Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Belarus participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BLR
NOC	Belarus Olympic Committee
Website	www.noc.by (in Russian and English)
in Vancouver
Competitors	51 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Oleg Antonenko
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Poland (1924–1936)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

Main article: 2010 Winter Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Alexei Grishin	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials	25 February
Silver	Sergey Novikov	Biathlon	Men's individual	18 February
Bronze	Darya Domracheva	Biathlon	Women's individual	18 February

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Lizaveta Kuzmenka	Women's giant slalom	1:24.60	1:26.29	2:50.89	54
	Women's slalom	59.97	DNF
Maria Shkanova	Women's giant slalom	1:22.18	1:18.20	2:40.38	40
	Women's slalom	56.92	57.58	1:54.50	39
	Women's super-G			1:27.84	33

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

• Evgeny Abramenko
• Vladimir Miklashevski
• Sergei Novikov
• Michail Semenov
• Alexander Syman
• Rustam Valliulin
• Lyudmila Ananko
• Darya Domracheva
• Lyudmila Kalinchik
• Olga Kudryashova
• Olga Nazarova
• Nadezhda Skardino

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergei Dolidovich	15 km freestyle							35:29.4	35
	30 km pursuit							DNF
	50 km classic							2:07:47.6	25
Aliaksei Ivanou	15 km freestyle							36:48.2	60
	30 km pursuit							1:23:37.7	48
	50 km classic							2:17:59.2	45
Leanid Karneyenka	15 km freestyle							37:29.2	63
	Sprint	3:49.12	51	did not qualify					51
Sergei Dolidovich, Leanid Karneyenka	Team sprint					DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nastassia Dubarezava	15 km pursuit							45:27.9	54
	30 km classic							1:42:28.1	44
	Sprint	3:56.87	42	did not qualify					42
Ekaterina Rudakova	10 km freestyle							28:16.1	59
	15 km pursuit							44:50.5	50
Alena Sannikova	10 km freestyle							27:21.3	44
	15 km pursuit							43:33.7	39
	30 km classic							1:38:31.3	38
Olga Vasiljonok	10 km freestyle							28:06.2	56
	Sprint	4:01.73	46	did not qualify					46
Ekaterina Rudakova, Olga Vasiljonok	Team sprint					19:52.3	7	did not advance
Nastassia Dubarezava, Ekaterina Rudakova, Alena Sannikova, Olga Vasiljonok	4 x 5 km relay							58:28.4	10

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dmitri Dashinski	Men's aerials	238.33	4 Q	215.68	11
Alexei Grishin	Men's aerials	234.27	7 Q	248.41
Anton Kushnir	Men's aerials	213.90	15	did not advance
Timofei Slivets	Men's aerials	221.91	12 Q	225.58	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Assol Slivets	Women's aerials	169.39	7 Q	198.69	4
Alla Tsuper	Women's aerials	195.76	1 Q	181.84	8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Belarusian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
1	G	Vitali Koval	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	31 March 1980	Perm, Russian SFSR	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
37	G	Maxim Malyutin	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	16 September 1988	Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR	Vitebsk (BLR)
31	G	Andrei Mezin	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	8 July 1974	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
7	D	Vladimir Denisov	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	29 June 1984	Navapolatsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
33	D	Andrei Karev	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	12 February 1985	Elektrostal, Russian SFSR	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
25	D	Sergei Kolosov	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	22 May 1986	Navapolatsk	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
43	D	Viktor Kostiuchenok	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	7 June 1979	Minsk	Spartak Moscow (KHL)
4	D	Alexander Makritski	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	11 August 1971	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
52	D	Alexander Ryadinsky	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	1 April 1978	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
24	D	Ruslan Salei – C	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	2 November 1974	Minsk	Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
5	D	Nikolai Stasenko	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	15 February 1987	Roshchino, Russian SFSR	Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)
10	F	Oleg Antonenko – A	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	1 July 1971	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
59	F	Sergei Demagin	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	19 July 1986	Minsk	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL)
71	F	Alexei Kalyuzhny	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	13 June 1977	Minsk	Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
28	F	Konstantin Koltsov – A	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	17 April 1981	Minsk	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
74	F	Sergei Kostitsyn	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	20 March 1987	Navapolatsk	Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
11	F	Alexander Kulakov	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	15 May 1983	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
19	F	Dmitri Meleshko	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	8 November 1982	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
8	F	Andrei Mikhalev	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	23 February 1978	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
26	F	Andrei Stas	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	18 October 1988	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
18	F	Alexei Ugarov	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	2 January 1985	Minsk	HC MVD (KHL)
22	F	Sergei Zadelenov	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	27 February 1976	Navapolatsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)
21	F	Konstantin Zakharov	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	2 May 1985	Minsk	Dynamo Minsk (KHL)

Defencemen Andrei Antonov, Andrei Bashko, Vadim Sushko and Aleksandr Syrei, along with forwards Mikhail Grabovski and Andrei Kostitsyn, were initially selected but could not play due to injuries. The players chosen to replace them were defencemen Andrei Karev, Sergei Kolosov, Alexander Makritski and Alexander Ryadinsky, and forwards Dmitri Meleshko and Konstantin Zakharov.

Group play

Belarus played in Group C.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

17 February 2010 12:00

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,639

Game reference
	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Paul Devorski Peter Ország Linesmen: Brian Murphy Milan Novak
	O. Jokinen (S. Koivu, T. Selänne) (PP) – 3:24 1–0 N. Hagman (M. Koivu, J. Pitkänen) (PP) – 17:50 2–0 2–1 20:21 – S. Kostitsyn (S. Demagin) N. Hagman (M. Koivu) – 36:52 3–1 V. Filppula (M. Koivu) – 40:23 4–1 J. Ruutu (L. Kukkonen, N. Kapanen) – 52:59 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	12

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19 February 2010 12:00

Belarus

2–4 (0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,878

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Jonas Gustavsson	Referees: Dennis LaRue Brent Reiber Linesmen: Brian Murphy Yuri Oskirko
	0–1 6:40 – D. Sedin (H. Sedin, M. Weinhandl) 0–2 9:04 – D. Alfredsson (M. Johansson, N. Bäckström) (PP) 0–3 29:35 – J. Franzén (S. Påhlsson, F. Modin) D. Meleshko (N. Stasenko, A. Ryadinsky) (PP) – 34:40 1–3 D. Meleshko (A. Kulakov) – 51:33 2–3 2–4 59:49 – D. Alfredsson (H. Sedin, D. Sedin)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	38

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20 February 2010 21:00

Germany

3–5 (1–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,979

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Danny Kurmann Bill McCreary Linesmen: Petr Blümel Shane Heyer
	D. Seidenberg (M. Sturm, M. Goc) (PP) – 5:39 1–0 1–1 10:43 – A. Ugarov 1–2 28:36 – A. Kalyuzhny (S. Kostitsyn, N. Stasenko) 1–3 51:10 – S. Kostitsyn (K. Koltsov) J. Tripp (A. Rankel) – 51:49 2–3 M. Goc (J. Hecht) – 52:10 3–3 3–4 54:36 – R. Salei (A. Kalyuzhny, S. Kostitsyn) (PP) 3–5 58:45 – A. Kalyuzhny (K. Koltsov, S. Kostitsyn)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	17

Standings

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Quarterfinals
Finland	3	2	0	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	−4	3
Germany	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: ESPN

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

23 February 2010 12:00

Switzerland

3–2 (SO) (1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,397

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Svetlana Radkevich	500 m	39.899	35	39.854	33	79.753	33

See also

• Belarus at the Olympics
• Belarus at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

References

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