| Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | UKR |
| NPC | National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine |
| Website | www |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 90 in 9 sports |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Soviet Union (1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
Ukraine sent a delegation of 90 athletes to the 2004 Summer Paralympics , covering nine sports. [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Andriy Zhyltsov | Athletics | Men's 100 m T36 |
| Gold | Oleksandr Driha | Athletics | Men's 400 m T37 |
| Gold | Oleksandr Driha | Athletics | Men's 800 m T37 |
| Gold | Anton Skachkov | Athletics | Men's long jump F46 |
| Gold | Anton Skachkov | Athletics | Men's triple jump F46 |
| Gold | Oleksandr Doroshenko | Athletics | Men's shot put F38 |
| Gold | Alexander Yasinovyi | Athletics | Men's discus throw F13 |
| Gold | Oleksandr Doroshenko | Athletics | Men's discus throw F38 |
| Gold | Oksana Krechunyak | Athletics | Women's 100 m T37 |
| Gold | Yevhen Zhuchynin Ihor Kosenko Volodymyr Antonyuk Volodymyr Kabanov Serhiy Vakulenko Andriy Roztoka Andriy Tsukanov Anatoliy Shevchyk Denys Ponomaryov Taras Dutko Sergiy Babiy Vitaliy Trushev | Football 7-a-side | Men's team |
| Gold | Lidiya Solovyova | Powerlifting | Women's 40 kg |
| Gold | Dmytro Aleksyeyev | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S12 |
| Gold | Viktor Smyrnov | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S11 |
| Gold | Viktor Smyrnov | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle S11 |
| Gold | Viktor Smyrnov | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S11 |
| Gold | Andriy Kalyna | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB8 |
| Gold | Oleksandr Mashchenko | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB11 |
| Gold | Dmytro Aleksyeyev | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB12 |
| Gold | Viktor Smyrnov | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S11 |
| Gold | Viktor Smyrnov | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM11 |
| Gold | Dmytro Kuzmin Sergiy Demchuk Sergiy Klippert Dmytro Aleksyeyev | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (49 pts) |
| Gold | Sergiy Klippert Oleksandr Mashchenko Sergiy Demchuk Dmytro Aleksyeyev | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay (49 pts) |
| Gold | Olena Akopyan | Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle S5 |
| Gold | Andriy Komar | Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée individual B |
 Silver | Andriy Zhyltsov | Athletics | Men's 200 m T36 |
| Silver | Oleksandr Driha | Athletics | Men's 1500 m T37 |
| Silver | Alexander Yasinovyi | Athletics | Men's shot put F13 |
| Silver | Tetyana Yakybchuk | Athletics | Women's shot put F32-34/52/53 |
| Silver | Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S5 |
| Silver | Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S5 |
| Silver | Dmytro Aleksyeyev | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S12 |
| Silver | Viktor Smyrnov | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB11 |
| Silver | Sergiy Klippert | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S12 |
| Silver | Andriy Kalyna | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 |
| Silver | Olena Akopyan | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle S5 |
| Silver | Olena Akopyan | Swimming | Women's 50 m butterfly S5 |
 Bronze | Oleksandr Ivanyukhin | Athletics | Men's 200 m T11 |
| Bronze | Andriy Onufriyenko Serhiy Norenko Oleksandr Driha Andriy Zhyltsov | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay T35–38 |
| Bronze | Oleksandr Driha Serhiy Norenko Andriy Onufriyenko Andriy Zhyltsov | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay T35–38 |
| Bronze | Ivan Kytsenko | Athletics | Men's triple jump F12 |
| Bronze | Volodymyr Piddubnyy | Athletics | Men's shot put F11 |
| Bronze | Oleksandr Doroshenko | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F36/38 |
| Bronze | Inna Dyachenko | Athletics | Women's 400 m T38 |
| Bronze | Alla Malchyk | Athletics | Women's shot put F35/36 |
| Bronze | Ihor Zasyadkovych | Judo | Men's extra-lightweight (60 kg) |
| Bronze | Olena Kiseolar | Powerlifting | Women's 48 kg |
| Bronze | Viktor Smyrnov | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S11 |
| Bronze | Yuriy Andryushin | Swimming | Men's 50 m butterfly S7 |
| Bronze | Dmytro Kuzmin | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB12 |
| Bronze | Oleksandr Mashchenko | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM11 |
| Bronze | Yuliya Volkova | Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle S12 |
| Bronze | Olena Akopyan | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle S5 |
| Bronze | Yuliya Volkova | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle S12 |
| Bronze | Yuliya Volkova | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB12 |
| Bronze | Andriy Komar | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil individual B |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| Serhiy Atamanenko | Men's individual standing | 591 | 11 |  Roumeliotis (GRE)W 147–116 |  Bukansit (POL)W 150–143 |  Lyocsa (SVK)L 86–95 | Did not advance | ||
| Yuriy Kopiy | 578 | 14 |  Martinez (VEN)L 138–133 | Did not advance | |||||
| Roman Hutnyk | Men's individual W2 | 557 | 27 |  Sidik (MAS)L 145–153 | Did not advance | ||||
| Serhiy Atamanenko Roman Hutnyk Yuriy Kopiy | Men's teams open | 1726 | 11 | N/A |  Germany (GER)W 229–221 |  Japan (JPN)L 206–226 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| Bohdana Nikitenko | Women's individual standing | 546 | 8 | N/A |  Panmai (THA)L 116–135 | Did not advance | |||
| Olena Struk | 516 | 13 | N/A |  Lee (KOR)L 127–136 | Did not advance | ||||
| Iryna Terletska | Women's individual W1/W2 | 550 | 6 | N/A | Droste (GER) W 141–120 | Ko (KOR) L 92–98 | Did not advance | ||
| Bohdana Nikitenko Olena Struk Iryna Terletska | Women's teams open | 1612 | 7 | N/A | South Korea (KOR) L 198–201 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Andriy Danylov | T42 | 100 m | N/A | 13.32 | 5 | |||
| 200 m | N/A | 28.23 | 7 | |||||
| Oleksandr Driha | T37 | 400 m | N/A | 52.70 WR | | |||
| 800 m | 2:14.12 | 2 Q | N/A | 2:03.18 | | |||
| 1500 m | N/A | 4:25.42 | | |||||
| Oleksandr Ivanyukhin | T11 | 100 m | 11.82 | 6 q | 11.80 | 4 q | 11.76 | 4 |
| 200 m | 23.86 | 2 Q | 23.87 | 3 Q | 23.37 | | ||
| 400 m | 54.19 | 4 q | N/A | 52.85 | 4 | |||
| Serhiy Norenko | T36 | 400 m | 59.06 | 2 Q | N/A | 58.63 | 5 | |
| Andriy Onufriyenko | T38 | 100 m | 11.83 | 3 Q | N/A | 11.82 | 6 | |
| 200 m | 23.78 | 4 Q | N/A | 23.57 | 4 | |||
| 400 m | 53.15 | 4 Q | N/A | 53.12 | 4 | |||
| Igor Pashchenko | T12 | 100 m | 11.73 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m | 23.51 | 13 | Did not advance | |||||
| Andriy Zhyltsov | T36 | 100 m | 12.76 | 2 Q | N/A | 12.49 PR | | |
| 200 m | N/A | 25.75 | | |||||
| Oleksandr Driha Serhiy Norenko Andriy Onufriyenko Andriy Zhyltsov | T35–38 | 4 × 100 m relay | N/A | 47.52 | | |||
| 4 × 400 m relay | N/A | 3:46.78 | | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Oleksandr Doroshenko | F38 | Discus | 44.58 WR | - | |
| Javelin | 51.37 | - | | ||
| Shot put | 14.87 WR | - | | ||
| Igor Gorbenko | F12 | Long jump | 6.70 | - | 7 |
| Triple jump | 13.66 | - | 7 | ||
| Sergiy Kolos | F35 | Discus | 35.13 | - | 6 |
| Javelin | 36.73 | - | 6 | ||
| Ivan Kytsenko | F12 | Long jump | 6.56 | - | 8 |
| Triple jump | 14.45 | - | | ||
| Vasyl Lishchynskyy | F12 | Discus | 43.21 | - | 4 |
| F13 | Shot put | NMR | |||
| Roman Mesyk | F12 | Javelin | 39.01 | - | 13 |
| P13 | Pentathlon | 2274 | 5 | ||
| Serhiy Norenko | F36–38 | Long jump | 4.90 | 967 | 4 |
| Volodymyr Piddubnyy | F11 | Shot put | 12.23 | - | |
| Anton Skachkov | F46 | Long jump | 7.16 WR | - | |
| Triple jump | 14.12 | - | | ||
| Alexander Yasinovyi | F13 | Discus | 53.54 | - | |
| Shot put | 15.87 | - | | ||
| Andriy Zhyltsov | F36–38 | Long jump | 5.17 | 1033 | 4 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Inna Dyachenko | T38 | 400 m | N/A | 1:07.49 | | |
| Svitlana Gorbenko | T13 | 100 m | N/A | 14.10 | 8 | |
| Oksana Krechunyak | T37 | 100 m | N/A | 14.39 | | |
| 200 m | N/A | 1:00.99 | 5 | |||
| Tetyana Rudkivska | T46 | 200 m | 28.37 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| 400 m | 1:04.65 | 7 q | 1:04.12 | 6 | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Svitlana Gorbenko | F13 | Long jump | 5.15 | - | 4 |
| Alla Malchyk | F35/36 | Shot put | 8.90 | 1146 | |
| F35/36/38 | Discus | 22.12 | 1109 | 5 | |
| Viktoria Shayer | F35/36/38 | Discus | 21.42 | 1208 | 4 |
| Javelin | 14.87 | 843 | 13 | ||
| Tetyana Yakybchuk | F32-34/51-53 | Discus | 14.20 | 1038 | 4 |
| F32-34/52/53 | Javelin | 11.61 | 1097 | 6 | |
| Shot put | 6.43 WR | 1186 | | ||
| Viktoriya Yasevych | F35-38 | Javelin | 17.32 | 781 | 14 |
| F37 | Discus | 24.27 | 704 | 5 | |
| F37/38 | Shot put | 8.96 | 973 | 5 | |
| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Ukraine vs.  Argentina (ARG) | 2–2 | 1 Q |
| 2 | Ukraine vs.  Iran (IRI) | 6–2 | |
| 3 | Ukraine vs.  Ireland (IRL) | 6–0 | |
| Semifinals | Ukraine vs.  Russia (RUS) | 4–1 | W |
| Gold medal final | Ukraine vs.  Brazil (BRA) | 4–1 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Mykola Lyvytskyy | Men's 100 kg | Bye | Tenorio (BRA) L 0000S–1001 | N/A |  Le Meaux (FRA)L 0010K–0100C | Did not advance | |
| Sergiy Karpenyuk | Men's 66 kg | Dae (KOR) L 0102H–1000 | Did not advance | ||||
| Oleksandr Pominov | Men's 81 kg | Bye |  Vincze (HUN)L 0000–1000 | N/A |  Poli (ITA)W 1010–0000 | Junk (GER) L 0001–1000 | Did not advance |
| Sergiy Sydrorenko | Men's 73 kg |  Jackson (GBR)W 0010–0001 | Amaral (BRA) L 0100–1000 | N/A | Rollo (FRA) W 1011S–0001S |  Moore (USA)L 0000–0200 | |
| Ihor Zasyadkovych | Men's 60 kg | Michurin (RUS) W 0021–0000 | Hirose (JPN) L 0000S–1022 | N/A | Diaz (ARG) W 0131S–0001C |  Chung (TPE)W 1000–0000 | |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andriy Barybin | 82.5 kg | 180 | 11 |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetyana Frolova | +82.5 kg | 132.5 | 4 |
| Olena Kiseolar | 48 kg | 95 | |
| Tamara Kulynych | 44 kg | 82.5 | 4 |
| Lyudmyla Osmanova | 60 kg | 107.5 | 5 |
| Lyubov Semenyuk | 75 kg | NMR | |
| Lidiya Solovyova | 40 kg | 105 WR | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Olena Akopyan | S5 | 50 m freestyle | 37.94 | 2 Q | 37.26 | |
| 100 m freestyle | 1:21.01 | 2 Q | 1:21.33 | | ||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:59.35 | 2 Q | 2:53.86 | | ||
| 50 m butterfly | N/A | 46.57 | | |||
| Sofiya Avramova | S4 | 50 m backstroke | 1:00.51 | 5 Q | 1:01.27 | 5 |
| 50 m butterfly | N/A | 1:11.74 | 4 | |||
| SB3 | 50 m breaststroke | 1:16.11 | 8 Q | 1:15.05 | 7 | |
| SM4 | 150 m individual medley | 3:24.27 | 3 Q | 3:29.69 | 5 | |
| Maryna Klemyashova | SB5 | 100 m breaststroke | N/A | DNF | ||
| Valentyna Riznychenko | S6 | 50 m freestyle | 39.49 | 4 Q | 39.75 | 7 |
| 100 m freestyle | 1:31.09 | 11 | Did not advance | |||
| Yuliya Volkova | S12 | 50 m freestyle | 29.60 | 3 Q | 29.14 | |
| 100 m freestyle | 1:05.35 | 4 Q | 1:04.63 | 5 | ||
| 400 m freestyle | N/A | 5:02.42 | | |||
| SB12 | 100 m breaststroke | 1:25.82 | 4 | 1:25.17 | | |
| SM12 | 200 m individual medley | 2:54.71 | 7 Q | 2:59.42 | 7 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Dmytro Bidnyy | Men's singles 7 | Messi (FRA) L 1–3 | Meyer (GER) L 1–3 | Jurasz (POL) L 0–3 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Mikhailo Popov | Wollmert (GER) L 1–3 |  Qin (CHN)L 1–3 |  Loennberg (SWE)W 3–1 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Dmytro Bidnyy Mikhailo Popov | Men's team 6–7 | Germany (GER) L 0–3 | Poland (POL) L 1–3 | N/A | 3 | Did not advance | |||
The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals: they were 6th out of six teams.
| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Ukraine vs. China (CHN) | 0–3 | 6 |
| 2 | Ukraine vs.  Netherlands (NED) | 0–3 | |
| 3 | Ukraine vs. United States (USA) | 2–3 | |
| 4 | Ukraine vs.  Slovenia (SLO) | 0–3 | |
| 5 | Ukraine vs.  Finland (FIN) | 2–3 | |
| 5th-6th classification | Ukraine vs. Finland (FIN) | 1–3 | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Andriy Komar | Men's épée B |  Chin (HKG) | L 3-5 | 2 Q | Hisakawa (JPN) W 15–9 |  Shenkevych (UKR)W 15–10 | Ming (HKG) W 15–5 | Wysmierski (POL) W 15–9 | |
| Hoon (KOR) | W 5-2 | ||||||||
| Sarri (ITA) | W 5-2 | ||||||||
| Hisakawa (JPN) | W 5-2 | ||||||||
 Soler (ESP) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
| Men's foil B | Francois (FRA) | L 2-5 | 4 Q | Szekeres (HUN) W 15–11 | Mari (ITA) W 15–10 | Czop (POL) L 10–15 | Rodgers (USA) W 15–11 | | |
 Alsaedi (KUW) | L 1–5 | ||||||||
| Liang (CHN) | W 5–4 | ||||||||
| Ming (HKG) | W 5–1 | ||||||||
| Serhiy Shenkevych | Men's épée B | Liang (CHN) | L 1–5 | 2 Q | Sarri (ITA) W 15–5 | Komar (UKR) L 10–15 | Did not advance | ||
| Rodgers (USA) | W 5–4 | ||||||||
| Wysmierski (POL) | W 5–3 | ||||||||
| Francois (FRA) | W 5–2 | ||||||||
| Heaton (GBR) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Men's foil B | Hung (HKG) | L 3–5 | Liang (CHN) W 15–14 | Czop (POL) L 6–15 | Did not advance | ||||
| Rodgers (USA) | L 1–5 | ||||||||
| Lewonowski (POL) | W 5–1 | ||||||||
| Hisakawa (JPN) | W 5–1 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Iryna Lykyanenko | Women's épée | Wyrzykowska (POL) | L 0–5 | 3 Q | Palfi (HUN) L 13–15 | Did not advance | |||
| Vettraino (ITA) | L 2–5 | ||||||||
| Hassen Bey (ESP) | W 5–4 | ||||||||
| Masciotra (ARG) | W 5–1 | ||||||||
| Women's foil B | Chong (HKG) | L 1–5 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Hassen Bey (ESP) | L 1–5 | ||||||||
| Wyrzykowska (POL) | L 0–5 | ||||||||
| Masciotra (ARG) | W 5–3 | ||||||||
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