Ukraine competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent the nation's largest ever delegation to these Games. A total of 240 athletes, 125 men and 115 women, took part in 21 sports. Women's handball was the only team-based sport in which Ukraine had its representation at these Games for the first time. There was only a single competitor in modern pentathlon and taekwondo.
The Ukrainian team featured several Olympic medalists from Sydney, including skeet shooter Mykola Milchev, heavyweight wrestler David Saldadze (who eventually represented Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing), triple jumper Olena Hovorova, double defending swimming champion Yana Klochkova, and butterfly swimmer Denys Sylantyev, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Double sculls rower Svitlana Maziy and freestyle swimmer Pavlo Khnykin were among the athletes to compete in fourth Olympic Games, although they originally played for either Soviet Union or the Unified Team. Rapid fire pistol shooter Oleh Tkachov, at age 42, was the oldest athlete of the team, while butterfly swimmer Kateryna Zubkova was the youngest at age 16.
Ukraine left Athens with a total of 22 medals, 8 golds, 5 silver, and 9 bronze, being considered the nation's most successful Olympics since its debut in 1996. Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in track and field, gymnastics, and swimming. Being the major highlight of the games, Yana Klochkova set a historic milestone for Ukraine as the first female swimmer to defend Olympic titles in the individual medley (both 200 and 400 m) at two consecutive Games. Three more female Ukrainian athletes won Olympic gold medals for the first time in their respective events: Olena Kostevych in pistol shooting, Nataliya Skakun in weightlifting, and Irini Merleni in freestyle wrestling. Ukraine 's team-based athletes proved particularly successful in Athens, as the women's handball team took home the bronze medal in the tournament. Originally, Ukraine had won a total of 23 Olympic medals at these Games. On December 5, 2012, the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF stripped off shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh's gold medal after drug re-testings of his samples were discovered positive.
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:72%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley Weightlifting Women's 63 kg Gymnastics Men's trampoline Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg Judo Men's 81 kg SailingYngling class Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Sailing 49er class Fencing Men's sabre Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly ArcheryMen's team Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Athletics Women's 400 m hurdles Canoeing Women's K-4 500 m Athletics Women's high jump Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Handball Women's tournament | style="text-align:left; width:23%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalGymnastics 2013Swimming 2013Wrestling 2002Weightlifting 1102Shooting 1001Athletics 0213Sailing 0202Judo 0101Archery 0011Canoeing 0011Fencing 0011Handball 0011Rowing 0011Total85922
Archery
Three Ukrainian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDmytro HrachovIndividual6716W 154–128L 161–162Did not advanceViktor Ruban66015W 157–140W 167 (9)–167 (8)L 162–167Did not advanceOleksandr Serdyuk65425W 164–141W 165–164L 160–168Did not advanceDmytro HrachovViktor RubanOleksandr SerdyukTeam19854colspan=2 W 243–225W 242–236L 239–242W 237–235
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTetyana BerezhnaIndividual64014W 160–156L 160–163Did not advanceNataliya Burdeyna64312L 129–137Did not advanceKateryna Palekha59559L 158–162Did not advanceTetyana BerezhnaNataliya BurdeynaKateryna PalekhaTeam187810colspan=2 W 244–234L 230–241Did not advance
Athletics
Ukrainian 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). On December 5, 2012, the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF stripped off Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh's gold medal after drug re-testings of his samples were discovered positive.
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDmytro BaranovskyyMarathoncolspan=6 Serhiy Demydyuk110 m hurdles13.806Did not advanceIvan Heshko800 m1:45.922 Qcolspan=2 1:46.664Did not advance1500 m3:37.783 Qcolspan=2 3:36.205 Q3:35.825Serhiy Lebid5000 m14:10.2317colspan=4 Did not advanceVadym Slobodenyuk3000 m steeplechase8:24.848colspan=4 Did not advanceVolodymyr DemchenkoMyhaylo KnyshAndriy TverdostupYevgeniy Zyukov4 × 400 m relay3:04.016colspan=4 Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionYuriy BilonohShot put20.614 Q21.16Oleksandr KorchmidPole vault5.7014 Q5.5516Oleksandr KrykunHammer throw75.4219Did not advanceOleksiy LukashevychLong jumpDid not advanceVladyslav PiskunovHammer throw—Did not advanceArtem Rubanko75.0820Did not advanceMykola SavolaynenTriple jump16.5620Did not advanceAndriy SokolovskyyHigh jump2.28=4 Q2.325Roman VirastyukShot put18.5235Did not advanceViktor YastrebovTriple jump16.4323Did not advanceRuslan YeremenkoPole vault5.70=1 Q5.55=13Denys Yurchenko5.705 Q5.65=9Volodymyr ZyuskovLong jump7.8818Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankNataliya Berkut10000 mcolspan=6 Zhanna Block100 m11.272 Q11.275 q11.236Did not advanceOlena Krasovska100 m hurdles12.843 qcolspan=2 12.583 Q12.45Iryna Lishchynska1500 mcolspan=2 Did not advanceMaryna Maydanova 200 m22.763 Q22.863 Q22.755Did not advanceNelya Neporadna1500 m4:08.609colspan=2 Did not advanceTetyana Petlyuk800 m2:02.073 Qcolspan=2 1:59.483Did not advanceTetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova400 m hurdles54.632 Qcolspan=2 53.37 NR3 Q53.44Tetyana Tkalich100 m11.584Did not advanceNataliya Tobias1500 m4:06.06=1 Qcolspan=2 4:07.556Did not advanceAntonina Yefremova400 m51.533 Qcolspan=2 51.906Did not advanceVira Zozulya20 km walkcolspan=6 1:38:4542Zhanna BlockIryna KozhemyakinaMaryna MaydanovaTetyana Tkalich4 × 100 m relay43.777colspan=4 Did not advanceOksana IlyushkinaNataliya PyhydaOleksandra RyzhkovaAntonina Yefremova4 × 400 m relay3:28.627colspan=4 Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionOlena AntonovaDiscus throw64.203 Q65.754Inha BabakovaHigh jump1.9210 q1.939Anzhela BalakhonovaPole vault4.4013 q4.40=6Nataliya FokinaDiscus throw58.2824Did not advanceOlena HovorovaTriple jump14.56=11 Q14.3510Tetyana LyakhovychJavelin throw63.07 NR3 Q61.758Iryna MykhalchenkoHigh jump1.95=1 Q1.965Iryna SekachovaHammer throw71.634 Q70.408Tetyana ShchurenkoTriple jump13.5530Did not advanceVita StyopinaHigh jump1.95=1 Q2.02Oksana ZakharchukShot put17.2820Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankYuliya AkulenkoResult14.111.7313.1524.576.0248.622:22.58599623Points963891737927856833789Nataliya DobrynskaResult13.891.8214.7025.026.2344.082:17.0162558Points9941003841885921746865
Boxing
The Ukrainian boxing team at the 2004 Olympics consisted of six boxers. Ihor Pashchuk also qualified for the Games in light welterweight but was not allowed to compete due to an eye injury.Украинского боксера Игоря Пащука не допустили к олимпийскому турниру из-за давней травмы глаза, fakty.ua, 14 August 2004 (in Russian). Only one was defeated in his first bout as four of the six boxers advanced to the quarterfinals. They all lost there, keeping Ukraine from winning any boxing medals.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMaksym TretyakBantamweightW 30–24W 27–24L 12–32Did not advanceVolodymyr KravetsLightweightL 17–21Did not advanceViktor PolyakovWelterweightW 54–27W 32–25L Did not advanceOleg MashkinMiddleweightW 25–22W 34–24L 22–28Did not advanceAndriy FedchukLight heavyweightW L 9–17Did not advanceAleksey MasikinSuper heavyweightW 23–5L 21–23Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYuriy ChebanC-1 500 m2:00.2386 q1:53.3856Did not advanceC-1 1000 m4:00.6376 qDid not advanceRuslan DzhalilovMaksym ProkopenkoC-2 500 m1:44.5325 q1:42.8604Did not advanceC-2 1000 m3:36.0756 q3:35.7406Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHanna BalabanovaOlena CherevatovaInna OsypenkoTetyana SemykinaK-4 500 m1:33.0572 Qcolspan="2" 1:36.192 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road Men AthleteEventTimeRankVladimir DumaRoad raceDid not finishSerhiy HoncharRoad race5:41:5621Time trial1:00:44.3122Yuriy KrivtsovRoad raceDid not finishTime trial59:49.4011Yaroslav PopovychRoad race5:50:3568Kyrylo Pospyeyev5:41:5623
Women AthleteEventTimeRankIryna ChuzhynovaRoad race3:25:4223Nataliya KachalkaRoad race3:28:3936Time trial35:01.0524Valentyna KarpenkoRoad race3:33:3543
Track Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankVolodymyr DyudyaMen's individual pursuit4:18.1695 Q4:22.7207Did not advanceVolodymyr DyudyaRoman KononenkoSergiy MatveyevVitaliy PopkovMen's team pursuit4:07.1756 Q4:05.2666Did not advance
Omnium AthleteEventPointsLapsRankVasyl YakovlevMen's points race3019Lyudmyla VypyrayloWomen's points race−20−218Volodymyr RybinVasyl YakovlevMen's madison905
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankSerhiy RysenkoMen's cross-country2:33:1036
Diving
Ukrainian divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games. One Ukrainian synchronized diving team qualified through the 2004 FINA Diving World Cup series.
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankDmytro Lysenko3 m springboard419.1611 Q638.7311 Q629.6411Yuriy Shlyakhov 377.1926Did not advanceRoman Volodkov10 m platform403.5921Did not advanceAnton Zakharov420.30 16 Q596.0716Did not advanceRoman VolodkovAnton Zakharov10 m synchronized platformcolspan=4 357.664
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankOlena Fedorova3 m springboard290.4313 Q212.8513Did not advanceHanna Sorokina269.5216 Q204.6316Did not advanceOlha Leonova10 m platform271.9223Did not advanceOlena Zhupina371.101 Q543.574 Q497.709
Fencing
Ten Ukrainian fencers, eight men and two women, qualified for the following events.
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankDmytro KaryuchenkoIndividual épéeW 15–6W 15–7L 12–15Did not advanceMaksym KhvorostL 11–15Did not advanceBohdan NikishynL 6–15Did not advanceDmytro KaryuchenkoMaksym KhvorostBohdan NikishynVitaliy OsharovTeam épéecolspan=3 L 34–38Classification semi-finalW 45–365th place finalW 45–335Volodymyr KaliuzhniyIndividual sabreW 15–10L 9–15Did not advanceVolodymyr LukashenkoW 15–14W 15–11L 12–15Did not advanceVladyslav TretiakW 15–12W 15–8W 15–12L 11–15W 15–11Volodymyr KaliuzhniyVolodymyr LukashenkoOleh ShturbabinVladislav TretiakTeam sabrecolspan=3 L 44–45Classification semi-finalW 45–395th place finalL 40–456