List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Ukraine

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Ukrainian men at the 2020 Olympic Games

Ukrainian male artistic gymnasts have competed at every Olympic Games since 1996. Prior to this they competed as part of the Soviet Union. [1]

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Gymnasts

GymnastYearsRef.
Oleksandr Beresch 2000 [2]
Yevhen Bohonosiuk 2004
Valeriy Honcharov 2000, 2004, 2008
Vladyslav Hryko 2016
Ihor Korobchynskyi 1996
Oleg Kosyak 1996
Illia Kovtun 2020
Mykola Kuksenkov 2012
Vadym Kuvakin 2004
Ruslan Mezentsev 2000, 2004
Hryhoriy Misiutin 1996
Andriy Mykhailychenko 1996, 2004
Vitaliy Nakonechnyi 2012
Petro Pakhnyuk 2020
Valeriy Pereshkura 2000
Igor Radivilov 2012, 2016, 2020
Maksym Semiankiv 2016
Volodymyr Shamenko 1996
Rustam Sharipov 1996
Andriy Sienichkin 2016
Oleg Stepko 2012
Oleksandr Svitlychniy 1996, 2000
Oleg Verniaiev 2012, 2016
Oleksandr Vorobiov 2008
Yuriy Yermakov 1996
Yevhen Yudenkov 2020
Roman Zozulia 2000, 2004

Medalists

MedalNameYearEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Korobchynskyi, Kosyak, Misutin, Shamenko, Sharipov, Svitlichni, Yermakov Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta Men's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rustam Sharipov Men's parallel bars
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Beresh, Goncharov, Mezentsev, Pereshkura, Svitlichni, Zozulya Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney Men's team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Oleksandr Beresh Men's all-around
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Valeriy Honcharov Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens Men's parallel bars
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Oleksandr Vorobiov Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing Men's rings
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Igor Radivilov Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London Men's vault
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Oleg Verniaiev Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Men's all-around
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Oleg Verniaiev Men's parallel bars

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