Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics


Ukraine competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Archery

Ukraine's men's archery team took seventh place at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, earning the nation a full complement of three qualification spots for the Olympic men's competitions. The women's team finished in tenth place, six points shy of qualifying as well. Nevertheless, two Ukrainian women did earn spots via individual qualification in that tournament.
Ukraine has won a silver medal and two bronzes in previous Games, including the bronze medal in the men's team competition in 2004. Viktor Ruban, a member of that 2004 Men's team survived two tie-breaker shots in the semifinals, before beating a Korean opponent by one point in the final to claim the individual gold medal.
;Men
;Women

Athletics

;Key
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
Oleksiy KasyanovResult10.537.5615.151.9647.7014.2748.394.3051.594:28.9482386
Oleksiy KasyanovPoints96895079976792492783770261275282386

;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
Lyudmila BlonskaResult13.311.8614.2924.146.4847.602:09.446700*
Lyudmila BlonskaPoints1078105481396710018149736700*
Nataliya DobrynskaResult13.441.8017.2924.396.6348.602:17.726733
Nataliya DobrynskaPoints1059978101594410498338556733
Hanna MelnychenkoResult13.521.8013.1824.356.4035.892:15.23616514
Hanna MelnychenkoPoints1047978739947975589890616514

* Both Natalya Dobrynska and Lyudmila Blonska originally won medals in the heptathlon, but after Blonska tested positive for the banned substance methyltestosterone, she was stripped of her silver medal, which went to the United States' Hyleas Fountain.

Badminton

Boxing

Ukraine qualified eight boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Chygayev, Lomachenko, Dervyanchenko, and Glazkov earned their spots at the 2007 World Championships. The remaining four Ukrainian boxers qualified at the first European qualifying tournament.
Vasyl Lomachenko had an outstanding tournament winning all his bouts convincingly and finishing with gold medal victory in the final when the referee stopped the fight.

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

;Men
;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Oksana KashchyshynaRoad race3:34:1342
Tetyana StyazhkinaRoad race3:33:1732
Yevheniya VysotskaRoad race3:32:5522

Track

Ukraine qualified a men's team pursuit entry, along with Volodymyr Dyudya in the individual pursuit, and Lesya Kalytovska in the women's pursuit and points race.
;Pursuit
;Keirin
;Omnium
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Volodymyr RybinMen's points race8014
Lesya KalytovskaWomen's points race1005
Lyubomyr Polatayko
Volodymyr Rybin
Men's madison0−315

Mountain biking

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

Jumping

Fencing

Ukraine qualified teams in both Women's sabre and Men's épée, along with individuals in both women's épée and foil. The Ukrainian women's sabre team captured their nation's first gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.
;Men
;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;Women
;Team
;Individual finals

Rhythmic

Ukraine have qualified a group and two individuals for Beijing.

Trampoline

Judo

;Men
;Women

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled; OCS - On the course side: boat was disqualified for being on the course side of the start line before the start signal and failing to return and re-cross the start line.

Shooting

who had won a pre-Olympic event in Milan, Italy, won the gold medal in the men's 50 metre prone rifle event in Beijing. His teammate Oleksandr Petriv also won a gold medal in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event with a come-from-behind effort.
;Men
;Women

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Triathlon

Weightlifting

;Men
;Women
* Ihor Razoronov who finished sixth in the men's under-105 kg class, was expelled from the Beijing Olympics after failing a doping test.

Wrestling

;Key
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle