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.
As of 2024, this is Ukraine's best ever result in terms of gold medals and best result in terms of overall medals (the latter feat is shared with their 2000 team).
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 90 kg
Silver Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam Inna Frolova, Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, 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, Hrihoriy Misyutin, Volodymyr Shamenko, Rustam Sharipov, Oleksandr Svitlychniy, 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
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOleksandr YatsenkoMen's individual64937 (14) L 161-150Did not advance57 Valeriy Yevetsky65923 (44) W 159-156 (9) L 163-152Did not advance31Stanislav Zabrodsky66416 (48) W 156-156, 9-8 (32) W 163-142 (6) L 170-160Did not advance13Stanislav ZabrodskyValeriy YevetskyOleksandr YatsenkoTeam19724colspan=2 (11)W 238-225 (3)L 251–240Did not advance7 Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNatalya BilukhaWomen's individual60554 (11)L 149-141Did not advance55Lina HerasymenkoWomen's individual6731 (64)W 156-126 (32)L 156-152Did not advance23 Olena SadovnychaWomen's individual6635 (60)W 153-126 (28)W 158-151 (12)W 161-158 (4)W 108-105 (8)L 111-109 (6)W 109-102Olena SadovnychaLina HerasymenkoNatalya Bilukha Team19414colspan=2 (13)W 246-208 (12)L 242–235 Did not advance5
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankPetro SarafyniukMarathoncolspan=6 2:20.37 43Vitaliy Popovych50 km walkcolspan=6 DNF Vladyslav Dolohodin200 m20.572 Q20.656 Did not advanceSerhiy Osovych100 m10.293 Q10.387Did not advanceKostyantyn Rurak100 m10.372 Q10.477Did not advanceAndriy Bulkovskyi1500 m3:53.3010Did not advanceKostyantyn RurakSerhiy OsovychOleh KramarenkoVladyslav Dolohodin4 × 100 m relay38.901 Qcolspan=2 38.563 Q38.554 Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAleksandr BagachShot put20.235 Q20.75 Sergey BubkaPole vaultDNSDid not advanceVasiliy BubkaNMDid not advanceOleksandr KlymenkoShot put19.4510 qNMAndriy KokhanovskiyDiscus throw57.9028Did not advanceVolodymyr KravchenkoTriple Jump16.908 q16.6210Oleksiy KrykunHammer throw75.7810 q80.02Vitaliy KyrylenkoLong jump7.7726Did not advanceAndriy SkvarukHammer throw77.486 Q79.924Vitaliy SidorovDiscus throw63.42 Q63.787Vyacheslav TyrtyshnikHigh jump2.2616Did not advanceRoman VirastyukShot put19.817 Q20.456
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 400 m 1500 mFinalRankVitaliy KolpakovResult11.15 7.53 14.33 2.07 48.12 14.30 45.66 4.80 53.58 5:05.41 802522Points827942749868903936780849642529Lev LobodinResult10.85 7.35 15.57 1.95 48.96DNF————DNFPoints894898825758863DNS———— Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankNadiya Bodrova100 m hurdles13.225 qDNFDid not advanceNataliya Grygoryeva13.166 q12.966Did not advanceViktoriya Fomenko200 m23.184 Q23.448Did not advanceLyubov KlochkoMarathoncolspan=6 DNFIana Manuylova400 m52,516 q52.828Did not advanceOlena Ovcharova100 m hurdles13.235 q13.168Did not advanceZhanna Pintusevych100 m11.201 Q11.142 Q11.144 Q11.148200 m23.154 Q23.688Did not advanceIryna Pukha100 m11.364 Q11.426Did not advanceTatyana Ragozina10 km walkcolspan=6 46:25 30Olena Rurak400 m52.925Did not advanceTetyana Tereshchuk400 m hurdles55.822 Qcolspan=2 55.34 8Did not advanceViktoriya FomenkoLyudmyla KoshcheyYana ManuylovaOlha Moroz4 × 400 m relay3:28.165Did not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionOlena AntonovaDiscus throw57.9229Did not advanceInha BabakovaHigh jump1.931 Q2.01Iryna ChekhovtsovaLong jump6.705 Q6.975 Valentyna FedyushynaShot put19.224 Q17.9912Olena HovorovaTriple jump14.602 Q14.0910Olena Khlusovych14.385 Q13.8112Inessa KravetsLong jumpNMDid not advanceTriple jump14.572 Q15.33Vita PavlyshShot put19.046 Q19.304Vita StyopinaHigh jump1.8519Did not advanceViktoriya VershyninaLong jumpNMDid not advance
Badminton
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankVladislav Druzchenko Men's singlesL 7–15, 6-15Did not advanceElena NosdranWomen's singlesL 3–11, 0-11Did not advanceVictoria EvtoushenkoElena NosdranWomen's singlesL 2–15, 15–11, 1-15Did not advanceVictoria EvtoushenkoVladislav DruzchenkoMixed doublesL 5–15, 5-15Did not advance
Basketball
Women's tournament
Team roster The following players represented Ukraine: Ruslana Kyrychenko Viktoriya Burenok Olena Zhyrko Maryna Tkachenko Liudmyla Nazarenko Olena Oberemko Viktoriya Paradiz Viktoriya Leleka Oksana Dovhaliuk Diana Sadovnykova Nataliya Silianova Olha Shliakhova Preliminary round The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Boxing
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOleg KiryukhinLight FlyweightW 17-3W 18-6W 19-14L 8-17Did not advanceSerhiy KovgankoFlyweightW 12-6L 4-21Did not advanceYevheniy ShestakovFeatherweightL 4-11Did not advanceSergiy DzindzirukWelterweightW 20-10L 4-10Did not advanceSerhiy HorodnichovLight MiddleweightW 18-4L 2-15Did not advanceRostyslav ZaulychnyiLight heavyweightL 3-7Did not advanceWladimir KlitschkoSuper heavyweightW 10-8W TKO-1W 4-1W 7-3
Canoeing
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMichał ŚliwińskiC-1 500 m1:54.2834 QScolspan=2 1:52.0931 QF1:51.7144Roman BundzC-1 1000 m4:26.5552 QFcolspan=2 colspan=2 4:02.0787Vladyslav TereshchenkoK-1 500 m1:45.6237 QR1:44.1435 QS1:41.883 6Did not advanceK-1 1000 m3:51.7725 QR4:08.6814 QS3:55.6499Did not advanceOleksandr Lytvynenko Oleksiy IhriaevC-2 500 m1:46.6522 QScolspan=2 1:51.010 9Did not advanceC-2 1000 m4:13.363 6 QScolspan=2 3:46.845 3Did not advanceV'iacheslav Kulida Olesksiy SlivinskyAndriy BorzukovAndriy PetrovK-4 1000 m3:16.2976 QScolspan=2 3:05.6434Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHanna BalabanovaKateryna YurchenkoK-2 500 m1:48.4364 QR1:54.3733 QS1:48.857 7Did not advanceHanna BalabanovaNataliya FeklisovaTetyana TeklyanKateryna YurchenkoK-4 500 m1:43.3816 QScolspan=2 1:40.0924Did not advance Qualification Legend: 'R = Qualify to repechage; QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road Men AthleteEventTimeRankSerhiy UshakovRoad race04:56:2514Andrei Tchmil04:56:4433Oleh Pankov04:56:4543Mykhaylo KhalilovDid not finishVolodymyr PulnikovDid not finish
Women AthleteEventTimeRankNatalya KishchukRoad race02:37:0630
Track 1000m time trial AthleteEventTimeRankBogdan BondariewMen's 1000m time trial1:05.65811
Individual Pursuit AthleteEventQualifying roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalsTimeRankOpposition TimeOpposition TimeOpposition TimeRank Andriy YatsenkoMen's Individual pursuit4:30.7518 QL OVTDid not advance8Bogdan BondariewOleksandr FedenkoAndriy YatsenkoAlexander SimonenkoMen's team pursuit4:11.5454 QL 4:12.794Did not advance7
Points race AthleteEventPointsLapsRankVasyl YakovlevMen's points race2414
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankMaksym Lapyn3 m springboard328.2323Did not advanceOleh Yanchenko10 m platform301.92 26Did not advanceRoman Volod'kov3 m springboard359.8512210.3010570.15 12382.8310593.131110 m platform335.97 20Did not advance Women AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankIryna Pissareva3 m springboard269.43 10211.237480.669236.7912448.02 12Svitlana Serbina10m platform244.0518165.067409.1114Did not advanceOlena Zhupina3 m springboard286.47 3209.5510496.025297.72 2507.27510m platform280.11 7171.244451.356265.777437.016
Fencing
Six fencers, four men and two women, represented Ukraine in 1996. Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRank Oleksiy BryzhalovIndividual foilW 15-11L 12-15Did not advance31Serhiy Holubytskiy W 15-4W 15-14L 13-15Did not advance6Vadym Huttsait Individual sabreW 15-13W 15-9L 14-15Did not advance6Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy W 15-5L 11-15Did not advance24
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankViktoriya TitovaIndividual epeeW 15-4L 11-15Did not advance13Yeva VybornovaW 15-8L 7-15Did not advance23
Gymnastics
Men The Ukraine alternates were Boris Zelepoukin, and Vladmir Portnko. Boris Zelepoukin was almost brought in because of Grigory Mistuin not performing up to standards. Team Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankIgor KorobchinskiVaultcolspan=3 19.350colspan=2 9.5687All-around9.450 9.625 9.462 9.512 9.675 9.487 57.21115Grigory MisutinFloor19.362colspan=5 9.1008 Rustam SharipovParallel barscolspan=4 19.2009.837All-around9.625 9.637 9.650 9.400 9.750 9.650 57.7128Oleksandr SvetlichnyAll-around9.650 9.587 9.662 9.537 9.625 9.637 57.6989
Women The Women alternates were Oksana Knizhnik and Irina Bulakova. Oksana Knizhnik was brought in after Viktoriya Karpenko was out due to a Wrist Injury. Team Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankLilia PodkopayevaAll-around 9.781 9.800 9.787 9.887 39.255 Uneven bars19.662 colspan=2 9.7875Balance beamcolspan=2 19.5009.825Floor19.612colspan=2 9.887Lioubov SheremetaAll-around 9.468 9.637 9.587 9.512 38.204 22Olga TeslenkoBalance beamcolspan=2 19.1759.6255Svetlana ZelepukinaAll-around 9.512 9.650 9.325 9.537 38.02423
Judo
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKaren Balayan−78 kgL 0000-0100Did not advance21Ruslan Mashurenko−86 kgW 1000-0000L 0000-1000Did not advanceL 0000-1000Did not advance13 Women