Uzbekistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	UZB
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	54
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Elshod Rasulov (opening) Abbos Atoev (closing)
Rank:	75
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1900–1912) (1952–1988) (1992)

Uzbekistan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games in the post-Soviet era. A total of 54 athletes, 36 men and 18 women, competed in 13 sports. There was only a single competitor in fencing, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics, shooting and tennis.

Notable Uzbek athletes featured tennis player Denis Istomin (ranked thirty-fourth in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals), road cyclist and former world junior champion Sergey Lagutin, and sprint canoer Vadim Menkov, who nearly missed out of the medal standings in Beijing. Sprinter Guzal Khubbiyeva and trampoline gymnast Ekaterina Khilko became the first Uzbek female athletes to compete in four Olympic games. Meanwhile, swimmers Ranohon Amanova and Yulduz Kuchkarova, both at age 18, were the youngest athletes of the team. Light heavyweight boxer and double Asian Games champion Elshod Rasulov was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Uzbekistan left London originally with four Olympic medals (one gold and three bronze), tying with Sydney for the nation's overall medal standings. Freestyle wrestler Artur Taymazov, who defended his super heavyweight title for the third time, became the most successful Uzbek athlete in history with a total of four Olympic medals. Another freestyle wrestler Soslan Tigiev collected his second Olympic medal in the men's middleweight division, by winning an Olympic bronze medal. Judoka Rishod Sobirov managed to repeat his bronze medal from Beijing. Boxer Abbos Atoev recaptured his nation's sporting success at these games, by winning an Olympic bronze medal after eight years.

On 7 November 2012, the International Olympic Committee stripped Soslan Tigiev of his bronze medal after testing positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.^[1] On 23 July 2019, the International Olympic Committee stripped Artur Taymazov of his gold medal after testing positive for the prohibited substance.^[2] In 2020, after the disqualification of a number of athletes in a weightlifting men's 105 kg event, the bronze medal in this event was redistributed to Ivan Efremov.

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	4	9	13
Boxing	6	0	6
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	2	0	2
Fencing	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	3	3
Judo	6	0	6
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	0	2	2
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	5	1	6
Wrestling	8	0	8
Total	36	18	54

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistani athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3]

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Suhrob Khodjaev	Hammer throw	65.88	38	Did not advance
Ivan Zaytsev	Javelin throw	73.94	36	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Rifat Artikov	Result	11.37	6.41	14.11	1.93	51.91	14.74	43.53	4.40	56.62	5:09.52	7203	26
Points	780	677	735	740	729	881	737	731	687	506

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nataliya Asanova	400 m hurdles	58.05	7	Did not advance
Guzal Khubbiyeva	100 m	11.22	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nadiya Dusanova	High jump	1.85	=20	Did not advance
Anastasiya Juravleva	align=left rowspan=2	Triple jump	13.54	29	Did not advance
Aleksandra Kotlyarova	13.55	28	Did not advance
Svetlana Radzivil	High jump	1.96	1 Q	1.97	7
Elena Smolyanova	Shot put	14.43	30	Did not advance
lign=left	Anastasiya Svechnikova	Javelin throw	51.27	35	Did not advance
Yuliya Tarasova	Long jump		—	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan so far qualified boxers for the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jasurbek Latipov	Flyweight		W 21–11	L 10–15	Did not advance
Orzubek Shayimov	Bantamweight	L 7–13	Did not advance
Fazliddin Gaibnazarov	Lightweight	W 11–6	W 15–11	L 13–16	Did not advance
Uktamjon Rahmonov	Light welterweight	W 16–10	W 16–8	L 15–21	Did not advance
Abbos Atoev	Middleweight	W 11–9	W 12–10	W 17–13	L 12–13	Did not advance
Elshod Rasulov	Light heavyweight		W 13–6	L 15–19	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Uzbekistan qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Vadim Menkov	Men's C-1 200 m	42.171	4 Q	42.944	6 FB	44.168	10
Men's C-1 1000 m	4:05.895	2 Q	3:53.257	4 FA	3:49.255	4
align=left rowspan=2	Yuliya Borzova	Women's K-1 200 m	44.872	6 Q	44.426	8	Did not advance
Women's K-1 500 m	2:03.893	6 Q	2:00.584	8	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Muradjan Halmuratov	Men's road race^[4]	Did not finish
Sergey Lagutin	5:46:05	5

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan qualified 1 fencer.

Men

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Women

• Galiulina was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for the banned diuretic drug furosemide.^{[5] [6]}

Trampoline

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan qualified 6 judokas. Abdullo Tangriev qualified in the men's +100 kg category, but withdrew from the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rishod Sobirov	−60 kg		W 0210–0000	W 1000–0000	W 0100–0001	L 0000–0011		W 0100–0003
Mirzahid Farmonov	−66 kg		W 1011–0002	L 0001–0011	Did not advance
Navruz Jurakobilov	−73 kg	W 0100–0001	W 0002–0011	L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Yakhyo Imamov	−81 kg		L 0001–0001	Did not advance
Dilshod Choriev	−90 kg		W 0101–0013	W 1001–0001	L 0001–0002	Did not advance	L 0012–0012	Did not advance	7
Ramziddin Sayidov	−100 kg		W 0100–0000	W 0102–010H	L 0001–0100	Did not advance	W 1000–0000	L 0010–0200	5

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sakina Mamedova	50 m rifle 3 positions	578	22	Did not advance
10 m air rifle	389	49	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistani swimmers have further 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)):^[7]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ranohon Amanova	200 m individual medley	2:15.37	25	Did not advance
Yulduz Kuchkarova	200 m backstroke	2:18.60	37	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan qualified the following quota places.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dmitriy Kim	Men's −68 kg	L 2–3	Did not advance
Akmal Irgashev	Men's +80 kg	L 4–13	Did not advance
Natalya Mamatova	Women's +67 kg	L 9–17	Did not advance		L 1–8	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan qualified 6 weightlifters.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ruslan Makarov	−56 kg	Did not compete
Bahrom Mendibaev	−69 kg	135		—	—	—
Sherzodjon Yusupov	−85 kg	155	13	195	12	350	11
Ivan Efremov	align=left rowspan=2	−105 kg	183	6	218	=5	401
Ruslan Nurudinov	184	=4	220	=3	404

Women

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan qualified 8 men.

Key

• - Victory by Fall.
• - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dilshod Mansurov	−55 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance					14
Ikhtiyor Navruzov	−66 kg		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance		L 1–3	Did not advance	9
Soslan Tigiev	−74 kg		W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance		W 3–0	W 3–0
Zaurbek Sokhiev	−84 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance						12
Kurban Kurbanov	−96 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance			W 3–1	L 1–3	5
Artur Taymazov	−120 kg		W 3–0	W 3–0	W 5–0	W 3–0

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elmurat Tasmuradov	−55 kg		L 0–3	Did not advance					16
Muminjon Abdullaev	−120 kg		L 0–3	Did not advance					15

Notes and References

1. Web site: IOC strips Uzbek wrestler of London bronze. IOC. 7 November 2012.
2. Web site: IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012. IOC. 23 July 2019.
3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
4. Web site: Asian Cycling Championships 2011 – Individual Road Race – Men Elite – Final Results. 19 Feb 2010. UCI. 26 May 2011.
5. Web site: Olympics 2012 drugs: Artistic gymnast fails doping test. BBC News Online. 2012-07-29. 2012-07-29.
6. Web site: IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING MRS LUIZA GALIULINA. IOC. 2012-09-17. 2012-08-01.
7. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 8 June 2011.