Belarus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Belarus competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They delegated 20 athletes (10 men, 10 women) to the Summer Paralympics.[1] They competed in athletics, judo, rowing, swimming and wheelchair fencing.[2]

Belarus at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeBLR
NPCParalympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors20 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Aliaksandr Tryputs
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
8
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
10
Summer Paralympics appearances
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Disability classifications
Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[5]

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldIhar BokiSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle S1314 September
 GoldIhar BokiSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S1316 September
 GoldIhar BokiSwimmingMen's 400m freestyle S1312 September
 GoldIhar BokiSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke S1317 September
 GoldIhar BokiSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly S138 September
 GoldIhar BokiSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley SM1310 September
 GoldUladzimir IzotauSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke SB1213 September
 GoldAndrei PranevichWheelchair fencingMen's épée B16 September
 BronzeIhar BokiSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke SB1311 September

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Belarus qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the AS Women's Single Sculls event with a fifth-place finish in a time of 05:38.39.[6][7]

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Ihar Boki earned Belarus a spot after winning gold in the Men's 50m Freestyle S13.[8][9]

Wheelchair fencing
Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

See also

References
  1. "OVERALL NUMBER OF ENTRIES BY NPC". myInfo+Plus. Atos. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. "Competitors List: Belarus". myInfo+plus. Atos. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. "Rowing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  7. "(ASW1x) AS Women's Single Sculls — Final". World Rowing. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  8. "Swimming QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  9. "Daily Medallists". International Paralympic Committee. July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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