Belarus at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 3	Silver 3	Bronze 11	Total 17
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Other related appearances
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Contents 1 Medals 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Canoe / Kayak 2.4.1 Flatwater 2.4.1.1 Men's competition 2.4.1.2 Women's competition 2.5 Diving 2.6 Gymnastics 2.7 Modern pentathlon 2.8 Sailing 2.9 Swimming 2.10 Synchronized swimming 3 References

Medals

Medal	Competitor	Event
Gold	Yanina Korolchik	Athletics, women's shot put
Gold	Ellina Zvereva	Athletics, women's discus
Gold	Ekaterina Karsten	Rowing, women's single sculls
Silver	Yulia Raskina	Rhythmic gymnastics, women's individual competition
Silver	Tatyana Ananko, Tatyana Belan, Anna Glazkova, Irina Ilyenkova, Maria Lazuk, Olga Puzhevich	Rhythmic gymnastics, women's team competition
Silver	Igor Basinsky	Shooting, men's 50 m pistol
Bronze	Irina Yatchenko	Athletics, women's discus
Bronze	Igor Astapkovich	Athletics, men's discus
Bronze	Natalya Sazanovich	Athletics, women's heptathlon
Bronze	Anatoly Laryukov	Judo, men's half-widdleweight
Bronze	Pavel Dovgal	Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
Bronze	Igor Basinsky	Shooting, men's 10 m air pistol
Bronze	Lolita Evglevskaya	Shooting, women's 25 m pistol
Bronze	Sergei Martynov	Shooting, men's 50 m rifle (prone)
Bronze	Gennady Oleshchuk	Weightlifting, men's 62 kg
Bronze	Sergei Lavrenov	Weightlifting, men's 69 kg
Bronze	Dmitry Debelka	Wrestling, Greco-Roman men's 97-130 kg

Results by event

Archery

In its second Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women and one man. Ellina Zvereva (born November 16, 1960 in Dolgoprudny) is a Belarusian Discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at Ekaterina Karsten ( Belarusian: Кацярына Карстэн, Kaciaryna Karsten; Russian: Екатерина Карстен Yulia Raskina (Юлия Раскина (born April 9, 1982 in Minsk, Belarus) was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast who won the Iryna Vasiliyevna Yatchenko (Ірына Ятчанка Ирина Ятченко (born October 31 1965 in Gomel) is a Belarusian Ihar Astapkovich (also Igor Astapkovich Ігар Астапковіч born January 4, 1963 in Minsk) is a Hammer thrower who won two Olympic Natallia Sazanovich (Наталля Сазановіч born August 15, 1973 in Baranavičy) is a former Belarusian heptathlete Anatoly Laryukov (born October 28, 1970) is a Belarusian Judoka At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight Sergei Martynov ( new transliteration Siarhei Martynau, Łacinka Siarhiej Martynaŭ) (born May 18, 1968) is a Dmitry Debelka (born January 1, 1976) is a Belarusian wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 97-130 kg at the 2000 Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney consisted of four events They were not as successful as they had been four years earlier, but two of the archers still managed to win their first matches.

Women's individual
	Anna Karaseva			Olga Moroz
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Almudena Gallardo Spain	163-162	Lost to	Joanna Nowicka Poland	152-139
1/16 eliminations	Lost to	Mi-Jin Yun Korea	162-152	-	-	-

Men's individual:

• Nico Hendrickx – round of 32, 27th place (1-1)

Athletics

Men's 800m

• Pavel Pelepyagin
  1. Round 1 – 01:46. Almudena Gallardo Vicente (born March 26, 1979 in Madrid) is a female Spanish archer. Joanna Nowicka (née Kwaśna born July 25, 1966 in Kołobrzeg) is a Polish archer who competed in four consequentive At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested 24 for men and 22 for women 67
  2. Semifinal – 01:50. 37 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Leonid Vershinin
  1. Round 1 – 51. 84 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Andrei Mikhnevich
  1. Qualifying – 19. Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich (Андрэй Міхневіч Андрей Анатольевич Михневич born July 12, 1976 in Babrujsk 97
  2. Final – 19. 48 (9th place)

Men's Discus

• Vasiliy Kaptyukh
  1. Qualifying – 65. Vasiliy Kaptyukh (born June 27, 1967 in Molodechno) is a Belarusian Discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996 90
  2. Final – 67. 59 (4th place)

• Vladimir Dubrovshchik
  1. Qualifying – 64. Vladimir Dubrovshchik (born January 7, 1972 in Grodno) is a former Belarusian Discus thrower who won the Olympic silver medal in 03
  2. Final – 65. 13 (7th place)

• Leonid Cherevko
  1. Qualifying – 58. Leonid Cherevko (born 21 April 1974) is a Belarusian Discus thrower He won a silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing 32 (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Vladimir Sasimovich
  1. Qualifying – 78. Vladimir Sasimovich (born 14 September 1968) is a retired Javelin thrower who represented the USSR and later Belarus. 04 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Igor Astapkovich
  1. Qualifying – 79. Ihar Astapkovich (also Igor Astapkovich Ігар Астапковіч born January 4, 1963 in Minsk) is a Hammer thrower who won two Olympic 81
  2. Final – 79. 17 (Bronze medal)

• Ivan Tikhon
  1. Qualifying – 76. Ivan Tsikhan (Іван Ціхан Иван Тихон born July 24 1976 in Slonim) is a Belarusian Hammer thrower He is a three-time 90
  2. Final – 79. 17 (4th place)

Men's High Jump

• Aleksei Lelin
  1. Qualifying – 2. 15 (did not advance)

Men's 20km Walk

• Andrei Makarov
  1. Final – 1:23:33 (17th place)

• Artur Meleshkevich
  1. Final – 1:24:50 (21st place)

• Mikhail Khmelnitsky
  1. Final – 1:28:02 (34th place)

Men's 50km Walk

• Viktor Ginko
  1. Final – DQ

Women's 800m

• Natalya Dukhnova
  1. Round 1 – 02:03. Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (born 24 July 1969) is a race walker who represented the USSR and later Belarus. Viktor (or Viktar) Ginko (born 7 December 1965 in Sharkovshchina) is a Belarusian race walker. Natalya Dukhnova (Наталля Духнова born July 16, 1966 in Muynak) is a Belarusian middle distance runner who mainly competes in the 20 (did not advance)

Women's 4x400m

• Elena Bunnik, Anna Kazak, Irina Khlyustova, Natalya Sologub
  1. Round 1 – 03:26. Natallia Solohub, sometimes spelt Sologub (see Ge or He) (Натальля Салагуб born March 31, 1975) is a Belarusian 31 (did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Yanina Korolchik
  1. Qualifying – 19. 36
  2. Final – 20. 56 (Gold medal)

Women's Discus

• Irina Yatchenko
  1. Qualifying – 62. Iryna Vasiliyevna Yatchenko (Ірына Ятчанка Ирина Ятченко (born October 31 1965 in Gomel) is a Belarusian 72
  2. Final – 65. 20 (Bronze medal)

• Ellina Zvereva
  1. Qualifying – 64. Ellina Zvereva (born November 16, 1960 in Dolgoprudny) is a Belarusian Discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at 81
  2. Final – 68. 40 (Gold medal)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Svetlana Sudak
  1. Qualifying – 63. 83
  2. Final – 64. 21 (10th place)

• Lyudmila Gubkina
  1. Qualifying – 63. Lyudmila Gubkina (born 13 August 1973 in Novopolotsk) is a Belarusian Hammer thrower Her personal best is 69 29
  2. Final – 67. 08 (6th place)

• Olga Tsander
  1. Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Natalya Safronova
  1. Qualifying – 13. Volha Tsander (born 18 May 1976 in Grodno) is a Belarusian Hammer thrower Her personal best throw is 76 Natallia Safronava, née Klimovets (born 11 April 1974) is a Belarusian Triple jumper Her personal best jump is 14 91 (did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Tatiana Shevchik
  1. Qualifying – 1. Tatyana Shevchik (born 11 June 1969) is a retired Belarusian High jumper She finished tenth at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships 85 (did not advance)

Women's 20km Walk

• Natalya Misyulya
  1. Final – 1:33:08 (9th place)

• Valentina Tsybulskaya
  1. Final – 1:36:44 (28th place)

• Larisa Khmelnitskaya
  1. Final – 1:37:39 (32nd place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Natalya Sazanovich
  1. 100m Hurdles – 13. Valentina Tsybulskaya (Валянціна Цыбульская born February 9, 1968 in Rostov, Russia) is a Belarusian Natallia Sazanovich (Наталля Сазановіч born August 15, 1973 in Baranavičy) is a former Belarusian heptathlete 45
  2. High Jump – 1. 84
  3. Shot Put – 14. 79
  4. 200m – 24. 12
  5. Long Jump – 6. 50
  6. Javelin Throw – 43. 97
  7. 800m – 02:16. 41
  8. Points – 6527 (Bronze medal)

Boxing

Men's Light Welterweight (63. The Boxing Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 5 kg)

• Sergei Bukovski
  • Round 1 – Defeated Romeo Brin of PHI
  • Round 2 – Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu of Turkey
  • Quarterfinal – Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan (did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Canoe Singles 500m

• Aleksandr Maseikov
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:54. Nurhan Süleymanoğlu is a boxer from Turkey. Participating at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he was stopped in the second round of the light welterweight Muhammadqodir Abdullayev (Мухаммадкадыр Абдуллаев born November 15, 1973 in Andijon) is an Uzbekistani boxer Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the flatwater events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak 468
  2. Semifinal – 01:55. 035 (→ did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Doubles 500m

• Elena Bet, Svetlana Vakula
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:55. 757
  2. Semifinal – 01:49. 758 (→ did not advance)

Women's Kayak Fours 500m

• Alesya Bakunova, Elena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, Svetlana Vakula
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:34. 734
  2. Semifinal – Bye
  3. Final – 01:37. 748 (→ 6th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Vyacheslav Khamulkin
  1. Preliminary – 357. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight Diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized 03 (→ 23rd place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Svetlana Alekseeva
  1. Preliminary – 260. 91
  2. Semi-final – 216. 48 – 477. 39 (15th place, did not advance)

Gymnastics

Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual

• Yulia Raskina – 39. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Gymnastics disciplines were contested Artistic gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics, and Trampolining. Yulia Raskina (Юлия Раскина (born April 9, 1982 in Minsk, Belarus) was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast who won the 548 pts (→ Silver Medal)
• Valerina Vatkina – 38. 957 pts (→ 8th place)

Rhythmic Gymnastics Team:

• Tatyana Ananko, Tatyana Belan, Anna Glazkova, Irina Ilyenkova, Maria Lazuk, and Olga Puzhevich – 39. 500pts (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Trampoline

• Natalia Karpenkova – 35. 80 pts (→ 6th place)

Men's Trampoline

• Dimitri Polyarush – 38. 10 pts (→ 5th place)

Modern pentathlon

Women's Individual Competition

• Janna Choubenok – 5086 pts (→ 6th place)

Men's Individual Competition

• Pavel Dovgal – 5338 pts (→ Bronze Medal)

Sailing

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Igor Ivashintsov and Mikhail Protasevich
  1. Race 1 – 15
  2. Race 2 – (29)
  3. Race 3 – 20
  4. Race 4 – 20
  5. Race 5 – 23
  6. Race 6 – 14
  7. Race 7 – 18
  8. Race 8 – (30) DSQ
  9. Race 9 – 24
  10. Race 10 – 5
  11. Race 11 – 14
  12. Final – 153 (21st place)

Men's Laser

• Aleksandr Mumyga
  1. Race 1 – 28
  2. Race 2 – 27
  3. Race 3 – 20
  4. Race 4 – 29
  5. Race 5 – 20
  6. Race 6 – 29
  7. Race 7 – (40)
  8. Race 8 – 34
  9. Race 9 – 28
  10. Race 10 – 32
  11. Race 11 – 30
  12. Final – 243 (32nd place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Tatiana Drozdovskaya
  1. Race 1 – 25
  2. Race 2 – 16
  3. Race 3 – 17
  4. Race 4 – 17
  5. Race 5 – 26
  6. Race 6 – (27)
  7. Race 7 – (28) OCS
  8. Race 8 – 18
  9. Race 9 – 21
  10. Race 10 – 17
  11. Race 11 – 19
  12. Final – 176 (24th place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Dmitry Kalinovsky
  1. Heat – 23. Final results for the Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics The women's individual match was newly introduced Final results for the Sailing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Medal table RankCountryGold Silver Bronze 1Great Britain320 2Australia211 3Austria200 At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 Swimming events were contested 21 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Oleg Rukhlevich
  1. Heat – 50. 96 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Igor Koleda
  1. Heat – 1:49. 01
  2. Semi-final – 1:49. 52 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Dmitry Koptur
  1. Heat – 03:55. 26 (did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Dmitry Koptur
  1. Heat – 15:29. 62 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Aleksandr Gukov
  1. Heat – 01:04. 96 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Aleksandr Gukov
  1. Heat – 02:16. 93 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle

• Igor Koleda, Pavel Lagun, Dmitry Kalinovsky, Oleg Rukhlevich
  1. Heat – 03:20. 85 (did not advance)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle

• Igor Koleda, Pavel Lagun, Dmitry Koptur, Valery Khuroshvili
  1. Heat – 07:24. 83 (did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Alena Popchanka
  1. Heat – 26. Alena Popchanka (born July 28, 1979 in Gomel, Belarus) is a freestyle and butterfly Swimmer. 1 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Alena Popchanka
  1. Heat – 56. Alena Popchanka (born July 28, 1979 in Gomel, Belarus) is a freestyle and butterfly Swimmer. 33
  2. Semi-final – 56. 4 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Natalya Baranovskaya
  1. Heat – 02:00. Natalya Baranovskaya (Наталья Барановская (born March 23, 1979 in Vitsebsk) is a professional Belarusian swimmer who 58
  2. Semi-final – 01:59. 90
  3. Final – 01:59. 28 (6th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Natalya Baranovskaya
  1. Heat – 04:12. Natalya Baranovskaya (Наталья Барановская (born March 23, 1979 in Vitsebsk) is a professional Belarusian swimmer who 67 (did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Women's Duet

• Kristina Nadezhdina, Natalia Sakharuk
  1. Technical Routine – 30. Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 Gold medals in 287 Did not compete in free routine

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
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• International Olympic Committee Web Site

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