Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BLR
NOC	Belarus Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.by (Russian) (English)
in London
Competitors	166 in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Max Mirnyi[1] (opening) Raman Piatrushenka (closing)
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 5 3 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Poland (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Belarus competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The Belarus Olympic Committee sent a total of 166 athletes to the Games, 90 men and 76 women, to compete in 20 sports.

Belarus left London with a total of 10 medals (2 gold, 5 silver, and 3 bronze), their lowest in Summer Olympic history. Most of these medals were awarded to athletes in sprint canoeing. Sergei Martynov, who won gold for the first time, became the most successful Belarusian shooter in history, with a total of three Olympic medals. Three Belarusian athletes set the nation's historical record to win Olympic medals for the first time in their sporting events, including swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia, who took two silver in women's freestyle events. Tennis players and Grand Slam titleholders Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka, who also won the bronze in women's singles, became Belarus's first ever Olympic champions in the mixed doubles event, after beating Great Britain's Andy Murray and Laura Robson.^[2] For the first time in its history, Belarus, however, did not win an Olympic medal in athletics and wrestling.

Originally, Belarus had won three gold medals in the nation's total medal count. On 13 August 2012, the International Olympic Committee stripped shot putter Nadzeya Astapchuk of her gold medal after testing positive for the anabolic steroid metenolone, and the gold medal was subsequently awarded to silver medalist Valerie Adams from New Zealand.^[3]

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Canoeing	0	2	1	3
Gymnastics	0	1	1	2
Swimming	0	2	0	2
Tennis	1	0	1	2
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Total	2	5	3	10

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sergei Martynov	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone	3 August
Gold	Max Mirnyi Victoria Azarenka	Tennis	Mixed doubles	5 August
Silver	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	2 August
Silver	Aliaksandra Herasimenia	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle	4 August
Silver	Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m	9 August
Silver	Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu	Canoeing	Men's K-2 200 m	11 August
Silver	Maryna Hancharova Anastasia Ivankova Nataliya Leshchyk Aliaksandra Narkevich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic group all-around	12 August
Bronze	Victoria Azarenka	Tennis	Women's singles	4 August
Bronze	Volha Khudzenka Iryna Pamialova Nadzeya Papok Maryna Pautaran	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m	8 August
Bronze	Liubov Charkashyna	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual all-around	11 August

Delegation

Belarus Olympic Committee selected a team of 166 athletes, 90 men and 76 women, to compete in 20 sports, surpassing the record by just a single athlete short in Atlanta. Men's football was the only team-based sport in which Belarus had its representation in these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in archery, and in badminton. Athletics was the largest team by sport, with a total of 49 competitors.

The Belarusian team featured five Olympic champions from Beijing (hammer throwers Aksana Miankova, sprint canoeing brothers Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, and sprint kayakers Raman Piatrushenka, and Vadzim Makhneu). Shooters Sergei Martynov and Kanstantsin Lukashyk, and single sculls rower Ekaterina Karsten, competed at their sixth Olympic games, although they first appeared as part of either the Soviet Union (Martynov in 1988) or the Unified Team (Karsten and Lukashyk in 1992). Table tennis player Vladimir Samsonov became the fourth Belarusian athlete to compete at fifth Olympics. Meanwhile, trap shooter Andrei Kavalenka, at age 57, was the oldest athlete of the team, while rhythmic gymnast Nataliya Leshchyk was the youngest at age 17.

Professional tennis player Max Mirnyi, who won nine Grand Slam titles (including two from the U.S. Open) in his career, and competed at his fourth Olympics, became Belarus' flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Karsten, who won a total of five Olympic medals, served as the nation's team captain.^[1]

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: Sport Men Women Total Archery 0 1 1 Athletics 14 35 49 Badminton 0 1 1 Boxing 3 0 3 Canoeing 7 5 12 Cycling 3 6 9 Diving 2 0 2 Equestrian 1 1 2 Fencing 3 0 3 Football 18 0 18 Gymnastics 2 9 11 Judo 2 0 2 Modern pentathlon 2 2 4 Rowing 4 1 5 Sailing 1 1 2 Shooting 8 1 9 Swimming 4 4 8 Table tennis 1 2 3 Tennis 2 1 3 Weightlifting 4 4 8 Wrestling 9 2 11 Total 90 76 166

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Katsiaryna Muliuk-Timofeyeva	Women's individual	644	33	Sichenikova (UKR) (32) W 6–4	Ki B-B (KOR) (1) L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Belarus sent a total of 49 track and field athletes to the London games, after having achieved the required qualifying standards in their respective events (up to a maximum of three athletes in each event at the "A" standard, and one at the "B" standard).^[4][5] Hammer thrower and two-time Olympic medalist Ivan Tsikhan, was initially selected to the team, but IAAF decided to withdrew him from the competition, as a re-test of his sample from Athens was positive.^[6] On August 13, International Olympic Committee decided the shot putter Nadzeya Astapchuk, the nation's only track and field medalist, to strip off her gold medal at the London games after she was tested positive for the anabolic steroid metenolone.^[3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Stsiapan Rahautsou in men's marathon

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anis Ananenka	800 m	1:49.61	7	Did not advance
Maksim Lynsha	110 m hurdles	13.47	3 Q	13.45	7	Did not advance
Stsiapan Rahautsou	Marathon	N/A				2:23:23	64
Dzianis Simanovich	20 km walk	N/A				1:20:42	12
Ivan Trotski	20 km walk	N/A				1:21:23	16
	50 km walk	N/A				3:46:09	14

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Andrei Churyla	High jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Uladzimir Kazlou	Javelin throw	80.06	15	Did not advance
Pavel Kryvitski	Hammer throw	71.49	28	Did not advance
Pavel Lyzhyn	Shot put	20.57	6 q	20.69	8
Andrei Mikhnevich		19.89	17	Did not advance
Dzmitry Platnitski	Triple jump	16.62	12 q	16.19	12
Valery Sviatokha	Hammer throw	74.69	12 q	73.13	11
Stanislau Tsivonchyk	Pole vault	5.20	23	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Eduard Mikhan	Result	10.74	6.94	14.75	1.93	48.42	14.15	44.42	4.40	55.69	4:38.06	7928	17
	Points	919	799	774	740	889	955	755	731	673	693

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maryna Arzamasava	800 m	2:08.45	4	N/A		Did not advance
Yuliya Balykina	100 m	Bye		11.70	7	Did not advance
Hanna Drabenia	20 km walk	N/A						1:31:58	25
Volha Dubouskaya	Marathon	N/A						2:39:12	78
Natallia Kareiva	1500 m	4:06.87	3 Q	N/A		4:02.37	6 q	4:11.58	7
Sviatlana Kouhan	Marathon	N/A						2:30:26	34
Sviatlana Kudzelich	3000 m steeplechase	9:54.77	14	N/A				Did not advance
Katsiaryna Paplauskaya	100 m hurdles	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance
Nastassia Staravoitava	Marathon	N/A						2:30:25	33
Alina Talai	100 m hurdles	12.71	1 Q	N/A		12.84	4	Did not advance
Sviatlana Usovich	400 m	52.40	5	N/A		Did not advance
Nastassia Yatsevich	20 km walk	N/A						1:35:41	48
Volha Astashka Yuliya Balykina Katsiaryna Hanchar Hanna Liapeshka Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Katsiaryna Shumak Alina Talai	4 × 100 m relay	43.90	7	N/A				Did not advance
Iryna Khliustava Alena Kiyevich Hanna Tashpulatava Ilona Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Yulyana Yushchanka	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.52	5	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nadzeya Astapchuk	Shot put	20.76	1 Q	21.36	DSQ*
Yanina Karolchyk-Pravalinskaya		17.87	18	Did not advance
Alena Matoshka	Hammer throw	67.03	30	Did not advance
Aksana Miankova		73.10	8 Q	74.40	7
Natallia Mikhnevich	Shot put	18.60	10 q	18.42	11
Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova	Long jump	6.66	6 q	6.72	7
Maryna Novik	Javelin throw	54.31	33	Did not advance
Kseniya Pryiemka-Dziatsuk	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Veronika Shutkova	Long jump	6.40	12 q	6.54	10
Anastasiya Shvedova	Pole vault	4.40	17	Did not advance
Sviatlana Siarova	Discus throw	56.70	33	Did not advance
Volha Sudarava	Long jump	6.38	14	Did not advance

* Initially awarded gold in the shot put, Astapchuk was disqualified, and stripped of her medal, following positive drugs tests during the Games.

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Yana Maksimava	Result	13.97	1.89	14.09	25.43	5.99	42.33	2:13.37	6198	17
	Points	983	1093	800	848	846	712	916

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alesia Zaitsava	Women's singles	Nedelcheva (BUL) L 7–21, 19–21	Firdasari (INA) L 10–21, 21–16, 14–21	3	Did not advance

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vazgen Safaryants	Lightweight	Bye	Han S-C (KOR) L 13–13^+	Did not advance
Mikhail Dauhaliavets	Light heavyweight	Hvodzyk (UKR) L 10–18	Did not advance
Siarhei Karneyeu	Heavyweight	N/A	Castillo (ECU) W 21–12	Mammadov (AZE) L 19–19^+	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Belarus has so far qualified boats for the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dzianis Harazha	C-1 200 m	41.290	2 Q	41.427	2 FA	43.545	5
Aleh Yurenia	K-1 1000 m	3:36.012	3 Q	3:29.825	2 FA	3:32.396	6
Aliaksandr Zhukovski	C-1 1000 m	4:06.190	3 Q	3:54.002	4 FA	3:51.166	7
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich Andrei Bahdanovich	C-2 1000 m	3:42.599	3 Q	3:36.540	2 FA	3:35.206
Vadzim Makhneu Raman Piatrushenka	K-2 200 m	33.129	1 Q	32.641	1 FA	34.266

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marharyta Tsishkevich	K-1 200 m	43.841	5 Q	43.033	8	Did not advance
	K-1 500 m	2:01.216	6 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran	K-2 500 m	1:44.568	4 Q	1:43.152	5 FB	1:44.407	9
Volha Khudzenka Iryna Pamialova Nadzeya Papok Maryna Pautaran	K-4 500 m	1:33.676	3 Q	1:30.883	2 FA	1:31.400

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yauheni Hutarovich	Men's road race	5:46:37	53
Vasil Kiryienka	Men's road race	Did not finish
	Men's time trial	54:30.29	12
Branislau Samoilau	Men's road race	Did not finish
Alena Amialiusik	Women's road race	3:35:36	15

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Olga Panarina	Women's sprint	11.080 64.981	5	Lee H-j (KOR) W 11.608 62.026	Bye	Krupeckaitė (LTU) L	Sullivan (CAN)  Hansen (NZL) W 11.443 62.920	Pendleton (GBR) L	Did not advance	5th place final  Krupeckaitė (LTU)  Guerra (CUB)  Shulika (UKR) L	8

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Alena Dylko Aksana Papko Tatsiana Sharakova	Women's team pursuit	3:22.850	8 Q	New Zealand (NZL) 3:21.942	8	Germany (GER) 3:20.245	7

* Maryia Lohvinava was reserve for the women's team pursuit but did not compete.

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Olga Panarina	Women's keirin	6 R	5	Did not advance	15

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Tatsiana Sharakova	Women's omnium	14.701	12	28	2	15	3:38.301	5	12	36.748	13	59	9

Diving

Belarus has qualified in the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Timofei Hordeichik	10 m platform	350.05	31	Did not advance
Vadim Kaptur		420.60	21	Did not advance

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Aliaksandr Faminou	Pasians	Individual	63.78	68	52.80	116.50	57	34.00	150.50	52	Did not advance			150.50	52
Alena Tseliapushkina	Passat		69.10	70	Eliminated			Did not advance

Fencing

Belarus has qualified 3 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aliaksandr Buikevich	Individual sabre	Bye	Apithy (FRA) W 15–11	Dumitrescu (ROU) L 6–15	Did not advance
Dmitri Lapkes		Bye	Beaudry (CAN) W 15–10	Morehouse (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Valery Pryiemka		Honeybone (GBR) W 9–15	Montano (ITA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Aliaksei Likhacheuski Valery Pryiemka	Team sabre	N/A			Italy (ITA) L 44–45	Classification semi-final  Germany (GER) L 40–45	7th place final  United States (USA) W 45–35	7

Football

Belarus men's football team qualified for the event after win a play-off of the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^[7]

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Belarus squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Coach: Georgi Kondratiev

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2012 club
1	GK	Hutar, AlyaksandrAlyaksandr Hutar	18 April 1989 (aged 23)			BATE Borisov
2	MF	Drahun, StanislawStanislaw Drahun* (c)	4 June 1988 (aged 24)			Dinamo Minsk
3	DF	Kuzmyanok, IharIhar Kuzmyanok	6 July 1990 (aged 22)			Gomel
4	DF	Palitsevich, SyarheySyarhey Palitsevich	9 April 1990 (aged 22)			Dinamo Minsk
5	MF	Baha, DzmitryDzmitry Baha	4 January 1990 (aged 22)			BATE Borisov
6	DF	Hawrylovich, AlyakseyAlyaksey Hawrylovich	5 January 1990 (aged 22)			Naftan Novopolotsk
7	DF	Vitus, MaksimMaksim Vitus	February 11, 1989 (aged 23)			Neman Grodno
8	FW	Kornilenko, SergeiSergei Kornilenko*	14 June 1983 (aged 29)			Krylia Sovetov
9	FW	Khvashchynski, UladzimirUladzimir Khvashchynski	10 May 1990 (aged 22)			Brest
10	MF	Bressan, RenanRenan Bressan*	3 November 1988 (aged 23)			BATE Borisov
11	FW	Varankow, AndreyAndrey Varankow	8 February 1989 (aged 23)			Neman Grodno
12	DF	Kazlow, AlyakseyAlyaksey Kazlow	11 July 1989 (aged 23)			Torpedo Zhodino
13	MF	Aleksiyevich, IllyaIllya Aleksiyevich	10 February 1991 (aged 21)			BATE Borisov
14	FW	Zubovich, YahorYahor Zubovich	1 June 1989 (aged 23)			Naftan Novopolotsk
15	MF	Salavey, ArtsyomArtsyom Salavey	1 November 1990 (aged 21)			Torpedo Zhodino
16	MF	Gordeichuk, MikhailMikhail Gordeichuk	23 October 1989 (aged 22)			Belshina Bobruisk
17	DF	Palyakow, DzyanisDzyanis Palyakow	17 April 1991 (aged 21)			BATE Borisov
18	GK	Shcharbakow, AndreyAndrey Shcharbakow	31 January 1991 (aged 21)			BATE Borisov
19	FW	Skavysh, MaksimMaksim Skavysh[9]	13 November 1989 (aged 22)			Belshina Bobruisk

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
Egypt	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Belarus	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Belarus  v  New Zealand

26 July 2012 19:45

Belarus	1–0	New Zealand
Baha  45+1'	Report

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry Attendance: 14,457[10] Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Brazil  v  Belarus

29 July 2012 15:00

Brazil	3–1	Belarus
Pato  15' Neymar  65' Oscar  90+3'	Report	Bressan  8'

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 66,212[11] Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Egypt  v  Belarus

1 August 2012 14:30

Egypt	3–1	Belarus
Salah  56' Mohsen  73' Aboutrika  79'	Report	Varankow  87'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 8,732[12] Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Dzmitry Kaspiarovich	Vault	N/A			16.333	N/A		16.333	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Nastassia Marachkouskaya	Vault	N/A	13.800	N/A		13.800	10	Did not advance
	Balance beam	N/A			13.558	13.800	35	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Belarus takes the silver medal in team-all around rhythmic gymnastics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Liubov Charkashyna	Individual	28.050	28.400	27.450	26.550	110.450	5 Q	28.100	28.000	27.525	28.075	111.700
Melitina Staniouta		27.500	26.700	27.600	26.875	108.675	12	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Maryna Hancharova Anastasia Ivankova Nataliya Leshchyk Aliaksandra Narkevich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich	Team	27.900	26.850	54.750	3 Q	27.825	27.675	55.500

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Viachaslau Modzel	Men's	103.880	12	Did not advance
Tatsiana Piatrenia	Women's	104.755	3	55.670	5

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yauhen Biadulin	Men's −100 kg	Schmidt (ARG) W 1001–0000	Khaibulaev (RUS) L 0003–0111	Did not advance
Ihar Makarau	Men's +100 kg	El Shehaby (EGY) W 0021–0002	Kamikawa (JPN) W 0011–0001	Kim S-M (KOR) L 0002–0011	Did not advance	Brayson (CUB) W 1001–0000	Tölzer (GER) L 0001–1000	5

Modern pentathlon

Belarus has qualified four athletes in modern pentathlon.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Dzmitry Meliakh	Men's	17–18	=13	808	2:03.67	13	1316	172	31	1028	11:33.18	33	2228	5380	30
Stanislau Zhurauliou		20–15	=6	880	2:06.80	21	1280	80	19	1120	10:58.10	20	2368	5648	16
Anastasiya Prokopenko	Women's	15–20	=25	760	2:28.50	33	1020	60	12	1140	11:06.00 OR	1	2336	5256	6
Hanna Vasilionak		16–19	=22	784	2:32.87	36	968	184	31	1016	12:49.61	29	1924	4692	32

Rowing

Belarus has qualified 2 boats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aliaksandr Kazubouski Vadzim Lialin Dzainis Mihal Stanislau Shcharbachenia	Four	5:53.26	3 SA/B	Bye		6:05.26	5 FB	6:09.31	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch	Single sculls	7:30.31	1 QF	Bye		7:42.00	2 SA/B	7:44.94	3 FA	8:02.86	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Belarus has so far qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Mikalai Zhukavets	RS:X	26	22	23	14	26	16	27	21	DNF	28	EL	167	27

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Tatiana Drozdovskaya	Laser Radial	10	7	23	16	16	13	19	16	DSQ	18	EL	138	15

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Belarus has ensured seven quota places in the shooting events at the Games.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vitali Bubnovich	50 m rifle 3 positions	1164	17	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	595	11	Did not advance
Illia Charheika	10 m air rifle	597	5 Q	698.6	7
Yury Dauhapolau	10 m air pistol	571	30	Did not advance
Andrei Kavalenka	Trap	101	34	Did not advance
Andrei Kazak	50 m pistol	547	31	Did not advance
Kanstantsin Lukashyk	50 m pistol	547	30	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	582	11	Did not advance
Sergei Martynov	50 m rifle prone	600	1 Q	705.5
Yury Shcherbatsevich	50 m rifle 3 positions	1171	4 Q	1267.3	8
	50 m rifle prone	591	30	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Viktoria Chaika	25 m pistol	578	25	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	385	6 Q	485.2	5

Swimming

Belarus sent a total of 8 swimmers at the London games, after having achieved qualifying standards in their respective events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[14][15] Belarus left London with a remarkable milestone in swimming, winning only two silver medals by Aliaksandra Herasimenia in the women's 50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle events, respectively.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pavel Sankovich	100 m backstroke	54.53 NR	18	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.47	33	Did not advance
Yury Suvorau	400 m individual medley	4:23.06 NR	=26	N/A		Did not advance
Yauhen Tsurkin	100 m freestyle	50.53	34	Did not advance
Uladzimir Zhyharau	1500 m freestyle	15:48.67	30	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aliaksandra Herasimenia	50 m freestyle	24.76	5 Q	24.45 NR	2 Q	24.28 NR
	100 m freestyle	53.63	4 Q	53.78	7 Q	53.38
	100 m butterfly	58.50	13 Q	58.41	13	Did not advance
Sviatlana Khakhlova	50 m freestyle	25.36	20	Did not advance
Aksana Dziamidava Aliaksandra Herasimenia Sviatlana Khakhlova Yuliya Khitraya	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:40.67	13	N/A		Did not advance

Table tennis

Belarus has qualified two athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Vladimir Samsonov has qualified for the men's event and Viktoria Pavlovich for the women's.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vladimir Samsonov	Men's singles	Bye			Henzell (AUS) W 4–3	Zhang J (CHN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Viktoria Pavlovich	Women's singles	Bye			Silbereisen (GER) W 4–2	Wang Y (SIN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Aleksandra Privalova		Bye	Xing H (CGO) W 4–2	Liu J (AUT) L 2–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Belarus has qualified three athletes for tennis events. After losing to U.S. tennis star Serena Williams in the semi-finals, Victoria Azarenka managed to win the bronze medal in the women's singles against Russia's Maria Kirilenko. The following day, Azarenka and her partner Max Mirnyi defeated Great Britain's Andy Murray, men's singles champion, and his partner Laura Robson to win the gold medal during the final match in the first ever mixed doubles event.^[17] Azarenka and Mirnyi, not only claimed the title, but also set the nation's historical milestone to their sport.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexander Bury Max Mirnyi	Men's doubles	N/A	Bhupathi / Bopanna (IND) L 7–6^(7-4), 6–7^(7-4), 8-6	Did not advance
Victoria Azarenka	Women's singles	Begu (ROU) W 6–1, 3–6, 6–1	Martínez (ESP) W 6–1, 6–2	Petrova (RUS) W 7–6^(8–6), 6–4	Kerber (GER) W 6–4, 7–5	S. Williams (USA) L 1–6, 2–6	Kirilenko (RUS) W 6–4, 6–3
Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi	Mixed doubles	N/A		Kerber / Petzschner (GER) W 6–2, 6–2	Paes / Mirza (IND) W 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)	Raymond / M. Bryan (USA) W 3–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Robson / Murray (GBR) W 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]

Weightlifting

Belarus has qualified 4 men and 4 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrei Rybakou	−85 kg	175	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Mikalai Novikau		167	6	196	9	363	8
Aliaksandr Makaranka	−94 kg	175	=7	209	11	384	10
Yauheni Zharnasek	+105 kg	196	7	230	9	426	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nastassia Novikava	−58 kg	103	=4	127	7	230	7
Dzina Sazanavets	−69 kg	115	=1	141	4	256	4
Maryna Shkermankova		113	=4	143	=2	256	DSQ
Iryna Kulesha	−75 kg	121	3	148	3	269	DSQ

Wrestling

Belarus has qualified eleven quotas.

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ali Shabanau	−66 kg	Bye	Frayer (USA) W 3–0 ^PO	Hasanov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				10
Soslan Gattsiev	−84 kg	Bye	Louafi (ALG) W 3–1 ^PP	Zvirbulis (LAT) W 3–1 ^PP	Espinal (PUR) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Marsagishvili (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Ruslan Sheikhau	−96 kg	Bye	Gazyumov (AZE) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					17
Alexei Shemarov	−120 kg	Bye	Ligeti (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Dlagnev (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elbek Tazhyieu	−55 kg	Bye	Hasegawa (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					16
Aliaksandr Kikiniou	−74 kg	Bye	Dilmukhamedov (KAZ) W 3–0 ^PO	Julfalakyan (ARM) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Kobonov (KGZ) W 3–0 ^PO	Ahmadov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Alim Selimau	−84 kg	Bye	Khugayev (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Bye	Gadzhiyev (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	12
Tsimafei Dzeinichenka	−96 kg	Abdelfatah (EGY) W 3–1 ^PP	Arusaar (EST) W 3–1 ^PP	Guri (BUL) W 3–0 ^PO	Totrov (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Lidberg (SWE) L 1–3 ^PO	5
Ioseb Chugoshvili	−120 kg	Bye	Nabi (EST) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Banak (POL) W 3–0 ^PO	Eurén (SWE) L 1–3 ^PP	5

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vanesa Kaladzinskaya	−48 kg	Bye	Eshimova (KAZ) W 5–0 ^VT	Huynh (CAN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				8
Vasilisa Marzaliuk	−72 kg	Zlateva (BUL) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance			Fransson (SWE) W 3–1 ^PP	Ali (CMR) W 3–0 ^PO	Unda (ESP) L 0–3 ^PO	5

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