Belarus competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 157 competitors, 91 men and 66 women, took part in 115 events in 19 sports.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent Ekaterina Karsten Rowing Women's single sculls Vladimir Dubrovshchik Athletics Men's discus throw Natalya Sazanovich Athletics Women's heptathlon Igor Basinsky Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Aleksandr Pavlov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg Sergey Lishtvan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg Aleksey Medvedev Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg Vasiliy Kaptyukh Athletics Men's discus throw Ellina Zvereva Athletics Women's discus throw Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics Men's vault Yelena MikulichMarina ZnakNataliya VolchekNataliya StasyukTamara DavydenkoValentina SkrabatunNataliya LavrinenkoYaroslava PavlovichAleksandra Pankina Rowing Women's eight Valery Tsilent Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

Archery

In its debut Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women. Their combined record was 4–2 as Olga Yakusheva made it to the quarterfinals before being defeated.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / Score Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Olga Yakusheva Women's individual 635 35 (30)W 159–151 (3)W 153 9 –153 9 (19)W 161–157 (6)L 107–109 did not advance 5 Olga Zabugina 645 18 (47)W 158–152 (15)L 147–152 did not advance 32

Athletics

Men Road events AthleteEventTimeRankYevgeniy Misyulya20 km walk 1:21:16 9Mikhail Khmelnitskiy 1:22:17 12Viktor Ginko50 km walk 3:45:27 5Yevgeniy Misyulya did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankDmitriy MarkovPole vault 5.60 12 q 5.86 6Igor AstapkovichHammer Throw 75.82 2 Q 78.20 7Sergey Alay 75.10 6 q 77.38 8Aleksandr Krasko 73.74 10 did not advanceDzimitry HancharukShot put 19.57 5 q 19.79 9Viktor Bulat 17.29 17 did not advanceVladimir DubrovshchikDiscus throw 63.22 5 Q66.20Vasiliy Kaptyukh 62.22 12 q65.80

Combined events - Decathlon AthleteEventPointsRankEduard HämäläinenResult10.857.4816.321.9846.9113.9549.625.0057.664:34.6886135Points894930871785963981862910703714

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNatallia Safronnikava200m 23.14 5 q 23.15 4 Q 22.98 7 did not advanceAnna Kozak400m 52.39 3 Q 52.14 6 did not advanceNatasha Dukhnova800m 1.59.23 1 Q colspan=2 1:58.67 4 Q 2:00.32 71500m 8 4:14.75 colspan=2 4:11.43 6 did not advanceLidiya Yurkova100m hurdles 13.20 4 Q 13.07 7 did not advanceTatyana Ledovskaya400m hurdles 55.82 4 q colspan=2 54.99 7 did not advanceNelli Voronkova 56.97 6 colspan=2 did not advanceTanya Kurochkina 57.28 7 colspan=2 did not advanceYelena MazovkaMarathon colspan=6 2:36.22 24Natalia Galuchko colspan=6 2:44.21 50Madina Biktagirova colspan=6 Did not finishOlga Kardopoltseva10 km walkcolspan=6 43:02 6Valentina Tsybulskaya colspan=6 43:21 8Nataliya Misyulya colspan=6 45:11 17

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankAnzhela AtroshchenkoLong Jump 5.94 33 did not advanceNatallia Sazanovich did not advanceTatyana KhramovaHigh Jump 1.90 7 did not advanceNatallia ShikolenkoJavelin Throw 63.32 4 q 58.56 12Ellina ZverevaDiscus Throw 62.74 8 Q65.54Ira Yatchenko 62.04 11 Q 60.46 12Lyudmila Filimonova 53.30 38 did not advance

Combined events - Heptathlon AthleteEventPointsRankNatalya SazanovichResult13.561.8014.5223.726.7046.002:17.926563Points104197882910081072783852Anzhela AtroshchenkoResult DNF did not start--Points - did not start

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMikhail KorshukMen's singlesL 12–15, 1–15Did not advance=33Vlada TcherniavskayaWomen's singlesL 11–6, 3–11, 1-15Did not advance=33Vlada TcherniavskayaMikhail KorshukWomen's doublesL 14–18, 9–15Did not advance=17

Boxing

Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSerguei OstrochapkineLightweightL RSC2Did not advance17Sergey BykovskyLight welterweightW 11–11 L 6–17Did not advance9Vadim MezgaWelterweightW 11–6 L 2–12Did not advance9Sergey DychkovHeavyweightW 16–6 W 12–8L 5–10Did not advance5Sergei LiakhovichSuper heavyweightL 9–10Did not advance9

Canoeing

Slalom AthleteEventRun 1Run 2BestTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYelena KurzinaWomen's K-1225.1415284.3727225.1425

Sprint AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSergey KaleshinkMen's K-1 500 m 1:43.279 3 Q colspan=2 1:42.505 8Did not advanceDmitri DovgalenokAleksandr MaseikovMen's C-2 500 m 1:47.923 6 R 1:47.837 1 Q 1:43.938 3 Q 1:46.840 9

Cycling

Road AthleteEventTimeRankPavel KavetskyMen's Road race 4:56:48 69Yevgeny Golovanov 5:05:38 11: 113Oleg BondarikDid not finishVyacheslav GermanDid not finishAleksandr SharapovDid not finishPavel KavetskyWomen's Road race 2:37:06 14

Track AthleteEventResultRankPavel KavetskyWomen's Points race 11 6

Diving

Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankAndrey Semenyuk3 m springboard385.327 Q202.2316587.559 Q393.339595.5610Vyacheslav Khamulkin331.8621Did not advanceSergey Kudrevich10 m platform375.9010 Q180.634556.539 Q347.3712528.0011Andrey Kvochinsky349.1415 Q160.5015509.6416 did not advance

Women AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankSvetlana Alekseyeva3 m springboard246.714 Q200.3714446.6414 did not advance

Fencing

One male fencer represented Belarus in 1996.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankVitaly ZakharovMen's épéeW 15–11L 11–15Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic Men Team AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankVitaly ScherboTeam9.687 9.775 Q 9.612 9.000 9.425 9.5259.725 9.650 Q 9.687 9.687 Q 9.687 9.750 Q 115.210 2 Q9.687 9.775 9.612 9.000 9.425 9.5259.725 9.650 9.687 9.687 9.687 9.750 colspan=2 Andrei Kan9.525 9.7009.375 9.712 9.400 9.550 9.500 9.5379.625 9.512 9.525 9.400114.36111 Q9.525 9.7009.375 9.712 9.400 9.550 9.500 9.5379.625 9.512 9.525 9.400colspan=2 Vitaly Rudnitski9.425 9.700 9.150 9.450 9.250 9.675 9.650 9.500 9.350 9.2759.400 8.800 112.65319.425 9.700 9.150 9.450 9.250 9.675 9.650 9.500 9.350 9.2759.400 8.800 colspan=2 Aleksandr Belanovski9.250 0.000 9.525 9.4509.350 9.575 9.587 9.100 9.350 9.4259.500 9.400 103.512 729.250 0.000 9.525 9.4509.350 9.575 9.587 9.100 9.350 9.4259.500 9.400 colspan=2 Aleksandr Shostak0.000 9.375 9.425 9.6629.250 9.5009.650 9.4759.375 9.475 85.187 92 0.000 9.375 9.425 9.6629.250 9.5009.650 9.4759.375 9.475 colspan=5 Ivan Pavlovski9.562 9.562 9.200 9.600 9.675 9.6120.000 8.0258.750 9.10083.086969.562 9.562 9.200 9.600 9.675 9.6120.000 8.0258.750 9.100colspan=2 Aleksei Sinkevich9.500 9.425 9.625 9.625colspan=2 0.000 9.6259.225 9.37566.400 10332 Q9.500 9.425 9.625 9.625colspan=2 0.000 9.6259.225 9.375colspan=2 Total95.861 (2) 95.461 (2) 94.600 (8) 96.061 (3) 95.036 (5) 94.362 (11)571.3814 Q95.861 (2) 95.461 (2) 94.600 (8) 96.061 (3) 95.036 (5) 94.362 (11)571.3814

Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankAndrei KanAll-around9.600 9.675 9.562 9.525 8.600 9.000 55.96230Ivan PavlovskiVaultcolspan=3 9.493 colspan=2 9.493 8Vitaly RudnitskiAll-around9.675 9.700 9.600 9.512 9.350 8.125 55.962 30Vitaly ScherboFloor9.275 colspan=5 9.275 7Vaultcolspan=3 9.724 colspan=2 9.724 Parallel barscolspan=4 9.800 colspan=1 9.800Horizontal barcolspan=5 9.800 9.800All-around9.762 9.662 9.587 9.687 9.712 9.787 58.197

Women Team AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankYelena PiskunTeam9.700 9.650 9.812 9.575 9.187 9.587 9.700 9.575 76.786 16 Q9.700 9.650 9.812 9.575 9.187 9.587 9.700 9.575 colspan=2 Alena Polozkova9.637 9.5629.750 9.562 9.550 9.587 9.637 9.362 76.64720 Q9.637 9.5629.750 9.562 9.550 9.587 9.637 9.362 colspan=2 Svetlana Boginskaya9.737 9.737 Q9.412 9.175 9.425 9.4259.737 9.57576.22325 Q9.737 9.737 9.412 9.175 9.425 9.4259.737 9.575colspan=2 Olga Yurkina9.325 9.4379.475 9.0129.362 9.362 9.375 8.93774.285479.325 9.4379.475 9.0129.362 9.362 9.375 8.937colspan=2 Ludmila Vitiukova9.612 9.475 9.462 9.412 9.512 9.61257.085869.612 9.475 9.462 9.412 9.512 9.612colspan=2 Svetlana Tarasevich9.562 9.637 9.662 9.487 9.300 9.32556.973879.562 9.637 9.662 9.487 9.300 9.325colspan=2 Tatiana Zharganova9.675 8.925 9.150 8.38736.1371029.675 8.925 9.150 8.387colspan=2 Total96.309 (5) 95.185 (9) 94.359 (6) 95.410 (7) 381.2636 Q96.309 (5) 95.185 (9) 94.359 (6) 95.410 (7) 381.2636

Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankSvetlana BoginskayaVault9.712 colspan=3 9.712 5All-around 9.687 9.675 9.537 9.600 38.499 14Yelena PiskunAll-around 9.687 9.712 9.675 9.575 38.649 12Alena PolozkovaAll-around 9.587 9.162 9.450 9.600 37.799 25

Rhythmic Individual AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalFinalApparatusTotalApparatusTotalApparatusTotalRopeBallClubsRibbonScoreRankRopeBallClubsRibbonScoreRankHoopBallClubsRibbonScoreRankLarissa LoukianenkoAll-around 9.699 9.366 9.716 9.700 38.481 4 Q 9.700 9.750 9.616 9.683 38.749 5 Q 9.466 9.750 9.700 9.750 38.666 7Tatyana Ogryzko 8.766 9.750 9.750 9.633 37.899 9 Q 9.633 9.682 9.700 9.666 38.681 6 Q 9.585 9.682 9.599 9.666 38.530 8

Group AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalApparatusTotalApparatusTotal5 Hoops3 Balls2 Ribbons ScoreRank5 Hoops3 Balls2 Ribbons ScoreRankNataliya BudiloOlga DemskayaOksana ZhdanovichSvetlana LuzanovaGalina MalashenkoAlesya PokhodinaAll-around 19.300 19.133 38.433 4 Q 19.266 18.716 37.982 6

Judo

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNatik Bagirov−60 kgW 0100–0000L 0000–0101Did not advanceW 0100–0000W 0100–0000W 0100–0000L 0000–01015Leonid Svirid−95 kgL 0000–1000Did not advanceL 0000–0100Did not advance13Ruslan Scharapov+95 kgW 1000–0000L 0000–0001Did not advance17 Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTatiana Moskvina−48 kgL 0000–0100Did not advanceW 0010–0000W 0010–0000L 0000–0100Did not advance7

Rowing

Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankOrlin NinovNikolay KolevCoxless pair6:56.09 3 Q7:12.14 5 FCcolspan=2 7:03.31 14Konstantin BelevichSergey TarasevichOleg SolomakhinDenis TabakoQuadruple sculls6:08.38 3 Rcolspan=2 6:15.07 6 FB5:55.52 11

Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankEkaterina KarstenSingle sculls8:03.731 Qcolspan=2 8:00.022 FA7:32.31Yelena MikulichMarina ZnakNataliya VolchekNataliya StasyukTamara DavydenkoValentina SkrabatunNataliya LavrinenkoAleksandra PankinaEights6:24.611 FAcolspan=2 colspan=2 6:24.44

Sailing

Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Anastasiya PodobedEurope24 26 242627 262423232425219.0 26 Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Aleksandr ZelenovskyLaser38 2328 26 21181316151714163.0 20Sergey KravtsovViktor BudantsevTornado9 15PMS 16 111016611167137.014Sergey KhoretskyVladimir ZuyevStar18 21192122 2022 21 2220162.0 23 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men