# Kazakhstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Kazakhstan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Kazakhstani athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 96 competitors, 72 men and 24 women, took part in 99 events in 14 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Vassiliy Jirov | Boxing | Men's light-heavyweight |
| Gold | Alexandre Paryguin | Modern pentathlon | Men's individual |
| Gold | Yuriy Melnichenko | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg |
| Silver | Bulat Jumadilov | Boxing | Men's flyweight |
| Silver | Sergey Belyayev | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions |
| Silver | Sergey Belyayev | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle prone |
| Silver | Anatoly Khrapaty | Weightlifting | Men's 99 kg |
| Bronze | Bolat Niyazymbetov | Boxing | Men's light-welterweight |
| Bronze | Yermakhan Ibraimov | Boxing | Men's light-middleweight |
| Bronze | Vladimir Vokhmianin | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol |
| Bronze | Maulen Mamyrov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg |

## 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 United States in the team round.
Women's Individual Competition:
* Anna Mozhar – Round of 64, 37th place (0–1)
* Irina Leonova – Round of 64, 52nd place (0–1)
* Yana Touniiantse – Round of 64, 58th place (0–1)
Men's Individual Competition:
* Vadim Chikarev – Round of 32, 30th place (1–1)
* Vitaliy Shin – 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
Men's 50 km Walk
* Sergey Korepanov – 3:48:42 (→ 8th place)
Men's Pole Vault
* Igor Potapovich
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
** First Round – Defeated Vladislav Neiman (Israel), 18–7
** Second Round – Defeated Serhiy Kovganko (Ukraine), 21–4
** Quarterfinals – Defeated Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 13–6
** Semifinals – Defeated Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 23–18
** Final – Lost to Maikro Romero (Cuba), 11–12
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Bektas Abubakirov
** First Round – Lost to Rachid Bouaita (France), 4–10
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Bakhtiyar Tileganov
** First Round – Lost to Floyd Mayweather (United States), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
* Bolat Niyazymbetov → Bronze Medal
** First Round – Defeated Carlos Martínez (Mexico), 25–3
** Second Round – Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia), 11–3
** Quarterfinals – Defeated Moghimi Babak (Iran), 13–8
** Semifinals – Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 6–23
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
* Nurzhan Smanov
** First Round – Defeated Lynden Hosking (Australia), referee stopped contest in second round
** Second Round – Defeated Abdul Rasheed Baloch (Pakistan), 13–9
** Quarterfinals – Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 8–16
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
* Yermakhan Ibraimov → Bronze Medal
** First Round – Defeated Nick Farrell (Canada), 15–4
** Second Round – Defeated Hendrik Simangunsong (Indonesia), referee stopped contest in first round
** Quarterfinals – Defeated Markus Beyer (Germany), 19–9
** Semifinals – Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 19–28
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
* Vassili Jirov → Gold Medal
** First Round – Defeated Julio González (Mexico), referee stopped contest in second round
** Second Round – Defeated Pietro Aurino (Italy), 18–13
** Quarterfinals – Defeated Troy Amos-Ross (Canada), 14–8
** Semifinals – Defeated Antonio Tarver (United States), 15–9
** Final – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea), 17–4
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
* Mikhail Yurchenko
** First Round – Bye
** Second Round – Lost to Alexei Lezin (Russia), referee stopped contest in first round

## Cycling
### Road competition

Men's Individual Road Race
* Andrey Kivilev
* 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

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

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

## Wrestling

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