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Ukraine at the 2015 European Games

Ukraine competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.

Medalists

Competitors

Ukraine was represented by 240 athletes in 15 sports. Ukraine did not compete in athletics since it was combined with the European Team Championships Third League competition and Ukraine was at that time in the Super League division. Ukraine was represented by the maximum number of athletes in archery, beach soccer, diving, gymnastics, synchronised swimming, table tennis, triathlon and wrestling.

Archery

Ukraine achieved maximum quotas. Men's team qualified through the performance at the 2014 European Archery Championships in Echmiadzin and women's team through 2015 European Archery Grand Prix in Marathon. Ukraine was the only nation to win a medal in each team event, though it failed to win any individual medal.

Badminton

Ukraine was represented in all competitions.

Basketball 3x3

Ukraine did not qualify for the men's competition.

Women

Beach soccer

Ukraine qualified through the 2014 Euro Beach Soccer League by placing 6th in Division A.

Men

Boxing

Ukraine qualified a male in each category. In women's boxing, Ukraine managed to qualify only in two categories out of five.

Men
Women

Canoe sprint

Ukraine did not compete in men's C-1 1000 m and K-4 1000 m.

Men
Women

Cycling

Ukraine did not compete in women's BMX.

Road

Men
Women

Mountain bike

BMX

Diving

Ukraine was represented in all event by the maximum number of athletes.

Men
Women

Fencing

Ukraine did not manage to qualify a team in men's competition, since only Top-5 or Top-6 (considering the host quota) in FIE Official Team Ranking were able to qualify, but all male competitors as well as Olga Leleyko and Yana Shemyakina qualified through FIE Official Individual Ranking without the need to compete in the Qualification Tournament.

Andriy Yahodka unexpectedly became the champion, while Olha Kharlan failed to qualify even for knock-out stage.

Men's
Women's

Gymnastics

Ukraine was represented in all events and had maximum number of quotas.

Acrobatic

Ukraine qualified through the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships which was the only qualification criterion for the Games.

Women's groups
Mixed pairs

Aerobic

Ukraine qualified a total of six athletes after the performance at the 2013 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships. One gymnast from pairs had to compete in the group event making the total athletes to 6.

Artistic

At the Games, Ukrainian male gymnasts managed to qualify for all apparatus finals (the limitation was one competitor from a country in a final) while no Ukrainian female athlete got to any apparatus final.

Men

Team all-around and individual qualifications
All-around
Apparatus finals

Women

Team all-around and individual qualifications
All-around

Rhythmic

Ukraine qualified two athletes for individual competition and a group after the performance at the 2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships.

At the Games, Hanna Rizatdinova also managed to qualify for all apparatus finals. Viktoria Mazur was a reserve athlete.

All-around final and apparatus qualification
Apparatus finals
Group all-around and qualification
Group finals

Trampoline

Ukraine qualified two athletes based on the results at the 2014 European Trampoline Championships. The gymnasts competed in both the individual and the synchronized event.

Judo

Ukraine was not represented in the men's 60 kg, women's 57 kg, women's 63 kg, women's 70 kg and women's team.

Men
Women

Karate

Ukrainian athletes managed to qualify for just 3 out of 12 events in karate. Ukraine was represented only in kumite competitions.

Men
Women

Sambo

Ukrainian athletes competed in 6 out of 8 events (except for women's 52 kg and women's 60 kg).

Men
Women

Shooting

Ukraine athletes managed to qualify for almost all events with the exception of men's trap, men's double trap, women's trap and, respectively, mixed team trap. Ukraine was represented in majority of events by two shooters, except for both men's and women's skeet competitions as well as women's 25 metre pistol.

Though Ukrainian athletes reached several finals, they failed to win a medal. Ukraine became together with the Czech Republic the biggest team in shooting that has not won a medal.

Swimming

Ukraine did not compete in men's 1500 m freestyle, men's 100 m backstroke, women's 50 m freestyle, women's 100 m freestyle, women's 1500 m freestyle, women's 50 m butterfly, women's 100 m butterfly, women's 200 m butterfly, women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.

Men
Women
Mixed

Synchronised swimming

Ukraine was represented in all events. Mariana Serikova and Oleksandra Filonenko were reserve athletes.

Table tennis

Ukraine qualified for all events and had maximum number of quotas.

Individual
Team

Taekwondo

Ukraine was not represented in all men's categories and women's 57 kg.

Women

Triathlon

Ukraine gained the maximum number of quotas.

Volleyball

Ukraine was represented in beach volleyball competitions only.

Water polo

Ukraine qualified a boys' team through 2015 European Games Qualification Tournament A in Nijverdal by finishing second behind Greece. Ukraine ranked 15th with only one victory against Malta.

Men

Team roster
Preliminary round — Group A


13–16th place semifinals
15th place game

Wrestling

Ukraine was represented in all events.

Men's freestyle
Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle

References