Uzbekistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 71 competitors, 63 men and 8 women, took part in 70 events in 12 sports. Medalists Athletics Men's 100 metres Anvar Kuchmuradov Men's 110m Hurdles Yury Aristov Men's Triple Jump Yevgeniy Petin Men's Decathlon Ramil Ganiyev Final Result — 8318 points (→ 8th place) Oleg Veretelnikov Final Result — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's Shot Put Sergey Kot Men's Discus Throw Roman Poltoratskiy Qualification — 51.96m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw Vitaliy Khozhatelev Qualification — 64.52m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw Sergey Voynov Vladimir Parfyonov Women's 100 metres Lyudmila Dmitriady Women's 200 metres Lyudmila Dmitriady Women's High Jump Svetlana Munkova Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance) Boxing Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Ulugbek Ibragimov First Round — Defeated Naramchogt Lamgen (Mongolia), RSC-2 Second Round — Lost to Falk Huste (Germany), 4-8 Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev First Round — Lost to Terrance Cauthen (United States), 6-18 Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Nariman Atayev First Round — Defeated Ashira Evans (Kenya), 15-10 Second Round — Defeated Nourbek Kassenov (Kyrgyzstan), 11-7 Quarterfinals — Lost to Daniel Santos (Puerto Rico), 15-28 Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) Karim Tulaganov → Bronze Medal First Round — Defeated Oscar Gomez (Argentina), RSC-3 (02:50) Second Round — Defeated Yared Wolde (Ethiopia), 13-9 Quarterfinals — Defeated Rival Cadeau (Seychelles), RSC-1 (1:24) Semifinals — Lost to David Reid (United States), 4-12 Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Dilshod Yarbekov First Round — Defeated Brian Johansen (Denmark), RSC-3 (02:47) Second Round — Defeated Ludovik Plachetka (Czech Republic), 4-4 Quarterfinals — Lost to Rhoshii Wells (United States), 8-8, judges cards Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Timur Ibragimov First Round — Defeated Rostyslav Zaulychnyi (Ukraine), 7-3 Second Round — Lost to Stipe Drvis (Croatia), 9-10 Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Ruslan Chagaev First Round — Lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany), 4-12 Canoeing Cycling Fencing One male fencer represented Uzbekistan in 1996. Men's foil Rafkat Ruziyev Gymnastics Judo Shooting Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle Ravil Nachaev Heat – 23.93 (→ did not advance, 45th place) Men's 200m Freestyle Vyacheslav Kabanov Heat – 1:53.36 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 100m Butterfly Ravil Nachaev Heat – 56.61 (→ did