Belarus competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 157 competitors, 91 men and 66 women, took part in 115 events in 19 sports.
Ekaterina Karsten — Rowing, Women's Single ScullsVladimir Dubrovshchik — Athletics, Men's Discus ThrowNatalya Sazanovich — Athletics, Women's HeptathlonIgor Basinsky — Shooting, Men's Free PistolAleksandr Pavlov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight (48 kg)Sergey Lishtvan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg)Aleksey Medvedev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)Vasiliy Kaptyukh — Athletics, Men's Discus ThrowEllina Zvereva — Athletics, Women's Discus ThrowVitaly Scherbo — Gymnastics, Men's All-around IndividualVitaly Scherbo — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel BarsVitaly Scherbo — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse VaultVitaly Scherbo — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal BarYelena Mikulich, Marina Znak, Natalya Volchek, Natalia Stasyuk, Tamara Davydenko, Valentina Skrabatun, Natalya Lavrinenko, Yaroslava Pavlovich, and Aleksandra Pankina — Rowing, Women's Eights [In 2000, Stasyuk and Lavrinenko were banned for life from the sport of rowing for steroid use.]Valery Tsilent — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)In its debut Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women. Their combined record was 4-2 as Olga Yakusheva made it to the quarterfinals before being defeated.
Women's Individual Competition:
Olga Yakusheva - quarterfinal, 5th place (3-1)Olga Zabugina - round of 32, 31st place (1-1)Men's Decathlon
Eduard HämäläinenFinal Result — 8613 points (→ 5th place)Men's Pole Vault
Dmitriy MarkovQualification — 5.60mFinal — 5.86m (→ 6th place)Men's Hammer Throw
Igor AstapkovichQualification — 78.52mFinal — 78.20m (→ 7th place)Sergey AlayQualification — 75.10mFinal — 77.38m (→ 8th place)Aleksandr KraskoQualification — 73.74m (→ did not advance)Men's Shot Put
Dzimitry HancharukQualification — 19.57mFinal — 19.79m (→ 9th place)Viktor BulatQualification — 17.29m (→ did not advance)Men's Discus Throw
Vladimir DubrovshchikQualification — 63.22mFinal — 66.60m (→ Silver Medal)Vasiliy KaptyukhQualification — 62.22mFinal — 65.80m (→ Bronze Medal)Men's 20 km Walk
Yevgeniy Misyulya — 1:21:16 (→ 9th place)Mikhail Khmelnitskiy — 1:22:17 (→ 12th place)Men's 50 km Walk
Viktor Ginko — 3:45:27 (→ 5th place)Yevgeniy Misyulya — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Tatyana LedovskayaQualification — 55.82Semifinals — 54.99 (→ did not advance)Nelli VoronkovaQualification — 56.97 (→ did not advance)Tanya KurochkinaQualification — 57.28 (→ did not advance)Women's Long Jump
Anzhela AtroschenkoQualification — 5.94m (→ did not advance)Natallia SazanovichQualification — NM (→ did not advance)Women's High Jump
Tatyana KhramovaQualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)Women's Javelin Throw
Natallia ShikolenkoQualification — 62.32mFinal — 58.56m (→ 12th place)Women's Discus Throw
Ellina ZverevaQualification — 62.74mFinal — 65.64m (→ Bronze Medal)Ira YatchenkoQualification — 62.04mFinal — 60.46m (→ 12th place)Lyudmila FilimonovaQualification — 53.30m (→ did not advance)Women's Heptathlon
Natallia SazanovichFinal Result — 6563 points (→ Silver Medal)Women's Marathon
Alena Mazouka — 2:36.22 (→ 24th place)Natalia Galuchko — 2:44.21 (→ 50th place)Madina Biktagirova — did not finish (→ no ranking)Women's 10 km Walk
Olga Kardopoltseva — 43:02 (→ 6th place)Valentina Tsybulskaya — 43:21 (→ 8th place)Nataliya Misyulya — 45:11 (→ 17th place)Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Serguei Ostrochapkine- First Round — Lost to Dennis Zimba (Zambia), referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)
Sergey Bykovsky- First Round — Defeated Besiki Wardzetashvili (Georgia), 11-11 (referee decision)
- Second Round — Lost to Nordine Mouichi (France), 6-17
Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
Vadim Mezga- First Round — Defeated Lucas Sinoia (Mozambique), 11-6
- Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 2-12
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
Serguei Dychkov- First Round — Defeated Romans Kuklins (Latvia), 16-6
- Second Round — Defeated Garth da Silva (New Zealand), 12-8
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany), 5-10
Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
Sergei Liakhovich- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 9-10
Women's Individual Road Race
Zinaida StahurskayaFinal — 02:37:06 (→ 14th place)Men's 3m Springboard
Andrey SemenyukPreliminary Heat — 385.32Semi Final — 202.23Final — 393.33 (→ 10th place)Vyacheslav KhamulkinPreliminary Heat — 331.86 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Women's 3m Springboard
Svetlana AlekseyevaPreliminary Heat — 246.27Semi Final — 200.37 (→ did not advance, 14th place)One male fencer represented Belarus in 1996.
Men's épéeVitaly ZakharovLarissa Loukianenko → 7th place (38.666 points)Tatyana Ogryzko → 8th place (38.530 points)Men's 50m Freestyle
Oleg Rukhlevich- Heat – 23.12 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Dimitri Kalinovski- Heat – 23.61 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
Oleg Rukhlevich- Heat – 50.42 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
Sergei Mikhnovets- Heat – 15:41.80 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Alexei Kriventsov- Heat – 1:04.20 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Aleksandr Gukov- Heat – 2:17.49 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
Alena Popchanka- Heat – 27.18 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
Svetlana Zhidko- Heat – 58.64 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Inga Borodich- Heat – 2:05.85 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Elena Rudkovskaya- Heat – 1:13.71 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
Natalya Baranovskaya- Heat – 1:04.09 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka- Heat – 3:50.22 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka- Heat – 8:21.70 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's Singles Competition
Natasha Zvereva- First round — Defeated Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 7-5 6-3
- Second round — Defeated Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) 6-1 4-6 6-2
- Third round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 2-6 5-7
Men's Bantamweight
Viktor SinyakMen's Middleweight
Leonid LobachevOleg KechkoMen's Middle-Heavyweight
Vladimir KhludViktor BelyatskyMen's Heavyweight I
Oleg ChiritsoMen's Heavyweight II (– 108 kg)
Vladimir YemelyanovSnatch — 187.5 kgClean & Jerk — 220.0 kgTotal — 407.5 kg (→ 4th place)Gennadiy ShchekaloSnatch — 175.0 kgClean & Jerk — no markTotal — no mark (→ no ranking)Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 108 kg)
Aleksandr Kurlovich