Tajikistan at the Olympics

Tajikistan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has also competed at the Winter Olympics since 2002. To date, Andrei Drygin is one of two people ever to have represented Tajikistan at the Winter Olympic Games, being his country's sole competitor in 2002, 2006, and 2010.

Tajikistan at the
Olympics
IOC codeTJK
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan
Websitewww.olympic.tj (in Tajik)
Medals
Ranked 102nd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Previously, Tajik athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics until 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. The following athletes from Tajik SSR were medallists for the Soviet Union: Yuri Lobanov, Zebiniso Rustamova, Nellie Kim and Andrey Abduvaliyev.

Tajikistan won its first Olympic medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, when Rasul Boqiev took the bronze medal in Men's Judo - 73kg. Dilshod Nazarov won the first gold medal for Tajikistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the hammer throw.

The National Olympic Committee for Tajikistan was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1900–1912as part of  Russian Empire (RU1)
1952–1988as part of  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelonaas part of  Unified Team (EUN)
1996 Atlanta80000-
2000 Sydney40000-
2004 Athens90000-
2008 Beijing13011264
2012 London16001179
2016 Rio de Janeiro7100154
2020 Tokyo110000-
2024 ParisFuture Event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total112499

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1952 OsloAs 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 AlbertvilleAs part of  Unified Team (EUN)
1994 LillehammerDid not participate
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City10000
2006 Turin10000
2010 Vancouver10000-
2014 Sochi10000-
2018 PyeongchangDid not participate
2022 BeijingFuture Event
2026 Milan–Cortina
Total0000-

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics1001
Wrestling0101
Boxing0011
Judo0011
Totals (4 sports)1124

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 SilverYusup Abdusalomov 2008 Beijing WrestlingMen's freestyle 84 kg
 BronzeRasul Boqiev 2008 Beijing JudoMen's 73 kg
 BronzeMavzuna Chorieva 2012 London BoxingWomen's lightweight
 GoldDilshod Nazarov 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's hammer throw

See also

  • "Tajikistan". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Tajikistan". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/TJK". olympanalyt.com.


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