Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Belarus at the
2010 Winter Olympics
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)

Belarus participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

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

Alpine skiing

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
Lizaveta Kuzmenka	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

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Leanid Karneyenka	Sprint	3:49.12	51	did not qualify					51
Sergei Dolidovich, Leanid Karneyenka	Team sprint					DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Ekaterina Rudakova	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
Olga Vasiljonok	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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Belarusian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

Goalies

Referees:

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

19 February 2010
12:00

Belarus

2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,878

Goalies

Referees:

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

20 February 2010
21:00

Germany

3–5
(1–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Belarus

Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,979

Goalies

Referees:

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

Goalies

Referees:

Peter Ország
Linesmen:

Petr Blümel

Tim Nowak

	0–1	0:59 – A. Kalyuzhny (V. Kostyuchenok)
J. Sprunger (R. Wick, M. Plüss) (PP) – 12:25	1–1
H. Domenichelli (M. Streit, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) – 27:07	2–1
	2–2	35:42 – K. Zakharov (A. Ugarov, N. Stasenko) (PP)