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competed at the

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, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

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sent a total of 114 athletes to the Games, 71 men and 43 women, to compete in 17 sports. The nation's team size was roughly smaller by 16 athletes from Sydney, and had the third largest share of men in its Summer Olympic history.

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was the only team-based sport in which Kazakhstan had its representation in these Olympic games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Kazakhstan marked its official Olympic debut in rhythmic gymnastics. Notable Kazakh athletes featured returning Olympic medalists Alexander Vinokourov in road cycling and Islam Bairamukov in men's freestyle wrestling. Grigoriy Yegorov made his official comeback for his second Olympic bid, since he won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault at the

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, representing the Soviet Union. Pistol shooter

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was the oldest and most accomplished member of the team at age 55. Meanwhile, backstroke swimmer

Anastassiya Prilepa Anastasiya Sergeyevna Prilepa (also ''Anastassiya Prilepa'', kk, Анастасия Сергеевна Прилепа; born March 15, 1990) is a Kazakh swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She is a multiple-time Kazakhstan champion in ...

set a historic milestone for the Kazakh team as the youngest ever athlete, aged 14, to compete at the Olympics. Kazakhstan left Athens with a total of eight Olympic medals (one gold, four silver, and three bronze), finishing fortieth in the overall medal count. This was also the nation's poorest Olympic performance in history since the breakup of the Soviet Union, collecting only a single gold medal from welterweight boxer

Bakhtiyar Artayev Bakhtiyar Garifollauly Artayev ( kk, Бақтияр Ғарифоллаұлы Артаев, ''Baqtiiar Ğarifollaūly Artaev''; born 14 March 1983) is a Kazakh amateur boxer who won the gold medal for Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He w ...

. Three of these medals were awarded each to the athletes in

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and

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, including Artayev's illustrious gold, while

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added a second Olympic medal for Kazakhstan in track and field by claiming the bronze in men's decathlon. Weightlifter

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originally captured a bronze in the men's 77 kg class. On February 12, 2013, the

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stripped Russia's

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of his 2004 Olympic medal after both probes were retested and showed traces of

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s, upgrading Filimonov's medal to silver.

Medalists

Archery

Two Kazakh archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery.

Athletics

Kazakh athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

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;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

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Boxing

Kazakhstan sent eight boxers to the 2004 Olympics. Each of them won at least one bout, a feat that not even

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accomplished. Three of the Kazakhstani boxers won medals, one each of gold, silver, and bronze. This put Kazakhstan in a tie with

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for third place in the boxing medals count, behind only Cuba and

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. Russia was a constant annoyance for the Kazakhs, as they lost four of the five matches they boxed against Russians. In contrast,

won the only match Kazakhstan had against the almost-invincible Cubans. Two boxers were defeated in the round of 16. Three more fell in the quarterfinals, just missing medals. The combined record of the eight boxers was 17-7.

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Track

;Pursuit ;Omnium

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men

Rhythmic

Judo

Eight Kazakh judoka (five men and three women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. ;Men ;Women

Modern pentathlon

Two Kazakh athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the Asian Modern Pentathlon Championships.

Shooting

Four Kazakh shooters qualified to compete in the following events: ;Men ;Women

Swimming

Kazakh swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): ;Men ;Women

Synchronized swimming

Two Kazakh synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

Taekwondo

Kazakhstan has sent one taekwondo jin to compete.

Triathlon

Four Kazakh triathletes qualified for the following events.

Water polo

Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;9th-12th Place Semifinal ;11th-12th Place Final

Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;7th-8th Place Final

Weightlifting

Three Kazakh weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Wrestling

Kazakh wrestlers qualified to compete in all events except the men's freestyle 60 kg class and the women's freestyle wrestling. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman

References

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadKazakhstan National Olympic Committee
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kazakhstan At The 2004 Summer Olympics Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2004

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