Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, 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 sent a total of 238 athletes, split equally between men and women, to compete in 21 sports.

Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	UKR
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website	www.noc-ukr.org (in Ukrainian and English)
in London
Competitors	238 in 21 sports
Flag bearers	Roman Hontyuk (opening) Oleksiy Torokhtiy (closing)
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 10 Total 19
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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 1996. 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 and the women's quadruple sculls team, led by Yana Dementyeva, 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 won the coveted gold medal in the men's sprint canoe singles, in addition to his bronze from Beijing. Vasyl Lomachenko became the first Ukrainian boxer and twelfth in history to claim two Olympic titles.^[1] Sabre fencer Olha Kharlan defeated the reigning champion Mariel Zagunis from the United States to win the bronze medal. Track runner Yelizaveta Bryzhina 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 recaptured her sporting success from eight years before by winning two bronze medals, in addition to her Olympic title from Athens.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date   Gold Yana Shemyakina Fencing Women's épée 30 July   Gold Yana Dementyeva Nataliya Dovhodko Anastasiya Kozhenkova Kateryna Tarasenko Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 1 August   Gold Yuriy Cheban Canoeing Men's C-1 200 m 11 August   Gold Oleksandr Usyk Boxing Men's heavyweight 11 August   Gold Vasyl Lomachenko Boxing Men's lightweight 12 August   Silver Inna Osypenko Canoeing Women's K-1 500 m 9 August   Silver Inna Osypenko Canoeing Women's K-1 200 m 11 August   Silver Denys Berinchyk Boxing Men's light welterweight 12 August   Silver Valerii Andriitsev Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg 12 August   Bronze Olena Kostevych Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol 29 July   Bronze Yulia Paratova Weightlifting Women's 53 kg 29 July   Bronze Olena Kostevych Shooting Women's 25 m pistol 1 August   Bronze Olha Kharlan Fencing Women's sabre 1 August   Bronze Olha Saladuha Athletics Women's triple jump 5 August   Bronze Ihor Radivilov Gymnastics Men's vault 6 August   Bronze Olesya Povh Khrystyna Stuy Mariya Ryemyen Yelizaveta Bryzhina Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay 10 August   Bronze Taras Shelestyuk Boxing Men's welterweight 10 August   Bronze Oleksandr Hvozdyk Boxing Light heavyweight 10 August   Bronze Alina Lohvynenko Olha Zemlyak Hanna Yaroshchuk Nataliya Pyhyda Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 11 August

Medals by sport Sport       Total Boxing 2 1 2 5 Canoeing 1 2 0 3 Fencing 1 0 1 2 Weightlifting 0 0 1 1 Rowing 1 0 0 1 Athletics 0 0 3 3 Wrestling 0 1 0 1 Shooting 0 0 2 2 Gymnastics 0 0 1 1 Total 5 4 10 19

Delegation

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine 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 2000. 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 Beijing, five of them defending (rifle hooter Artur Ayvazyan, archer Viktor Ruban, heptathlete Nataliya Dobrynska, sprint kayaker Inna Osypenko, and former featherweight boxer Vasyl Lomachenko, who competed in the men's lightweight division). Eights rower Oleh Lykov 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 and long-distance runner Serhiy Lebid 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 Yuriy Cheban, 2011 World Amateur Boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk in the men's heavyweight division, and former Olympic champions Irini Merleni in women's freestyle wrestling, Yuri Nikitin in trampoline gymnastics, and Olena Kostevych in pistol shooting. Judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Roman Gontiuk was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: Sport Men Women Total Archery 3 3 6 Athletics 30 48 78 Badminton 1 1 2 Boxing 7 0 7 Canoeing 1 1 2 Cycling 3 7 10 Diving 5 4 9 Equestrian 3 2 5 Fencing 3 5 8 Gymnastics 6 10 16 Judo 7 3 10 Modern pentathlon 2 2 4 Rowing 15 6 21 Sailing 3 1 4 Shooting 5 3 8 Swimming 8 6 14 Synchronized swimming 0 2 2 Table tennis 2 2 4 Taekwondo 1 1 2 Tennis 1 1 2 Triathlon 1 1 2 Weightlifting 6 3 9 Wrestling 9 4 13 Total 119 119 238

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dmytro Hrachov	Individual	665	28	Frangilli (ITA) (37) W 7–2	Furukawa (JPN) (68) L 4–6	Did not advance
Markiyan Ivashko		667	24	Cuesta (ESP) (41) W 6–4	Myo Aung (MYA) (56) W 7–1	Kuo C-W (TPE) (35) L 0–6	Did not advance
Viktor Ruban		660	43	Liu Zw (CHN) (22) W 6–0	Chen (TPE) (54) W 6–0	Prevost (FRA) (6) W 6–4	Oh J-H (KOR) (8) L 1–7	Did not advance
Dmytro Hrachov Markiyan Ivashko Viktor Ruban	Team	1992	9	—		Great Britain (GBR) (8) W 223–212	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 220–227	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tetyana Dorokhova	Individual	599	59	Kanie (JPN) (6) L 1–7	Did not advance
Kateryna Palekha		624	51	Leek (USA) (14) L 2–6	Did not advance
Lidiia Sichenikova		645	32	Timofeyeva (BLR) (33) L 5–6	Did not advance
Tetyana Dorokhova Kateryna Palekha Lidiia Sichenikova	Team	1868	12	—		Japan (JPN) (5) L 192–207	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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):^[2][3]

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

 

Ivan Babaryka in men's marathon

 

Oleksandr Pyatnytsya takes home the silver in men's javelin throw.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Serhiy Smelyk	200 m	20.65	4	Did not advance
Vitaliy Butrym	400 m	47.62	5	Did not advance
Serhiy Lebid	5000 m	13:53.15	17	—		Did not advance
Mykola Labovskyi	10000 m	—				29.32.12	26
Stanislav Melnykov	400 m hurdles	50.13	3 Q	50.19	6	Did not advance
Vadym Slobodenyuk	3000 m steeplechase	8:23.35	8	—		Did not advance
Ivan Babaryka	Marathon	—				2:21:52	59
Oleksandr Sitkovskyy						2:12:56	12
Vitaliy Shafar						2:16:36	29
Ruslan Dmytrenko	20 km walk	—				1:23.21	30
Nazar Kovalenko						1:22.54	27
Ivan Losyev						1:26:50	47
Serhiy Budza	50 km walk	—				3:56:35	35
Ihor Hlavan						3:48:07	19
Oleksiy Kazanin						DSQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Viktor Kuznyetsov	Long jump	7.50	31	Did not advance
Sheryf El-Sheryf	Triple jump	16.60	13	Did not advance
Bohdan Bondarenko	High jump	2.26	=8 q	2.29	7
Dmytro Demyanyuk		2.21	=16	Did not advance
Andriy Protsenko		2.29	5 q	2.25	9
Maksym Mazuryk	Pole vault	5.35	=18	Did not advance
Denys Yurchenko		NM	—	Did not advance
Andriy Semenov	Shot put	NM	—	Did not advance
Mykyta Nesterenko	Discus throw	59.17	34	Did not advance
Roman Avramenko	Javelin throw	80.06	14	Did not advance
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya		82.40	4 Q	84.51	DSQ*
Oleksandr Dryhol	Hammer throw	69.57	34	Did not advance
Artem Rubanko		NM	—	Did not advance
Oleksiy Sokyrskyy		77.65	4 Q	78.25	4

* On 9 August 2016, IOC announced that Oleksandr Pyatnytsya of Ukraine has been disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics 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 dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol).^[4]

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Oleksiy Kasyanov	Result	10.56	7.55	14.45	1.99	48.44	14.09	46.72	4.60	54.87	4:33.68	8283	7
	Points	961	947	756	794	888	963	802	790	661	721

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nataliya Pohrebnyak	100 m	Bye		11.46	5	Did not advance
Olesya Povh				11.18	3 Q	11.30	6	Did not advance
Yelizaveta Bryzhina	200 m	22.82	3 Q	—		22.64	5	Did not advance
Mariya Ryemyen		22.58	1 Q			22.62	4	Did not advance
Khrystyna Stuy		22.66	3 Q			22.76	4	Did not advance
Alina Lohvynenko	400 m	52.08	2 Q	—		51.38	6	Did not advance
Nataliya Pyhyda		51.09	2 Q			51.41	5	Did not advance
Yuliya Krevsun	800 m	DNF		—		Did not advance
Liliya Lobanova		DNS				Did not advance
Nataliya Lupu		2:08.35	1 Q			2:01.63	5	Did not advance
Anna Mishchenko	1500 m	4:13.63	13	—		Did not advance
Anzhelika Shevchenko		4:12.97	13			Did not advance
Lyudmyla Kovalenko	5000 m	15:18.60	11	—				Did not advance
Olha Skrypak	10000 m	—						32:14.59	20
Hanna Titimets	400 m hurdles	55.08	2 Q	—		55.10	4	Did not advance
Hanna Yaroshchuk		54.81	3 Q			55.51	4	Did not advance
Svitlana Shmidt	3000 m steeplechase	10:01.09	12	—				Did not advance
Valentyna Zhudina		9:37.90	7					Did not advance
Yelizaveta Bryzhina Nataliya Pohrebnyak Olesya Povh Mariya Ryemyen Khrystyna Stuy	4 × 100 m relay	42.36	1 Q	—				42.04 NR
Yuliya Baraley Alina Lohvynenko Yuliya Olishevska Darya Prystupa Nataliya Pyhyda Olha Zemlyak Hanna Titimets Hanna Yaroshchuk	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.90	2 Q					3:23.57
Olena Burkovska	Marathon	—						2:33:26	48
Tetyana Filonyuk		—						DNF
Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko		—						2:24:32	5
Nadiya Borovska	20 km walk	—						1:30:03	16
Olena Shumkina								1:36:42	50
Olha Yakovenko								1:32:07	27

* Viktoriya Pyatachenko was selected in the women's 4 × 100 m relay, but did not compete.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Viktoriya Rybalko	Long jump	6.29	20	Did not advance
Marharyta Tverdohlib		6.19	26	Did not advance
Hanna Demydova	Triple jump	13.97	15	Did not advance
Hanna Knyazyeva		14.33	6 Q	14.56	4
Olha Saladuha		14.35	5 Q	14.79
Olena Holosha	High jump	1.90	=15	Did not advance
Vita Styopina		1.80	34	Did not advance
Nataliya Mazuryk	Pole vault	4.25	26	Did not advance
Hanna Shelekh		4.10	33	Did not advance
Kateryna Karsak	Discus throw	58.64	28	Did not advance
Nataliya Semonova		60.61	18	Did not advance
Marharyta Dorozhon	Javelin throw	56.74	28	Did not advance
Hanna Hatsko		58.37	22	Did not advance
Vira Rebryk		58.97	19	Did not advance
Iryna Novozhylova	Hammer throw	65.35	33	Did not advance
Hanna Skydan		68.50	19	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nataliya Dobrynska	Result	13.57	1.83	15.05	24.69	3.70	DNS	—	DNF
	Points	1040	1016	864	915	242	0	—
Hanna Melnychenko	Result	13.32	1.80	12.96	24.09	6.40	43.86	2:12.90	6392	10
	Points	1077	978	725	972	975	742	923
Lyudmyla Yosypenko	Result	13.25	1.83	13.90	23.68	6.31	49.63	2:13.28	6618	4
	Points	1087	1016	787	1012	946	853	912

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dmytro Zavadsky	Men's singles	Zwiebler (GER) L 21–17, 10–21, 16–21	Rasheed (MDV) W 21–8, 21–8	2	Did not advance
Larisa Griga	Women's singles	Gavnholt (CZE) L 13–21, 21–15, 15–21	Schenk (GER) L 13–21, 21–15, 15–21	3	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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 Vasyl Lomachenko and heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk. 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

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pavlo Ishchenko	Bantamweight	Diaz (USA) L 9–19	Did not advance
Vasyl Lomachenko	Lightweight	Bye	Arias (DOM) W 15–3	Verdejo (PUR) W 14–9	Toledo (CUB) W 14–11	Han S-C (KOR) W 19–9
Denys Berinchyk	Light welterweight	Bye	Yigit (SWE) W 24–23	Horn (AUS) W 21–13	Mönkh-Erdene (MGL) W 29–21	Iglesias (CUB) L 15–22
Taras Shelestyuk	Welterweight	Bye	Belous (MDA) W 15–7	Vastine (FRA) W 18^+–18	Evans (GBR) L 10–11	Did not advance
Evhen Khytrov	Middleweight	Bye	Ogogo (GBR) L 18–18^+	Did not advance
Oleksandr Hvozdyk	Light heavyweight	Dauhaliavets (BLR) W 18–10	Bravo (NCA) W 18–6	Benchabla (ALG) W 19–17	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 13–13^+	Did not advance
Oleksandr Usyk	Heavyweight	—	Bye	Beterbiyev (RUS) W 17–13	Pulev (BUL) W 21–5	Russo (ITA) W 14–11

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Ukraine has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuriy Cheban	Men's C-1 200 m	41.036	1 Q	40.647	1 FA	42.291
Inna Osypenko	Women's K-1 200 m	42.119	1 Q	41.360	3 FA	45.053
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.268	4 Q	1:51.515	2 FA	1:52.685

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified in the following events

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andriy Hrivko	Men's road race	5:46:05	17
Dmytro Krivtsov		5:46:37	66
Alyona Andruk	Women's road race	OTL

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Lyubov Shulika	Women's sprint	11.319 63.609	10	Hansen (NZL) W 11.808 60.975	Bye	Vogel (GER) L	Kanis (NED)   Lee W S (HKG) W 11.461 62.821	Meares (AUS) L	Did not advance	5th place final   Krupeckaitė (LTU)   Guerra (CUB)   Panarina (BLR) L	7

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Lyubov Shulika Olena Tsyos	Women's team sprint	33.708 53.399	7 Q	Great Britain (GBR) W 33.620 53.539	4 Q	Australia (AUS) L 33.491 53.745	4

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova Svitlana Halyuk Lesya Kalytovska	Women's team pursuit	3:25.160	9	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Lyubov Shulika	Women's keirin	5 R	4	Did not advance	13

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Serhiy Rysenko	Men's cross-country	1:37:32	31
Yana Belomoyna	Women's cross-country	1:35:46	13

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Illya Kvasha	3 m springboard	470.25	6 Q	478.60	7 Q	462.25	8
Oleksiy Pryhorov		439.80	17 Q	414.15	16	Did not advance
Oleksandr Bondar	10 m platform	481.65	7 Q	496.30	11 Q	443.70	12
Anton Zakharov		451.35	12 Q	464.70	15	Did not advance
Illya Kvasha Oleksiy Pryhorov	3 m synchronized springboard	—				434.22	4
Oleksandr Bondar Oleksandr Gorshkovozov	10 m synchronized platform	—				433.32	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Olena Fedorova	3 m springboard	308.70	14 Q	314.70	12 Q	317.80	9
Hanna Pysmenska		271.50	21	Did not advance
Iuliia Prokopchuk	10 m platform	324.85	11 Q	315.80	12 Q	344.55	12
Olena Fedorova Hanna Pysmenska	3 m synchronized springboard	—				302.40	6
Iuliia Prokopchuk Viktoriya Potyekhina	10 m synchronized platform	—				299.64	8

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Svetlana Kiselyova	Parish	Individual	66.763	46	Did not advance

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Björn Nagel	Niack de l'Abbaye	Individual	4	=42 Q	4	8	=31 Q	13	21	=41	Did not advance					21	=41
Katharina Offel	Vivant		4	=42 Q	12	16	58	Did not advance								16	58
Oleksandr Onyshchenko	Comte d'Arsouilles		18	70	Did not advance											18	70
Cassio Rivetti	Temple Road		0	=1 Q	5	5	=27 Q	12	17	37 Q	5	=20 Q	4	9	=12	9	=12
Björn Nagel Katharina Offel Oleksandr Onyshchenko Cassio Rivetti	See above	Team	—								21	14	Did not advance			21	14

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified 8 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dmytro Karyuchenko	Individual épée	—	Borel (FRA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Dmytro Boiko	Individual sabre	Bye	Dumitrescu (ROU) L 12–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Olena Kryvytska	Individual épée	Scanlan (USA) W 15–13	Măroiu (ROU) L 10–15	Did not advance
Kseniya Pantelyeyeva		Yeung C L (HKG) W 15–11	Li N (CHN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Yana Shemyakina		Bye	Shutova (RUS) W 15–12	Brânză (ROU) W 14–13	Gherman (ROU) W 15–14	Sun Yj (CHN) W 14–13	Heidemann (GER) W 9–8
Olena Kryvytska Kseniya Pantelyeyeva Anfisa Pochkalova Yana Shemyakina	Team épée	—			Russia (RUS) L 34–45	Classification semi-final   Germany (GER) L 36–45	7th place final   Italy (ITA) L 40–45	8
Olha Leleyko	Individual foil	Khelfaoui (ALG) W 15–4	Nam H-H (KOR) L 9–15	Did not advance
Olha Kharlan	Individual sabre	—	Tschomakova (BUL) W 15–8	Mikina (AZE) W 15–10	Vecchi (ITA) W 15–9	Velikaya (RUS) L 12–15	Zagunis (USA) W 15–10

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Mykola Kuksenkov	Team	14.533	14.900	15.000	15.766	15.066	14.666	89.931	6 Q	—	15.100	15.233	—	15.200	15.266	—
Vitalii Nakonechnyi		14.066	14.933 Q	—		14.133	14.800	—		14.333	14.866	—			14.266	—
Ihor Radivilov		—		15.300	16.266 Q	—				—		15.433	16.066	—
Oleh Stepko		15.033	14.400	14.866	15.916	13.366	13.466	87.047	20	14.866	15.000	15.033	15.733	13.933	—
Oleg Verniaiev		15.033	14.366	14.600	16.333	14.566	14.066	88.964	13 Q	14.866	—		16.266	15.600	14.466	—
Total		44.599	44.233	45.166	48.515	43.765	43.532	269.810	7 Q	44.065	44.966	45.699	48.065	44.733	43.998	271.526	4

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Mykola Kuksenkov	All-around	14.633	14.600	15.200	15.533	15.400	15.066	90.432	4
Vitalii Nakonechnyi	Pommel horse	—	14.766	—				14.766	6
Ihor Radivilov	Vault	—			16.316	—		16.316
Oleg Verniaiev	All-around	14.533	13.966	14.866	16.233	15.033	14.300	88.931	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Nataliya Kononenko	All-around	12.833	13.433	12.066	12.500	50.832	44	Did not advance

Rhythmic

 

Ukraine performs the hoop and ribbon routine in team-all around rhythmic gymnastics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Alina Maksymenko	Individual	27.300	28.125	27.800	26.800	110.025	7 Q	27.950	26.675	27.550	27.450	109.625	6
Ganna Rizatdinova		27.350	26.800	27.750	26.950	108.850	10 Q	26.750	27.050	26.975	26.500	107.400	10

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Olena Dmytrash Yevgeniya Gomon Valeriia Gudym Viktoriya Lenyshyn Viktoriia Mazur Svitlana Prokopova	Team	27.050	27.100	54.150	6 Q	27.200	27.175	54.375	5

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yuri Nikitin	Men's	79.070	14	Did not advance
Marina Kiyko	Women's	73.460	16	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgii Zantaraia	−60 kg	Bye	Verde (ITA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Sergiy Drebot	−66 kg	Bye	Cho J-H (KOR) L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Volodymyr Soroka	−73 kg	Bye	Pina (POR) W 0102–0011	Sainjargal (MGL) L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Artem Vasylenko	−81 kg	Bozbayev (KAZ) L 0001–1000	Did not advance
Roman Hontyuk	−90 kg	—	Camilo (BRA) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Artem Bloshenko	−100 kg	—	Kelly (AUS) W 0010–0000	Hwang H-T (KOR) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Stanislav Bondarenko	+100 kg	—	Ceraj (SLO) L 0002–0021	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nataliya Smal	−70 kg	Blanco (ESP) L 0002–0110	Did not advance
Maryna Pryshchepa	−78 kg	Bye	Tcheuméo (FRA) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Iryna Kindzerska	+78 kg	Bye	Kocatürk (TUR) W 0103–0002	Tong W (CHN) L 0000–0100	Did not advance	Ivashchenko (RUS) W 0010–0002	Bryant (GBR) L 0011–0020	5

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified two men and two women

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy	Men's	17–18	=13	808	2:04.83	16	1304	860*	35	340	11:18.80	28	2288	4740	35
Pavlo Tymoshchenko		13–22	33	712	2:08.15	23	1264	60	14	1140	10:48.37	15	2408	5524	23
Iryna Khokhlova	Women's	18–17	=16	832	2:16.22	9	1168	0	1	1200	12:32.44	22	1992	5192	10
Victoria Tereshchuk		14–21	=28	736	2:16.07	8	1168	132	26	1068	12:24.64	18	2024	4996	23

* Did not finish

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified the following boats

 

Ukraine wins its first ever Olympic gold medal for rowing in women's quadruple sculls.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmytro Mikhay Artem Morozov	Double sculls	6:49.70	4 R	6:30.19	2 SA/B	6:36.52	6 FB	6:31.51	11
Sergiy Gryn Ivan Dovgodko Volodymyr Pavlovskiy Kostiantyn Zaitsev	Quadruple sculls	5:43.46	3 SA/B	Bye		6:16.23	5 FB	6:01.23	9
Sergii Chykanov Viktor Grebennykov Anton Kholyaznykov Valentyn Kletskoy Oleksandr Konovaliuk (cox) Oleh Lykov Artem Moroz Andriy Pryveda Ivan Tymko	Eight	5:38.02	4 R	5:42.19	6 FB	—		6:07.33	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olena Buryak Anna Kravchenko	Double sculls	7:09.40	5 R	7:23.02	6 FB	7:36.65	10
Yana Dementyeva Nataliya Dovgodko Anastasiya Kozhenkova Kateryna Tarasenko	Quadruple sculls	6:14.82	2 FA	Bye		6:35.93

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Maksym Oberemko	RS:X	36	35	16	28	17	31	23	14	6	11	EL	181	23
Valeriy Kudryashov	Laser	48	38	42	31	38	40	35	36	38	43	EL	341	44
Oleksiy Boryzov	Finn	21 RDG	18.6 RDG	19	19	15	19	23	14	17	18	EL	160.6	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Olha Maslivets	RS:X	3	4	14	10	3	3	1	3	7	10	4	48	4

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows: OCS – On course side of the starting line; DSQ – Disqualified; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start. RDG – Redress given.

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has ensured berths in the following events of shooting:^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Artur Ayvazyan	50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	10	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	593	21	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	593	19	Did not advance
Roman Bondaruk	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	12	Did not advance
Denys Kushnirov	10 m air pistol	577	19	Did not advance
Serhiy Kulish	50 m rifle 3 positions	1166	14	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	583	49	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	593	18	Did not advance
Oleh Omelchuk	50 m pistol	548	29	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	583	6 Q	683.6	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Olena Kostevych	25 m pistol	585	5 Q	788.6
	10 m air pistol	387	2 Q	486.6
Dariya Sharipova	50 m rifle 3 positions	573	38	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	395	13	Did not advance
Daria Tykhova	50 m rifle 3 positions	577	26	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	394	23	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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)):^[6][7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ihor Borysyk	200 m breaststroke	2:12.61	22	Did not advance
Ihor Chervynskyy	10 km open water	—				1:50:56.9	14
Illya Chuyev	200 m butterfly	1:59.65	28	Did not advance
Valeriy Dymo	100 m breaststroke	1:01.27	23	Did not advance
Serhiy Frolov	400 m freestyle	3:50.63	17	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:59.19	10	—		Did not advance
Andriy Hovorov	50 m freestyle	22.09	7 Q	22.12	14	Did not advance
Oleksandr Isakov	100 m backstroke	55.43	35	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:00.78	30	Did not advance
Maksym Shemberev	200 m individual medley	2:03.40	33	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:16.63	15	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olha Beresnyeva	10 km open water	—				1:58:44.4	7
Hanna Dzerkal	200 m breaststroke	2:27.09	17	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:14.55	18	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:48.19	26	—		Did not advance
Mariya Liver	100 m breaststroke	1:11.23	37	Did not advance
Darya Stepanyuk	50 m freestyle	25.70	33	Did not advance
Daryna Zevina	100 m backstroke	1:00.57	18	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:09.40	9 Q	2:09.70	12	Did not advance
Hanna Dzerkal Iryna Hlavnyk Darya Stepanyuk Daryna Zevina	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:12.67	15	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified 2 quota places in Synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Kseniya Sydorenko Daria Iushko	Duet	92.200	6	92.140	184.340	6 Q	92.670	184.870	6

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified the following athletes

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Oleksandr Didukh	Men's singles	Bye	Aguirre (PAR) W 4–3	Chen W (AUT) L 0–4	Did not advance
Yaroslav Zhmudenko		Bye	Assar (EGY) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tetyana Bilenko	Women's singles	Bye	Medina (COL) W 4–1	Dodean (ROU) L 3–4	Did not advance
Margaryta Pesotska		Bye		Ramírez (ESP) W 4–1	Li J (NED) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified 2 athletes.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hryhorii Husarov	Men's −68 kg	Campbell (NZL) W 10–6	Tazegül (TUR) L 2–9	Did not advance	Jennings (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Maryna Konieva	Women's +67 kg	Dawani (JOR) W 18–13	Hernández (CUB) L 2–16 PTG	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sergiy Stakhovsky	Men's singles	Hewitt (AUS) L 3–6, 6–4, 3–6	Did not advance
Kateryna Bondarenko	Women's singles	Kvitová (CZE) L 4–6, 7–5, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified the following athletes.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Danylo Sapunov	Men's	18:08	0:42	59:35	0:29	32:38	1:51:32	42
Yuliya Yelistratova	Women's	20:50	0:46	Lapped

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified 6 men and 3 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Artem Ivanov	−94 kg	Withdrew
Kostyantyn Piliyev		166	13	206	12	372	12
Serhiy Tahirov	−105 kg	174	10	200	11	374	10
Oleksiy Torokhtiy		185	4	227	1	412	DSQ*
Ihor Shymechko	+105 kg	197	5	232	6	429	6
Artem Udachyn		Did not compete

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yuliya Paratova	−53 kg	91	4	108	10	199
Yuliya Kalina	−58 kg	106	2	129	5	235	DSQ*
Svitlana Cherniavska	+75 kg	Withdrew

* On 13 July 2016, IOC announced that Yuliya Kalina has been disqualified and ordered to return the bronze medal from the 58 kg weightlifting event.^[8]
* On 19 December 2019, IOC announced that Oleksiy Torokhtiy has been disqualified and ordered to return the gold medal from the 105 kg weightlifting event.^[9]

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Ukraine has qualified in the following events

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vasyl Fedoryshyn	−60 kg	Bye	Zarkua (GEO) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					17
Andriy Kvyatkovskyy	−66 kg	Bye	Tanatarov (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					13
Ibragim Aldatov	−84 kg	Sokhiev (UZB) W 3–1 ^PO	Urishev (RUS) L 1–3 ^PO	Did not advance					9
Valerii Andriitsev	−96 kg	Bye	Iskandari (TJK) W 3–1 ^PP	Gazyumov (AZE) W 3–1 ^PP	Yazdani (IRI) W 5–0 ^VB	Bye		Varner (USA) L 0–3 ^PO
Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi	−120 kg	Akgül (TUR) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						14

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vyugar Ragymov	−55 kg	Li Sj (CHN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						13
Lenur Temirov	−60 kg	Kebispayev (KAZ) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						18
Vasyl Rachyba	−84 kg	Bye	Achouri (TUN) W 3–0 ^PO	Gegeshidze (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				8
Yevhen Orlov	−120 kg	Bye	Kayaalp (TUR) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					18

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Irini Merleni	−48 kg	Bye	Kim H-J (KOR) W 3–0 ^PO	Caripá (VEN) W 5–0 ^VT	Stadnik (AZE) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Chun (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	5
Tetyana Lazareva	−55 kg	Bye	Sayed (EGY) W 5–0 ^VT	Verbeek (CAN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Geeta (IND) W 3–0 ^PO	Rentería (COL) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Yuliya Ostapchuk	−63 kg	Shalygina (KAZ) W 3–0 ^PO	Sastin (HUN) W 3–0 ^PO	Volosova (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				7
Kateryna Burmistrova	−72 kg	Bye	Vorobieva (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Manyurova (KAZ) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		13

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.^[10]

Ukrainian athletes wore Bosco uniforms for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The same firm is expected to design the uniforms for Ukraine’s Olympic team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The uniforms are provided free of charge to the team members.^[11]

The style is of the early 1970s in patterns and colors that reflect the culture of freedom-loving Ukraine. For men, bell-bottoms, colorful shirts with pointed collars single-breasted jackets with wide lapels, and traditional hats. For women capri pants, tunics and short vests, colorful scarves and fringed bags. The design incorporates the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag and a stylized shaft of wheat, the traditional national symbol of Ukraine.^[12]

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2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
3. IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011
4. IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests
5. "Quota places by nation and name". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
6. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
7. FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved 8 June 2011
8. "IOC sanctions Ukrainian weightlifter Yulia Kalina for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
9. "IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
10. "London 2012 Olympics: Spanish Games team laughing stock after Bosco provide garish uniforms". The Daily Telegraph. from the original on 2022-06-16.
11. Kyiv Post
12. Ukraine’s new look for London 2012 is unveiled