Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

competed in the

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as an independent nation for the first time at the

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. Previously, Kazakhstani athletes competed for the

Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics (russian: Объединённая команда на летних Олимпийских играх 1992) in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet Union ...

. 96 competitors, 72 men and 24 women, took part in 99 events in 14 sports.

Medalists

Archery

Kazakhstan sent six archers to Atlanta. Only one, Vadim Chikarev, won a match in the individual round. Chikarev had competed on the Unified Team in Barcelona. The women's team defeated the

in the team round. Women's Individual Competition: *

Anna Mozhar Anna Mozhar (born 3 March 1974) is a Kazakhstani archer. She competed in the women's individual and team events at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 an ...

– Round of 64, 37th place (0-1) * Irina Leonova – Round of 64, 52nd place (0-1) *

Yana Touniiantse Yana Tunyantse (born 29 October 1972) is a Kazakhstani archer. She competed in the women's individual and team events at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1 ...

– Round of 64, 58th place (0-1) Men's Individual Competition: * Vadim Chikarev – Round of 32, 30th place (1-1) *

Vitaliy Shin Vitaly Shin (born 21 June 1961) is a Kazakhstani archer. He competed in the men's individual and team events at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and c ...

– Round of 64, 33rd place (0-1) * Sergei Martynov – Round of 64, 43rd place (0-1) Women's Team Competition: * Mozhar, Leonova, and Touniiantse – Quarterfinal, 8th place (1-1) Men's Team Competition: * Chikarev, Shin, and Martynov – Round of 16, 13th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres * Vitaliy Savin * Vitaly Medvedev Men's 20 km Walk *

Valeriy Borisov Valery Aleksandrovich Borisov (russian: Валерий Александрович Борисов; born 18 September 1966 in Temirtau, Karaganda Region) is a male race walker from Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan ...

Men's 50 km Walk * Sergey Korepanov – 3:48:42 (→ 8th place) Men's Pole Vault *

Igor Potapovich Igor Potapovich (Игорь Потапович; born September 6, 1967, in Almaty) is a former pole vault athlete from Kazakhstan. Potapovich won his first World Junior Championship in 1986. He won the World Cup in 1992. He also finished second ...

Men's Triple Jump * Sergey Arzamasov Men's Shot Put * Sergey Rubtsov Women's 100 metres * Nataliya Vorobyova :* Heat - 11.91 (→ did not advance) Women's 400 metres * Svetlana Bodritskaya :* Heat – 53.24 (→ did not advance) Women's 400m Hurdles * Natalya Torshina :* Qualification – 55.94 (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump * Yelena Pershina :* Qualification – 6.50m (→ did not advance) * Yelena Koshcheyeva :* Qualification – 5.55m (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump * Svetlana Zalevskaya :* Qualification – 1.93m :* Final – 1.93m (→ 14th place) Women's Shot Put * Yelena Baltabayeva :* Qualification – 16.40m (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon * Svetlana Kazanina :* Final Result – 6002 points (→ 18th place) Women's 10 km Walk * Svetlana Tolstaya – 45:35 (→ 21st place) * Maya Sazonova – 47:33 (→ 35th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Bolat Dzhumadilov → Silver_medal

Silver Medal *# First Round – Defeated Vladislav Neiman (Israel), 18-7 *# Second Round – Defeated Serhiy Kovganko (Ukraine), 21-4 *# Quarterfinals – Defeated

Damaen Kelly Damaen Kelly (born 3 April 1973) (also incorrectly known as ''Damien Kelly'') is a British former professional boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who competed from 1997 to 2006. He held the IBO flyweight title from 2000 to 2001 and the IBO ...

(Ireland), 13-6 *# Semifinals – Defeated Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 23-18 *# Final – Lost to

Maikro Romero Maikro Romero (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) a ...

(Cuba), 11-12 Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Bektas Abubakirov *# First Round – Lost to

Rachid Bouaita Rachid Bouaita (born September 20, 1974 in Maubeuge, Nord) is a retired boxer from France, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. His best result was finishing in fifth place after being defeat ...

(France), 4-10 Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * Bakhtiyar Tileganov *# First Round – Lost to

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(United States), referee stopped contest in second round Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) *

Bolat Niyazymbetov Bolat Niyazymbetov (born September 19, 1972) is a Kazakhstani Light Welterweight boxer. He won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Olympic results * Defeated Carlos Martínez (Mexico) 25-3 * Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia) 11-3 * D ...

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Bronze Medal *# First Round – Defeated Carlos Martínez (Mexico), 25-3 *# Second Round – Defeated

Davis Mwale Davis Mwale (born May 8, 1972) is a boxer from Zambia. He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Light welterweight (64 kg) division by Cuba's eventual ...

(Zambia), 11-3 *# Quarterfinals – Defeated Moghimi Babak (Iran), 13-8 *# Semifinals – Lost to

Héctor Vinent Héctor Vinent Cháron (born July 25, 1972, in Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games o ...

(Cuba), 6-23 Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) *

Nurzhan Smanov Nurzhan Smanov (Нуржан Сманов; born February 17, 1972) is a retired boxer from Kazakhstan, who competed for his native country in the Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The ...

*# First Round – Defeated Lynden Hosking (Australia), referee stopped contest in second round *# Second Round – Defeated Abdul Rasheed Baloch (Pakistan), 13-9 *# Quarterfinals – Lost to

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Bronze Medal *# First Round – Defeated Nick Farrell (Canada), 15-4 *# Second Round – Defeated Hendrik Simangunsong (Indonesia), referee stopped contest in first round *# Quarterfinals – Defeated

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(Germany), 19-9 *# Semifinals – Lost to

Alfredo Duvergel Alfredo Duvergel (born April 2, 1968) is a Cuban boxing, boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's light middleweight (– 71 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Career He lost the World championship finals against ...

(Cuba), 19-28 Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) *

Vassili Jirov Vassiliy Valeryevich Jirov (russian: Васи́лий Вале́рьевич Жи́ров; born 4 April 1974), sometimes known as Vasily Zhirov, is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2009, and held the IBF cruise ...

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Gold Medal *# First Round – Defeated Julio González (Mexico), referee stopped contest in second round *# Second Round – Defeated

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(Italy), 18-13 *# Quarterfinals – Defeated

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(Canada), 14-8 *# Semifinals – Defeated

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(United States), 15-9 *# Final – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea), 17-4 Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) *

Mikhail Yurchenko Mikhail Yurchenko (russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ю́рченко; born 20 June 1970) is a retired boxer from Kazakhstan, who competed for his native country in the Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Oly ...

*# First Round – Bye *# Second Round – Lost to

Alexei Lezin Alexei Vladimirovich Lezin (russian: Алексей Владимирович Лeзин, born February 27, 1973) is a Russian former amateur boxer, who won the Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Accomplishments *1993 comp ...

(Russia), referee stopped contest in first round

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Men's Individual Road Race *

Andrey Kivilev Andrei Mikhailovich Kivilev (russian: Андрей Михайлович Кивилёв, 20 September 1973 – 12 March 2003) was a professional road bicycle racer from Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan. In March 2003, he crashed during the Paris–Nice r ...

* Alexander Vinokourov * Aleksandr Shefer * Andrey Teteryuk Women's Individual Road Race * Alla Vasilenko :* Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track competition

Men's Points Race * Sergey Lavrenenko :* Final – 7 points (→ 10th place) Men's Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres) * Vadim Kravchenko Women's Points Race * Alla Vasilenko

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard * Irina Vyguzova :* Preliminary Heat – 276.45 :* Semi Final – 202.86 :* Final – 273.06 (→ 10th place) * Yelena Ivanova :* Preliminary Heat – 235.50 :* Semi Final – 187.20 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 10m Platform * Irina Vyguzova :* Preliminary Heat – 319.11 :* Semi Final – 158.40 :* Final – 274.20 (→ 7th place)

Fencing

One male fencer represented Kazakhstan in 1996. ; Men's foil * Vyacheslav Grigoryev

Gymnastics

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight * Sergey Akhirov Men's Lightweight * Akhat Akhirov Men's Half-Middleweight * Ruslan Seilkhanov Men's Middleweight * Sergey Alimzhanov Men's Half-Heavyweight * Sergey Shakimov Men's Heavyweight * Igor Peshkov Women's Half-Middleweight * Valentina Kamsulyeva Women's Half-Heavyweight * Yevgeniya Bogunova

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition: * Alexandre Paryguin – 5551 pts (→ Gold Medal) * Dmitriy Tyurin – 3878 pts (→ 31st place)

Shooting

Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol (25 metres) *

Vladimir Vokhmyanin Vladimir Anatolyevich Vokhmyanin (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Вохмянин, born 27 January 1962) is a Kazakhstani sport shooter. He was born in Temirtau. He won two Olympic bronze medals in 25 metre rapid fire pistol; o ...

Men's Air Rifle (10 metres) * Sergey Belyayev Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions (50 metres) * Sergey Belyayev Men's Small-Bore Rifle Prone (50 metres) * Sergey Belyayev Men's Running Target (10 metres) * Yury Rodnov Women's Air Pistol (10 metres) *

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* Yuliya Bondareva Women's Sporting Pistol (25 metres) * Yuliya Bondareva *

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle * Sergey Borisenko :* Heat – 23.29 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 100 m Freestyle * Aleksey Yegorov :* Heat – 50.49 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Aleksey Yegorov :* Heat – 1:51.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Sergey Ushkalov :* Heat – 58.41 (→ did not advance, 41st place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Aleksandr Savitsky :* Heat – 1:05.85 (→ did not advance, 38th place) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Andrey Gavrilov :* Heat – 54.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 200 m Individuel Medley * Aleksandr Savitsky :* Heat – 2:08.78 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Sergey Borisenko, Aleksey Khovrin, Sergey Ushkalov, and Aleksey Yegorov :* Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Sergey Ushkalov, Aleksandr Savitsky, Andrey Gavrilov, and Aleksey Yegorov :* Heat – 3:49.51 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle *

Yevgeniya Yermakova Yevgeniya Yermakova (born April 9, 1976 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Kazakhstan. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 ( Barcelona, Spain) for the Unified Team. ...

:* Heat – 25.97 :* B-Final – 26.06 (→ 13th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's Light-Heavyweight * Rishat Mansurov :* Final – 155.0 + 182.5 = 337.5 (→ 10th place) * Kuanysh Rymkulov :* Final – DNS (→ no ranking)

Notes

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References

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