Belarus at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Belarus at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	BLR
National federation	Belarus Athletic Federation
in Berlin
Competitors	26
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Championships in Athletics appearances
1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

Belarus will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 26 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Among the stronger members of the team are reigning Olympic hammer throw champion Aksana Miankova and 2008 Olympic silver medallists Andrei Krauchanka and Natallia Mikhnevich.

Team selection

Track and road events

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
100 metres		Yulia Nestsiarenka
200 metres		Alena Kievich
110 metres hurdles	Maksim Lynsha	—
20 km race walk	Dzianis Simanovich	Sniazhana Yurchanka
4×100 metres relay		Hanna Bahdanovich Yulia Bulykina Aksana Drahun Alena Kievich Yulia Nestsiarenka

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
High jump	Artsiom Zaitsau
Long jump		Nastassia Mironchyk
Triple jump	Dzmitry Dziatsuk
Shot put	Yury Bialou Pavel Lyzhyn Andrei Mikhnevich	Natallia Mikhnevich
Discus throw		Iryna Yatchenko Ellina Zvereva
Hammer throw	Pavel Kryvitski Dzmitry Shako Yury Shayunou	Aksana Miankova Darya Pchelnik
Javelin throw	Aliaksandr Ashomka	Maryna Novik
Decathlon	Andrei Krauchanka	—

Results

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
110 m hurdles	Maksim Lynsha	13.61	18 q	-		13.46 PB	14	did not advance
20 km walk	Dzianis Simanovich	-						1:23.36	22

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Triple jump	Dzmitry Dziatsuk	16.58	23	did not advance
High jump	Artsiom Zaitsau	2.15	28	did not advance
Shot put	Yury Bialou	19.75	9	did not advance
	Pavel Lyzhyn	20.72	2 Q	20.98 PB	6
	Andrei Mikhnevich	20.65	1 Q	20.74	7
Javelin throw	Aliaksandr Ashomka	76.85	25	did not advance
Hammer throw	Pavel Kryvitski	77.85	2 Q	76.00	8
	Dzmitry Shako	71.80	14	did not advance
	Yury Shayunou	71.37	12	did not advance
Decathlon	Andrei Krauchanka	-		8281	10

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Yulia Nestsiarenka	DNS
200 m	Alena Kievich	23.59	30	-		did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Hanna Bahdanovich Yulia Bulykina Aksana Drahun Alena Kievich Yulia Nestsiarenka
20 km walk	Sniazhana Yurchanka	-						1:34.57	15

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Nastassia Mironchyk	6.55	9 q	6.29	11
Shot put	Natallia Mikhnevich	19.12	3 Q	19.66	4
Discus throw	Iryna Yatchenko	NM		did not advance
	Ellina Zvereva	NM		did not advance
Javelin throw	Maryna Novik	56.44	21	did not advance
Hammer throw	Aksana Miankova	69.58	13	did not advance
	Darya Pchelnik	69.58	15	did not advance

External links

• Official competition website