# Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Kazakhstan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era, and it was the nation's least successful Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Yeldos Smetov | Judo | Men's 60 kg | 24 July |
| Bronze | Igor Son | Weightlifting | Men's 61 kg | 25 July |
| Bronze | Zulfiya Chinshanlo | Weightlifting | Women's 55 kg | 26 July |
| Bronze | Kamshybek Kunkabayev | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight | 4 August |
| Bronze | Saken Bibossinov | Boxing | Men's flyweight | 5 August |
| Bronze | Nurislam Sanayev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | 5 August |
| Bronze | Darkhan Assadilov | Karate | Men's kumite 67 kg | 5 August |
| Bronze | Sofya Berultseva | Karate | Women's kumite +61 kg | 7 August |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Artistic swimming | — | 2 | 2 |
| Athletics | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Boxing | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Canoeing | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Cycling | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Karate | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sport climbing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tennis | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Water polo | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Total | 63 | 31 | 94 |

## Archery

Three Kazakh archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ilfat Abdullin | Men's individual | 657 | 27 | Woodgate (GBR) W 7–3 | Wijler (NED) W 6–4 | Li Jl (CHN) L 5–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Denis Gankin | Men's individual | 669 | 9 | Tolba (EGY) W 6–4 | Nespoli (ITA) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sanzhar Mussayev | Men's individual | 647 | 52 | Wang Dp (CHN) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ilfat Abdullin Denis Gankin Sanzhar Mussayev | Men's team | 1973 | 8 | — | — | India (IND) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Artistic swimming

Kazakhstan fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by securing an outright berth as the next highest-ranked pair vying for qualification from the Asian zone at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank |
| Alexandra Nemich Yekaterina Nemich | Duet | 83.2338 | 17 | 83.8667 | 167.1005 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

Kazakh athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mikhail Litvin | Men's 400 m | 47.15 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgiy Sheiko | Men's 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:28:38 | 39 |
| Olga Safronova | Women's 200 m | 23.64 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zhanna Mamazhanova | Women's marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:37:42 | 46 |
| Ayman Ratova | Women's 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:40:02 | 42 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Irina Ektova | Women's triple jump | 12.90 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariya Ovchinnikova | Women's triple jump | 13.34 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 13.69 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | 1.86 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kristina Ovchinnikova | Women's high jump | 1.86 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Kazakhstan entered nine boxers (eight men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Ablaikhan Zhussupov (men's welterweight) and silver medalist Vassiliy Levit (men's heavyweight), along with seven rookies (Bibossinov, Temirzhanov, Safiullin, Amankul, Nurdauletov, Kunkabayev, and Ryabets), secured the spots on the Kazakh squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or by scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Saken Bibossinov | Flyweight | Rivera (PUR) W 4–1 | Bennama (FRA) W 5–0 | Escobar (ESP) W 3–2 | Yafai (GBR) L 2–3 | Did not advance | |
| Serik Temirzhanov | Featherweight | Gálos (HUN) W 5–0 | Ragan (USA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zakir Safiullin | Lightweight | Pezo (PER) W 5–0 | Narimatsu (JPN) W WO | Garside (AUS) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ablaikhan Zhussupov | Welterweight | — | Johnson (USA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abilkhan Amankul | Middleweight | — | Kakhramonov (UZB) W 5–0 | Conceição (BRA) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bekzad Nurdauletov | Light heavyweight | — | Khataev (ROC) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vassiliy Levit | Heavyweight | — | Reyes (ESP) L KO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kamshybek Kunkabayev | Super heavyweight | — | Hafez (EGY) W 5–0 | Veriasov (ROC) W 4–1 | Torrez (USA) L RSC | Did not advance | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nadezhda Ryabets | Middleweight | Thibeault (CAN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

Kazakh canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alexandr Kulikov | Men's C-1 | 109.95 | 13 | 107.43 | 14 | 107.43 | 15 Q | 110.23 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yekaterina Smirnova | Women's K-1 | 180.46 | 25 | 135.25 | 23 | 135.25 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Sprint

Kazakh canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sergey Yemelyanov | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:16.039 | 5 QF | 4:21.734 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sergey Yemelyanov Timofey Yemelyanov | Men's C-2 1000 m | 3:49.079 | 4 QF | 3:55.157 | 4 FB | Bye | Bye | 3:32.873 | 12 |
| Natalya Sergeyeva | Women's K-1 200 m | 46.657 | 6 QF | 46.736 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Natalya Sergeyeva | Women's K-1 500 m | 2:01.374 | 7 QF | 1:55.776 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Margarita Torlopova | Women's C-1 200 m | 49.721 | 6QF | 49.051 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Svetlana Ussova Margarita Torlopova | Women's C-2 500 m | 2:09.024 | 5 QF | 2:06.179 | 4 FB | Bye | Bye | 2:04.859 | 12 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

Kazakhstan entered three riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Dmitriy Gruzdev | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Alexey Lutsenko | Men's road race | 6:11:46 | 21 |
| Alexey Lutsenko | Men's time trial | 1:02:21 | 32 |
| Vadim Pronskiy | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Kazakhstan entered two riders to compete each in the men's sprint, keirin, and omnium, based on their final individual UCI Olympic rankings.

#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Repechage 3 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Sergey Ponomaryov | Men's sprint | 9.932 72.493 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Keirin

| Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Sergey Ponomaryov | Men's keirin | DNF R | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Scratch race | Tempo race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Elimination race | Points race | Points race | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total points | Rank |
| Artyom Zakharov | Men's omnium | 4 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 62 | 14 |

## Fencing

Kazakhstan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2013 Summer Universiade bronze medalist Ruslan Kurbanov claimed a spot in the men's épée as one of the highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Asia and Oceania in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ruslan Kurbanov | Men's épée | Bye | Fichera (ITA) W 15–7 | Yamada (JPN) L 8–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Kazakhstan entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Milad Karimi booked a spot in the men's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing fourth out of the twelve gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Milad Karimi | All-around | 14.766 Q | 11.900 | 13.300 | 14.433 | 13.400 | 14.766 Q | 82.565 | 25 Q | 15.033 | 13.266 | 12.866 | 14.066 | 13.966 | 13.333 | 82.530 | 14 |
| Milad Karimi | Floor | 14.766 | — | — | — | — | — | 14.766 | 8 Q | 14.133 | — | — | — | — | — | 14.133 | 5 |
| Milad Karimi | Horizontal bar | — | — | — | — | — | 14.766 | 14.766 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | — | 11.266 | 11.266 | 8 |

### Rhythmic

Kazakhstan qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Alina Adilkhanova | Individual | 20.550 | 22.450 | 22.200 | 18.600 | 83.800 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Kazakhstan entered six judoka (five men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yeldos Smetov | Men's −60 kg | — | Bye | Akkuş (TUR) W 10–00 | Kim W-j (KOR) W 10–00 | Takato (JPN) L 00–01 | Bye | Tsjakadoea (NED) W 01–00 | |
| Yerlan Serikzhanov | Men's −66 kg | — | Safarov (AZE) W 01–00 | Lombardo (ITA) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zhansay Smagulov | Men's −73 kg | Bye | Karapetian (ARM) W 01–00 | Margelidon (CAN) L 01–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Didar Khamza | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Mollaei (MGL) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Islam Bozbayev | Men's −90 kg | Macedo (BRA) W 10–00 | Mehdiyev (AZE) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg | Women's −48 kg | — | Li Yn (CHN) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Karate

Kazakhstan entered five karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalist Darkhan Assadilov qualified directly for the men's kumite 67-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings. Nurkanat Azhikanov (men's 75 kg) and Moldir Zhangbyrbay (women's 55 kg) finished among the top three in the final pool round to secure places on the Kazakh squad in their respective kumite categories at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France, with Daniyar Yuldashev (men's +75 kg) and Sofya Berultseva (women's +61 kg) topping the field of karateka vying for qualification from the Asian zone based on the WKD Olympic Rankings.

### Kumite

| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Darkhan Assadilov | Men's −67 kg | Şamdan (TUR) W 6–2 | Farzaliyev (AZE) W 6–2 | Sago (JPN) W 3–0 | El-Sawy (EGY) W 3–1 | 1 Q | Da Costa (FRA) L 2–5 | Did not advance | |
| Nurkanat Azhikanov | Men's −75 kg | Yahiro (AUS) W 6–3 | Bitsch (GER) L 3–3 | Busà (ITA) W 2–0 | Aghayev (AZE) L 2–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniyar Yuldashev | Men's +75 kg | Araga (JPN) L 2–4 | Aktaş (TUR) L 3–11 | Horne (GER) Withdrawn | Arkania (GEO) L 1–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moldir Zhangbyrbay | Women's −55 kg | Sayed (EGY) W 7–2 | Plank (AUT) L 3–4 | Terliuga (UKR) D 4–4 | Miyahara (JPN) L 2–11 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofya Berultseva | Women's +61 kg | Hocaoğlu (TUR) D 5–5 | Semeraro (ITA) W 5–1 | Zaretska (AZE) W 5–4 | Uekusa (JPN) L 1–5 | 2 q | Abdelaziz (EGY) L 4–5 | Did not advance | |

## Modern pentathlon

Kazakh athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Two-time Olympian Pavel Ilyashenko and Rio 2016 Olympian Yelena Potapenko confirmed places each in the men's and women's event, respectively, with the former finishing third and the latter fifth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in Kunming, China.
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Total points | Final rank |
| Pavel Ilyashenko | Men's | 15–20 | 1 | 28 | 191 | 2:06.99 | 31 | 297 | 30 | 28 | 270 | 12:10.28 | 35 | 570 | 1328 | 29 |
| Yelena Potapenko | Women's | 22–15 | 2 | 6 | 222 | 2:13.99 | 14 | 283 | 11 | 16 | 289 | 12:52.37 | 21 | 528 | 1322 | 13 |

## Rowing

Kazakhstan qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the third of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Vladislav Yakovlev | Men's single sculls | 7:10.08 | 3 QF | Bye | Bye | 7:30.47 | 6 SC/D | 7:03.53 | 5 FD | 7:03.37 | 19 |
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 achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.
Meanwhile, Zoya Kravchenko earned a direct place in the women's skeet for the rescheduled Games as the highest-ranked shooter vying for qualification in the ISSF World Olympic Rankings of 6 June 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yuriy Yurkov | Men's 10 m air rifle | 621.9 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuriy Yurkov | Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1172 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zoya Kravchenko | Women's skeet | 113 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Assem Orynbay | Women's skeet | 111 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Sport climbing

Kazakhstan entered one sport climber into the Olympic tournament. Rishat Khaibullin qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Speed | Speed | Boulder | Boulder | Lead | Lead | Lead | Total | Rank | Speed | Speed | Boulder | Boulder | Lead | Lead | Lead | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Best | Place | Result | Place | Hold | Time | Place | Total | Rank | Best | Place | Result | Place | Hold | Time | Place | Total | Rank |
| Rishat Khaibullin | Men's | 6.19 | 4 | 0T1z 0 3 | 17 | 28+ | 3:09 | 13 | 884.00 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Kazakh swimmers further 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)):
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dmitriy Balandin | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 59.75 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dmitriy Balandin | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:08.99 | 7 Q | 2:09.22 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diana Nazarova | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:06.99 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Kazakhstan entered two athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Anastassiya Lavrova scored a zonal-match triumph for Central Asia to book a women's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar. Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian Kirill Gerassimenko was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | 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 | Bye | Bye | Jančařík (CZE) W 4–3 | Boll (GER) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anastassiya Lavrova | Women's singles | Bye | Xiao (ESP) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Kazakhstan entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympians Ruslan Zhaparov (men's +80 kg) and Cansel Deniz (women's +67 kg) secured the spots on the Kazakh taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ruslan Zhaparov | Men's +80 kg | Bachmann (GER) W 11–7 | In K-d (KOR) L 2–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cansel Deniz | Women's +67 kg | Osipova (UZB) W 10–9 | Walkden (GBR) L 7–17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

Kazakhstan entered seven tennis players (three male and four female).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Alexander Bublik | Singles | Medvedev (ROC) L 4–6, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mikhail Kukushkin | Singles | Coria (ARG) W 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5 | Ivashka (BLR) L 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 3–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexander Bublik Andrey Golubev | Doubles | — | Chardy / Monfils (FRA) L 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [8–10] | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Zarina Diyas | Singles | Krejčíková (CZE) L 2–5, ret | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yulia Putintseva | Singles | Podoroska (ARG) L 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–1, ret | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elena Rybakina | Singles | Stosur (AUS) W 6–4, 6–2 | Peterson (SWE) W 6–2, 6–3 | Vekić (CRO) W 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 | Muguruza (ESP) W 7–5, 6–1 | Bencic (SUI) L 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–4, 3–6 | Svitolina (UKR) L 6–1, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 | 4 |
| Yaroslava Shvedova | Singles | Tomljanović (AUS) L 5–7, 2–3, ret | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Yaroslava Shvedova Andrey Golubev | Doubles | Shibahara / McLachlan (JPN) L 3–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo
### Summary

* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kazakhstan men's | Men's tournament | Croatia L 7–23 | Serbia L 5–19 | Spain L 4–16 | Montenegro L 12–19 | Australia L 7–15 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Men's tournament

Kazakhstan men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since London 2012.

#### Team roster

Head coach: Nemanja Knežević
| No. | Player | Pos. | L/R | Height | Weight | Date of birth (age) | Apps | OG/ Goals | Club |
| 1 | Madikhan Makhmetov | 10GK | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | (1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 28) | 120 | 0/0 | Astana |
| 2 | Yevgeniy Medvedev | 50D | 2R | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 90 kg (198 lb) | (1985-08-09)9 August 1985 (aged 35) | 150 | 0/0 | Astana |
| 3 | Miras Aubakirov | 50D | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1996-10-20)20 October 1996 (aged 24) | 170 | 0/0 | Astana |
| 4 | Dušan Marković | 20CB | 2R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | (1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (aged 31) | 6 | 0/0 | Crvena zvezda |
| 5 | Alexey Shmider | 50D | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 31) | 180 | 1/2 | Astana |
| 6 | Danil Artyukh | 20CB | 2R | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | (2003-06-02)2 June 2003 (aged 18) | 6 | 0/0 | Astana |
| 7 | Murat Shakenov (C) | 50D | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 80 kg (176 lb) | (1990-09-23)23 September 1990 (aged 30) | 200 | 1/1 | Astana |
| 8 | Srđan Vuksanović | 50D | 2R | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1992-07-05)5 July 1992 (aged 29) | 6 | 0/0 | Šabac |
| 9 | Rustam Ukumanov | 50D | 2R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | (1986-03-22)22 March 1986 (aged 35) | 327 | 1/3 | Astana |
| 10 | Mikhail Ruday | 40CF | 2R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 110 kg (243 lb) | (1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 33) | 180 | 1/0 | Spartak Volgograd |
| 11 | Altay Altayev | 40CF | 2R | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | (1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 25) | 150 | 0/0 | Astana |
| 12 | Stanislav Shvedov | 20CB | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1998-11-24)24 November 1998 (aged 22) | 100 | 0/0 | Astana |
| 13 | Pavel Lipilin | 10GK | 2R | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | (1999-07-11)11 July 1999 (aged 22) | 36 | 0/0 | Astana |
| Average | Average | Average | Average | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (198 lb) | 28 years, 123 days | 125 | | |
Note: Age as of 23 July 2021 Source: Kazakhstan Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 4 | |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 92 | −57 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Croatia 14–12 Serbia
* 1 2 Australia 10–15 Montenegro
| 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 19:50 v | Report | Croatia | 23–7 | Kazakhstan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 19:50 v | Report | Joković 5 | Goals | Vuksanović 3 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:00 v | Report | Kazakhstan | 5–19 | Serbia | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |||
| 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:00 v | Report | Medvedev, Vuksanović 2 | Goals | Pijetlović 4 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |
| 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:30 v | Report | Spain | 16–4 | Kazakhstan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Dion Willis (RSA) |||
| 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:30 v | Report | Granados 5 | Goals | Vuksanović 2 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 10:00 v | Report | Montenegro | 19–12 | Kazakhstan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 10:00 v | Report | three players 4 | Goals | Ruday 3 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| 2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 19:50 v | Report | Australia | 15–7 | Kazakhstan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |||
| 2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 19:50 v | Report | Howden 5 | Goals | Shakenov, Ukumanov 2 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |

## Weightlifting

Kazakhstan entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. London 2012 Olympian Zulfiya Chinshanlo (women's 55 kg) finished fourth of the eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the women's 55 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with Igor Son topping the field of weightlifters from the Asian zone in the men's 61 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Igor Son | Men's −61 kg | 131 | 4 | 163 | 3 | 294 | |
| Zulfiya Chinshanlo | Women's −55 kg | 90 | 7 | 123 | 3 | 213 | |

## Wrestling

Kazakhstan qualified eleven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Eight of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57, 65, 74, and 97 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60 and 77 kg), and women's freestyle (50 and 76 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to the Kazakh wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nurislam Sanayev | Men's −57 kg | Fafé (GBS) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Takahashi (JPN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Dahiya (IND) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Bye | Vangelov (BUL) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Daulet Niyazbekov | Men's −65 kg | Valdés (CUB) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Aliyev (AZE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Diatta (SEN) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Punia (IND) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 5 |
| Daniyar Kaisanov | Men's −74 kg | Otoguro (JPN) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Hussen (EGY) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Sidakov (ROC) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Bye | Abdurakhmonov (UZB) L 1–4 $^{SP}$ | 5 |
| Alisher Yergali | Men's −97 kg | Fardj (ALG) W 5–0 $^{VA}$ | Karadeniz (TUR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
| Yusup Batirmurzaev | Men's −125 kg | Cudinovic (GER) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Valentina Islamova | Women's −50 kg | Yépez (ECU) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Tatyana Amanzhol | Women's −53 kg | Zasina (POL) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Elmira Syzdykova | Women's −76 kg | Medet Kyzy (KGZ) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |

### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mirambek Ainagulov | Men's −60 kg | Sharshenbekov (KGZ) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Demeu Zhadrayev | Men's −77 kg | Yabiku (JPN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Nursultan Tursynov | Men's −87 kg | Kudla (GER) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |