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Belarus at the Olympic Games
Flag of Belarus
IOC code:	BLR
NOC:	Belarus Olympic Committee English-language website
Summer Medals	Gold 6	Silver 15	Bronze 26	Total 47
Winter Medals	Gold 0	Silver 3	Bronze 3	Total 6
Total Medals	Gold 6	Silver 18	Bronze 29	Total 53
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Unified Team (1992)

Athletes from Belarus (IOC countrycode: BLR) began their Olympic participation at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland. At the time, Belarus was a republic within the Soviet Union (IOC code: URS). When the Soviet Union disbanded in 1991, Belarus, along with eleven of the other fourteen former Soviet republics, competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics (held in Barcelona, Spain) as the Unified Team. Earlier in 1992, only four republics joined Belarus to compete as the Unified Team at the Winter Games in Albertville, France. Two years later, Belarus competed for the first time as an independent nation in the 1994 Winter Olympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway.

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Soviet Union 3 Summer Olympic Games 3.1 1996 Atlanta 3.2 2000 Sydney 3.3 2004 Athens 4 Winter Olympic Games 4.1 1994 Lillehammer 4.2 1998 Nagano 4.3 2002 Salt Lake City 4.4 2006 Turin 5 National Olympic Committee 6 References

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1994 Lillehammer	0	2	0	2
1996 Atlanta	1	6	8	15
1998 Nagano	0	0	2	2
2000 Sydney	3	3	11	17
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	1	1
2004 Athens	2	6	7	15
2006 Turin	0	1	0	1

Main articles: Soviet Union at the Summer Olympics and Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Soviet Union began participating in the Olympic Games in 1952, winning 194 total medals in the Winter Games and 1010 from the Summer Games for a total of 1204 medals. Out of those medals, 473 were gold, 376 were silver and 355 were bronze. In 1988, the Soviet Union competed for the last time as a unified country. In 1992, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Olympic Committee of the USSR voted to disband itself.

Main article: Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In Belarus's first showing at the Summer Olympics, the delegation of 154 athletes took home fifteen medals: one gold, six silver and eight bronze. The first Belarusian gold medal was won by Ekaterina Karsten in the event of rowing (women's single sculls). The silver medals were won in the disciplines of Athletics, Shooting, Wrestling (Freestyle) and Wrestling (Greco-Roman). The bronze medals were won in Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics, Rowing and Wrestling Greco-Roman. This is also the first Olympics that the athletes marched under their current flag, which was adopted in 1995 in a disputed referendum.

Main article: Belarus at the 2000 Summer Olympics

139 Belarusian athletes competed in 21 events, winning 17 medals (the most by Belarus so far in its short Olympic history): 3 golds, 3 silvers, and 11 bronzes. The golds were won in rowing, discus throwing and the shot-put; the silvers were won in shooting, individual and team calisthenics; the bronzes were won in hammer throwing, shooting (3), Greco-Roman wrestling, pentathlon, weight lifting (2), judo, heptathlon and discus throwing.

Main article: Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics

This time, Belarus sent 151 athletes to compete in 21 disciplines. Overall, Belarus came home with 15 medals: 2 golds, 6 silvers, and 9 bronzes. The gold were won in the 100 meter dash and in judo. The silver medals were won in weightlifting (2), boxing (2), rowing and the hammer throw. The bronze was won in shooting, the discus throw, weightlifting, cycling, rowing (2), wrestling (Greco-Roman) and canoe/kayak (2).

Main article: Belarus at the 1994 Winter Olympics

This is the first Olympic Games in which an independent Belarus participated. This is the only time the athletes marched under the white, red, white tricolor. Thirty-three athletes were sent by Belarus to compete in seven events and came home with two silver medals. The medals were won by Igor Zhelezovski in speed skating and by Svetlana Paramygina in the biathlon.

Main article: Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Belarus sent a delegation of 58 athletes to compete in 9 events. Belarus only medaled twice, and both of the medals were bronze. The medals were earned by Dmitry Dashchinsky in aerials and Alexey Aidarov in the biathlon.

Main article: Belarus at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Belarus competed in 9 events, just like at the 1998 Winter Olympics. However, Belarus only came away with 1 medal, a bronze won by Aleksei Grishin. It is not clear on how many athletes Belarus sent to these games. Belarus drew international attention for their upset of top-seeded Sweden and subsequent 4th place finish in men's ice hockey.

Main article: Belarus at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Belarus competed in eight events and earned one medal - a silver won by Dmitry Dashchinsky in aerials.

Main article: Belarus Olympic Committee

In 1991, an order was issued to create the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Russian: Национальный олимпийский комитет Республики Беларусь), and it was not until 1993 before the NOCRB (НОКРБ) became a full member of the International Olympic Committee. Also in 1993, Vladimir Ryzhenkov, who was at the time the Belarus Minister for Sport and Tourism, was elected to the post of President of the NOCRB. In May of 1997, Alexander Lukashenko was elected to the post, which he still holds today.

• International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on May 23, 2005.
• National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (english). Retrieved on May 23, 2005.
• Milestones in Belarus Olympic History (english). National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved on May 23, 2005.

Nations at the Olympic Games

Belarus | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Côte d'Ivoire | Cyprus | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Togo | United States