Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ukraine at the Olympic Games

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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
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Ukraine is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Archery

Two Ukrainian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1][2]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
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Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank

 Men's individual

Women's individual

Athletics

Ukrainian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

Men
Women

Badminton

Ukraine has 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.[5]

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
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Score		 Rank
Artem Pochtarev Men's singles
Marija Ulitina Women's singles

Canoeing

Sprint

Ukrainian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men's C-1 1000 m


Men's C-2 1000 m




Women's K-4 500 m

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).[7]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's road race
Men's time trial
  Men's road race
 

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Ukraine has entered one rider to compete only in the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.

Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Lyubov Shulika Women's keirin

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
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Illya Kvasha 3 m springboard
Maksym Dolhov
Oleksandr Horshkovozov		 10 m synchronized platform N/A
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Olena Fedorova 3 m springboard
Anastasiya Nedobiga
Iuliia Prokopchuk 10 m platform

Equestrian

Ukraine has fielded a squad of four jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Central & Eastern Europe at the FEI qualification event in Šamorín, Slovakia. One dressage rider has been added to the squad by virtue of a top six finish outside the group selection in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.[8]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Individual

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank

 Individual






See above Team N/A

Fencing

Ukrainian fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team épée and women's team sabre by virtue of their top 4 national finish in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the women's épée team has claimed the spot as the highest ranking team from Europe outside the world's top four.[9] Meanwhile, sabre fencer Andriy Yahodka had claimed his Olympic spot by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
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Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
  Individual épée
 
 
 
 
 		 Team épée N/A
Andriy Yahodka Individual sabre N/A
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
  Individual épée
 
 
 
 
 		 Team épée N/A
  Individual sabre
 
 
 
 
 		 Team sabre N/A

Gymnastics

Artistic

Ukraine has fielded a full team of six artistic gymnasts (five men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. The men's squad had claimed one of the remaining four spots in the team all-around, while Angelina Kysla accepted the Olympic berth as a lone Ukrainian female gymnast in the apparatus and individual all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[10][11]

Men
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Oleg Vernyayev Team
 
 
 
 
Total
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Angelina Kysla

Rhythmic

Ukraine has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[12]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Hanna Rizatdinova Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
5 balls 3 ribbons
2 hoops		 Total Rank 5 balls 3 ribbons
2 hoops		 Total Rank
 
 
 
 
 Team

Trampoline

Ukraine 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.[13]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Women's

Modern pentathlon

Ukrainian athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Andriy Fedechko and 2012 Olympian Pavlo Tymoshchenko secured a selection in the men's event by filling in two out of the three Olympic quota places at the 2015 World Championships, while Anastasiya Spas added a spot in the women's event to the roster through the European Championships.[14]

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)		 Swimming
(200 m freestyle)		 Riding
(show jumping)		 Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)		 Total points Final rank
Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Andriy Fedechko Men's
Pavlo Tymoshchenko
Anastasiya Spas Women's

Rowing

Ukrainian rowers have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 World Championships.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank




 Quadruple sculls N/A

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

Sailing

Ukrainian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and European qualifying regattas. In Class 470 Ukraine will be represented by Borys Shvets and Pavlo Matsuyev, who qualified in Trofeo Princesa Sofia Regatta at the end of March[15][16]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
RS:X
 
 		 470 N/A

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Ukrainian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[17]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
10 m air rifle N/A
50 m rifle 3 positions N/A
  10 m air pistol N/A
  N/A
25 m rapid fire pistol N/A
Skeet
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
50 m rifle 3 positions
10 m air pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Ukrainian 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)):[18][19]

Olympic Qualifying Time

Synchronized swimming

For the first time in Olympic history, Ukraine has fielded a squad of nine synchronized swimmers to compete in both the women's team and duet routine by virtue of their first-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.[20]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
 
 		 Duet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		 Team N/A

Table tennis

Ukraine has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. 2008 Olympian and 2015 European Games bronze medalist Kou Lei secured one of the remaining Olympic spots in the men's singles by winning the repechage play-off match at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.[21] Meanwhile, Tetyana Bilenko was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players to confirm her third Olympic appearance in the women's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.[22]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Kou Lei Men's singles
Tetyana Bilenko Women's singles

Weightlifting

Ukrainian weightlifters have qualified four men's and three women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
 
 
 
 
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
 
 
 

Wrestling

Ukraine has qualified a total of eleven wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (97 kg), men's Greco-Roman (85, 98, & 130 kg), and women's freestyle (63 kg) at the 2015 World Championships, while the remaining berths had been awarded to the Ukrainian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.[23][24]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Ukrainian roster at the second meet of the World Qualification Tournament.

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Andriy Kvyatkovskyi −65 kg
Pavlo Oliynyk −97 kg
Alen Zasyeyev −125 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Zhan Beleniuk −85 kg
Dimitriy Timchenko −98 kg
Oleksandr Chernetskyi −130 kg
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Yuliya Khavaldzhy −53 kg
Oksana Herhel −58 kg
Yuliya Ostapchuk −63 kg
Alina Stadnyk −69 kg
Alla Cherkasova −75 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (30 July 2015). "Eleven more Rio 2016 quota places secured at World Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ten nations awarded individual spots to Rio 2016". World Archery Federation. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (5 May 2016). "Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed". International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Miller, Darci (2 February 2016). "U.S. Women's Saber Team Qualifies For Rio". Team USA. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands and France grab final men's team berths to Rio Olympic Games". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed". FIG. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Final nations qualify for 2016 Olympic Games in Trampoline". FIG. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Pentathlon, Europei 2015: Asadauskaitė vince, pass olimpico a Sotero. Italia bronzo a squadre" [2015 European Champs: Asadauskaite wins, Olympic ticket goes to Sotero, Italian team earns the bronze] (in Italian). OA Sport. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Rio or bust on Last Chance Friday". ISAF. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Final country places secured for Rio 2016". ISAF. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  18. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  20. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (7 March 2016). "Ukraine land first-ever Olympic synchronised swimming team event berth at Rio 2016 qualifier". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  21. ↑ Marshall, Ian (16 April 2016). "Day Ends on High Note for Sweden, Matilda Ekholm Books Rio Place". ITTF. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  22. ↑ Marshall, Ian (5 May 2016). "Olympic Games Singles Ranking Announced, Another Step Nearer Final Line Up". ITTF. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Вільна боротьба. Названо склад збірної України на чемпіонат світу" [Ukraine names the wrestling squad for the World Champs] (in Ukrainian). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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