Has had a tradition of fostering equestrians and wrestlers

Medals

Medals by Summer Games[edit] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1900 Paris as part of  Russian Empire (RU1) 1904 St. Louis 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp did not participate 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam 1932 Los Angeles 1936 Berlin 1948 London 1952 Helsinki as part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1956 Melbourne 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona as part of  Unified Team (EUN) 1996 Atlanta 71 0 1 1 2 58 2000 Sydney 70 1 1 2 4 43 2004 Athens 70 2 1 2 5 34 2008 Beijing 56 0 1 3 4 62 2012 London 54 0 0 3 3 75 2016 Rio de Janeiro 70 4 2 7 13 21 2020 Tokyo 67 3 0 2 5 32 2024 Paris future event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 10 6 20 36 58	Medals by Winter Games[edit] Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1952 Oslo as part of  Soviet Union (URS) 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1992 Albertville as part of  Unified Team (EUN) 1994 Lillehammer 7 1 0 0 1 14 1998 Nagano 4 0 0 0 0 − 2002 Salt Lake City 6 0 0 0 0 − 2006 Turin 4 0 0 0 0 − 2010 Vancouver 3 0 0 0 0 − 2014 Sochi 3 0 0 0 0 − 2018 Pyeongchang 2 0 0 0 0 − 2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 - 2026 Milan–Cortina future event Total 1 0 0 1 42
Medals by Summer Sport[edit] Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Boxing 5 2 8 15 Wrestling 2 2 4 8 Weightlifting 2 0 1 3 Taekwondo 1 0 0 1 Judo 0 2 5 7 Gymnastics 0 0 2 2 Totals (6 entries) 10 6 20 36	Medals by Winter Sport[edit] Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Freestyle skiing 1 0 0 1 Totals (1 entries) 1 0 0 1

Medalists[edit]

Summer Olympics[edit]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Armen Bagdasarov	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Men's 86 kg
Bronze	Karim Tulaganov	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
Gold	Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's light welterweight
Silver	Artur Taymazov	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 130 kg
Bronze	Rustam Saidov	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight
Bronze	Sergey Mihaylov	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Gold	Artur Taymazov	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg
Gold	Alexandr Dokturishvili	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Silver	Magomed Ibragimov	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg
Bronze	Bahodirjon Sooltonov	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Utkirbek Haydarov	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
Silver	Abdullo Tangriev	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's +100 kg
Bronze	Anton Fokin	2008 Beijing	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Ekaterina Khilko	2008 Beijing	Gymnastics	Women's trampoline
Bronze	Rishod Sobirov	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Abbos Atoev	2012 London	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Rishod Sobirov	2012 London	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Ivan Efremov	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg
Gold	Hasanboy Dusmatov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
Gold	Ruslan Nurudinov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg
Gold	Shakhobidin Zoirov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Gold	Fazliddin Gaibnazarov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's light welterweight
Silver	Shakhram Giyasov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's 69 kg
Silver	Bektemir Melikuziev	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Diyorbek Urozboev	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Rishod Sobirov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Men's 66 kg
Bronze	Rustam Tulaganov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Elmurat Tasmuradov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg
Bronze	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Ikhtiyor Navruzov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 65 kg
Bronze	Magomed Ibragimov	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 97 kg
Gold	Ulugbek Rashitov	2020 Tokyo	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
Gold	Akbar Djuraev	2020 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Men's 109 kg
Gold	Bakhodir Jalolov	2020 Tokyo	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight
Bronze	Davlat Bobonov	2020 Tokyo	Judo	Men's 90 kg
Bronze	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov	2020 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg

Winter Olympics[edit]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Lina Cheryazova	1994 Lillehammer	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials

Football
Main article: Football in Uzbekistan

Football is the most popular sport in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan's premier football league is the Uzbek League, which features 14 teams since 2010, before 16. The current champions are Lokomotiv Tashkent, and the team with the most championships is FC Pakhtakor Tashkent with eight. The current Player of the Year (2017) is Marat Bikmaev.
The most successful football clubs in Uzbekistan are FC Bunyodkor, FC Pakhtakor and FC Nasaf. In 2011, FC Nasaf won AFC Cup and became the first Uzbekistan team to win the international club cup. Uzbek clubs previously participated in the now-defunct, formerly annual CIS Cup.
Uzbekistan U-16 won AFC U-16 Championship in 2012. In 2018 Uzbekistan U-23 became the champions in AFC U-23 Championship hosted by China. Uzbekistan national team's best achievement at the Asian Cup was a fourth-place finish at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
Ravshan Irmatov was named The Best Referee in Asia in four consecutive years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014). At Globe Soccer Awards in 2015 he was rewarded as Best Referee of The Year.^[4][5]
The Bunyodkor Stadium has a capacity of 34,000, and is mostly used for football matches.
Basketball[edit]
See also: Uzbekistan national basketball team and Uzbekistan women's national basketball team
Uzbekistan used to be part of the powerful Soviet Union national basketball team. After the dissolution of the team, Uzbekistan founded its own team which was moderately successful between the mid-90s and mid-2000s.
Baseball[edit]
See also: Uzbekistan national baseball team
Ice Hockey[edit]
Uzbekistan used to be part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team.
Humo Tashkent, a professional ice hockey team was established in 2019 with the aim of joining Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), a top level Eurasian league in future. Humo will join the second-tier Supreme Hockey League (VHL) for the 2019-20 season. Humo play their games at the Humo Ice Dome costing over €175 million; both the team and arena derive their name from the mythical Huma bird, a symbol of happiness and freedom.^[6]
Humo Tashkent was a member of the reformed Uzbekistan ^[7] Ice Hockey League which began play in February 2019. The UIHL consisted of three other teams Binokor Tashkent, HK Tashkent, & Semurg Tashkent, with all of the teams playing out of the Humo Ice Dome.^[8] Semurg became the champions in the playoffs.^[9]
Uzbekistan Hockey Federation (UHF) began preparation for joining IIHF as a member and forming national ice hockey team in participating IIHF competitions.^[10]
Rugby union[edit]
Main article: Rugby union in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan used to be part of the Soviet Union national rugby union team, but since its independence in 1991, Uzbekistan has created its own national team.
Handball[edit]
Handball is one of Uzbekistan's most popular sports, but nothing special has been achieved.
Futsal[edit]
Main article: Futsal in Uzbekistan
Futsal is one of Uzbekistan's most popular sports, the national futsal team have qualified in the FIFA Futsal World Cup three times in 2016, 2021 where they made the Round of 16 and 2024. They also qualified in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup 15 times and finished 2nd four times. Uzbekistan will host the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup, it will be the first time that Uzbekistan has ever host a FIFA tournament.
Water polo[edit]
Uzbekistan's women's national under-20 water polo team qualified to the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships.^[11]
Chess[edit]
Uzbekistan scored a surprise win at the 2022 chess olympiad held in Chennai, India.^[12] The Uzbek team was undefeated, beating the higher-seeded Armenian and Dutch teams, and drawing the top seeds India and USA. The Uzbek team proved their staying power by placing second at the world team championships held at Jerusalem in November 2022.^[13] Uzbekistan's top player, Nodirkbek Abdusattorov is the current world champion of rapid chess, winning the 2021 rapid world championship in a playoff against Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi.^[14]