34	17	Did not advance
Sviatlana Khakhlova	50 m freestyle	25.27	20	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Katsiaryna Kulpo Nastassia Parfenava	Duet	42.667	17	42.667	85.334	19	Did not advance

Table tennis

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	Bye			Süß (GER) W 4–0	Persson (SWE) L 3–4	Did not advance
Tatyana Kostromina	Women's singles	Bye	Zhang M (CAN) W 4–0	Li Q (POL) W 4–2	Lin L (HKG) L 0–4	Did not advance
Veronika Pavlovich		Bye	Hadacova (CZE) L 2–4	Did not advance
Viktoria Pavlovich		Bye		Samara (ROU) W 4–1	Zhang Yn (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Max Mirnyi	Men's singles	Kiefer (GER) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Victoria Azarenka	Women's singles	Perebiynis (UKR) W 6-4, 5–7, 6–4	Dellacqua (AUS) W 6–2, 6–2	V Williams (USA) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Olga Govortsova	Women's singles	S Williams (USA) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	Women's doubles	—	Ani / Kanepi (EST) W 6–2, 6–2	Davenport / Huber (USA) L 4–6, 6–4, 3–6	Did not advance
Olga Govortsova Darya Kustova	Women's doubles	—	Peng S / Sun Tt (CHN) W 7–6, 7–6	A Bondarenko / K Bondarenko (UKR) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Vitali Dzerbianiou	−56 kg	127	6	~~140~~	DNF	127	DNF
Henadzy Makhveyenia	−62 kg	128	12	150	12	278	10
Siarhei Lahun	−77 kg	157	10	192	6	349	10
Andrei Rybakou	−85 kg	185 OR	1	209	2	394 WR	DSQ
Vadzim Straltsou	−85 kg	~~170~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Andrei Aramnau	−105 kg	200 WR	1	236 WR	1	436 WR

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Nastassia Novikava	−53 kg	95	2	118	3	213	DSQ
Hanna Batsiushka	−69 kg	105	4	120	5	225	5
Iryna Kulesha	−75 kg	118	3	137	4	255	DSQ
Yuliya Novakovich	−75 kg	110	4	127	7	237	7

Wrestling

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
Rizvan Gadzhiev	−55 kg	Pérez (CUB) W 3–0 ^PO	Mansurov (UZB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					7
Albert Batyrov	−66 kg	Bye	Yang C-S (PRK) W 3–1 ^PP	Stadnik (UKR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Kumar (IND) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	9
Murad Gaidarov	−74 kg	Bye	Chamsulvarayev (AZE) W 3–1 ^PP	Saghirashvili (GEO) W 3–0 ^PO	Tigiev (UZB) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Ştefan (ROU) W 3–1 ^PP

Murad Gaidarov originally finished third, but in November 2016, he was promoted to second place due to disqualification of Soslan Tigiev.

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
Yury Dubinin	−60 kg	Bye	Jung J-H (KOR) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					20
Mikhail Siamionau	−66 kg	Kazakevič (LTU) W 3–1 ^PP	Mohammadi (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP	Guénot (FRA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Milián (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Bayakhmetov (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP
Aleh Mikhalovich	−74 kg	Bye	Kwit (POL) W 3–1 ^PP	Melyoshin (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Chang Yx (CHN) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Yanakiev (BUL) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Siarhei Artsiukhin	−120 kg	Bye	López (CUB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Patrikeyev (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	11

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
Alena Filipava	−55 kg	—	Smirnova (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					13
Volha Khilko	−63 kg	Bye	Michalik (POL) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance					12

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