Career
He challenged six other swimmers on the first heat, including 17-year-old January Micka of the Czechoslovakian Republic and two-time Olympian Ediz Yıldırımer of Turkey. Zhyharau finished the heat in sixth place by nearly fourteen seconds behind Bulgaria"s Ventsislav Aydarski, recording the second slowest time of 15:48.67. Zhyharau failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.