Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics

One Belarusian archer has qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anton Prylepau	Men's individual	643	52	Soto (CHI) L 5 (27)–5 (29)	Did not advance

Belarusian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4]

A total of 36 athletes (14 men and 22 women) were named to the Belarusian track and field roster, as part of the nation's official team announcement on 25 July 2016, including two-time Olympic medalist Ivan Tsikhan, 2015 Worlds middle-distance champion Maryna Arzamasava, hurdler Alina Talai, and javelin thrower Tatsiana Khaladovich.^[5]

Track & road events

Men

Women

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Artsem Bandarenka	Triple jump	15.43	37	Did not advance
Pavel Bareisha	Hammer throw	73.33	13	Did not advance
Kanstantsin Barycheuski	Long jump	7.67	23	Did not advance
Andrei Churyla	High jump	2.22	=30	Did not advance
Siarhei Kalamoyets	Hammer throw	74.29	8 q	74.22	9
Dzmitry Nabokau	High jump	2.17	43	Did not advance
Maksim Niastsiarenka	Triple jump	16.52	20	Did not advance
Dzmitry Platnitski		16.52	19	Did not advance
Ivan Tsikhan	Hammer throw	76.51	2 Q	77.79

Women

Women's tournament

Belarus women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the fifth-place match over South Korea and securing the last of five remaining berths at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes, France, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 2008.^[6]

Team roster

The following is the Belarus roster for the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Belarus women's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Maryia Papova 22 – (1994-07-13)13 July 1994 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Galatasaray PG 5 Aliaksandra Tarasava 28 – (1988-06-23)23 June 1988 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) TSV 1880 Wasserburg SF 6 Katsiaryna Snytsina 30 – (1985-09-02)2 September 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Hatay BŞB SG 8 Tatsiana Likhtarovich 28 – (1988-03-29)29 March 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Aluinvent DVTK PG 9 Volha Ziuzkova 33 – (1983-06-14)14 June 1983 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) BK Tsmoki-Minsk C 10 Anastasiya Verameyenka 29 – (1987-07-10)10 July 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe C 11 Yelena Leuchanka 33 – (1983-04-30)30 April 1983 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Yakın Doğu G 12 Lindsey Harding 31 – (1984-10-26)26 October 1984 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) New York Liberty F 13 Tatyana Troina 35 – (1981-06-30)30 June 1981 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Basket Gdynia F 14 Nataliya Trafimava 37 – (1979-06-16)16 June 1979 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) BK Gorizont Minsk PF 18 Maryia Filonchyk 24 – (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) SBK Olimpia Grodno SG 41 Yuliya Rytsikava 29 – (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) BK Gorizont Minsk	Head coach Anatoli Buyalski Assistant coach(es) Mikalai Buzliakou Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	400	345	+55	10	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	3	2	344	343	+1	8[a]
3	Turkey	5	3	2	324	325	−1	8[a]
4	Japan	5	3	2	386	378	+8	8[a]
5	Belarus	5	1	4	347	361	−14	6
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	5	335	384	−49	5

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:45

Boxscore

Belarus	73–77	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 19–15, 20–19, 13–17
Pts: Leuchanka 15 Rebs: Verameyenka 10 Asts: Harding 5		Pts: Kurihara 20 Rebs: Yoshida 9 Asts: Yoshida 8

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,586 Referees: Damir Javor (SLO), Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR), Hwang In-tae (KOR)

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 19:45

Boxscore

France	73–72	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 20–20, 18–11, 21–19
Pts: Epoupa 16 Rebs: Michel 8 Asts: Epoupa 5		Pts: Likhtarovich 16 Rebs: Leuchanka 13 Asts: Harding 8

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,075 Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Duan Zhu (CHN), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 15:30

Boxscore

Brazil	63–65	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 12–19, 10–15, 13–15
Pts: Dantas 23 Rebs: Dos Santos 11 Asts: Pinto 4		Pts: Troina 18 Rebs: Leuchanka, Verameyenka 6 Asts: Harding 6

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,075 Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Natalia Cuello (DOM), Leandro Lezcano (ARG)

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 12:15

Boxscore

Belarus	71–74	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 14–20, 21–24, 17–17
Pts: Harding 17 Rebs: Leuchanka 10 Asts: Verameyenka 7		Pts: Yılmaz 26 Rebs: Sanders 11 Asts: Vardarlı 7

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 1,784 Referees: Carlos Peruga (ESP), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Carlos Júlio (ANG)

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 12:15

Boxscore

Australia	74–66	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 14–14, 16–20, 22–7
Pts: Cambage 17 Rebs: Cambage 9 Asts: Lavey 6		Pts: Harding 16 Rebs: Leuchanka 7 Asts: Likhtarovich, Leuchanka 4

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,081 Referees: Karen Lasuik (CAN), Duan Zhu (CHN), Nadege Zouzou (CIV)

Belarus has entered three boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Bantamweight boxer Dzmitry Asanau became the first Belarusian to be selected to the Olympic team, following a top three finish and a box-off victory at the 2015 World Championships.^[8][9] Meanwhile, Pavel Kastramin and London 2012 Olympian Mikhail Dauhaliavets had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dzmitry Asanau	Men's bantamweight	García (DOM) W 2–1	Erdenebat (MGL) L 1–2	Did not advance
Pavel Kastramin	Men's welterweight	Adi (THA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Mikhail Dauhaliavets	Men's light heavyweight	Manfredonia (ITA) W 2–1	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance

Sprint

Belarusian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[11] On 16 July 2016, the International Canoe Federation (ICF) imposed a one-year suspension on the entire Belarusian canoeing team for a widespread doping that would effectively banned them from the Olympics. Despite that the Belarusian canoeists managing to file their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), only the women were cleared to compete.^[12][13]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maryna Litvinchuk	Women's K-1 500 m	1:53.966	2 Q	1:55.641	1 FA	1:54.474	4
Nadzeya Liapeshka Maryna Litvinchuk	Women's K-2 500 m	1:42.285	1 FA	Bye		1:46.967	6
Volha Khudzenka Nadzeya Liapeshka Maryna Litvinchuk Marharyta Makhneva	Women's K-4 500 m	1:30.320	1 FA	Bye		1:36.908

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Road

Belarusian riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour (for men) and top 22 in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women).^[14][15]

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Belarus has entered one rider to compete in women's omnium at the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.

Omnium

Belarusian divers qualified for the following individual and synchronized team spots at the 2016 Summer Olympics through the World Championships and FINA World Cup series.^[16]

Belarus has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. London 2012 Olympian Aliaksandr Buikevich had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre by finishing among the top 14 individual fencers in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aliaksandr Buikevich	Men's sabre	Polossifakis (CAN) W 15–6	Szilágyi (HUN) L 12–15	Did not advance

Artistic

Belarus has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Andrey Likhovitskiy and American-born Kylie Dickson had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[18][19]

Men

Women

Rhythmic

Belarus has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[20] The rhythmic gymnastics squad was named as part of the nation's official team announcement on 25 July 2016.^[5]

Trampoline

Belarus has qualified a total of three gymnasts (one male and two females) in both men's and women's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Uladzislau Hancharou	Men's	111.090	2 Q	61.745
Hanna Harchonak	Women's	100.275	6 Q	5.700	8
Tatsiana Piatrenia		104.515	1 Q	54.650	5

Belarus has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Dzmitry Shershan was ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while Darya Skrypnik at women's half-lightweight (52 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked Belarusian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dzmitry Shershan	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Sobirov (UZB) L 000–001	Did not advance
Darya Skrypnik	Women's −52 kg	—	Kräh (GER) L 001–011	Did not advance

Belarus has entered one modern pentathlete into the women's event at the Games. Going to her third straight Olympics, Anastasiya Prokopenko was ranked among the top 10 modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, based on the UIPM World Rankings as of 1 June 2016.^[23]

Belarus has qualified five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Four rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in the men's single sculls, men's four, women's pair, and women's double sculls at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while a women's single sculls rower had added one more boat to the Belarusian roster as a result of her top three finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Men

Women

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Belarusian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[24] Meanwhile, the men's RS:X spot had been re-allocated to the Belarusian team as the next highest-ranked eligible NOC, after New Zealand decided to reject the berth won by JP Tobin at the 2014 World Championships.^[25]

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Belarusian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as their minimum qualifying scored (MQS) were fulfilled by 31 March 2016.^[26]

Rifle shooters Vitali Bubnovich, Illia Charheika, and Yury Shcherbatsevich, as well as pistol ace and four-time Olympian Viktoria Chaika, were officially named to the Olympic roster on 13 July 2016. Having missed a chance to defend his Olympic title in men's 50 m rifle prone, Sergei Martynov offered a special role at the Games as the head coach of the Belarusian rifle shooting team.^[27]

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Belarusian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[28][29] To secure their nomination to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain a top two finish under the FINA Olympic qualifying A standard in each of the individual pool events at the Belarusian Open (20 to 23 April) in Brest.

Six swimmers (four men and two women) were selected to the Belarusian team for the Games, with double silver medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia and butterfly stalwart Pavel Sankovich leading them and racing in the pool at their third straight Olympics.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pavel Sankovich	Men's 100 m butterfly	53.00	28	Did not advance
Viktar Staselovich	Men's 100 m backstroke	55.68	32	Did not advance
Yauhen Tsurkin	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.37	35	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m butterfly	53.24	=30	Did not advance
Mikita Tsmyh	Men's 100 m backstroke	54.97	29	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:00.96	25	Did not advance
Aliaksandra Herasimenia	Women's 50 m freestyle	24.42	3 Q	24.53	8 Q	24.11 NR
	Women's 100 m freestyle	54.25	13 Q	54.34	13	Did not advance
Yuliya Khitraya	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.18	27	Did not advance

Belarus has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by picking up one of four spare berths freed by the continental selection for being the next highest ranking nation at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro, signifying their nation's Olympic comeback to the sport since 2008.^[30]

Belarus has entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Olympic veterans Vladimir Samsonov and Viktoria Pavlovich were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[31] Meanwhile, London 2012 Olympian Aleksandra Privalova was granted an invitation from ITTF to compete in the women's singles as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vladimir Samsonov	Men's singles	Bye			Karlsson (SWE) W 4–2	Drinkhall (GBR) W 4–2	Ovtcharov (GER) W 4–2	Zhang Jk (CHN) L 1–4	Mizutani (JPN) L 1–4	4
Viktoria Pavlovich	Women's singles	Bye	Edem (NGR) W 4–1	Mikhailova (RUS) W 4–2	Cheng I-c (TPE) L 3–4	Did not advance
Aleksandra Privalova		Bye	Shahsavari (IRI) W 4–3	Chen S-y (TPE) L 2–4	Did not advance

Belarus entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time at the Olympics. Arman-Marshall Silla secured a place in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[32]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arman-Marshall Silla	Men's +80 kg	Cha D-m (KOR) L DSQ	Did not advance

Belarus has entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Australian Open champion and double Olympic medalist Victoria Azarenka (world no. 39) qualified directly as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016.^[33] Reigning mixed doubles champion and four-time Olympian Max Mirnyi teamed up with his London 2012 partner Aliaksandr Bury to compete for the second time in the men's doubles.^[34]

On 15 July 2016, Azarenka announced her withdrawal from the Games due to expected pregnancy with her first child, leaving only Bury and Mirnyi on the tennis team.^[35]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aliaksandr Bury Max Mirnyi	Men's doubles	Marach / Peya (AUT) L 6–7(4–7), 5–7	Did not advance

Belarusian weightlifters have qualified a maximum of six men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.^[36]

On 22 June 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation had decided to strip of one Olympic men's and women's entry place each from Belarus because of "multiple positive cases" of doping throughout the qualifying period.^[37]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Petr Asayonak	−85 kg	170	=6	207	6	377	6
Pavel Khadasevich		170	=6	195	=9	365	7
Aliaksandr Bersanau	−94 kg	173	=7	208	8	381	8
Vadzim Straltsou		175	4	220	2	395
Aliksei Mzhachyk	+105 kg	187	=9	224	12	411	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anastasiya Mikhalenka	−69 kg	103	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Darya Pachabut		105	8	132	7	237	7
Darya Naumava	−75 kg	116	2	142	2	258

Belarus has qualified a total of eight wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots each in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg and women's freestyle 75 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while three more berths were awarded to the Belarusian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[38]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots each in men's Greco-Roman 85 & 98 kg to round out the Belarusian roster at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar.^[39]

On 28 July 2016, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Belarus in men's freestyle 57 kg, as the next highest-ranked nation, not yet qualified, at the World Championships one year earlier, and as a response to the previous doping bans on Russian qualified wrestlers, and to the implications in the McClaren Report on Russian state-sponsored doping allegations.^[40]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Asadulla Lachinau	−57 kg	Ansari (MAR) W 4–1 SP	Higuchi (JPN) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance		Yang K-i (PRK) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		7
Amarhajy Mahamedau	−86 kg	Kakhidze (KAZ) W 3–1 PP	Cox (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					9
Ibrahim Saidau	−125 kg	Bye	Shabanbay (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Akgül (TUR) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance	Bye	Jargalsaikhan (MGL) W 3–1 PP	Berianidze (ARM) W 3–1 PP

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Soslan Daurov	−59 kg	Bye	Berge (NOR) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					15
Javid Hamzatau	−85 kg	Bye	Peng F (CHN) W 3–0 PO	Hrustanović (AUT) W 4–0 ST	Beleniuk (UKR) L 0–3 PO	Bye		Bayryakov (BUL) W 3–1 PP
Tsimafei Dzeinichenka	−98 kg	Schön (SWE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						14

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maryia Mamashuk	−63 kg	Bye	Larionova (KAZ) W 3–1 PP	Johansson (SWE) W 3–1 PP	Pirozhkova (USA) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Kawai (JPN) L 0–3 PO
Vasilisa Marzaliuk	−75 kg	Bye	Vescan (FRA) W 5–0 VT	Gray (USA) W 3–1 PP	Wiebe (CAN) L 0–3 PO	Bye		Zhang Fl (CHN) L 1–3 PP	5

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