Ukraine competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Ukraine's medal tally was its lowest since independence, with only two gold and eleven total medals, a far cry from 9 gold and 23 total medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics and less than five gold and 19 medals overall at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Medalists
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Canoeing Men's C-1 200 m Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Olga KharlanAlina KomashchukOlena KravatskaOlena Voronina Fencing Women's team sabre Wrestling Men's Greco Roman 85 kg Pavlo Tymoshchenko Modern pentathlon Men's modern pentathlon Fencing Women's sabre Athletics Men's high jump Dmytro IanchukTaras Mishchuk Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Hanna Rizatdinova Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by sportSport TotalGymnastics 1 1 1 3Canoeing 1 0 1 2Fencing 0 1 1 2Modern pentathlon 0 1 0 1Shooting 0 1 0 1Wrestling 0 1 0 1Athletics 0 0 1 1 Total 2 5 4 11 | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 16 August 0 0 00Day 27 August 0 0 00Day 38 August 0 1 12Day 49 August 0 0 00Day 510 August 0 1 01Day 611 August 0 0 00Day 712 August 0 0 00Day 813 August 0 1 01Day 914 August 0 0 00Day 1015 August 0 1 01Day 1116 August 1 0 12Day 1217 August 0 0 00Day 1318 August 1 0 01Day 1419 August 0 0 00Day 1520 August 0 1 23Day 1621 August 0 0 00 Total 2 5 4 11
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing (3 competitors for Ukraine) are counted as athletes in the table: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 3 4Athletics 19 46 65Badminton 1 1 2Boxing 4 1 5Canoeing 4 5 9Cycling 3 4 7Diving 3 4 7Equestrian 4 1 5Fencing 5 9 14Gymnastics 5 8 13Judo 4 3 7Modern pentathlon 2 1 3Rowing 4 4 8Sailing 3 0 3Shooting 6 2 8Swimming 5 2 7Synchronized swimming — 9 9Table tennis 1 1 2Tennis 2 5 7Triathlon 1 1 2Weightlifting 4 4 8Wrestling 6 5 11 Total 87 119 206
Archery
One Ukrainian archer qualified each for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Three Ukrainian archers qualified for the women's events by virtue of the nation's podium finish in the team recurve competition at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Score Seed OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankViktor RubanMen's individual66325W 7–3L 0–6did not advanceVeronika MarchenkoWomen's individual63030W 6–0L 2–6did not advanceAnastasia Pavlova63029W 6–0L 0–6did not advanceLidiia Sichenikova63031W 7–1L 2–6did not advanceVeronika MarchenkoAnastasia PavlovaLidiia SichenikovaWomen's team18908colspan=2 L 2–6did not advance
Athletics
Ukrainian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankIhor Bodrov200 m20.867did not advanceSerhiy Smelyk20.664did not advanceVitaliy Butrym400 m45.924did not advanceIhor OlefirenkoMarathoncolspan=4 2:15:3630Ihor Russcolspan=4 2:18:1948Oleksandr Sitkovskyycolspan=4 2:14:2420Ruslan Dmytrenko20 km walkcolspan=4 1:21:4016Ihor Hlavancolspan=4 1:23:3231Nazar Kovalenkocolspan=4 1:24:4040Ivan Banzeruk50 km walkcolspan=4 4:11:5139Serhiy Budzacolspan=4 3:53:2218Ihor Hlavancolspan=4
Women AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankNataliya Pohrebnyak100 mcolspan=2 11.303 q11.327did not advanceOlesya Povhcolspan=2 11.393 q11.298did not advanceKhrystyna Stuycolspan=2 11.577did not advanceYelyzaveta Bryzhina200 m23.285colspan=2 did not advanceNataliya Pohrebnyak22.642 Qcolspan=2 22.815did not advanceNataliya Strohova23.697colspan=2 did not advanceOlha Bibik400 m52.335colspan=2 did not advanceYuliya Olishevska52.454colspan=2 did not advanceOlha Zemlyak51.402 Qcolspan=2 50.753 q51.247Nataliya Lupu800 m1:59.912 Qcolspan=2 2:02.108did not advanceOlha Lyakhova2:03.026colspan=2 did not advanceNataliya Pryshchepa1:59.803 qcolspan=2 1:59.954did not advanceHanna Platitsyna100 m hurdles13.127colspan=2 did not advanceOksana Shkurat13.227colspan=2 did not advanceOlena Yanovska13.327colspan=2 did not advanceOlena Kolesnichenko400 m hurdles56.613 Qcolspan=2 56.778did not advanceHanna Titimets56.243 Qcolspan=2 55.274did not advanceViktoriya Tkachuk56.142 Qcolspan=2 56.878did not advanceMariya Shatalova3000 m steeplechase9:30.8916colspan=4 did not advanceYelyzaveta BryzhinaNataliya PohrebnyakOlesya PovhMariya RyemyenNataliya StrohovaKhrystyna Stuy4 × 100 m relay42.493 Qcolspan=4 42.366Olha BibikAlina LohvynenkoOlha LyakhovaTetyana MelnykYuliya OlishevskaOlha Zemlyak4 × 400 m relay3:24.542 Qcolspan=4 3:26.645Olha KotovskaMarathoncolspan=6 2:34.5733Samunnati Lehonkovacolspan=6 2:46.0887Svitlana Stankocolspan=6 2:44.2666Nadiya Borovska20 km walkcolspan=6 1:33:0119Inna Kashynacolspan=6 1:33:1521Valentyna Myronchukcolspan=6 1:38:2046
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionBohdan BondarenkoHigh jump2.29=1 q2.33Andriy Protsenko2.29=7 q2.33=4Dmytro Yakovenko2.2620did not advanceMykyta NesterenkoDiscus throw60.3123did not advanceOleksiy Semenov55.3532did not advanceDmytro KosynskyyJavelin throw83.238 Q83.955Yevhen VynohradovHammer throw73.9511 q74.1111
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMaryna BekhLong jump6.5510 q—Anna Kornuta6.3719did not advanceAnna Lunyova6.1531did not advanceOlha SaladuhaTriple jump13.9718did not advanceRuslana Tsykhotska13.6326did not advanceIryna HerashchenkoHigh jump1.9413 Q1.93=10Yuliya Levchenko1.9219did not advanceOksana Okuneva1.8922did not advanceMaryna KylypkoPole vault4.5514did not advanceOlha HolodnaShot put16.8327did not advanceHalyna Obleshchuk15.8134did not advanceNatalia SemenovaDiscus throw58.4115did not advanceKateryna DerunJavelin throw60.0217did not advanceHanna Hatsko58.9019did not advanceIryna KlymetsHammer throw62.7528did not advanceIryna Novozhylova66.7022did not advanceNataliya Zolotukhina56.9631did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankOleksiy Kasyanov Result10.787.5414.502.0148.5614.34——Points91094575981388293100——
Combined events – Women's heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankAlina FyodorovaResult14.101.8014.3825.446.0035.44503828Points9649788208478505800Hanna KasyanovaResult13.661.7713.2524.605.8839.102:16.58595125Points1027941744924813631871
Badminton
Ukraine qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Artem Pochtarev and Marija Ulitina were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankArtem PochtarevMen's singlesL 9–21, 15–21L 18–21, 19–213did not advanceMarija UlitinaWomen's singlesW 21–18, 21–19 W 21–13, 21–131 QL 14–21, 16–21did not advance
Boxing
Ukraine entered five boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. With the top seed Nicola Adams of Great Britain advancing to the semifinals at the World Championships, Tetyana Kob earned an Olympic spot as a result of her third-place finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.
On June 16, 2016, Dmytro Mytrofanov received a spare Olympic berth as the next highest-ranked boxer, not yet qualified, in the middleweight division of the AIBA Pro Boxing Rankings, after Turkey's Adem Kılıççı was suspended for failing the re-tested doping sample on steroids from London 2012.
Bantamweight boxer Mykola Butsenko secured an additional Olympic spot with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, while Volodymyr Matviichuk and Denys Solonenko rounded out the Ukrainian roster at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMykola ButsenkoMen's bantamweightL 0–3did not advanceVolodymyr MatviichukMen's light welterweightL 0–3did not advanceDmytro MytrofanovMen's middleweightL 0–3did not advanceDenys SolonenkoMen's light heavyweightL 0–3did not advanceTetyana KobWomen's flyweightW 2–1 L 0–3did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Ukraine qualified one canoeist in the women's K-1 class by obtaining a top finish at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankViktoriia UsWomen's K-1109.7710109.9213109.7715 Q1:51.1212did not advance
Sprint Ukrainian canoeists qualified a total of three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
Eight sprint canoeists (four per gender) were selected to the Ukrainian roster for the Games, with Iurii Cheban looking to defend his Olympic title in the men's C-1 200 metres.
Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPavlo AltukhovC-1 1000 m4:19.3614 Q3:58.5742 FA4:01.5874Iurii ChebanC-1 200 m41.2203 Q40.5903 FA39.279 OBDmytro IanchukTaras MishchukC-2 1000 m3:35.2842 Q3:38.3841 FA3:45.99
Women AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMariya PovkhK-1 500 m1:54.2473 Q2:00.7146did not advanceInna HryshchunAnastasiia TodorovaK-2 500 m1:43.9673 Q1:43.3632 FA1:45.8684Svitlana AkhadovaInna HryshchunMariya PovkhAnastasiia TodorovaK-4 500 m1:31.7272 Q1:35.5122 FA1:16.9254 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road Ukrainian riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour (for men) and top 22 in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women).
AthleteEventTimeRankAndriy HrivkoMen's road race6:23:2341Men's time trial1:16:33.2418Denys KostyukMen's road racedid not finishAndriy Khriptadid not finishHanna SoloveyWomen's road race4:01:0236Women's time trial48:03.3520
Track Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Ukraine entered one rider to compete only in the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.
Keirin AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinalRankRankRankRankLyubov BasovaWomen's keirin R1 Q3 Q5
Mountain biking Ukrainian mountain bikers qualified for two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's eighth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.
AthleteEventTimeRankYana BelomoynaWomen's cross-country1:33:289Iryna Popova1:41:2930
Diving
Ukrainian divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series.
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankIllya Kvasha3 m springboard398.2015 Q430.058 Q475.106Maksym DolhovOleksandr Horshkovozov10 m synchronized platformcolspan=4 421.986
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankOlena Fedorova3 m springboard318.1010 Q321.008 Q304.8011Anastasiia Nedobiga309.5012 Q290.1518did not advanceHanna Krasnoshlyk10 m platform300.8014 Q295.4516did not advanceYulia Prokopchuk297.9515 Q300.6514did not advance