Uzbekistan 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.
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan fielded a team of 70 athletes, 47 men and 23 women, across 15 sports at the Games. It was the nation's second-largest delegation sent to the Olympics, just a single athlete short of the record achieved in Sydney 2000 (71). Uzbekistan made its Olympic debut in women's boxing, men's table tennis, and the rhythmic gymnastics group all-around, as well as returning to artistic gymnastics, women's judo, and rowing after their absence from London 2012.
Leading the Uzbek roster lineup were Oksana Chusovitina, who created history as the oldest ever female gymnast (aged 41) and the first to participate in a record seventh Olympics, and Ekaterina Khilko, who became the only trampolinist to be featured in every Olympic competition since her sport was added to the program in Sydney 2000. Chusovitina's fellow gymnast Anton Fokin, along with judo legends Rishod Sobirov and Abdullo Tangriev, also highlighted the Uzbek team for being the only medalists returning to these Games.
Other notable athletes on the Uzbek roster included world's top-ranked taekwondo fighter Dmitriy Shokin in the men's +80 kg division, American-based freestyle wrestler and Asian Games champion Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (men's 74 kg), tennis player Denis Istomin, Asia's top female high jumper Svetlana Radzivil, and super heavyweight boxer Bakhodir Jalolov, who was nominated by the committee as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Uzbekistan left Rio de Janeiro with a total of 13 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, and 7 bronze), signifying the nation's most successful outcome in Olympic history. Seven of these medals won by the Uzbeks came from boxing, including three golds. The remainder of the nation's overall tally were awarded to the team in weightlifting, wrestling, and judo. Among the medalists were Hasanboy Dusmatov, who became the nation's second boxer in history to claim an Olympic gold since Mahammatkodir Abdullaev topped the podium in 2000, Ruslan Nurudinov, who successfully set a new Olympic clean and jerk record to hand the Uzbeks its first ever weightlifting title, and Sobirov, who wrapped up his judo career by achieving a bronze-medal feat for the third straight time, before retiring from the sport.
Medalists
The following Uzbek competitors won medals at the Games. In the discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Boxing Men's 49 kg Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Boxing Men's 52 kg Boxing Men's 64 kg Boxing Men's 69 kg Boxing Men's 75 kg Judo Men's 60 kg Judo Men's 66 kg Boxing Men's 91 kg Wrestling Men's 59 kg Boxing Men's 56 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalBoxing 3 2 2 7Judo 0 0 2 2Weightlifting 1 0 0 1Wrestling 0 0 3 3Total 4 2 7 13
Medals by dayDay TotalAugust 6 0 0 1 1August 7 0 0 1 1August 13 0 0 1 1August 14 1 0 1 2August 15 1 0 0 1August 17 0 1 0 1August 18 0 0 1 1August 20 0 1 0 1August 21 2 0 2 4Total 4 2 7 13
Medals by genderGender TotalMale42713Female0000Total 4 2 7 13
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 6 10 16Boxing 10 1 11Canoeing 3 1 4Gymnastics 1 8 9Judo 7 1 8Rowing 1 0 1Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Table tennis 1 0 1Taekwondo 2 1 3Tennis 1 0 1Weightlifting 5 0 5Wrestling 8 0 8Total 47 23 70
Athletics
Uzbek athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventFinalResultRankAndrey PetrovMarathon
Women AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankNataliya Asanova400 m hurdles1:02.378colspan=2 Did not advanceSitora Hamidova10000 mcolspan=6 31:57.77 NR24Marathoncolspan=6 2:39:4554Marina KhmelevskayaMarathoncolspan=6 2:45:0677Valentina Kibalnikova100 m hurdles13.296 colspan=2 Did not advanceNigina Sharipova100 mcolspan=2 11.686Did not advance200 m23.336colspan=2 Did not advanceEkaterina Tunguskova10000 mcolspan=6
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionSuhrob KhodjaevHammer throw70.1123Did not advanceRuslan KurbanovTriple jump—Did not advanceBobur ShokirjonovJavelin throw—Did not advanceIvan Zaytsev77.8326Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionNadiya DusanovaHigh jump1.9220Did not advanceSvetlana Radzivil1.94=1 Q1.8813Yuliya TarasovaLong jump6.1629Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon AthleteEventFinalRankLeonid Andreev Result11.296.6014.86——————Points7977207810——————
Combined events – Women's heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankEkaterina VoroninaResult15.211.65————Points8147950————
Boxing
Uzbekistan has entered eleven boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympian Hurshid Tojibaev was the only Uzbek finishing among the top two of his respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series, while three further boxers (Akhmadaliev, Gaibnazarov, and Melikuziev) qualified through the 2015 World Championships.
Seven further boxers (Dusmatov, Zoirov, Giyasov, Rasulov, Tulaganov, Jalolov, and Mirzaeva) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHasanboy DusmatovLight flyweightW 3–0W 3–0W 3–0W 3–0Shakhobidin ZoirovFlyweightW 3–0W 3–0W 3–0W 3–0W 3–0Murodjon AkhmadalievBantamweightW 3–0W L 0–3Did not advanceHurshid TojibaevLightweightW 3–0W 2–0L 0–3Did not advanceFazliddin GaibnazarovLight welterweightW W 3–0W 2–1W 2–1W 2–1Shakhram GiyasovWelterweightW 3–0W 3–0W 3–0W 3–0L 0–3Bektemir MelikuzievMiddleweightW 3–0W 3–0W 3–0L 0–3Elshod RasulovLight heavyweightL Did not advanceRustam TulaganovHeavyweightW 3–0W 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceBakhodir JalolovSuper heavyweightW L 0–3Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYodgoroy MirzaevaFlyweightL 0–3 did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Uzbek canoeists have qualified four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Palembang, Indonesia.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGerasim KochnevMen's C-1 1000 m4:08.1272 Q3:59.4893 FA4:04.2057Aleksey MochalovMen's K-1 1000 m3:34.4694 Q3:36.9685 FB3:34.80712Gerasim KochnevSerik MirbekovMen's C-2 1000 m4:00.3306 Q3:40.7722 FA3:52.9208Olga UmaralievaWomen's K-1 200 m42.5257Did not advance Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Gymnastics
Artistic Uzbekistan has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Anton Fokin, and seven-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankAnton FokinAll-around11.80014.33313.96614.40015.46613.86683.83137Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankOksana ChusovitinaVault14.999colspan=3 14.9995 Q14.833colspan=3 14.8337Balance beamcolspan=2 13.30013.30016Did not advance
Rhythmic Uzbekistan has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts in both individual and group all-around for the Games by claiming one of eight available Olympic spots (for individual) and three (for group) at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankAnastasiya SerdyukovaIndividual17.16617.10017.31616.90868.49017Did not advance
AthleteEventQualificationFinal5 ribbons 3 clubs 2 hoopsTotalRank5 ribbons 3 clubs2 hoopsTotalRankSamira AmirovaValeriya DavidovaLuiza GanievaZarina KurbonovaMarta RostoburovaTeam14.41616.75031.16012Did not advance
Trampoline Uzbekistan has qualified one gymnast in the women's trampoline by virtue of a top six finish at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankEkaterina KhilkoWomen's97.52512Did not advance
Judo
Uzbekistan has qualified a total of eight judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Six men, led by two-time Olympic medalist Rishod Sobirov and Beijing 2008 runner-up Abdullo Tangriev, were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. Gulnoza Matniyazova at women's middleweight (70 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Uzbek judoka outside of direct qualifying position, while Soyib Kurbanov at men's half-heavyweight (100 kg) received the unused place from IJF as the highest-ranked judoka, not yet qualified, across all continents on the list, as Oceania failed to fulfill its continental allocation.
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDiyorbek Urozboev−60 kgW 010–000W 011–000L 000–001Did not advanceW 100–000W 001–000Rishod Sobirov−66 kgW 001–000W 100–000L 000–010Did not advanceW 100–000W 110–000Mirali Sharipov−73 kgL 000–010Did not advanceShakhzodbek Sabirov−81 kgW 100–001L 000–101Did not advanceSherali Juraev−90 kgW 110–000L 001–101Did not advanceSoyib Kurbonov−100 kgL 000–100Did not advanceAbdullo Tangriev+100 kgW 100–000W 110–000W 100–001L 000–101L 000–0015
Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGulnoza Matniyazova−70 kgL 000–000 Did not advance
Rowing
Uzbekistan has qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankShakhboz KholmirzayevMen's single sculls7:25.034 R7:14:582 QF7:09.996 SC/D7:26.044 FD7:04.7822 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
Shooting
Uzbekistan has received a wildcard invitation from ISSF to send 2014 Asian Youth champion Vadim Skorovarov in the men's air rifle to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was met by March 31, 2016.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankVadim SkorovarovMen's 10 m air rifle620.927Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming
Uzbek 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 potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVladislav MustafinMen's 100 m breaststroke1:01.6634Did not advanceRanohon AmanovaWomen's 200 m individual medley2:18.9738Did not advanceWomen's 400 m individual medley4:52.1533colspan=2 Did not advance
Table tennis