| Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | UZB |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| Website | www |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 70 in 13 sports |
| Flag bearers | Bakhodir Jalolov (opening)[1] Bektemir Melikuziev (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
Uzbekistan competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio 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.
TheNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan fielded a team of 70 athletes, 47 men and 23 women, across 15 sports at the Games.[2] It was the nation's second-largest delegation sent to the Olympics, just a single athlete short of the record achieved inSydney 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 fromLondon 2012.
Leading the Uzbek roster lineup wereOksana Chusovitina, who created history as the oldest ever female gymnast (aged 41) and the first to participate in a record seventh Olympics, andEkaterina Khilko, who became the only trampolinist to be featured in every Olympic competition since her sport was added to the program inSydney 2000.[3][4] Chusovitina's fellow gymnastAnton Fokin, along with judo legendsRishod Sobirov andAbdullo 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 fighterDmitriy Shokin in the men's +80 kg division, American-based freestyle wrestler and Asian Games championBekzod Abdurakhmonov (men's 74 kg), tennis playerDenis Istomin, Asia's top female high jumperSvetlana Radzivil, and super heavyweight boxerBakhodir Jalolov, who was nominated by the committee as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]
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.[5] 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 wereHasanboy Dusmatov, who became the nation's second boxer in history to claim an Olympic gold sinceMahammatkodir Abdullaev topped the podium in2000,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.[6][7]
The following Uzbek competitors won medals at the Games. In the discipline sections below, medalists' names arebolded.
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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Boxing | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Canoeing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Judo | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 47 | 23 | 70 |
Uzbek athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[8][9]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Andrey Petrov | Marathon | DNF | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Nataliya Asanova | 400 m hurdles | 1:02.37 | 8 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Sitora Hamidova | 10000 m | — | 31:57.77NR | 24 | |||||
| Marathon | — | 2:39:45 | 54 | ||||||
| Marina Khmelevskaya | Marathon | — | 2:45:06 | 77 | |||||
| Valentina Kibalnikova | 100 m hurdles | 13.29 | 6 | — | Did not advance | ||||
| Nigina Sharipova | 100 m | Bye | 11.68 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 m | 23.33 | 6 | — | Did not advance | |||||
| Ekaterina Tunguskova | 10000 m | — | DNF | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Suhrob Khodjaev | Hammer throw | 70.11 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| Ruslan Kurbanov | Triple jump | NM | — | Did not advance | |
| Bobur Shokirjonov | Javelin throw | NM | — | Did not advance | |
| Ivan Zaytsev | 77.83 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Nadiya Dusanova | High jump | 1.92 | 20 | Did not advance | |
| Svetlana Radzivil | 1.94 | =1Q | 1.88 | 13 | |
| Yuliya Tarasova | Long jump | 6.16 | 29 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Andreev | Result | 11.29 | 6.60 | 14.86 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Points | 797 | 720 | 781 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekaterina Voronina | Result | 15.21 | 1.65 | DNS | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Points | 814 | 795 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
Uzbekistan has entered eleven boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 OlympianHurshid 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 the2015 World Championships.[10][11]
Seven further boxers (Dusmatov, Zoirov, Giyasov, Rasulov, Tulaganov, Jalolov, and Mirzaeva) had claimed their Olympic spots at the2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament inQian'an,China.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Yodgoroy Mirzaeva | Flyweight |  Bujold (CAN)L 0–3 | did not advance | |||
Uzbek canoeists have qualified four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships inPalembang, Indonesia.[13]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Gerasim Kochnev | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:08.127 | 2Q | 3:59.489 | 3FA | 4:04.205 | 7 |
| Aleksey Mochalov | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:34.469 | 4Q | 3:36.968 | 5FB | 3:34.807 | 12 |
| Gerasim Kochnev Serik Mirbekov | Men's C-2 1000 m | 4:00.330 | 6Q | 3:40.772 | 2FA | 3:52.920 | 8 |
| Olga Umaralieva | Women's K-1 200 m | 42.525 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Qualification Legend:FA = Qualify to final (medal);FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Uzbekistan has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Beijing 2008 bronze medalistAnton Fokin, and seven-time OlympianOksana Chusovitina had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at theOlympic Test Event inRio de Janeiro.[14][15]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Anton Fokin | All-around | 11.800 | 14.333 | 13.966 | 14.400 | 15.466 | 13.866 | 83.831 | 37 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
| Oksana Chusovitina | Vault | 14.999 | — | 14.999 | 5Q | 14.833 | — | 14.833 | 7 | ||||
| Balance beam | — | 13.300 | — | 13.300 | 16 | Did not advance | |||||||
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 theOlympic Test Event inRio de Janeiro.[16]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | ||
| Anastasiya Serdyukova | Individual | 17.166 | 17.100 | 17.316 | 16.908 | 68.490 | 17 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ribbons | 3 clubs 2 hoops | Total | Rank | 5 ribbons | 3 clubs 2 hoops | Total | Rank | ||
| Samira Amirova Valeriya Davidova Luiza Ganieva Zarina Kurbonova Marta Rostoburova | Team | 14.416 | 16.750 | 31.160 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
Uzbekistan has qualified one gymnast in the women's trampoline by virtue of a top six finish at the2016 Olympic Test Event inRio de Janeiro.[17]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Ekaterina Khilko | Women's | 97.525 | 12 | Did not advance | |
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 medalistRishod Sobirov and Beijing 2008 runner-upAbdullo 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.[18]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Diyorbek Urozboev | −60 kg | Bye |  Katz (AUS)W 010–000 |  Chammartin (SUI)W 011–000 |  Smetov (KAZ)L 000–001 | Did not advance |  Kitadai (BRA)W 100–000 |  Papinashvili (GEO)W 001–000 |  |
| Rishod Sobirov | −66 kg | Bye |  Shershan (BLR)W 001–000 |  Mata (ARU)W 100–000 |  An B-u (KOR)L 000–010 | Did not advance |  Mateo (DOM)W 100–000 |  Gomboč (SLO)W 110–000 | |
| Mirali Sharipov | −73 kg | Bye |  Elmont (NED)L 000–010 | Did not advance | |||||
| Shakhzodbek Sabirov | −81 kg | Bye |  Naulu (FIJ)W 100–001 |  Stevens (USA)L 000–101 | Did not advance | ||||
| Sherali Juraev | −90 kg |  Benamadi (ALG)W 110–000 |  Nyman (SWE)L 001–101 | Did not advance | |||||
| Soyib Kurbonov | −100 kg |  Bloshenko (UKR)L 000–100 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Abdullo Tangriev | +100 kg | — |  Sua (SAM)W 100–000 |  Natea (ROU)W 110–000 |  Krakovetskii (KGZ)W 100–001 |  Harasawa (JPN)L 000–101 | Bye | R Silva (BRA) L 000–001 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Gulnoza Matniyazova | −70 kg |  Kłys (POL)L 000–000S | Did not advance | |||||
Uzbekistan has qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta inChungju,South Korea.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Shakhboz Kholmirzayev | Men's single sculls | 7:25.03 | 4R | 7:14:58 | 2QF | 7:09.99 | 6SC/D | 7:26.04 | 4FD | 7:04.78 | 22 |
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
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.[19]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Vadim Skorovarov | Men's 10 m air rifle | 620.9 | 27 | Did not advance | |
Qualification Legend:Q = Qualify for the next round;q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
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)):[20][21][22]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Vladislav Mustafin | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.66 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| Ranohon Amanova | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:18.97 | 38 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's 400 m individual medley | 4:52.15 | 33 | — | Did not advance | |||
Uzbekistan has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the second time (the first being done in2004). Zokhid Kenjaev scored a second-stage draw victory to book one of six remaining Olympic spots in the men's singles at the Asian Qualification Tournament inHong Kong.[23]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Zokhid Kenjaev | Men's singles | Bye |  Jančařík (CZE)W 4–2 |  Pitchford (GBR)L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
Uzbekistan entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2015 World champion Dmitriy Shokin qualified automatically for the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.[24] Meanwhile, Nikita Rafalovich and Nigora Tursunkulova secured spots on the Uzbek team by virtue of their top two finish in the men's (80 kg) and women's welterweight category (67 kg), respectively, at the2016 Asian Qualification Tournament inManila,Philippines.[25]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Nikita Rafalovich | Men's −80 kg |  Oueslati (TUN)L 8–11 | Did not advance | ||||
| Dmitriy Shokin | Men's +80 kg |  Qiao S (CHN)W 15–8 |  Castillo (CUB)W 1–1SUP |  Issoufou (NIG)L 2–8 | Bye | Cha D-m (KOR) L 3–4 | 5 |
| Nigora Tursunkulova | Women's −67 kg | Johansson (SWE) W 2–2SUP |  Azizova (AZE)L 1–5 | Did not advance | |||
Uzbekistan has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 OlympianDenis Istomin (world no. 64) qualified directly for the men's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in theATP World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.[26][27]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Denis Istomin | Men's singles |  Ferrer (ESP)L 2–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | |||||
Uzbek weightlifters have qualified five men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the2014 and2015 IWF World Championships. A single women's Olympic spot had been added to the Uzbek roster by virtue of a top six national finish at the2016 Asian Championships (April 22 to 30), but theInternational Weightlifting Federation had decided to remove it two months later because of "multiple positive cases" of doping throughout the qualifying period.[28][29] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.[30]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Doston Yokubov | Men's −69 kg | 137 | 17 | 176 | 11 | 313 | 15 |
| Ivan Efremov | Men's −105 kg | 194 | =1 | 220 | 6 | 414 | 5 |
| Ruslan Nurudinov | 194 | =1 | 237OR | 1 | 431 |  | |
| Rustam Djangabaev | Men's +105 kg | 195 | =5 | 237 | 7 | 432 | 6 |
| Sardorbek Dustmurotov | 179 | 19 | 232 | =9 | 411 | 11 | |
Uzbekistan has qualified eight wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle 65 kg and men's Greco-Roman 85 kg, respectively, at the2015 World Championships, while one more place had been awarded to the Uzbek wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals at the2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.[31][32]
Five further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Uzbek roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; three of them at theinitial meet inUlaanbaatar and two more at thefinal meet inIstanbul.[33]
Key:
| 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 | ||
| Men's Freestyle | |||||||||
| Abbos Rakhmonov | −57 kg | Bonne (CUB) L 0–4ST | Did not advance | 18 | |||||
| Ikhtiyor Navruzov | −65 kg | Bye |  Batirov (BRN)W 3–1PP |  Gómez (PUR)W 3–1PP | Ramonov (RUS) L 1–4SP | Bye |  Ganzorig (MGL)W 3–1PP | | |
| Bekzod Abdurakhmonov | −74 kg | Bye | Geduev (RUS) L 1–3PP | Did not advance | Bye | Burroughs (USA) W 4–1SP | Hasanov (AZE) L 1–3PP | 5 | |
| Magomed Ibragimov | −97 kg |  Buassat (GBS)W 5–0VB |  Tamarau (NGR)W 4–0ST | Gazyumov (AZE) L 1–3PP | Did not advance | Bye |  Yazdani (IRI)W 5–0VT | Andriitsev (UKR) W 3–1PP | |
| Men's Greco-Roman | |||||||||
| Elmurat Tasmuradov | −59 kg | Bye |  Fris (SRB)W 3–1PP |  Yun W-c (PRK)W 3–0PO | Borrero (CUB) L 1–3PP | Bye | Eraliev (KGZ) W 3–1PP | | |
| Dilshod Turdiev | −75 kg | Bye | Nemeš (SRB) L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 14 | ||||
| Rustam Assakalov | −85 kg | Bye | Provisor (USA) W 3–1PP |  V Lőrincz (HUN)L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 8 | |||
| Muminjon Abdullaev | −130 kg | Bye | Semenov (RUS) L 0–3PO | Did not advance | 15 | ||||
