History

Belarus made its first Summer Olympic Games appearance in 1996 after gaining independence from the Soviet Union and has competed ever since. The nation is one of the more successful post-Soviet nations as they send over 100 athletes to each game, competing in a variety of sports, notably in gymnastics and wrestling.

Belarus has medaled at each Olympics it has participated in, winning between 9-17 medals for a total of 77 medals in 13 sports. The most successful sports include athletics (14), gymnastics (11) and wrestling (11). Four summer athletes have won four medals for Belarus; rower Ekaterina Karsten (medals in 1996-2008), canoeists Vadzim Makhneu and Raman Piatrushenka (medals in 2004-2012) and gymnast Vitaly Scherbo (medals in 1996). In 2016 Belarus won nine medals.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual	Karyna Dziominskaya	Karyna Dziominskaya
	Karyna Kazlouskaya	Karyna Kazlouskaya
	Hanna Marusava	Hanna Marusava
Women’s Team	Karyna Dziominskaya Karyna Kazlouskaya Hanna Marusava	Karyna Dziominskaya Karyna Kazlouskaya Hanna Marusava

Artistic Swimming

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Duet	Vasilina Khandoshka Daria Kulagina Marharyta Kiryliuk	Vasilina Khandoshka Daria Kulagina

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 110m Hurdles	Vitali Parakhonka
Men’s 20km Walk	Aliaksandr Liakhovich
Men’s 50km Walk	Dmitriy Dziubin
Men’s High Jump	Maksim Nedasekau
Men’s Discus Throw	Yauheni Bahutski
Men’s Hammer Throw	Hleb Dudarau
	Yury Vasilchanka
	Ivan Tikhon
Men’s Javelin Throw	Aliaksei Katkavets
	Pavel Mialeshka
Men’s Decathlon	Vitaliy Zhuk

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m	Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
Women’s 200m	Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
Women’s 1500m	Daryia Barysevich
Women’s 100m Hurdles	Elvira Herman
	Alina Talay	Declined
Women’s 4x400m Relay	Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s 20km Walk	Hanna Terliukevych
	Viktoryia Rashchupkina
	Anastasiya Rarouskaya
Women’s Marathon	Volha Mazuronak
	Nina Savina
	Nastassia Ivanova	Declined
Women’s High Jump	Karyna Taranda
	Maryia Zhodzik
Women’s Pole Vault	Iryna Zhuk
Women’s Long Jump	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova
Women’s Triple Jump	Viyaleta Skvartsova
Women’s Shot Put	Aliona Dubitskaya
Women’s Hammer Throw	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
		Declined
Women’s Javelin Throw	Tatsiana Khaladovich

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Lightweight	Dzmitry Asanau	Dzmitry Asanau
Men’s Welterweight	Aliaksandr Radzionau	Aliaksandr Radzionau
Men’s Middleweight	Vitali Bandarenka	Vitali Bandarenka
Men’s Heavyweight	Smiahlikau Uladzislau	Smiahlikau Uladzislau

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s K1 1000m	Aleh Yurenia	Aleh Yurenia
Women’s K1 500m	Volha Khudzenka	Volha Khudzenka
	Eligible to Compete	Maryna Litvinchuk
Men’s K2 1000m	Eligible to Compete	Mikita Borykau Aleh Yurenia
Women’s K2 500m	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka
Men’s K4 500m	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk	Mikita Borykau Ilya Fedarenka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk
Women’s K4 500m	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka Nadzeya Papok Marharyta Makhneva	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka Nadzeya Papok Marharyta Makhneva
Women’s C1 200m	Alena Nazdrova	Alena Nazdrova
Women’s C2 500m	Volha Klimava Nadzeya Makarchanka	Daryna Pikuleva Nadzeya Makarchanka

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings	Aleksandr Riabushenko
Women’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings	Alena Amialiusik
Women’s Time Trial	Alena Amialiusik	Alena Amialiusik
Men’s Omnium	Qualified Via Rankings	Yauheni Karaliok
Women’s Omnium	Qualified Via Rankings	Tatsiana Sharakova

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage	Hanna Karasiova Horse: Zodiak	Declined By NOC
Individual Eventing	Alexander Zelenko Horse: Carlo Grande Jr.	Alexander Zelenko Horse: Carlo Grande Jr.
	Aliaksandr Faminou Horse: Martinie	Aliaksandr Faminou Horse: Martinie

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	Andrey Likhovitskiy	Declined
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Hanna Traukova	Hanna Traukova
Women’s Rhythmic Individual All-Around	Anastasiia Salos	Anastasiia Salos
	Katsiaryna Halkina	Katsiaryna Halkina
Women’s Rhythmic Group All-Around	Hanna Haidukevich Anastasiya Rybakova Hanna Shvaiba Aryna Sushchynskaya Arina Tsitsilina Karyna Yarmolenka	Hanna Haidukevich Anastasiya Malakanava Anastasiya Rybakova Arina Tsitsilina Karyna Yarmolenka
Men’s Trampoline (1) (2)	Ivan Litvinovich	Ivan Litvinovich
	Uladzislau Hancharou	Uladzislau Hancharou

Judo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -66kg	Dzmitry Minkou	Dzmitry Minkou
Men’s -100kg	Mikita Sviryd	Mikita Sviryd
Women’s +78kg	Maryna Slutskaya	Maryna Slutskaya

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Ilya Palazkov	Ilya Palazkov
Women’s Individual (1) (2) (3)	Over 2 Eligible athletes	Anastasiya Prokopenko
		Volha Silkina

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Single Sculls	Tatsiana Klimovich	Tatsiana Klimovich
Men’s Coxless Pair	Dzmitry Furman Siarhei Valadzko	Dzmitry Furman Siarhei Valadzko
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls	Anastasiia Ianina Alena Furman	Ina Nikulina Alena Furman

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X	Artem Javadav	Mikita Tsirkun
Women’s Laser Radial	Tatiana Drozdovskaya	Tatiana Drozdovskaya

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Yury Shcherbatsevich	Yury Shcherbatsevich
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Maria Martynova	Maria Martynova
Men’s 10m Air Rifle	Double Starter	Yury Shcherbatsevich
Women’s 10m Air Rifle	Double Starter	Maria Martynova
Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	Eligible to Compete
Women’s 25m Pistol	Double Starter	Viktoria Chaika
Women’s 10m Air Pistol	Viktoria Chaika	Viktoria Chaika

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m Backstroke	Mikita Tsmyh
Men’s 100m Breaststroke	Ilya Shymanovich
Men’s 100m Butterfly	Yauhen Tsurkin
Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Mikita Tsmyh Ilya Shymanovich Yauhen Tsurkin Artsiom Machekin

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m Freestyle	Anastasiya Shkurdai
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Anastasiya Shkurdai
Women’s 100m Breaststroke	Alina Zmushka
Women’s 200m Breaststroke	Alina Zmushka
Women’s 100m Butterfly	Anastasiya Shkurdai
Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Qualified Via Rankings

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay	Mikita Tsmyh Ilya Shymanovich Anastasiya Shkurdai Aksana Dziamidava

Table Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Vladimir Samsonov	Declined By NOC

Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Egor Gerasimov
	Ilya Ivashka
Women’s Singles	Aryna Sabalenka
	Victoria Azarenka
Women’s Doubles	Victoria Azarenka Aryna Sabalenka

Weightlifting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -96kg	Yauheni Tsikhantsou	Yauheni Tsikhantsou
Women’s -76kg	Darya Naumava	Darya Naumava

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -74kg	Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov	Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov
Men’s Freestyle -86kg	Ali Shabanau	Ali Shabanau
Men’s Freestyle -97kg	Aliaksandr Hushtyn	Aliaksandr Hushtyn
Men’s Freestyle -125kg	Dzianis Khramiankou	Dzianis Khramiankou
Men’s Greco-Roman -87kg	Mikalai Stadub	Mikalai Stadub
Women’s Freestyle -53kg	Vanesa Kaladzinskaya	Vanesa Kaladzinskaya
Women’s Freestyle -57kg	Iryna Kurachkina	Iryna Kurachkina
Women’s Freestyle -76kg	Vasilisa Marzaliuk	Vasilisa Marzaliuk