Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (Kazakh)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	84 in 17 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
Winter Games
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
	Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Kazakhstan is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Archery

Two Kazakh archers qualified each for both the men's and women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2015 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's individual
	Women's individual

Athletics

Kazakh athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2]^[3]

Men's marathon – 1 quota place
Men's 20 km walk – 2 quota places (Georgiy Sheiko, Vitaliy Anichkin)
Men's pole vault – 1 quota place (Nikita Filippov)
Men's triple jump – 1 quota place (Roman Valiyev)
Men's shot put – 1 quota place (Ivan Ivanov)
Women's 100 m – 2 quota places (Olga Safronova, Viktoriya Zyabkina)
Women's 200 m – 1 quota place (Viktoriya Zyabkina)
Women's marathon – 2 quota places (Gulzhanat Zhanatbek, Irina Smolnikova)
Women's 20 km walk – 3 quota places
Women's triple jump – 2 quota places (Irina Ektova, Olga Rypakova)

Boxing

Kazakhstan has entered twelve boxers (10 men and 2 women) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Berik Abdrakhmanov and two-time Olympian Birzhan Zhakypov were the first Kazakhs to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish in the AIBA Pro Boxing series, while Vasiliy Levit did so in the World Series of Boxing.^[4]

2012 Olympian Daniyar Yeleussinov was the only Kazakh boxer qualifying through the 2015 World Championships.^[5] Meanwhile, seven further boxers (Yeraliyev, Sattibayev, Zhussupov, Alimkhanuly, Niyazymbetov, Dychko, and Shakimova) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China.^[6]

Zhaina Shekerbekova rounded out the Kazakh boxing roster with a quarterfinal victory in women's flyweight division at the World Championships in Astana.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Birzhan Zhakypov	Light flyweight
Olzhas Sattibayev	Flyweight
Kairat Yeraliyev	Bantamweight
Berik Abdrakhmanov	Lightweight
Ablaikhan Zhussupov	Light welterweight
Daniyar Yeleussinov	Welterweight
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly	Middleweight
Adilbek Niyazymbetov	Light heavyweight
Vasiliy Levit	Heavyweight
Ivan Dychko	Super heavyweight

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zhaina Shekerbekova	Flyweight
Dariga Shakimova	Middleweight

Canoeing

Slalom

Kazakh canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the 2016 Asian Championships.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Women's K-1

Sprint

Kazakh canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	K-4 1000 m

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	K-1 200 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Kazakh riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Kazakhstan has entered one rider to compete in the men's omnium at the Olympics, by virtue of his final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race	Individual pursuit		Elimination race	Time trial		Flying lap		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Artyom Zakharov	Men's omnium

Fencing

Kazakhstan has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Ilya Mokretcov had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre with a top three finish at the Asian Zonal Qualifier in Wuxi, China.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ilya Mokretcov	Men's sabre

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Kazakhstan has qualified one rhythmic gymnast in the individual all-around for the Games by claiming one of eight available Olympic spots at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Sabina Ashirbayeva	Individual

Trampoline

Kazakhstan has qualified one gymnast in the men's trampoline by picking up a spare berth freed by the Tripartite Commission, as the next highest from the eligible NOC on the individual ranking list at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Men's

Judo

Kazakhstan has qualified a total of five judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Four of them (three men and one woman) were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Marian Urdabayeva at women's lightweight (57 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region as Kazakhstan's top-ranked judoka based on World Ranking points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's −60 kg
	Men's −66 kg
Maxim Rakov	Men's −100 kg
Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg	Women's −48 kg	N/A
Marian Urdabayeva	Women's -63 kg	N/A

Modern pentathlon

Kazakhstan has qualified the following athletes based on the results from the 2015 Asian/Oceania Championships.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Yelena Potapenko	Women's

Rowing

Kazakhstan has qualified one boat each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vladislav Yakovlev	Men's single sculls
Svetlana Germanovich	Women's single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Kazakh shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A
	10 m air pistol			N/A
	10 m air pistol			N/A
	Trap

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle 3 positions

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Kazakh swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[16]^[17]

Olympic Qualifying Time

Men's 100 m breaststroke – 1 quota place (Dmitriy Balandin)
Men's 200 m breaststroke – 1 quota place (Dmitriy Balandin)

Synchronized swimming

Kazakhstan has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their tenth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Alexandra Nemich Yekaterina Nemich	Duet

Table tennis

Kazakhstan has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time since 2008. Kirill Gerassimenko scored a second-stage draw victory to book one of six remaining Olympic spots in the men's singles at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kirill Gerassimenko	Men's singles

Taekwondo

Kazakhstan entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Ruslan Zhaparov, Ainur Yesbergenova, and Cansel Deniz secured Olympic spots in the men's heavyweight (+80 kg), women's flyweight (49 kg), and women's welterweight category (67 kg) by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ruslan Zhaparov	Men's +80 kg
Ainur Yesbergenova	Women's −49 kg
Cansel Deniz	Women's −67 kg

Weightlifting

Kazakh weightlifters have qualified a maximum of six men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships.^[21] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

Wrestling

Kazakhstan has qualified a total of twelve wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them had booked Olympic spots as one of the top six finalists each in the men's freestyle 57 kg, and the men's Greco-Roman 59 & 75 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while the majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Kazakh wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.^[22]^[23]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Artas Sanaa	−57 kg
Galymzhan Usserbayev	−74 kg
Aslan Kakhidze	−86 kg
Mamed Ibragimov	−97 kg
Daulet Shabanbay	−125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Almat Kebispayev	−59 kg
Doszhan Kartikov	−75 kg
Nurmakhan Tinaliyev	−130 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zhuldyz Eshimova	−48 kg
Yekaterina Larionova	−63 kg
Elmira Syzdykova	−69 kg
Guzel Manyurova	−75 kg

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