Belarus at the Olympics facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Belarus at theOlympics |
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| IOC code | BLR | ||||||||
| NOC | Belarus Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Poland (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Belarus was first in the Olympic at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland as part of the Soviet Union. After the Soviet Union disbanded in 1991, Belarus, along with four of the other fourteen former Soviet republics, were in the 1992 Winter Olympics (held in Albertville, France) as the Unified Team. Later in 1992, eleven republics joined Belarus to compete as the Unified Team at the Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain. Two years later, Belarus competed for the first time as an independent nation in the 1994 Winter Olympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway. From 1952 until the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, 168 Belarusian athletes won 200 medals either as part of the Soviet Union or as independent Belarus.
Medal tables
Medals by Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Source | |
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| 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 | ||
| 2008 Beijing | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | ||
| 2010 Vancouver | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2012 London | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | |
| Total | 12 | 25 | 41 | 78 | ||
Medals by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Source |
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| Athletics | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |
| Canoeing | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Rowing | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
| Shooting | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Wrestling | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Boxing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Biathlon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Speed skating | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Modern pentathlon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 25 | 41 | 78 |
Flag bearers
| Games | Name |
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| 1994 Winter Olympics | Igor Zhelezovsky |
| 1996 Summer Olympics | Igor Astapkovich |
| 1998 Winter Olympics | Alexander Popov |
| 2000 Summer Olympics | Sergey Lishtvan |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | Oleg Ryzhenkov |
| 2004 Summer Olympics | Aleksandr Medved |
| 2006 Winter Olympics | Alexander Popov |
| 2008 Summer Olympics | Alexander Romankov |
| 2010 Winter Olympics | Oleg Antonenko |
| 2012 Summer Olympics | Max Mirnyi |
Related pages
- Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the United States Olympic movement in Belarus
See also
In Spanish: Bielorrusia en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños
