Belarus at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

The 31st Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Team Belarus was represented in 75 disciplines and occupied 40th place in the overall standings. Belarus' haul in Rio 2016 comprises 9 medals.

2016 Olympic medals of Team Belarus

Gold

• Vladislav Goncharov (trampoline)

Silver

• Darya Naumova (weightlifting, -75kg)
• Vadim Streltsov (weightlifting, -94kg)
• Maria Mamoshuk (freestyle wrestling, -63kg)
• Ivan Tikhon (athletics, men's hammer throwing)

Bronze

• Aleksandra Gerasimenya (swimming, 50m freestyle)
• Javid Hamzatov (Greco-Roman wrestling, -85 kg)
• Margarita Makhneva, Nadezhda Lepeshko, Olga Khudenko and Marina Litvinchuk (women's kayak four 500m)
• Ibragim Saidov (freestyle wrestling, -125kg)

Team Belarus in Rio 2016 top ten

4th place

• Vladimir Samsonov (table tennis)
• Marina Litvinchuk (women's kayak single 500m)

5th place

• Tatyana Petrenya (trampoline)
• Stanislav Shcherbachenya (men’s single sculls)
• Vitaly Bubnovich (50m rifle prone)
• Olga Mazurenok (marathon)
• Vasilisa Marzalyuk (freestyle wrestling, -75kg)
• Tatyana Kholodovich (women's javelin throw)
• Melitina Staniouta (rhythmic gymnastics, individual all-around)
• Anna Dudenkova, Valeria Pishchelina, Arina Tsitsilina, Maria Kadobina, Maria Kotiak (rhythmic gymnastics, team all-around)

6th place

• Darya Pochobut (weightlifting, -69kg)
• Ilya Chergeiko (10m Air Rifle)
• Piotr Asayenok (weightlifting, -85kg)
• Nadezhda Lepeshko and Marina Litvinchuk (women's kayak double 500m)
• Yekaterina Galkina (rhythmic gymnastics, individual all-around)

7th place

• Pavel Khodasevich (weightlifting, -85kg)
• Anna Malyshchik (women's hammer throwing)
• Marina Arzamasova (athletics, women’s 800m)

8th place

• Аnna Gorchenok (trampoline)
• Yekaterina Karsten (women’s single sculls)
• Alena Dubitskaya (shot putting)
• Yulia Bichik and Tatyana Kukhta (women’s double sculls)
• Aleksandr Bersanov (weightlifting, -94kg)

9th place

• Vadim Lyalin, Denis Migal, Igor Pashevich, Nikolai Sharlap (rowing, men’s four)
• Tatyana Sharakova (omnium) 
• Sergei Kolomoyets (athletics, men's hammer throwing)

Belarusians at the Olympics in Rio 2016

The Belarusian delegation comprised about 200 people, including 57 coaches and 123 athletes who competed in 23 sports, 75 Olympic disciplines. These include basketball, boxing, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, road cycling, gymnastics, rowing, canoeing and kayaking, judo, athletics, table tennis, sailing, swimming, diving, trampoline, synchronized swimming, modern pentathlon, archery, shooting, tennis, weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics, fencing.

The first Belarusians to qualify for the Rio Games were shooters Vitaly Bubnovich and Yuri Shcherbatsevich, and also yauchtswoman Tatiana Drozdovskaya (Laser-Radial Class), the leader of the world rankings in 2013-2014 and the participant of four Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012).
 
Among the world-renowned athletes is 2012 Olympic champion, tennis player Max Mirnyi, leader of the Belarusian national rhythmic gymnastics team Melitina Staniouta, and legendary champion Yekaterina Karsten. 
 
Team Belarus for Rio 2016 also included winners of the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing - runner Marina Arzamasova (800m) and Alina Talay (100m Hurdles), world champions – cyclist Vasily Kiriyenko, weightlifter Vadim Streltsov, rowers Margarita Makhneva, Marina Litvinchuk, Olga Khudenko, Nadezhda Lepeshko (K4 500m), bronze medalist of the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championship in Qatar Dmitry Asanov… 
 
At the Summer Olympics in Rio Belarus resumed its participation (after an eight-year hiatus) in synchronized swimming.
 
Belarusian synchro swimmers Irina Limanovskaya and Veronika Yesipovich trained by Natalia Sakharuk finished fourth in the qualifying tournament. Well-known Russian athlete, five-time Olympic champion Anastasia Davydova helped train the Belarusian swimmers.
 
The Belarusian delegation to Rio 2016 Olympics was led by First Deputy Sport and Tourism Minister Aleksandr Gagiyev.

Belarus at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

The 15th Summer Paralympic Games were held in Rio de Janeiro from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Team Belarus at 2016 Paralympic Games was represented by 20 Belarusian athletes in five disciplines.

Belarusian athletes were vying for Olympic medals in adaptive rowing, fencing, swimming, athletics, and judo.

Four-time gold medalist and one-time silver medalist of the London 2012 Paralympics swimmer Igor Boky and eminent Belarusian para-rower and ski-racer Lyudmila Volchek were preparing for Rio 2016. Lyudmila Volchek has three gold medals, three silvers and three bronzes from two Summer Paralympic Games of 2008 and 2012, and two Winter Paralympics of 2006 and 2010.

Team Belarus at 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio

Gold

• Igor Boki (Swimming Men’s 100m Butterfly – S13)
• Igor Boki (Swimming Men’s 200m Individual Medley – SM13)
• Igor Boki (Swimming Men’s 400m Freestyle – S13)
• Igor Boki (Swimming Men’s 50m Freestyle – S13)
• Igor Boki (Swimming Men’s 100m Freestyle – S13)
• Igor Boki (Swimming Men’s 100m Backstroke – S13)
• Andrei Pranevich (Wheelchair Fencing Men’s Individual Epee – Category B)
• Vladimir Izotov (Swimming Men’s 100m Breaststroke – SB12)

Bronze

• Aleksandr Triputs (Men’s Javelin Throw – F53/54)
• Igor Boki (Swimming Men’s 100m Breaststroke – SB13)

Team Belarus in 2016 Paralympics Top Ten

5th place

• Lyudmila Volchek (AS Women’s Single Sculls)
• Anna Konyuk (Women’s Long Jump – T12)
• Arina Kachan (Women’s Judo +70kg – В3)
• Sergei Burdukov (Men’s Long Jump – Т12)
• Natalya Shavel (Swimming Women’s 100m Breaststroke – SB4)

7th place

• Anastasia Zudilova (Swimming Women’s 100m Breaststroke – SB13)
• Natalya Shavel (Swimming Women’s 50m butterfly – S5)

8th place

• Alesya Mokritskaya (Wheelchair Fencing Women’s Individual Epee – Category B)
• Anastasia Kostyushkova (Wheelchair Fencing Women’s Individual Epee – Category B)

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