Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

competed at the

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, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The

National Olympic Committee of Ukraine The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine ( uk, Нацiональний олiмпiйський комiтет України) is a non-profit all-Ukrainian public organization responsible for development, reinforcement, and protection of the Olym ...

sent a total of 238 athletes, split equally between men and women, to compete in 21 sports. Ukraine left London with a total of 19 Olympic medals (5 gold, 4 silver, and 10 bronze), their lowest in Summer Olympic history since their debut in

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. Five of these medals were awarded to the team in boxing; three each in athletics and sprint canoeing, and two each in fencing, shooting, and weightlifting. Two Ukrainian athletes won more than a single Olympic medal, while all of their competitors in sprint canoeing won at least a medal. For the first time in its history, Ukraine did not win an Olympic medal in archery. Among the nation's medalists were épée fencer

Yana Shemyakina Yana Volodymyrivna Shemyakina ( uk, Яна Володимирівна Шемякіна; born 5 January 1986)
Yana Dementyeva Yana Mykhailivna Dementieva ( uk, Яна Михайлівна Дементьєва; born 23 October 1978 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Dementyeva won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event w ...

, who both won Ukraine's first Olympic gold medals in their respective events. Sprint canoer Inna Osypenko, who won two silver in London, became one of the most successful Ukrainian athletes in history, with a total of four Olympic medals. Meanwhile,

Yuriy Cheban Yuriy Volodymyrovych Cheban ( uk, Юрій Володимирович Чебан; born 5 July 1986 in Odessa, Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion in C-1 200 metres. Career In 2003, despite b ...

won the coveted gold medal in the men's sprint canoe singles, in addition to his bronze from Beijing.

Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko ( uk, Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, ; also spelled Vasiliy; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes fr ...

became the first Ukrainian boxer and twelfth in history to claim two Olympic titles. Sabre fencer

Olha Kharlan Olha Hennadiyivna Kharlan ( uk, Ольга Геннадіївна Харлан; born 4 September 1990) is a Ukrainian right-handed sabre fencer. Kharlan is a two-time team European champion, six-time individual European champion, two-time team ...

defeated the reigning champion Mariel Zagunis from the United States to win the bronze medal. Track runner

Yelizaveta Bryzhina Yelyzaveta Viktorivna Bryzhina ( uk, Єлизавета Вікторівна Бризгіна; born November 28, 1989 in Voroshilovgrad) is a Ukrainian sprint athlete, who specializes in the 100 metres. Her personal best times are 11.42 seconds ...

followed her parents' footsteps to lead her team and win the nation's first Olympic medal in women's sprint relay. Pistol shooter

Olena Kostevych Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych ( ua, Олена Дмитрівна Костевич, born 14 April 1985) is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event a ...

recaptured her sporting success from eight years before by winning two bronze medals, in addition to her Olympic title from

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Medalists

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Delegation

The

selected a team of 238 athletes, dividing into men and women by half, to compete in 21 sports; it was the nation's third-largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since

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. For the second consecutive time in its Olympic history, Ukraine did not qualify athletes in any of the team-based sports. Athletics was the largest team by sport, with a total of 78 competitors. The Ukrainian team featured twelve Olympic medalists from

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, five of them defending (rifle hooter Artur Ayvazyan, archer

Viktor Ruban The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

, heptathlete

Nataliya Dobrynska Nataliya Dobrynska ( uk, Наталія Добринська; born 29 May 1982) is a retired Ukrainian heptathlete. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and also holds the heptathlon best in the shot put. Her indoor pentathlon best of 5013 points ...

, sprint kayaker Inna Osypenko, and former featherweight boxer

, who competed in the men's lightweight division). Eights rower

Oleh Lykov Oleh Viktorovych Lykov ( uk, Ликов Олег Вікторович, born 1 August 1973 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian rower. References * * 1973 births Living people Ukrainian male rowers Sportspeople from Dnipro Ol ...

and windsurfer Maksym Oberemko became first Ukrainian athletes to compete in five Olympic games. Along with Ayvazyan, four Ukrainian athletes made their fourth Olympic appearance: windsurfer Olha Maslivets, pole vaulter and bronze medalist Denys Yurchenko, freestyle and open water swimmer Ihor Chervynskyy, and mountain biker Serhiy Rysenko. Rower Kostiantyn Zaitsev marked his Olympic return in London after a twelve-year absence, and competed in men's quadruple sculls. Meanwhile, former freestyle swimmer

Olga Beresnyeva Olga Beresnyeva ( uk, Ольга Береснєва, he, אולגה ברנסייבה; born 12 October 1985 in Zhdanov),Serhiy Lebid Serhiy Lebid or Serhii Lebid ( uk, Сергій Лебідь; born 15 July 1975 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner. Career He has won the European Cross Country championships on nine occasions, winning ...

were among the nation's athletes who made their comeback at these Olympic games after an eight-year absence. Hammer thrower Oleksandr Dryhol, at age 46, was the oldest athlete of the team, while relay swimmer Iryna Hlavnyk was the youngest at age 16. Other notable Ukrainian athletes featured platform diver and former Youth Olympic games medalist Oleksandr Bondar, sprint canoer and Olympic bronze medalist

, 2011 World Amateur Boxing champion

Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk ( uk, Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович У́сик; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the unified WB ...

in the men's heavyweight division, and former Olympic champions

Irini Merleni Iryna Oleksiyivna Merleni ( uk, Ірина Олексіївна Мерлені), née Melnyk (), married name Mykulchyn () (born 8 February 1982) is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the – 48 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Ol ...

in women's freestyle wrestling, Yuri Nikitin in trampoline gymnastics, and

in pistol shooting. Judoka and Olympic bronze medalist

Roman Gontiuk Roman Volodymyrovych Hontyuk ( uk, Роман Володимирович Гонтюк), also spelled Roman Gontyuk, (born 2 February 1984) is an olympic medalist from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division a ...

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Archery

Ukraine has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, three archers for the women's individual event, a team for the men's team event and a team for the women's team event. Previously, Ukraine has won a total of five Olympic medals in archery, one gold, one silver, and two bronze. Archer

, the defending champion of the men's individual archery competition from the Beijing Olympics, managed to qualify into three consecutive rounds, until he was lost in the quarterfinal round by Korea's

Oh Jin-Hyek Oh Jin-hyek ( ko, 오진혁; , Hanja: 吳真爀; born 15 August 1981) is a South Korean archer. Oh first competed for the Korean national team in 1999, but did not win a major individual international tournament un ...

, who later won the gold medal and then succeeded Ruban's Olympic title during the final rounds of the competition. ;Men ;Women

Athletics

Ukrainian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): Ivan Babaryka (Ukraine) - London 2012 Mens Marathon

Ivan Babaryka (Ukraine) - London 2012 Mens Marathon

Close, but no gold for Oleksandr Pyatnytsya

;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events * On 9 August 2016,

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announced that

Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Oleksandr Sergiyovich Pyatnytsya ( uk, Олександр Сергійович П'ятниця; born 14 July 1985 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a male javelin thrower from Ukraine. His personal best is 86.12 metres, achieved in May 2012 in Kiev, which w ...

of Ukraine has been disqualified from the

and ordered to return the silver medal from the men's javelin throw event. Reanalysis of his samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance

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(

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). ;Combined events –

Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

;Women ;Track & road events * Viktoriya Pyatachenko was selected in the women's 4 × 100 m relay, but did not compete. ;Field events ;Combined events –

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Badminton

Boxing

Ukraine has qualified seven boxers at the London games. This was, by far, Ukraine's best performance at the Olympic games, after winning all but two medals in London. Five of them were awarded to the team, including two gold medals won by lightweight boxer

and heavyweight boxer

. Lomachenko, former Olympic champion in the men's featherweight division at Beijing, was also the first boxer to win more than a single title in its history. ;Men

Canoeing

Sprint

Ukraine has qualified boats for the following events Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Ukraine has qualified in the following events

Road

Track

;Sprint ;Team sprint ;Pursuit ;Keirin

Mountain biking

Diving

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Ukraine has qualified a team (four athletes) for Show jumping and one individual for Dressage for the Games.

Dressage

Jumping

Fencing

Ukraine has qualified 8 fencers. ;Men ;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Judo

;Men ;Women

Modern pentathlon

Ukraine has qualified two men and two women * Did not finish

Rowing

Ukraine has qualified the following boats Ukraine Womens Quad

;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Ukraine has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events ;Men ;Women M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows: OCS –

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of the starting line; DSQ – Disqualified; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start. RDG – Redress given.

Shooting

Ukraine has ensured berths in the following events of shooting: ;Men ;Women

Swimming

Ukrainian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ;Men ;Women

Synchronized swimming

Ukraine has qualified 2 quota places in Synchronized swimming.

Table tennis

Ukraine has qualified the following athletes

Taekwondo

Ukraine has qualified 2 athletes.

Tennis

Triathlon

Ukraine has qualified the following athletes.

Weightlifting

Ukraine has qualified 6 men and 3 women. ;Men ;Women * On 13 July 2016,

announced that Yuliya Kalina has been disqualified and ordered to return the bronze medal from the 58 kg weightlifting event.
* On 19 December 2019,

announced that Oleksiy Torokhtiy has been disqualified and ordered to return the gold medal from the 105 kg weightlifting event.

Wrestling

Ukraine has qualified in the following events ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ;Women's freestyle

Uniforms

The uniforms worn at the opening and closing ceremonies by Ukraine's Olympic athletes were designed by a Russian firm Bosco, the same firm that designed the uniforms for the athletes of the Russian Federation and Spain. Ukrainian athletes wore Bosco uniforms for the first time at the

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. The same firm is expected to design the uniforms for Ukraine’s Olympic team at the

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and the

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. The uniforms are provided free of charge to the team members. The style is of the early 1970s in patterns and colors that reflect the culture of freedom-loving Ukraine. For men,

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, colorful shirts with pointed collars

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jackets with wide lapels, and traditional hats. For women

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and short

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s, colorful scarves and fringed bags. The design incorporates the blue and yellow colors of the

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and a stylized shaft of

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References

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