Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Uzbekistan
competed in the Summer Olympic Games
as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta
, United States. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Men's 110m Hurdles
Men's Triple Jump
Men's Decathlon
Men's Shot Put
Men's Discus Throw
Men's Hammer Throw
Men's Javelin Throw
Women's 100 metres
Women's 200 metres
Women's High Jump
Boxing
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
Men's 200m Freestyle
Men's 100m Butterfly
Men's 200m Butterfly
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition:
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
competed in the Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, United States. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania competed separately. The team has been informally called the Commonwealth of Independent States team, though Georgia was...
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Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Judo | Men's Middleweight (86 kg) | ||
Boxing Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics -Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996... |
Men's Light Middleweight |
AthleticsAthletics at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
Men's 100 metres
- Anvar Kuchmuradov
Men's 110m Hurdles
- Yury Aristov
Men's Triple Jump
- Yevgeniy PetinYevgeniy PetinYevgeniy Vladimirovich Petin is an Uzbekistani triple jumper. His personal best jump is 16.67 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Moscow....
Men's Decathlon
- Ramil GaniyevRamil GaniyevRamil Ganiyev is a retired Uzbekistani decathlete of Tatar parents.-Achievements:-External links:*...
- Final Result — 8318 points (→ 8th place)
- Oleg VeretelnikovOleg VeretelnikovOleg Veretelnikov is a retired Uzbekistani decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
- Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Shot Put
- Sergey Kot
Men's Discus Throw
- Roman Poltoratskiy
- Qualification — 51.96m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Vitaliy Khozhatelyov
- Qualification — 64.52m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Sergey VoynovSergey VoynovSergey Sergeyevich Voynov is an Uzbek athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best throw is 84.80 metres, achieved in 2000.-Achievements:*2002 Asian Championships - silver medal*1999 Central Asian Games - gold medal...
- Vladimir ParfyonovVladimir ParfyonovVladimir Parfyonov is a retired male javelin thrower from Uzbekistan. He set his personal best on June 25, 1995 in Palafrugell.-Achievements:-References:**...
Women's 100 metres
- Lyudmila Dmitriady
Women's 200 metres
- Lyudmila Dmitriady
Women's High Jump
- Svetlana MunkovaSvetlana MunkovaSvetlana Munkova, née Ruban is an Uzbekistani high jumper.She won the silver medal at the 1993 Asian Championships and the gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games...
- Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance)
BoxingBoxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Ulugbek IbragimovUlugbek IbragimovUlugbek Ibragimov is a retired male boxer from Uzbekistan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's featherweight division by Germany's Falk Huste.-References:*...
- First Round — Defeated Naramchogt Lamgen (Mongolia), RSC-2
- Second Round — Lost to Falk HusteFalk HusteFalk Huste is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland...
(Germany), 4-8
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Mahammatkodir AbdoollayevMahammatkodir AbdoollayevMuhammadqodir Abdullayev is an Uzbekistani boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the world title at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas...
- First Round — Lost to Terrance CauthenTerrance CauthenTerrance Davin Cauthen is an American boxer. Nicknamed "Heat", Cauthen won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Cauthen grew up in Trenton, New Jersey and trained in Philadelphia....
(United States), 6-18
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
- Nariman AtayevNariman AtayevNariman Atayev is a retired male boxer from Uzbekistan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division by Puerto Rico's eventual bronze medalist Daniel Santos.-References:*...
- First Round — Defeated Ashira Evans (Kenya), 15-10
- Second Round — Defeated Nourbek Kassenov (Kyrgyzstan), 11-7
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Daniel SantosDaniel Santos (boxer)Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...
(Puerto Rico), 15-28
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Karim TulaganovKarim TulaganovKarim Tulaganov is an Uzbek boxer. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's Light Middleweight category, together with Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan.-Amateur career:...
→ Bronze Medal - First Round — Defeated Oscar GomezOscar GómezOscar Edegardo Gómez is a retired male light-middleweight boxer from Argentina, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
(Argentina), RSC-3 (02:50) - Second Round — Defeated Yared Wolde (Ethiopia), 13-9
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Rival CadeauRival CadeauRival Cadeau is light middleweight boxer from Seychelles. He represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1994 Commonwealth Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
(Seychelles), RSC-1 (1:24) - Semifinals — Lost to David ReidDavid Reid (boxer)David Terrell Reid is a former boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Amateur career:Reid had a stellar amateur boxing career, culminating with a come-from-behind, one-punch knock out win to secure a gold medal at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
(United States), 4-12
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Dilshod YarbekovDilshod YarbekovDilshod Yarbekov is an Uzbek boxer, who has won medals at the Asian and World Championships in the middleweight category...
- First Round — Defeated Brian Johansen (Denmark), RSC-3 (02:47)
- Second Round — Defeated Ludovik Plachetka (Czech Republic), 4-4
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Rhoshii WellsRhoshii WellsRhoshii Wells was an American boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight Division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
(United States), 8-8, judges cards
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- Timur IbragimovTimur IbragimovTimur Ibragimov is a heavyweight professional boxer.-Personal:...
- First Round — Defeated Rostyslav ZaulychnyiRostyslav ZaulychnyiRostyslav Zaulychnyi is a retired Ukrainian amateur boxer, who represented the Unified Team and won the Light Heavyweight Silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye...
(Ukraine), 7-3 - Second Round — Lost to Stipe DrvisStipe DrvišStipe Drews, birth name Stipe Drviš , is a Croatian professional boxer. He lost the WBA's version of the World light heavyweight championship title to Australian Danny Green on the 16th of December 2007.- Amateur career :...
(Croatia), 9-10
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
- Ruslan ChagaevRuslan ChagaevRuslan Chagaev born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is an Uzbekistani former WBA heavyweight boxing champion of Tatar ethnicity...
- First Round — Lost to Luan KrasniqiLuan KrasniqiLuan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....
(Germany), 4-12
SwimmingSwimming at the 1996 Summer OlympicsThe swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Ravil Nachaev
- Heat – 23.93 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Vyacheslav Kabanov
- Heat – 1:53.36 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Ravil Nachaev
- Heat – 56.61 (→ did not advance, 48th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Dimitri Pankov
- Heat – 2:05.36 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Oleg Pukhnatiy
- Heat – 2:06.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Ravil Nachaev, Oleg Tsvetkovskiy, Oleg Pukhnatiy, and Vyacheslav Kabanov
- Heat – 3:28.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Vyacheslav Kabanov, Aleksandr Agafonov, Dmitriy Pankov, and Oleg Tsvetkovskiy
- Heat – 7:40.60 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
TennisTennis at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...
Men's Singles Competition:
- Dmitri TomashevichDmitri TomashevichDmitri Tomashevich is a former tennis player from Uzbekistan, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Slovakia's Karol Kučera...
- First round — Lost to Karol KučeraKarol KuceraKarol Kučera is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He is a former top 10 player and has been ranked as high as World No. 6.-Tennis career:...
(Slovakia) 3-6, 6-2, 0-6
- Oleg OgorodovOleg OgorodovOleg Ogorodov is a former tennis player, who turned professional in 1995. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His career high singles rank came on May 13, 1996 when he was ranked 101st in men's singles tennis rankings...
- First round — Defeated Sándor NoszálySandor NoszalySándor Noszály is an active tennis player from Hungary, who is a five times Hungarian Champion in singles and 16 times adding the doubles.-Career:...
(Hungary) 7-5, 7-6 - First round — Lost to MaliVai WashingtonMaliVai WashingtonMaliVai "Mal" Washington is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996.-Family:...
(United States) 3-6, 4-6