Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics was represented by the National Olympic Committee of Belarus and is abbreviated BLR. Around 150 Belarusian athletes competed at the Olympics in Athens. The 2004 games are Belarus' 3rd appearance in the Olympics. Before gaining independence many Belarusian athletes competed for the USSR team: Vitaly Scherbo is a 6-times Olympic champion, Nelli 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.

Medals

Results by medals

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

Gold

• Athletics – Women's 100 m Yulia Nesterenko
• 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:

• Yuliya Nesterenko – 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 Nesterenko – 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 Trotskiy – 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:

• Natalya Safronova – 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:

• Nadezhda Ostapchuk – Round 1: 19.69 metres, Final: 19.01 metres (4th place)
• Natalia Khoroneko – 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 (51kg)

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

Bantamweight (54kg)

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

Featherweight (57kg)

• 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 (81kg)

• 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 (91kg)

• 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, Egypt, walkover
  4. Final – Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte of Cuba, 22–13

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

• Aliaksandr Apanasionak
  1. Round of 16 – Lost to Oleksii Mazikin of Ukraine, 23–5

Canoeing

Belarus sent six canoe teams to Athens. They earned 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 heat)

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 heat)

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 heat)

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 heat)

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)

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

• Sergei Kuchmasov – Prelim: 377.61 (25th place)
• Aliaksandr Varlamov – Prelim: 357.09 (30th place)

Fencing

Women's foil individual:

• Vita Siltchenko – defeated in round of 32

Men's sabre individual:

• Dmitri Lapkes – 4th place

Officials

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