Ukraine at the 2023 World Athletics Championships

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Ukraine at the
2023 World Athletics Championships
Flag of Ukraine.svg
WA codeUKR
in Budapest, Hungary
19 August 2023 (2023-08-19) – 27 August 2023 (2023-08-27)
Competitors29 (11 men and 18 women)
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
World Athletics Championships appearances
2022
2025

Ukraine competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27 August 2023. The country won two medals, one gold and one silver.

Contents

The best result for the Ukrainian men was Mykhaylo Kokhan's fifth place finish in the hammer throw. Andriy Protsenko, the 2022 World Championship bronze medalist in the men's high jump, finished 11th in the event this year.

Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, the 2019 World Championship silver medalist in the women's long jump, did not mark in qualifications this time. In her other event, the triple jump, she won the silver medal with a mark of 15.00 m.

Ukraine had four athletes competing in the women's high jump event: Yuliya Chumachenko, Iryna Herashchenko, Yuliya Levchenko (2017 World Championship silver medalist), and Yaroslava Mahuchikh (2019 World Championship silver medalist, 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, and 2022 World Championship silver medalist). Mahuchikh and Herashchenko both qualified for the final. In the final, Herashchenko had a mark of 1.94 m and finished tied for fifth. Mahuchikh was the only competitor to clear the bar at 2.01 m and won the gold medal.

Medalists

MedalAthleteEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yaroslava Mahuchikh Women's high jump August 27
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk Women's triple jump August 25

Results

Ukraine entered 29 athletes. [1] [2]

Key

Men

Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Oleksandr Pohorilko 400 metres 45.375Did not advance
Serhii Svitlychnyi 20 kilometres walk 1:22:28 SB 28
Ivan Banzeruk 35 kilometres walk DNF
Ihor Hlavan 2:45:1833
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Oleh Doroshchuk High jump 2.28 =PB 5 q2.2013
Dmytro Nikitin 2.18=28Did not advance
Andrii Protsenko 2.28=6 q2.2511
Vladislav Malykhin Pole vault 5.35=26Did not advance
Roman Kokoshko Shot put 19.1729Did not advance
Mykhaylo Kokhan Hammer throw 78.472 Q79.59 SB 5
Artur Felfner Javelin throw 73.9432Did not advance

Women

Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Kateryna Karpiuk 400 metres 52.668Did not advance
Nataliia Krol 800 metres 2:01.627Did not advance
Olha Lyakhova 2:03.116Did not advance
Nataliya Strebkova 3000 metres steeplechase 10:02.2012Did not advance
Anna Ryzhykova 400 metres hurdles 54.703 Q54.42 SB 4Did not advance
Viktoriya Tkachuk 55.052 Q55.437Did not advance
Lyudmila Olyanovska 20 kilometres walk 1:29:36 SB 11
Hanna Shevchuk 1:31:44 SB 19
Olena Sobchuk 1:28:50 PB 10
Vasylyna Sydorchuk 35 kilometres walk 2:57:2420
Alina Tsvilii 3:09:2334
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Yuliya Chumachenko High jump 1.85=23Did not advance
Iryna Herashchenko 1.89=9 q1.94=5
Yuliya Levchenko 1.89=17Did not advance
Yaroslava Mahuchikh 1.92=1 q2.01Gold medal icon.svg
Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk Long jump NM Did not advance
Triple jump 14.554 Q15.00 SB Silver medal icon.svg
Mariya Siney Triple jump 13.3832Did not advance
Iryna Klymets Hammer throw 66.8731Did not advance

References

  1. "Entry List" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. "Чемпіонат світу 2023: Склад збірної України". Ukrainian Athletic Federation. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.