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 Kazlouskaya
	Hanna Marusava
Women’s Team	Karyna Dziominskaya Karyna Kazlouskaya Hanna Marusava

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50km Walk	Dmitriy Dziubin
Men’s High Jump	Maksim Nedasekau
Men’s Hammer Throw	Hleb Dudarau

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 200m	Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
Women’s 1500m	Daryia Barysevich
Women’s 100m Hurdles	Elvira Herman
	Alina Talay
Women’s 20km Walk	Viktoryia Rashchupkina
Women’s Marathon	Volha Mazuronak
	Nina Savina
Women’s High Jump	Karyna Taranda
Women’s Pole Vault	Iryna Zhuk
Women’s Shot Put	Aliona Dubitskaya
Women’s Hammer Throw	Hanna Malyshik
Women’s Javelin Throw	Tatsiana Khaladovich

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s K1 1000m	Alah Yurenia
Women’s K1 500m	Volha Khudzenka
Women’s K2 500m	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka
Men’s K4 500m	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk
Women’s K4 500m	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka Nadzeya Papok Marharyta Makhneva
Women’s C1 200m	Alena Nazdrova
Women’s C2 500m	Volha Klimava Nadzeya Makarchanka

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Time Trial	Alena Amialiusik

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	Andrey Likhovitskiy
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Anastasiya Alistratava
Women’s Rhythmic Individual All-Around	Anastasiia Salos
	Katsiaryna Halkina
Women’s Rhythmic Group All-Around	Hanna Haidukevich Anastasiya Rybakova Hanna Shvaiba Aryna Sushchynskaya Arina Tsitsilina Karyna Yarmolenka

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual (1) (2)	Iryna Prasiantsova
	Volha Silkina

Rowing

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

Sailing

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

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Yury Shcherbatsevich
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Maria Martynova

Swimming

Men’s Events

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

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m Butterfly	Anastasiya Shkurdai

Mixed Events

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

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Greco-Roman -87kg	Mikalai Stadub
Women’s Freestyle -57kg	Iryna Kurachkina