Uzbekistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Summary

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.

Uzbekistan at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeUZB
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Websitewww.olympic.uz (in Uzbek and English)
in London
Competitors54 in 13 sports
Flag bearers Elshod Rasulov (opening)
Abbos Atoev (closing)
Medals
Ranked 75th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
3
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

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.

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Bronze Rishod Sobirov Judo Men's 60 kg 28 July
  Bronze Abbos Atoev Boxing Men's middleweight 11 August
  Bronze Ivan Efremov Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 6 August
  Bronze Soslan Tigiev Wrestling Men's 74 kg 10 August
  Gold Artur Taymazov Wrestling Men's 120 kg 11 August

Competitors edit

Sport Men Women 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 edit

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][4]

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
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Artem Dyatlov 400 m hurdles 51.55 7 Did not advance
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 LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 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 Bye 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 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
Anastasiya Svechnikova Javelin throw 51.27 35 Did not advance
Yuliya Tarasova Long jump NM Did not advance

Boxing edit

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 Bye   Abdelaal (EGY)
W 21–11
  Tögstsogt (MGL)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Orzubek Shayimov Bantamweight   Vieira (BRA)
L 7–13
Did not advance
Fazliddin Gaibnazarov Lightweight   Abdon (CMR)
W 11–6
  Ramírez (USA)
W 15–11
  Han S-C (KOR)
L 13–16
Did not advance
Uktamjon Rahmonov Light welterweight   Rojas (ECU)
W 16–10
  Şener (TUR)
W 16–8
  Iglesias (CUB)
L 15–21
Did not advance
Abbos Atoev Middleweight   Haddioui (MAR)
W 11–9
  Juratoni (ROU)
W 12–10
  Singh (IND)
W 17–13
  Murata (JPN)
L 12–13
Did not advance  
Elshod Rasulov Light heavyweight Bye   El-Mekachari (TUN)
W 13–6
  Mekhontsev (RUS)
L 15–19
Did not advance

Canoeing edit

Sprint edit

Uzbekistan qualified boats for the following events

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
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
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 edit

Road edit

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

Fencing edit

Uzbekistan qualified 1 fencer.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ruslan Kudayev Individual épée   Park K-D (KOR)
W 15–9
  Fernández (VEN)
L 3–15
Did not advance

Gymnastics edit

Artistic edit

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Luiza Galiulina All-around Excluded (for doping test)*
  • Galiulina was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for the banned diuretic drug furosemide.[6][7]

Rhythmic edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Ulyana Trofimova Individual 24.650 24.625 23.275 24.800 97.350 20 Did not advance

Trampoline edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Ekaterina Khilko Women's 99.290 12 Did not advance

Judo edit

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 / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rishod Sobirov −60 kg Bye   Paischer (AUT)
W 0210–0000
  Guédez (VEN)
W 1000–0000
  Kitadai (BRA)
W 0100–0001
  Galstyan (RUS)
L 0000–0011
Bye   Milous (FRA)
W 0100–0003
 
Mirzahid Farmonov −66 kg Bye   Elkawiseh (LBA)
W 1011–0002
  Cho J-H (KOR)
L 0001–0011
Did not advance
Navruz Jurakobilov −73 kg   Dowabobo (NRU)
W 0100–0001
  Tritton (CAN)
W 0002–0011
  Boqiev (TJK)
L 0001–1001
Did not advance
Yakhyo Imamov −81 kg Bye   Kim J-b (KOR)
L 0001–0001 YUS
Did not advance
Dilshod Choriev −90 kg   Nyman (SWE)
W 0101–0013
  Madarász (HUN)
W 1001–0001
  Camilo (BRA)
L 0001–0002
Did not advance   Nishiyama (JPN)
L 0012–0012 YUS
Did not advance 7
Ramziddin Sayidov −100 kg   Vashkulat (USA)
W 0100–0000
  Despaigne (CUB)
W 0102–010H
  Naidangiin (MGL)
L 0001–0100
Did not advance   Gasimov (AZE)
W 1000–0000
  Peters (GER)
L 0010–0200
5

Shooting edit

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sakina Mamedova 50 m rifle 3 positions 578 22 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 389 49 Did not advance

Swimming edit

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)):[8][9]

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 edit

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   Silva (BRA)
L 2–3 SDP
Did not advance
Akmal Irgashev Men's +80 kg   Keita (MLI)
L 4–13
Did not advance
Natalya Mamatova Women's +67 kg   Graffe (FRA)
L 9–17
Did not advance   Lee I-j (KOR)
L 1–8
Did not advance

Tennis edit

 
Denis Istomin in men's tennis singles.
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   Verdasco (ESP)
W 6–4, 7–6(11–9)
  Müller (LUX)
W 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 7–5
  Federer (SUI)
L 5–7, 3–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting edit

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 DNF DNF
Sherzodjon Yusupov −85 kg 155 13 195 12 350 11
Ivan Efremov −105 kg 183 6 218 =5 401  
Ruslan Nurudinov 184 =4 220 =3 404 DSQ
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Marina Sisoyeva −48 kg 70 DNF DNF

Wrestling edit

Uzbekistan qualified 8 men.

Key
  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
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
Dilshod Mansurov −55 kg Bye   Yang K-I (PRK)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 14
Ikhtiyor Navruzov −66 kg Bye   Tushishvili (GEO)
W 3–1 PP
  Kumar (IND)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance Bye   Şahin (TUR)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 9
Soslan Tigiev −74 kg Bye   Motsalin (GRE)
W 3–0 PO
  Goudarzi (IRI)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance Bye   Terziev (BUL)
W 3–0 PO
  Hatos (HUN)
W 3–0 PO
DSQ[1]
Zaurbek Sokhiev −84 kg   Aldatov (UKR)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 12
Kurban Kurbanov −96 kg Bye   Varner (USA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance Bye   Pliev (CAN)
W 3–1 PP
  Gogshelidze (GEO)
L 1–3 PP
5
Artur Taymazov −120 kg Bye   Matuhin (GER)
W 3–0 PO
  Ghasemi (IRI)
W 3–0 PO
  Dlagnev (USA)
W 5–0 VT
Bye   Modzmanashvili (GEO)
W 3–0 PO
DSQ[2]
Men's Greco-Roman
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
Elmurat Tasmuradov −55 kg Bye   Módos (HUN)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 16
Muminjon Abdullaev −120 kg Bye   Byers (USA)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 15

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