Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Belarus at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	151 (82 men and 69 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Alexander Medved (wrestler)
Medals Rank: 26	Gold 2	Silver 6	Bronze 7	Total 15
Olympic history (summary)
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Belarus competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Before gaining independence many Belarusian athletes competed for the USSR team: Vitaly Scherbo is a 6-times Olympic champion, Nellie Kim is five times Olympic champion, Olga Korbut, Olga Belova, Viktar Sidziak are 4-times Olympic champions, Uladzimir Parfianovich, Svetlana Boguinskaya are 3-times Olympic champions.

Medalists

The Belarus national team won 15 medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: 2 gold, 6 silver, and 7 bronze. By comparison, in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Belarus won 17 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 11 bronze), and in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, won 15 medals (1 gold, 6 silver, and 8 bronze).

Gold

• Athletics - Women's 100 m Yulia Nestsiarenka
• Judo - Men's - 100 kg Ihar Makarau

Silver

• Athletics - Men's Hammer Throw Ivan Tikhon
• Boxing - Men's Light Heavy (81 kg) Magomed Aripagadjiev
• Boxing - Men's Heavy (91 kg) Viktar Zuyev
• Rowing - Women's Single Sculls Ekaterina Karsten
• Weightlifling - Men's 85 kg Andrei Rybakou
• Weightlifling - Women's 63 kg Hanna Batsiushka

Bronze

• Athletics - Women's Discus Throw Irina Yatchenko
• Canoe/Kayak Flatwater - Men's K2 500 m Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu
• Cycling Track - Women's 500 m Time Trial Natallia Tsylinskaya
• Rowing - Women's Pairs Yuliya Bichyk and Natallia Helakh
• Shooting - Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Sergei Martynov
• Weightlifling - Women's 63 kg Tatsiana Stukalava
• Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Viachaslau Makaranka

Results by event

(incomplete)

Archery

• Anton Prylepav - men's individual, 9th place
• Hanna Karasiova - women's individual, 37th place

Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

• Yulia Nestsiarenka - Final, 10.93 s (gold medal)

Women's 200 metres:

• Natalya Safronnikova - Round 1: 23.28 s, Round 2: 23.63 s

Women's 400 metres:

• Svetlana Usovich - Round 1: 51.37 s, Semifinal: 51.42 s

Women's 5000 metres:

• Olga Kravtsova - Round 1: 15:44.01

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Oksana Dragun, Yelena Nevmerzhitskaya, Natalya Safronnikova, Yulia Nestsiarenka - Round 1: 43.06 s, Final: 42.94 s (NR) (5th place)

Women's 4x400 metre relay:

• Natalya Sologub, Irina Khlyustova, Ilona Usovich, and Svetlana Usovich - Round 1: 3:27.38 (9th place)

Men's decathlon:

• Aleksandr Parkhomenko - 7918 points (20th place)

Women's heptathlon:

• Natalya Sazanovich - DNF (withdrew after two events)

Men's marathon:

• Azat Rakipov - DNF

Men's 20 km walk:

• Yevgeniy Misyulya – 1:25:10 (19th place)
• Ivan Trotski – 1:25:53 (23rd place)
• Andrei Talashko – 1:29:36 (35th place)

Women's 20 km walk:

• Margarita Turova - 1:29:39 (4th place)
• Yelena Ginko - 1:30:22 (9th place)
• Valentina Tsybulskaya - 1:31:49 (15th place)

Men's 50 km walk:

• Andrey Stepanchuk – 3:59:32 (19th place)

Men's triple jump:

• Dmitriy Valyukevich - Round 1, 16.32 metres (did not advance)
• Aleksandr Glavatskiy - Round 1, 16.18 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

• Natallia Safronava - Round 1: 14.52 metres, Final: 14.22 metres (13th place)

Men's high jump:

• Gennadiy Moroz - Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)
• Aleksey Lesnichiy - Round 1, DQ

Men's shot put:

• Andrey Mikhnevich - Final, 20.60 metres (5th place)
• Yuriy Belov - Final, 20.34 metres (6th place)
• Pavel Lyzhyn - Round 1, 19.60 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:

• Nadzeya Astapchuk - Round 1: 19.69 metres, Final: 19.01 metres (4th place)
• Natallia Kharaneka - Round 1: 18.52 metres, Final: 18.96 metres (5th place)

Men's discus:

• Vasiliy Kaptyukh - Final, 65.10 metres (4th place)
• Aleksandr Malashevich - Round 1, 58.45 metres (did not advance)
• Leonid Cherevko - Round 1, 57.89 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:

• Irina Yatchenko - Final, 66.17 metres (bronze medal)
• Ellina Zvereva - Round 1: 60.63 metres

Women's javelin:

• Natalya Shymchuk - Round 1: 51.23 metres

Men's hammer:

• Ivan Tikhon - Final, 79.81 metres (silver medal)
• Vadzim Dzeviatkouski - Final, 78.82 metres (4th place)
• Igor Astapkovich - Final, 76.22 metres (9th place)

Women's hammer:

• Mariya Smolyachkova - Round 1: 65.58 metres

Boxing

Belarus entered six boxers in 2004. They won a pair of silver medals, with a combined record of 9-6 in competition. Belarus ranked 6th in the medals chart for boxing.

Flyweight (51 kg)

• Bato Vankeev
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Juan Carlos Payano of Dominican Republic, 26-18

Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Khavazhi Khatsigov
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Juan López of Puerto Rico, 27-19
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand, 33-18

Featherweight (57 kg)

• Mikhail Biarnadski
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Likar Ramos Concha of Colombia, 32-18
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Viorel Simion of Romania, 38-13

Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Magomed Aripgadjiev - silver medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Ramiro Goben Reducindo Radilla of Mexico, 29-10
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Edgar Ramon Munoz Mata of Venezuela, 18-10
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Lei Yuping of China, 27-18
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Ahmed Ismail of Egypt, 23-20
  5. Final - Lost to Andre Ward of United States, 20-13

Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Viktar Zuyev - silver medal
  1. Round of 16 - Defeated Daniel Betti of Italy, injury
  2. Quarterfinal - Defeated Devin Vargas of United States, 36-27
  3. Semifinal - Defeated Mohamed Elsayed, walkover
  4. Final - Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte of Cuba, 22-13

Super Heavyweight (over 91 kg)

• Aliaksandr Apanasionak
  1. Round of 16 - Lost to Aleksey Masikin of Ukraine, 23-5

Canoeing

Belarus sent five canoe teams to Athens. They competed in seven events, earning a bronze medal in the flatwater men's double kayak 500 metre race. This put Belarus in a three-way tie for 17th place in the canoeing medal count.

Flatwater men's C1 500m:

• Aliaksandr Zhukouski - 4th place
  1. Heat - 1:50.378 (4th in heat)
  2. Semifinal - 1:50.563 (1st in heat)
  3. Final - 1:47.903 (4th in Final)

Flatwater men's C1 1000m:

• Aliaksandr Zhukouski - 10th place
  1. Heat - 4:02.159 (5th in heat)
  2. Semifinal - 3:55.456 (4th in heat - 3rd needed to advance)

Flatwater men's C2 500m:

• Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich - 6th place
  1. Heat - 1:41.576 (5th in heat)
  2. Semifinal - 1:42.484 (3rd in heat)
  3. Final - 1:40.858 (6th in Final)

Flatwater men's C2 1000m:

• Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich - 10th place
  1. Heat - 3:38.391 (7th in heat)
  2. Semifinal - 3:33.588 (4th in heat - 3rd needed to advance)

Flatwater men's K2 500m:

• Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu - bronze medal
  1. Heat - 1:28.925 (1st in heat)
  2. Final - 1:27.996 (3rd in Final)

Flatwater women's K2 500m:

• Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets - 9th place
  1. Heat - 1:45.279 (6th in heat)
  2. Semifinal - 1:45.234 (3rd in heat)
  3. Final - 1:43.729 (9th in Final)

Flatwater men's K4 1000m:

• Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Dziamyan Turchyn, Vadzim Makhneu - 6th place
  1. Heat - 2:52.170 (2nd in heat)
  2. Final - 3:02.419 (6th in heat)

Cycling

Road cycling

Men's road race:

• Alexandre Usov - did not finish

Women's road race:

• Zinaida Stahurskaya - 19th place, 3:25:42
• Volha Hayeva - 45th place, 3:33:35

Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:

• Vasili Kiryienka - qualifying round, 13th place

Women's individual sprint:

• Natallia Tsylinskaya - classification 5-8, 5th place

Women's time trial:

• Natallia Tsylinskaya - bronze medal, 34.167

Men's points race:

• Yauheni Sobal - 12th place, 24 points

Diving

Men's 3 metre Springboard:

• Sergei Kuchmasov

• Prelims — 377.61 (→ 25th place)

• Aleksandr Varlamov

• Prelims — 357.09 (→ 30th place)

Men's 10 metre Platform:

• Aleksandr Varlamov

• Prelims — 27th place

• Andrei Mamontov

• Prelims — 30th place

Equestrian

Individual dressage:

• Iryna Lis riding Problesk - second round, 24th place

Fencing

Women's foil individual:

• Vita Siltchenko - defeated in round of 32

Men's sabre individual:

• Dmitri Lapkes - 4th place

Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

• Ivan Ivankov - advanced in one exercise
  • Parallel bars - 4th place
• Denis Savenkov - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:

• Yulia Tarasenka - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

• Individual
  • Inna Zhukova - 7th place
  • Svetlana Rudalova - 10th place
• Team - 4th place
  • Natalia Aliaksandrava (hoops and balls)
  • Yavhenia Burlo
  • Hlafira Martsinovich
  • Zlatislava Nersesian
  • Alina Nikandrava (ribbons)
  • Maria Paplyka

Men's trampoline:

• Dimitri Polyarush - 4th place
• Nikolai Kazak - 14th place

Women's trampoline:

• Tatiana Petrenia - 16th place

Judo

Men's 60 kg:

• Siarhei Novikau - defeated in round of 32

Men's 73 kg:

• Anatoly Laryukov - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Men's 81 kg:

• Siarhei Shundzikau - defeated in round of 16

Men's 90 kg:

• Siarhei Kukharenka - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16

Men's 100 kg:

• Ihar Makarau - gold medal; won final

Men's 100+ kg:

• Yury Rybak - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

Women's 48 kg:

• Tatiana Moskvina - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16

Modern Pentathlon

Men's:

• Dzmitry Meliakh - 5th place

Women's:

• Tatsiana Mazurkevich - 9th place
• Galina Bashlakova - 21st place

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight

• Vitaly Derbenyov

Men's Lightweight

• Sergey Lavrenov

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Andrey Rybakov
• Aleksandr Anishchenko

Men's Heavyweight

• Mikhail Avdeyev

Women's Featherweight

• Anastasiya Novikova

Women's Middleweight

• Anna Batyushko
• Tatyana Stukalova

Officials

• President: S.e. M. Alexandre Lukashenko
• Secretary General: Anatoli Ivanov