Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

competed at the

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, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan The National Olympic Committee of the Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek alphabet, Latinised- uz, Oʻzbekiston Milliy Olimpiya qoʻmitasi) is the National Olympic Committee representing Uzbekistan. It was founded in the year of 1992, altho ...

sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games in the post-Soviet era. A total of 54 athletes, 36 men and 18 women, competed in 13 sports. There was only a single competitor in fencing, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics, shooting and tennis. Notable Uzbek athletes featured tennis player

Denis Istomin Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in A ...

(ranked thirty-fourth in the world by the

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), road cyclist and former world junior champion

Sergey Lagutin Sergey Lagutin (; born 14 January 1981) is a former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2018 for seven different teams, and represented both Russia and Uzbekistan in competition. He now works as a direc ...

, and sprint canoer

Vadim Menkov Vadim Menkov (born 12 February 1987) is an Uzbek male sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He has won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-1 1000 m: 2009, 2010), a silver (C-1 500 m: 2013) ...

, who nearly missed out of the medal standings in

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. Sprinter Guzal Khubbiyeva and trampoline gymnast Ekaterina Khilko became the first Uzbek female athletes to compete in four Olympic games. Meanwhile, swimmers Ranohon Amanova and Yulduz Kuchkarova, both at age 18, were the youngest athletes of the team. Light heavyweight boxer and double Asian Games champion

Elshod Rasulov Elshod Rasulov (born March 7, 1986) is an amateur boxer from Uzbekistan, who won gold at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2010 Asian Games and silver at 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Career In 2004 the southpaw counterpuncher knocked ...

was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Uzbekistan left London originally with four Olympic medals (one gold and three bronze), tying with

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for the nation's overall medal standings. Freestyle wrestler

Artur Taymazov Artur Taymazov ( os, Таймазты Барисы фырт Артур; russian: Артур Борисович Таймазов; born 20 July 1979) is an Ossetian- Uzbek-Russian wrestler and politician. He was Uzbekistan's most decorated Olympi ...

, who defended his super heavyweight title for the third time, became the most successful Uzbek athlete in history with a total of four Olympic medals. Another freestyle wrestler

Soslan Tigiev Soslan Tigiev (born October 12, 1983 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian and Uzbekistani wrestler of Ossetian descent who competed in the freestyle 74 kg category. He was the 2006 Asian Games bronze medalist. Tigiev was initially awarded a silver ...

collected his second Olympic medal in the men's middleweight division, by winning an Olympic bronze medal. Judoka

Rishod Sobirov Rishod Sobirov (born 11 September 1986) is an Uzbek judoka. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 60 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics and two World Judo Championships in 2010 and 2011, making him the current number one in the International Judo Fed ...

managed to repeat his bronze medal from Beijing. Boxer

Abbos Atoev Abbos Abdurazzoqovich Atoyev (born 7 June 1986) is an Uzbek amateur boxer, best known for winning gold in the light heavyweight competition at the 2007 World Championships and at middleweight in 2009. He also won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summ ...

recaptured his nation's sporting success at these games, by winning an Olympic bronze medal after eight years. On 7 November 2012, the

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stripped

of his bronze medal after testing positive for the prohibited substance

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. On 23 July 2019, the

stripped

of his gold medal after testing positive for the prohibited substance. In 2020, after the disqualification of a number of athletes in a weightlifting men's 105 kg event, the bronze medal in this event was redistributed to Ivan Efremov.

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

Uzbekistani 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): ;Key * Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only * Q = Qualified for the next round * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target * NR = National record * N/A = Round not applicable for the event * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

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;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Boxing

Uzbekistan so far qualified boxers for the following events ;Men

Canoeing

Sprint

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

Cycling

Road

Fencing

Uzbekistan qualified 1 fencer. ;Men

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Women * Galiulina was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for the banned diuretic drug

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Rhythmic

Trampoline

Judo

Uzbekistan qualified 6 judokas.

Abdullo Tangriev Abdullo Tangriev (born 28 March 1981) is an Uzbek judoka. He won a silver medal in the +100 kg category of the 2008 Olympic Games. Early life Abdullo Tangriev was born on 28 March 1981, in Surxondaryo Region. He was engaged with judo f ...

qualified in the men's +100 kg category, but withdrew from the Games. ;Men

Shooting

;Women

Swimming

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

Taekwondo

Uzbekistan qualified the following quota places.

Tennis

Weightlifting

Uzbekistan qualified 6 weightlifters. ;Men ;Women

Wrestling

Uzbekistan qualified 8 men. ;Key * - Victory by Fall. * - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. * - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman

References

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