Belarus at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Belarus competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 139 competitors, 72 men and 67 women, took part in 109 events in 20 sports. Belarus had its best ever showing both in terms of gold and overall medals at these games. The gold medal result will be later matched in 2008.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent Yanina Karolchik Athletics Women's shot put Ellina Zvereva Athletics Women's discus Ekaterina Karsten Rowing Women's single sculls Yulia Raskina Gymnastics Women's individual all-around Tatyana AnankoTatyana BelanAnna GlazkovaIrina IlyenkovaMaria LazukOlga Puzhevich Gymnastics Women's group all around Igor Basinsky Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Irina Yatchenko Athletics Women's discus throw Igor Astapkovich Athletics Men's discus throw Natalya Sazanovich Athletics Women's heptathlon Anatoly Laryukov Judo Men's half-middleweight Pavel Dovgal Modern pentathlon Men's competition Igor Basinsky Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol Lalita Yauhleuskaya Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol Sergei Martynov Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone Gennady Oleshchuk Weightlifting Men's 62 kg Sergey Lavrenov Weightlifting Men's 69 kg Dmitry Debelka Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Archery

In its second Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women. They were not as successful as they had been four years earlier, but two of the archers still won in their first matches.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAnna KarasevaWomen's individual62929W 163–162L 152–162did not advanceOlga Moroz62041L 139–152did not advance

Athletics

Men Road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankViktor Ginko50 km walkcolspan=6 DQMikhail Khmelnitskiy20 km walkcolspan=6 1:28:02 34Andrey Makarovcolspan=6 1:23:33 17Artur Meleshkevichcolspan=6 1:24:50 21Pavel Pelepyagin800 m 01:46.67 1 Q colspan=2 01:50.37 7did not advanceLeonid Vershinin400 m hurdles 51.84 53did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankIgor AstapkovichHammer Throw 79.81 1 Q79.17 Leonid CherevkoDiscus throw 58.32 33did not advanceVladimir Dubrovshchik 64.03 7 Q 65.13 7Vasiliy Kaptyukh 65.90 4 Q 67.59 4Aleksei LelinHigh jump 2.15 34did not advanceAndrei MikhnevichShot put 19.97 7 q 19.48 9Vladimir SasimovichJavelin Throw 78.04 24did not advanceIvan TikhonHammer Throw 76.90 10 q 79.17 4

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNatasha Dukhnova800m 02:03.20 22 did not advanceNataliya Misyulya 20 km walkcolspan=6 1:33:08 9Larisa Ramazanovacolspan=6 1:37:39 32Valentina Tsybulskaya colspan=6 1:36:44 28Elena BunnikAnna KazakIrina KhlyustovaNatalya Sologub relay 03:26.31 9 did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankLyudmila GubkinaHammer Throw 63.29 10 q 67.08 6Yanina KarolchykShot put 19.36 1 Q 20.56Natallia SafronavaTriple Jump 13.91 15 did not advanceTatyana ShevchikHigh Jump 1.85 30 did not advanceSvetlana SudakHammer Throw 63.83 8 q 64.21 10Olga Tsander NM did not advanceIrina YatchenkoDiscus Throw 62.72 5 q65.20Ellina Zvereva 64.81 1 Q68.40

Combined events - Heptathlon AthleteEventPointsRankNatalya SazanovichResult13.451.8414.7924.126.5043.9702:16.41 6527 Points105810298479691007744873

Boxing

Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSergey BykovskyLight welterweightW 8–3W 8-8L 6–9did not advance5

Canoeing

Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAleksandr MaseikovC-1 500 m01:54.4687 Q colspan=2 01:55.0358did not advance Women AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankElena BetSvetlana VakulaK-2 500 m1:55.7577 Qcolspan=2 1:49.758 7did not advanceAlesya BakunovaElena BetNatalya BondarenkoSvetlana VakulaK-4 500 m01:34.7342 Qcolspan=2 colspan=2 01:37.7486

Diving

Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankVyacheslav Khamulkin3 m springboard357.03 23did not advance

Women AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankSvetlana Alekseyeva3 m springboard260.9117 Q216.48 12477.3915 did not advance

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Belarus in 2000. Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankAndrey MurashkoIndividual épéeL 4–8did not advance38Vladimir Pchenikin L 9–15did not advance31Vitaly ZakharovL 14–15did not advance24Vitaly ZakharovAndrey MurashkoVladimir PchenikinTeam épéecolspan=2 W 45–44L 44–45W 45–34L 37–416Dmitry LapkesIndividual sabreW 15–7W 15–9L 11–15did not advance15

Gymnastics

Men Team AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankAleksei SinkevichTeam9.462 9.5879.4629.3129.287 9.51256.62216 Q 8.750 9.587 9.500 9.137 9.5759.51256.06123Vitaly Rudnitski9.525 colspan=1 9.4879.1259.262colspan=1 37.39973did not advanceIvan Ivankov8.925 9.625 9.675 Q9.350 9.662 Q9.712 56.94911 Q9.575 9.725 9.762 9.500 9.700 9.762 58.0244Aleksandr Shostakcolspan=1 9.4629.537colspan=1 9.4129.56237.97369did not advanceIvan Pavlovski9.350 9.3259.3379.3509.4629.55056.37422 Q8.9259.5009.3129.4378.3759.36254.91133Aleksandr Kruzhilov9.462 9.237colspan=1 9.025colspan=1 9.50037.22475did not advanceTotal37.799 (3) 37.999 (11)38.161 (7)37.137 (9)37.823 (7)38.336 (7)227.255 8did not advance

Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankIvan IvankovRingscolspan=2 9.700colspan=3 9.7005Parallel barscolspan=4 9.775 colspan=1 9.775 5

Women Team AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankTatyana GrigorenkoTeam9.062colspan=1 8.4257.20024.68779did not advanceAnna Meisakcolspan=1 8.8128.550colspan=1 17.36291did not advanceNatalya Naranovich8.9499.350colspan=1 8.85027.14975did not advanceAlena Polozkova9.106 9.575 9.3759.50037.55623 Q9.1008.2259.2759.56236.16233Marina Zarzhitskaya9.431 9.2379.0509.05036.76840 Q9.3879.6379.1508.70036.87426Tatyana Zharganova9.0189.7129.2128.50036.44246did not advanceTotal36.617 (11) 37.874 (10) 36.187 (12) 35.900 (12) 146.578 12did not advance

Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankTatyana ZharganovaUneven barscolspan=1 9.737 colspan=2 9.737 5

Judo

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNatik Bagirov−60 kgW 0101–0100L 0010–1100did not advance17Anatoly Laryukhov−73 kgW 1000–0010W 1000–0010W 1000–0100L 0100–0000colspan=3 W 1000–0000Siarhei Kukharenka−81 kgW 1000–0000L 0010-0010did not advance17Leonid Svirid−100 kgL 0000–0100did not advance17Ruslan Scharapov+100 kgL 0000–1000did not advanceW 1000–0100W 1000–0100W 0100–0011L 0000–10005

Modern pentathlon

AthleteEventShooting(10 m air pistol)Fencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Running(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsRankMP PointsWinsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsPavel DovgalMen's186 1116810177602:04.624125430110709:38.751210865338Janna ChoubenokWomen's17919108412188402:25.89111142909101011:17.8911101050866

Rhythmic gymnastics

Individual AthleteEventQualificationFinalRopeHoopBallRibbonTotalRankRopeHoopBallRibbonTotalRankYulia RaskinaIndividual9.9009.9089.9089.90839.6242 Q9.9089.7919.9839.91639.548Valeria Vatkina9.7509.7339.7759.80039.0586 Q9.7919.7509.6669.75038.9578

Team AthleteEventQualificationFinalClubsRibbons & HoopsTotalRankClubsRibbons & HoopsTotalRankTatyana Ananko Tatyana Belan Anna Glazkova Irina Ilyenkova Maria Lazuk Olga PuzhevichGroup19.70019.66639.3662 Q19.80019.70039.500

Rowing

Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankEkaterina KarstenSingle sculls7:47.73 1 Qcolspan=2 7:40.36 2 FA7:28.14 Irina BazilevskayaMarina KuzhmarOlga BereznevaMarina ZnakYuliya BichikInessa ZakharevskayaNataliya GelakhOlga TratsevskayaValentina KhokhlovaEights6:19.02 3 R6:19.42 4 FAcolspan=2 6:13.57 4

Sailing

Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Igor IvashintsovMikhail Protasevich4701529 2020 231418DSQ 2451415321 Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Tatiana DrozdovskayaEurope2516171726 27 OCS 1821171917624 Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Aleksandr MumygaLaser28272029202940 34 28323024332 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankIgor Basinski10 m air pistol5834 Q682.750 m pistol5692 Q663.3 Anatoli Klimenko10 m air rifle5932 Q693.4450 m rifle three positions115725did not advanceOleg Khvatsovas25 m rapid fire pistol5865 Q682.4 6Kanstantsin Lukashyk10 m air pistol57715did not advance50 m pistol5609did not advanceSergei Martynov50 m rifle prone5982 Q700.350 m rifle three positions11649did not advanceGeorgi Nekhayev10 m air rifle58818did not advance50 m rifle prone59319did not advance

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankViktoria Chaika10 m air pistol38111did not advanceOksana Kovtonovich10 m air rifle38932did not advanceOlga Pogrebniak50 m rifle three positions57811did not advance10 m air rifle3939did not advanceIrina Shilova50 m rifle three positions57420did not advanceYulia Sinyak25 m pistol5844 Q685.94Lalita Yauhleuskaya25 m pistol5835 Q686.010 m air pistol38111did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAliaksandr Hukau100 metre breaststroke1:04.9646did not advance200 metre breaststroke2:16.9322did not advanceDimitri Kalinovski50 metre freestyle23.2134did not advanceIgor Koleda200 metre freestyle1:49.017 Q1:49.5212did not advanceDmitry Koptur400 metre freestyle03:55.2622did not advance1500 m freestyle15:29.6220did not advanceAleh Rukhlevich100 metre freestyle50.9630did not advanceIgor KoledaPavel LagunDmitry KalinovskyAleh Rukhlevich4 × 100 m freestyle relay03:20.8510did not advanceIgor KoledaPavel LagunDmitry KopturValery Khuroshvili4 × 200 m freestyle relay07:24.8312did not advance Women AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNatalya Baranovskaya200 metre freestyle02:00.5810 Q01:59.903 Q01:59.286 NR400 metre freestyle04:12.67 13did not advanceAlena Popchanka50 metre freestyle26.126did not advance100 metre freestyle56.3316 Q56.4 16did not advance

Synchronized swimming

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routinePreliminaryFree routine (final)PointsRankPointsRankTotal RankPointsTotalRankKhrystsina NadezhdinaNatallia SakharukDuet30.287 1755.164 2085.451 19did not advance

Table tennis

Men AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYevgeny ShchetininMen's singlesL 1–3W 3–02did not advance33Vladimir SamsonovMen's singlescolspan=3 W 3–0W 3–0L 2–3did not advance5Vladimir SamsonovEvgueni ChtchetinineMen's doublesL 0–2W 2–02did not advance17 Women AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTatyana KostrominaWomen's singlesL 2–3W 3–02did not advance33Veronika PavlovichL 0–3W 3–02did not advance33Viktoria PavlovichL 1–3W 3–02did not advance33Tatyana KostrominaViktoria PavlovichWomen's doublesW 2–1W 2–01 QL 0–3did not advance9

Tennis

Men