Belarus at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

The 2024 Summer Olympics were held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. More than 10,000 athletes from more than 200 countries will competed in 306 medal events in 32 sports.

The motto and slogan of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is Ouvrons Grand Les Jeux or Games Wide Open.

Unfortunately, by the decision of the International Olympic Committee, athletes from Belarus and Russia will be able to compete in Paris only in a neutral status, and will not have the opportunity to participate in team events at all. The IOC allowed the federations of each sport to decide on their own whether to admit Belarusians and Russians. So there is no unified approach and openness. For example, the International Association of Athletics Federations (World Athletics) banned athletes from the two countries from participating in international competitions even in a neutral status.

The IOC Executive Board also has approved a flag and an anthem for the athletes in neutral status. The anthem has no lyrics. They will not be able to participate in the traditional parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Games. They will be allowed to watch the parade from the stands.

Due to qualification restrictions, a maximum of 28 athletes from Belarus and 54 from Russia can qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris.

The National Olympic Committee of Belarus, in response to the decision of the IOC Executive Board of 8 December 2023 on the admission of Belarusian athletes to the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad 2024 in Paris in a neutral status, stated:

“We welcome the decision to allow Belarusian athletes to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, this decision does not fully satisfy the Belarusian sports community. Tough restrictions remain, including the ban on the display of national symbols, the limited number of qualifying events, and the ban on participation in team events. All these restrictions are still extremely discriminatory towards the athletes of our country.” Read more…

The NOC of Belarus noted that it will proceed primarily from the interests of the athletes (after all, this is their life’s work!), and will continue to press for restoring justice and reinstating the right of Belarusian athletes to take part in all competitions without restrictions.

Moreover, Belarusians are among the best in the world in a number of sports and are in the running for Olympic championship. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, 107 Belarusian athletes competed in 20 sports and won 7 medals: 1 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals.

Belarus’ athletes at the 2024 Olympics

The National Olympic Committee of Belarus confirmed the Team Belarus squad for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris at the Executive Board meeting on 16 July.

Belarusian athletes (eight men, nine women) will compete as neutrals in ten sports: road cycling, rowing, swimming, shooting, trampoline, Greco-Roman wrestling, freestyle wrestling, canoe sprint, taekwondo and weightlifting.

Greco-Roman wrestling: Abubakar Khaslakhanau

Freestyle wrestling: Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau

Cycling: Hanna Tserakh

Rowing: Yauheni Zalaty, Tatsiana Klimovich

Canoe sprint: Uladzislau Kravets, Yulia Trushkina

Swimming: Ilya Shymanovich, Anastasiya Shkurdai, Alina Zmushka

Trampoline: Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya, Ivan Litvinovich

Shooting: Darya Chuprys, Aliaksandra Piatrova

Taekwondo: Georgi Gurtsiev

Weightlifting: Siuzanna Valodzka, Yauheni Tsikhantsou

“In Paris, athletes will be accompanied by coaches, medical and administrative staff. Each sport team will determine the best time for arriving in Paris in order to reach optimal athletic shape ahead of the competitions. Our athletes, as before, will live in the Olympic Village. Almost nothing has changed in terms of logistics and organizational aspects,” NOC Secretary General Ksenia Sankovich said. “Unfortunately, not all the athletes, who had qualified for the Games in fair competition, received an invitation to the Games from the IOC. In the current circumstances, fan support matters most for our athletes. We are confident that despite all the challenges our athletes will show their best at the Games in the French capital.

Belarus’ medal count at Paris 2024

Gold

Ivan Litvinovich (Men's Trampoline)

Silver

Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya (Women’s Trampoline)
Yauheni Zalaty (rowing)

Bronze

Yauheni Tsikhantsou (Weightlifting 102kg)

Belarus in Top Ten at 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

4th

Siuzanna Valodzka (Women’s Weightlifting 71kg)
Uladzislau Kravets (Men’s K-1 1000m)

5th

Yuliya Trushkina (Women’s C-1 200m)

8th

Alina Zmushka (swimming, women's 100m breaststroke)
Tatsiana Klimovich (rowing)
Anastasiya Shkurdai (swimming, women's 200m backstroke)

10th

Ilya Shymanovich (swimming, men's 100m breaststroke)

Belarus at 2024 Paris Paralympics

Athletics: javelin throw – 2020 Tokyo bronze medalist Lizaveta Dabravolskaya (nee Piatrenka); hammer throw, discus throw – Uladzislau Hryb.

Swimming: 16-time Paralympic champion Ihar Boki (2024 Paris will be the fourth Paralympics for the athlete), Dzmitry Salei (Paralympic champion and medalist), Yahor Shchalkanau (Paralympic silver medalist), Maksim Vashkevich, Anastasiya Zudzilava, Yauheni Kavalionak.

The 2024 Summer Paralympic Games will be held in Paris from 28 August to 8 September.