Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| Belarus at the Olympic Games | ||||
 Flag of Belarus |
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| IOC code: | BLR | |||
| NOC: | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus external link (Belarusian) |
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| 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||
| Competitors | approx. 150 | |||
| Medals Rank: 26 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 7 |
Total 15 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
| Other related appearances | ||||
 Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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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.
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[edit] Medals
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).
[edit] Gold
- Athletics - Women's 100 m Yulia Nestsiarenka
- Judo - Men's - 100 kg Ihar Makarau
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Results by event
(incomplete)
[edit] Archery
- Anton Prylepav - men's individual, 9th place
- Hanna Karasiova - women's individual, 37th place
[edit] 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 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
[edit] 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
- Round of 32 - Lost to Juan Carlos Payano of Dominican Republic, 26-18
Bantamweight (54kg)
- Khavazhi Khatsigov
- Round of 32 - Defeated Juan Lopez of Puerto Rico, 27-19
- Round of 16 - Lost to Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand, 33-18
Featherweight (57kg)
- Mikhail Biarnadski
- Round of 32 - Defeated Likar Ramos Concha of Colombia, 32-18
- Round of 16 - Lost to Viorel Simion of Romania, 38-13
Light Heavyweight (81kg)
- Magomed Aripgadjiev - silver medal
- Round of 32 - Defeated Ramiro Goben Reducindo Radilla of Mexico, 29-10
- Round of 16 - Defeated Edgar Ramon Munoz Mata of Venezuela, 18-10
- Quarterfinal - Defeated Lei Yuping of China, 27-18
- Semifinal - Defeated Ahmed Ismail of Egypt, 23-20
- Final - Lost to Andre Ward of United States, 20-13
Heavyweight (91kg)
- Viktar Zuyev - silver medal
- Round of 16 - Defeated Daniel Betti of Italy, injury
- Quarterfinal - Defeated Devin Vargas of United States, 36-27
- Semifinal - Defeated Mohamed Elsayed, Egypt, walkover
- Final - Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte of Cuba, 22-13
Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)
- Aliaksandr Apanasionak
- Round of 16 - Lost to Oleksii Mazikin of Ukraine, 23-5
[edit] 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
- Heat - 1:50.378 (4th in heat)
- Semifinal - 1:50.563 (1st in heat)
- Final - 1:47.903 (4th in heat)
Flatwater men's C1 1000m:
- Aliaksandr Zhukouski - 10th place
- Heat - 4:02.159 (5th in heat)
- Semifinal - 3:55.456 (4th in heat - 3rd needed to advance)
Flatwater men's C2 500m:
- Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich - 6th place
- Heat - 1:41.576 (5th in heat)
- Semifinal - 1:42.484 (3rd in heat)
- Final - 1:40.858 (6th in heat)
Flatwater men's C2 1000m:
- Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich - 10th place
- Heat - 3:38.391 (7th in heat)
- Semifinal - 3:33.588 (4th in heat - 3rd needed to advance)
Flatwater men's K2 500m:
- Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu - bronze medal
- Heat - 1:28.925 (1st in heat)
- Final - 1:27.996 (3rd in heat)
Flatwater women's K2 500m:
- Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets - 9th place
- Heat - 1:45.279 (6th in heat)
- Semifinal - 1:45.234 (3rd in heat)
- Final - 1:43.729 (9th in heat)
Flatwater men's K4 1000m:
- Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Dziamyan Turchyn, Vadzim Makhneu - 6th place
- Heat - 2:52.170 (2nd in heat)
- Final - 3:02.419 (6th in heat)
[edit] Cycling
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Diving
Men's 3 metre springboard:
- Sergei Kuchmasov - Prelim: 377.61 (25th place)
- Aliaksandr Varlamov - Prelim: 357.09 (30th place)
Men's 10 metre platform:
- Aliaksandr Varlamov - preliminary, 27th place
- Andrei Mamontov - preliminary, 30th place
[edit] Equestrian
Individual dressage:
- Iryna Lis riding Problesk - second round, 24th place
[edit] Fencing
Women's foil individual:
- Vita Siltchenko - defeated in round of 32
Men's sabre individual:
- Dmitri Lapkes - 4th place
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Modern Pentathlon
Men's:
- Dzmitry Meliakh - 5th place
Women's:
- Tatsiana Mazurkevich - 9th place
- Galina Bashlakova - 21st place
[edit] Officials
- President: S.e. M. Alexandre Lukashenko
- Secretary General: Anatoli Ivanov
