Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

competed at the

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

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sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 16 athletes, 13 men and 3 women, competed in 7 sports. Six of these athletes had competed in Beijing, including judoka

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and freestyle wrestler

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, who both won Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medals. Tajikistan left London with only a single medal, following its successful Olympics in Beijing. Boxer Mavzuna Chorieva, who won the bronze in women's lightweight division, set a historic Olympic record, as the nation's first female medalist in history, and first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Medalists

Athletics

Tajikistani 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 ;Women

Boxing

Tajikistan has so far qualified boxers for the following events ;Men ;Women

Judo

Tajikistan has qualified 2 judokas

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Women

Taekwondo

Tajikistan has qualified the following quota places.

Wrestling

Tajikistan has qualified the following athletes at the wrestling competition. ;Key * - Victory by Fall. * - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. * - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points. ;Men's freestyle

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Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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