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Ukraine
Key Facts
Top medal sports
(pre-2012)
Capital
Kiev
Population
45,400,000
Size
603,700km²
Languages
- Ukraine
- Russian
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Lomachenko secures second gold
Vasyl Lomachenko becomes only the 12th boxer in Olympic history to win two titles with a comprehensive win over Han Soon-chul in the lightweight final.
12 Aug 12
Usyk edges Russo to secure gold
11 Aug 12
World champion Oleksandr Usyk of the Ukraine edges a tense final with Clemente Russo to claim his first Olympic medal.
Sprint gold for Ukraine's Cheban
11 Aug 12
Yuri Cheban leads from start to finish to win gold for the Ukraine in the men's canoe single (C1) sprint over 200m.
Torokhtiy wins weightlifting gold
6 Aug 12
Oleksiy Torokhtiy of Ukraine wins the men's 105kg weightlifting ahead of Iran's Navab Nasirshelal.
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Ukraine at the Olympics
14 London 2012 ranking
11 Beijing 2008 ranking
1996 First Olympic appearance
Athletes from Ukraine
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Oleksandr Gvozdyk 
Boxing Medallist -
Yuri Cheban Canoe Sprint Medallist -
Elyzaveta Bryzgina Athletics Medallist -
Denys Berinchyk Boxing Medallist -
Nataliya Dovgodko Rowing Medallist -
Valerii Andriitsev Wrestling Medallist -
Olena Kostevych Shooting Medallist -
Yana Dementieva Rowing Medallist -
Yuliya Kalina Weightlifting Medallist -
Olga Kharlan Fencing Medallist -
One to watch Nataliya Dobrynska Athletics -
Oleksiy Borysov Sailing
Picture Galleries
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London 2012: Images from above the Olympic Park Photographer Jason Hawkes gives us a bird's eye view of the 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford, east London
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing | 2 | 1 | 2 | RANK 2 |
| Canoe Sprint | 1 | 2 | 0 | RANK 3 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | RANK 5 |
Medal Table
| Rank | Country |
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|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| 2 |
China
|
38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
| 3 |
Great Britain & N. Ireland
|
29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| 14 |
Ukraine
(selected)
|
6 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
Ukraine Medallists
- Bronze
Oleksandr Gvozdyk Men's Light Heavyweight (81kg) - Silver
Valerii Andriitsev Men's Freestyle 96kg - Bronze
Taras Shelestyuk Men's Welterweight (69kg)
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Comment & Analysis
More blogsUkrainian fencer Olga Kharlan talks about life at the sharp end of trying to reach the London Olympics.
Olympic success has given 20-year-old Olga Kharlan what her grandparents took a lifetime to secure.