Uzbekistan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan sent a total of 70 athletes to the Games, 52 men and 18 women, to compete in 13 different sports, tying its delegation record with Sydney four years earlier. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, artistic and trampoline gymnastics, and table tennis.
Seventeen athletes from the Uzbek team had previously competed in Sydney, including artistic gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist Oksana Chusovitina (who transferred to Germany in 2002 to treat her ailing son Alisher from leukemia), freestyle wrestler Artur Taymazov, who won silver in men's super heavyweight, sprint freestyle swimmer and Asian Games champion Ravil Nachaev, trampoline gymnast Ekaterina Khilko, and heavyweight judoka Abdullo Tangriev, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. At age 15, backstroke swimmer Olga Gnedovskaya set a historical milestone for Uzbekistan as the youngest ever athlete in history to compete at the Olympics. Other notable Uzbek athletes featured road cyclist and world junior champion Sergey Lagutin, canoeist Anton Ryahov, who later competed for the Russian at his subsequent Olympics, and swimming siblings Danil Bugakov and Mariya Bugakova.
Uzbekistan left Athens with a total of five medals, two golds, one silver, and two bronze, being considered its most successful Olympics in history since the post-Soviet era. Three of these medals were awarded to the athletes in wrestling, including a prestigious gold from Taymazov in men's super heavyweight freestyle. Meanwhile, boxers Bahodirjon Sultonov and Utkirbek Haydarov managed to claim bronze medals in their respective weight classes.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg Boxing Bantamweight Boxing Light heavyweight
Athletics
Uzbek 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). Shot putter Olga Shchukina was disqualified from the competition after being tested positive for clenbuterol.
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankErkinjon Isakov800 m1:48.288Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLeonid AndreevPole vaultDid not advanceSergey VoynovJavelin throw74.6824Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankPavel AndreyevResult11.2914.302.0051.4615.5441.894.90—Points79707478037417857038800—Vitaliy SmirnovResult10.897.0713.881.9449.1114.7742.474.7060.884:23.31799317Points885830721749856978715819751789
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankZamira Amirova400 m54.437colspan=2 Did not advanceGuzel Khubbieva100 m11.314 q11.356Did not advanceLyubov Perepelova100 m11.303 Q11.264 q11.408Did not advance200 m24.105Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLiliya DusmetovaJavelin throw52.4638Did not advanceAnastasiya JuravlevaLong jump6.3927Did not advanceTriple jump13.6427Did not advanceOlga ShchukinaShot put14.44Did not advance
Boxing
Uzbekistan sent nine boxers to Athens. All nine made it past the round of 32, with five victories and four byes. Four of the boxers fell in the round of 16 (two of which had not had matches in the round of 32). Three more barely missed medalling by being defeated in the quarterfinals, while the two that had won their quarterfinal bouts both lost in the semifinals to earn bronze medals.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTulashboy DoniyorovFlyweightW 36–26W 45–22L 16–25Did not advanceBahodirjon SultonovBantamweightW W 44–32L 13–27Did not advanceBekzod KhidirovFeatherweightW L 22–40Did not advanceDilshod MahmudovLight welterweightW 26–16L 28–32Did not advanceSherzod HusanovWelterweightW 33–20W 23–9L 14–22Did not advanceSherzod AbdurahmonovMiddleweightW 34–16L 19–33Did not advanceUtkirbek HaydarovLight heavyweightW 21–11W 31–19W 16–11 L 15–17Did not advanceIgor AlborovHeavyweightL 18–18+Did not advanceRustam SaidovSuper heavyweightL 13–18Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnton RyahovK-1 500 m1:42.2536 q1:40.7375Did not advanceDanila TurchinK-1 1000 m3:48.1408Did not advanceAleksey BabadjanovSergey BorzovK-2 500 m1:34.7827 q1:33.6546Did not advanceMichail TarasovDanila TurchinK-2 1000 m3:24.0318Did not advanceAleksey BabadjanovSergey BorzovAnton RyahovDmitriy StrijkovK-4 1000 m3:01.4465 q2:56.5944Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYuliya BorzovaK-1 500 m1:56.586 6 q1:59.5606Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankSergey LagutinMen's road race5:50:3559
Gymnastics
Artistic Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankOksana ChusovitinaVault8.675colspan=3 8.67581Did not advance
Trampoline AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankEkaterina KhilkoWomen's61.6011Did not advance
Judo
Six Uzbek judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSanjar Zokirov−60 kgL 0000–1011Did not advanceMurat Kalikulov−66 kgL 0100–0101Did not advanceEgamnazar Akbarov−73 kgL 0000–0011Did not advanceRamziddin Sayidov−81 kgL 0011–1111Did not advanceVyacheslav Pereteyko−90 kgL 0000–1000Did not advanceAbdullo Tangriev+100 kgW 1120–0001L 0010–0021Did not advance
Rowing
Uzbek rowers qualified the following boats:
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVladimir TchernenkoSingle sculls7:38.273 R7:13.433 SD/E7:13.213 FD7:23.5624Sergey BogdanovRuslan NaurzalievLightweight double sculls6:52.345 R6:45.694 SC/D6:45.475Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankElena UsarovaSingle sculls8:32.566 R8:06.115 SC/D8:34.046 FC8:09.9223 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; R=Repechage
Shooting
Two Uzbek shooters (one man and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankVyacheslav Skoromnov10 m air rifle592=18Did not advance50 m rifle prone591=24Did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions1161=12Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAlyona Aksyonova10 m air rifle38440Did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions56229Did not advance
Swimming
Uzbek swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAleksandr Agafonov100 m freestyle52.9257Did not advanceDanil Bugakov100 m backstroke1:02.2843Did not advanceOleg Lyashko100 m butterfly55.9047Did not advanceAndrey Morkovin200 m breaststroke2:18.4834Did not advanceRavil Nachaev50 m freestyle23.23=36Did not advanceSergey Pankov200 m butterfly2:13.0639Did not advanceNikita Polyakov400 m individual medley5:09.6636colspan=2 Did not advanceOleg Pukhnatiy200 m individual medley2:08.2442Did not advanceOleg Sidorov100 m breaststroke1:08.3056Did not advanceSergey Tsoy400 m freestyle4:16.9145colspan=2 Did not advancePetr Vasilev200 m freestyle1:56.9357Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMariya Bugakova100 m butterfly1:07.0837Did not advanceOlga Gnedovskaya100 m backstroke1:15.3341Did not advanceSaida Iskandarova200 m backstroke2:26.1732Did not advanceIrina Shlemova100 m freestyle59.2145Did not advance
Table tennis
Uzbekistan has qualified a single table tennis player.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankManzura InoyatovaWomen's singlesL 0–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
Two Uzbek taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIrina KaydashovaWomen's −57 kgL 7–7 Did not advanceNatalya MikryukovaWomen's +67 kgL 6–9Did not advance
Weightlifting
Three Uzbek weightlifters qualified for the following events:
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankFurkat SaidovMen's −94 kg145211751832018Aleksandr UrinovMen's −105 kg185=9215=104008Igor KhalilovMen's +105 kg187.511232.584209
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDilshod Mansurov−55 kgW 4–0 L 1–3 2Did not advance10Damir Zakhartdinov−60 kgW 3–1 L 1–3 L 0–5 4Did not advance9Artur Tavkazakhov−66 kgL 1–3 W 3–1 2Did not advance13Magomed Ibragimov−96 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 1 QW 3–1 W 3–1 L 1–3 Artur Taymazov−120 kgW 5–0 W 5–0 1 QW 3–1 W 3–0 W 5–0
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAleksandr Dokturishvili−74 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 1 QW 3–1 W 3–1 Aleksey Cheglakov−96 kgW 3–1 L 0–3 2Did not advance14
See also Uzbekistan at the 2002 Asian Games Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Uzbekistan National Olympic Committee