Belarus at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeBLR
NPCParalympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
in Beijing
Competitors33 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Ihar Fartunau
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
5
Silver
7
Bronze
1
Total
13
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shot put 12.13 972 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aksana Sivitskaya F13 Long jump 5.22 - 6
Volha Zinkevich F12 Long jump 5.81 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3 36:59.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Raman Makarau S12 100m backstroke 1:03.75 3 Q 1:02.83 4
100m butterfly 59.08 PR 1 Q 56.90 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SB12 100m breaststroke 1:12.18 2 Q 1:09.71 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 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

External links

Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China
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