Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:UZB
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2016
Website: 
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:70
Sports:13
Flagbearer:Bakhodir Jalolov (opening)[1]
Bektemir Melikuziev (closing)
Rank:21
Gold:4
Silver:2
Bronze:7
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1996
See also: (1900–1912)
(1952–1988)
(1992)

Uzbekistan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio 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.

The National 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 in Sydney 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 from London 2012.

Leading the Uzbek roster lineup were Oksana Chusovitina, who created history as the oldest ever female gymnast (aged 41) and the first to participate in a record seventh Olympics, and Ekaterina Khilko, who became the only trampolinist to be featured in every Olympic competition since her sport was added to the program in Sydney 2000.[3] [4] Chusovitina's fellow gymnast Anton Fokin, along with judo legends Rishod Sobirov and Abdullo 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 fighter Dmitriy Shokin in the men's +80 kg division, American-based freestyle wrestler and Asian Games champion Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (men's 74 kg), tennis player Denis Istomin, Asia's top female high jumper Svetlana Radzivil, and super heavyweight boxer Bakhodir 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 were Hasanboy Dusmatov, who became the nation's second boxer in history to claim an Olympic gold since Mahammatkodir Abdullaev topped the podium in 2000, 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]

Medalists

The following Uzbek competitors won medals at the Games. In the discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. | style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

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Medals by sport
SportTotal
3 2 2 7
0 0 2 2
1 0 0 1
0 0 3 3
Total 4 2 7 13
Medals by day
DayTotal
August 6 0 0 1 1
August 7 0 0 1 1
August 13 0 0 1 1
August 14 1 0 1 2
August 15 1 0 0 1
August 17 0 1 0 1
August 18 0 0 1 1
August 20 0 1 0 1
August 21 2 0 2 4
Total 4 2 7 13
Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male42713
Female0000
Total 4 2 7 13

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics6 10 16
Boxing10 1 11
Canoeing3 1 4
Gymnastics1 8 9
Judo7 1 8
Rowing1 0 1
Shooting1 0 1
Swimming1 1 2
Table tennis1 0 1
Taekwondo2 1 3
Tennis1 0 1
Weightlifting5 0 5
Wrestling8 0 8
Total 47 23 70

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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]

Track & road events
  • Men
  • Women
    AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Nataliya Asanova400 m hurdles1:02.378Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Sitora Hamidova10000 m31:57.77 NR24
    Marathon2:39:4554
    Marina KhmelevskayaMarathon2:45:0677
    Valentina Kibalnikova100 m hurdles13.296 Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Nigina Sharipova100 m11.686Did not advance
    200 m23.336Did not advance
    Ekaterina Tunguskova10000 m
    Field events
  • Men
  • AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Suhrob KhodjaevHammer throw70.1123Did not advance
    Ruslan KurbanovTriple jumpDid not advance
    Bobur Shokirjonovalign=left rowspan=2Javelin throwDid not advance
    Ivan Zaytsev77.8326Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Nadiya Dusanovaalign=left rowspan=2High jump1.9220Did not advance
    Svetlana Radzivil1.94=1 Q1.8813
    Yuliya TarasovaLong jump6.1629Did not advance
    Combined events – Men's decathlon
    AthleteEventFinalRank
    Leonid AndreevResult11.296.6014.86
    Points7977207810
    Combined events – Women's heptathlon
    AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
    Ekaterina VoroninaResult15.211.65
    Points8147950

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan has entered eleven boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympian Hurshid 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 the 2015 World Championships.[10] [11]

    Seven further boxers (Dusmatov, Zoirov, Giyasov, Rasulov, Tulaganov, Jalolov, and Mirzaeva) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China.[12]

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Hasanboy DusmatovLight flyweight
    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–0
    Shakhobidin ZoirovFlyweight
    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–0
    Murodjon AkhmadalievBantamweight
    W 3–0

    W

    L 0–3
    Did not advance
    Hurshid TojibaevLightweight
    W 3–0

    W 2–0

    L 0–3
    Did not advance
    Fazliddin GaibnazarovLight welterweight
    W

    W 3–0

    W 2–1

    W 2–1

    W 2–1
    Shakhram GiyasovWelterweight
    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    L 0–3
    Bektemir MelikuzievMiddleweight
    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    L 0–3
    Elshod RasulovLight heavyweight
    L
    Did not advance
    Rustam TulaganovHeavyweight
    W 3–0

    W 3–0

    L 0–3
    Did not advance
    Bakhodir JalolovSuper heavyweight
    W

    L 0–3
    Did not advance
    Women

    Canoeing

    See main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

    Sprint

    Uzbek canoeists have qualified four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Palembang, Indonesia.[13]

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Gerasim KochnevMen's C-1 1000 m4:08.1272 Q3:59.4893 FA4:04.2057
    Aleksey MochalovMen's K-1 1000 m3:34.4694 Q3:36.9685 FB3:34.80712
    Gerasim Kochnev
    Serik Mirbekov
    Men's C-2 1000 m4:00.3306 Q3:40.7722 FA3:52.9208
    Olga UmaralievaWomen's K-1 200 m42.5257Did not advance
    Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

    Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Uzbekistan has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Anton Fokin, and seven-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[14] [15]

    Men
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
    align=left rowspan=2Oksana ChusovitinaVault14.99914.9995 Q14.83314.8337
    Balance beam13.30013.30016Did not advance

    Rhythmic

    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 the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[16]

    Trampoline

    Uzbekistan 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.[17]

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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 medalist Rishod Sobirov and Beijing 2008 runner-up Abdullo 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]

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Diyorbek Urozboev−60 kg
    W 010–000

    W 011–000

    L 000–001
    Did not advance
    W 100–000

    W 001–000
    Rishod Sobirov−66 kg
    W 001–000

    W 100–000

    L 000–010
    Did not advance
    W 100–000

    W 110–000
    Mirali Sharipov−73 kg
    L 000–010
    Did not advance
    Shakhzodbek Sabirov−81 kg
    W 100–001

    L 000–101
    Did not advance
    Sherali Juraev−90 kg
    W 110–000

    L 001–101
    Did not advance
    Soyib Kurbonov−100 kg
    L 000–100
    Did not advance
    Abdullo Tangriev+100 kg
    W 100–000

    W 110–000

    W 100–001

    L 000–101

    L 000–001
    5
    Women

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan has qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

    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

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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]

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

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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]

    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Vladislav MustafinMen's 100 m breaststroke1:01.6634Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Ranohon AmanovaWomen's 200 m individual medley2:18.9738Did not advance
    Women's 400 m individual medley4:52.1533Did not advance

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the second time (the first being done in 2004). 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 in Hong Kong.[23]

    Taekwondo

    See main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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 the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines.[25]

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Nikita RafalovichMen's −80 kg
    L 8–11
    Did not advance
    Dmitriy ShokinMen's +80 kg
    W 15–8

    W 1–1

    L 2–8

    L 3–4
    5
    Nigora TursunkulovaWomen's −67 kg
    W 2–2

    L 1–5
    Did not advance

    Tennis

    See main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Uzbekistan has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Denis Istomin (world no. 64) qualified directly for the men's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.[26] [27]

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Uzbek weightlifters have qualified five men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 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 the 2016 Asian Championships (April 22 to 30), but the International 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]

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Doston YokubovMen's −69 kg137171761131315
    Ivan Efremovalign=left rowspan=2Men's −105 kg194=122064145
    Ruslan Nurudinov194=1237 1431
    Rustam Djangabaevalign=left rowspan=2Men's +105 kg195=523774326
    Sardorbek Dustmurotov17919232=941111

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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 the 2015 World Championships, while one more place had been awarded to the Uzbek wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 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 the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar and two more at the final meet in Istanbul.[33]

    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Men's Freestyle
    Abbos Rakhmonov−57 kg
    L 0–4 ST
    Did not advance18
    Ikhtiyor Navruzov−65 kg
    W 3–1 PP

    W 3–1 PP

    L 1–4 SP

    W 3–1 PP
    Bekzod Abdurakhmonov−74 kg
    L 1–3PP
    Did not advance
    W 4–1 SP

    L 1–3 PP
    5
    Magomed Ibragimov−97 kg
    W 5–0 VB

    W 4–0 ST

    L 1–3 PP
    Did not advance
    W 5–0 VT

    W 3–1 PP
    Men's Greco-Roman
    Elmurat Tasmuradov−59 kg
    W 3–1 PP

    W 3–0 PO

    L 1–3 PP

    W 3–1 PP
    Dilshod Turdiev−75 kg
    L 1–3 PP
    Did not advance14
    Rustam Assakalov−85 kg
    W 3–1 PP

    L 1–3 PP
    Did not advance8
    Muminjon Abdullaev−130 kg
    L 0–3 PO
    Did not advance15

    See also

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