Ukraine at the 2023 World Athletics Championships

Ukraine at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
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WA code	UKR
in Budapest, Hungary 19 August 2023 (2023-08-19) – 27 August 2023 (2023-08-27)
Competitors	29 (11 men and 18 women)
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
World Athletics Championships appearances
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Ukraine competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27 August 2023. The country won two medals, one gold and one silver.

The best result for the Ukrainian men was Mykhaylo Kokhan's fifth place finish in the hammer throw. Andriy Protsenko, the 2022 World Championship bronze medalist in the men's high jump, finished 11th in the event this year.

Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, the 2019 World Championship silver medalist in the women's long jump, did not mark in qualifications this time. In her other event, the triple jump, she won the silver medal with a mark of 15.00 m.

Ukraine had four athletes competing in the women's high jump event: Yuliya Chumachenko, Iryna Herashchenko, Yuliya Levchenko (2017 World Championship silver medalist), and Yaroslava Mahuchikh (2019 World Championship silver medalist, 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, and 2022 World Championship silver medalist). Mahuchikh and Herashchenko both qualified for the final. In the final, Herashchenko had a mark of 1.94 m and finished tied for fifth. Mahuchikh was the only competitor to clear the bar at 2.01 m and won the gold medal.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Women's high jump	August 27
Silver	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk	Women's triple jump	August 25

Results

Ukraine entered 29 athletes.

Key

• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Season best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Oleksandr Pohorilko	400 metres	45.37	5	Did not advance
Serhii Svitlychnyi	20 kilometres walk	—	1:22:28 SB	28
Ivan Banzeruk	35 kilometres walk	—	DNF
Ihor Hlavan		—	2:45:18	33

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Oleh Doroshchuk	High jump	2.28 =PB	5 q	2.20	13
Dmytro Nikitin		2.18	=28	Did not advance
Andrii Protsenko		2.28	=6 q	2.25	11
Vladislav Malykhin	Pole vault	5.35	=26	Did not advance
Roman Kokoshko	Shot put	19.17	29	Did not advance
Mykhaylo Kokhan	Hammer throw	78.47	2 Q	79.59 SB	5
Artur Felfner	Javelin throw	73.94	32	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kateryna Karpiuk	400 metres	52.66	8	Did not advance
Nataliia Krol	800 metres	2:01.62	7	Did not advance
Olha Lyakhova		2:03.11	6	Did not advance
Nataliya Strebkova	3000 metres steeplechase	10:02.20	12	—	Did not advance
Anna Ryzhykova	400 metres hurdles	54.70	3 Q	54.42 SB	4	Did not advance
Viktoriya Tkachuk		55.05	2 Q	55.43	7	Did not advance
Lyudmila Olyanovska	20 kilometres walk	—	1:29:36 SB	11
Hanna Shevchuk		—	1:31:44 SB	19
Olena Sobchuk		—	1:28:50 PB	10
Vasylyna Sydorchuk	35 kilometres walk	—	2:57:24	20
Alina Tsvilii		—	3:09:23	34

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yuliya Chumachenko	High jump	1.85	=23	Did not advance
Iryna Gerashchenko		1.89	=9 q	1.94	=5
Yuliia Levchenko		1.89	=17	Did not advance
Yaroslava Mahuchikh		1.92	=1 q	2.01
Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
	Triple jump	14.55	4 Q	15.00 SB
Mariya Siney	Triple jump	13.38	32	Did not advance
Iryna Klymets	Hammer throw	66.87	31	Did not advance

External links

• Ukraine Results
• Budapest 23｜World Athletics Championships