National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

The history of the Olympic movement in Ukraine started in 1952 when Ukrainian athletes participated at the Games of the XV Olympiad in Helsinki as a part of the U.S.S.R. Team for the first time.[1]

During 1952 - 1990 the Olympic movement in Ukraine was developing and strengthening its position in the country's life. Ukrainian athletes constituted at least 25% of the composition of each USSR Olympic team. During the Games of the XXII Olympiad in 1980 some matches of football tournament took place in Kyiv and it was a great success.

On 22 December 1990 the First General Assembly of founders took the decision to create the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the date mentioned above is the official date of its foundation. On recommendations of the International Olympic Committee, on 20 September 1991 in Ukraine was established the Ukrainian Olympic Academy on decision of the first session of the Ukrainian Olympic Assembly.[2] The academy is an independent public organization that functions under the auspices of the NOC of Ukraine and promotes development and strengthening of Olympic movement in Ukraine, spiritual interpersonal enrichment among people, proliferation the exchange of values of national culture marked by the ideas and principles of Olympism.

Couple of weeks after the referendum on independence, on 18 December 1991 the Verkhovna Rada petitioned to the International Olympic Committee to recognize the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine as a participant of Olympic movement since 1952.[3]

The NOC of Ukraine was permanently recognized by the International Olympic Committee in September 1993.

In 1995 the NOC of Ukraine started to publish its official monthly magazine "Olimpiyska Arena" ("Olympic Arena") and since 1997 it issues twice a month bulletin "Olympic News from the NOC of Ukraine".

On 28 March 2017 the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine signed a memorandum on cooperation with the International Children Center "Artek" (Carpathian).[4]

The NOC of Ukraine is working in accordance with the provisions of the Olympic Charter, the Ukrainian Constitution, the Ukrainian legislation and own Statutes.

Main tasks of the NOC of Ukraine are:

• to promote the preparation to and participation of athletes at the Olympic Games;
• to develop the international collaboration;
• to spread popular sports and healthy way of life;
• to enrich people physically and spiritually.

For this purpose the NOC of Ukraine cooperates with state, public and other organizations. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine unites 40 Ukrainian Olympic sports federations.

The NOC of Ukraine participated in 6 winter editions and 5 summer editions of the Olympic Games.

• Lillehammer 1994 – 1 gold and 1 bronze medals;
• Atlanta 1996 – 9 gold, 5 silver, 9 bronze medals;
• Nagano 1998 – 1 silver medal;
• Sydney 2000 – 3 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze medals;
• Salt Lake City 2002 – without medals;
• Athens 2004 – 8 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze medals;
• Torino 2006 – 2 bronze medals;
• Beijing 2008 – 7 gold, 5 silver and 15 bronze medals;
• Vancouver 2010 - without medals;
• London 2012 – 6 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze medals:
• Sochi 2014 - 1 gold and 1 bronze medals.

Mr. Sergey Bubka and Mr. Valeriy Borzov are officially elected as honorary members of International Olympic Committee in Ukraine.

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine has its regional branches in each region of Ukraine.[5] In similar way the Ukrainian Olympic Academy also has its regional branches in various educational institutions throughout Ukraine.[6] To resolve any disagreements, there also exists Sport Arbitration Tribunal.[7]

• Ukraine at the 1994 Winter Olympics
• Ukraine at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Ukraine at the 1998 Winter Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics

• Unified Sports Classification of Ukraine – a standardized sports ranking system and accepted sports terminology
• National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine - governing sports organization for the disabled (National Paralympic Committee)
• Sports Committee of Ukraine – the Association of Public Organizations is a non-government organization (NGO) that promotes non-Olympic sports
• Ukraine at the Olympics

• Hryvtseva, T. Development history of International and Ukrainian Olympic Movement. History of Olympic Sports of Ukraine, collection of scientific student works. Donetsk 2011.
• Bytyak, Yu. Administrative Law of Ukraine. "Urinkom Inter". Kiev 2007

• Official website
• Website of the Sports Committee of Ukraine
• General overview of development of the Olympic movement in Ukraine
• Official website of "Olympic Arene" magazine, "Olympic Arena" is an official magazine of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the former Ministry of Family, Youth, and Sports (merged with the Ministry of Education)
• Sports map pf Ukraine
• List of Olympic centers
• History of sports development in the Ukrainian SSR. Sport History.ru
• List of regional departments. NOC of Ukraine.