Belarus competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 139 competitors, 72 men and 67 women, took part in 109 events in 20 sports.
Yanina Karolchik — Athletics, Women's Shot PutEllina Zvereva — Athletics, Women's DiscusEkaterina Karsten — Rowing, Women's Single ScullsYulia Raskina — Rhythmic Gymnastics, Women's Individual CompetitionTatyana Ananko, Tatyana Belan, Anna Glazkova, Irina Ilyenkova, Maria Lazuk, and Olga Puzhevich — Rhythmic gymnastics, Women's Team CompetitionIgor Basinsky — Shooting, Men's 50m PistolIrina Yatchenko — Athletics, Women's DiscusIgor Astapkovich — Athletics, Men's DiscusNatalya Sazanovich — Athletics, Women's HeptathlonAnatoly Laryukov — Judo, Men's Half-MiddleweightPavel Dovgal — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual CompetitionIgor Basinsky — Shooting, Men's 10m Air PistolLolita Evglevskaya — Shooting, Women's 25m PistolSergei Martynov — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle (prone)Gennady Oleshchuk — Weightlifting, Men's 62 kgSergey Lavrenov — Weightlifting, Men's 69 kgDmitry Debelka — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 97–130 kgIn its second Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women and one man. They were not as successful as they had been four years earlier, but two of the archers still managed to win their first matches.
Men's Individual Competition:
Nico Hendrickx — round of 32 → 27th place (1-1)Men's 800 metres
Pavel PelepyaginRound 1 — 01:46.67Semifinal — 01:50.37 (→ did not advance)Men's 400m Hurdles
Leonid VershininRound 1 — 51.84 (→ did not advance)Men's Shot Put
Andrei MikhnevichQualifying — 19.97Final — 19.48 (→ 9th place)Men's Discus
Vasiliy KaptyukhQualifying — 65.90Final — 67.59 (→ 4th place)Vladimir DubrovshchikQualifying — 64.03Final — 65.13 (→ 7th place)Leonid CherevkoQualifying — 58.32 (→ did not advance)Men's Javelin Throw
Vladimir SasimovichQualifying — 78.04 (→ did not advance)Men's Hammer Throw
Igor AstapkovichQualifying — 79.81Final — 79.17 (→ Bronze Medal)Ivan TikhonQualifying — 76.90Final — 79.17 (→ 4th place)Men's High Jump
Aleksei LelinQualifying — 2.15 (→ did not advance)Men's 20 km Walk
Andrey MakarovFinal — 1:23:33 (→ 17th place)Artur MeleshkevichFinal — 1:24:50 (→ 21st place)Mikhail KhmelnitskiyFinal — 1:28:02 (→ 34th place)Men's 50 km Walk
Viktor GinkoFinal — DSQWomen's 800 metres
Natalya DukhnovaRound 1 — 02:03.20 (→ did not advance)Women's 4x400 metres
Elena Bunnik, Anna Kazak, Irina Khlyustova, and Natalya SologubRound 1 — 03:26.31 (→ did not advance)Women's Shot Put
Yanina KarolchykQualifying — 19.36Final — 20.56 (→ Gold Medal)Women's Discus
Irina YatchenkoQualifying — 62.72Final — 65.20 (→ Bronze Medal)Ellina ZverevaQualifying — 64.81Final — 68.40 (→ Gold Medal)Women's Hammer Throw
Svetlana SudakQualifying — 63.83Final — 64.21 (→ 10th place)Lyudmila GubkinaQualifying — 63.29Final — 67.08 (→ 6th place)Olga TsanderQualifying — no mark (→ did not advance)Women's Triple Jump
Natallia SafronavaQualifying — 13.91 (→ did not advance)Women's High Jump
Tatyana ShevchikQualifying — 1.85 (→ did not advance)Women's 20 km Walk
Nataliya MisyulyaFinal — 1:33:08 (→ 9th place)Valentina TsybulskayaFinal — 1:36:44 (→ 28th place)Larisa RamazanovaFinal — 1:37:39 (→ 32nd place)Women's Heptathlon
Natalya Sazanovich100m Hurdles — 13.45High Jump — 1.84Shot Put — 14.79200m — 24.12Long Jump — 6.50Javelin Throw — 43.97800m — 02:16.41Points — 6527 (→ Bronze Medal)Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Sergey BykovskyRound 1 — Defeated Romeo Brin of PhilippinesRound 2 — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu of TurkeyQuarterfinal — Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)Men's Canoe Singles 500m
Aleksandr MaseikovQualifying Heat — 01:54.468Semifinal — 01:55.035 (→ did not advance)Women's Kayak Doubles 500m
Elena Bet and Svetlana VakulaQualifying Heat — 01:55.757Semifinal — 01:49.758 (→ did not advance)Women's Kayak Fours 500m
Alesya Bakunova, Elena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana VakulaQualifying Heat — 01:34.734Semifinal — ByeFinal — 01:37.748 (→ 6th place)Men's 3m Springboard
Vyacheslav KhamulkinPreliminary — 357.03 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)Women's 3m Springboard
Svetlana AlekseevaPreliminary — 260.91Semi-final — 216.48 — 477.39 (→ did not advance, 15th place)Four fencers, all men, represented Belarus in 2000.
Men's épéeVitaly ZakharovVladimir PchenikinAndrey MurashkoMen's team épéeVitaly Zakharov, Andrey Murashko, Vladimir PchenikinMen's sabreDmitry LapkesWomen's Individual Competition
Janna Choubenok — 5086 pts (→ 6th place)Men's Individual Competition
Pavel Dovgal — 5338 pts (→ Bronze Medal)Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual
Yulia Raskina — 39.548 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 Single Sculls
Yekaterina Khodatovich-KarstenWomen's coxed eight
Irina BazilevskayaMarina KuzhmarOlga BereznevaMarina ZnakYuliya BichikInessa ZakharevskayaNataliya GelakhOlga TratsevskayaValentina KhokhlovaMen's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Igor Ivashintsov and Mikhail ProtasevichRace 1 — 15Race 2 — (29)Race 3 — 20Race 4 — 20Race 5 — 23Race 6 — 14Race 7 — 18Race 8 — (30) DSQRace 9 — 24Race 10 — 5Race 11 — 14Final — 153 (→ 21st place)Men's Laser
Aleksandr MumygaRace 1 — 28Race 2 — 27Race 3 — 20Race 4 — 29Race 5 — 20Race 6 — 29Race 7 — (40)Race 8 — 34Race 9 — 28Race 10 — 32Race 11 — 30Final — 243 (→ 32nd place)Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
Tatiana DrozdovskayaRace 1 — 25Race 2 — 16Race 3 — 17Race 4 — 17Race 5 — 26Race 6 — (27)Race 7 — (28) OCSRace 8 — 18Race 9 — 21Race 10 — 17Race 11 — 19Final — 176 (→ 24th place)Men's 50m Freestyle
Dmitry KalinovskyHeat — 23.21 (→ did not advance)Men's 100m Freestyle
Oleg RukhlevichHeat — 50.96 (→ did not advance)Men's 200m Freestyle
Igor KoledaHeat — 1:49.01Semi-final — 1:49.52 (→ did not advance)Men's 400m Freestyle
Dmitry KopturHeat — 03:55.26 (→ did not advance)Men's 1500m Freestyle
Dmitry KopturHeat — 15:29.62 (→ did not advance)Men's 100m Breaststroke
Aleksandr GukovHeat — 01:04.96 (→ did not advance)Men's 200m Breaststroke
Aleksandr GukovHeat — 02:16.93 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle
Igor Koleda, Pavel Lagun, Dmitry Kalinovsky, Oleg RukhlevichHeat — 03:20.85 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle
Igor Koleda, Pavel Lagun, Dmitry Koptur, Valery KhuroshviliHeat — 07:24.83 (→ did not advance)Women's 50m Freestyle
Alena PopchankaHeat — 26.1 (→ did not advance)Women's 100m Freestyle
Alena PopchankaHeat — 56.33Semi-final — 56.4 (→ did not advance)Women's 200m Freestyle
Natalya BaranovskayaHeat — 02:00.58Semi-final — 01:59.90Final — 01:59.28 (→ 6th place)Women's 400m Freestyle
Natalya BaranovskayaHeat — 04:12.67 (→ did not advance)Women's Duet
Kristina Nadezhdina and Natalia SakharukTechnical Routine — 30.287 (→ did not compete in the free routine)Women's Trampoline
Natalia Karpenkova — 35.80 pts (→ 6th place)Men's Trampoline
Dimitri Polyarush — 38.10 pts (→ 5th place)Men
Women