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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 20km Walk | Eduard Zabuzhenko | |
| Men’s 50km Walk | Ivan Banzeruk | |
| Men’s Marathon | Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy | |
| Mykola Nyzhnyk | ||
| Oleksandr Sitkovskiy | ||
| Men’s Hammer Throw | Mykhaylo Kokhan |
Women’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s 800m | Nataliya Prishchepa | |
| Olha Lyakhova | ||
| Women’s 400m Hurdles | Anna Ryzhykova | |
| Women’s 4x400m Relay | Kateryna Klymiuk Olha Lyakhova Tetyana Melnyk Hanna Ryzhykova |
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| Women’s 20km Walk | Over 3 Eligible Athletes | |
| Women’s Marathon | Over 3 Eligible Athletes | |
| Women’s High Jump | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | |
| Iryna Gerashchenko | ||
| Yuliya Levchenko | ||
| Women’s Long Jump | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | |
| Women’s Triple Jump | Olha Saladukha | |
| Women’s Hammer Throw | Iryna Klymets | |
| Iryna Novozhylova |
Boxing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Featherweight | Mykola Butsenko |
Canoeing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s K1 Slalom | Viktoriia Us | |
| Women’s K1 200m | Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk | |
| Women’s K2 500m | Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska |
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| Women’s K4 500m | Inna Hryshchun Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova |
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| Men’s C2 1000m | Eduard Shemetylo Yurii Vandiuk |
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| Women’s C2 500m | Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Chetverikova |
Cycling
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Road Race | Qualified Via Rankings | |
| Women’s Road Race | Valeriya Kononenko | |
| Women’s Individual Sprint | Qualified Via Rankings | |
| Women’s Keirin | Eligible to Compete |
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 Dressage | Inna Logutenkova Horse: Fleraro |
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| Individual Jumping | 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 |
Failed to Reach MER |
Fencing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Individual Epee | From Team Quota | |
| From Team Quota | ||
| From Team Quota | ||
| Men’s Team Epee | Qualified Via Rankings | |
| Women’s Individual Sabre | Olha Kharlan |
Gymnastics
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Artistic Individual Events | From Team Quota | |
| From Team Quota | ||
| From Team Quota | ||
| From Team Quota | ||
| Women’s Artistic Individual Events | Diana Varinska | |
| Men’s Artistic Team All-Around | Vladyslav Hryko Petro Pakhniuk Igor Radivilov Oleg Verniaiev Yevgen Yudenkov |
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| Women’s Rhythmic Individual All-Around | Vlada Nikolchenko | |
| Khrystyna Pohranychna |
Rowing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls | Igor Khmara Stanislav Kovalov |
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 | ||
| Women’s Skeet | Iryna Malovichko |
Swimming
Men’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 50m Freestyle | Vladyslav Bukhov | |
| 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 |
Women’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s 200m Backstroke | Daryna Zevina |
Wrestling
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Freestyle -125kg | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi | |
| Men’s Greco-Roman -60kg | Lenur Temirov | |
| Men’s Greco-Roman -87kg | Zhan Beleniuk | |
| Women’s Freestyle -50kg | Oksana Livach | |
| Women’s Freestyle -57kg | Alina Hrushyna | |
| Women’s Freestyle -62kg | Iryna Koliadenko | |
| Women’s Freestyle -68kg | Alla Cherkasova |