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 at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney, Australia. 130 competitors, 86 men and 44 women, took part in 104 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Archery

The Kazakh archers won five matches in 2000, three more than they had four years earlier. Two archers advanced to the round of 16 and the men's team made it to the quarterfinals. Men's Team: * Shikarev, Zabrodskiy, and Li – quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m * Vitaliy Medvedev :* Round 1 – 10.75 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m * Gennadiy Chernovol :* Round 1 – 20.95 (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put * Sergey Rubtsov :* Qualifying – 15.90 (→ did not advance) Men's Triple Jump * Sergey Arzamasov :* Qualifying – 16.70 (→ did not advance) * Oleg Sakirkin :* Qualifying – 16.20 (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump * Yuriy Pakhlyayev :* Qualifying – 2.24 (→ did not advance) 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 ...

:* Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance) 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 ...

:* Final – 1:28:36 (→ 38th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Sergey Korepanov :* Final – 3:53:30 (→ 15th place) *

:* Final – 4:01:11 (→ 25th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m * Viktoria Kovyreva :* Round 1 – 11.72 (→ did not advance) Women's 400 m * Svetlana Bodritskaya :* Round 1 – 53.91 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Hurdles *

Olga Shishigina Olga Vasilyevna Shishigina (russian: link=no, Ольга Васильевна Шишигина; born 23 December 1968 in Almaty) is a retired Kazakhstani track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. Honoured Master of S ...

:* Round 1 – 12.81 :* Round 2 – 12.66 :* Semifinal – 12.71 :* Final – 12.65 (→ Gold Medal) Women's 400 m Hurdles * Natalya Torshina :* Round 1 – 56.38 :* Semifinal – 56.22 (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put * Iolanta Ulyeva :* Qualifying – 16.38 (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump * Yelena Kashcheyeva :* Qualifying – 6.57 (→ did not advance) * Yelena Pershina :* Qualifying – 6.24 (→ did not advance) * Anna Tarasova :* Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance) Women's Triple Jump *

Yelena Parfenova Yelena Vladimirovna Parfyonova (russian: Елена Владимировна Парфёнова; born 26 January 1974 in North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR) is a retired Kazakhstani triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop ...

:* Qualifying – 13.50 (→ did not advance) * Anna Tarasova :* Qualifying – 13.11 (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump * Svetlana Zalevskaya :* Qualifying – 1.94 :* Final – 1.96 (→ 6th place) Women's 20 km Walk * Svetlana Tolstaya :* Final – 1:35:19 (→ 21st place) * Yelena Kuznetsova :* Final – 1:42:45 (→ 40th place) * Maya Sazonova :* Final – DNF Women's Marathon * Garifa Kuku :* Final – DNF Women's Heptathlon * Svetlana Kazanina :* 100 m Hurdles – 14.71 :* High Jump – 1.75 :* Shot Put – 12.97 :* 200 m – 25.04 :* Long Jump – 5.84 :* Javelin Throw – 43.53 :* 800 m – 02:10.45 :* Points – 5898 (→ 16th place) * Irina Naumenko :* 100 m Hurdles – 14.26 :* High Jump – 1.84 :* Shot Put – 11.26 :* 200 m – 25.19 :* Long Jump – 5.88 :* Javelin Throw – 32.53 :* 800 m – 02:18.49 :* Points – 5634 (→ 21st place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Bulat Jumadilov :*Round 1 – Bye :*Round 2 – Defeated

Kennedy Kanyanta Kennedy Kanyanta (born April 10, 1979 in Mufulira, Copperbelt) is a Zambian boxer who won the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's flyweight division and bronze at the 2007 AllAfrica Games as an amateur. Amateur At the Olympics 2000 he had a bye, ...

of Zambia :*Quarterfinal – Defeated Vakhtang Darchinian of Armenia :*Semifinal – Defeated

Jérôme Thomas Jérôme Cedric Thomas (born 20 January 1979) is a French former boxer, he competed in the flyweight (– 51 kg) division as an amateur and as a bantamweight as a professional. Amateur boxing career Thomas won the world championship at ...

of France :*Final – Lost to Winjad Ponlid of Thailand → Silver medal Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * Bekzat Sattarkhanov :*Round 1 – Defeated Bobirnat Ovidiu Tiberiu of Romania :*Round 2 – Defeated Jeffrey Mathebula of South Africa :*Quarterfinal – Defeated Ramazan Palyani of Turkey :*Semifinal – Defeated

Tahar Tamsamani Tahar Tamsamani (born 10 September 1980) is a retired Moroccan boxer. He competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2000 he won a bronze medal in the featherweight (57 kg) division, after falling in the ...

of Morocco :*Final – Defeated Ricardo Mortel of United States → Gold medal Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) *

Nurzhan Karimzhanov Nurzhan Karimzhanov (born 30 May 1980) is a Kazakhstani boxer, who won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in the Junior Welterweight division. Career At the Olympics 2000 he fought at lightweight and beat among others local hero Michael K ...

:*Round 1 – Defeated Artur Guevorkian of Armenia :*Round 2 – Defeated

Michael Katsidis Michael Alan Katsidis ( ; el, Μιχάλης Κατσίδης; born 15 August 1980) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He held the WBO interim lightweight title twice between 2007 and 2010, and challeng ...

of Australia :*Quarterfinal – Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk of Ukraine (→ did not advance) Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) * Daniyar Munaytbasov :*Round 1 – Defeated

Paulus Ali Nuumbembe Paulus Ali Nuumbembe (born 24 June 1978 in Oshakati, Oshana Region, Namibia) is a Namibian welterweight boxer. Nicknamed "The Silent Assassin", Nuumbembe is a former Commonwealth champion who represented Namibia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and t ...

of Namibia :*Round 2 – Defeated

Leonard Bundu Leonard Bundu (born 21 November 1974) is a Sierra Leone-born Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016. He held multiple regional welterweight championships, including the European title twice between 2011 and 2016; the Eu ...

of Italy :*Quarterfinal – Lost to Sergey Dotsenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance) Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) *

Yermakhan Ibraimov Yermakhan Ibraimov (born 1 January 1972 in Jambyl Region) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. Four years earlier, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he ...

:*Round 1 – Defeated Yousif Massas of Syria :*Round 2 – Defeated

Hely Yánes Hely Yánes (born May 25, 1967) is a male light-middleweight boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was defeated in the second round of the men's light-middleweight di ...

of Venezuela :*Quarterfinal – Defeated

Juan Hernández Sierra Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight (< 67 kg) division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He remains the most recent undisputed middleweight champion, having won the WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine, a ...

of United States :*Final – Defeated Marin Simion of Romania → Gold medal Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) * Olzhas Orazaliyev :*Round 1 – Defeated Hugo Garay of Argentina :*Round 2 – Defeated Isael Alvarez of Cuba :*Quarterfinal – Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance) Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) *

Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov Mukhtarkhan Qabylanbekuly Dildabekov ( kk, Мұхтархан Қабыланбекұлы Ділдәбеков, ''Mūhtarhan Qabylanbekūly Dıldäbekov''; born March 19, 1976) is a Kazakh boxer, best known to win the silver medal in the Super He ...

:*Round 1 – Bye :*Round 2 – Defeated Grzegorz Kielsa of Poland :*Quarterfinal – Defeated

Alexis Rubalcaba Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgr ...

of Cuba :*Semifinal – Defeated

Rustam Saidov Rustam Saidov (Рустам Саидов; born 6 February 1978) is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who competed in the Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. Career In Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics, ...

of Uzbekistan :*Final – Lost to Audley Harrison of Great Britain → Silver medal

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m * Sergey Sergin :* Qualifying Heat – 01:47.253 (→ did not advance) Men's Kayak Singles 1,000 m * Sergey Sergin :* Qualifying Heat – 03:42.645 :* Semifinal – 03:47.633 (→ did not advance) Men's Canoe Singles 500 m * Kaisar Nurmaganbetov :* Qualifying Heat – 01:55.422 :* Semifinal – 01:54.465 (→ did not advance) Men's Canoe Singles 1,000 m * Kaisar Nurmaganbetov :* Qualifying Heat – 04:01.438 :* Semifinal – 04:05.206 (→ did not advance) Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m * Konstantin Negodyayev and Zhomart Satubaldin :* Qualifying Heat – 01:45.810 :* Semifinal – 01:45.809 :* Final – 02:01.436 (→ 7th place) Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m * Konstantin Negodyayev and Zhomart Satubaldin :* Qualifying Heat – 03:53.366 :* Semifinal – 03:48.756 (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial *

Andrei Teteriouk Andrey Teteryuk is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer who represented his country at the Olympic games. Major results ;1987 :1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia ;1989 :1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia :1st Stage 1 Okolo Sloven ...

:* Final – 0:58:52 (→ 6th place) * Alexander Vinokourov :* Final – 1:01:34 (→ 27th place) Men's Road Race * Alexander Vinokourov :* Final – 5:29:17 (Silver medal) *

:* Final – 5:30:46 (→ 46th place) * Alexandr Shefer :* Final – 5:30:46 (→ 53rd place) * Sergei Yakovlev :* Final – 5:30:46 (→ 57th place) * Andrei Kivilev :* Final – 5:30:46 (→ 73rd place)

Track Cycling

Men's Individual Pursuit * Vadim Kravchenko :*Qualifying – 04:40.410 (→ did not advance) Men's Point Race * Sergey Lavrenenko :*Points – 1 :*Laps Down – 2 (→ 20th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard *

Alisher Seitov Alisher Seitov (born 5 May 1979) is a Kazakhstani diver. He competed in the men's 3 metre springboard event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( ...

:* Preliminary – 307.62 (→ did not advance, 42nd place) Men's 10 Metre Platform * Damir Akhmetbekov :* Preliminary – 75.42 (→ did not advance, 42nd place) Men's 10 Metre Platform * Alexey Gurman :* Preliminary – 320.13 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Women's 3 Metre Springboard * Natalya Popova :* Preliminary – 234.90 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Women's 3 Metre Springboard * Irina Vyguzova :* Preliminary – 303.30 :* Semi-final – 217.47 – 520.77 :* Final – 310.86 – 528.33 (→ 9th place) Women's 10 Metre Platform * Irina Vyguzova :* Preliminary – 284.52 :* Semi-final – 157.15 – 441.69 (→ did not advance, 15th place) Women's 10 Metre Platform * Natalya Chikina :* Preliminary – 269.58 :* Semi-final – 162.27 – 458.85 :* Final – 304.53 – 466.80 (→ 9th place)

Fencing

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Kazakhstan in 2000. ; Men's foil * Andrey Kolganov ; Men's épée *

Sergey Shabalin Sergey Shabalin (born 24 August 1971) is a Kazakhstani fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dh ...

; Men's sabre * Igor Tsel ; Women's foil * Nelya Sevostiyanova ; Women's épée * Nataliya Goncharova

Gymnastics

Judo

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle * Sergey Borisenko :* Preliminary Heat – 23.46 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Freestyle * Igor Sitnikov :* Preliminary Heat – 52.57 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Freestyle *

Andrey Kvasov Andrey Vasilievich Kvasov (russian: Андрей Васильевич Квасов, ca. 1720 – ca. 1770) was a notable Baroque architect who worked in Tsardom of Russia including the territory of Ukraine. Very little is known about his lif ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 1:55.72 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Andrey Gavrilov :* Preliminary Heat – 56.14 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Aleksandr Savitsky :* Preliminary Heat – 01:05.95 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Pavel Sidorov :* Preliminary Heat – 01:01.02 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Individual Medley * Grigoriy Matuzkov :* Preliminary Heat – 02:05.45 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 m Individual Medley * Grigoriy Matuzkov :* Preliminary Heat – 04:31.89 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle * Igor Sitnikov,

, Pavel Sidorov, and Sergey Borisenko :* Preliminary Heat – 03:28.90 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley * Marina Mulyayeva :* Preliminary Heat – 02:22.72 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet * Aliya Karimova, Galina Shatnaya :* Technical Routine – 29.12 Did not compete in free routine

Triathlon

Men

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Lost to Spain (7-8) :* Tied with Australia (11-11) :* Lost to Russia (7-9) :* Defeated Slovakia (9-5) :* Lost to Italy (7-13) *Classification Round :* Tied with Greece (6-6) :* Defeated Slovakia (11-8) :* Defeated the Netherlands (6-4) → Ninth place *Team Roster :* Roman Chentsov :* Konstantin Chernov :* Sergey Drozdov :* Aleksandr Yelke :* Askar Orazalinov :* Yevgeny Prokhin :* Artemy Sevostyanov :* Aleksandr Shvedov :* Igor Zagoruykov :* Ivan Zaytsev :* Yevgeny Zhilyayev :* Denis Zhivchikov

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round Robin ---- ---- ---- ---- * Classification Match *Team Roster :* Rezeda Aleyeva :* Anastasiya Boroda :* Irina Borodavko :* Svetlana Buravova :* Nataliya Galkina :* Yekaterina Gerzanich :* Tatyana Gubina :* Nataliya Ignatyeva :* Asel Dzhakayeva :* Svetlana Koroleva :* Olga Leshchuk :* Larisa Olkhina :* Yuliya Pyryseva

Weightlifting

Men
Women

Wrestling

Notes

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

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