History
Ukraine made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1996, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and has competed ever since. The nation sends one of the largest delegations to the Olympics with over 200 athletes competing at each edition. The athletes compete in almost all sports available on the Olympic program with good representation in athletics, boxing, cycling, diving, fencing, gymnastics, judo, weightlifting and wrestling.
Ukraine has won at least one medal at each Olympics it has participated in. In total the nation has won around 120 medals across 16 sports. The most successful sports are gymnastics, athletics, boxing and wrestling. The most successful athlete competing for an independent Ukraine is swimmer Yana Klochkova whom won five medals. She won two gold medals each in women’s 200m individual medley (2000 & 2004) and 400m individual medley (2000 & 2004) and she won silver in the 800m freestyle (2000). In 2016 Ukraine won 11 medals.
Qualified Quotas
Archery
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Individual | Veronika Marchenko | |
| Anastasia Pavlova | ||
| Lidiia Sichenikova | ||
| Women’s Team | Veronika Marchenko Anastasia Pavlova Lidiia Sichenikova |
Artistic Swimming
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Team | Maryna Aleksiiva Vladyslava Aleksiiva Marta Fiedina Yana Nariezhna Kateryna Reznik Anastasiya Savchuk Alina Shynkarenko Yelyzaveta Yakhno |
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| Women’s Duet | From Team Quota |
Athletics
Men’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 50km Walk | Ivan Banzeruk |
Women’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s 800m | Nataliya Prishchepa | |
| Women’s 400m Hurdles | Anna Ryzhykova | |
| Women’s 20km Walk | Inna Kashina | |
| Women’s Marathon | Viktoriya Khapilina | |
| Women’s High Jump | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | |
| Iryna Gerashchenko | ||
| Yaroslava Mahuchikh | ||
| Women’s Long Jump | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | |
| Women’s Triple Jump | Olha Saladukha | |
| Women’s Hammer Throw | Iryna Klymets |
Diving
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 3m Springboard | Oleg Kolodiy | |
| Women’s 3m Springboard | Viktoriya Kesar | |
| Men’s 10m Platform | Oleksii Sereda | |
| Women’s 10m Platform | Sofiya Lyskun |
Equestrian
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Jumping | From Team Quota | |
| From Team Quota | ||
| From Team Quota | ||
| Team Jumping | Ferenc Szentirmai Horse: Valour Andre Schroder Horse: Allegro Ulrich Kirchhoff Horse: Al Pacino 62 Rene Tebbel Horse: Saxo de la Cour |
Shooting
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 10m Air Rifle | Oleh Tsarkov | |
| Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol | Oleksandr Petriv | |
| Women’s 25m Pistol | Olena Kostevych | |
| Men’s 10m Air Pistol (1) (2) |
Pavlo Korostylov | |
| Oleh Omelchuk |
Swimming
Men’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 800m Freestyle | Mykhailo Romanchuk | |
| Sergii Frolov | ||
| Men’s 1500m Freestyle | Mykhailo Romanchuk | |
| Sergii Frolov | ||
| Men’s 200m Breaststroke | Mykyta Koptielov | |
| Men’s 200m Butterfly | Denys Kesyl |