Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Belarus at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Belarus.svg
IOC code BLR
NOC Belarus Olympic Committee
Website www.noc.by  (in Russian and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors124 in 21 sports
Flag bearers Vasil Kiryienka (opening) [1]
Ivan Tsikhan (closing)
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
1
Silver
4
Bronze
4
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Belarus competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Contents

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

One Belarusian archer has qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey. [2]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Anton Prylepau Men's individual 64352Flag of Chile.svg  Soto  (CHI)
L 5 (27)–5 (29)
Did not advance

Athletics

Belarusian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [3] [4]

A total of 36 athletes (14 men and 22 women) were named to the Belarusian track and field roster, as part of the nation's official team announcement on 25 July 2016, including two-time Olympic medalist Ivan Tsikhan, 2015 Worlds middle-distance champion Maryna Arzamasava, hurdler Alina Talai, and javelin thrower Tatsiana Khaladovich. [5]

Key
Track & road events
Men
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Aliaksandr Liakhovich 20 km walk 1:25:0443
Uladzislau Pramau Marathon 2:22:4883
Stsiapan Rahautsou 2:20:3469
Dzianis Simanovich 20 km walk DNF
Ivan Trotski 50 km walk DNF
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Maryna Arzamasava 800 m 1:58.442 Q1:58.874 q1:59.107
Katsiaryna Belanovich 400 m hurdles 56.556Did not advance
Maryna Damantsevich Marathon 2:37:3445
Nastassia Ivanova DNF
Yuliya Karol 800 m 2:01.095Did not advance
Sviatlana Kudzelich 3000 m steeplechase 9:32.9310Did not advance
Volha Mazuronak Marathon 2:24:485
Katsiaryna Paplauskaya 100 m hurdles 13.457Did not advance
Nastassia Puzakova 3000 m steeplechase 10:14.0817Did not advance
Alina Talai 100 m hurdles 12.742 Q13.668Did not advance
Nastassia Yatsevich 20 km walk 1:32:5317
Field events
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Artsem Bandarenka Triple jump 15.4337Did not advance
Pavel Bareisha Hammer throw 73.3313Did not advance
Kanstantsin Barycheuski Long jump 7.6723Did not advance
Andrei Churyla High jump 2.22=30Did not advance
Siarhei Kalamoyets Hammer throw 74.298 q74.229
Dzmitry Nabokau High jump 2.1743Did not advance
Maksim Niastsiarenka Triple jump 16.5220Did not advance
Dzmitry Platnitski 16.5219Did not advance
Ivan Tsikhan Hammer throw 76.512 Q77.79Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Alena Abramchuk Shot put 17.7811 q17.3711
Aliona Dubitskaya 17.7612 q18.238
Tatsiana Khaladovich Javelin throw 63.785 Q64.605
Tatsiana Korzh 56.1626Did not advance
Yuliya Leantsiuk Shot put 17.6617Did not advance
Hanna Malyshchyk Hammer throw 71.128 q71.907
Alena Sobaleva 67.0620Did not advance
Volha Sudarava Long jump 6.2926Did not advance
Iryna Vaskouskaya Triple jump 13.3531Did not advance
Natallia Viatkina 13.2535Did not advance
Iryna Yakaltsevich Pole vault 4.1534Did not advance

Basketball

Women's tournament

Belarus women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fifth-place match over South Korea and securing the last of five remaining berths at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes, France, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 2008. [6]

Team roster

The following is the Belarus roster for the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [7]

Belarus women's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F 4 Maryia Papova 22 – (1994-07-13)13 July 19941.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Galatasaray Flag of Turkey.svg
PG 5 Aliaksandra Tarasava 28 – (1988-06-23)23 June 19881.70 m (5 ft 7 in) TSV 1880 Wasserburg Flag of Germany.svg
SF 6 Katsiaryna Snytsina 30 – (1985-09-02)2 September 19851.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Hatay BŞB Flag of Turkey.svg
SG 8 Tatsiana Likhtarovich 28 – (1988-03-29)29 March 19881.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Aluinvent DVTK Flag of Hungary.svg
PG 9 Volha Ziuzkova 33 – (1983-06-14)14 June 19831.71 m (5 ft 7 in) BK Tsmoki-Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg
C 10 Anastasiya Verameyenka 29 – (1987-07-10)10 July 19871.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe Flag of Turkey.svg
C 11 Yelena Leuchanka 33 – (1983-04-30)30 April 19831.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Yakın Doğu Flag of Turkey.svg
G 12 Lindsey Harding 31 – (1984-10-26)26 October 19841.73 m (5 ft 8 in) New York Liberty Flag of the United States.svg
F 13 Tatyana Troina 35 – (1981-06-30)30 June 19811.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Basket Gdynia Flag of Poland.svg
F 14 Nataliya Trafimava 37 – (1979-06-16)16 June 19791.84 m (6 ft 0 in) BK Gorizont Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg
PF 18 Maryia Filonchyk 24 – (1992-01-10)10 January 19921.89 m (6 ft 2 in) SBK Olimpia Grodno Flag of Belarus.svg
SG 41 Yuliya Rytsikava 29 – (1986-09-08)8 September 19861.80 m (5 ft 11 in) BK Gorizont Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 6 August 2016
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 550400345+5510 Quarter-finals
2Flag of France.svg  France 532344343+18 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 53232432518 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 532386378+88 [lower-alpha 1]
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 514347361146
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (H)505335384495
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
19:45
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg7377Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 19–15, 20–19, 13–17
Pts: Leuchanka 15
Rebs: Verameyenka 10
Asts: Harding 5
Pts: Kurihara 20
Rebs: Yoshida 9
Asts: Yoshida 8
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,586
Referees: Damir Javor (SLO), Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR), Hwang In-tae (KOR)

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
19:45
France  Flag of France.svg7372Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 20–20, 18–11, 21–19
Pts: Epoupa 16
Rebs: Michel 8
Asts: Epoupa 5
Pts: Likhtarovich 16
Rebs: Leuchanka 13
Asts: Harding 8
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,075
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Duan Zhu (CHN), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)
15:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6365Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Scoring by quarter:28–16, 12–19, 10–15, 13–15
Pts: Dantas 23
Rebs: Dos Santos 11
Asts: Pinto 4
Pts: Troina 18
Rebs: Leuchanka, Verameyenka 6
Asts: Harding 6
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,075
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Natalia Cuello (DOM), Leandro Lezcano (ARG)

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)
12:15
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg7174Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter:19–13, 14–20, 21–24, 17–17
Pts: Harding 17
Rebs: Leuchanka 10
Asts: Verameyenka 7
Pts: Yılmaz 26
Rebs: Sanders 11
Asts: Vardarlı 7
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 1,784
Referees: Carlos Peruga (ESP), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Carlos Júlio (ANG)

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
12:15
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg7466Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 14–14, 16–20, 22–7
Pts: Cambage 17
Rebs: Cambage 9
Asts: Lavey 6
Pts: Harding 16
Rebs: Leuchanka 7
Asts: Likhtarovich, Leuchanka 4
Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,081
Referees: Karen Lasuik (CAN), Duan Zhu (CHN), Nadege Zouzou (CIV)

Boxing

Belarus has entered three boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Bantamweight boxer Dzmitry Asanau became the first Belarusian to be selected to the Olympic team, following a top three finish and a box-off victory at the 2015 World Championships. [8] [9] Meanwhile, Pavel Kastramin and London 2012 Olympian Mikhail Dauhaliavets had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. [10]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dzmitry Asanau Men's bantamweight Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  García  (DOM)
W 2–1
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Erdenebat  (MGL)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Pavel Kastramin Men's welterweight Flag of Thailand.svg  Adi  (THA)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Mikhail Dauhaliavets Men's light heavyweight Flag of Italy.svg  Manfredonia  (ITA)
W 2–1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Niyazymbetov  (KAZ)
L 0–3
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Belarusian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. [11] On 16 July 2016, the International Canoe Federation (ICF) imposed a one-year suspension on the entire Belarusian canoeing team for a widespread doping that would effectively banned them from the Olympics. Despite that the Belarusian canoeists managing to file their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), only the women were cleared to compete. [12] [13]

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Maryna Litvinchuk Women's K-1 500 m 1:53.9662 Q1:55.6411 FA1:54.4744
Nadzeya Liapeshka
Maryna Litvinchuk
Women's K-2 500 m 1:42.2851 FABye1:46.9676
Volha Khudzenka
Nadzeya Liapeshka
Maryna Litvinchuk
Marharyta Makhneva
Women's K-4 500 m 1:30.3201 FABye1:36.908Bronze medal icon.svg

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). [14] [15]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Vasil Kiryienka Men's road race Did not finish
Men's time trial 1:16:05.7017
Kanstantsin Sivtsov Men's road race 6:30:0549
Men's time trial 1:18:58.7525
Alena Amialiusik Women's road race 3:53:3713
Women's time trial 46:05.7311

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
AthleteEventScratch raceIndividual pursuitElimination raceTime trialFlying lapPoints raceTotal pointsRank
RankPointsTimeRankPointsRankPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankPointsPointsRank
Tatsiana Sharakova Women's omnium 1403:37.204102272837.00717814.56413165041649

Diving

Belarusian divers qualified for the following individual and synchronized team spots at the 2016 Summer Olympics through the World Championships and FINA World Cup series. [16]

AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Vadim Kaptur Men's 10 m platform 353.8524Did not advance
Yauheni Karaliou 347.8026Did not advance

Fencing

Belarus has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. London 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. [17]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Aliaksandr Buikevich Men's sabre Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Polossifakis  (CAN)
W 15–6
Flag of Hungary.svg  Szilágyi  (HUN)
L 12–15
Did not advance

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. [18] [19]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Andrey Likhovitskiy All-around 14.20015.23313.86613.96614.90014.60086.76516 Q14.30015.03313.93314.03314.96614.36686.63118
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Kylie Dickson All-around 13.86612.83310.33310.76647.79858Did not advance

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. [20] The rhythmic gymnastics squad was named as part of the nation's official team announcement on 25 July 2016. [5]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
HoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRank
Katsiaryna Halkina Individual 17.73317.73317.20017.46670.1329 Q17.96617.96617.65017.35070.9326
Melitina Staniouta 18.40017.65018.35018.17572.5754 Q18.20018.25016.63318.05071.1335
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
5 ribbons3 clubs
2 hoops
TotalRank5 ribbons3 clubs
2 hoops
TotalRank
Hanna Dudzenkova
Maria Kadobina
Maryia Katsiak
Valeriya Pischelina
Arina Tsitsilina
Team 17.58317.85035.4333 Q17.28318.01635.2995

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. [21]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Uladzislau Hancharou Men's 111.0902 Q61.745Gold medal icon.svg
Hanna Harchonak Women's 100.2756 Q5.7008
Tatsiana Piatrenia 104.5151 Q54.6505

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 30 May 2016, while Darya Skrypnik at women's half-lightweight (52 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked Belarusian judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [22]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dzmitry Shershan Men's −66 kg ByeFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Sobirov  (UZB)
L 000–001
Did not advance
Darya Skrypnik Women's −52 kg Flag of Germany.svg  Kräh  (GER)
L 001–011
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Belarus has entered one modern pentathlete into the women's event at the Games. Going to her third straight Olympics, Anastasiya Prokopenko was ranked among the top 10 modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, based on the UIPM World Rankings as of 1 June 2016. [23]

AthleteEventFencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
RRBRRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
Anastasiya Prokopenko Women's 10–252341622:25.6935263111528912:12.984558127222

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
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stanislau Shcharbachenia Single sculls 7:11.492 QFBye6:55.193 SA/B7:06.692 FA6:48.785
Vadzim Lialin
Dzianis Mihal
Ihar Pashevich
Mikalai Sharlap
Four 6:02.934 R6:36.502 SA/B6:22.464 FB6:00.579
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ekaterina Karsten Single sculls 8:21.212 QFBye7:28.033 SA/B7:48.895 FB7:25.038
Alena Furman
Inna Nikulina
Pair 7:35.235 R8:07.166 FCBye8:32.5415
Yuliya Bichyk
Tatsiana Kukhta
Double sculls 7:27.223 SA/BBye6:57.645 FB7:40.488

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. [24] 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. [25]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Mikita Tsirkun Men's RS:X 23272516832161922241817EL21522
Tatiana Drozdovskaya Women's Laser Radial 221051325172630136EL13719

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 their minimum qualifying scored (MQS) were fulfilled by 31 March 2016. [26]

Rifle shooters Vitali Bubnovich, Illia Charheika, and Yury Shcherbatsevich, as well as pistol ace and four-time Olympian Viktoria Chaika, were officially named to the Olympic roster on 13 July 2016. Having missed a chance to defend his Olympic title in men's 50 m rifle prone, Sergei Martynov offered a special role at the Games as the head coach of the Belarusian rifle shooting team. [27]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Vitali Bubnovich Men's 10 m air rifle 622.917Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle prone 626.24 Q144.25
Illia Charheika Men's 10 m air rifle 625.58 Q121.66
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions 116631Did not advance
Yury Shcherbatsevich Men's 50 m rifle prone 622.118Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions 117018Did not advance
Viktoria Chaika Women's 10 m air pistol 38016Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 57524Did not advance

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)): [28] [29] 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 (20 to 23 April) in Brest.

Six swimmers (four men and two women) were selected to the Belarusian team for the Games, with double silver medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia and butterfly stalwart Pavel Sankovich leading them and racing in the pool at their third straight Olympics. [5]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pavel Sankovich Men's 100 m butterfly 53.0028Did not advance
Viktar Staselovich Men's 100 m backstroke 55.6832Did not advance
Yauhen Tsurkin Men's 100 m freestyle 49.3735Did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 53.24=30Did not advance
Mikita Tsmyh Men's 100 m backstroke 54.9729Did not advance
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:00.9625Did not advance
Aliaksandra Herasimenia Women's 50 m freestyle 24.423 Q24.538 Q24.11 NR Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's 100 m freestyle 54.2513 Q54.3413Did not advance
Yuliya Khitraya Women's 50 m freestyle 25.1827Did not advance

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. [30]

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Iryna Limanouskaya
Veronika Yesipovich
Duet 78.99132179.0000157.991321Did not advance

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. [31] Meanwhile, London 2012 Olympian Aleksandra Privalova was granted an 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.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vladimir Samsonov Men's singles ByeFlag of Sweden.svg  Karlsson  (SWE)
W 4–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Drinkhall  (GBR)
W 4–2
Flag of Germany.svg  Ovtcharov  (GER)
W 4–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Jk  (CHN)
L 1–4
Flag of Japan.svg  Mizutani  (JPN)
L 1–4
4
Viktoria Pavlovich Women's singles ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Edem  (NGR)
W 4–1
Flag of Russia.svg  Mikhailova  (RUS)
W 4–2
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Cheng I-c  (TPE)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Aleksandra Privalova ByeFlag of Iran.svg  Shahsavari  (IRI)
W 4–3
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen S-y  (TPE)
L 2–4
Did not advance

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. [32]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Arman-Marshall Silla Men's +80 kg Flag of South Korea.svg  Cha D-m  (KOR)
LDSQ
Did not advance

Tennis

Belarus has entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Australian Open champion and double Olympic medalist Victoria Azarenka (world no. 39) qualified directly as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016. [33] Reigning mixed doubles champion and four-time Olympian Max Mirnyi teamed up with his London 2012 partner Aliaksandr Bury to compete for the second time in the men's doubles. [34]

On 15 July 2016, Azarenka announced her withdrawal from the Games due to expected pregnancy with her first child, leaving only Bury and Mirnyi on the tennis team. [35]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Aliaksandr Bury
Max Mirnyi
Men's doubles Flag of Austria.svg  Marach /
Peya  (AUT)
L 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Did not advance

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 20 June 2016. [36]

On 22 June 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation had decided to strip of one Olympic men's and women's entry place each from Belarus because of "multiple positive cases" of doping throughout the qualifying period. [37]

Men
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Petr Asayonak −85 kg 170=620763776
Pavel Khadasevich 170=6195=93657
Aliaksandr Bersanau −94 kg 173=720883818
Vadzim Straltsou 17542202395Silver medal icon.svg
Aliksei Mzhachyk +105 kg 187=92241241112
Women
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Anastasiya Mikhalenka −69 kg 103DNFDNF
Darya Pachabut 105813272377
Darya Naumava −75 kg 11621422258Silver medal icon.svg

Wrestling

Belarus has qualified a total of eight 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. [38]

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. [39]

On 28 July 2016, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Belarus in men's freestyle 57 kg, as the next highest-ranked nation, not yet qualified, at the World Championships one year earlier, and as a response to the previous doping bans on Russian qualified wrestlers, and to the implications in the McClaren Report on Russian state-sponsored doping allegations. [40]

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Asadulla Lachinau −57 kg Flag of Morocco.svg  Ansari  (MAR)
W 4–1 SP
Flag of Japan.svg  Higuchi  (JPN)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advanceFlag of North Korea.svg  Yang K-i  (PRK)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance7
Amarhajy Mahamedau −86 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kakhidze  (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of the United States.svg  Cox  (USA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance9
Ibrahim Saidau −125 kg ByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Shabanbay  (KAZ)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Turkey.svg  Akgül  (TUR)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advanceByeFlag of Mongolia.svg  Jargalsaikhan  (MGL)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Armenia.svg  Berianidze  (ARM)
W 3–1 PP
Bronze medal icon.svg
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Soslan Daurov −59 kg ByeFlag of Norway.svg  Berge  (NOR)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance15
Javid Hamzatau −85 kg ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Peng F  (CHN)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Austria.svg  Hrustanović  (AUT)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Beleniuk  (UKR)
L 0–3 PO
ByeFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bayryakov  (BUL)
W 3–1 PP
Bronze medal icon.svg
Tsimafei Dzeinichenka −98 kg Flag of Sweden.svg  Schön  (SWE)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance14
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Maryia Mamashuk −63 kg ByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Larionova  (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Sweden.svg  Johansson  (SWE)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of the United States.svg  Pirozhkova  (USA)
W 3–1 PP
ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Kawai  (JPN)
L 0–3 PO
Silver medal icon.svg
Vasilisa Marzaliuk −75 kg ByeFlag of France.svg  Vescan  (FRA)
W 5–0 VT
Flag of the United States.svg  Gray  (USA)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Wiebe  (CAN)
L 0–3 PO
ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Fl  (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
5

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