Athletes from Belarus began their Olympic participation at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland, as part of the Soviet Union (IOC code: URS).International Olympic Committee Helsinki 1952 Olympics Overview. Retrieved July 14, 2007. After the Soviet Union disbanded in 1991, Belarus, along with four of the other fourteen former Soviet republics, competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics (held in Albertville, France) as the Unified Team. Later in 1992, Belarus joined eleven republics to compete as the Unified Team at the Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain. Two years later, Belarus competed for the first time as an independent nation in the 1994 Winter Olympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway.

With a total of 109 medals, Belarus is ranked third amongst post-Soviet states, after Russia and Ukraine. Since 1994, Belarus has won medals at each Winter and Summer Olympics it has participated in.

In 2022, in response to the Belarus-assisted Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian athletes were temporarily suspended by the International Olympic Committee. In January 2023, the International Olympic Committee announced plans to allow Belarusian athletes to participate at the 2024 Summer Olympics as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN). With the war extending into 2026, Belarusian athletes were also allowed to participate as Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Timeline of participation Olympic Year/s Teams 1900–1912 1920–1936 1952–1988 1992 1994–2016 2018 2020–2022 2024–present

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1900–1912 as part of the 1920–1948 did not participate 1952–1988 as part of the as part of the 157 1 6 8 15 37 139 3 3 11 17 23 151 2 5 6 13 26 181 3 4 7 14 23 165 2 5 3 10 29 124 1 4 4 9 40 101 1 3 3 7 45 as part of the future event Total (7/30) 1,018 13 30 42 85 51

Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1956–1988 as part of the as part of the 33 0 2 0 2 15 59 0 0 2 2 20 64 0 0 1 1 23 28 0 1 0 1 21 50 1 1 1 3 17 25 5 0 1 6 8 33 2 1 0 3 15 26 0 2 0 2 24 as part of the future event Total (8/25) 318 8 7 5 20 22

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

List of medalists Summer Olympics Medal Name GamesSportEvent Ekaterina Karsten Rowing Women's single sculls Vladimir Dubrovshchik Athletics Men's discus throw Natallia 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 (Artistic) Individual all-around Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics (Artistic) Men's horizontal bar Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics (Artistic) Men's parallel bars Vitaly Scherbo Gymnastics (Artistic) Men's vault Tamara Davydenko Nataliya Lavrinenko Yelena Mikulich Aleksandra Pankina Yaroslava Pavlovich Valentina SkrabatunNataliya StasyukNataliya Volchek Marina Znak Rowing Women's Eight Valery Tsilent Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg Ellina Zvereva Athletics Women's discus throw Yanina Korolchik Athletics Women's shot put Ekaterina Karsten Rowing Women's single sculls Yulia Raskina Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Individual all-around Tatyana Ananko Tatyana Belan Anna Glazkova Irina Ilyenkova Maria Lazuk Olga Puzhevich Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Group all-around Igor Basinsky Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Igor Astapkovich Athletics Men's hammer throw Iryna Yatchenko Athletics Women's discus throw Natallia Sazanovich Athletics Women's heptathlon Anatoly Laryukov Judo Men's 73 kg Pavel Dovgal Modern pentathlon Men's individual Igor Basinsky Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol Sergei Martynov Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone Lalita Yauhleuskaya Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol Gennady Oleshchuk Weightlifting Men's 62 kg Sergey Lavrenov Weightlifting Men's 69 kg Dmitry Debelka Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg Yulia Nestsiarenka Athletics Women's 100 metres Ihar Makarau Judo Men's 100 kg Magomed Aripgadjiev Boxing Light heavyweight Viktar Zuyev Boxing Heavyweight Ekaterina Karsten Rowing Women's single sculls Andrei Rybakou Weightlifting Men's 85 kg Hanna Batsiushka Weightlifting Women's 63 kg Vadzim MakhneuRaman Piatrushenka Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres Natallia Tsylinskaya Cycling Women's track time trial Yuliya BichykNatallia Helakh Rowing Women's coxless pair Sergei Martynov Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone Tatsiana Stukalava Weightlifting Women's 63 kg Viachaslau Makaranka Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Andrei BahdanovichAliaksandr Bahdanovich Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Raman PiatrushenkaAliaksei AbalmasauArtur LitvinchukVadzim Makhneu Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 m Andrei Aramnau Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Vadim Devyatovskiy Athletics Men's hammer throw Andrei Krauchanka Athletics Men's decathlon Inna Zhukova Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Individual all-around Murad Gaidarov Wrestling Men's 74 kg Ivan Tsikhan Athletics Men's hammer throw Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka Canoeing Men's K-2 500 m Olesya Babushkina Anastasia Ivankova Zinaida Lunina Glafira Martinovich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Group all-around Ekaterina Karsten Rowing Women's single sculls Yuliya BichykNatallia Helakh Rowing Women's coxless pair Mikhail Siamionau Wrestling Men's 66 kg Anastasiya Samusevich Modern pentathlon Women's Sergei Martynov Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone Victoria AzarenkaMax Mirnyi Tennis Mixed doubles Andrei BahdanovichAliaksandr Bahdanovich Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Raman PiatrushenkaVadzim Makhneu Canoeing Men's K-2 200 m Maryna Hancharova Anastasia Ivankova Nataliya Leshchyk Aliaksandra Narkevich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Group all-around Aliaksandra Herasimenia Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle Aliaksandra Herasimenia Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Volha KhudzenkaIryna PamialovaNadzeya PapokMaryna Pautaran Canoeing Women's K-4 500 m Liubov Charkashyna Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Individual all-around Victoria Azarenka Tennis Women's singles Uladzislau Hancharou Gymnastics Men's trampoline Darya Naumava Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Vadzim Straltsou Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Maryia Mamashuk Wrestling Women's 63 kg Ivan Tsikhan Athletics Men's hammer throw Aliaksandra Herasimenia Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle Javid Hamzatau Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg Ibrahim Saidau Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg Marharyta MakhnevaNadzeya LiapeshkaVolha KhudzenkaMaryna Litvinchuk Canoeing Women's K-4 500 m Ivan Litvinovich Gymnastics Men's trampoline Iryna Kurachkina Wrestling Women's freestyle 57 kg Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Volha KhudzenkaMaryna LitvinchukMarharyta MakhnevaNadzeya Papok Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres Maksim Nedasekau Athletics Men's high jump Vanesa Kaladzinskaya Wrestling Women's freestyle 53 kg Alina Harnasko Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around

Winter Olympics Medal Name Games Sport Event Svetlana Paramygina Biathlon Women's sprint Igor Zhelezovski Speed skating Men's 1000 m Alexei Aidarov Biathlon Men's individual Dmitri Dashinski Freestyle skiing Men's aerials Aleksei Grishin Freestyle skiing Men's aerials Dmitri Dashinski Freestyle skiing Men's aerials Aleksei Grishin Freestyle skiing Men's aerials Sergey Novikov Biathlon Men's individual Darya Domracheva Biathlon Women's individual Darya Domracheva Biathlon Women's individual Darya Domracheva Biathlon Women's mass start Darya Domracheva Biathlon Women's pursuit Anton Kushnir Freestyle skiing Men's aerials Alla Tsuper Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Nadezhda Skardino Biathlon Women's individual Hanna Huskova Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Darya Domracheva Biathlon Women's mass start BiathlonWomen's relay Anton Smolski Biathlon Men's individual Hanna Huskova Freestyle skiing Women's aerials

Soviet Union

Athletes from the Soviet Union began participating in the Olympic Games in 1952, winning 194 total medals in the Winter GamesCBS Sports Winter Olympics History - URS Medal Totals . Published 1998. Retrieved July 13, 2007. and 1010 at the Summer Games for a total of 1204 medals. Of those medals, 473 were gold, 376 were silver and 355 were bronze.USSR Olympic History and Medal Count. Retrieved July 13, 2007. The Belarusian collection of medals began with Mikhail Krivonosov winning silver in the hammer throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The Soviet Republic's first gold medal was won by Leonid Geishtor and Sergei Makarenko in the 1000 metre pairs canoe event during the 1960 Summer Games in Rome, Italy.National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus . Retrieved 20 January 2007. The Soviet Union first competed in the Winter Olympics in 1956, located in Cortina. In 1988, the Soviet Union competed for the last time as a unified country.NOC RB. Belarusian athletes at Olympic Games . Published 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2008.

Unified Team Gymnast Vitaly Shcherbo won six gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Summer Olympic Games

1996 Atlanta

In Belarus's first independent appearance at the Summer Olympics, the delegation took home fifteen medals: one gold, six silver and eight bronze. The first Belarusian gold medal was won by Ekaterina Karsten in the women's single sculls rowing event. The silver medals were won in athletics, shooting, and wrestling (both freestyle and Greco-Roman). The bronze medals were won in artistic gymnastics, athletics, rowing and Greco-Roman wrestling.Official 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Results. Retrieved July 14, 2007. The country sent 159 athletes to compete in 21 disciplines.

2000 Sydney

The Belarusian government, using public funds and sponsorships, spent five million USD to prepare the athletes for the 2000 Olympics. Minister of Sports and Tourism Yevgeny Vorsin predicted that Belarus would win four gold medals during the Games.BelaPAN, No. 61 News Article: Belarus Has Spent Over $5 Million to Prepare for Sydney, Sports Minister Says. September 14, 2000; 9:10 p.m. Retrieved July 14, 2007. Belarus finished with three gold, three silver and 11 bronze medals. Karsten successfully defended her championship in the single sculls, with the other two gold medals won by Yanina Karolchik and Ellina Zvereva in the shot put and discus throw events, respectively. The Belarusian women took silver in both individual and team rhythmic gymnastics, with a third silver medal coming in the men's 50 metre pistol event. Bronze medals were won in hammer throwing, shooting (3), Greco-Roman wrestling, pentathlon, weight lifting (2), judo, heptathlon and discus throwing.Official 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Results. Retrieved July 14, 2007. One athlete from Belarus, Vadim Devyatovsky, was banned from Olympic competition due to testing positive for the substance nandrolone.Associated Press Stripped - Drug tests cost Bulgarian his silver medal. Published November 9, 2000. Retrieved July 14, 2007.

2004 Athens