Belarus at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Belarus at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	BLR
NPC	Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
in Beijing
Competitors	33 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Ihar Fartunau
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 5 Silver 7 Bronze 1 Total 13
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Belarus competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Tamara Sivakova	Athletics	Women's discus throw F12-13
Gold	Iryna Fiadotava Alena Drazdova	Cycling	Women's road race B&VI 1-3
Gold	Sergei Punko	Swimming	Men's 400m freestyle S12
Gold	Raman Makarau	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S12
Gold	Dzmitry Salei	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S13
Silver	Volha Zinkevich	Athletics	Women's long jump F12
Silver	Tamara Sivakova	Athletics	Women's shot put F12-13
Silver	Iryna Fiadotava Alena Drazdova	Cycling	Women's time trial B&VI 1-3
Silver	Liudmila Vauchok	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Silver	Sergei Punko	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke SB12
Silver	Sergei Punko	Swimming	Men's 100m butterfly S12
Silver	Mikalai Bezyazychny	Wheelchair fencing	Men's épée B
Bronze	Uladzimir Izotau	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke SB13

Sports

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ihar Barysionak	T12	Marathon	—				2:42:33	15
Aliaksandr Daniliuk	T36	100m	—				12.83	9
		200m	—				26.61	7
		400m	—				DNF
Ihar Hartunau	T13	100m	11.54	10	did not advance
Aliaksandr Kouzmichou	T12	400m	DNF		did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Yury Buchkou	F11-12	Discus throw	43.43	855	8
		Shot put	14.98	924	5
Siarhei Burdukou	F12	Long jump	6.75	-	5
		Triple jump	13.30	-	6
Siarhei Hrybanau	F11-12	Discus throw	30.21	594	10
		Shot put	15.35	947	4
Viktar Khilmonchyk	F42	Discus throw	38.89	-	8
		Shot put	11.68	-	10
Aliaksandr Kouzmichou	F12	Triple jump	14.28	-	4
Ruslan Sivitski	F12	Triple jump	13.91	-	5
Aliaksandr Subota	F46	Long jump	6.46 SB	-	5
Aliaksandr Tryputs	F11-12	Javelin throw	52.40	926	5
	P12	Pentathlon	DNS
Viktar Zhukousky	F11	Long jump	5.41	-	8
		Triple jump	11.53	-	8

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anna Kaniouk	T12	100m	DSQ		did not advance
Katsiaryna Kirushchanka	T38	100m	14.79	7 q	—		14.79	6
		200m	30.79	7 q	—		31.00	7
Iryna Leantsiuk	T46	100m	12.91	8 q	—		13.00	8
		200m	26.93	8 Q	—		27.11	8
Aksana Sivitskaya	T13	100m	13.91	14	did not advance
Volha Zinkevich	T12	100m	12.81	4 Q	12.67	3 Q	12.71	4
		200m	26.17	4 Q	26.07	5	did not advance
		400m	DNF		did not advance

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Anna Kaniouk	F12	Long jump	5.56	-	5
Tamara Sivakova	F12-13	Discus throw	41.29	970
		Shot put	12.13	972
Aksana Sivitskaya	F13	Long jump	5.22	-	6
Volha Zinkevich	F12	Long jump	5.81	-

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vasili Shaptsiaboi Andrei Piutsevich (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	DNF
	Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3	33:30.42	8

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Iryna Fiadotava Alena Drazdova (pilot)	Women's road race B&VI 1-3	1:55:35
	Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3	36:59.98
Iryna Parkhamovich Alesia Belaichuk (pilot)	Women's road race B&VI 1-3	2:01:20	6
	Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3	40:19.02	8

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Iryna Fiadotava Alena Drazdova (pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	3:54.322	6	did not advance
Iryna Parkhamovich Alesia Belaichuk (pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	4:02.820	9	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liudmila Vauchok	Women's single sculls	5:45.51	2 R	6:22.26	1 FA	6:25.44

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Uladzimir Izotau	S13	100m butterfly	1:03.20	11	did not advance
	SB13	100m breaststroke	1:10.91	5 Q	1:08.90
Raman Makarau	S12	100m backstroke	1:03.75	3 Q	1:02.83	4
		100m butterfly	59.08 PR	1 Q	56.90 WR
		50m freestyle	25.39	4 Q	25.02	4
		100m freestyle	55.29	5 Q	54.77	4
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:21.57	7 Q	2:18.92	5
Sergei Punko	S12	100m butterfly	1:00.29 PR	2 Q	59.72
		50m freestyle	26.17	7 Q	25.97	8
		100m freestyle	55.67	6 Q	54.99	5
		400m freestyle	4:31.11	3 Q	4:08.64 WR
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:12.18	2 Q	1:09.71
	SM12	200m individual medley	2:19.43	3 Q	DSQ
Yury Rudzenok	S12	100m butterfly	1:06.31	10	did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:15.45	8 Q	1:15.23	6
Dzmitry Salei	S13	100m butterfly	1:00.08	1 Q	58.89
		50m freestyle	25.23	7 Q	24.92	5
		100m freestyle	55.12	4 Q	54.67	4
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:24.57	9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Natallia Shavel	S6	50m butterfly	48.72	14	did not advance
	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:56.14	4 Q	1:57.69	6
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:40.74	9	did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mikalai Bezyazychny	Men's épée B	Shenkevych (UKR)	W 5–4	2 Q	Bogdos (GRE) W 15-7	Rodgers (USA) W 15–4	Cratere (FRA) W 15–6	Hu D (CHN) L 13–15
		Kim G H (KOR)	W 5-3
		Mari (ITA)	L 4-5
		Ding (CHN)	W 5-4
		Pluta (POL)	W 5-3
	Men's foil B	Sarri (ITA)	L 2-5	6	did not advance
		Latreche (FRA)	L 4-5
		Wyganowski (POL)	L 2-5
		Hisakawa (JPN)	L 4-5
		Yusupov (RUS)	L 4-5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aliona Halkina	Women's épée A	Yu C Y (HKG)	L 1-5	4 Q	Zhang W (CHN) L 11-15	did not advance
		Juhasz (HUN)	L 3-5
		Witos-Eze (POL)	W 5-3
		Zhang W (CHN)	W 5-4
		Poignet (FRA)	L 4-5
	Women's foil A	Zhang C (CHN)	L 2-5	5	did not advance
		Yu C Y (HKG)	L 3-5
		Trigilia (ITA)	L 3-5
		Picot (FRA)	L 2-5
		Juhasz (HUN)	W 5-2

See also

• Belarus at the Paralympics
• Belarus at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee