# Uzbekistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Uzbekistan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games in the post-Soviet era. A total of 54 athletes, 36 men and 18 women, competed in 13 sports. There was only a single competitor in fencing, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics, shooting and tennis.
Notable Uzbek athletes featured tennis player Denis Istomin (ranked thirty-fourth in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals), road cyclist and former world junior champion Sergey Lagutin, and sprint canoer Vadim Menkov, who nearly missed out of the medal standings in Beijing. Sprinter Guzal Khubbiyeva and trampoline gymnast Ekaterina Khilko became the first Uzbek female athletes to compete in four Olympic games. Meanwhile, swimmers Ranohon Amanova and Yulduz Kuchkarova, both at age 18, were the youngest athletes of the team. Light heavyweight boxer and double Asian Games champion Elshod Rasulov was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Uzbekistan left London originally with four Olympic medals (one gold and three bronze), tying with Sydney for the nation's overall medal standings. Freestyle wrestler Artur Taymazov, who defended his super heavyweight title for the third time, became the most successful Uzbek athlete in history with a total of four Olympic medals. Another freestyle wrestler Soslan Tigiev collected his second Olympic medal in the men's middleweight division, by winning an Olympic bronze medal. Judoka Rishod Sobirov managed to repeat his bronze medal from Beijing. Boxer Abbos Atoev recaptured his nation's sporting success at these games, by winning an Olympic bronze medal after eight years.
On 7 November 2012, the International Olympic Committee stripped Soslan Tigiev of his bronze medal after testing positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine. On 23 July 2019, the International Olympic Committee stripped Artur Taymazov of his gold medal after testing positive for the prohibited substance. In 2020, after the disqualification of a number of athletes in a weightlifting men's 105 kg event, the bronze medal in this event was redistributed to Ivan Efremov.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Rishod Sobirov | Judo | Men's 60 kg | 28 July |
| Bronze | Abbos Atoev | Boxing | Men's middleweight | 11 August |
| Bronze | Ivan Efremov | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg | 6 August |
| Bronze | Soslan Tigiev | Wrestling | Men's 74 kg | 10 August |
| Gold | Artur Taymazov | Wrestling | Men's 120 kg | 11 August |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Boxing | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Judo | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Wrestling | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 36 | 18 | 54 |

## Athletics

Uzbekistani 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):

### Key

* Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Artem Dyatlov | 400 m hurdles | 51.55 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Suhrob Khodjaev | Hammer throw | 65.88 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivan Zaytsev | Javelin throw | 73.94 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Rifat Artikov | Result | 11.37 | 6.41 | 14.11 | 1.93 | 51.91 | 14.74 | 43.53 | 4.40 | 56.62 | 5:09.52 | 7203 | 26 |
| Rifat Artikov | Points | 780 | 677 | 735 | 740 | 729 | 881 | 737 | 731 | 687 | 506 | 7203 | 26 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Nataliya Asanova | 400 m hurdles | 58.05 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Guzal Khubbiyeva | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.22 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Nadiya Dusanova | High jump | 1.85 | =20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasiya Juravleva | Triple jump | 13.54 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aleksandra Kotlyarova | Triple jump | 13.55 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Svetlana Radzivil | High jump | 1.96 | 1 Q | 1.97 | 7 |
| Elena Smolyanova | Shot put | 14.43 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasiya Svechnikova | Javelin throw | 51.27 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuliya Tarasova | Long jump | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Uzbekistan so far qualified boxers for the following events

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jasurbek Latipov | Flyweight | Bye | Abdelaal (EGY) W 21–11 | Tögstsogt (MGL) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Orzubek Shayimov | Bantamweight | Vieira (BRA) L 7–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fazliddin Gaibnazarov | Lightweight | Abdon (CMR) W 11–6 | Ramírez (USA) W 15–11 | Han S-C (KOR) L 13–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Uktamjon Rahmonov | Light welterweight | Rojas (ECU) W 16–10 | Şener (TUR) W 16–8 | Iglesias (CUB) L 15–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abbos Atoev | Middleweight | Haddioui (MAR) W 11–9 | Juratoni (ROU) W 12–10 | Singh (IND) W 17–13 | Murata (JPN) L 12–13 | Did not advance | |
| Elshod Rasulov | Light heavyweight | Bye | El-Mekachari (TUN) W 13–6 | Mekhontsev (RUS) L 15–19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

Uzbekistan qualified boats for the following events
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Vadim Menkov | Men's C-1 200 m | 42.171 | 4 Q | 42.944 | 6 FB | 44.168 | 10 |
| Vadim Menkov | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:05.895 | 2 Q | 3:53.257 | 4 FA | 3:49.255 | 4 |
| Yuliya Borzova | Women's K-1 200 m | 44.872 | 6 Q | 44.426 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuliya Borzova | Women's K-1 500 m | 2:03.893 | 6 Q | 2:00.584 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Muradjan Halmuratov | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Sergey Lagutin | Men's road race | 5:46:05 | 5 |

## Fencing

Uzbekistan qualified 1 fencer.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ruslan Kudayev | Individual épée | Park K-D (KOR) W 15–9 | Fernández (VEN) L 3–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Luiza Galiulina | All-around | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* | Excluded (for doping test)* |
* Galiulina was initially suspended and later excluded from the games after testing positive for the banned diuretic drug furosemide.

### Rhythmic

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Ulyana Trofimova | Individual | 24.650 | 24.625 | 23.275 | 24.800 | 97.350 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Trampoline

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Ekaterina Khilko | Women's | 99.290 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Uzbekistan qualified 6 judokas. Abdullo Tangriev qualified in the men's +100 kg category, but withdrew from the Games.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rishod Sobirov | −60 kg | Bye | Paischer (AUT) W 0210–0000 | Guédez (VEN) W 1000–0000 | Kitadai (BRA) W 0100–0001 | Galstyan (RUS) L 0000–0011 | Bye | Milous (FRA) W 0100–0003 | |
| Mirzahid Farmonov | −66 kg | Bye | Elkawiseh (LBA) W 1011–0002 | Cho J-H (KOR) L 0001–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Navruz Jurakobilov | −73 kg | Dowabobo (NRU) W 0100–0001 | Tritton (CAN) W 0002–0011 | Boqiev (TJK) L 0001–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yakhyo Imamov | −81 kg | Bye | Kim J-b (KOR) L 0001–0001 YUS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dilshod Choriev | −90 kg | — | Nyman (SWE) W 0101–0013 | Madarász (HUN) W 1001–0001 | Camilo (BRA) L 0001–0002 | Did not advance | Nishiyama (JPN) L 0012–0012 YUS | Did not advance | 7 |
| Ramziddin Sayidov | −100 kg | — | Vashkulat (USA) W 0100–0000 | Despaigne (CUB) W 0102–010H | Naidangiin (MGL) L 0001–0100 | Did not advance | Gasimov (AZE) W 1000–0000 | Peters (GER) L 0010–0200 | 5 |

## Shooting
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sakina Mamedova | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 578 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sakina Mamedova | 10 m air rifle | 389 | 49 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Uzbekistani swimmers have further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ranohon Amanova | 200 m individual medley | 2:15.37 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yulduz Kuchkarova | 200 m backstroke | 2:18.60 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Uzbekistan qualified the following quota places.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dmitriy Kim | Men's −68 kg | Silva (BRA) L 2–3 SDP | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Akmal Irgashev | Men's +80 kg | Keita (MLI) L 4–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natalya Mamatova | Women's +67 kg | Graffe (FRA) L 9–17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Lee I-j (KOR) L 1–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Denis Istomin | Men's singles | Verdasco (ESP) W 6–4, 7–6$^{(11–9)}$ | Müller (LUX) W 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–5 | Federer (SUI) L 5–7, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Uzbekistan qualified 6 weightlifters.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ruslan Makarov | −56 kg | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| Bahrom Mendibaev | −69 kg | 135 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Sherzodjon Yusupov | −85 kg | 155 | 13 | 195 | 12 | 350 | 11 |
| Ivan Efremov | −105 kg | 183 | 6 | 218 | =5 | 401 | |
| Ruslan Nurudinov | −105 kg | 184 | =4 | 220 | =3 | 404 | DSQ |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Marina Sisoyeva | −48 kg | 70 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |

## Wrestling

Uzbekistan qualified 8 men.

### Key

* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dilshod Mansurov | −55 kg | Bye | Yang K-I (PRK) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Ikhtiyor Navruzov | −66 kg | Bye | Tushishvili (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Kumar (IND) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Şahin (TUR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | 9 |
| Soslan Tigiev | −74 kg | Bye | Motsalin (GRE) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Goudarzi (IRI) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Terziev (BUL) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Hatos (HUN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | DSQ |
| Zaurbek Sokhiev | −84 kg | Aldatov (UKR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Kurban Kurbanov | −96 kg | Bye | Varner (USA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Pliev (CAN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Gogshelidze (GEO) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 5 |
| Artur Taymazov | −120 kg | Bye | Matuhin (GER) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Ghasemi (IRI) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Dlagnev (USA) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Bye | Bye | Modzmanashvili (GEO) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | DSQ |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Elmurat Tasmuradov | −55 kg | Bye | Módos (HUN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Muminjon Abdullaev | −120 kg | Bye | Byers (USA) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |