Belarus at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
# Belarus at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

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

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

**Field events**

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

### Women

**Track and road events**

| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 100 m | Yulia Nestsiarenka | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| 200 m | Alena Kievich | 23.59 | 30 | - | - | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | 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 | NM | did not advance | did not advance |
| Discus throw | Ellina Zvereva | NM | NM | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javelin throw | Maryna Novik | 56.44 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hammer throw | Aksana Miankova | 69.58 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hammer throw | Darya Pchelnik | 69.58 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
