Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Belarus competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 157 competitors, 91 men and 66 women, took part in 115 events in 19 sports.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Ekaterina Karsten | Rowing | Women's single sculls | |
| Vladimir Dubrovshchik | Athletics | Men's discus throw | |
| Natalya Sazanovich | Athletics | Women's heptathlon | |
| Igor Basinsky | Shooting | Men's 50 metre pistol | |
| Aleksandr Pavlov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg | |
| Sergey Lishtvan | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg | |
| Aleksey Medvedev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 130 kg | |
| Vasiliy Kaptyukh | Athletics | Men's discus throw | |
| Ellina Zvereva | Athletics | Women's discus throw | |
| Vitaly Scherbo | Gymnastics | Men's artistic individual all-around | |
| Vitaly Scherbo | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | |
| Vitaly Scherbo | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | |
| Vitaly Scherbo | Gymnastics | Men's vault | |
| Yelena Mikulich Marina Znak Nataliya Volchek Nataliya Stasyuk Tamara Davydenko Valentina Skrabatun Nataliya Lavrinenko Yaroslava Pavlovich Aleksandra Pankina | Rowing | Women's eight | |
| Valery Tsilent | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg |
Archery
In its debut Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women. Their combined record was 4-2 as Olga Yakusheva made it to the quarterfinals before being defeated.Women's Individual Competition:
- Olga Yakusheva - quarterfinal, 5th place
- Olga Zabugina - round of 32, 31st place
Athletics
- Eduard Hämäläinen
- * Final Result — 8613 points
- Dmitriy Markov
- * Qualification — 5.60m
- * Final — 5.86m
- Igor Astapkovich
- * Qualification — 78.52m
- * Final — 78.20m
- Sergey Alay
- * Qualification — 75.10m
- * Final — 77.38m
- Aleksandr Krasko
- * Qualification — 73.74m
- Dzimitry Hancharuk
- * Qualification — 19.57m
- * Final — 19.79m
- Viktor Bulat
- * Qualification — 17.29m
- Vladimir Dubrovshchik
- * Qualification — 63.22m
- * Final — 66.60m
- Vasiliy Kaptyukh
- * Qualification — 62.22m
- * Final — 65.80m
- Yevgeniy Misyulya — 1:21:16
- Mikhail Khmelnitskiy — 1:22:17
- Viktor Ginko — 3:45:27
- Yevgeniy Misyulya — did not finish
- Tatyana Ledovskaya
- * Qualification — 55.82
- * Semifinals — 54.99
- Nelli Voronkova
- * Qualification — 56.97
- Tanya Kurochkina
- * Qualification — 57.28
- Anzhela Atroschenko
- * Qualification — 5.94m
- Natallia Sazanovich
- * Qualification — NM
- Tatyana Khramova
- * Qualification — 1.90m
- Natallia Shikolenko
- * Qualification — 62.32m
- * Final — 58.56m
- Ellina Zvereva
- * Qualification — 62.74m
- * Final — 65.64m
- Ira Yatchenko
- * Qualification — 62.04m
- * Final — 60.46m
- Lyudmila Filimonova
- * Qualification — 53.30m
- Natallia Sazanovich
- * Final Result — 6563 points
- Alena Mazouka — 2:36.22
- Natalia Galuchko — 2:44.21
- Madina Biktagirova — did not finish
- Olga Kardopoltseva — 43:02
- Valentina Tsybulskaya — 43:21
- Nataliya Misyulya — 45:11
Badminton
Boxing
Men's Lightweight- Serguei Ostrochapkine
- # First Round — Lost to Dennis Zimba, referee stopped contest in third round
- Sergey Bykovsky
- # First Round — Defeated Besiki Wardzetashvili, 11-11
- # Second Round — Lost to Nordine Mouichi, 6-17
- Vadim Mezga
- # First Round — Defeated Lucas Sinoia, 11-6
- # Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra, 2-12
- Serguei Dychkov
- # First Round — Defeated Romans Kuklins, 16-6
- # Second Round — Defeated Garth da Silva, 12-8
- # Quarter Finals — Lost to Luan Krasniqi, 5-10
- Sergei Liakhovich
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm, 9-10
Canoeing
Cycling
Women's Individual Road Race- Zinaida Stahurskaya
- * Final — 02:37:06
Diving
- Andrey Semenyuk
- * Preliminary Heat — 385.32
- * Semi Final — 202.23
- * Final — 393.33
- Vyacheslav Khamulkin
- * Preliminary Heat — 331.86
- Svetlana Alekseyeva
- * Preliminary Heat — 246.27
- * Semi Final — 200.37
Fencing
;Men's épée
- Vitaly Zakharov
Gymnastics
Judo
Rhythmic gymnastics
- Larissa Loukianenko → 7th place
- Tatyana Ogryzko → 8th place
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle- Oleg Rukhlevich
- # Heat - 23.12
- Dimitri Kalinovski
- # Heat - 23.61
- Oleg Rukhlevich
- # Heat - 50.42
- Sergei Mikhnovets
- # Heat - 15:41.80
- Alexei Kriventsov
- # Heat - 1:04.20
- Aleksandr Gukov
- # Heat - 2:17.49
- Alena Popchanka
- # Heat - 27.18
- Svetlana Zhidko
- # Heat - 58.64
- Inga Borodich
- # Heat - 2:05.85
- Yelena Rudkovskaya
- # Heat - 1:13.71
- Natalya Baranovskaya
- # Heat - 1:04.09
- Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka
- # Heat - 3:50.22
- Svetlana Zhidko, Inga Borodich, Natalya Baranovskaya, and Alena Popchanka
- # Heat - 8:21.70
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition- Natasha Zvereva
- # First round — Defeated Sabine Appelmans 7-5 6-3
- # Second round — Defeated Amanda Coetzer 6-1 4-6 6-2
- # Third round — Lost to Conchita Martínez 2-6 5-7
Weightlifting
- Viktor Sinyak
- Leonid Lobachev
- Oleg Kechko
- Vladimir Khlud
- Viktor Belyatsky
- Oleg Chiritso
- Vladimir Yemelyanov
- *Snatch — 187.5 kg
- *Clean & Jerk — 220.0 kg
- *Total — 407.5 kg
- Gennady Shchekalo
- *Snatch — 175.0 kg
- *Clean & Jerk — no mark
- *Total — no mark
- Aleksandr Kurlovich
Wrestling