Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Belarus at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Belarus at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BLR
NOC	Belarus Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.by (in Russian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	157 (91 men, 66 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Aleksey Medvedev
Medals; Ranked 37th	Gold 1 Silver 6 Bronze 8 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Poland (1924–1936); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992); Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

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]

Medalists[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ekaterina Karsten	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Silver	Vladimir Dubrovshchik	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Natalya Sazanovich	Athletics	Women's heptathlon
Silver	Igor Basinsky	Shooting	Men's 50 metre pistol
Silver	Aleksandr Pavlov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Silver	Sergey Lishtvan	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
Silver	Aleksey Medvedev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 130 kg
Bronze	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Ellina Zvereva	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo	Gymnastics	Men's vault
Bronze	Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina	Rowing	Women's eight
Bronze	Valery Tsilent	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

Archery[edit]

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.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Olga Yakusheva	Women's individual	635	35	Persson-Nordlander (SWE) (30) W 159–151	Nasaridze (TUR) (3) W 153 9 –153 9	Lin (TPE) (19) W 161–157	Altankaynak (TUR) (6) L 107–109	did not advance		5
Olga Zabugina	Women's individual	645	18	Pfohl (GER) (47) W 158–152	Williamson (GBR) (15) L 147–152	did not advance				32

Athletics[edit]

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

Men

Road events

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yevgeniy Misyulya	20 km walk	1:21:16	9
Mikhail Khmelnitskiy	20 km walk	1:22:17	12
Viktor Ginko	50 km walk	3:45:27	5
Yevgeniy Misyulya	50 km walk	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dmitriy Markov	Pole vault	5.60	12 q	5.86	6
Igor Astapkovich	Hammer Throw	75.82	2 Q	78.20	7
Sergey Alay		75.10	6 q	77.38	8
Aleksandr Krasko		73.74	10	did not advance
Dzimitry Hancharuk	Shot put	19.57	5 q	19.79	9
Viktor Bulat	Shot put	17.29	17	did not advance
Vladimir Dubrovshchik	Discus throw	63.22	5 Q	66.20
Vasiliy Kaptyukh	Discus throw	62.22	12 q	65.80

Combined events - Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points	Rank
Eduard Hämäläinen	Result	10.85	7.48	16.32	1.98	46.91	13.95	49.62	5.00	57.66	4:34.68	8613	5
Eduard Hämäläinen	Points	894	930	871	785	963	981	862	910	703	714	8613	5

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natallia Safronnikava	200m	23.14	5 q	23.15	4 Q	22.98	7	did not advance
Anna Kozak	400m	52.39	3 Q	52.14	6	did not advance
Natasha Dukhnova	800m	1.59.23	1 Q	—		1:58.67	4 Q	2:00.32	7
Natasha Dukhnova	1500m	8	4:14.75	—		4:11.43	6	did not advance
Lidiya Yurkova	100m hurdles	13.20	4 Q	13.07	7	did not advance
Tatyana Ledovskaya	400m hurdles	55.82	4 q	—		54.99	7	did not advance
Nelli Voronkova		56.97	6	—		did not advance
Tanya Kurochkina		57.28	7	—		did not advance
Yelena Mazovka	Marathon	—						2:36.22	24
Natalia Galuchko		—						2:44.21	50
Madina Biktagirova		—						Did not finish
Olga Kardopoltseva	10 km walk	—						43:02	6
Valentina Tsybulskaya		—						43:21	8
Nataliya Misyulya		—						45:11	17

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anzhela Atroshchenko	Long Jump	5.94	33	did not advance
Natallia Sazanovich	Long Jump	NM		did not advance
Tatyana Khramova	High Jump	1.90	7	did not advance
Natallia Shikolenko	Javelin Throw	63.32	4 q	58.56	12
Ellina Zvereva	Discus Throw	62.74	8 Q	65.54
Ira Yatchenko		62.04	11 Q	60.46	12
Lyudmila Filimonova		53.30	38	did not advance

Combined events - Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Points	Rank
Natalya Sazanovich	Result	13.56	1.80	14.52	23.72	6.70	46.00	2:17.92	6563
Natalya Sazanovich	Points	1041	978	829	1008	1072	783	852	6563
Anzhela Atroshchenko	Result	DNF	did not start						-	-
Anzhela Atroshchenko	Points	-	did not start						-	-

Badminton[edit]

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
Mikhail Korshuk	Men's singles	Helber (GER) L 12–15, 1–15	Did not advance					=33
Vlada Tcherniavskaya	Women's singles	Sentoso (INA) L 11–6, 3–11, 1-15	Did not advance					=33
Vlada Tcherniavskaya Mikhail Korshuk	Women's doubles	—	Cator / Blackburn (NZL) L 14–18, 9–15	Did not advance				=17

Boxing[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Serguei Ostrochapkine	Lightweight	Dennis Zimba (ZAM) L RSC2	Did not advance				17
Sergey Bykovsky	Light welterweight	Besiki Wardzetashvili (GEO) W 11-11	Nordine Mouichi (FRA) L 6-17	Did not advance			9
Vadim Mezga	Welterweight	Lucas Sinoia (MOZ) W 11-6	Juan Hernández Sierra (CUB) L 2-12	Did not advance			9
Sergey Dychkov	Heavyweight	Romāns Kukļins (LAT) W 16-6	Garth da Silva (NZL) W 12-8	Luan Krasniqi (GER) L 5-10	Did not advance		5
Sergei Liakhovich	Super heavyweight	BYE	Paea Wolfgramm (TON) L 9-10	Did not advance			9

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Best
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yelena Kurzina	Women's K-1	225.14	15	284.37	27	225.14	25

Sprint[edit]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergey Kaleshink	Men's K-1 500 m	1:43.279	3 Q	Bye		1:42.505	8	Did not advance
Dmitri Dovgalenok Aleksandr Maseikov	Men's C-2 500 m	1:47.923	6 R	1:47.837	1 Q	1:43.938	3 Q	1:46.840	9

Cycling[edit]

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Pavel Kavetsky	Men's Road race	4:56:48	69
Yevgeny Golovanov		5:05:38 11:	113
Oleg Bondarik		Did not finish
Vyacheslav German		Did not finish
Aleksandr Sharapov		Did not finish
Pavel Kavetsky	Women's Road race	2:37:06	14

Track

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Pavel Kavetsky	Women's Points race	11	6

Diving[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Andrey Semenyuk	3 m springboard	385.32	7 Q	202.23	16	587.55	9 Q	393.33	9	595.56	10
Vyacheslav Khamulkin	3 m springboard	331.86	21	Did not advance
Sergey Kudrevich	10 m platform	375.90	10 Q	180.63	4	556.53	9 Q	347.37	12	528.00	11
Andrey Kvochinsky	10 m platform	349.14	15 Q	160.50	15	509.64	16	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Svetlana Alekseyeva	3 m springboard	246.7	14 Q	200.37	14	446.64	14	did not advance

Fencing[edit]

One male fencer represented Belarus in 1996.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vitaly Zakharov	Men's épée	Frazão (POR) W 15–11	Mazzoni (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

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
Vitaly Scherbo	Team	9.687 9.775 Q	9.612 9.000	9.425 9.525	9.725 9.650 Q	9.687 9.687 Q	9.687 9.750 Q	115.210	2 Q	9.687 9.775	9.612 9.000	9.425 9.525	9.725 9.650	9.687 9.687	9.687 9.750	—
Andrei Kan		9.525 9.700	9.375 9.712	9.400 9.550	9.500 9.537	9.625 9.512	9.525 9.400	114.361	11 Q	9.525 9.700	9.375 9.712	9.400 9.550	9.500 9.537	9.625 9.512	9.525 9.400	—
Vitaly Rudnitski		9.425 9.700	9.150 9.450	9.250 9.675	9.650 9.500	9.350 9.275	9.400 8.800	112.65	31	9.425 9.700	9.150 9.450	9.250 9.675	9.650 9.500	9.350 9.275	9.400 8.800	—
Aleksandr Belanovski		9.250 0.000	9.525 9.450	9.350 9.575	9.587 9.100	9.350 9.425	9.500 9.400	103.512	72	9.250 0.000	9.525 9.450	9.350 9.575	9.587 9.100	9.350 9.425	9.500 9.400	—
Aleksandr Shostak		0.000 9.375	9.425 9.662	9.250 9.500	9.650 9.475	9.375 9.475	—	85.187	92	0.000 9.375	9.425 9.662	9.250 9.500	9.650 9.475	9.375 9.475	—	—
Ivan Pavlovski		9.562 9.562	—	9.200 9.600	9.675 9.612	0.000 8.025	8.750 9.100	83.086	96	9.562 9.562	—	9.200 9.600	9.675 9.612	0.000 8.025	8.750 9.100	—
Aleksei Sinkevich		9.500 9.425	9.625 9.625	—		0.000 9.625	9.225 9.375	66.400	103	32 Q	9.500 9.425	9.625 9.625	—		0.000 9.625	9.225 9.375	—
Total		95.861 (2)	95.461 (2)	94.600 (8)	96.061 (3)	95.036 (5)	94.362 (11)	571.381	4 Q	95.861 (2)	95.461 (2)	94.600 (8)	96.061 (3)	95.036 (5)	94.362 (11)	571.381	4

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Andrei Kan	All-around	9.600	9.675	9.562	9.525	8.600	9.000	55.962	30
Ivan Pavlovski	Vault	—			9.493	—		9.493	8
Vitaly Rudnitski	All-around	9.675	9.700	9.600	9.512	9.350	8.125	55.962	30
Vitaly Scherbo	Floor	9.275	—					9.275	7
	Vault	—			9.724	—		9.724
	Parallel bars	—				9.800	—	9.800
	Horizontal bar	—					9.800	9.800
	All-around	9.762	9.662	9.587	9.687	9.712	9.787	58.197

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Yelena Piskun	Team	9.700 9.650	9.812 9.575	9.187 9.587	9.700 9.575	76.786	16 Q	9.700 9.650	9.812 9.575	9.187 9.587	9.700 9.575	—
Alena Polozkova		9.637 9.562	9.750 9.562	9.550 9.587	9.637 9.362	76.647	20 Q	9.637 9.562	9.750 9.562	9.550 9.587	9.637 9.362	—
Svetlana Boginskaya		9.737 9.737 Q	9.412 9.175	9.425 9.425	9.737 9.575	76.223	25 Q	9.737 9.737	9.412 9.175	9.425 9.425	9.737 9.575	—
Olga Yurkina		9.325 9.437	9.475 9.012	9.362 9.362	9.375 8.937	74.285	47	9.325 9.437	9.475 9.012	9.362 9.362	9.375 8.937	—
Ludmila Vitiukova		9.612 9.475	—	9.462 9.412	9.512 9.612	57.085	86	9.612 9.475	—	9.462 9.412	9.512 9.612	—
Svetlana Tarasevich		9.562 9.637	9.662 9.487	—	9.300 9.325	56.973	87	9.562 9.637	9.662 9.487	—	9.300 9.325	—
Tatiana Zharganova		—	9.675 8.925	9.150 8.387	—	36.137	102	—	9.675 8.925	9.150 8.387	—	—
Total		96.309 (5)	95.185 (9)	94.359 (6)	95.410 (7)	381.263	6 Q	96.309 (5)	95.185 (9)	94.359 (6)	95.410 (7)	381.263	6

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Svetlana Boginskaya	Vault	9.712	—			9.712	5
Svetlana Boginskaya	All-around	9.687	9.675	9.537	9.600	38.499	14
Yelena Piskun	All-around	9.687	9.712	9.675	9.575	38.649	12
Alena Polozkova	All-around	9.587	9.162	9.450	9.600	37.799	25

Rhythmic[edit]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries						Semifinal						Final
		Apparatus				Total		Apparatus				Total		Apparatus				Total
		Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Score	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Score	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Score	Rank
Larissa Loukianenko	All-around	9.699	9.366	9.716	9.700	38.481	4 Q	9.700	9.750	9.616	9.683	38.749	5 Q	9.466	9.750	9.700	9.750	38.666	7
Tatyana Ogryzko	All-around	8.766	9.750	9.750	9.633	37.899	9 Q	9.633	9.682	9.700	9.666	38.681	6 Q	9.585	9.682	9.599	9.666	38.530	8

Group

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Final
		Apparatus		Total		Apparatus		Total
		5 Hoops	3 Balls 2 Ribbons	Score	Rank	5 Hoops	3 Balls 2 Ribbons	Score	Rank
Nataliya Budilo Olga Demskaya Oksana Zhdanovich Svetlana Luzanova Galina Malashenko Alesya Pokhodina	All-around	19.300	19.133	38.433	4 Q	19.266	18.716	37.982	6

Judo[edit]

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
Natik Bagirov	−60 kg	BYE	Narender Singh (IND) W 0100-0000	Richard Trautmann (GER) L 0000-0101	Did not advance		Clifton Sunada (USA) W 0100-0000	Kim Jong-won (KOR) W 0100-0000	Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) W 0100-0000	Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh (MGL) L 0000-0101	5
Leonid Svirid	−95 kg	BYE	Stéphane Traineau (FRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance			Daniel Gowing (AUS) L 0000-0100	Did not advance			13
Ruslan Scharapov	+95 kg	—	Damon Keeve (USA) W 1000-0000	Rafał Kubacki (POL) L 0000-0001	Did not advance						17

Women

Athlete	Event	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	Rank
Tatiana Moskvina	−48 kg	Ryoko Tamura (JPN) L 0000–0100	Did not advance			Dora Maldonado (HON) W 0010–0000	Giovanna Tortora (ITA) W 0010–0000	Salima Souakri (ALG) L 0000–0100	Did not advance	7

Rowing[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Orlin Ninov Nikolay Kolev	Coxless pair	6:56.09	3 Q	7:12.14	5 FC	BYE		7:03.31	14
Konstantin Belevich Sergey Tarasevich Oleg Solomakhin Denis Tabako	Quadruple sculls	6:08.38	3 R	BYE		6:15.07	6 FB	5:55.52	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ekaterina Karsten	Single sculls	8:03.73	1 Q	BYE		8:00.02	2 FA	7:32.31
Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Aleksandra Pankina	Eights	6:24.61	1 FA	BYE		—		6:24.44

Sailing[edit]

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Anastasiya Podobed	Europe	24	26	24	26	27	26	24	23	23	24	25	219.0	26

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Aleksandr Zelenovsky	Laser	38	23	28	26	21	18	13	16	15	17	14	163.0	20
Sergey Kravtsov Viktor Budantsev	Tornado	9	15	~~PMS~~	16	11	10	16	6	11	16	7	137.0	14
Sergey Khoretsky Vladimir Zuyev	Star	18	21	19	21	22	20	22	21	22	20	—	162.0	23

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

Shooting[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Igor Basinski	10 m air pistol	582	7 Q	681.8	7
Igor Basinski	50 m pistol	565	4 Q	662.0
Anatoli Klimenko	10 m air rifle	590	11	Did not advance
Anatoli Klimenko	50 m rifle three positions	1158	28	Did not advance
Kanstantsin Lukashyk	10 m air pistol	580	9	Did not advance
Kanstantsin Lukashyk	50 m pistol	564	5 Q	660.1	4
Sergei Martynov	50 m rifle prone	598	3 Q	699.6	6
Sergei Martynov	50 m rifle three positions	1166	7 Q	1263.9	8
Georgi Nekhayev	10 m air rifle	585	26	Did not advance
Georgi Nekhayev	50 m rifle prone	592	30	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lalita Milshina	10 m air pistol	382	8 Q	479.1	8
Olga Pogrebniak	50 m rifle three positions	577	17	Did not advance
Olga Pogrebniak	10 m air rifle	394	6 Q	496.4	5
Zhanna Shitsik	25 m pistol	577	14	Did not advance
Irina Shilova	50 m rifle three positions	577	17	Did not advance
Irina Shilova	10 m air rifle	393	9	Did not advance
Yulia Sinyak	25 m pistol	578	9	Did not advance
Yulia Sinyak	10 m air pistol	381	10	Did not advance

Swimming[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksandr Gukov	200 metre breaststroke	2:17.49	20	Did not advance
Dimitri Kalinovski	50 metre freestyle	23.61	36	Did not advance
Alexei Kriventsov	100 metre breaststroke	1:04.20	27	Did not advance
Sergei Mikhnovets	1500 m freestyle	15:41.80	19	Did not advance
Aleh Rukhlevich	50 metre freestyle	23.12	22	Did not advance
Aleh Rukhlevich	100 metre freestyle	50.42	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natalya Baranovskaya	100 metre butterfly	1:04.09	34	Did not advance
Inga Borodich	200 metre freestyle	2:05.85	33	Did not advance
Alena Popchanka	50 metre freestyle	27.18	40	Did not advance
Yelena Rudkovskaya	100 metre breaststroke	1:13.71	33	Did not advance
Svetlana Zhidko	100 metre freestyle	58.64	40	Did not advance
Svetlana Zhidko Inga Borodich Natalya Baranovskaya Alena Popchanka	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:50.22	15	Did not advance
Svetlana Zhidko Inga Borodich Natalya Baranovskaya Alena Popchanka	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:21.70	17	Did not advance

Table tennis[edit]

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vladimir Samsonov	Men's singles	Hylton (JAM) W 2–0	Prean (GBR) W 2–0	A Mazunov (RUS) W 2–1	1	D Mazunov (RUS) W 3–0	Wang (CHN) L 2–3	Did not advance
Vladimir Samsonov Yevgeny Shchetinin	Men's doubles	Lee / Yoo (KOR) L 0–2	A Mazunov / D Mazunov (RUS) L 0–2	Butler / Sweeris (USA) W 2–0	3	—	Did not advance

Tennis[edit]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Olga Barabanschikova	Singles	Pierce (FRA) L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Natasha Zvereva	Singles	Appelmans (BEL) W 7–5, 6–3	Coetzer (RSA) W 6–1, 4–6, 6-2	Martínez (ESP) W 2–6, 7–5	Did not advance
Olga Barabanschikova Natasha Zvereva	Doubles	—	D'Agostini / Menga (BRA) W 6–2, 6–3	Hetherington / Hy-Boulais (CAN) L 6–2, 4–6, 1-6	Did not advance

Weightlifting[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Viktor Sinyak	−59 kg	112.5	12	137.5	14	250.0	12
Oleg Kechko	−76 kg	155.0	13	180.0	12	335.0	11
Leonid Lobachev	−76 kg	160.0	5	182.5	9	342.5	9
Viktor Belyatsky	−91 kg	167.5	10	190.0	20	357.5	17
Vladimir Khlud	−91 kg	165.0	14	195.0	16	360.0	15
Oleg Chiritso	−99 kg	172.5	10	207.5	9	380.0	9
Gennady Shchekalo	−108 kg	175.0	12	~~215.0~~	DNF	175.0	DNF
Vladimir Yemelyanov	−108 kg	187.5	5	220.0	4	407.5	4
Aleksandr Kurlovich	+108 kg	195.0	4	230.0	7	425.0	5

Wrestling[edit]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandr Guzov	−57 kg	BYE	Mohammad Talaei (IRI) W 5-3	Šaban Trstena (MKD) L 3-7	Sanshiro Abe (JPN) W 6-5	Harun Doğan (TUR) L 0-3	BYE	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB) W 3-2	7
Sergey Smal	−62 kg	Martin Müller (SUI) W 6-0	Tom Brands (USA) L 0-5	Jürgen Scheibe (GER) W 8-1	Takahiro Wada (JPN) L 0-3	Did not advance			11
Oleg Gogol	−68 kg	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) W 3–1	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) L 2–3	Craig Roberts (CAN) W 4-0	Zaza Zazirov (UKR) L 1-6	Did not advance			9
Igor Kozyr	−74 kg	Árpád Ritter (HUN) W 5-3	Takuya Ota (JPN) L 1–4	Boris Budayev (UZB) L 1–4	Did not advance				14
Aleksandr Savko	−82 kg	Les Gutches (USA) L 2–3	Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) L 0-5	Did not advance					19
Sergey Kovalevsky	−100 kg	Arawat Sabejew (GER) L 0-3	Kim Tae-woo (KOR) W 3-1	Ben Vincent (AUS) W 10–0	Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) W 3-0	Sagid Murtazaliev (UKR) W 8-4	Marek Garmulewicz (POL) W 4-0	Arawat Sabejew (GER) L 4-7	5
Aleksey Medvedev	−130 kg	Petros Bourdoulis (GRE) W 7–1	Zaza Turmanidze (GEO) W 3-1	BYE	Sven Thiele (GER) W 0-0	BYE		Mahmut Demir (TUR) L 0-3

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandr Pavlov	−48 kg	José Ochoa (VEN) W 11-0	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) W 3-2	BYE	Wilber Sánchez (CUB) W 5-0	BYE		Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) L 0-4
Ibad Akhmedov	−52 kg	Ulises Valentin (DOM) W 11–0	Brandon Paulson (USA) L 1–6	Nurym Dyusenov (KAZ) L 4-5	Did not advance				11
Igor Petrenko	−62 kg	Włodzimierz Zawadzki (POL) L 3-4	Arutik Rubenian (GRE) W 3-1	Ahad Pazaj (IRI) L 2-6F	Did not advance				13
Kamandar Madzhidov	−68 kg	Kim Young-il (KOR) W 3–1	Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) W 5-0	BYE	Ghani Yalouz (FRA) L 1-4	BYE	Biser Georgiev (BUL) W 3-1	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) L 0-4	4
Vladimir Kopytov	−74 kg	Erik Hahn (GER) L 2-4	Nazmi Avluca (TUR) L 2-3	Did not advance					14
Valery Tsilent	−82 kg	Jean-Pierre Wafflard (BEL) W 10-0	Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) W 7-1	Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) L 0-5	Sergey Tsvir (RUS) W 6-0	BYE	Martin Lidberg (SWE) W 4-1	Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) W 4-0
Aleksandr Sidorenko	−90 kg	Derrick Waldroup (USA) W 3-0	Maik Bullmann (GER) L 0-1	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) W 1-1	Tsolak Yeghishyan (ARM) W 3-1	Marek Švec (CZE) W 3-1	Iordanis Konstantinidis (GRE) W 5-0	Maik Bullmann (GER) L 0-2	4
Sergey Lishtvan	−100 kg	Todor Manov (BUL) W 2-0	Jason Gleasman (USA) W 3-0	BYE	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) W 2-1	BYE		Andrzej Wroński (POL) L 0-0

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

(ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

[sports-reference-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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