# Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Uzbekistan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan sent a total of 70 athletes to the Games, 52 men and 18 women, to compete in 13 different sports, tying its delegation record with Sydney four years earlier. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, artistic and trampoline gymnastics, and table tennis.
Seventeen athletes from the Uzbek team had previously competed in Sydney, including artistic gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist Oksana Chusovitina (who transferred to Germany in 2002 to treat her ailing son Alisher from leukemia), freestyle wrestler Artur Taymazov, who won silver in men's super heavyweight, sprint freestyle swimmer and Asian Games champion Ravil Nachaev, trampoline gymnast Ekaterina Khilko, and heavyweight judoka Abdullo Tangriev, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. At age 15, backstroke swimmer Olga Gnedovskaya set a historical milestone for Uzbekistan as the youngest ever athlete in history to compete at the Olympics. Other notable Uzbek athletes featured road cyclist and world junior champion Sergey Lagutin, canoeist Anton Ryahov, who later competed for the Russian at his subsequent Olympics, and swimming siblings Danil Bugakov and Mariya Bugakova.
Uzbekistan left Athens with a total of five medals, two golds, one silver, and two bronze, being considered its most successful Olympics in history since the post-Soviet era. Three of these medals were awarded to the athletes in wrestling, including a prestigious gold from Taymazov in men's super heavyweight freestyle. Meanwhile, boxers Bahodirjon Sultonov and Utkirbek Haydarov managed to claim bronze medals in their respective weight classes.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Artur Taymazov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg | August 28 |
| Gold | Aleksandr Dokturishvili | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | August 26 |
| Silver | Magomed Ibragimov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 96 kg | August 29 |
| Bronze | Bahodirjon Sultonov | Boxing | Bantamweight | August 29 |
| Bronze | Utkirbek Haydarov | Boxing | Light heavyweight | August 29 |

## Athletics

Uzbek 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). Shot putter Olga Shchukina was disqualified from the competition after being tested positive for clenbuterol.

### 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 |
| Erkinjon Isakov | 800 m | 1:48.28 | 8 | 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 |
| Leonid Andreev | Pole vault | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sergey Voynov | Javelin throw | 74.68 | 24 | 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 |
| Pavel Andreyev | Result | 11.29 | NM | 14.30 | 2.00 | 51.46 | 15.54 | 41.89 | 4.90 | DNS | — | DNF | DNF |
| Pavel Andreyev | Points | 797 | 0 | 747 | 803 | 741 | 785 | 703 | 880 | 0 | — | DNF | DNF |
| Vitaliy Smirnov | Result | 10.89 | 7.07 | 13.88 | 1.94 | 49.11 | 14.77 | 42.47 | 4.70 | 60.88 | 4:23.31 | 7993 | 17 |
| Vitaliy Smirnov | Points | 885 | 830 | 721 | 749 | 856 | 978 | 715 | 819 | 751 | 789 | 7993 | 17 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Zamira Amirova | 400 m | 54.43 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Guzel Khubbieva | 100 m | 11.31 | 4 q | 11.35 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lyubov Perepelova | 100 m | 11.30 | 3 Q | 11.26 | 4 q | 11.40 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lyubov Perepelova | 200 m | 24.10 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 |
| Liliya Dusmetova | Javelin throw | 52.46 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasiya Juravleva | Long jump | 6.39 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastasiya Juravleva | Triple jump | 13.64 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Olga Shchukina | Shot put | 14.44 | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Uzbekistan sent nine boxers to Athens. All nine made it past the round of 32, with five victories and four byes. Four of the boxers fell in the round of 16 (two of which had not had matches in the round of 32). Three more barely missed medalling by being defeated in the quarterfinals, while the two that had won their quarterfinal bouts both lost in the semifinals to earn bronze medals.
| 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 |
| Tulashboy Doniyorov | Flyweight | Payla (PHI) W 36–26 | Siler (USA) W 45–22 | Thomas (FRA) L 16–25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bahodirjon Sultonov | Bantamweight | Bye | Liczik (POL) W RSC | Kooner (CAN) W 44–32 | Rigondeaux (CUB) L 13–27 | Did not advance | |
| Bekzod Khidirov | Featherweight | Sohail (PAK) W RSC | Jafarov (KAZ) L 22–40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dilshod Mahmudov | Light welterweight | Bye | Matos (BRA) W 26–16 | Johnson (CUB) L 28–32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sherzod Husanov | Welterweight | Prada (VEN) W 33–20 | Ulusoy (TUR) W 23–9 | Saitov (RUS) L 14–22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sherzod Abdurahmonov | Middleweight | Ustuner (TUR) W 34–16 | Gaydarbekov (RUS) L 19–33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Utkirbek Haydarov | Light heavyweight | Ekpo (NGR) W 21–11 | Kensi (ALG) W 31–19 | Tarhan (TUR) W 16–11 | Ward (USA) L 15–17 | Did not advance | |
| Igor Alborov | Heavyweight | — | Elsayed (EGY) L 18–18$^+$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rustam Saidov | Super heavyweight | — | López (CUB) L 13–18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anton Ryahov | K-1 500 m | 1:42.253 | 6 q | 1:40.737 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Danila Turchin | K-1 1000 m | 3:48.140 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aleksey Babadjanov Sergey Borzov | K-2 500 m | 1:34.782 | 7 q | 1:33.654 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michail Tarasov Danila Turchin | K-2 1000 m | 3:24.031 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aleksey Babadjanov Sergey Borzov Anton Ryahov Dmitriy Strijkov | K-4 1000 m | 3:01.446 | 5 q | 2:56.594 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yuliya Borzova | K-1 500 m | 1:56.586 | 6 q | 1:59.560 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Sergey Lagutin | Men's road race | 5:50:35 | 59 |

## 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 | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Oksana Chusovitina | Vault | 8.675 | — | — | — | 8.675 | 81 | 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 | 61.60 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Six Uzbek judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sanjar Zokirov | −60 kg | Zintiridis (GRE) L 0000–1011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Murat Kalikulov | −66 kg | Mijalković (SCG) L 0100–0101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Egamnazar Akbarov | −73 kg | Etoga (CMR) L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ramziddin Sayidov | −81 kg | Shundzikau (BLR) L 0011–1111 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vyacheslav Pereteyko | −90 kg | Iliadis (GRE) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdullo Tangriev | +100 kg | Bataille (FRA) W 1120–0001 | Pertelson (EST) L 0010–0021 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Uzbek rowers qualified the following boats:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Vladimir Tchernenko | Single sculls | 7:38.27 | 3 R | 7:13.43 | 3 SD/E | 7:13.21 | 3 FD | 7:23.56 | 24 |
| Sergey Bogdanov Ruslan Naurzaliev | Lightweight double sculls | 6:52.34 | 5 R | 6:45.69 | 4 SC/D | 6:45.47 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Elena Usarova | Single sculls | 8:32.56 | 6 R | 8:06.11 | 5 SC/D | 8:34.04 | 6 FC | 8:09.92 | 23 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

## Shooting

Two Uzbek shooters (one man and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Vyacheslav Skoromnov | 10 m air rifle | 592 | =18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vyacheslav Skoromnov | 50 m rifle prone | 591 | =24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vyacheslav Skoromnov | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1161 | =12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Alyona Aksyonova | 10 m air rifle | 384 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alyona Aksyonova | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 562 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Uzbek swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aleksandr Agafonov | 100 m freestyle | 52.92 | 57 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Danil Bugakov | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.28 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oleg Lyashko | 100 m butterfly | 55.90 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrey Morkovin | 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.48 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ravil Nachaev | 50 m freestyle | 23.23 | =36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sergey Pankov | 200 m butterfly | 2:13.06 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nikita Polyakov | 400 m individual medley | 5:09.66 | 36 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oleg Pukhnatiy | 200 m individual medley | 2:08.24 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oleg Sidorov | 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.30 | 56 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sergey Tsoy | 400 m freestyle | 4:16.91 | 45 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petr Vasilev | 200 m freestyle | 1:56.93 | 57 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mariya Bugakova | 100 m butterfly | 1:07.08 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Olga Gnedovskaya | 100 m backstroke | 1:15.33 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Saida Iskandarova | 200 m backstroke | 2:26.17 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irina Shlemova | 100 m freestyle | 59.21 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Uzbekistan has qualified a single table tennis player.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Manzura Inoyatova | Women's singles | Fazekas (HUN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Two Uzbek taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Irina Kaydashova | Women's −57 kg | Bye | Salazar (MEX) L 7–7 SUP | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natalya Mikryukova | Women's +67 kg | Rase (BEL) L 6–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Three Uzbek weightlifters qualified for the following events:
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Furkat Saidov | Men's −94 kg | 145 | 21 | 175 | 18 | 320 | 18 |
| Aleksandr Urinov | Men's −105 kg | 185 | =9 | 215 | =10 | 400 | 8 |
| Igor Khalilov | Men's +105 kg | 187.5 | 11 | 232.5 | 8 | 420 | 9 |

## Wrestling

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 | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dilshod Mansurov | −55 kg | Rahmati (AFG) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Batirov (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Damir Zakhartdinov | −60 kg | Inoue (JPN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Cikel (AUT) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Jung Y-H (KOR) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Artur Tavkazakhov | −66 kg | Murtazaliev (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Dabir (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Magomed Ibragimov | −96 kg | Krupnyakov (KGZ) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Kochev (BUL) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | — | 1 Q | Wang Yy (CHN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Heidari (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Gatsalov (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | |
| Artur Taymazov | −120 kg | Garmulewicz (POL) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Cheema (IND) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | — | 1 Q | Kuramagomedov (RUS) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Polatçı (TUR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Rezaei (IRI) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Aleksandr Dokturishvili | −74 kg | Berzicza (HUN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Aslanov (AZE) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Kolitsopoulos (GRE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | 1 Q | Bye | Samurgashev (RUS) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Aleksey Cheglakov | −96 kg | Kostins (LAT) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Özal (TUR) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |