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.
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 Light Heavyweight (90 kg)
Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
Inna Frolova, Svitlana Maziy, Dina Myftakhutdinova, and Olena Ronzhyna — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
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, Hryhoriy Misyutyn, Volodymyr Shamenko, Rustam Sharipov, Oleksandr Svitlychnyi, 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)
Women's Individual Competition:
Olena Sadovnycha → Bronze Medal Match, Bronze Medal (5-1)
Lina Herasymenko → Round of 32, 23rd place (1-1)
Natalya Bilukha → Round of 64, 55th place (0-1)
Men's Individual Competition:
Stanislav Zabrodsky → Round of 16, 13th place (2-1)
Valeriy Yevetsky → Round of 32, 31st place (1-1)
Oleksandr Yatsenko → Round of 64, 57th place (0-1)
Women's Team Competition:
Sadovnycha, Herasymenko, and Bilukha → Quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1)
Men's Team Competition:
Zabrodsky, Yevetsky, and Yatsenko → Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)
Men's 100 metres
Serhiy Osovych
Heat — 10.29
Quarterfinals — 10.38 (→ did not advance)
Kostyantyn Rurak
Heat — 10.37
Quarterfinals — 10.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Vladyslav Dolohodin
Heat — 20.57
Quarterfinals — 20.65 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
Andriy Bulkovskiy
Heat — 3:53.20 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4×100 metres Relay
Kostyantyn Rurak, Serhiy Osovych, Oleh Kramarenko, and Vladyslav Dolohodin
Heat — 38.90
Semifinals — 38.56
Final — 38.55 (→ 4th place)
Men's Marathon
Pyotro Sarafinyuk — 2:20.37 (→ 43rd place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Vitaliy Popovych — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump
Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik
Qualification — 2.26m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's Long Jump
Vitaliy Kyrylenko
Qualification — 7.77m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Volodymyr Kravchenko
Qualification — 16.90m
Final — 16.62m (→ 10th place)
Men's Pole Vault
Sergey Bubka
Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)
Vasiliy Bubka
Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Decathlon
Vitaliy Kolpakov
Final Result — 8025 points (→ 22nd place)
Lev Lobodin
Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Shot Put
Aleksandr Bagach
Qualification — 20.23m
Final — 20.75m (→ Bronze Medal)
Roman Virastyuk
Qualification — 19.81m
Final — 20.45m (→ 6th place)
Oleksandr Klymenko
Qualification — 19.45m
Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Discus Throw
Vitaliy Sidorov
Qualification — 63.42m
Final — 63.78m (→ 7th place)
Andriy Kokhanovskiy
Qualification — 57.90m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Oleksiy Krykun
Qualification — 75.78m
Final — 80.02m (→ Bronze Medal)
Andriy Skvaruk
Qualification — 77.48m
Final — 79.92m (→ 4th place)
Women's 100 metres
Zhanna Pintusevych
Iryna Pukha
Women's 200 metres
Zhanna Pintusevych
Viktoriya Fomenko
Women's 400 metres
Iana Manuylova
Olena Rurak
Heat — 52.92 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x400 metres Relay
Viktoriya Fomenko, Lyudmyla Koshchey, Yana Manuylova, and Olha Moroz
Qualification — 3:28.16 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m Hurdles
Tetyana Tereshchuk
Qualification — 55.82
Semifinals — 55.34 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
Iryna Chekhovtsova
Qualification — 6.70m
Final — 6.97m (→ 5th place)
Inessa Kravets
Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Viktoriya Vershynina
Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
Inha Babakova
Qualification — 1.93m
Final — 2.01m (→ Bronze Medal)
Vita Styopina
Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
Inessa Kravets
Qualification — 14.57m
Final — 15.33m (→ Gold Medal)
Olena Hovorova
Qualification — 14.60m
Final — 14.09m (→ 10th place)
Olena Khlusovych
Qualification — 14.38m
Final — 13.81m (→ 12th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Olena Antonova
Qualification — 57.92m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
Vita Pavlysh
Qualification — 19.04m
Final — 19.30m (→ 4th place)
Valentyna Fedyushyna
Qualification — 19.22m
Final — 17.99m (→ 12th place)
Women's Marathon
Lyubov Klochko — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 10 km Walk
Tatyana Ragozina — 46:25 (→ 30th place)
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Oleg Kiryukhin → Bronze Medal
First Round — Defeated Abdul Rashid Qambrani (Pakistan), 17-3
Second Round — Defeated Beibis Mendoza (Colombia), 18-6
Quarterfinals — Defeated Albert Guardado (United States), 19-14
Semifinals — Lost to Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria), 8-17
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Serhiy Kovganko
First Round — Defeated Darwin Angeles (Honduras), 12-6
Second Round — Lost to Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 4-21
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Yevheniy Shestakov
First Round — Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria), 4-11
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Sergiy Dzindziruk
First Round — Defeated Parkpoom Jangphonak (Thailand), 20-10
Second Round — Lost to Hasan Al (Denmark), 4-10
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Serhiy Horodnichov
First Round — Defeated Albert Eromosele (Nigeria), 18-4
Second Round — Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 2-15
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Rostyslav Zaulychnyi
First Round — Lost to Timur Ibragimov (Uzbekistan), 3-7
Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
Wladimir Klitschko → Gold Medal
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Lawrence Clay-Bey (United States), 10-8
Quarterfinals — Defeated Attila Levin (Sweden), referee stopped contest in first round
Semifinals — Defeated Alexei Lezin (Russia), 4-1
Final — Defeated Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 7-3
Women's Individual Road Race
Natalya Kishchuk
Final — 02:37:06 (→ 30th place)
Men's Points Race
Vasyl Yakovlev
Final — 24 points (→ 4th place)
Men's 3 m Springboard
Roman Volod'kov
Preliminary Heat — 359.85
Semi Final — 210.30
Final — 382.83 (→ 11th place)
Maksym Lapyn
Preliminary Heat — 328.23 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 3 m Springboard
Olena Zhupina
Preliminary Heat — 286.47
Semi Final — 209.55
Final — 297.72 (→ 5th place)
Iryna Pissareva
Preliminary Heat — 269.43
Semi Final — 211.23
Final — 236.79 (→ 12th place)
Women's 10 m Platform
Olena Zhupina
Preliminary Heat — 280.11
Semi Final — 171.24
Final — 265.77 (→ 6th place)
Svitlana Serbina
Preliminary Heat — 244.05
Semi Final — 165.06 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Six fencers, four men and two women, represented Ukraine in 1996.
Men's foil
Serhiy Holubytskiy
Oleksiy Bryzhalov
Men's sabre
Vadym Huttsait
Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy
Women's épée
Viktoriya Titova
Yeva Vybornova
Men's Individual Competition:
Heorhiy Chymerys — 5154 pts (→ 24th place)
Rowing events, results, and competitors:
Men's single sculls – 19th place
Oleksandr Khimich
Men's quadruple sculls – 7th place
Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Zaskalko, Mykola Chupryna, Leonid Shaposhnykov
Men's eight – 10th place
Yevhen Sharonin, Roman Hrynevych, Vitaliy Raievskiy, Valeriy Samara, Oleh Lykov, Ihor Martynenko, Ihor Mohylniy, Oleksandr Kapustin, Hrihoriy Dmytrenko
Women's double sculls – 8th place
Tetiana Ustiuzhanina, Olena Reutova
Women's quadruple sculls – 2nd place (silver medal)
Olena Ronzhyna, Inna Frolova, Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Yuriy Vlasov
- Heat – 22.77
- B-Final – 22.82 (→ 11th place)
Pavel Khnykin
- Heat – 22.91 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Pavel Khnykin
- Heat – 49.69
- Final – 49.65 (→ 6th place)
Rostislav Svanidze
- Heat – 50.31
- B-Final – 50.43 (→ 14th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Igor Snitko
- Heat – 3:55.67
- B-Final – 3:54.63 (→ 12th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Igor Snitko
- Heat – 15:31.40 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Denys Zavhorodniy
- Heat – 15:46.79 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Volodymyr Nikolaychuk
- Heat – 56.71 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Alexander Dzhaburiya
- Heat – 1:02.70
- B-Final – 1:02.91 (→ 13th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Dimitri Ivanusa
- Heat – 2:17.54 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Pavel Khnykin
- Heat – 53.25
- Final – 53.58 (→ 8th place)
Denys Sylantyev
- Heat – 54.33 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Denys Sylantyev
- Heat – 1:58.04
- Final – 1:58.37 (→ 6th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Sergei Sergeyev
- Heat – 2:06.30 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Volodymyr Nikolaychuk, Oleksandr Dzhaburiya, Denys Sylantyev, and Pavel Khnykin
- Heat – 3:42.29 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Elena Lapunova
- Heat – 2:04.07 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Svetlana Bondarenko
- Heat – 1:09.79
- Final – 1:09.21 (→ 4th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Svetlana Bondarenko
- Heat – 2:32.42
- B-Final – scratched
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Natalia Zolotukhina
- Heat – 1:02.18 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Natalia Zolotukhina
- Heat – 2:16.68 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Elena Lapunova
- Heat – 2:20.76 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to United States (0-3)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Lost to South Korea (0-3)
Lost to China (0-3)
Lost to Netherlands (0-3)
Quarterfinals
did not advance (→ Eleventh place)
Team Roster
Nataliya Bozhenova
Yuliya Buyeva
Olexandra Fomina
Tetyana Ivanyushkyna
Olga Kolomiyets
Alla Kravets
Olena Kryvonossova
Vita Mateshik
Regina Mylosserdova
Olga Pavlova
Mariya Polyakova
Olena Sydorenko
Head Coach: Gariy Iegiazarov
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Ukraine – Romania 6-6
Ukraine – Italy 6-8
Ukraine – United States 7-9
Ukraine – Croatia 8-16
Ukraine – Greece 6-9
Classification Matches
9th/12th place: Ukraine – Germany 4-10
9th/12th place: Ukraine – Romania 8-11
9th/12th place: Ukraine – Netherlands 9-9 (→ Twelfth place)
Team Roster
Andriy Kovalenko
Dmytro Andreyev
Ihor Horbach
Vadym Kebalo
Vitaliy Khalchaytsky
Vyacheslav Kostanda
Oleksandr Potulnytsky
Vadym Rozhdestvensky
Vadym Skuratov
Anatoliy Solodun
Dmytro Stratan
Oleh Vladymyrov
Oleksiy Yegorov
Men's Lightweight
Oleksiy Khizhniak
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Oleksandr Blyshchyk
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Oleksandr Blyshchyk
Final — 167.5 + — (→ no ranking)
Men's Middle-Heavyweight
Oleh Chumak
Men's Heavyweight I
Denys Hotfrid
Stanislav Rybalchenko
Men's Heavyweight II (– 108 kg)
Timur Taymazov
Snatch — 195.0 kg
Clean & Jerk — 235.0 kg
Total — 430.0 kg (→ Gold Medal)
Ihor Razoronov
Snatch — no mark
Clean & Jerk — no mark
Total — no mark (→ no ranking)
