Tajikistan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has also competed at the Winter Olympic Games from 2002 to 2014 as of 2026. To date, Andrei Drygin is one of two people ever to have represented Tajikistan at the Winter Olympic Games, being his country's sole competitor in 2002, 2006, and 2010.

Previously, Tajik athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union until 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. The following athletes from Tajik SSR were medallists for the Soviet Union: Yuri Lobanov, Zebiniso Rustamova, Nellie Kim and Andrey Abduvaliyev.

Tajikistan won its first Olympic medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, when Rasul Boqiev took the bronze medal in Men's Judo - 73kg. Dilshod Nazarov won the first gold medal for Tajikistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the hammer throw.

The National Olympic Committee for Tajikistan was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1900–1912 as part of 1920–1948 did not participate 1952–1988 as part of as part of 8 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 0 0 0 – 9 0 0 0 0 – 13 0 1 1 2 64 16 0 0 1 1 79 7 1 0 0 1 54 11 0 0 0 0 – 15 0 0 3 3 79 future event Total 1 1 5 7 104

Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1952–1988 as part of as part of did not participate 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 – did not participate future event Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by summer sport

List of medalists Medal Name GamesSportEvent Yusup Abdusalomov Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg Rasul Boqiev Judo Men's 73 kg Mavzuna Chorieva Boxing Women's lightweight Dilshod Nazarov Athletics Men's hammer throw Somon Makhmadbekov Judo Men's 81 kg Temur Rakhimov Judo Men's +100 kg Davlat Boltaev Boxing Men's 92 kg

See also List of flag bearers for Tajikistan at the Olympics :Category:Olympic competitors for Tajikistan Tajikistan at the Paralympics

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