Belarus competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They delegated 20 athletes (10 men, 10 women) to the Summer Paralympics. They competed in athletics, judo, rowing, swimming and wheelchair fencing.

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Ihar Boki Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S13 8 September Ihar Boki Swimming Men's 200m individual medley SM13 10 September Ihar Boki Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S13 12 September Andrei Pranevich Wheelchair fencing Men's épée B 13 September Uladzimir Izotau Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB12 13 September Ihar Boki Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S13 14 September Ihar Boki Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S13 16 September Ihar Boki Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S13 17 September Aliaksandr Tryputs Athletics Men's javelin throw F54 9 September Ihar Boki Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB13 11 September

Athletics

Men Field events AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionSiarhei BurdukouLong jump T126.98 PB5Andrei MukhaJavelin throw F1256.32 PB7Aliaksandr SubotaLong jump T475.8814Javelin throw F4644.7511Aliaksandr TryputsJavelin throw F5423.56

Women Field events AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionAnna KaniukLong jump T125.455Tamara SivakovaShot put F1211.246

Judo

Men AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAliaksandr Kazlou−81 kgL 000–110Did not advance

Women AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankArina Kachan+70 kgW 101–000L 000–100L 000s3–000s15

Rowing

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Belarus qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the AS Women's Single Sculls event with a fifth-place finish in a time of 05:38.39.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLiudmila VauchokWomen's single sculls5:44.983 R5:45.382 FA5:34.165

Swimming

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Ihar Boki earned Belarus a spot after winning gold in the Men's 50m Freestyle S13.

Men AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankIhar Boki50m freestyle S1323.73 PR1 Q23.44 PR100m freestyle S1351.45 PR1 Q50.90 PR400m freestyle S134:02.231 Q3:55.62 PR100m backstroke S1356.82 PR1 Q56.68 WR100m breaststroke SB131:06.793 Q1:06.71100m butterfly S1354.54 PR1 Q53.85 WR200m individual medley SM132:06.13 PR1 Q2:04.02 PRUladzimir Izotau50m freestyle S1225.6911Did not advance100m breaststroke SB121:07.521 Q1:06.82 PRHryhory Zudzilau50m freestyle S1127.115 Q27.025100m freestyle S111:00.274 Q1:00.216100m backstroke S111:14.399Did not advance100m butterfly S11colspan=21:08.646200m individual medley SM112:34.533 Q2:30.725

Women AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankNatallia Shavel50m backstroke S550.367 Q50.418100m breaststroke SB42:02.115 Q2:00.71550m butterfly S549.785 Q47.557200m individual medley SM53:41.115 Q3:39.614Aliaksandra Svadkouskaya50m freestyle S1030.5217Did not advance100m breaststroke SB91:27.088 Q1:25.748Anastasiya Zudzilava100m backstroke S131:15.728 Q1:16.328100m breaststroke SB131:20.014 Q1:19.797200m individual medley SM132:44.7813Did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Men AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMartyn KavaleniaFoil AL 1–5L 1–5L 3–5L 0–5L 3–56Did not advanceAndrei PranevichÉpée BW 5–1L 4–5L 4–5L 3–54 QW 15–13W 15–8W 15–14

Women AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAliona HalkinaFoil AW 5–4L 3–5L 2–5L 1–5L 1–511Did not advanceÉpée AW 5–3W 5–1L 3–5W 5–4W 5–43 QL 12–15Did not advanceAnastasiya KastsiuchkovaÉpée BL 1–5W 5–2W 5–0W 5–2W 5–41 QL 4–15Did not advanceAlesia MakrytskayaFoil BL 0–5W 5–2W 5–3W 5–0L 0–53 QL 11–15Did not advanceÉpée BW 5–1W 5–4L 2–5L 4–5L 2–58 QL 9–15Did not advanceAliona HalkinaAnastasiya KastsiuchkovaAlesia MakrytskayaFoil teamL 23–45L 11–45colspan=33 Did not advanceW 45–275Épée teamL 35–45L 29–45colspan=33 Did not advanceW 45–295

See also Belarus at the Paralympics Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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