Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

competed at the

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. Kyrgyzstan won their first Olympic medal at these games. 48 competitors, 35 men and 13 women, took part in 59 events in 9 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's Javelin Throw * Dmitriy Shnayder :* Qualifying – 66.40 (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw * Nikolay Davydov :* Qualifying – no mark (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Nazirdin Akylbekov :* Final – 2:31:26 (→ 70th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m * Oksana Luneva :* Round 1 – 54.98 (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw * Tatyana Sudarikova :* Qualifying – 48.33 (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump * Elena Bobrovskaia :* Qualifying – 6.19 (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump * Tatyana Efimenko :* Qualifying – no mark (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon * Irina Bogachova :* Final – 2:29:55 (→ 14th place)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) *

Taalaibek Kadiraliev Taalaybek Kadyraliyev (born 7 September 1968) is a Kyrgyzstani former boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as ...

**Round 1 – Defeated Ngoudjo Herman of Cameroon **Round 2 – Lost to Clarence Vinson of United States (→ did not advance) Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Almazbek Raiymkulov **Round 1 – Defeated Tumentsetseg Uitumen of Mongolia **Round 2 – Defeated

José Leonardo Cruz José Leonardo Cruz (born 17 December 1975) is a Colombian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ...

of Colombia **Quarterfinal – Lost to

Cristian Bejarano Cristian is the Romanian and Spanish form of the male given name Christian. In Romanian, it is also a surname. Cristian may refer to: People * Cristian (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian footballer * Cristian Adomniței (born 1975), Romanian en ...

of Mexico (→ did not advance) Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) *

Nurbek Kasenov Nurbek Kasenov (born 3 January 1976) is a Kyrgyzstani former boxer. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( ...

**Round 1 – Lost to

Hely Yanes Hely is both a given name and a surname, and may refer to: Given name * Hely Ollarves (born 1981), Venezuelan athlete * Hely Yánes (born 1967), Venezuelan boxer Surname * Cuthbert Hely, English lutenist and composer * Frederick Augustus Hely ( ...

of Venezuela (→ did not advance) Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) *

Vladislav Vizilter Vladislav Vizilter (born 17 August 1979) is a Kyrgyzstani former boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydne ...

**Round 1 – Bye **Round 2 – Lost to

Zsolt Erdei Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven c ...

of Hungary (→ did not advance) Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) *

Alexey Katulievsky Aleksey Katulevsky (born 19 December 1978) is a Kyrgyzstani former boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known a ...

**Round 1 – Defeated

George Olwande Odindo George Olwande Odindo (born 12 October 1971) is a Kenyan boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2 ...

of Kenya **Round 2 – Lost to

John Dovi John Dovi (born 2 January 1973 in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France) is a former French amateur boxer who medaled repeatedly in international competitions. Career He was 7 times French light-heavy champ from 1999 to 2005. In Houston at the 19 ...

of France (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial * Evgeny Wacker :* Final – 1:00:21 (→ 17th place) Men's Road Race * Evgeny Wacker :* Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

One male fencer represented Kyrgyzstan in 2000. ; Men's épée * Aleksandr Poddubny

Judo

* Olga Artamonova ** Women's half middleweight – T9th place

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle *

Sergey Ashihmin Sergey Ashihmin (russian: Серге́й Ашихмин; is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a former Kyrgyzstan record holder in the 50 and 100 ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 23.53 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Freestyle *

:* Preliminary Heat – 51.28 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Dmitri Kuzmin :* Preliminary Heat – 1:52.93 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Ivan Ivanov :* Preliminary Heat – 04:09.33 (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Ivan Ivanov :* Preliminary Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Butterfly *

Konstantin Ushkov Konstantin Ushkov (russian: Константин Ушков ; born August 2, 1977) is a retired butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in freestyle relay. He also competed for Kyrgyzstan at the 2000 Summ ...

:* Preliminary Heat – 55.25 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Butterfly * Konstantin Andriushin :* Preliminary Heat – 02:04.86 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Evgeny Petrashov :* Preliminary Heat – 01:07.32 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Breaststroke * Alexandr Tkachev :* Preliminary Heat – 02:15.63 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Konstantin Prayhkin :* Preliminary Heat – 59.86 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Backstroke * Aleksandr Yegorov :* Preliminary Heat – 02:13.86 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 m Individual Medley * Andrei Pakin :* Preliminary Heat – 02:07.88 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle *

, Dmitri Kuzmin, and Alexei Pavlov :* Preliminary Heat – 03:25.03 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle * Andrei Pakin, Dmitri Kuzmin, Alexandr Shilin, and Ivan Ivanov :* Preliminary Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley * Alexandr Tkachev, Alexandr Shilin,

, and

:* Preliminary Heat – 03:46.70 (→ did not advance) Women's 50 m Freestyle * Ekaterina Tochenaya :* Preliminary Heat – 26.88 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Freestyle * Ekaterina Tochenaya :* Preliminary Heat – 58.8 (→ did not advance) Women's 200 m Freestyle * Anna Korshikova :* Preliminary Heat – 02:08.08 (→ did not advance) Women's 400 m Freestyle * Nataliya Korabelnikova :* Preliminary Heat – 04:24.29 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Olga Moltchanova :* Preliminary Heat – 01:14.41 (→ did not advance) Women's 200 m Breaststroke * Olga Moltchanova :* Preliminary Heat – 02:41.43 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Backstroke * Anjelika Solovieva :* Preliminary Heat – 01:07.63 (→ did not advance) Women's 200 m Individual Medley * Alexandra Zertsalova :* Preliminary Heat – 02:24.09 (→ did not advance) Women's 400 m Individual Medley * Alexandra Zertsalova :* Preliminary Heat – 05:09.03 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle * Nataliya Korabelnikova, Anna Korshikova, Anjelika Solovieva, and Ekaterina Tochenaya :* Preliminary Heat – 08:41.21 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men

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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