Belarus at the Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Belarus at the
Olympics

IOC code| BLR
NOC| Belarus Olympic Committee
Website| www.noc.by (in Russian and English)
Medals
Ranked 46th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total
109
Summer appearances

* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Winter appearances

* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Poland (1924–1936)
Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Unified Team (1992)
Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

Athletes from Belarus began their Olympic participation at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland, as part of the Soviet Union (IOC code: URS).[1] 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.[2] In January 2023, the International Olympic Committee announced plans to allow Belarusian athletes to participate at the 2024 Summer Olympics as neutrals.[3][4] (see also: 2024 Summer Olympics § Participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes)

## Medal tables

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See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

### Medals by Summer Games

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| Games  | Athletes  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank

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1896–1948 | did not participate
1952–1988 | as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona | as part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1996 Atlanta | 157 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 37
2000 Sydney | 139 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 23
2004 Athens | 151 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 26
2008 Beijing | 181 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23
2012 London | 165 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 124 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 40
2020 Tokyo | 101 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 45
2024 Paris | as part of the  Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)
2028 Los Angeles | future event
2032 Brisbane
Total | 13 | 30 | 42 | 85 | 51

### Medals by Winter Games

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| Games  | Athletes  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank

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1924–1948 | did not participate
1952–1988 | as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Albertville | as part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15
1998 Nagano | 59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20
2002 Salt Lake City | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23
2006 Turin | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21
2010 Vancouver | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17
2014 Sochi | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8
2018 Pyeongchang | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15
2022 Beijing | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24
2026 Milano Cortina | future event
Total | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22

### Medals by summer sport

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| Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Athletics| 3| 5| 7| 15
Gymnastics| 2| 4| 7| 13
Canoeing| 2| 3| 4| 9
Rowing| 2| 1| 4| 7
Weightlifting| 1| 4| 3| 8
Shooting| 1| 2| 4| 7
Judo| 1| 0| 1| 2
Tennis| 1| 0| 1| 2
Wrestling| 0| 7| 7| 14
Swimming| 0| 2| 1| 3
Boxing| 0| 2| 0| 2
Modern pentathlon| 0| 0| 2| 2
Cycling| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 13| 30| 42| 85

### Medals by winter sport

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| Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Biathlon| 4| 4| 3| 11
Freestyle skiing| 4| 2| 2| 8
Speed skating| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 8| 7| 5| 20

## List of medalists

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### Summer Olympics

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Medal  | Name  | Games  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Ekaterina Karsten | 1996 Atlanta |  Rowing | Women's single sculls
Silver | Vladimir Dubrovshchik | 1996 Atlanta |  Athletics | Men's discus throw
Silver | Natallia Sazanovich | 1996 Atlanta |  Athletics | Women's heptathlon
Silver | Igor Basinsky | 1996 Atlanta |  Shooting | Men's 50 metre pistol
Silver | Aleksandr Pavlov | 1996 Atlanta |  Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Silver | Sergey Lishtvan | 1996 Atlanta |  Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
Silver | Aleksey Medvedev | 1996 Atlanta |  Wrestling | Men's freestyle 130 kg
Bronze | Vasiliy Kaptyukh | 1996 Atlanta |  Athletics | Men's discus throw
Bronze | Ellina Zvereva | 1996 Atlanta |  Athletics | Women's discus throw
Bronze | Vitaly Scherbo | 1996 Atlanta |  Gymnastics (Artistic) | Individual all-around
Bronze | Vitaly Scherbo | 1996 Atlanta |  Gymnastics (Artistic) | Men's horizontal bar
Bronze | Vitaly Scherbo | 1996 Atlanta |  Gymnastics (Artistic) | Men's parallel bars
Bronze | Vitaly Scherbo | 1996 Atlanta |  Gymnastics (Artistic) | Men's vault
Bronze | Tamara Davydenko
Nataliya Lavrinenko
Yelena Mikulich
Aleksandra Pankina
Yaroslava Pavlovich
Valentina Skrabatun
Nataliya Stasyuk
Nataliya Volchek
Marina Znak | 1996 Atlanta |  Rowing | Women's Eight
Bronze | Valery Tsilent | 1996 Atlanta |  Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
Gold | Ellina Zvereva | 2000 Sydney |  Athletics | Women's discus throw
Gold | Yanina Korolchik | 2000 Sydney |  Athletics | Women's shot put
Gold | Ekaterina Karsten | 2000 Sydney |  Rowing | Women's single sculls
Silver | Yulia Raskina | 2000 Sydney |  Gymnastics (Rhythmic) | Individual all-around
Silver | Tatyana Ananko
Tatyana Belan
Anna Glazkova
Irina Ilyenkova
Maria Lazuk
Olga Puzhevich | 2000 Sydney |  Gymnastics (Rhythmic) | Group all-around
Silver | Igor Basinsky | 2000 Sydney |  Shooting | Men's 50 metre pistol
Bronze | Igor Astapkovich | 2000 Sydney |  Athletics | Men's hammer throw
Bronze | Iryna Yatchenko | 2000 Sydney |  Athletics | Women's discus throw
Bronze | Natallia Sazanovich | 2000 Sydney |  Athletics | Women's heptathlon
Bronze | Anatoly Laryukov | 2000 Sydney |  Judo | Men's 73 kg
Bronze | Pavel Dovgal | 2000 Sydney |  Modern pentathlon | Men's individual
Bronze | Igor Basinsky | 2000 Sydney |  Shooting | Men's 10 metre air pistol
Bronze | Sergei Martynov | 2000 Sydney |  Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Bronze | Lalita Yauhleuskaya | 2000 Sydney |  Shooting | Women's 25 metre pistol
Bronze | Gennady Oleshchuk | 2000 Sydney |  Weightlifting | Men's 62 kg
Bronze | Sergey Lavrenov | 2000 Sydney |  Weightlifting | Men's 69 kg
Bronze | Dmitry Debelka | 2000 Sydney |  Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Gold | Yulia Nestsiarenka | 2004 Athens |  Athletics | Women's 100 metres
Gold | Ihar Makarau | 2004 Athens |  Judo | Men's 100 kg
Silver | Magomed Aripgadjiev | 2004 Athens |  Boxing | Light heavyweight
Silver | Viktar Zuyev | 2004 Athens |  Boxing | Heavyweight
Silver | Ekaterina Karsten | 2004 Athens |  Rowing | Women's single sculls
Silver | Andrei Rybakou | 2004 Athens |  Weightlifting | Men's 85 kg
Silver | Hanna Batsiushka | 2004 Athens |  Weightlifting | Women's 63 kg
Bronze | Vadzim Makhneu
Raman Piatrushenka | 2004 Athens |  Canoeing | Men's K-2 500 metres
Bronze | Natallia Tsylinskaya | 2004 Athens |  Cycling | Women's track time trial
Bronze | Yuliya Bichyk
Natallia Helakh | 2004 Athens |  Rowing | Women's coxless pair
Bronze | Sergei Martynov | 2004 Athens |  Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Bronze | Tatsiana Stukalava | 2004 Athens |  Weightlifting | Women's 63 kg
Bronze | Viachaslau Makaranka | 2004 Athens |  Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
Gold | Andrei Bahdanovich
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | 2008 Beijing |  Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 m
Gold | Raman Piatrushenka
Aliaksei Abalmasau
Artur Litvinchuk
Vadzim Makhneu | 2008 Beijing |  Canoeing | Men's K-4 1000 m
Gold | Andrei Aramnau | 2008 Beijing |  Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg
Silver | Vadim Devyatovskiy | 2008 Beijing |  Athletics | Men's hammer throw
Silver | Andrei Krauchanka | 2008 Beijing |  Athletics | Men's decathlon
Silver | Inna Zhukova | 2008 Beijing |  Gymnastics (Rhythmic) | Individual all-around
Silver | Murad Gaidarov | 2008 Beijing |  Wrestling | Men's 74 kg
Bronze | Ivan Tsikhan | 2008 Beijing |  Athletics | Men's hammer throw
Bronze | Vadzim Makhneu
Raman Piatrushenka | 2008 Beijing |  Canoeing | Men's K-2 500 m
Bronze | Olesya Babushkina
Anastasia Ivankova
Zinaida Lunina
Glafira Martinovich
Ksenia Sankovich
Alina Tumilovich | 2008 Beijing |  Gymnastics (Rhythmic) | Group all-around
Bronze | Ekaterina Karsten | 2008 Beijing |  Rowing | Women's single sculls
Bronze | Yuliya Bichyk
Natallia Helakh | 2008 Beijing |  Rowing | Women's coxless pair
Bronze | Mikhail Siamionau | 2008 Beijing |  Wrestling | Men's 66 kg
Bronze | Anastasiya Samusevich | 2008 Beijing |  Modern pentathlon | Women's
Gold | Sergei Martynov | 2012 London |  Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle prone
Gold | Victoria Azarenka
Max Mirnyi | 2012 London |  Tennis | Mixed doubles
Silver | Andrei Bahdanovich
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | 2012 London |  Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 m
Silver | Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu | 2012 London |  Canoeing | Men's K-2 200 m
Silver | Maryna Hancharova
Anastasia Ivankova
Nataliya Leshchyk
Aliaksandra Narkevich
Ksenia Sankovich
Alina Tumilovich | 2012 London |  Gymnastics (Rhythmic) | Group all-around
Silver | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 2012 London |  Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle
Silver | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 2012 London |  Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle
Bronze | Volha Khudzenka
Iryna Pamialova
Nadzeya Papok
Maryna Pautaran | 2012 London |  Canoeing | Women's K-4 500 m
Bronze | Liubov Charkashyna | 2012 London |  Gymnastics (Rhythmic) | Individual all-around
Bronze | Victoria Azarenka | 2012 London |  Tennis | Women's singles
Gold | Uladzislau Hancharou | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Gymnastics | Men's trampoline
Silver | Darya Naumava | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg
Silver | Vadzim Straltsou | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Weightlifting | Men's 94 kg
Silver | Maryia Mamashuk | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Wrestling | Women's 63 kg
Silver | Ivan Tsikhan | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Athletics | Men's hammer throw
Bronze | Aliaksandra Herasimenia | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle
Bronze | Javid Hamzatau | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Bronze | Ibrahim Saidau | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg
Bronze | Marharyta Makhneva
Nadzeya Liapeshka
Volha Khudzenka
Maryna Litvinchuk | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Canoeing | Women's K-4 500 m
Gold | Ivan Litvinovich | 2020 Tokyo |  Gymnastics | Men's trampoline
Silver | Iryna Kurachkina | 2020 Tokyo |  Wrestling | Women's freestyle 57 kg
Silver | Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov | 2020 Tokyo |  Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg
Silver | Volha Khudzenka
Maryna Litvinchuk
Marharyta Makhneva
Nadzeya Papok | 2020 Tokyo |  Canoeing | Women's K-4 500 metres
Bronze | Maksim Nedasekau | 2020 Tokyo |  Athletics | Men's high jump
Bronze | Vanesa Kaladzinskaya | 2020 Tokyo |  Wrestling | Women's freestyle 53 kg
Bronze | Alina Harnasko | 2020 Tokyo |  Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic individual all-around

### Winter Olympics

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Medal  | Name  | Games  | Sport  | Event

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Silver | Svetlana Paramygina | 1994 Lillehammer |  Biathlon | Women's sprint
Silver | Igor Zhelezovski | 1994 Lillehammer |  Speed skating | Men's 1000 m
Bronze | Alexei Aidarov | 1998 Nagano |  Biathlon | Men's individual
Bronze | Dmitri Dashinski | 1998 Nagano |  Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials
Bronze | Aleksei Grishin | 2002 Salt Lake City |  Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials
Silver | Dmitri Dashinski | 2006 Turin |  Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials
Gold | Aleksei Grishin | 2010 Vancouver |  Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials
Silver | Sergey Novikov | 2010 Vancouver |  Biathlon | Men's individual
Bronze | Darya Domracheva | 2010 Vancouver |  Biathlon | Women's individual
Gold | Darya Domracheva | 2014 Sochi |  Biathlon | Women's individual
Gold | Darya Domracheva | 2014 Sochi |  Biathlon | Women's mass start
Gold | Darya Domracheva | 2014 Sochi |  Biathlon | Women's pursuit
Gold | Anton Kushnir | 2014 Sochi |  Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials
Gold | Alla Tsuper | 2014 Sochi |  Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials
Bronze | Nadezhda Skardino | 2014 Sochi |  Biathlon | Women's individual
Gold | Hanna Huskova | 2018 Pyeongchang |  Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials
Silver | Darya Domracheva | 2018 Pyeongchang |  Biathlon | Women's mass start
Gold | Nadezhda Skardino
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Darya Domracheva | 2018 Pyeongchang |  Biathlon | Women's relay
Silver | Anton Smolski | 2022 Beijing |  Biathlon | Men's individual
Silver | Hanna Huskova | 2022 Beijing |  Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials

## Soviet Union

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Main article: Soviet Union at the Olympics

Athletes from the Soviet Union began participating in the Olympic Games in 1952, winning 194 total medals in the Winter Games[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] The Soviet Union first competed in the Winter Olympics in 1956, located in Cortina.[8] In 1988, the Soviet Union competed for the last time as a unified country.[9]

## Unified Team

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Gymnast Vitaly Shcherbo won six gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[10]

## Summer Olympic Games

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### 1996 Atlanta

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Main article: Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.[11] The country sent 159 athletes to compete in 21 disciplines.[12]

### 2000 Sydney

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Main article: Belarus at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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.[13] 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.[14] One athlete from Belarus, Vadim Devyatovsky, was banned from Olympic competition due to testing positive for the substance nandrolone.[15]

### 2004 Athens

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Main article: Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Belarus used leftover funds from the Sydney Games to prepare athletes to compete in the 2004 Olympics.[13] Belarus sent to Athens 153 athletes competing in 21 disciplines.[16] Those athletes won 15 medals: two golds, six silvers, and nine bronzes. The gold medals were won in the 100 meter dash and in judo. The silver medals were won in weightlifting (2), boxing (2), rowing and the hammer throw. The bronzes were won in shooting, the discus throw, weightlifting, cycling, rowing (2), wrestling (Greco-Roman) and canoeing/kayaking (2).[17] Ivan Tsikhan originally won the bronze in the hammer throw, but his medal was upgraded to silver after Adrian Annus of Hungary was stripped of his gold medal due to doping.[18] Yulia Nestsiarenka, who was not expected to do well in the 100 meter dash, took home the gold in the event. She was clocked at 10.93 seconds, beating the second place American by 0.03 seconds.[19] Wrestler Alexander Medved was tasked to carry the national flag during the opening ceremony.[20]

### 2008 Beijing

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Main article: Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics

One hundred and eighty-one athletes from Belarus competed in 28 events at the Beijing Olympics.[21] Before the Olympics started, the National Olympic Committee of Belarus announced that medal winners would be awarded cash prizes, valued in United States dollars, from the Committee and their sponsors. Another sponsor, Belatmit,[22] offered gold medal winners free sausage for life. The women's basketball team would be given free sausage regardless of what medal they won.[22] The team captain was Ivan Tsikhan[23] and fencer Alexander Romankov carried the national flag during the opening ceremonies.[24] Overall, Belarus took home 19 medals, with four medals being gold, placing 16th in the medal standings, 13th in the total medal count.[25] At a ceremony bestowing state decorations on the Olympic champions President Lukashenko said his country had performed better in Beijing than they did in Athens, but he still called the Games a "missed opportunity", winning fewer gold medals than he personally had expected.[26] However, on September 21, the IOC has asked Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan to provide the body information on why they tested positive for abnormal traces of testosterone after the completion of the hammerthrow final on August 17. If found guilty, the pair will be stripped of their respective medals and Devyatovskiy will face a lifetime ban for a second doping offense.[27] The IOC found them guilty on December 11 and officially stripped them of their medals.[28] 10 June 2010 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeals filed by the two Belarusian hammer throwers, Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, against the decision of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of 11 December 2008. Consequently, the silver and bronze medals won at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing are to be returned to Vadim Deviyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan respectively. In 2012 IAAF retested doping samples from the 2005 World Athletics Championships and shotputter Andrei Mikhnevich was found positive for 3 anabolic steroids: Clenbuterol, Methandienone and Oxandrolone. In August 2014 IOC disqualified his results from the 2008 Summer Olympics and allocated the bronze medal.[29]

### 2012 London

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Main article: Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Belarus won two gold medals at the 2012 games in London, the first being for Sergei Martynov in the men's 50m rifle prone shooting. Mixed doubles tennis players Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka won the other gold, with Azarenka also winning a bronze in the women's singles.

### 2016 Rio de Janeiro

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Main article: Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics

### 2020 Tokyo

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Main article: Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics

## Winter Olympic Games

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### 1994 Lillehammer

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Main article: Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics

This was the first Olympic Games in which an independent Belarus participated. Before competing as an independent state, Belarusian athletes won four medals as part of the USSR and CIS squads from Olympic Games spanning 1964 to 1992.[8] Belarus sent 33 athletes to compete in seven disciplines. Silver medals were won by Igor Zhelezovski in the 1000 m speed skating and Svetlana Paramygina in the biathlon.[30] Out of the 67 nations that competed, Belarus ranked 15th in the medal totals.[7] According to the NOC RB, competing in the Lillehammer Olympics is a historic event for Belarus and "opened a new page in the history of Belarusian sport."[8]

### 1998 Nagano

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Main article: Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Belarus sent a delegation of 59 athletes to compete in nine disciplines.[8] Belarus medaled twice, both times with bronze. The medals were earned by Dmitry Dashchinsky in aerials and Alexei Aidarov in the biathlon.[31] Belarus qualified for the second round of the hockey tournament, but lost its group matches and was eliminated by Russia in the quarterfinals, finishing seventh overall.[32] In a speech by President Alexander Lukashenko in 2002, he reflected on the achievements of athletes in the Nagano Games. While watching the events, he stated that the Belarusian athletes competed with dignity and brought glory to Belarus.[33]

### 2002 Salt Lake City

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Main article: Belarus at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Belarus competed in nine disciplines, just like at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Belarus's single medal was a bronze won by Aleksei Grishin.[34] The men's ice hockey team drew international attention for its upset of top-seeded Sweden and subsequent 4th-place finish.[35] However, hockey team member Vasily Pankov, along with Belarusian team doctor Evgeni Lositski, were removed from the Olympic Games due to positive doping results. Lositski was barred from coming to the 2004 and 2006 Olympic Games for giving Pankov medication that included nandrolone.[36] Another Belarusian athlete was given a "strong warning" by the IOC for missing a doping test and admonished the NOC RB for helping her miss the test.[37]

### 2006 Turin

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Main article: Belarus at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Sending 33 athletes, Belarus competed in eight disciplines.[38] Dmitry Dashchinsky took home the only medal, a silver in the aerials. Dashchinsky had earned a bronze medal at the 1998 Nagano Games.[7] The result was upsetting to Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus and head of the National Olympic Committee. He told members of the NOC RB that the coaches were to blame for the poor showing and that Belarus needed victories so they could feel pride as a nation. He also told the assembled members that if there are any more poor showings, he will fire the members.[39]

### 2010 Vancouver

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Main article: Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Belarus won three medals. Alexei Grishin took the nation's first-ever gold in freestyle skiing – men's aerials. Sergey Novikov took silver in the men's 20-kilometers individual biathlon, while Darya Domracheva took bronze in the women's 15-kilometer individual biathlon.[40] The men's hockey team was eliminated in the first round of playoffs.

### 2014 Sochi

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Main article: Belarus at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Belarus ranked 8th, its highest at any Olympic Games, after winning five golds and a bronze. Biathlete Darya Domracheva won three golds, in the women's pursuit, individual and mass start events. Nadzeya Skardzina won the bronze in the individual. In freestyle skiing, Alla Tsuper and Anton Kushnir won golds in the respective women's and men's aerial events.

### 2018 Pyeongchang

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Main article: Belarus at the 2018 Winter Olympics

### 2022 Beijing

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Main article: Belarus at the 2022 Winter Olympics

## Flag bearers

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Games  | Name

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1994 Lillehammer | Igor Zhelezovsky
1996 Atlanta | Igor Astapkovich
1998 Nagano | Alexandr Popov
2000 Sydney | Sergey Lishtvan
2002 Salt Lake City | Oleg Ryzhenkov
2004 Athens | Aleksandr Medved
2006 Turin | Alexandr Popov
2008 Beijing | Alexander Romankov
2010 Vancouver | Oleg Antonenko
2012 London | Max Mirnyi
2014 Sochi | Aleksei Grishin
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Vasil Kiryienka
2018 Pyeongchang | Alla Tsuper
2020 Tokyo | Hanna Marusava & Mikita Tsmyh

## National Olympic Committee

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Main article: Belarus Olympic Committee

In 1991, an order was issued to create the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь), and it was not until 1993 before the NOC RB (НОК РБ) became a full member of the International Olympic Committee.[41] Also in 1993, Vladimir Ryzhenkov, who was at the time the Belarus Minister for Sport and Tourism, was elected to the post of President of the NOC RB. In May 1997, a year after the death of Ryzhenkov, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was elected to the post, which he still holds today. Lukashenko is the first known example of a head of state to also lead a National Olympic Committee at the same time.[7] Funding for the NOC RB comes from marketing of goods with the Olympic logo, donations from the private sector, sponsorships and from the national government.[13][42] As head of state, President Lukashenko issued decrees awarding prizes to those who bring home medals, use state funds to prepare for athletes and pay the coaches of the athletes. In 2004, President Lukashenko issued a decree awarding those who win medals in the 2004 and 2006 Olympic Games the following tax-free monetary awards (in United States dollars): $60,000 for gold, $30,000 for silver and $20,000 for bronze.[43] For the 2008 and 2010 games, the following tax-free prizes will be awarded to medal winners and their coaches (in United States dollars): $100,000 for gold, $50,000 for silver and $30,000 for bronze.[44]

## See also

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* Olympics portal
* Belarus portal

* List of flag bearers for Belarus at the Olympics
* Belarus at the Paralympics

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