Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | UKR |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Ukraine |
Website | www |
in Rio de Janeiro | |
Competitors | 206 in 22 sports |
Flag bearers | Mykola Milchev (opening)[1] Olha Kharlan (closing) |
Medals Ranked 31st |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Austria (1896–1912) Hungary (1896–1912) Russian Empire (1900–1912) Czechoslovakia (1920–1936) Poland (1924–1936) Romania (1924–1936) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
Ukraine competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Ukraine's medal tally was its lowest since independence, with only two gold and eleven total medals, a far cry from 9 gold and 23 total medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics and less than five gold and 19 medals overall at the 2012 Summer Olympics.