The Olympic Dictionary 210 UGANDA
The Olympic Dictionary U UGANDA (Republic of Uganda, Africa, capital Kampala, area 241.038 km2, population 30.883.807). 6 medals: one gold, 3 silvers, 2 bronzes. Best Olympics: Munich 1972 with one gold and a silver. Best sport: track & field, with one gold and one bronze (it has won most medals in boxing, 4, but no golds). Best athlete: John Akii-Bua, gold in the 400 m hurdles in 1972. The Ugandan Olympic Committee, founded in 1950, was recognised by the IOC in 1956. Since then they have appeared at every Olympics except for the 1976 Games, which they missed because of the boycott. UKRAINE (Europe, capital Kiev, area 603.700 km2, population 46.205.379). 69 medals: 21 gold, 17 silver, 31 bronze. Best Olympics: Athens 2004 with 9 golds, 5 silvers and 9 bronzes (curiously the Ukraine has won 23 medals in each of the three Olympics it has appeared at, with 9 golds at Atlanta 1996 but fewer silvers, 2 versus 5). Best sport: gymnastics, with 6 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronzes. Best athlete: (q.v.) Yana Klochkova, swimming, with 4 golds (200 medley, 2000 and 2004, 400 medley, 2000 and 2004) and a silver (800 freestyle, 2000). Between 1952 and 1988, Ukrainian athletes representing the USSR and, in 1992, the Unified Team, won 230 medals, over 20% of the total: the outright record holder in terms of Olympic medals won, (q.v.) Larissa Latynina who won 18, is Ukrainian, for example. She won 9 golds (all-round 1956 and 1960, team competition 1956, 1960 and 1964, floor 1956, 1960 and 1964, vault 1956), 5 silvers (uneven bars 1956 and 1960, beam 1960, all-round 1964, vault 1964) and 4 bronzes (team competition with portable apparatus 1956, vault 1960, beam 1964, uneven bars 1964).
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