Ukraine at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Ukraine at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	231 (146 men and 85 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Sergey Bubka
Medals Rank: 9	Gold 9	Silver 2	Bronze 12	Total 23
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Ukraine competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 231 competitors, 146 men and 85 women, took part in 148 events in 21 sports.

Medalists

Gold

• Inessa Kravets — Athletics, Women's Triple Jump
• Wladimir Klitschko — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
• Rustam Sharipov — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
• Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
• Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
• Kateryna Serebrianska — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
• Yevhen Braslavets and Ihor Matviyenko — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition
• Timur Taymazov — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (108 kg)
• Vyacheslav Oleynyk — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight (90 kg)

Silver

• Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
• Inna Frolova, Svitlana Maziy, Dina Myftakhutdinova, and Olena Ronzhyna — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls

Bronze

• Olena Sadovnycha — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
• Oleksandr Bahach — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
• Oleksandr Krykun — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
• Inha Babakova — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Oleg Kiryukhin — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
• Ihor Korobchynskyi, Oleh Kosyak, Hryhoriy Misyutyn, Volodymyr Shamenko, Rustam Sharipov, Oleksandr Svitlychnyi, and Yuri Yermakov — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
• Olena Vitrychenko — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
• Olena Pakholchik and Ruslana Taran — Sailing, Women's 470 Team Competition
• Denys Hotfrid — Weightlifting, Men's 99 kg
• Andriy Kalashnykov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (52 kg)
• Elbrus Tedeyev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
• Zaza Zazirov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Competition:

• Olena Sadovnycha → Bronze Medal Match, Bronze Medal (5-1)
• Lina Herasymenko → Round of 32, 23rd place (1-1)
• Natalya Bilukha → Round of 64, 55th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Stanislav Zabrodsky → Round of 16, 13th place (2-1)
• Valeriy Yevetsky → Round of 32, 31st place (1-1)
• Oleksandr Yatsenko → Round of 64, 57th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Sadovnycha, Herasymenko, and Bilukha → Quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Zabrodsky, Yevetsky, and Yatsenko → Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

• Serhiy Osovych

• Heat — 10.29
• Quarterfinals — 10.38 (→ did not advance)

• Kostyantyn Rurak

• Heat — 10.37
• Quarterfinals — 10.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Vladyslav Dolohodin

• Heat — 20.57
• Quarterfinals — 20.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Andriy Bulkovskiy

• Heat — 3:53.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4×100 metres Relay

• Kostyantyn Rurak, Serhiy Osovych, Oleh Kramarenko, and Vladyslav Dolohodin

• Heat — 38.90
• Semifinals — 38.56
• Final — 38.55 (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

• Pyotro Sarafinyuk — 2:20.37 (→ 43rd place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Vitaliy Popovych — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

• Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik

• Qualification — 2.26m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Vitaliy Kyrylenko

• Qualification — 7.77m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Volodymyr Kravchenko

• Qualification — 16.90m
• Final — 16.62m (→ 10th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Sergey Bubka

• Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)

• Vasiliy Bubka

• Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

• Vitaliy Kolpakov

• Final Result — 8025 points (→ 22nd place)

• Lev Lobodin

• Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Shot Put

• Aleksandr Bagach

• Qualification — 20.23m
• Final — 20.75m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Roman Virastyuk

• Qualification — 19.81m
• Final — 20.45m (→ 6th place)

• Oleksandr Klymenko

• Qualification — 19.45m
• Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Discus Throw

• Vitaliy Sidorov

• Qualification — 63.42m
• Final — 63.78m (→ 7th place)

• Andriy Kokhanovskiy

• Qualification — 57.90m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Oleksiy Krykun

• Qualification — 75.78m
• Final — 80.02m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Andriy Skvaruk

• Qualification — 77.48m
• Final — 79.92m (→ 4th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres

• Zhanna Pintusevych
• Iryna Pukha

Women's 200 metres

• Zhanna Pintusevych
• Viktoriya Fomenko

Women's 400 metres

• Iana Manuylova
• Olena Rurak

• Heat — 52.92 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metres Relay

• Viktoriya Fomenko, Lyudmyla Koshchey, Yana Manuylova, and Olha Moroz

• Qualification — 3:28.16 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Tetyana Tereshchuk

• Qualification — 55.82
• Semifinals — 55.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Iryna Chekhovtsova

• Qualification — 6.70m
• Final — 6.97m (→ 5th place)

• Inessa Kravets

• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

• Viktoriya Vershynina

• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Inha Babakova

• Qualification — 1.93m
• Final — 2.01m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Vita Styopina

• Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Inessa Kravets

• Qualification — 14.57m
• Final — 15.33m (→ Gold Medal)

• Olena Hovorova

• Qualification — 14.60m
• Final — 14.09m (→ 10th place)

• Olena Khlusovych

• Qualification — 14.38m
• Final — 13.81m (→ 12th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Olena Antonova

• Qualification — 57.92m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Vita Pavlysh

• Qualification — 19.04m
• Final — 19.30m (→ 4th place)

• Valentyna Fedyushyna

• Qualification — 19.22m
• Final — 17.99m (→ 12th place)

Women's Marathon

• Lyubov Klochko — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Tatyana Ragozina — 46:25 (→ 30th place)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Oleg Kiryukhin → Bronze Medal

• First Round — Defeated Abdul Rashid Qambrani (Pakistan), 17-3
• Second Round — Defeated Beibis Mendoza (Colombia), 18-6
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Albert Guardado (United States), 19-14
• Semifinals — Lost to Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria), 8-17

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Serhiy Kovganko

• First Round — Defeated Darwin Angeles (Honduras), 12-6
• Second Round — Lost to Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 4-21

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Yevheniy Shestakov

• First Round — Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria), 4-11

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Sergiy Dzindziruk

• First Round — Defeated Parkpoom Jangphonak (Thailand), 20-10
• Second Round — Lost to Hasan Al (Denmark), 4-10

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Serhiy Horodnichov

• First Round — Defeated Albert Eromosele (Nigeria), 18-4
• Second Round — Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 2-15

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Rostyslav Zaulychnyi

• First Round — Lost to Timur Ibragimov (Uzbekistan), 3-7

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Wladimir Klitschko → Gold Medal

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Lawrence Clay-Bey (United States), 10-8
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Attila Levin (Sweden), referee stopped contest in first round
• Semifinals — Defeated Alexei Lezin (Russia), 4-1
• Final — Defeated Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 7-3

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race

• Natalya Kishchuk

• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 30th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Vasyl Yakovlev

• Final — 24 points (→ 4th place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 m Springboard

• Roman Volod'kov

• Preliminary Heat — 359.85
• Semi Final — 210.30
• Final — 382.83 (→ 11th place)

• Maksym Lapyn

• Preliminary Heat — 328.23 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 3 m Springboard

• Olena Zhupina

• Preliminary Heat — 286.47
• Semi Final — 209.55
• Final — 297.72 (→ 5th place)

• Iryna Pissareva

• Preliminary Heat — 269.43
• Semi Final — 211.23
• Final — 236.79 (→ 12th place)

Women's 10 m Platform

• Olena Zhupina

• Preliminary Heat — 280.11
• Semi Final — 171.24
• Final — 265.77 (→ 6th place)

• Svitlana Serbina

• Preliminary Heat — 244.05
• Semi Final — 165.06 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Six fencers, four men and two women, represented Ukraine in 1996.

Men's foil

• Serhiy Holubytskiy
• Oleksiy Bryzhalov

Men's sabre

• Vadym Huttsait
• Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy

Women's épée

• Viktoriya Titova
• Yeva Vybornova

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

• Heorhiy Chymerys — 5154 pts (→ 24th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rowing events, results, and competitors:

Men's single sculls – 19th place

Oleksandr Khimich

Men's quadruple sculls – 7th place

Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov

Men's coxed eights – 10th place

Yevhen Sharonin, Roman Hrynevych, Vitaliy Raievskiy, Valeriy Samara, Oleh Lykov, Ihor Martynenko, Ihor Mohylniy, Oleksandr Kapustin, Hryhoriy Dmytrenko

Women's double sculls – 8th place

Tetiana Ustiuzhanina, Olena Reutova

Women's quadruple sculls – 2nd place (silver medal)

Olena Ronzhyna, Inna Frolova, Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Yuriy Vlasov
  1. Heat – 22.77
  2. B-Final – 22.82 (→ 11th place)
• Pavel Khnykin
  1. Heat – 22.91 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Pavel Khnykin
  1. Heat – 49.69
  2. Final – 49.65 (→ 6th place)
• Rostislav Svanidze
  1. Heat – 50.31
  2. B-Final – 50.43 (→ 14th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Igor Snitko
  1. Heat – 3:55.67
  2. B-Final – 3:54.63 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Igor Snitko
  1. Heat – 15:31.40 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
• Denys Zavhorodniy
  1. Heat – 15:46.79 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Volodymyr Nikolaychuk
  1. Heat – 56.71 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Alexander Dzhaburiya
  1. Heat – 1:02.70
  2. B-Final – 1:02.91 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Dimitri Ivanusa
  1. Heat – 2:17.54 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Pavel Khnykin
  1. Heat – 53.25
  2. Final – 53.58 (→ 8th place)
• Denys Sylantyev
  1. Heat – 54.33 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Denys Sylantyev
  1. Heat – 1:58.04
  2. Final – 1:58.37 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Sergei Sergeyev
  1. Heat – 2:06.30 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Oleksandr Dzhaburiya, Denys Sylantyev, and Pavel Khnykin
  1. Heat – 3:42.29 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Elena Lapunova
  1. Heat – 2:04.07 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Svetlana Bondarenko
  1. Heat – 1:09.79
  2. Final – 1:09.21 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Svetlana Bondarenko
  1. Heat – 2:32.42
  2. B-Final – scratched

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Natalia Zolotukhina
  1. Heat – 1:02.18 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Natalia Zolotukhina
  1. Heat – 2:16.68 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Elena Lapunova
  1. Heat – 2:20.76 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Indoor Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to United States (0-3)
• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Lost to South Korea (0-3)
• Lost to China (0-3)
• Lost to Netherlands (0-3)

• Quarterfinals

• did not advance (→ Eleventh place)

• Team Roster

• Nataliya Bozhenova
• Yuliya Buyeva
• Olexandra Fomina
• Tetyana Ivanyushkyna
• Olga Kolomiyets
• Alla Kravets
• Olena Kryvonossova
• Vita Mateshik
• Regina Mylosserdova
• Olga Pavlova
• Mariya Polyakova
• Olena Sydorenko

• Head Coach: Gariy Iegiazarov

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Ukraine – Romania 6-6
• Ukraine – Italy 6-8
• Ukraine – United States 7-9
• Ukraine – Croatia 8-16
• Ukraine – Greece 6-9

• Classification Matches

• 9th/12th place: Ukraine – Germany 4-10
• 9th/12th place: Ukraine – Romania 8-11
• 9th/12th place: Ukraine – Netherlands 9-9 (→ Twelfth place)

• Team Roster

• Andriy Kovalenko
• Dmytro Andreyev
• Ihor Horbach
• Vadym Kebalo
• Vitaliy Khalchaytsky
• Vyacheslav Kostanda
• Oleksandr Potulnytsky
• Vadym Rozhdestvensky
• Vadym Skuratov
• Anatoliy Solodun
• Dmytro Stratan
• Oleh Vladymyrov
• Oleksiy Yegorov

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Lightweight

• Oleksiy Khizhniak

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Oleksandr Blyshchyk

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Oleksandr Blyshchyk

• Final — 167.5 + — (→ no ranking)

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

• Oleh Chumak

Men's Heavyweight I

• Denys Hotfrid
• Stanislav Rybalchenko

Men's Heavyweight II (– 108 kg)

• Timur Taymazov

• Snatch — 195.0 kg
• Clean & Jerk — 235.0 kg
• Total — 430.0 kg (→ Gold Medal)

• Ihor Razoronov

• Snatch — no mark
• Clean & Jerk — no mark
• Total — no mark (→ no ranking)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics