Belarus competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Gymnastics Men's trampoline Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Wrestling Women's 63 kg Athletics Men's hammer throw Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg Canoeing Women's K-4 500 m
| width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalGymnastics 1 0 01Weightlifting 0 2 02Wrestling 0 1 23Athletics 0 1 01Canoeing 0 0 11Swimming 0 0 11 Total 1 4 4 9
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 14 22 36Basketball 0 12 12Boxing 3 0 3Canoeing 0 4 4Cycling 2 2 4Diving 2 0 2Fencing 1 0 1Gymnastics 2 10 12Judo 1 1 2Modern pentathlon 0 1 1Rowing 5 5 10Sailing 1 1 2Shooting 3 1 4Swimming 4 2 6Synchronized swimming — 2 2Table tennis 1 2 3Taekwondo 1 0 1Tennis 2 0 2Weightlifting 5 3 8Wrestling 6 2 8 Total 54 70 124
Archery
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.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAnton PrylepauMen's individual64352L 5 (27)–5 (29)Did not advance
Athletics
Belarusian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
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.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventFinalResultRankAliaksandr Liakhovich20 km walk1:25:0443Uladzislau PramauMarathon2:22:4883Stsiapan Rahautsou2:20:3469Dzianis Simanovich20 km walkIvan Trotski50 km walk
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMaryna Arzamasava800 m1:58.442 Q1:58.874 q1:59.107Katsiaryna Belanovich400 m hurdles56.556Did not advanceMaryna DamantsevichMarathoncolspan=4 2:37:3445Nastassia Ivanovacolspan=4 Yuliya Karol800 m2:01.095Did not advanceSviatlana Kudzelich3000 m steeplechase9:32.9310colspan=2 Did not advanceVolha MazuronakMarathoncolspan=4 2:24:485Katsiaryna Paplauskaya100 m hurdles13.457Did not advanceNastassia Puzakova3000 m steeplechase10:14.0817colspan=2 Did not advanceAlina Talai100 m hurdles12.742 Q13.668Did not advanceNastassia Yatsevich20 km walkcolspan=4 1:32:5317
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionArtsem BandarenkaTriple jump15.4337Did not advancePavel BareishaHammer throw73.3313Did not advanceKanstantsin BarycheuskiLong jump7.6723Did not advanceAndrei ChurylaHigh jump2.22=30Did not advanceSiarhei KalamoyetsHammer throw74.298 q74.229Dzmitry NabokauHigh jump2.1743Did not advanceMaksim NiastsiarenkaTriple jump16.5220Did not advanceDzmitry Platnitski16.5219Did not advanceIvan TsikhanHammer throw76.512 Q77.79
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAlena AbramchukShot put17.7811 q17.3711Aliona Dubitskaya17.7612 q18.238Tatsiana KhaladovichJavelin throw63.785 Q64.605Tatsiana Korzh56.1626Did not advanceYuliya LeantsiukShot put17.6617Did not advanceHanna MalyshchykHammer throw71.128 q71.907Alena Sobaleva67.0620Did not advanceVolha SudaravaLong jump6.2926Did not advanceIryna VaskouskayaTriple jump13.3531Did not advanceNatallia Viatkina13.2535Did not advanceIryna YakaltsevichPole vault4.1534Did not advance
Basketball
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.
Team roster
Group play
Boxing
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. Meanwhile, Pavel Kastramin and London 2012 Olympian Mikhail Dauhaliavets had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDzmitry AsanauMen's bantamweightW 2–1L 1–2Did not advancePavel KastraminMen's welterweightL 1–2Did not advanceMikhail DauhaliavetsMen's light heavyweightW 2–1L 0–3Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Belarusian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. 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.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaryna LitvinchukWomen's K-1 500 m1:53.9662 Q1:55.6411 FA1:54.4744Nadzeya LiapeshkaMaryna LitvinchukWomen's K-2 500 m1:42.2851 FAcolspan=2 1:46.9676Volha KhudzenkaNadzeya LiapeshkaMaryna LitvinchukMarharyta MakhnevaWomen's K-4 500 m1:30.3201 FAcolspan=2 1:36.908 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
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).
AthleteEventTimeRankVasil KiryienkaMen's road raceDid not finishMen's time trial1:16:05.7017Kanstantsin SivtsovMen's road race6:30:0549Men's time trial1:18:58.7525Alena AmialiusikWomen's road race3:53:3713Women's time trial46:05.7311
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 AthleteEventScratch raceIndividual pursuitElimination raceTime trialFlying lapPoints raceTotal pointsRankRankPointsTimeRankPointsRankPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankPointsPointsRankTatsiana SharakovaWomen's omnium1403:37.204102272837.00717814.56413165041649
Diving
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.
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankVadim KapturMen's 10 m platform353.8524Did not advanceYauheni Karaliou347.8026Did not advance
Fencing
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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAliaksandr BuikevichMen's sabreW 15–6L 12–15Did not advance
Gymnastics
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.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankAndrey LikhovitskiyAll-around14.20015.23313.86613.96614.90014.60086.76516 Q14.30015.03313.93314.03314.96614.36686.63118
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankKylie DicksonAll-around13.86612.83310.33310.76647.79858Did not advance
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. The rhythmic gymnastics squad was named as part of the nation's official team announcement on 25 July 2016.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankKatsiaryna HalkinaIndividual17.73317.73317.20017.46670.1329 Q17.96617.96617.65017.35070.9326Melitina Staniouta18.40017.65018.35018.17572.5754 Q18.20018.25016.63318.05071.1335
AthleteEventQualificationFinal5 ribbons3 clubs 2 hoopsTotalRank5 ribbons3 clubs 2 hoopsTotalRankHanna DudzenkovaMaria KadobinaMaryia KatsiakValeriya PischelinaArina TsitsilinaTeam17.58317.85035.4333 Q17.28318.01635.2995
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.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankUladzislau HancharouMen's111.0902 Q61.745Hanna HarchonakWomen's100.2756 Q5.7008Tatsiana Piatrenia104.5151 Q54.6505
Judo
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.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDzmitry ShershanMen's −66 kgL 000–001Did not advanceDarya SkrypnikWomen's −52 kgL 001–011Did not advance
Modern pentathlon
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.
AthleteEventFencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Combined: shooting/running(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)Total pointsFinal rankRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsAnastasiya ProkopenkoWomen's10–252341622:25.6935263111528912:12.984558127222
Rowing
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 AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStanislau ShcharbacheniaSingle sculls7:11.492 QFcolspan=2 6:55.193 SA/B7:06.692 FA6:48.785Vadzim LialinDzianis MihalIhar PashevichMikalai SharlapFour6:02.934 R6:36.502 SA/Bcolspan=2 6:22.464 FB6:00.579
Women