At the 2010 European Athletics Championships, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

entered a team of 61 athletes into the competition's events in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Spain.

Among the prominent representatives of Ukraine were reigning Olympic heptathlon

Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...

 champion Nataliya Dobrynska

Nataliya Dobrynska

Nataliya Dobrynska is a Ukrainian heptathlete. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and also holds the Heptathlon best in the Shot Put....

 and 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Denys Yurchenko

Denys Yurchenko

Denys Sergiyovich Yurchenko is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships. He also won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....

 in the pole vault

Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

, as well as decathlete Oleksiy Kasyanov

Oleksiy Kasyanov

Oleksiy Kasyanov is a Ukrainian decathlete. His personal best score is 8479 points, achieved at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany. He won the 2010 TNT-Fortuna Meeting in Kladno with a total of 8381 points, leading from the first day onwards with the help of a 14.24 seconds...

, pole vaulter Maksym Mazuryk

Maksym Mazuryk

Maksym Mazuryk is a Ukrainian pole vaulter. He was born in Donetsk. He is sporter of Fenerbahçe S.K. from Turkey.He was the 2002 World Junior champion, and finished 8th in the pole vault final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg...

, and 800 metres

800 metres

The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

 runner Yuliya Krevsun

Yuliya Krevsun

Yuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey....

 – all of whom were fourth in their disciplines at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

. None of the three Ukrainians who won medals at the 2006 European Athletics Championships returned for the 2010 edition.

At the competition, long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

er Olha Saladukha became the country's first gold medallist of the championships. Dobrynska and Mazuryk were both runners-up in their events. The less established Stanislav Melnykov

Stanislav Melnykov

Stanislav Melnykov is a Ukrainian is a Ukrainian 400 metres hurdler and two times national champion . Melnykov won bronze at the 2010 European Athletics Championships on the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 46.54 seconds run in Bielsko-Biała .-References:...

 took the 400 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

 bronze medal, while Yelizaveta Bryzhina

Yelizaveta Bryzhina

Yelizaveta Bryzhina is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.Her personal best times are 11.44 seconds in the 100 metres , achieved in June 2007 in Kiev; and 22.44 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2010 in Barcelona.-Biography:Bryzhina is the daughter of the...

 surprised with a 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

 personal best for the silver medal.

Results

Team selection

Track and road events

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...		Nataliya Pohrebnyak Olesya Povh Mariya Ryemyen Mariya Ryemyen Mariya Ryemyen is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres. Ryemyen was part of the Ukrainian women's 4x100m that won gold during the during the 2010 European Athletics with 42.29 – the fastest time in the world that year.-Career:She finished seventh at the 2009 European U23...
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Ihor Bodrov Ihor Bodrov Ihor Bodrov is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Kharkiv. He finished fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships...	Yelizaveta Bryzhina Yelizaveta Bryzhina Yelizaveta Bryzhina is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.Her personal best times are 11.44 seconds in the 100 metres , achieved in June 2007 in Kiev; and 22.44 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2010 in Barcelona.-Biography:Bryzhina is the daughter of the...
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Volodymyr Burakov Mykhaylo Knysh Dmytro Ostrovskyy	Kseniya Karandyuk Kseniya Karandyuk Kseniya Karandyuk is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.In the 4 x 400 metres relay she finished sixth at the 2006 European Championships... Daryna Prystupa Antonina Yefremova Antonina Yefremova Antonina Yefremova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2001 European U23 Championships, finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and fourth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships...
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...		Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey.... Natalya Lupu Olha Zavhorodyna
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...		Anna Mishchenko Anna Mishchenko Anna Valeriïvna Mishchenko , is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She won the 2006 Ukrainian national championships in the event. In 2008 she took sixth place in the European Athletics Indoor Cup in Moscow and represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Serhiy Lebid
10,000 metres
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Vasyl Matviychuk Oleksiy Rybalchenko Oleksandr Sitkovskyy	Olena Biloshchuk Tetyana Filonyuk Tetyana Filonyuk Tetyana Filonyuk is an Ukrainian long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running.-Achievements:-References:... Vira Ovcharuk Svitlana Stanko
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	—	Yevheniya Snihur
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...		—
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Stanislav Melnykov Stanislav Melnykov Stanislav Melnykov is a Ukrainian is a Ukrainian 400 metres hurdler and two times national champion . Melnykov won bronze at the 2010 European Athletics Championships on the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 46.54 seconds run in Bielsko-Biała .-References:...	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Anastasiya Rabchenyuk is a Ukrainian hurdler.She was born in Ternovka, at the time in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union .She is a world top level 400m hurdles runner.... Hanna Titimets Anna Yaroshchuk Anna Yaroshchuk Anna Yaroshchuk is a Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She also competes for her country in the 4×400 metres relay...
3000 m steeplechase
20 km race walk	Rusian Dmytrenko Andriy Kovenko Ivan Losyev
50 km race walk	Serhiy Budza Andriy Kovenko	—
4×100 metres relay		Yelizaveta Bryzhina Yelizaveta Bryzhina Yelizaveta Bryzhina is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.Her personal best times are 11.44 seconds in the 100 metres , achieved in June 2007 in Kiev; and 22.44 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2010 in Barcelona.-Biography:Bryzhina is the daughter of the... Olena Chebanu Olena Chebanu Olena Chebanu is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.In the 200 metres she finished seventh at the 2006 European Championships and competed without reaching the final at the 2007 World Championships. In the 100 metres she won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer... Nataliya Pohrebnyak Olesya Povkh Mariya Ryemyen Mariya Ryemyen Mariya Ryemyen is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres. Ryemyen was part of the Ukrainian women's 4x100m that won gold during the during the 2010 European Athletics with 42.29 – the fastest time in the world that year.-Career:She finished seventh at the 2009 European U23... Hrystyna Stuy Hrystyna Stuy Hrystyna Stuy is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.In the 4 x 100 metres relay she competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...
4×400 metres relay	Ihor Bodrov Ihor Bodrov Ihor Bodrov is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Kharkiv. He finished fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships... Volodymyr Burakov Myhylo Knysh Stanislav Melnykov Stanislav Melnykov Stanislav Melnykov is a Ukrainian is a Ukrainian 400 metres hurdler and two times national champion . Melnykov won bronze at the 2010 European Athletics Championships on the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 46.54 seconds run in Bielsko-Biała .-References:... Maksym Nakonechnyy Dmytro Ostrovskyy	Kseniya Karandyuk Kseniya Karandyuk Kseniya Karandyuk is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.In the 4 x 400 metres relay she finished sixth at the 2006 European Championships... Alina Lohvynenko Darya Prystupa Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Anastasiya Rabchenyuk is a Ukrainian hurdler.She was born in Ternovka, at the time in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union .She is a world top level 400m hurdles runner.... Hanna Titimets Antonina Yefremova Antonina Yefremova Antonina Yefremova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2001 European U23 Championships, finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and fourth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships...

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Maksym Mazuryk Maksym Mazuryk Maksym Mazuryk is a Ukrainian pole vaulter. He was born in Donetsk. He is sporter of Fenerbahçe S.K. from Turkey.He was the 2002 World Junior champion, and finished 8th in the pole vault final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg... Denys Yurchenko Denys Yurchenko Denys Sergiyovich Yurchenko is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships. He also won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Dmytro Demyanyuk Oleksandr Nartov Oleksandr Nartov Oleksandr Nartov is a Ukrainian high jumper.He won the silver medal at the 2003 World Youth Championships and the 2005 World Youth Championships, the gold medal at the 2007 European Junior Championships, the bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade and the silver medal at the 2009 European U23... Andriy Protsenko Andriy Protsenko Andriy Protsenko is a Ukrainian high jumper.He won the silver medal at the 2007 European Junior Championships, and the bronze medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships...	Viktoriya Styopina Viktoriya Styopina Vita Styopina is a Ukrainian high jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, setting a new personal best of 2.02 in the process.She jumped an indoor personal best of 1.94 m to win the 2000 edition of the Hochsprung mit Musik....
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Oleksandr Soldatkin	Viktoriya Rybalko Viktoriya Rybalko Viktoriya Rybalko is a Ukrainian long jumper.She finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships....
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Viktor Kuznyetsov	Liliya Kulyk Liliya Kulyk Liliya Kulyk is a Ukrainian triple jumper.She won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships. This was the first time she broke the 14-metre barrier, with a 14.01 jump. She improved further to 14.39 metres when she won the 2007 European U23 Championships. At the 2009 European U23... Olha Saladukha
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Andriy Semenov Andriy Semenov Andriy Semenov is a Ukrainian shot putter.Semenov was born in Moldavian SSR. He finished fourth at the 2001 World Youth Championships...
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Ivan Hryshyn Oleksiy Semenov	Kateryna Karsak Kateryna Karsak Kateryna Karsak is a female discus thrower from Ukraine.She finished 4th in the discus final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg with a throw of 62.45m....
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Oleksiy Sokyrskyy Oleksiy Sokyrskyy Oleksiy Sokyrskyy is a Ukrainian hammer thrower. His personal best is 76.96 achieved 19 June 2011 in Stockholm.-Achievements:-References:...	Nataliya Zolotuhina
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Roman Avramenko Roman Avramenko -Achievements:-References:... Dmytro Kosynskyy Dmytro Kosynskyy -Achievements:-References:... Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Oleksandr Pyatnytsya Oleksandr Pyatnytsya is a male javelin thrower from Ukraine. His personal best is 81.96 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Saint-Denis....	Vira Rebryk Vira Rebryk Vira Viktorivna Rebryk is a female javelin thrower from Ukraine. Her personal best throw is 63.01 metres, achieved at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz. This is the current junior world record.-Achievements:-References:*...
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	—	Nataliya Dobrynska Nataliya Dobrynska Nataliya Dobrynska is a Ukrainian heptathlete. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and also holds the Heptathlon best in the Shot Put.... Hanna Melnychenko Hanna Melnychenko -Achievements:-References:... Lyudmyla Yosypenko Lyudmyla Yosypenko Lyudmyla Yosypenko is a Ukrainian heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:...
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Oleksiy Kasyanov Oleksiy Kasyanov Oleksiy Kasyanov is a Ukrainian decathlete. His personal best score is 8479 points, achieved at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany. He won the 2010 TNT-Fortuna Meeting in Kladno with a total of 8381 points, leading from the first day onwards with the help of a 14.24 seconds... Yevhen Nikitin	—