Ukraine competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 231 competitors, 146 men and 85 women, took part in 148 events in 21 sports. As of 2021, this is Ukraine's best ever result in terms of gold medals and best result in terms of overall medals (the latter feat is shared with their 2000 team. Medalists Gold Inessa Kravets — Athletics, Women's Triple Jump Wladimir Klitschko — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight Rustam Sharipov — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises Kateryna Serebrianska — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around Yevhen Braslavets and Ihor Matviyenko — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition Timur Taymazov — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (108 kg) Vyacheslav Oleynyk — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg Silver Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam Inna Frolova, Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, and Olena Ronzhyna — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls Bronze Olena Sadovnycha — Archery, Women's Individual Competition Oleksandr Bahach — Athletics, Men's Shot Put Oleksandr Krykun — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw Inha Babakova — Athletics, Women's High Jump Oleg Kiryukhin — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight Ihor Korobchynskyi, Oleh Kosyak, Hryhoriy Misyutyn, Volodymyr Shamenko, Rustam Sharipov, Oleksandr Svitlychnyi, and Yuri Yermakov — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises Olena Vitrychenko — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around Olena Pakholchik and Ruslana Taran — Sailing, Women's 470 Team Competition Denys Hotfrid — Weightlifting, Men's 99 kg Andriy Kalashnykov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (52 kg) Elbrus Tedeyev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg) Zaza Zazirov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg) Archery Men Women Athletics Men Track & road events Field events Combined events – Decathlon Women Track & road events Field events Badminton Basketball Women's tournament Team roster The following players represented Ukraine: Ruslana Kyrychenko Viktoriya Burenok Olena Zhyrko Maryna Tkachenko Liudmyla Nazarenko Olena Oberemko Viktoriya Paradiz Viktoriya Leleka Oksana Dovhaliuk Diana Sadovnykova Nataliya Silianova Olha Shliakhova Preliminary round The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round. Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal match Boxing Men Canoeing Sprint Men Women Qualification Legend: 'R = Qualify to repechage; QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final Cycling Road Men Women Track 1000m time trial Individual Pursuit Points race Diving Men Women